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Even when I went to elementary school over 15 years ago in Canada, kids weren't allowed to be held back without written permission from their parents. I thought it was really fucking weird because we literally had a kid whose mom did all of his homework (everyone knew; he had horrible writing and she didn't) and yet refused to put him in a remedial class or have him repeat a year.

Unfortunately, even if Hamas relinquished power tomorrow, I think the oppression and genocide of the Palestinian people will continue. There's no reason for Israel to stop and they've still got the implicit and explicit backing of most of the world.

I am aware of the reality that banning trans people doesn't stop abuse. I am rhetorically musing about how the people who genuinely believe this may react upon learning their problems have not been magically solved by the vocal radfems pushing the notion that trans women are unsafe.

You know, like the Trump voters who were shocked that he cut social spending because they're living paycheck-to-paycheck? A "leopards ate my face" moment.

Is there an explicit vent space for trans people to talk about this topic? I am sick of being criticised for being upset that the world seems to hate my existence and trying to deal with it through commentary.

Is there something stopping her from having a job like a normal person instead of making money on Twitter? She doesn't have kids, she can do whatever else she wants. At some point, you have to admit that staying where you are is a choice you're making.

From the WSJ article this article is referencing:

Fong didn’t move forward with Musk because she pictured having children in a more traditional nuclear family, but confided to a few friends about the approach—including St. Clair, whom she knew as another conservative social-media figure—and how she worried that turning him down could hurt her earnings.

Once Musk learned that Fong disclosed the request to others, he chided her for not using discretion, according to the people, and unfollowed her. That contributed to a fall in her engagement, and her earnings declined.

Taking money/resources away from people who don't follow along is what Elon does. She knew that beforehand and made the choice not to have a kid with him with that knowledge in mind. Elon tried to coerce her and she dealt with the consequences of refusing.

Is it weird to anyone else that he just assumes his "legion" of children will follow him unquestioningly?

My dad keeps giving me stock "tips" (my stepsister works at a gold mine and he keeps telling me their stock'll go up any day now despite the mine not being in operation yet 🙄) and I haven't even followed through on that.

"But we counsel against reading this judgment as a triumph for one or more groups in our society at the expense of another - it is not."

Yes it is. If it weren't, you wouldn't have said this to assure people:

The Supreme Court said trans people - whether trans women or men - would not be disadvantaged by its decision as the Equality Act afforded them protection against discrimination or harassment.

The UK has already created a "scapegoat class" of people whose appearance makes their minority status obvious in many cases and those who were rightfully reprimanded for unlawful discrimination are now retroactively suing their former employers.

In an example of the ruling's potential impact, a Scottish health organisation that is being sued by a nurse it suspended over her response to a trans woman using a female changing room said it had noted the judgment.

This type of thing is going to further affect trans people's access to homeless shelters and healthcare, at minimum. I wonder what's going to happen when the cis women realize that banning trans people from their spaces didn't actually fix anything and their husbands, boyfriends, and colleagues are still groping, beating, and forcing themselves on them.

Maybe you're not being told for some sort of specific reason that may or may not end with -phobia. Might make you want to re-think whether "they won" or not.

Edit: Also Pride happens once a year, maybe get over it? This is the same energy as the Americans that want to end Black History Month. Do you tell your mom you're tired of Mothers Day?

He had the ability to appeal, which he used and lost. Then he was presented with another opportunity to appeal, because often you get several chances for this.

He chose instead to seek judicial review of the case, which wasted everyone's time because it was stupid and inappropriate to request a review instead of appealing.

Then he was fined for wasting everyone's time, because otherwise these people will just keep going and wasting taxpayer money on frivolous court proceedings.

Wow, that's a weird play. Japan has its back to the wall, I guess. This decision probably won't work out, though; Trump is going to see it as weakness and will ask for even more.

Honestly, pressuring someone into a purchase is how they start to think that maybe your products aren't worth their perceived value. Otherwise, why the hard sell?

Art of the deal, my ass. I wonder if he can even feel embarrassment or if he simply hides it behind his "masterful leader" persona.

Absolutely wild claim considering the centuries (millennia?) of indigenous migration in the area...