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For context (if you’re a sane person and not extremely online), researcher William Costello recently did a simple, anonymous Twitter poll. Men and women were invited to rate pictures of British singer Olly Murs when he was huskier vs. when he really hit his gym goals and became legitimately shredded.

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/33039410

 

The views expressed below are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights or Harvard Kennedy School. These perspectives have been presented to encourage debate on important public policy challenges.  On April 16, 2025, the United Kingdom's Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling interpreting the terms "woman" and "sex" under the Equality Act 2010 to refer strictly to biological sex assigned at birth.

 

Tony Gilroy pulled from 6,000 years of history when making Andor

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Gender 2.0 (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/transmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
 

Not mine, but I could not find the source

Description: A Windows 2000 desktop, showing an installation wizard for a program called "Gender 2.0". The window displays the message: "Thank you for reinstalling your gender!" Below, two options are given: "Reinstall using default settings (recommended)" and "Custom install (for advanced users) - Choose your gender expression, pronouns and other features".

 

The memo isn’t law, but it is the latest escalation in Trumpian efforts to wage war on trans people.

 

Original art by KumratArt

 

In a show of solidarity with the Palestinian-led BDS movement, indie label Ice Water Games has removed one of its projects, open-world tactics RPG Tenderfoot Tactics, from the Xbox store.

 

Six trans individuals share what it’s like being trans and incarcerated under Trump.

Archived version without paywall here: https://archive.is/dDAQ8

 

Even the self-described feminists celebrating the Supreme Court’s attempt to banish trans people from womanhood will pay a heavy price.

Archived version without paywall: https://archive.is/vOqSz

 

It is likely that there will never be a site like 4chan again.

 

Original art by 14__gom

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago

Yes, I think we are both in agreement that there is a distinction between intelligence and education. And - while these two points often get thrown together - it matters in political contexts, particularly because the Trumpists attempt to destroy the education system which they see as an obstacle to their rule. Critical thinking and language skills matter.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

AFAIK that depends really: Sure, those who are not really part of the "cult" will likely drop out, but the "ever faithful" will double down, because they will consider such hardship to be a test of their faith.

That effect can be seen here:

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 183 points 3 months ago (39 children)

The problem is that it's not a question of intelligence.

Trumpists and their ilk are living in echo chambers of "alternative facts", perpetuated by Fox News, Murdoch newspapers and an nearly endless amount of rightwing influencers (starting with Rogan at the top). They are not looking at what's happening, because they are surrounded in a very comforting bubble of disinfo and propaganda that confirms everything they wanted to hear: The illegals get deported, the queers get finally put in their place, the liberals are frothing with anger, finally men are back in charge who tell women where they belong and America is going to be "great" again any moment now.

It's fascism and fascism has always been a "cult": The early pioneers of fascism (particularly D'Annunzio and later Mussolini) explicitly said their aim was to create a "secular religion" around the nation, the people and the leader. And you can only be a member of that religion if you accept its "truth" and reject everything that contradicts it.

Very smart people can adhere to a religion for a variety of reasons and the most obvious one is (and always has been) because it promises them power over others.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago

Hahaha, eff you, Raytheon & Co.! Europe will now get its own military-industrial complex! With blackjack and hookers!*

*Corrupt politicians can apply for participation now.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Ah, thank you. I corrected the link.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think you may need a Kinect. 😉

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, but...

when she tries to go into the mines herself she gets too scared to actually do it and the farmer has to help her out.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Hm, is his wife's name Abigail? 🤔

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hey, guess what! Your argument is so inane, even OpenAI is now convinced it was a really stupid idea too. But sure, go on pretending that freely available fan art by a single person is exactly the same as a paid service by a multi-billion dollar company.

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