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Oh, look! Yet another reason to not watch the Olympic Games: https://apnews.com/article/ioc-olympic-transgender-female-eligibility-520cd9cee152a312767a667acf77dbc8
Fuck the IOC #transrightsarehumanrights

Transgender women athletes banned from Olympics female events by IOC

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy It aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on women's sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The International Olympic Committee says “eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females.” Eligibility will be determined by "a one‑time SRY gene screening.” It is unclear how many, if any, transgender women are competing at an Olympic level.

AP News

CoopOne 5d ago

Mar Hicks 5d ago

Look at this baby beaver and feel better briefly

CoopOne 6d ago

Aure Free Press

6d ago

From 'Kyiv in 3 days' to 'We don't need no Internet'!

"We're not sitting, we're not sitting on your internet, we don't need phones”.

Songs like “It's so great to live without the internet” have started playing on Russian federal TV channels.

Sometimes, Russian propaganda hits below the belt!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Propaganda

CoopOne 6d ago

Rab Bruce’s Spider 6d ago

Another day in Trumpworld where he’s considering winding down the war againsgt Iran while simultaneously sending troops for a possible ground force invasion. No word on whether he’s asked Israel’s permission to end the war.
And he says his doctor told him he’s by far the healthiest of the past 3 Presidents and could live to200 if he gave up junk food. Aye, right.

CoopOne 6d ago

Randahl Fink 6d ago

Pete Hegseth is criticizing a rich oil nation for investing all its money in weapons instead of investing in its people.

This is the Pete Hegseth who right now is asking Congress for $200,000,000,000 for buying weapons, while Americans are losing their healthcare.

CoopOne 6d ago

Yesterday I put koto music on Spotify and transported myself to 1937 Japan while reading The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo. Really enjoyed it; a good bit of escapism.

#koto #thehonjinmurders #YokomizoSeishi #Japan #escapism

CoopOne 6d ago

The inside story of how social media algorithms have been helping to tear people apart. Insider testimony and documents expose a machine thriving on outrage and division.

Inside the Rage Machine:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002sw4z/inside-the-rage-machine
via @bbciplayer

#Facebook #meta #twitter #x #TikTok #bbc

Inside the Rage Machine

The inside story of how social media algorithms have been helping to tear people apart. Insider testimony and documents expose a machine thriving on outrage and division.

BBC iPlayer

CoopOne Mar 19

Prof. Sam Lawler Mar 19

Well, I have now been quoted calling SpaceX "fuckweasels" in a real publication by real journalists: https://au.pcmag.com/ai/116598/spacex-to-start-small-with-1-million-satellite-plan-pushes-back-on-critics

I guess I am proud of myself? (They are, indeed, fuckweasels, for their complete lack of care for the atmosphere that we all depend on, as well as not caring about Kessler Syndrome, or light pollution, or smashing people on the ground...)

SpaceX To Start Small With 1 Million Satellite Plan, Pushes Back On Critics

The company's rebuttal to the FCC mentions launching orbital data center constellation in phases, and studying potential atmospheric impacts. SpaceX also threw plenty of shade at Amazon.

PCMag Australia

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CoopOne Mar 18

@ScottishGreens good news! 👍

CoopOne Mar 18