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Utah didn’t ban youth hormone therapy such as testosterone boosters for cis boys. It didn’t ban “gender affirming surgery” such as breast augmentation for cis girls.

Just for trans kids.

You know, in case you’re wondering if lawmakers are really out to “protect the children” like they claim.

Give me a break.

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· 8 Shevat 5783 (Monday 30 January 2023) · 0 minutes to read

Trump vs. DeSantis in 2024? Republican litmus test is brutality by

Charlie Sykes (MSNBC)

This time, cruelty is no longer enough.

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· 8 Shevat 5783 (Monday 30 January 2023) · 1 minute to read

Just an FYI: If you're planning to use archive.is to archive Substack links, Substack seems specifically not to work. Script just keeps attempting to get without success.

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· 8 Shevat 5783 (Monday 30 January 2023) · 1 minute to read

Good morning everybody and welcome to Monday. I'm really appreciating the content warnings on The Last Of Us spoiler posts because I have to catch up on episodes. Oh and of course everyone's alt text on their images.

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· 8 Shevat 5783 (Monday 30 January 2023) · 0 minutes to read

Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig looks to remove stigma of mental health, one ruling at a time by Judah Ari Gross (timesofisrael.com)

What began as an attempt to answer some questions turned into a book and then a full-time job teaching the public, professionals and other rabbis about Jewish law and mental health

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· 8 Shevat 5783 (Monday 30 January 2023) · 0 minutes to read

A Terrifying Sign of Assimilation by Jeff Yang (New York Times)

Ours is a nation where the unimaginable has somehow become inevitable. If Mr. Chou, Mr. Tran and Mr. Zhao committed mass shootings, they did so not because they were Asian but as Americans. Mass murder may be the fullest act of assimilation possible into a culture that has proudly chosen as its colors the red of innocent blood, the white of panicked eyes and the hazy blue of semiautomatic smoke.

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· 8 Shevat 5783 (Monday 30 January 2023) · 0 minutes to read

I like Masto, but... (Scripting News)

We're still waiting to be set free from the limits imposed by Twitter 17 years ago.

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· 8 Shevat 5783 (Monday 30 January 2023) · 0 minutes to read

The economy keeps defying media expectations. It’s part of a pattern. by Jennifer Rubin (The Washington Post)

Group think seems to be a serious problem for the media.