2022/11/17

Thursday, November 17, 2022 (#321)

Wednesday Thursday Friday On This Date 2022/11/17 11:10 UTC [L..T] The NYT's Big Piece on Puberty Blockers Mucked Up the Most Important Point About Them «It’s a common error for certain journalists to make—viewing an essential piece of transgender health care as a newfangled, untested invention that may pose grave harm.» «It’s true they have downsides and that they aren’t right for every young person with gender dysphoria—but this is true of every medication, no matter the patient population. The mainstream medical consensus is that blockers are a useful tool in treating gender dysphoria, and more data is coming in all the time to support their efficacy in the patients for whom they’re indicated.» 2022-11-16 Oklahoma school to start implementing clear backpack policy (h/t): because freedom, I guess 2022-11-05 One state mandates teaching climate change in almost all subjects – even PE -- while this is the kind of change all schools should be making. new project: Election Data «A datasette instance for compiling election data from across the United States.» Suspended NC sheriff’s reelection poses a dilemma. Should a court override voters? Unofficial election results show Jody Greene won reelection for Sheriff of Columbus County (NC) «despite an ongoing obstruction of justice probe by the State Bureau of Investigation. And despite allegations from District Attorney Jon David that the county’s senior judge found serious enough to suspend Greene from office last month.» I'd like to see exploration of why people voted for a guy known for obstruction of justice and obvious racism. Do they believe the charges are false, do they not care, are they okay with racism? I suspect I know the answers to all three questions, however, and it's just kind of disappointing that we're still there. Some parts of NC are still stuck in the 1950s.