It was last revised under the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 where it was raised from 13 to 16… so I would think it probably was designed exactly that way. None of the parliaments in the UK seem to have any intention of raising it.

I only use Google Alerts and it’s absolute trash. You can set it to only give alerts for particular regions and it’s constantly giving me hits from India, USA, and Australia (I’m also in Europe!).

Ah yes, @bikini.bottom.news!

Omg this is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I do a lot of media monitoring for work and have been using MBFC to try to measure how reliable my current Google Alerts are, because it throws up some weird and wild news sources.

Just FYI, because it seems like you want a trans-exclusionary sub, this is not the one for you. Sidebar rules state the belief here is that trans women are women, and as OP pointed out, the misogyny you describe is often a result of gender perception rather than chromosomal makeup.

This is extremely reductionist as it’s actually a fairly complex school of thought, but it’s essentially just: everyone is equal and thus should have equal rights and treatment under the law. A basic example:

I have a cake and take it to a party with 7 others. We agree everyone should have equal right and access to the cake and so cut it into 8 equal slices.

Where as Capitalism is like: I decide because I came up with the idea of getting cake, I deserve more of it, so I take 50%. The host of the party gets a 20% cut. And the remaining 6 guests divvy the remaining 30% amongst themselves.

Brian Blessed is probably the most known person I’ve met. He is exactly like his appearance on any TV show you’ve seen him on. He wants to tell stories, endlessly. He’s always got a fascinating story or fact to tell you. He wants to speak to literally anyone about anything.

This was at a convention years ago, and he had two handlers who were ripping their hair out from the frustration - they were bitching about how impossible he is to get from place to place but he’s just so goddamn nice.

Other notable meet (to me) was Regi Fils-Aimé. I was wearing a Zelda necklace and he went “ooooh I like your necklace!” and I pretty much resembled that scene where Troy meets LeVar Burton in Community.

… but what did he call you about? I need to know more!

Isn’t that essentially what Patreon is for though? How is it different (other than I assume no ‘bonus content’ for your sub)?

Not sure if you actually meant that in response to me?

I was pointing out to that guy that GAC isn’t exclusively for trans people, and that by their logic, if you want to deny it for one group then it should be denied for all people unless life-critical. I think certain people forget their little blue pills are about affirming their identify as men.

Appreciate the further insight! Do you really think any ill long term effects would become a scandal though? I feel like I’ve heard women shouting from the rooftops, but also directly into the void, on how awful most chemical BC is and essentially no one cares.

What about GAC that cis-gendered people access that is arguably not medically necessary? Such as HRT for menopause, hypogonadism, or sexual enhancement? HRT adds to quality of life (and affirms one’s gender, looking at you, Viagra) but is arguably not at all medically necessary in most common use cases.

Or going past hormones, what about body augmentation incl. things like aesthetic or reconstructive surgeries, hair transplants or removals?

Not only could it be almost anything that’s increased in our general environment, but better means to identify specific diseases. Diagnostics and knowledge have advanced in the 30 or so years this study apparently covers, and can account for an “increase” in the prevalence of auto-immune diseases.

In theory, there’s still some diseases that while well understood, HCPs still take excruciatingly long to diagnose and prefer to explore routes like mental health and exclusionary diagnoses first, which could suggest prevalence is higher still.

Why specifically the implants do you think? I appreciate more studies especially looking at extended usage are definitely needed. At least so far there’s no evidence of increase in certain kinds of cancers or reduction of bone density (unlike depo). Still, I’ve just realised I’ve been using nexplanon for 15 years and I have no way to know what impact it’s actually had on me.

Okay, but we had that same issue in 2010 before Chrome started to become mainstream. And before that, IE had to compete with Netscape.

I watched GG on repeat for literal years. Must have seen it over 20 times? Then AYITL happened and I can’t watch it again, because it really took it out of being a ‘product of it’s time’ and made it almost impossible to look past how much Rory sucks.

I watched GG on repeat for literal years. Must have seen it over 20 times? Then AYITL happened and I can’t watch it again, because it really took it out of being a ‘product of it’s time’ and made it almost impossible to look past how much Rory sucks.

Mean Girls - this is my absolute comfort movie. Elf is mandatory watch every Christmas and I never get bored of it.

Movies I’ll always sit down and watch if I see them on TV that I’ve not seen mentioned yet:

• Breakfast Club
• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
• Time Bandits
• 12 Monkeys
• Muppet Treasure Island

Guess it depends on the country.

Right now, UK public sector is absolutely dire. A lot of us are wildly overworked and underpaid. I’ve honestly considered going back to the private sector because I could be earning about £10-15k/pa more, but at least in my specific sector I have guaranteed job security and some (largely false at this point) sense of making a positive contribution to the society I live in.

Job progression isn’t easy, especially now because of cuts and recruitment freezes. There’s no benefits other than always getting public holidays off. Our pensions were wrecked in 2015 and won’t even compensate for it.

Yeah that’s exactly why I paid for it. Think it’s a great app and want to support them over time. Agree that free version serves the purpose just as well though!