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[mzyraj]

I actually read the article after writing the above just annoyed by the headline.

It's just (Tory) peers going off at the government with ostensibly no greater knowledge of events, albeit anxious about them, so the word choice is just extremely annoying by the peer who said it. They also said Iran was 'mad enough to use them', which idk for certain if they would but I resent the possible implication that mentally ill people would devastate the world like that. Much of the world devastation has been done by ostensibly sane world leaders, tyvm.

And the answer for what they're saying seems to be a return to sanctions on Iran, stopping clerics going between Iran and London, and an update on an investigation on UK unis potentially helping Iran? Which. If they're as close and determined to have nukes (and use them) as is being made out, I don't see why any of that would stop them. Either they're a super urgent danger to the world, or you can calm the fuck down with your language about it.

Like I'm no fan of the Iranian government by any means and it's not outside the realms of possibility that they will get nukes and they might use them, but I hate alarmism in headlines and potentially trying to sell people on drastic violence on the basis of a possibility.

What happens if you shoot down a nuke, btw? 🤔 might google that

I don't really get this. Are you saying if we give them half an hour it'll be done? And if it's actually that close you can't really stop it. This was over an hour ago, so they're finished by now?

Also, who is saying this and what are they advocating for as a result? Like current events (and the previous years of tory leadership) has left me very sceptical of our government's judgement. And like. A lot of countries have nukes rn. Even countries that are at war rn. And yet none have been used for a long time. I get that it's hard to be certain how a new country will act, but if anyone's pushing for "we've got to bomb the shit out of them just in case" that's a jump too far for my liking

Anyway apparently they were only 'minutes away' over an hour ago so I guess they have nukes by now and are sending them if they're gonna get sent 🙄

#news headlines #iran #uk politics

[mzyraj]

I don't really get this. Are you saying if we give them half an hour it'll be done? And if it's actually that close you can't really stop it. This was over an hour ago, so they're finished by now?

Also, who is saying this and what are they advocating for as a result? Like current events (and the previous years of tory leadership) has left me very sceptical of our government's judgement. And like. A lot of countries have nukes rn. Even countries that are at war rn. And yet none have been used for a long time. I get that it's hard to be certain how a new country will act, but if anyone's pushing for "we've got to bomb the shit out of them just in case" that's a jump too far for my liking

Anyway apparently they were only 'minutes away' over an hour ago so I guess they have nukes by now and are sending them if they're gonna get sent 🙄

#news headlines #iran

[mzyraj]

#mood

[mzyraj]

Do you know the dwelling(s) either of your parents grew up in?

Yes, I live(d) there

Yes, I’ve been inside it

Yes, I’ve seen it from the outside

Yes, I’ve seen it in a photo

No, I have never seen it

#my dad's mum still lives in the bungalow they've had since he was a small child

[mzyraj]

this is a way better model... you'll still get transphobic & intersexist drs of course but i prefer this to male / female or even having separate questions for gender & sex.

[we can't see the full form, but i'd suggest having a "something else" option and dominant hormone question too.]

#my only thought with this is that actually some of the internal ones are typically unconfirmed unless/until a scan is done #like it's typically assumed a ciswoman will have all the left stuff but it's not guaranteed #so much of medicine is based on assumptions that may not be true in a specific patient's case

[mzyraj]

My benchmarked characters* and a possible fem-hroth who probably won't happen

I'm mostly good with the updated graphic versions, the thing that's thrown me most is the big and shiny lalafell eyes, might tinker with those or I might get used to them. Probably helps I'm not super into gpose so I'm not overattached to the exact details of characters' faces like some may be

*(Asha, Tyrion, Penny, Meera, Brienne, Jess, R'ya, Seth (OC), Melisandre, Rodney(OC), Shireen, Kimmy (OC - and probably won't happen because she's really too self centered and cruel to be a ffxiv protag) )

#ffxiv #dawntrail benchmark

[mzyraj]

Not even Mom can fully compete with the Need for Speed (he's been running major zoomies around the living room for the past 10 minutes)

#puppies #cute

[mzyraj]

#be gull do crimes #british things #seagulls

[mzyraj]

#indian bullshit #discrimination #yeah sounds real bad

[mzyraj]

A win for trans rights!!!!!! 🏳️‍⚧️

The Selbstbestimmungsgesetz (self-identify law) allows trans and intersex people to change their name and gender in the civil registry much more easily than before by submitting a self-disclosure form. This will be possible starting on the 1. November 2024 while the self-disclosure forms can be submitted as early as 1. August 2024 because of the 3 month waiting period in the law. After a name and gender change the person will be barred from changing it again for one year. People of ages 14-17 will need the approval of a legal guardian to change their gender and name while for children under 14 the legal guardians can submit a form for the change.

[Image ID: The Destiel confession meme edited so that Dean answers 'The Selbstbestimmungsgesetz has passed in the German Bundestag' to Cas' 'I love you'. /End ID]

#good for you germany #need that energy over her #trans rights

[mzyraj]

terfs keep mentioning the % of autistics who are trans/nb and that we're 'brainwashed'

and because i'm an asshole, i decided to look into why so many autistic folks are trans/nb. it's not an inaccurate statement, at least the first half, but terfs lie through their teeth so i decided to get to the scientific root of it.

the answer blew my fucking mind.

the study on gender and autism i found said two very specific things about autistic people: we are more mentally resistant to things like social conditioning and binarism. we like our secret third things, y'know.

an excerpt:

“The finding that non-binary identities are most elevated seems to support hypotheses focussed on autistic resistance to social conditioning, which are consistent with existing evidence of the same effect with respect to self-description of sexual orientation. Perhaps elevated rates of trans identity in autism might result from a rejection of the binary cisgenderist norm, which combined with a below-typical concern for social norms could promote the disclosure of the identity.”

94% of autistics surveyed for that paper identified themselves as non-binary.

other studies have found autistic people have higher levels of critical thinking, and require more evidence to maintain or convert to a belief system (hence why many of us eventually fall away from religion) than allistic people.

which means, at least from my perspective, that:

a) the 'brainwashing' terfs are accusing the trans community of inflicting on autistic folks would likely not even work if they tried.

b) the current binary definition of gender flies directly against embedded autistic modes of thinking to begin with.

you cannot brainwash someone into thinking something they already believe.

#transphobia #autism #yeah this makes sense

[mzyraj]

bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

[mzyraj]

The governor was firm: Nebraska would reject the new federal money for summer meals. The state already fed a small number of children when schools closed. He would not sign on to a program to provide all families that received free or cut-rate school meals with cards to buy groceries during the summer.

“I don’t believe in welfare,” the governor, Jim Pillen, a Republican, said in December.

A group of low-income youths, in a face-to-face meeting, urged him to reconsider. One told him she had eaten less when schools were out. Another criticized the meals at the existing feeding sites and held a crustless prepackaged sandwich to argue that electronic benefit cards from the new federal program would offer better food and more choice.

“Sometimes money isn’t the solution,” the governor replied.

.......

The new $2.5 billion program, known as Summer EBT, passed Congress with bipartisan support, and every Democratic governor will distribute the grocery cards this summer. But Republican governors are split, with 14 in, 13 out and no consensus on what constitutes conservative principle.

One red-state governor (Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas) hailed the cards as an answer to a disturbing problem. Another (Kim Reynolds of Iowa) warned that they might increase obesity. Some Republicans dismissed the program as obsolete pandemic aid. Some balked at the modest state matching costs. Others hinted they might join after taking more time to prepare.

The program will provide families about $40 a month for every child who receives free or reduced-price meals at school —$120 for the summer. The red-state refusals will keep aid from about 10 million children, about a third of those potentially eligible nationwide.

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As with Medicaid, poor states are especially resistant, though the federal government bears most of the cost. Of the 10 states with the highest levels of children’s food insecurity, five rejected Summer EBT: Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas.

Like the school lunch program, it serves families up to 185 percent of the poverty line, meaning a family of three would qualify with an income of about $45,500 or less.

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Some Republicans, in rejecting the aid, found critics in their own ranks. After Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina dismissed Summer EBT as a duplicative “entitlement,” State Senator Katrina Shealy, a fellow Republican, wrote a column with a Democratic colleague warning that “hunger does not stop during summer break.”

In an interview, Ms. Shealy said the state should not reject $65 million “just because Biden is president,” and perhaps just partly tongue-in-cheek wrapped her plea in Trumpian bunting: “Everyone wants to say, ‘America First’ — well, let’s feed our children first.”

Oklahoma initially said it rejected the program because federal officials had not finalized the rules. But responding to critics, Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, sharpened his attack, calling Summer EBT a duplicative “Biden administration program” that would “cause more bureaucracy for families.”

Tribal governments, which have influence over large parts of the state, stepped in. Already feuding with Mr. Stitt, they promised to distribute cards to all eligible families on their land, regardless of tribal status, while bearing the $3 million administrative cost. The five participating tribes will cover nearly 40 percent of Oklahoma’s eligible children, most of them not Native American.

“I remain dumbfounded that the governor of Oklahoma would turn down federal tax dollars to help feed low-income children,” said Chuck Hoskin Jr., the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.

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some of the most stunning highlights of this story.

All I got to say is, let's feed the children? every single Democratic Governor took the money to feed the kids, every governor who rejected it, every single one, is a Republican. If you don't vote for Democrats you are STEALING food out of kids mouths.

#us politics #fuck the gop

[mzyraj]

Every time I advocate for voting people are like "no you shouldn't vote! Read this literature, it'll totally change the way you view voting!" And every single time it's the same fucking "you shouldn't vote because both parties are exactly the same so it won't make a difference who wins" bullshit wrapped up in some fancy language

#please vote #god I still need to figure out how I'm gonna vote when both main parties are on the transphobia train #not that it will likely matter since my area has been consistently tory since the 1920s #but I still always vote #and I'm gonna be a pain in the ass to whoever wins if they're gonna be assholes (unfortunately likely)

[mzyraj]

Story time! a few years ago my grandma found out that my sibling is nonbinary. Sibling was nervous at first bc it was an accident, and even tho our grandma fully accepted me as a trans guy, she presumably had no idea what being nb or genderfluid meant. and to an extent the sib was right—she was totally unaware that those concepts existed when we agreed to meet for lunch that day

but. but. she brought a full on PACKET of printed research and a pen. and asked questions. she took honest to god notes.

so anyway. thank you Grammy for loving your grandkids unconditionally. the feeling is mutual 💕

#oh that's so cute #trans stuff

[mzyraj]

I asked one of my (male) friends to stop using the phrase “man up” and he has been using “fortify” for the past two weeks instead and it’s just a little thing but honestly it makes a difference

and tbh it’s also pretty funny when I start to deflate in the library and he leans over and goes “FORTIFY”

#oh that's cute #also sounds like an rpg move #putting fortify in my logos actions for my next BA run

[mzyraj]

for as much as I love and adore stories where the power of hope and friendship is a blinding wonderful light, full of happiness and ease and laughter, something hits different about the way hope, in ffxiv, looks like this

covered in blood and dirt and limping forward. It’s probably been said multiple times before but isn’t it a reassuring image to know that hope drags itself through the mud just as much as you do and keeps fighting when it can hardly stand. and amidst deepest despair, light everlasting

#endwalker spoilers #yeah #hope is not pure and clean it's dirty and bruised and dragging itself on with what energy it can muster #ffxiv #ffxiv venat