Interesting Links for 17-03-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Finally, the true meaning of the universe is revealed

(tags:meaning StarWars comic funny )

2. The condemnation of Jess Phillips for honouring a trans teenager is a new low in our culture wars

(tags:bigotry uk lgbt transgender )

3. National Academies: We can't define "race," so stop using it in science

(tags:race racism science )

4. There's a hierarchy of racism under Starmer

(tags:labour racism UK OhForFucksSake politics )

5. Against the idea of gender dysphoria as a mental illness

(tags:gender mentalhealth transgender LGBT )

6. Silicon Valley Bank's collapse was spotted well in advance by everyone in the know - other than the regulators.

(tags:banking regulation OhForFucksSake )

7. 10 best D&D map makers for dungeons, cities and worlds

(tags:maps dungeonsanddragons )

8. So, you've been challenged to a duel. What are the rules?

(tags:duelling rules usa history )

9. Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill

(tags:LGBT USA transgender politics )

10. Northern Ireland rejects Irish unity by large margin (50% to 26%)

(tags:NorthernIreland polls )

11. A Pro-Trump Social Network Wants to Corner the Anti-Vax Jizz Market

(tags:fertility politics USA viaPatrickHadfield headline )

Comments

[cmcmck]

2.And still people ask me why I'm happily blended into the binary.................

And once again I'll ask- if I'm not saying,how do they suppose they'll know?

Sigh :o(

[channelpenguin]

And if they can't tell, why would they care? :-)

It's all so ridiculous. I'm sorry for all the people whose lives seem to be getting harder from this nonsense.

[cmcmck]

Precisely!

And in 5, I notice that 'gender dysphoria as mental illness' is rearing its ugly head again even though 'medical authority' rejected that concept thirty years and more ago.

I transitioned back in the seventies in my teens and had thought things were getting easier for the younger ones, but the hatemongers have come roaring back, it seems, often fronted by people who really ought to know better.