A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs.
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I present you Cry-Bullying, Exhibit A:
This person is upset that women aren’t happy about having the term “cis” forced on them.
“Literally cried myself to sleep.”
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) April 1, 2023
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From Spiked: “Why capitalism loves transgenderism.” A very amusing piece, in a painful sort of way.
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What is it like to be the guardian of a child sucked into the transgender cult? Like this.
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Portugal is trying to pass a euthanasia bill for the fourth time—all other attempts have thus far been turned over by the country’s top court.
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The French are declining to learn Canada’s lessons, as well—although the medical field is unhappy: “France’s Ordre National Des Medecins releases statement opposing euthanasia.”
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Where is AI taking us? I need to research this subject, but two commentators I respect are already noting their concerns—Paul Kingsnorth in “The Universal” and Jacob Howland at Unherd in “AI is a false prophet.”
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At The Upheaval, N.S. Lyons explains why NPR and the BBC are state party media: “Of Course NPR and the BBC are State Media.”
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This, from The Free Press, is on the grotesque practice of surrogacy: “Motherloading: Inside the Surrogacy Boom.”
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Tens of thousands of people marched across Latin America in defence of pre-born human rights—although you won’t read about it in the mainstream press.
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From Rosaria Butterfield: “Why I no longer use transgender pronouns—and why you shouldn’t, either.”
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More soon.
« This, from The Free Press, is on the grotesque practice of surrogacy: “Motherloading: Inside the Surrogacy Boom.”»
Sounds like something out of a crappy Margaret Atwood book.