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The Evidence for Gender-affirming Medical Interventions for Transgender Adolescents Research suggests gender-affirming medical care results in better mental health. Here are the studies.

🚨New Study Added🚨

A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics of 432 #trans adolescents and young adults receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy found statistically significant reductions in suicidality following treatment.

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257. The Commission recommends that all Member States: (a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip; (b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide; (c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law; (d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide; (e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. 258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: (a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants; (b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

the assassination of charlie kirk is just a distraction.

ICE is raiding immigrant communities, and Congress is dismantling trans healthcare.

Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate

it's such a sign of how bad social media has fucked us over that a podcaster getting shot feels like it'll have a bigger impact than elected officials getting assassinated

so many concerned tweets about how the rubicon has been crossed

wtf are you talkin about man we've been here for years

Financial stress is a leading cause of suicide attempts.

Is a person of interest explicitly distinct from a suspect?

New study on teaching in social work shows that straight, white man are perceived as the most privileged students but actually are the most reluctant to speak.

I see. Maybe. But it's not clear that he had a large effect on the number of guns in circulation in the US. 2A activism and lobbying has been an intractable roadblock for gun reform literally forever

I mean you said videos of other people were worse, and that they were caused by him in some way

videos of who?

Hi friends who are only on bsky. Long time no see

but he didn't seem to be familiar with Measurement Invariance. He just shouted at me to look up "first principal component" as if that addresses the issue at all. when I tried to explain he was like "I'll block you if you keep wasting my time without being smart enough to talk to me"

for example, he is a strong believer in large racial IQ differences and has tweeted insistently about the idea that certain countries in Africa have an absurdly low average IQ.

I challenged him on the grounds of "Measurement Non-Invariance" between continents for IQ tests

he is a little bit narcissistic, and used to have a tendency to just shut down conversation where he was genuinely challenged on something in a way he wasn't prepared for

oh, Mind Enjoyer is old username. He is now a Detrans man who goes by Hunter Artemis on twitter

TLDR: if you're thinking 'how can I work this cool worldbuilding exposition into my story' instead of 'how can I develop the setting of this story to support its themes and conflicts', something has probably gone wrong

Friendly Counterpoint!

"Freedom is the enemy of creativity, limitations are its Saviour"

I actually love the constraints of an already existing world. I love to think about what I would do If I were tasked with writing my favorite characters in comics or like the MCU

when it comes down to pieces of advice that convert dabblers into novelists, this is absolutely the most important one

the number of people I've met who think they've saving themselves work later by coming up with an exhaustive worldbuilding doc is big and honey that is a trap

what is this, 2020?

Abstract and title page of PDF

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I've felt for a while that a mainstream method, reverse engineering, in cognitive science & AI is incompatible w computationalism‼️ So I wrote "Modern Alchemy: Neurocognitive Reverse Engineering" w the wonderful Natalia S. & @irisvanrooij.bsky.social to elaborate: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25289/
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In my Substack post this morning: "Does anyone doubt that when inflation rises, [Trump will] dismiss it as “fake news”?"

I only got to be prescient for a few hours ...

His fate is in AOCs hands

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Wow, should have been on bluesky

It was all an act