Bj

World leader in bread-bag clip misplacement.

[Wide Awake Media @wideawake_media]

"They build a computer model that gives them the answer they want, and then tell you that they've got evidence that this is going to happen in the future."

Greenpeace co-founder, Dr. Patrick Moore, on the fraudulent climate models pushed by climate totalitarians as "evidence" of the impending climate apocalypse.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

You’ve asked me several questions on this thread and accused me of avoiding answering, so here goes.

I believe a woman is a human being who belongs to the sex class that produces large gametes. It’s irrelevant whether or not her gametes have ever been fertilised, whether or not she’s carried a baby to term, irrelevant if she was born with a rare difference of sexual development that makes neither of the above possible, or if she’s aged beyond being able to produce viable eggs. She is a woman and just as much a woman as the others.

I don’t believe a woman is more or less of a woman for having sex with men, women, both or not wanting sex at all. I don’t think a woman is more or less of a woman for having a buzz cut and liking suits and ties, or wearing stilettos and mini dresses, for being black, white or brown, for being six feet tall or a little person, for being kind or cruel, angry or sad, loud or retiring. She isn't more of a woman for featuring in Playboy or being a surrendered wife, nor less of a woman for designing space rockets or taking up boxing. What makes her a woman is the fact of being born in a body that, assuming nothing has gone wrong in her physical development (which, as stated above, still doesn't stop her being a woman), is geared towards producing eggs as opposed to sperm, towards bearing as opposed to begetting children, and irrespective of whether she's done either of those things, or ever wants to.

Womanhood isn't a mystical state of being, nor is it measured by how well one apes sex stereotypes. We are not the creatures either porn or the Bible tell you we are. Femaleness is not, as trans woman Andrea Chu Long wrote, ‘an open mouth, an expectant asshole, blank, blank eyes,’ nor are we God’s afterthought, sprung from Adam’s rib.

Women are provably subject to certain experiences because of our female bodies, including different forms of oppression, depending on the cultures in which we live. When trans activists say 'I thought you didn't want to be defined by your biology,' it’s a feeble and transparent attempt at linguistic sleight of hand. Women don't want to be limited, exploited, punished, or subject to other unjust treatment because of their biology, but our being female is indeed defined by our biology. It's one material fact about us, like having freckles or disliking beetroot, neither of which are representative of our entire beings, either. Women have billions of different personalities and life stories, which have nothing to do with our bodies, although we are likely to have had experiences men don't and can't, because we belong to our sex class.

Some people feel strongly that they should have been, or wish to be seen as, the sex class into which they weren't born. Gender dysphoria is a real and very painful condition and I feel nothing but sympathy for anyone who suffers from it. I want them to be free to dress and present themselves however they like and I want them to have exactly the same rights as every other citizen regarding housing, employment and personal safety. I do not, however, believe that surgeries and cross-sex hormones literally turn a person into the opposite sex, nor do I believe in the idea that each of us has a nebulous ‘gender identity’ that may or might not match our sexed bodies. I believe the ideology that preaches those tenets has caused, and continues to cause, very real harm to vulnerable people.

I am strongly against women's and girls' rights and protections being dismantled to accommodate trans-identified men, for the very simple reason that no study has ever demonstrated that trans-identified men don't have exactly the same pattern of criminality as other men, and because, however they identify, men retain their advantages of speed and strength. In other words, I think the safety and rights of girls and women are more important than those men's desire for validation.

I sincerely hope that answers your questions. You may still disagree, but as I hope this shows, I’m more than happy to have this debate.

[Bj @b_2thej]

Great Tour, but let’s pray the Australian SBS coverage is of a much higher quality next year. The commentary team is sub standard and needs a serious overhaul. Half the joy used to be Phil Liggett’s insight on not only cycling but the surroundings. #sbstdf #SBSSportau #TDF2023

[Bj @b_2thej]

@GorringeDaniel I’m against anything that gives Essendon another chance after they finish 9th, but the silver lining could be watching the Bummers lose another final when they weren’t even in the finals anyway. 😍

[Bj @b_2thej]

@boomboomclark28 @RalphyHeraldSun Living in a warped reality this peanut.

[Bj @b_2thej]

@dafoshowsc @Craig_Foster Was part of the Tassie deal unfortunately. Afl supplies the “support” Albo supplies the cash.

[Bj @b_2thej]

@sydneyswans How about we give Sheldrick another crack and play him in position!? The kid is a genuine, In and Under, Centre clearance beast and we had him running around at half forward against the Giants! We are getting picked apart in the guts and the answer could be right in-front of us.

[Bj @b_2thej]

@sydneyswans How about we give Sheldrick another crack and play him in position!? The kid is a genuine, In and Under, Centre clearance beast and we had him running around at half forward against the Giants! We are getting picked apart in the guts and the answer could be right in-front of us.

[Bj @b_2thej]

@FOXFOOTY Sydney Swans if they keep playing Buddy.

[Bj @b_2thej]

@dafoshowsc Booing is racism now apparently, so I really hope Tom Stewart is ok after tonight’s vile attack by the crowd.

[Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA @GRDecter]

Germany just shut down its last nuclear power plant

Now, German energy prices are increasing by up to 45%

On top of that, Germany started importing nuclear energy from France on Saturday to cover a shortfall 🤦‍♀

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Just a reminder that pangolins are more heavily trafficked than rhinos and elephants combined. Their scales are sold for medicinal purposes, even though there's absolutely zero proof that their scales have any medicinal properties. Raise awareness. 💜

[Bj @b_2thej]

@sydneyswans The H word you are looking for is Horrendous!
When are we going to STOP BOMBING THE FOOTY INTO THE FORWARD 50!!??? - Not one single mark came from a bomb tonight and we pulled that same crap against Melbourn e last week. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[Andrew Lawrence @andrewlawrence]

This one's for you @KathyBurke.

🎥What 'woke' means.

[Bj @b_2thej]

@ToddJDavey If we are going to touch on ‘concessions’ let’s not leave out Essendon’s 16 home games a year (at MCG or MRVL) and 17 games in Victoria once Geelong is included. Maybe the Swans could trade academy for 17 games in NSW?

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Netherlands 🇳🇱

The Dutch farmers party #FarmerCitizenMovement (BBB) has become the largest force in the Dutch Parliament’s Senate chamber.

This is what can happen if people power is mobilised and coordinated against bad governments. Other countries should do the same.

[Bj @b_2thej]

@farmercate2 @sjw_sjw_and @LeBomber05 This is correct!

[Bj @b_2thej]

@1116sen This is yuk enough when the NBA flogs do it! Far from required

[Bj @b_2thej]

@9NewsAUS Not having this , there is an absolute plethora of available jobs nation wide at the moment. More attainable than ever before. Upping job seeker certainly doesn’t encourage the slack arses chasing one!

[Bj @b_2thej]

@7AFL Hinkley gone before end of Bye rounds.