@spittingimage the guardian articles are never paywalled.

@LineNoise

@unionagainstdhmo What exactly do they think will happen if their players come out? Lost sponsership deals? Not bloody likely! So it’s just cowardice.

@LineNoise jesus christ. How many more women have to die because of bigoted, useless cops?

@Mountaineer How much would it cost the state or federal government to buy it and power it up? Chickenfeed.

@CurlyWurlies4All yeah, he can fuck right off now

@AnxiousGnome I admit to being shocked at him claiming the government has reacted with glee. They just have not. Anything but.

He just has no bottom at all :(

@lordriffington 10/10 :) I spend too much time on the internet!

@Zagorath

@Metaright “Until both sides start addressing each other’s actual arguments”

Really, no.

The entire anti-abortion thing has been wrought from nothing, for the express purpose of working up conservative voters. Like the anti-drag thing, the anti-‘woke’ thing, etc.

The ‘actual’ argument on the forced birther side comes down to whether a person capable of being pregnant has bodily autonomy. That side completely denies this. You simply can’t have a rational argument with people who want you dead, injured, or tied to a life with children you don’t want and/or can’t afford. Who think scooping out a clump of cells with no independent thought or existence is worse than an 8 year old being forced to bear a child to term, an adult dying of sepsis or giving birth to a ‘baby’ incapable of survival or a life free from pain and severe disability.

Their argument basically comes down to “Kinder, Küche, Kirche”. Keep women barefoot, pregnant, and uneducated.

Don’t you dare to try and both sides this.

@Metaright “The way to sway a pro-lifer, then, is to demonstrate that a fetus doesn’t have personhood.”

No, first you have to persuade them that the life of the fetus bearer is worth something more than being an incubator.

Which you will never do.

People who are anti-abortion fanatics may or may not believe that a fetus is a baaaaaby, really. But what they really do not believe in is the personhood of the placenta owner.

And until you find a way to convince them that a real, living, breathing human being with feelings and rights who already exists independently has rights, including that to life unburdened by an unwanted pregnancy for any reason, you won’t convince them of anything else.

@xuxebiko buy NFTs, of course :)

@StopMassDownvotingYouIdiot I just don’t know why people behave like this :

@wave_walnut You don’t need a paid subscription to watch his videos on Youtube!

@Ertebolle "The tooth regrowth medicine is intended for people who lack a full set of adult teeth due to congenital factors. "

So, not likely to solve the problem of tooth loss through lack of dental care :(

@wave_walnut @rhythmisaprancer @livus

@Col3814444 who’s surprised? :(

@btaf45 I mean, apart from everything he says, and everything he does, what do they really have against him? :)

@eggie under a microscope, I presume

@eggie this story is over 6 months old
https://www.kidspot.com.au/lifestyle/home/a-6yearold-girl-has-been-given-the-firstever-unicorn-license-for-christmas/news-story/deee80bed1005f7908a6e20b41069fd9

@sendingmath Macron is coming out for the family, against the police

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66045686

"French President Emmanuel Macron came out quickly and strongly in support of the family of 17-year-old Nahel M, calling his shooting by police “inexplicable and inexcusable”.

The teenager was shot in his car in the Paris region after failing to stop when ordered to by traffic police.

Video of the incident on social media shows an officer pointing a gun at the driver of a car. The officer then appears to fire at point-blank range as the driver tries to drive off.

Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne said the video of his killing contained “shocking images showing a police intervention manifestly in contravention of the rules”.

And Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said that if the “content of the video is confirmed, there is no way that the act which we see there can be justified.”

It looks very much as if the government has made a coordinated effort to send out a message of appeasement and pacification.

The police unions are not happy."

@Remillard thanks :)

@DerisionConsulting “it’s not really all that tragic”

It’s actually the classical definition of tragedy - an awful result that comes from the protagonist’s hubris

@sendingmath @WytchStar