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by a_shovel 2y ago
What did you post? Did you get banned or what?
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by a_shovel 2y ago
Thank you for introducing me to the term "disguised query". I've been looking for a way to describe this aspect of how people discuss sex.
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by a_shovel 2y ago
The purpose of this study is to allow the administration to say "Official CDC Study Concludes Vaccines Cause Autism". Then, the rebuttal to that statement will be not "No, there's no such study", but instead "y
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by a_shovel 2y ago
I've heard legends of a time, perhaps back in the mid 2000s, when companies paid so much for banner ads that you didn't need another revenue source for your website with Flash games or what have you. If such a time ever existed, i
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by a_shovel 2y ago
The link is that autistic people are cool and awesome, and therefore are more likely to do other cool things, such as be transgender or gender non-conforming.
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by a_shovel 2y ago
> The 24 February state department cable obtained by the Guardian instructs visa officers to apply Immigration and Nationality Act section 212(a)(6)(C)(i) – the “permanent fraud bar” – against trans applicants. Unlike regular visa denial
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by a_shovel 2y ago
I lost a bit too much time exploring through the first place submission. There's a bunch of big publishers that get huge million-number blocks mostly or entirely to themselves, and there are hundreds of thousands of tiny independent pu
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by a_shovel 2y ago
In the words of @drlizpowell.bsky.social, "Imagine if Airlines could just break your legs and say 'whoops!' and then face no consequences."
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by a_shovel 2y ago
All the things that differentiate race are genetic, sure, but which things are used to categorize people into race is socially constructed. Why do people base racial categories on skin color but not, say, finger length or whether you can
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by a_shovel 2y ago
Being a defense contractor isn't a problem that a little corporate rearrangement can't fix. Put the consumer division under a new subsidiary with a friendly name and you're golden. Even among the small percentage who know the
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by a_shovel 2y ago
I initially thought that this was an announcement for a new pledge and thought, "they're going to forget about this the moment it's convenient." Then I read the article and realized, "Oh, it's already convenien
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Waffle House is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells(cnn.com)
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by a_shovel 2y ago
This last Christmas season, my dad and I wanted some classic Christmas music on the TV, so we checked out Youtube for one of those multi-hour videos. We ended up choosing which video to play based on which AI-generated cozy Christmas cabin
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by a_shovel 2y ago
xkcd "Work": https://xkcd.com/1741/ "Sometimes I get overwhelmed thinking about the amount of work that went into the ordinary objects around me."
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by a_shovel 2y ago
Fired for accidentally misgendering someone, or fired for intentionally misgendering someone repeatedly, often for extended periods of time? The first is the situation being discussed, the second is the situation that actually happens.
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by a_shovel 2y ago
Oysters used to be so abundant they were a poor people's food. It's hard to understand how overfishing, overhunting, and habitat destruction have destroyed ecosystems. Some people think we can just pretend we're not part of a
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by a_shovel 3y ago
I think you're misunderstanding the article. It's analyzing the claims Reed made, specifically the ones she made in her affidavit, and whether they had been corroborated by the NYT or elsewhere. It's not analyzing the claim
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by a_shovel 3y ago
> "Although a recent New York Times investigation largely corroborated Reed’s account," This is entirely false. The New York Times did not corroborate any of Reed's allegations of wrongdoing against the clinic, and large
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by a_shovel 3y ago
It's a power thing. Authorities make arbitrary changes just because they can, and exercising their power feels good. They ignore the reason people object to those changes and interpret the objections as challenges to their power and di
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by a_shovel 3y ago
I've seen a lot of people say the SPLC is a total sham, but I haven't seen anyone explain why or give examples, and in my experience they've been reliable.
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by a_shovel 3y ago
I have no idea what that first thing is supposed to be if not some weird kind of throne.
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by a_shovel 3y ago
"Advocates" is probably a better descriptor than mine tbh. Anyways, here's how I counted. 1. "cutting a boy's penis off is an appropriate treatment for liking dolls" - Not a position held by trans people or all
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by a_shovel 3y ago
I don't know any trans people who believe any of the things that you're suggesting they do. Literally every single one of your claims about what trans people believe are false; I count at least 7 distinct ones. (I can enumerat
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by a_shovel 3y ago
Tough crowd.
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by a_shovel 3y ago
<joke>I wonder, does this also make knees harder and faster?</joke>
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by a_shovel 3y ago
The problem is that tearing it down would be a huge embarrassment to everyone involved, especially if it was closed due to safety. Leaving it SBNO indefinitely makes it an eyesore, but lets them avoid assigning blame like a demolition would
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by a_shovel 3y ago
"A bit like" is underselling it. It is that. Occasionally, I politely ask people objecting to the term "cis" what word they would prefer I use instead. I've had people directly tell me I should refer to cis people
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by a_shovel 3y ago
To be clear, that's a completely reasonable position to take on them.
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by a_shovel 3y ago
Historia Civilis's summary of the crown incident is convincing to me. > It's highly dramatic, and it seems to have played out a little too perfectly. In my opinion it's pretty clear that Antony and Caesar coordinated the w
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by a_shovel 3y ago
Honestly, not surprised. Starbucks's strategy on unions seems to be to union-bust as viciously as possible with the thinnest of pretenses, and trust that the federal government will let them do it with a slap on the wrist (if anything)

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