Tack!

I would like to see more opinions from the Greenland locals, but I doubt that they want to exchange Denmark with the USA.

Manifest Destiny

Ceaușescu got that notification after his regime imposed a decade of intense austerity while demanding adulation and worship. Debts repaid or not, that was a bad way to go about it. In the current context, there’s a long way down to abject poverty from where any EU countries are now. In terms of his reward, I would point out that he was shuffled off the mortal coil before he could divulge information about his friends, his allies, his partners.

People are indoctrinated into being vulnerable to authoritarianism very early, it’s a big part of the major religions. Now the vulnerability is being targeted with more and more serious exploits.

The extra sad thing is that China isn’t even “tankie-socialist” anymore, much like how the Soviet Union doesn’t exist anymore.

paper cuts

https://www.thecut.com/article/4b-american-women-trump-advice.html

One of the reasons I’ve been boycotting imports from Türkiye for years.

A review of the infamous CASS report:

Results from 5 uncontrolled, observational studies suggest that, in children and adolescents with gender dysphoria, gender-affirming hormones are likely to improve symptoms of gender dysphoria, and may also improve depression, anxiety, quality of life, suicidality, and psychosocial functioning. The impact of treatment on body image is unclear. All results were of very low certainty using modified GRADE

Safety outcomes were reported in 5 observational studies. Statistically significant increases in some measures of bone density were seen following treatment with gender-affirming hormones, although results varied by bone region (lumber spine versus femoral neck) and by population (transfemales versus transmales). However, z-scores suggest that bone density remained lower in transfemales and transmales compared with an equivalent cisgender population. Results from 1 study of gender-affirming hormones started during adolescence reported statistically significant increases in blood pressure and body mass index, and worsening of the lipid profile (in transmales) at age 22 years, although longer term studies that report on cardiovascular event rates are required. Adverse events and discontinuation rates associated with gender-affirming hormones were only reported in 1 study, and no conclusions can be made on these outcomes.

This document was prepared in October 2020

Evidence review (.PDF): Gender-affirming hormones for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria https://cass.independent-review.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220726_Evidence-review_Gender-affirming-hormones_For-upload_Final.pdf

Other reading:

Fact Check: New York Times Publishes Misleading Story On Puberty Blocker Study

Gender-affirming care can improve mental health outcomes in transgender youth | Department of Epidemiology

Watching:

Exposing the Dangers of Anti-Trans Fascism | RE: The Cass Review & Labour’s Downfall

The rat race squid game eventually ends, as it’s not sustainable.

Dehumanization works because many of the popular cultures around the world treat non-humans terribly. As we’re talking about the “cradle” of Western civilization, we’re talking about pastoralists especially.

In case anyone forgot from autumn 2023:

On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israelis were united in their fight against Hamas, whom he described as an enemy of incomparable cruelty. “They are committed to completely eliminating this evil from the world,” Netanyahu said in Hebrew. He then added: “You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. And we do remember.”

As others quickly pointed out, God commands King Saul in the first Book of Samuel to kill every person in Amalek, a rival nation to ancient Israel. “This is what the Lord Almighty says,” the prophet Samuel tells Saul. “‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/benjamin-netanyahu-amalek-israel-palestine-gaza-saul-samuel-old-testament/

Israel has no sober friends.

No.

Going into ketosis is well known in science for the increase in autophagy: fat, yes, but also muscles. It’s literally a mechanism targeted for use as therapy for certain conditions.

These ketobro clowns used to mention some traditional meat eating populations like the Inuit, but they don’t usually anymore. Yeah, those are people who “did keto” for a very long time.

The Inuit literally evolved genetic adaptation to avoid ketosis while consuming a diet high in animal fats, and they still suffer the consequences.

I’m not fucking giving up, these fuckers need to be called out for their dangerous bullshit.

If you’re not familiar with the keto fanbase, good for you, btw.

Not proved wrong.

I’m not wasting time with “but actually” memes.

You know very well that I was referring to the higher intensity of autophagy going on. Useless semantics bullshit. Enjoy being blocked.

You can use your mastodon account too

I’m aware, but haven’t figured out how to login as such. And I need to keep some order amongst the accounts.

And, yes, it’s vegan btw.

I should migrate to my .vg account.