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She had a fun little line in a scene where cousin Greg was telling her she isn't going to be on TV.

I don't think this will be a problem in general. Most sports have tryouts and I'm guessing most women and transmen won't be making the cut on an NFL team.

and now the conversation has pivoted from civil rights to a lesser issue to drive that wedge. Physical competition is less important than civil rights. There are plenty of genetic reasons why someone might be better than someone else when it comes to sports, but let's zero in on this one thing to distract from the fact that discrimination against trans people is no different than the other forms of discrimination we decided were not okay years ago

The problem with the "trans people in sports" argument is it's used by every bigoted right winger to jam bigotry into serious conversation. Trans people are rare, trans people in sports are rarer still, trans people who can play sports at a competitive level are practically unicorns. Every conversation about trans civil rights pivots to a group who is very concerned about ethics in games journ... fairness in women's sports, it's a beachhead to get marginalization in the conversation and make it difficult to argue against. My stance is just if the cost of equality means a few women don't get medals then I still think we're getting it at a bargain.

Guess I'll have to find a new place to go to every few years to get a new pillow. I admit, I always hated going in there. I didn't like the narrow aisle packed floor to ceiling shelves junk store vibe they had going on.

I hope your mom takes it easy on recovery. My mom got the same thing done back in November and decided that she'd shovel snow a few weeks later which had the result of me driving her to the hospital on Christmas night causing her reconstruction procedure to be delayed to... two days ago.

Yeah the blue check thing has just been strange. It was only valuable when it was attached to actual verified accounts, if it only means you paid $8 this month then it's not worth anything... Well I suppose it's worth $8 a month...

Wasn't Buzzfeed news their legit award winning news division funded by the trash listicles of the other side? Kind of a bummer

I simply don't shop at stores that lock up the small stuff. I stop in Walgreens to grab one thing quickly, if I have to find help to get the face soap off the shelf then I just take the extra time and go to Kroger

I got a cold last week, I was sure it finally caught up to me, two tests says it did not.

These things weird me out, they've built a couple near me and I just hate them. It's like this movie set video game scale tiny city. They're plopping another one down near me that is going to have second locations for restaurants that are found down in the sort of trendy part of Cincinnati. So if you want to eat like you're in the city but don't want to be around... some kinds of people, good news, you can just park your car at the edge of tiny town and get some overpriced street tacos. The one kind of near me even has a little extra sales tax bump for the businesses within it.

I remember when I worked appeals at Anthem all State of Kentucky appeals had to be signed by the medical director for the Kentucky plans. His signature was saved on all the templates we had for claims from Kentucky, I don't think he reviewed very many... Every time one of these stories comes out I just kind of look back at the nearly 4 years I spent working on that side and figure "yeah, this checks out" One of the first things they told me when I started in appeals was "We don't care about legal threats, we get sued all the time, if someone threatens to go to the media, escalate that to the manager immediately"

Not to be a pedant... but it's not going to be orange and black/blue, it's going to be white.

Is TikTok getting any more data than what the Chinese government just couldn't buy from data brokers? I mean our own FBI decided it didn't have to bother with a warrant and just purchased location data. This stuff specifically targeting TikTok should have stopped with not allowing it on government phones, the rest of the effort should have gone into privacy and data handling regulations.

I would recommend you watch Picard season 2, but I also don't want to do that.

I asked Bing AI about the news regarding the AI team Why did microsoft lay off the ai ethics and society team? what are the implications of that decision regarding bing ai? I tried to ask more questions but they've shacked the Bing AI and i couldn't make it get weird

Write me an email announcing the layoff of 10000 employees from my large automobile manufacturer Dear Employees, It is with deep regret and sadness that we announce the layoff of 10,000 employees from our automobile manufacturing company, effective immediately. This decision has been made after careful consideration of the current market conditions, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry, and the need to streamline our operations to remain competitive. We understand that this announcement may come as a shock to many of you, and we want to assure you that we have explored all possible options before arriving at this difficult decision. We have taken into account the impact this will have on our employees and their families, and we will do everything in our power to ensure that those affected by the layoffs are treated fairly and with respect. We understand that this is a challenging time, and we want to support our employees through this transition. We will be providing severance packages, including compensation and benefits, to those impacted by the layoffs. We will also be providing job placement assistance and career counseling services to help our employees find new opportunities as quickly as possible. We want to emphasize that this decision was not taken lightly, and we remain committed to our mission of providing safe, reliable, and affordable vehicles to our customers. We are confident that with the dedication and hard work of our remaining employees, we will emerge from this difficult period stronger and more resilient than ever before. We appreciate the contributions of all of our employees and want to express our deepest gratitude for your hard work and dedication to our company. We understand that this is a challenging time for everyone, and we are committed to supporting our employees through this transition. Please know that we are available to answer any questions or concerns you may have, and we will be providing more information in the coming days about the specifics of the layoff process. Sincerely, [Your Name] [Your Title] [Automobile Manufacturer]

I want to find the business school sociopath who created that line and erase them from history. Every single layoff email I've ever seen from every company I've worked for has had that line or some very near variation. "While the cuts were painful, we are now poised to be nimble/ agile in an increasingly competitive/evolving market". I assume MBAs are handed out with a flash drive that has this template.

I'm not really in favor of banning things based on shaky vague "national security" grounds. Shore up privacy and data handling laws and then come after TikTok from that angle. But laying the first bricks our own Great Firewall isn't something I'm going to cheer on.

Lin Wood was his lawyer, who after he lost a defamation case where his client was called a pedophile by a billionaire he went on to represent Trump in trying to overturn the election and went on weird conspiracy theory rants.

I guess the question is the severity of the derailments. Like how many look like this: Vs not really looking that dramatic.

I saw someone comment elsewhere that she's probably pushing this national divorce thing to do a little SEO so that it comes up and not her actual divorce.

I have a hard time getting how social media thinks they can charge more than streaming services for practically nothing. The only people who get value from paid verification are influences, which social media needs to get everyone else to participate.

That fucking plume.... They're going to bankrupt Norfolk Southern right... right?

Dewine is a career politician that's really cultivated that "aw shucks" sort of image. He was booted from the Senate by Sherrod Brown and returned to just doing state politics. If you're looking for someone to do anything about a large corporation it's not going to be Dewine. After Householder got arrested for accepting bribes from lobbyists for First Energy, Dewine still defended the deal, just not the bribery. He was taking COVID seriously and was kind of a standout with Republican governors, until business leaned on him. Unfortunately for him he can't use folksy bullshit on this disaster, the people of East Palestine and surrounding area don't want Fran's cookie recipes. Also, considering the Republicans haven't capitalized on this yet, I'm betting there's some deregulation that'll end up at fault here.