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Damn. Nice delivery. Thanks.

Over a period of four years though.
Is one in five that much larger than the baseline population?
The article doesn’t cite the rate in the control group.

Don’t put on pants for our benefit

be comfy

The firings stem from out-of-context chat logs leaked by far-right commentator Chris Rufo on Monday. Sources tell Erin in the Morning that the chat functioned as an ERG-adjacent LGBTQ+ safe space, where participants discussed topics like gender-affirming surgery, hormone therapy, workplace LGBTQ+ policies, and broader queer issues. Rufo, however, framed these conversations as evidence of misconduct, claiming that “NSA, CIA, and DIA employees discuss genital castration” and alleging discussions of “fetishes, kink, and sex.” To Rufo and his audience, merely talking about being transgender and the realities of transition is enough to be labeled “fetish” content.

A trans girl said that after bottom surgery, peeing is easier and makes her happy.

Jesse Waters used that as the example of pornographic fetish material in the fox news clip linked in the quote above.

Today I learned that applying for foodstamps is a super easy way to get a large folder full of literature about job openings and trade apprenticeships in your area. And there’s free food!

It may have just been a meme dump, or a place to vent and get support.

Maybe someone is asking how well insurance covers a procedure or how to ask the doctor. Maybe someone is asking what is considered proper etiquette post-transition when they’re in a new social role. Maybe someone is asking who wants to get drinks after work.

I doubt it was gorey or pornographic. As you say, it’s work.

Spy work requires a fair amount of social skill and socially being aware of your partners and their ticks and habits and personality. Like in many professions, socializing is part of the job.

The firings stem from out-of-context chat logs leaked by far-right commentator Chris Rufo on Monday. Sources tell Erin in the Morning that the chat functioned as an ERG-adjacent LGBTQ+ safe space, where participants discussed topics like gender-affirming surgery, hormone therapy, workplace LGBTQ+ policies, and broader queer issues. Rufo, however, framed these conversations as evidence of misconduct, claiming that “NSA, CIA, and DIA employees discuss genital castration” and alleging discussions of “fetishes, kink, and sex.” To Rufo and his audience, merely talking about being transgender and the realities of transition is enough to be labeled “fetish” content.

I just watched the Jesse Waters clip linked in the above quote. He claims that the chat was pornographic and uses as justification an out-of-context quote from one trans woman saying she gets euphoria every time she pees after her bottom surgery, and that it’s easier than it’s ever been. No details, not even a “because I have a vagina now” or a “because I don’t have a penis”. She only said that peeing is now easy and makes her happy.

It’s a flash game. Your browser downloaded it from here and played it in ruffle.

The offer of an early return was rejected because mission/operations plans required/expected a ship to return now. If this ship (which has been docked at the ISS for months) had returned early with the astronauts, then NASA would have needed to pay Elon to launch another as replacement so it could return now. Might as well leave the astronauts for a few months and have them do some science. It’s just more efficient and less wasteful than paying Elon twice.

To bring this more in-line with OP’s question:

What if we had a general union that represented all workers generally and could provide support for things like general strikes?

Maybe make it a parent body made up of unionized/federated unions specific to each trade/discipline.

Something like the IWW or the AFL-CIO, but that represents all people by default. I’d argue that such a body could/should replace most of what the government does, and then membership is just citizenship. This could guarantee several worker’s rights within the union and enshrine democratic principles/practices.