2022/11/14

Monday, November 14, 2022 (#318)

Sunday Monday Tuesday On This Date 2022/11/14 [L..T] They Paused Puberty, but Is There a Cost? «Puberty blockers can ease transgender youths’ anguish and buy time to weigh options. But concerns are growing about long-term physical effects and other consequences.» A bit of think of the children scaremongering from your friendly neighborhood newspaper. 2022/11/14 [L..T] NYT Investigation Offers Biased Reporting on Puberty Blocker Concerns «It's an overtly biased piece of work, and will no doubt spur a heck of a lot of articles from trans people, and allies, seeking to fact check and provide context and criticism on where the Times reporters, Megan Twohey and Christina Jewett, went so wrong. As our specific beat is media criticism, this piece will highlight the clearest journalistic errors, weaselly phrasing, and other poor choices made in the writing and editing of this piece.» 2022-11-14 Half of replanted tropical trees don't survive, new study finds (h/t): unfortunately, a lot of those dead saplings get counted as successful carbon-abatement measures 2016-06-21 No more rock stars: how to stop abuse in tech communities (h/t) 2009 White People Facing Race: uncovering the myths that keep racism in place (PDF, uncopyable text) (h/t) 2022-11-12 8 billion and counting «This week, the world’s population ticks over a historic milestone. But in the next century, society will be reshaped dramatically — and soon we’ll hit a decline we’ll never reverse.» They seem to focus only on the transient difficulties this will cause, making it sound like a bad thing. (Pro tip: it's a good thing, and cannot happen too soon.) 2022-11-14 Revealed: secret courts that allow energy firms to sue for billions accused of ‘bias’ as governments exit (h/t) 2022-11-11 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/11/alec-anti-political-boycott-state-legislation «The new model legislation requires every “governmental entity”, which covers a wide array of bodies from state government to local police departments and public universities, to include a clause in contracts requiring businesses to pledge they “will not engage in economic boycotts”»: ALEC remains the axis of evil. «“Banks are increasingly denying financing to creditworthy companies solely for the purpose of marketing their environmental or social justice credentials, to the detriment of their clients and shareholders.”» Maybe if this passes, it'll take some banks down with it. 2022-11-14 The corporate agenda still lives (h/t)