everyone i've talked to about this has been completely unaware so: if you didn't know already, there's going to be a solar eclipse, with totality or coverage of 90% or more in some places, over a lot of europe, on august 12th 2026. in the uk it will start just after 6pm, and the maximum will be at 7:13pm.
here is a map of the path of the eclipse (from timeanddate)
get eclipse glasses if you want to look at it. it is not safe to look at through sunglasses. ok informative post over o7
Discussions of trans women in sports often focus on elite/professional sports which honestly I find it hard to care about but the more common scenario of āweāre going to legally ban a high school girl from playing sports with her friends because sheās transā is just profoundly evil
i remember when utah's (republican) governor ended up vetoing a law banning transgender students from playing high school sports when he looked at the numbers, and there were only four trans students in the state playing sports at all. he released a clumsily worded but surprisingly compassionate statement about the decision.
I must admit, I am not an expert on transgenderism. I struggle to understand so much of it, and the science is conflicting. When in doubt, however, I always try to err on the side of kindness, mercy, and compassion. I also try to get proximate, and I am learning so much from our transgender community. They are great kids who face enormous struggles. Here are the numbers that have most impacted my decision: 75,000, 4, 1, 86 and 56.
75,000 high school kids participating in high school sports in Utah.
4 transgender kids playing high school sports in Utah.
1 transgender student playing girls sports.
86% of trans youth reporting suicidality.
56% of trans youth having attempted suicide.
Four kids and only one of them playing girls sports. Thatās what all of this is about. Four kids who arenāt dominating or winning trophies or taking scholarships. Four kids who are just trying to find some friends and feel like they are a part of something. Four kids trying to get through each day. Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few. I donāt understand what they are going through or why they feel the way they do. But I want them to live.
of course, it didn't amount to much. they overrode his veto. it's just so cartoonishly evil. an entire state's political body so desperate to terrorize this one little trans girl.
my most lukewarm take is that I don't think there should be any exemptions for vaccines, etc., beyond documented legit adverse medical shit that makes it physically impossible. like they should be free and required and nobody should be allowed to just choose to leave their child and any immunocompromised person they interact with vulnerable to potentially deadly but entirely preventable diseases and other medical conditions.
does anyone have any good teenwolf fic recs (preferably thiam) that lean into theoās sociopathic (for lack of better words) characteristics?
like im all down for it to be a redemption story/him learning to be better i just wish more people kept him a little evil bc i love that so much haha like i dont mean a super dark fic (tho welcome!!) i still want to see the same softness and care we see in s6
think of like how malia was when she was in the pack and figuring out human morals and feelings like i want theo to keep some of his nastiness
ādid the journal factory burn downā is funny but doesnāt reflect my true views which are i love to follow people who overshare every moment of their day
but ykw at least i'm not on mount everest. at least i'm not paying tens of thousands of dollars to slowly suffocate in a 300-person line at the gates of hell. never in my life will i have to be steered in a hypoxic stupor through the maze of poop and corpses atop mount everest. on this earth a lot of horrible things can happen to you without your permission but there are a few that you have to opt into. you can just say no thanks! and be guaranteed never to have to be on mount everest. much to be grateful for actually
shipping a consensual, safe & sane pairing all the while i'm shaking my head in disapproval so the audience knows i still love wildly toxic abusive fictional dynamics
this is because they write with their mind penis and have terrible childhoods and horrible luck, which seems to be the key factor in writing shakespeare level smut
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My name is Suhaila, and I am writing from G.a.z.a, where life no longer feels like life. We lost our home, our safety, and everything we once had. Now we live in a torn tent that cannot protect us from the cold nights or the fear that never leaves us.
I am a mother of five children⦠five innocent souls who depend on me for everything. I am sick, and my body is getting weaker every day. I suffer from severe iron deficiency, and even with medication, I feel like I am slowly fading. Some days I cannot even stand⦠but I have no choice but to keep going for my children.
My baby girl needs milk⦠something so simple, yet I cannot provide it. Hearing her cry from hunger breaks me in ways I cannot describe.
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There is no food, no safety, no stability⦠only fear, hunger, and exhaustion. My children cry, and I have nothing to give them. This pain is too heavy for a mother to carry.
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