2022/11/15

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 (#319)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday 2022-07-05 Canadian Pension Funds are Losing Big at the Crypto Casino (guest post by Simon Spichak): so much for fiscal responsibility 2022-11-15 Never mind the tumbrels, bring on the lawyers (via): wealth is a grift; FTX Trading 2022-11-07 Inside Liberland, the Balkan micronation becoming the first country to be built in the metaverse: the part of this that seems interesting isn't the virtual reality stuff, nor even the "start a new country" thing, but more the idea of people organizing a government outside of geography (even if they're supposedly organizing to create a geographically-bounded nation, they are explicitly creating the government in advance of living there) and whether they will adopt more progressive methods of self-rule. I'm not holding my breath, but it's another chunk of anecdata to watch for. 2022-11-15 Medical association to continue political push through lobby for abortion exceptions (via) «Pat Hill, long-time lobbyist for the trade group representing physicians, says OSMA plans to approach friendly state legislators about including exceptions around rape, incest, and the life of the mother.» "Trans Awareness Week" on Fox News (h/t): 2022-10-25 Transgender Biden interviewer called to ‘normalize’ trans women having visible ‘bulge’: this is apparently... bad? 2022-11-09 Minnesota elects first transgender state lawmaker 2022-10-14 Dems under fire after ties to lawmaker who wants to criminalize parents who don’t affirm LGBT kids exposed «On Thursday, Delegate Elizabeth Guzman told WJLA that at the start of the new legislative session, she will introduce a bill that would penalize, with a misdemeanor or felony charge, parents who do not affirm their LGBT children. The bill would expand the state's definition of child abuse and neglect to include parents who do not affirm their LGBT children's gender identity or sexual orientation.» -- can't figure out how she was "exposed", though. 2022-10-09 Virginia's Youngkin defends trans youth policies: Kids ‘don’t belong to the state': So why is he insisting that the state should be allowed to control them? 2022-11-04 Cook County passes resolution recognizing Transgender Awareness Week, Transgender Day of Remembrance: no negative spin, for a change, that I can see