All based on a “report” that is practically Wakefieldian in its quality. It excluded pretty much any study that showed anything positive for trans healthcare, because they didn’t have double blinds/placebos, despite the fact lots of significantly impactful medical studies also don’t have double blinds because 1) it’s not possible to give someone placebo hormones without them noticing and 2) medical ethics doesn’t allow placebo/double blinding in these studies because it’s considered a denial of healthcare.

Gotta make sure he can hop on one and have a pilot whisk him out of Argentina.

The juxtaposition between the US targeting TiKTok while flipping out over Georgia’s proposed foreign agent law because it targets “non-political” entities like the media is very funny.

Also travelling south were Interior Minister Guillermo Francos

How often do LatAm Interior Ministers meet with the head of SOUTHCOM? That seems a bit 👁️ to me.

To be fair, Shin Bet and Mossad don’t report to Ben-Gvir. But he does control the police, border police, etc.

He’s bi. I think it’s partly that he’s attracted to guys that look like that (👀hasan👀).

From earlier this morning, it’s your latest edition of “Things You Don’t Want To Hear From Your Interior Minister”. This week, we hear from Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is threatening Bibi to invade Rafah or else:

Yair Lapid, leader of the opposition, offered to protect Netanyahu in the Knesset if he goes through with a peace deal. Not sure he can do much to protect Bibi in the streets, though.

I still maintain the best way out of this is offering Netanyahu and his family asylum/protection from extradition in the US in return for helping to mop up the more “intractable” elements within settler movement.

Part of me wonders if they want war with Iran not because they want to “win” in the traditional sense, but because it would likely result in the destruction of most if not all of the Gulf oil production, giving the US effectively a chokehold on the oil market.

Thanks!

Hating data nerds is a sectarianism against MLs!

This video basically falls into the same trap all of these other David Pakman-ass accounts fall into: They say the resolutions don’t do anything or repeat something that has already been passed, and then give the reasons why it shouldn’t be voted for.

If the thing you are voting on has already been passed, or it’s not binding (and General Assembly resolutions like this aren’t binding), then there is no reason to vote against it. It’s not going to do anything if it’s passed and you just look like an asshole voting against something all your other capitalist allies voted for. The US and Israel didn’t vote for it because both countries openly believe food is not a human right.

I know it’s not really news, but reposting this question from the general mega since it might have a better chance of getting answered here:

Does anyone know of any good works on religion from a Marxist persepctive? I’m not looking for criticism as much as a material analysis of what organized religion offers people. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how churches kind of approach “organizing” from a social basis, bringing people together to engage in group ritual and social interaction, and building charitable work on top of that. Also been thinking about the extent to which a lot of people find mass ritual comforting in some way.

Solar flares

They’ve come to do voter fraud for Brandon.

Oh shit yeah, that’s right.

Just in case you or anyone else isn’t aware, the post title is referencing an infamous post/copypasta from the CTH sub when the mods shut the sub down as a joke.

Thank you to the admins for getting us back up, of course

Does anyone know of any good works on religion from a Marxist persepctive? I’m not looking for criticism as much as a material analysis of what organized religion offers people. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how churches kind of approach “organizing” from a social basis, bringing people together to engage in group ritual and social interaction, and building charitable work on top of that. Also been thinking about the extent to which a lot of people find mass ritual comforting in some way.

I think they aren’t giving out free meals to the IDF anymore but don’t quote me on that. That might have ended a while ago. It’s kind of a weird situation, because the guy who owned the Israeli McDonalds franchise rights is actually very openly against the settlements.

False flags are definitely real. I mean, it’s possible that Russia could retaliate for the Moscow attack. I wouldn’t rule out either at the moment.