WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]

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  • The combined effect is unambiguous. If a fertilised egg is legally a person under the state constitution, then abortion becomes first-degree murder. The defence-of-others clause, granting the right to deadly force, would then apply to anyone claiming to act on behalf of that fertilised egg.

    Legal scholars and opponents of the bill have described this as an implicit authorisation of lethal vigilante action against anyone involved in a termination, including the woman herself, a doctor, or clinic staff.

    The bill’s scope also extends beyond surgical abortion. Some forms of emergency contraception, such as Plan B and certain intrauterine devices, can prevent a fertilised egg from implanting in the uterus. Under this bill’s definition, that too would constitute first-degree murder.

    A quick scan showed me the article is pretty good. Looks like that phrasing was setting up a paragraph about the opinions of legal experts.










  • I’m adjacent to everything, going so far as to have gotten the mythologized locker room talk about where to find stuff. I keep abreast of discussions about models, athletes, and actors. Even the movie Icarus comes to mind about government agencies overseeing doping programs.

    As a rule of thumb 1) I think the world of muscle building can completely FUBAR a person’s understanding of what they can expect from natural lifting. 2) you can ask yourself simply: “does this person have a financial incentive to be strong/good looking?”

    The idea that you can be afraid of building too much muscle is exclusively in the realm of endurance athletes, someone with a coach and nutritionist, or someone with a very particular and narrow band of self-image.

    To that end, I would never be surprised to learn that an Olympic medalist of any stripe was using some kind of designer chemical that mirrors some androgenic effect of whatever testosterone byproduct. It’s probably a billion dollar industry and prohibition is simply ineffectual