Tories attacking trans rights to court transphobic voters, says ex-adviser | openDemocracy

Boris Johnson is attacking transgender people because he believes it appeals to Tory voters, a former LGBTQ government adviser has claimed.

The government has been condemned by LGBTQ rights groups for excluding transgender people from its ban on so-called conversion therapy.

Speaking to openDemocracy, Jayne Ozanne – a conversion therapy survivor and chair of the #BanConversionTherapy coalition – accused the government of making decisions on LGBTQ policy by what it believes appeals to its base.

Source: Tories attacking trans rights to court transphobic voters, says ex-adviser | openDemocracy

Nitazoxanide: what it is, what it is for and what are the side effects – Magic Mixture を

This substance does not have the same effectiveness against viruses that they cause respiratory diseases, like the Sars-Cov 2 and the influenza. Studies have been carried out in the past. in an attempt to use the medicine against Covid, however, its effectiveness has not been proven. The maximum effect produced was a slight reduction in viral load in a Brazilian study , but with no difference in the evolution of the disease. In other words, the medicine did not accelerate people’s recovery or was able to prevent the condition from getting worse.  Source: Nitazoxanide: what it is, what it is for and what are the side effects – Magic Mixture を

Rebel fără cauză

Paul Klee

ore de drum

Paris, 2016

Teama că va fi prea lesne înțeles, izvorâtă din rezervă și timiditate, îl împiedică să se exprime așa cum visează.

Încă nu se simte pregătit sau poate nu îndrăznește.

Mai întâi, o așteaptă pe fata visurilor sale, se îndrăgostește, rămâne cu ea pentru totdeauna.

Când traiul părea să intre pe un făgaș previzibil, Paul Klee își dă seama că forma în care lumea i se înfățișează e doar aparență deșartă si aspiră să ajungă la esența ei.

Așa că pornește la drum.

Abia după prima călătorie în Africa de nord, în Tunisia, are curajul să nu-i mai pese de reputație, să dea frâu liber impulsului și inspirației și să înfrunte, învățând, provocarea culorilor.

Mesajul de pe dosul ilustratei trimise sufletului său pereche, Nina Kandinky,

și desenul pe care l-a executat în carnețelul ei de schițe semnifică un nou început.

În încercările de până atunci, educația sa elvețiană strictă…

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When Religion Promotes Hatred & Violence

Filosofa's Word

There are those who would say that since I am not a Christian, I have no right to comment on the religion or its adherents.  In most cases, I would agree with them, but … it seems I just cannot keep my nose out of this one.  In no way am I criticizing Christianity or its followers as a whole, but rather certain elements that are doing more harm than good to this entire nation, and that are giving Christianity overall a bad image, a reputation that Christians won’t find easy to live down.

While I find ‘evangelicals’ to be particularly narrow-minded and offputting, my current target is two specific evangelical pastors, men of the cloth who are supposed to be preaching peace, love, and all that sort of stuff, but instead are promoting hatred and violence.  I might not care if they were one-offs, if nobody much was listening…

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José Saramago

Vivaldi translation: “Within us there is something that has no name, that thing is what we are”.

José Saramago

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Dentro de nós há uma coisa que não tem nome, essa coisa é o que somos”.

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Santarém, Pá 11 de abril de 2022

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Marii Freire Pereira

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Todas às vezes em que a vida é essencialmente controlada pela angústia, medo, situações que nos fazem assumir um lugar de posição ou defesa, a gente sente como se a nossa inocência ( inocente é aquele ser incapaz de lesar o outro), a cerca da vida fosse diminuindo, principalmente no que se refere aos aspectos mais sublimes. Não é que não sejamos perversos, ásperos. Não, nada disso. É que o sentido da vida também parece diminuir diante do que nos atormenta. Sabes o estado de cegueira, onde a direção certa não é encontrada? É o que ocorre na maioria das vezes. As respostas ao que faz sentido a vida, simplesmentenos fogem. E aí, você sabe o que acontece? Nós voltamos a nossa inocência! Aquele estado primitivo de outrora. Todos nós, independente de sermos bons ou não, voltamos a revisitá- los em determinados períodos da vida.
A nossa luta é entre…

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Justice Department Secures Agreement with CVS Pharmacy Inc., to Make Online COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Accessible for People with Disabilities | OPA | Department of Justice

The department found that CVS’s COVID-19 vaccine registration portal, currently located at https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine, was not accessible to people with certain disabilities, including those who use screen reader software or have trouble using a mouse. For instance, the types of vaccine appointments offered (which included influenza, pneumonia, and others, in addition to the COVID-19 vaccine) were not read audibly to screen reader users at the beginning of the scheduling process. Further, on the page where users pick a time for their appointment, screen reader users were told that all available times were “checked,” even though the user had not made any selection. Additionally, people who use the “Tab” key instead of a mouse to navigate websites were not able to navigate past a request for insurance information in the registration process.

“Now more than ever, we must ensure web accessibility for people with disabilities seeking access to critical needs and services,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “We are working aggressively to identify and remove barriers that prevent people with disabilities from privately and independently securing potentially life-saving COVID-19 vaccines. We will continue to work towards the ADA’s promise of equal access during the ongoing global pandemic.”

“While web accessibility is always important, when it comes to critical health services like COVID-19 vaccination, making sure that everyone — regardless of disability — can access information and care is essential,” said U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha for the District of Rhode Island. “This office is committed to vigorously enforcing the ADA to eliminate unnecessary barriers that stand in the way of lifesaving care.”

Source: Justice Department Secures Agreement with CVS Pharmacy Inc., to Make Online COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Accessible for People with Disabilities | OPA | Department of Justice

Justice Department Announces New Rule to Modernize Firearm Definitions | OPA | Department of Justice

  1. To help keep guns from being sold to convicted felons and other prohibited purchasers, the rule makes clear that retailers must run background checks before selling kits that contain the parts necessary for someone to readily make a gun.
  2. To help law enforcement trace guns used in a crime, the rule modernizes the definition of frame or receiver, clarifying what must be marked with a serial number – including in easy-to-build firearm kits.
  3. To help reduce the number of unmarked and hard-to-trace “ghost guns,” the rule establishes requirements for federally licensed firearms dealers and gunsmiths to have a serial number added to 3D printed guns or other un-serialized firearms they take into inventory.
  4. To better support tracing efforts, the rule requires federal firearms licensees, including gun retailers, to retain records for the length of time they are licensed, thereby expanding records retention beyond the prior requirement of 20 years. Over the past decade, ATF has been unable to trace thousands of firearms – many reportedly used in homicides or other violent crimes – because the records had already been destroyed. These records will continue to belong to, and be maintained by, federal firearms licensees while they are in business.

As the final rule explains, from January 2016 to December 2021, ATF received approximately 45,240 reports of suspected privately made firearms recovered by law enforcement, including in 692 homicide or attempted homicide investigations. The chart below demonstrates the total annual numbers of suspected PMFs recovered by law enforcement over the past six years:

Source: Justice Department Announces New Rule to Modernize Firearm Definitions | OPA | Department of Justice

Minbari Mondays, and Two Lessons in “A Late Message from Avalon” (B5:s3e13) from Charles Dickens on Housing & Health Care

This week’s lessons:           1.  Victorian “workhouses” are not the best solution to poverty.           2.  It is easy to “deplete the surplus …

Minbari Mondays, and Two Lessons in “A Late Message from Avalon” (B5:s3e13) from Charles Dickens on Housing & Health Care

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