Relax everyone, this is all a part of the democratic process.

That sounds pretty provocative. They should send the marines, and some air support, just in case someone raises their voice. Loudness is violence.

The V3i, I paid full price for that phone when it came out. I modded that thing as much as I possibly could!

She was kidnapped, and is being held somewhere against her will. This is absolutely insane, and not at all surprising. Doesn’t seem like the actual law enforcement will do anything about it? Or perhaps they are the ones feeding the info to the collaborators?

That has to be terrifying for her family.

trans-rights activists like to accuse skeptics of youth gender medicine—and publications that dare to report their views—of fomenting a “moral panic.” But the movement has spent the past decade telling gender-nonconforming children that anyone who tries to restrict access to puberty blockers and hormones is, effectively, trying to kill them. This was false, as Strangio’s answer tacitly conceded. It was also irresponsible.

Just an excerpt of a hostility ridden article.

Here is a study that shows of 220 youth trans participants, 9 of them regretted it. Of those 9, 4 stopped receiving that care, and 1 planned to stop.

So instead of focusing on droning on and on about the whole “dead son or alive trans daughter” shit, let’s look at actual stats.

For everyone else, however, the choice is still open. We can support civil-rights protections for transgender people without having to endorse an experimental and unproven set of medical treatments—or having to repeat emotionally manipulative and now discredited claims about suicide.

I am not a fan of the American way of settling political disputes, by kicking them over to an escalating series of judges. But in the case of youth gender medicine, the legal system has provided clarity and disclosure that might otherwise not exist. Thanks to the Supreme Court’s oral questioning in Skrmetti and the discovery process in Alabama, we now have a clearer picture of how youth gender medicine has really been operating in the United States, and an uncomfortable insight into how advocacy groups and medical associations have tamped down their own concerns about its evidence base. Those of us who have been urging caution now know that many of our ostensible opponents had the same concerns. They just smothered them, for political reasons.

Interesting, but not backed by science it seems.

Also, this is Helen Lewis, the author of this “well written piece” writing for The Times in 2017:

What the government proposes is a radical rewriting of our understanding of identity: now it’s a question of an internal essence — a soul, if you will. Being a woman or a man is now entirely in your head. In this climate, who would challenge someone with a beard exposing their penis in a women’s changing room? That’s why feminists have raised the alarm over the move to self-identification, along with some older trans people who fear that “trendsters” will erode the goodwill they have worked hard to acquire.

It seems that this Author might be a bit biased against trans people even existing in general, no?

This shit needs to stop.

ETA: This took 15 minutes to research and write. @Davriellelouna@lemmy.world, you ought to do better. If something seems to go against the grain of what every reputable medical body suggests for treatment of something, you might want to do a bit of due diligence first.

Balut is pretty good. It’s one of those things where you have to get over the look of it and just eat. Though for me, I had chicken balut that was not as developed as what you would see if you searched it up on google.

Love snails!

It takes some serious guts to continue to write danmei, even in the face of potential prosecution and fines. Those women are incredibly brave.

It’d probably be a toss up between duck head and balut. My ex is from Laos, so I had the good fortune of trying plenty of foods that Americans would find weird, or even “disgusting”. But truth be told, most food is good. I’ve lived by the mantra to try everything (at least) 3 times.

How about you?

I don’t have much wisdom to provide. I’ve felt like something was wrong with me for a number of years now. I would experience things differently, or at least that is what I was told, than reality. Things like being slighted by friends, being excluded, being left behind. They tell me it’s all in my head, but even today, I’m not so sure.

I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 a few years ago, after an involuntary stay at an inpatient facility. For the years leading up to the diagnosis, doctors just kept proscribing random antidepressants in increasing dosages that did not help. With one doctor, it got to the point where they were suggesting that ECT might be what I needed.

The Bipolar 2 diagnosis helped make sense of many of the symptoms that I have. While things have improved, they have not really gotten better. I’m lucky that I have my son, who lives with me. Without him, I’d be alone. The few friends I have live an hours drive away, and I am not close with them anymore. We rarely speak. I’ve pushed plenty of people away.

I can’t help but feel that I am the problem.

My son and I went to Pride yesterday, and I held back tears a few times, seeing groups of friends celebrating. I don’t know what that’s like, not anymore.

Yeah, I feel like the “crazy” person in almost any situation I am in.

Someone who shows a genuine interest in me, has compassion, is an adventurous eater, and shares my political point of view.

Hasn’t Israel been saying this since the 90’s? And it’s never turned out to be true?

If Iran wants to avoid being attacked again, they need to get the bomb asap. The US and Israel would be a little less willing to attack another nuclear armed nation.

Good to know!

Just leave this poor guy alone. You cheated. Move on, grow as a person, and don’t disrespect someone’s trust like that again. He’ll never fully be able to trust you again. You are getting the same responses every time you post about this shit. If you are looking for absolution, you’ll likely not find it here.

Perhaps Ashley Madison has a lemmy instance where you can discuss this with fellow cheaters.

Terrorism perpetrated by the state. They brought what looks like 20+ jackbooted thugs to arrest one man. This is meant to terrorize supporters of the anti-ICE movement. I don’t want to get banned for promoting violence against the “federal agents”, specifically assassinations, so I won’t suggest such things here. Not calling for that.

It works on Voyager on iOS. Or at least for me it does.

There are a growing number of people that are truly believing that some sort of armed resistance is what is needed. But, who wants to be the first to take up arms (or otherwise show a violent resistance)?

The US government and military have shown that they have no qualms about violently suppressing peaceful protests. Imagine what they would do to those that showed even an inkling of violence. Those who stand up first would be nothing but cannon fodder.

Who wants to be the first? To be martyred? There aren’t enough people who have nothing else left to lose. Not yet.

Jesus Christ

Sorry, Jesus couldn’t make it. He was too busy lovingly thy neighbor, and other shit like that.

Reached for comment, he said “Hetero Awesome Fest? The fuck?”

Let’s be real. They enthusiastically follow their orders. They even record themselves committing their war crimes, laughing as they perpetrate them!

Lately…eat out of boredom. I’ve been trying to curb it, but not succeeding. I’ve got 8 days off starting tomorrow. Not looking good for my waistline. 😔

French officials did not say if these were cases of “needle spiking,” in which attackers typically inject victims with date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol or GHB, usually in the arm, leg or buttocks, leaving them disoriented and vulnerable to assault.

Warnings about the attacks first appeared on TikTok from social media influencer Abrège Soeur, who said in a post on Saturday that “Men are planning to attack and sting women at the Fête de la Musique on June 21st.”

So that’s terrifying. What the fuck!?

Soeur, who describes herself as a feminist, suggested that women in danger during the festival use “H&M” as a code.

“Approach the person and ask, ‘Where’s your top from?’ If they answer ‘H&M,’ it means they need help,” Soeur said. If “you are in danger, hail someone over and ask, ‘Where’s your top from? H&M, right?’” she added.

That is pretty clever. Reminds me of the “angel shot” that one would ask for at the bar.

Seriously, the fuck is wrong with people. These guys are part of the reason why women fear men in public.