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Cake day: January 9th, 2024

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  • Such a stupid move. The whole point of having a formal union agreement is that it prevents the TSA workers from using their real power. Their real power is if they go on strike, the entire air transportation system shuts down. In exchange for agreeing not to strike, the government agrees to negotiate with the union. We’ve never had to deal with a TSA strike shutting down air travel. Without the recognized union? This is no longer the case.



  • That’s the attitude that lost Democrats 2016, 2020, and 2024. (They only managed to win in 2020 because of covid.)

    People consistently underestimated Trump. It’s the same thing that caused people to underestimate Bush. Both sound like morons when they talk, so people thought they were harmless morons. And then look what happened.

    Just because someone is evil, does not mean they are stupid. Trump managed to read the electorate and determine how to appeal to voters better than hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Democratic consultants. He has far better political instincts than anyone currently leading the Democratic party.

    Do not underestimate your opponent. That is what got us into this mess in the first place. People kept telling themselves, “there’s no way this blubbering idiot could possibly win.” And then he did.



  • When people say things like hair plugs are gender-affirming care, they’re really showing they don’t get the concept. Gender-affirming care is just that - something that affirms your gender. Male-pattern baldness is a male secondary sex characteristic. Reversing it is anti-gender-affirming care, if anything. Nothing wrong with getting hair plugs if you want, but hair plugs are not gender-affirming care. They’re just cosmetic surgery.

    Breast reduction for cis men? That would be gender affirming. Breast enlargement for cis women? Also gender affirming.

    If a cis person gets a treatment that reinforces the secondary sex characteristics of their natal sex, then that treatment is gender-affirming care. Not every cosmetic treatment is gender-affirming care.