drankl

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by drankl 1y ago
The US has been through worse, you'll probably be fine. Best thing to do is not watch the news as much, it's designed to make you worry about things that are out of your control.
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by drankl 1y ago
It's most likely based on the findings discussed here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-021-00553-7
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by drankl 1y ago
It is being used as a wedge issue by conservatives in the US, but I feel that liberal politicians made a rod for their own backs on this one. An unforced error that their opponents were happy to take advantage of. This article has an intere
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by drankl 1y ago
I am not.
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by drankl 1y ago
> Retroactively stripping the titles from trans men (§4.1) does not "encourage female participation", no matter how you slice it. Section 4.1 is the logical outcome of FIDE categories being split into Open, where both men and w
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by drankl 1y ago
To quote the British Prime Minister, the purpose of recognising a Palestinian state comprising both Gaza and the West Bank is to "revive the hope of peace and a two-state solution". But how can that work in practice when the state
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by drankl 1y ago
The reason for a separate women's category in FIDE's chess competitions is different to athletic sports - it was introduced to encourage female participation in what was an overwhelmingly male-dominated field. As an example, here&
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by drankl 1y ago
Historians will probably have a range of opinions on this matter.
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by drankl 1y ago
I suspect this is what those pushing these laws wanted all along. They talk about dying in dignity and all that but seems it's much more about normalizing human culling.
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Plausibility is not truth: Do you really understand AI?(thecritic.co.uk)
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Dining across the divide: 'We disagreed on almost everything – it was great'(theguardian.com)
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The Death of the Corporate Job(thestillwandering.substack.com)
10 points by drankl 1y ago|5 comments
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Better bent than blind: Reflections on the limits of loyalty(hollymathnerd.substack.com)
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The Suppressed Histories Archives: A global perspective on women's history(suppressedhistories.net)
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How inner monologues work and who has them(psychologytoday.com)
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Embrace hope, reject assisted suicide(thecritic.co.uk)
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The dawn of the post-literate society – and the end of civilisation(jmarriott.substack.com)
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by drankl 1y ago
I'm just commenting on a topic I'm interested in, like the person I replied to did.
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by drankl 1y ago
If you compare the female and male world records for pretty much any sport, you'll very clearly see the effect of SRY and other male-making genes. The rationale for the female category is to remove this male advantage from competition.
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by drankl 1y ago
https://archive.today/P0Ybu
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The Family Fallout of DNA Surprises(newyorker.com)
3 points by drankl 1y ago|1 comments
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Enslaved Grandparent Syndrome(theguardian.com)
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by drankl 1y ago
https://archive.today/sFH9x
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Group Project(galacticturtle.substack.com)
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by drankl 1y ago
This also shows King Lear as a good example of why trigger warnings are unnecessary, given that in 400 years of performance no-one bothered with such warnings and no harm was caused by their absence.
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by drankl 1y ago
Which is why it'll probably end up getting blocked at the ISP level for non-compliance.
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The trouble with trigger warnings: True drama is an emotional ambush(unherd.com)
2 points by drankl 1y ago|3 comments
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Stephanie Shirley, Who Created a Tech World for Women, Dies at 91(nytimes.com)
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by drankl 1y ago
https://archive.today/Rm7vS
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by drankl 1y ago
Having state-mandated software running on every device sounds like a much more invasive solution, and more easily turned against device owners. Whereas making online service providers responsible for the content they offer is more lightweig

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