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  • neuracnutoLGBTQ+•Trump signs executive order to ‘protect children from chemical and surgical mutilation’English
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    4 days ago

    That was my first thought as well, but the details cover that. See section 2c:

    © The phrase “chemical and surgical mutilation” means the use of puberty blockers, including GnRH agonists and other interventions, to delay the onset or progression of normally timed puberty in an individual who does not identify as his or her sex; the use of sex hormones, such as androgen blockers, estrogen, progesterone, or testosterone, to align an individual’s physical appearance with an identity that differs from his or her sex; and surgical procedures that attempt to transform an individual’s physical appearance to align with an identity that differs from his or her sex or that attempt to alter or remove an individual’s sexual organs to minimize or destroy their natural biological functions. This phrase sometimes is referred to as “gender affirming care.”

    It also calls WPATH’s finding “junk science” without offering evidence to the contrary, which has all the rhetorical weight of a 6-year-old shouting “NUH UHH!!”

  • neuracnutomovies@lemm.ee•Alien: Romulus sequel will show things that have never been seen in the franchise beforeEnglish
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    17 days ago

    One more for the thread:

    Alien on Stage (2020, dir Danielle Kummer and Lucy Harvey)

    Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwUHTKOsZwk

    This is a story about a unique crew of Dorset bus drivers whose amateur dramatics group decide to ditch doing another pantomime and try something different. They spent a year creating a serious adaptation of the sci-fi horror film Alien, finding ingenious solutions to pay homemade homage to the original film. The show is a crushing flop but fate gives them a second chance to find their audience. Whilst still adjusting to the idea that their serious show is actually a comedy, the group find out they’re suddenly being whisked from their village hall to a London West End theatre to perform this accidental masterpiece for one night only. With wobbly sets, awkward acting and special effects requiring ‘more luck than judgement,’ will their West End debut be alright on the night? This bus driving crew are our space heroes. Their bus station is our space station. Dorset is outer-space and where is the Alien? It’s behind you!

  • neuracnutopolitics @lemmy.world•Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report says it all: Voters saved Trump from prosecutionEnglish
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    18 days ago

    I think there is some deeply cynical logic, or a horrifying game of chicken, being played by Democratic leaders here.

    Let’s say Jack Smith is given the go-ahead to investigate and prosecute Trump as fast as he possibly could (while building a bullet-proof case for conviction). With all the legal resources (not to mention Republican-friendly judges) available for Trump to leverage, it’s safe to say that Smith certainly would not have been able to complete a full trial and secure a conviction before the 2024 election. But perhaps one could have been under-way.

    A Trump trial for election interference in the middle of 2024 would have been a galvanizing force for his base, and likely cause his popularity among like-minded folks to surge and likely help his polling numbers. After all, conservatives love their persecution complexes and already live in a hazy fantasy world where their guy can do no wrong. So this doesn’t help Democrats.

    If Trump were to be acquitted, this would obviously be credibility kryptonite for Democrats, so that’s a bad outcome. And if Trump were to be convicted, I believe there is genuine concern among top Democrats that all the armed crazies (including those in the police, government positions and military) might do a real insurrection this time as opposed to the world’s shittiest flash mob.

    So what’s a cynical Democratic operator to do? Have Smith slow-walk the investigation and take his time to make it immaculate. Have the election without using litigation to get in Trump’s way and hope that people don’t make a shitty choice. If they do, they’ll get what they paid for: another four years of ridiculous chaos. These would represent setbacks and lost ground for Democratic causes, but their patrons will figure out how to make it profitable in the meantime and be there to fund a comeback when the American people become exhausted by the bullshit. Let him burn himself out in the spotlight, further expose himself as a corrupt fool, letting his support curdle naturally rather than fighting him and his supporters at their strongest.

    This scenario presumes several deeply horrifying and risky ideas:

    1. No one who matters will get hurt in the next four years. Are you rich? Are you a middle-class cis-het-white person? Do you not live in Palestine, Ukraine or Taiwan? You’ll ride this out. The poor and the queers have nowhere else to turn, so they’ll eat shit and be right back on the Democrat’s side next time around (unless they have money, of course).

    2. Trump and his cronies will be too inept to dismantle American democracy before the next election.

    I’m no card player, but this all seems like a terrible gamble to me.

  • neuracnutomovies@lemm.ee•Not a single original film broke the box office top 15 in 2024English
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    29 days ago

    I’m going through my watch list of original films from 2024. It certainly doesn’t look like a quality problem.

    The Substance, Cuckoo, A Real Pain, Heretic, The Piano Lesson, The Wild Robot (does being based on a book count?), Conclave, Here, Thelma, Your Monster, Oddity, Strange Darling, Hundreds of Beavers, Blink Twice, Rebel Ridge, Didi, Kinds of Kindness, Wildcat, In a Violent Nature, I Saw the TV Glow, Civil War, Sasquach Sunset, Love Lies Bleeding, Monkey Man, Riddle of Fire, Lisa Frankenstein, Orion and the Dark, and Drugstore June.

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