Gender Surgery

Just for my personal pride, I would like to state that the father of my children was the first American druid in Diablo to clear the abattoir of zir and ended that season as best in the USA. He was also ranking in Polytopia, and beat Felix himself at the game. I did observe these things with my own eyes. There are other witnesses who can verify this. That is all.--Elon Musk’s ex-wife and Canadian musician Claire Grimes Boucher on Twitter

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President Trump said he wants to “clean out” the Gaza Strip and urged Jordan and Egypt to take in refugees either temporarily or for the long term, a move that has been rejected by Arab countries since the war began.

Sometimes talking off the top of your head is not charming.

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I heard an interview with Iran's 'vice president' He was very reasonable and persuasive. The Middle East problem, however, is beyond reason and persuasion.

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China prides itself on having invented paper, gunpowder, printing and the compass, but hasn’t been known for making gigantic innovative breakthroughs since then. Yet, the Middle Kingdom has time and again managed to awe the world with its latest creations.

It’s because the Chinese are masters of a strategy that aims to achieve practical results rather than striving for perfection. DeepSeek is the latest example of the “good-enough” strategy.--Wei

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Gender Surgery

There is little to no evidence that experimental gender procedures improve the mental health of gender-dysphoric children and teens.

The lead researcher of a government-funded study that began in 2015 admitted this week in an interview with the Times that the study did not support the claims of gender activists and explained that she had not released the data out of fear that opponents of gender medicalization would “weaponize” it.

The study, led by Johanna Olson-Kennedy, the medical director of the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, is now under investigation by congressional Republicans, National Review reported. Not by Republicans and Democrats. Republicans. So we respond to bias with bias.

Science does not start with understanding, with an assumption to prove; it starts with ignorance and offers a speculation to disprove. One can see the limits here. Aristotle said that, with the right tools, he could cut anything in half. How, for example, can one evaluate a concept that cannot be measured objectively? 

Science is a process, not a belief system. It is incompatible with activism.