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āWe will not blame him for the crimes of his ancestors if he relents the royal rights of his ancestors; but as long as he claims their rights, by virtue of descent, then, by virtue of descent, he must shoulder the responsibility for their crimes.ā
ā SĆ©amas Ć Conghaile, an Edinburgh-born Irish Republican and socialist, on King George V; a sentiment that transcends time. (via tal-eire)
The European Union already forced Apple to abandon its proprietary charging port and adopt USB-C across its entire iPhone lineup. It just did something bigger. A new EU mandate requires every smartphone sold in Europe including Apple devices to feature a battery that can be replaced by the user without specialist tools, without voiding a warranty, and without sending the device to a manufacturer approved service center. Batteries must maintain a minimum capacity threshold after a set number of charge cycles and replacement parts must remain available for up to ten years after a model goes on sale.
The consumer electronics industry built its current business model around batteries that degrade, cannot be replaced at home, and create a natural upgrade cycle every two to three years. The EU just legislated that model out of existence in the world's largest regulatory market.
Apple, Samsung, and every other manufacturer now faces a choice between redesigning their devices for the European market or accepting that their current hardware architecture is no longer legally sellable there.
Given that no company walks away from European consumers voluntarily the phones are going to change and once they change for Europe the rest of the world will ask why theirs still do not.
What the government categorizes as legal vs illegal, over the counter vs rx, easy to buy vs age restricted, and whether or not and at what level to schedule substances is absolute clown shoes btw.
Alcohol has been legal since prohibition ended, but it kills tons of people while cannabis is still banned federally and only legal in 38 states. Contraceptives were rx only until last year but it's insanely easy to poison yourself or your kids with Tylenol. You can easily abuse medicines like Benedryl. There's no age restriction on caffeine despite research demonstrating that it affects brain development. A 12 year old with $5 can go chug a Monster. Or 3. Caffeine OD can make you hallucinate and kill you. Cannabis is still on the same schedule as heroin. Testosterone is a scheduled drug, listed as more dangerous and more likely to be abused than Xanax.
Absolute clown shoes.
To this date, there has been exactly one death attributed to THC overdose. Ever. And the case is considered unusual enough that another doctor contacted by the news for comment doubted the cause of death that the coroner recorded was accurate. Aside from one unexplained case where a woman died alone in her home with no witnesses and had no other obvious signs of illness, lethal cannabis poisoning has never been reported. Unlike alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, Tylenol, cough syrup, and about a million other things that are totally unscheduled.
You can die from eating too many vitamins. Hell, there has been at least one case of someone dying of licorice poisoning. Fucking bergamot oil from Earl Grey tea is poisonous in high enough amounts (though the one reported case of that thankfully was nonlethal).
And look. THC is still a drug. I'm not going to hype it up like it's a magical substance that will usher in world peace like so many cannabiz sites do. It has toxic long-term effects on the liver (increasing inflammation, fatty liver, and elevating serum liver enzymes), it can cause birth defects or miscarriage, it is strongly believed to adversely affect cognition and memory via structural changes to the hippocampus with long-term use, and it can cause respiratory depression, tachycardia, and panic attacks at high enough dosages (which was that coroner's logic when he attributed the one reported THC death to it - if it can slow breathing and speed up the heart rate, maybe it could cause acute respiratory distress or cardiac arrest, was the idea).
But if you can sell fruit seeds high in amygdalin - a cyanide precursor, basically - and call it "vitamin B17," and claim it could cure cancer, and that's totally legal, something is fucked up with the way we regulate substances.
Credit card companies will TRY to saddle you with this kind of debt by the way - if ever a loved one dies and you are not co-signed on their credit card, do NOT agree to pay their debt unless you ask a lawyer first if you truly have to.
They will say ādonāt you want them to go to the grave without debtā, they will try to guilt you, they will take advantage of your vulnerability.
Source: when my father died, he had some credit cards that my mom wasnāt on that she had no access to. The companies contacted her while she was sorting through the bills and getting a handle on how to run the house alone, badgering her with his credit card debt.
She wasnāt liable for any of it, but if she had ever agreed to pay before finding out that she didnāt need to, she would have been considered to have taken on his debt and would have HAD to pay it. Itās slimy, itās predatory, and itās entirely legal for them to do this.
Never accept the credit card companyās word about your obligation to pay anyone elseās debt, if you donāt have access to the card, ask a lawyer before agreeing to anything.
voting is fake and doesn't do anything and they just really don't want black people or women to be able to do it for no reason at all.
once again i'm begging you to understand that the answer to trans people in sports is not just allowing trans women to play in women's leagues, it is the radical gender desegregation of sports as a whole.
Men should not be allowed and encouraged to have their own leagues separate and apart from half the population. Siloing women and trans people into a completely separate space is not equality, it's fully giving away the plot.
And before anyone says "well we can't let women play in men's leagues, the men are fucking terrible and misogynistic." STOP ALLOWING THE MEN TO BE MISOGYNISTIC.
Women's leagues were already the bullshit liberal stopgap compromise. If they are to stick around permanently, it should be in an affirmative stance to make up the historical inequities in athletic development, not as the end-all-be-all final stop on a woman's athletic career.
The radical degendering of sports would solve the "issue" of where trans people get to play. If we don't segregate based on gender at all, there's no basis for excluding trans women.
Looking at sports like skateboarding, bmx, slopestyle mtb, sports which up until very recently have not had any higher level competitions for women. It becomes very obvious how much the disparity in performance between women and men is influenced and enforced by social conditions. Because these are sports that dont particularly favour strenght, or body mass or height, and the variation in body types is fairly broad. And even though there is no inherent limitation for the women to do the same tricks as the men, they perform on a much much lower level. Because if you only have access to a fraction of the resources and sponsorships, and have been told repeatedly (likely for the most of the time youve been practicing the sport) that you cant do as well as men and you cant compete in it and you definitely could not compete against men, then the bar is gonna be a lot lower.
That's not derailing the point at all, that's actually highlighting the fact that the only limiting factors in women's sports achievement are social attitudes and money. The solutions remain the same. Investing in women's and girl's athletic programs until they achieve parity with what men and boys have access to, and continuing to address the misogyny inherent in the attitude that women/girls can't compete on the same level.
To take a small tangent, I wanna talk about a sport-like activity I used to be heavily involved in: Drum Corps International (DCI for short). DCI is a highly competitive marching band league (that's an oversimplification, but enough info for the purpose of this comparison). DCI has two main divisions, World Class and Open Class. Think of these as a major league and a minor league. The main differences between WC and OC are the average age of the members of the corps, the cost of enrolling in the corps, and the amount of time dedicated to training and rehearsal during the season. World Class costs more, has an older average age, and rehearses far longer and more rigorously. Open Class has it's own competitive circuit, and is judged at a slightly lower standard than World Class. OC has its own seeding shows and its own semifinals/finals competition. There is an Open Class Champion named every summer at the end of the season.
And then every Open Class corps also competes in World Class finals week. Every corps in DCI, regardless of division, competes in World Class Prelims, and then the top 24 corps regardless of division advance to World Class Semifinals, and then the top 12 regardless of division advance to Finals. The Open Class champions also get to perform at WC Finals as "the thirteenth corps". When DCI started formatting it's finals competitions like this, Open Class corps got better on average. Having the opportunity to compete at the highest level raised the overall quality of the activity for everyone. Some OC corps regularly make semifinals, some WC corps get knocked out of contention in the process. It's not perfect, but the fact that every corps is allowed to compete in the same competitions is something to be lauded. This isn't a perfect one-to-one with a lot of competitive sports, but I think it's a decent analogue when discussing the effects of economic disparity.
I think, until all of the economic disparities have been addressed (which is as much of a class issue as a gendered issue), women and girls need a space where they can be developed and celebrated. But I don't think that necessitates the existence of Men's Leagues at all. The NHL should not be allowed to bar women and trans people from playing hockey full stop. The NBA should not be allowed to bar women and trans people from playing basketball full stop. There are already women and trans people who play well enough to be in these leagues. The continued existence of Men's Leagues speaks to the misogyny inherent in the culture, and I think the rise of women's sports (the PWHL, the WNBA, the NWSL) is both something to be celebrated but also needs to be understood as a compromise position, not the end-all-be-all of gender equality in sports.
Because it's not equality. It's segregation. It is separate but equal in all but name.
Dick Bayford, Botswana's attorney general, removed anti-gay language that courts struck down years ago. (Photo courtesy of the Sunday Standa
Local LGBTIQ+ organisation LEGABIBO welcomed the governmentās move, describing it as āa necessary and long-overdue step toward restoring dignity and aligning our legal framework with constitutional values of equality and human rights.ā The group said the change sends āa clear message that LGBTIQ+ persons are not criminals, and that their lives and relationships deserve protection, not punishment.ā LEGABIBO noted that the colonial-era provisions had long cast a shadow over the lives of LGBTIQ+ people in the country.
"you only deserve food and shelter if you contribute to society" says people living in countries where nobody's labor actually feeds or benefits their neighbors anymore but exclusively benefits the companies keeping the food and shelter behind the artificial paywalls
You're not nomads relying on each other to hunt and gather anymore, you're talking about stocking shelves for fucking wal marts
And even the oldest societies on earth all took care of the elderly or sick anyway
dudes will be like "if you don't Contribute To Society you don't get to live, that's the simple facts" meanwhile their job is like Marketing and Brand Development Specialist
When you try to talk about enshittification, it sounds like conspiracy theories. (I'm not crazy)
Amazon made their service worse, to force people to pay for Prime.
Nowadays, if you order from Amazon, there is a week long delay before your package is shipped. (on purpose)
I remember when orders would ship out the same day. (I remember - it was real)
YouTube didn't used to have ads. Now, ads play in the middle of videos. (it's worse than TV ever was)
The best can opener I have owned is over 40 years old. Modern ones just don't hold up as well. (The ones I bought new broke ages ago)
The bread machine my mom got for her wedding lasted 30 years. It's been replaced twice in the last 5 years. (How can you fuck this up?)
The cardboard tubes in the middle of toilet paper rolls have gotten larger. (This too?) Companies increasing the price of the product while selling you less. (REALLY?)
It sounds crazy. (it's the truth) When you talk about it, YOU sound crazy. (it's true)
Even when people believe you (do they really), all they can say is "it sucks". (it's too big) Because the problem is so big, so pervasive, what can we even DO about it???
To get the necessary laws written and passed, we need politicians, to get the politicians elected we need information campaigns, to fund campaigns we need money, and all the money is being hoarded by the people profiting from enshittification. (it sounds so fake)
So I talk about enshittification (it sounds crazy), so people don't forget that things have been made worse on purpose (it's true), even though I sound crazy. (maybe I am)
read an article that the philippines may be close to legalising divorce despite the catholic church fighting tooth and nail to prevent it, it's amazing how around the whole world you can find them in the trenches of the war on human misery on the side of the misery. they interviewed a nun who does counseling for abused wives and 'still' speaks out against divorce and like, well, any savvy business will do whatever it can to create conditions that drive people to its product plus it's not like your stooges have any skin in the game if you do religious celibacy. not that surprising
Currently the only country apart from the Vatican where divorce is illegal, the Philippines could allow couples to part ways with the passin
Today I learned that divorce is still illegal in the Philippines?????
āDivorce is against the teachings of Christ,ā Father Jerome Secillano, the spokesman of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, told CNA. āWhy not make the annulment process less tedious, less expensive and shorter?ā The priest believes that allowing divorce will not solve the issue of domestic abuse, infidelity or abandonment saying that instead that the Church should be allowed to play a bigger role in keeping families together. āYou do not treat violence through divorce. You just allow them to separate. And now you allow this violent guy to again marry another woman and that woman will turn into a punching bag later on,ā Father Secillano said. āYou do not treat the problematic spouse. The Church should be proactive. If there are problematic unions, why shouldn't we, the Church, intervene ... so that we can help these couples survive the difficulties that they experience in their married life?ā
the catholic church must be destroyed
What just happened in Hungary has a huge positive impact far beyond Hungary. For Ukraine, for the EU, for the future of authoritarianism internationally......
Also, celebrating with a parliamentary techno rave sounds absolutely perfect and I'm jealous of everyone who got to attend. Also, to live in a country with an ousted dictator? Doesn't that sound nice.
WE'RE FREE WE'RE FINALLY FUCKING FREE
I'm so happy for you!
The longtime Prime Minister's defeat could reshape Hungary's ties to the E.U., Ukraine, and the global far-right movement he helped inspire.
Congratulations Hungary! I remember when he got elected and the fear and grief from my friends every time he made another monsterous decision. Every single one of you did this and your courage has seen you through. I love you
im so fucking scared i'm going to throw up. its not just the court decision. read this, if you dare.
In the short term, this is not as dangerous as an outright ban on estrogen. If implemented and then combined with other methods of suppressi
Unlike the vast majority of anti-trans legislation, hate groups are attempting to pass these restrictions without the public at large knowing they exist. This secrecy is far more insidious, and needs to be immediately addressed.
If you want to help, the two things that will make the most impact are SPREADING AWARENESS, and participating in PUBLIC COMMENT while it is still open.
ā¼ļøLINK TO FDA COMMENT PAGEā¼ļø
Document: FDA-2025-P-7321
As of the time this article was written, ALL public comments were from hate groups in support of this registry. Every single comment in opposition will help.
Disclaimer: This article is very guilty of intersex erasure, despite the fact that intersex people of all ages would be affected by these regulations the same way trans women are. However, as this is the most comprehensive and direct article currently available, it should still be widely distributed, for the sake of trans women, nonbinary people, and intersex people who will all be affected should it pass.
Oh. Adult trans care ban time š«
Hereās the link. This was in my email soz: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/4th-circuit-rules-that-states-can
They ruled that states "encouraging citizens to appreciate their sex" through care bans is a constitutional goal, affirming West Virginia's
I also wanna note that West Virginia is the state which a couple years back wanted to ban being trans in public and had a law die off before it got passed fully. So uh. West Virginia trans folks in particular are likely about to have a very very bad time with some of the language the judges used here.
This is scary
every single person at kurzgesagt needs to be dragged into the street and subjected to torments dredged up from the depths of hell itself
i am going to turn into an infinite whirlwind of blades.
Ozempic is a diabetes drug with a side effect of weight loss that is now rarely able to be prescribed for diabetes because of the value it possesses to the medical weight loss market, leading to the development of Mounjaro, a diabetes drug that has a less effective weight loss side effect, which is now under restricted prescription in the uk because it has become valuable to the medical weight loss market, driving the price up.
I am diabetic, I am on Mounjaro, and itās done better for my HbA1c (blood sugar average) than any medication in the previous ten years of treatment, and would likely push me back into effectively āremissionā on a higher dose, which I cannot be prescribed because of market conditions; and if I werenāt already on it from the NHS trial period, I would likely not get it now.
This kind of misinformation OP complains about above kills people.
My Ozempic copay almost doubled this year. It's the only drug that's managed to get my A1C to a manageable level after years of Metformin.
Fuck anyone who's on a GLP1 and doesn't need it to live.
The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.
they are spinning up to try and pass KOSA a-fucking-gain, so we need to harass them swiftly and get them to knock it off
if you like any degree of anonymity on the internet, this has to be a priority
Consider this a sequel to this morningās post talking about that SOS from that woman.
To kidnap people, starve them, beat them, torture them and even rape the whole taking their personal belongings? HOW does someone NOT being here ālegallyā justify that EVIL treatment?? Because guess what fuck sticks? NO ONE but Native Americans are here legally.
But thankfully a group called Haven Watch is formed to help these victims. You can donate if you can but if you canāt just spread the word!
No One Walks Alone
My mom and her teacher friends have a similar group here in New York and me and my friends have a similar kind of group going on.
Because this is NOT about differing opinions BUT of whatās morally right and I donāt want to look in the mirror 20 years from now regretting not what j could have done.
The US army has increased its signing bonus to a max of fifty thousand dollars.
This is your reminder that no matter how good a $50k signing bonus from the army seems, it is not worth it.
First of all, the US army is bad. I know that sounds simplistic and obvious, but that's hard to remember when you're just looking to get out of a tough situation. But the army is bad. They're bad and they do bad things and you will do bad things for them. The US Armed Forces kill innocent people who want nothing to do with the wars we bring to their doorsteps.
If you think that having a Democrat in the White House means you won't be called upon to kill civilians, you're wrong.
You may tell yourself that we're not at war, that you'll never actually fire on another human, that you aren't going to be a drone pilot. But you don't know that. None of that shit is your choice when you're in the military. A war could start tomorrow. You could be sent out to kill people even if we aren't at war - we do it all the time - and you don't get to choose what you're going to do. Choosing to join the military is giving up the choice to not kill someone. As soon as you participate in that system, your options are to charge ahead or to be discharged.
If that's not a good enough reason for you, then remember that the military doesn't care about you. The army doesn't give a shit if you leave with PTSD so long as they still get their budget. The Navy doesn't give a shit what damage it does to your body. The Marines don't care about who you are and what they're taking out of you when they fill you up with a myth of brotherhood and a mountain of discipline.
Joining the military is going to be traumatic at some level. When you're done with your term you'll think that you're going to get support - medical treatment or a pension or money for school - and it's going to be like pulling teeth to get any of that, and it's going to be hard to get back into the swing of what life is like without the military making your choices for you. It'll be hard to find a job, it'll be hard to find support. It'll be hard to get along with people who don't have the same experience that you do because you took yourself outside of the normal experience of life in your country. You will resent the people you come home to and it will be because of a situation that you created, and nobody is going to be around to help you resolve that tension, which is going to make reenlisting look pretty attractive.
And if that's not enough reason for you, if you're trying to get out of a bad situation and this looks like the only way and the recruiter is telling you that you're gonna get fifty grand that you can put into savings and have it build interest while you're enlisted and you're going to get out and be rich and all your troubles will be behind you - that's bullshit too.
Almost nobody gets the high end of the bonus. It's not paid out immediately, and what most people DO get in the first six months is gone by the end of the first year because you signed up for that money for a REASON, so of course you spend the $8k you got instead of the $50k you signed up for, and of course you don't save it.
If you live in a city where the minimum wage is $15 an hour then a minimum wage job will pay more than your starting salary in the army, and getting a higher salary will depend on you staying in and working your way up the ladder, each increase convincing you to stay longer, to reach for the next rung. If you don't live in a city with a minimum wage that high, a bus ticket and a bunch of roommates are a hell of a lower cost than the possibility of being asked to kill people.
Almost all the vets I know are cops, are fucked up, are dead, or are some combination of those three things. You're not going to come out of the army rich, you may not come out of the army at all, and if you do make it out you're not going to be the same person on the other end. You will have learned some things about yourself and about discipline, and about how the world works, but those things aren't going to help you be a happier, healthier, better person.
Don't sign up. The bonus is a lie and the national pride is a lie and the job skills and fraternity and discipline is a lie.
Don't join the army.
