ScienceVet

Scientist (Molecular Biology/Biochemistry/Endocrinology). Veteran. Husband. Outdoorsman. Gardener. Craftsman.

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So. Hi new people! Apparently, we're gonna talk about sex. Like physical sex! Because... there's some confusion.

First, sex defined: We're talking physical sex here, not gender. Body parts, hormones, and genetics (and more).

BLUF: BIOLOGICAL sex is a spectrum

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Posting here so the big thread doesn't get wiped in their "deleting unused profiles" purge.

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@atrupar Funny, they all seem to be still making money, getting gigs, etc... I see no cancelling, just whining by people unused to even being called out for being dicks.

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143,553

The number of Americans dead so far from this pandemic. And countless more with lasting issues.

We haven't even finished summer yet. We haven't tried to send kids back to school (many without mask requirements) or entered flu season, "Oh, it's just a seasonal cold/flu"

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6 days ago these states were labeled "red zone" with rapidly rising infection rates. What have they done since? Mostly... not much, if anything.

https://t.co/weOdYXXzYE

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Skipper

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@sdendicott @CheckNature (Sometimes even when I don't expect them to. They recruited one of the mini-bosses I expected them to fight)

Also lots of outside of combat stuff for them to do. Face stuff. Divination. Investigation. Etc.

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@sdendicott @CheckNature Depends a lot on the level of pacifism. Does it include entirely non-intervention, or are they allowed snares, crowd control, nets, immobilization?

My party is mostly fighty, but they know I'll give them the same XP for avoiding a fight, so they'll often avail themselves

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Augochlora on scabiosa

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@berneunion2 Absolutely. My eyes damned near rolled out of my head when I saw that.

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"I'm tired of being judged for my choice! I thought you were pro-choice!"

Pro-choice does not extend to endangering me, my family, your family, and the general public.

Yes, we are judging you. Just as we would judge a man waving a lit flamethrower in a mall.

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Do not let anyone tell you this is like the flu in any way. It's not. At best they are wildly wrong.

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"More people die of the flu every year, you're just fear mongering"

No, more than 140k Americans do NOT die from flu a year. No matter how you calculate them.

2017-18 was the worst recent year and the CALCULATED deaths are still only around 61k tops.

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The flu doesn't require activation of both Active and Reserve components of the military to support hospitals and set up field hospitals. This is NOT normal, at all.