fastleen @fastleen

New York City is literally sinking under the colossal weight of its own buildings. It’s increasing the threat of rising sea levels for millions of residents. With over one million buildings weighing a staggering 1.68 trillion pounds—equivalent to nearly two million fully loaded Boeing 747s—New York City is slowly compressing into the earth. This phenomenon, known as land subsidence, is causing the city to sink by an average of one to two millimeters per year, with some areas dropping up to 4.5 millimeters annually. While a few millimeters may seem negligible, this downward shift is occurring in tandem with sea levels that are rising faster than the global average. This dual threat places critical infrastructure, low-lying coastal neighborhoods, and transportation systems at an escalated risk of chronic, severe flooding. The weight of the skyscrapers is only part of the equation; geology plays a major role as neighborhoods built on soft clay, artificial fill, and post-Ice Age glacial adjustments settle at faster rates. However, New York is far from the only metropolis facing this slow-motion crisis, as major cities worldwide, including Jakarta and Mexico City, grapple with similar subsidence challenges. While the Big Apple's iconic skyline is not in immediate danger of collapse, the shifting ground beneath its streets serves as a stark reminder that even our most monumental achievements remain subject to the inexorable forces of geology. source: Parsons, T., Wu, P.-C., Wei, M., & D'Hondt, S. The Weight of New York City: Possible Contributions to Subsidence From Anthropogenic Sources. Earth's Future, 11(5), e2022EF003465.

I have read many medical textbooks on DSDs. We also published our own supplementary textbook that features 25 DSDs each with their own diagram and accessible commentary on the specific biology and clinical treatment. 95 pages, around 200 scientific citations.

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David Outbad @badout314

a day ago

@zaelefty Boiling the complex clinical reality of DSDs (Differences in Sex Development) down to a triumphant 'see, it's a binary!' isn't scientific brilliance—it’s just using a 9th-grade biology definition to mask social gatekeeping. Nature is complicated. Try reading a medical textbook.

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They have something to hide. We need to find out what it is.

Acyn @Acyn

2 days ago

Wow, Republicans try to end Rep. Dean’s time 3 minutes early while she is asking Blanche about Epstein.

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Keir Starmer: “there is no such thing as two-tier policing”. Police chiefs today: “we will review controversial guidance advising officers to treat ethnic minorities differently”. The absurdity of modern Britain.

Vier verdachten aangehouden voor het drogeren, verkrachten en filmen van vrouwen ift.tt/eWcb8sD

‘Darren Rigby, who sent hoax death threats to schools is jailed’ All girls’ schools were specifically targeted. Rigby ‘threatened to carry out deadly attacks supposedly in response to the treatment of ‘transwomen’’. None of this features in the coverage across outlets, despite the evidence emerging in email evidence and in court, neither does it feature in the Merseyside Police report. ‘I’m going to kill every girl and woman staff member I come across’ ‘I'm going to shoot and stab all your girls’ It’s a crime of extreme misogyny in the cause of ‘fighting trans oppression’ but any mention of ‘trans’ has been erased by the police, PA and all news outlets. In addition the BBC report hides the fact that it was a crime against women and girls. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… southport.thelead.uk/p/hoax-attacke…

@stellacreasy Serena has answered that question herself. Wonder no longer. The men's game and the women's game are 2 different games - because men and women are different. Elementary really, isn't it? youtube.com/shorts/AK28Jur…

Another woman's job is being threatened over her gender critical views. This time, Agnes Wold in Sweden. Agnes Wold is a much-loved public intellectual in Sweden who is known for her feminism, her level-headed response to the COVID lockdown hysteria (she’s a bacteriologist), and, more recently, for refusing to go along with the transgender dogma that has gripped Swedish bureaucratic, activist, media and political elites. On 20 May, the Swedish parliament approved an amendment to the law that criminalises “psychological violence” and “coercion” relating to “gender identity or gender expression (such as conversion practices)”, among other things. It is widely understood to be Sweden’s version of a conversion therapy ban (a more explicit law is likely if the left coalition gets into power in September). Speaking on a radio programme about the law, Wold told the host that she would take 4 years in prison— the penalty for trying to prevent someone from leaning into their opposite-sex, delusion — before she would allow the gender transition of a grandchild (hard agree). This comment set off major drama, with one famous gay media guy calling her the Swedish equivalent to “old hag” or “old crone”. Specifically, he said “get rid of the old hag. It is unethical of Sveriges Radio to give her access to a microphone,” which is a way of saying she should be fired from her public radio job. Many, many people have called for Agnes Wold to be fired throughout the trans-mania era, and a lot of them seemed to be hoping that this comment would be the final nail in her coffin. But the remarks seem to have the opposite effect. Not only did Swedish people get very offended by this little shithead calling their beloved based radio-granny an old hag, they started to ask questions about the law that she was criticising. And that, boys and girls, is how the omerta on the trans mass derangement got partially lifted in Sweden, and suddenly everyone started to ask: wait, what? Some kids think they’re in the wrong body and you can go to jail for telling them to snap out of it? Yes, dear Swedes, that’s what’s happening. Welcome to the conversation. We’ve been expecting you. As of writing, Wold still has not yet been fired.

Twee arrestaties na viervoudige moord in Italië, arbeidsmigranten levend verbrand /via @NOS nos.nl/l/2616971

Zoon columnist Yesim Candan na voetbalcolumn geslagen met kettingslot /via @NOS nos.nl/l/2616991

very good day to remind everyone that: - a rape doesn’t need to be violent to be considered rape - coercion is rape - you can’t put yourself in a position to get raped - consent can always be revoked - it’s okay to not want to involve the police

Trump suggests January 6 was an inside job: "The FBI said, 'Go in, Go in!'" (Trump in fact was president during January 6 and he hand-picked the leader of the FBI.)

Efforts to roll back women's rights, bodily autonomy, and reproductive justice have long been supported by powerful international anti-rights networks. Don't let misinformation rewrite history. #DefendTheMaputoProtocol #GhanaCheckYourAura

Ongelofelijk. Rusland gatenkaas.

Julian Röpcke 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦 @JulianRoepcke

a day ago

Das halbe Dutzend ukrainischer FP-1 Drohnen, die heute Morgen in Sankt Petersburg eingeschlagen sind, sind zuvor übrigens 5-6 Stunden durch russischen Luftraum geflogen, ohne abgefangen zu werden. ➡️Auch das sagt viel über die russische Luftraum-Verteidigung im fünften Jahr des

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Prominent German drag queen Mario Olszinski, aka Jurassica Parka, convicted of possessing child pornography in 2023, and now charged again. After he was already convicted once, taxpayers footed his bill to go to Tokyo and play with children at a Pride event. He was also named the "Queer Berlin" ambassador and featured in a July 2024 promotional video published by the government's Federal Ministry for Education, Family, Seniors, Women, and Youth. The German government has since deleted this video.

REDUXX @reduxx

3 days ago

A prominent German drag queen and gay rights activist has been charged with hoarding child sexual abuse material for the second time. Mario Olszinski, who goes by the stage name Jurassica Parka, was formerly appointed the "Queer Berlin Ambassador." reduxx.info/germany-child-…

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Fantastic read from @PaulKnaggs "the political damage...is measured in every working-class woman who watches Labour MPs sign a motion against the legal clarity she has waited years for, and draws the obvious conclusion. It is measured in every constituency where the word ‘Labour’ no longer carries the meaning it was intended to carry. The party that was built to represent the interests of those with the least power in society has, on this question, positioned itself against the sex-based protections of half the population." labourheartlands.com/betrayal-by-mo… via @Labourheartland

Female troops serving in the British military are at greater risk of being wounded when shot than their male counterparts because of ill-fitting body armour, modelling shows thetimes.com/uk/technology-…

Hannah MD and others of that ilk deploy the ducking stool analogy on ME and LC. You are sick because you made it your identity. If you protest, then you’ve just proved they were right. If you don’t protest then they are right. Both ways you lose.

Make it make sense! On the one hand we have cancer and oncology - a field where the doctors and researchers devoted time and effort to rigorously show that mind-body techniques like psychotherapy, meditation, yoga, and breath work were supportive but not curative - as they did not want patients to harm themselves by forgoing or putting off drug treatment. Then we have MECFS where almost the opposite has occurred. Despite 1000s of studies detailing clear biological dysfunction - we (patients) are still fighting every day to have our disease accepted by doctors and treated for what it is and to not be referred to Psychiatry. For some crazy reason people think there are some diseases one can think their way of whereas others they cant. Its bonkers.

🕸️Dr.T, PhD @chydorina

3 days ago

Imagine being told every single day by the media, doctors, scientists, psychologists - and then of course your family and friends because they too are fed this load of absolute crap -- to just think yourself well. Imagine trying to survive in that environment. Welcome to the

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People have hiked that gorge, fished that river, and camped under those volcanic skies for generations — not because they could afford a resort, but because it belonged to everyone. What does it mean to you when public land stops being public?