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Cake day: July 12th, 2023

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  • From the article:

    A conservative group yesterday urged the Federal Communications Commission to take licenses away from NPR and PBS stations and let other entities use the spectrum. The request came from the Center for American Rights (CAR), a nonprofit law firm that has played a prominent role in the news-distortion investigations spearheaded by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. (…) “If PBS and NPR cannot prove a viable long-term business model as national networks—and if their individual affiliates cannot show long-term business models in each market—then this Commission needs to consider whether those channels (i.e., that spectrum) will become available in the near future for other potential licensees or uses,” the group said.

    From me:

    So it’s up to us to help our local PBS and NPR stations stay financially viable for the long term. Put a donation on autopay, an amount you can afford monthly. Those of us who already do, should see if we can raise it at all. I know NPR and PBS aren’t far enough left for some lemmings, but they’re a fuck of a lot better than the fascist alternative.








  • Ninety percent of the time it has no bearing on anything the doctor will be doing and yet it’s almost always the first thing they ask women. At least move it farther down the form! It’s fucking tiresome.

    Should they ask every one of you men the date and time of your last ejaculation? Sure, it’s intrusive but ejaculatory issues are an under-discussed issue, perhaps it should be the first question for every man, to make sure it gets done as you say.


  • Making it the FIRST question is part of the “your role as a vessel for a fetus is more important than your existence as a person” attitude that is far too common.

    And I’ve experienced it myself, even after having yeeted my uterus because it was trying to bleed me to death.

    It’s also a way in certain states of ensuring that, if she were pregnant, and it’s been 6 weeks since the start of her last period, she couldn’t legally seek an abortion.

    There’s plenty of time later on in the exam to say, “I’m going to inject a local anesthetic while I dig the bullet out of your arm. Any chance you might be pregnant? When was your last period?”