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[Brett Cross @BCross052422]

I may stand alone in my thoughts as the Washington Post introduces new photos of the Robb Elementary Massacre, the shooting that took my son Uziyah’s life.

With nothing but love and respect to every family out there, from anybody who lost a loved one at our shooting, to the others displayed in this article, I disagree with not showing the public.I disagree with the public turning a blind eye to the reality that is America.

I’ve waited nearly two years for information and our city, state, and governent still refuse to give us any.

While these photos are disturbing and truly shocking, it lets you see just a modicum of the scenes that constantly invade my thoughts and nightmares.

The blood you see in the photo’s are the result of children's lifelines, painting the floor because our government deems my son's life less than a gun. The body bags containing 10 year olds is a hallway our congress passes through daily, looking away in disgust.

You’ll see a massive bullet hole through a door. The impact is astonishing, even more so when you put into perspective that what you see is a steel door. Now, envision that in a 10 year olds body. For myself, I don’t have to. I’ve seen what it does. One single bullet struck Uziyahs spine and blew out his stomach.

I firmly believe that the Washington Post is not publishing these for shock value or click bait. They have delivered astonishing articles on the effects of mass shootings before, namely “The Blast Effect” which shows just how these bullets blow a body apart.
Instead I view these as a warning. A warning to our nation that if we do not stand together, put our foot down and demand our government to do something, then it will be your loved ones body in that bag. Your loved ones blood smeared from being dragged out. Your loved ones funeral.

I think the public should see. I hope its a gut punch. I hope that you feel just a twinge of that pain. And then I hope you envision your child losing their life in school, and maybe then, will it light the fire up under your ass to demand for better.

I know that we post photos of Uziyah smiling and happy. Thats who he was in life. An energizer bunny who’s foot was always on the gas and never on the break.

But thats not who he was in his final moments.

He was terrified. He was distraught. My little boy wasn’t smiling.

And yours won’t be either.

As I’ve said before, and will continue to say…..It’s not a matter of if it will happen to you, its a matter of when.

So view the article.
Breathe it in.
Smell the gunfire.
See the destruction.
See the pain.

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

For any who may want some

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@FLamanite @poetickate except she didn't say that or indicate that anywhere, so you're just gonna make something up to give yourself the answer that you want to the question lol. methinks someone doesn't check the other boxes

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@smokinonplanes @heidithewiz @poetickate ...do you not always have hand soap in the bathroom?

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@JeremiahDJohns The og tweet that "ensouled" is replying to is even fucking crazier than the reply honestly

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@Pale_0ntologist

[trans judeo-bolshevik @transjewtalian]

thinking today of henry kissinger’s victims

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[The Hard Times @REALpunknews]

Henry Kissinger Dies of Broken Heart Thanks to Temporary Ceasefire in Gaza https://t.co/HLKhGq5oV1

[Sera Koulabdara @SeraKoulabdara]

YES

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@WinnowingWind @void_type @sciam helpful. If you want an answer from an expert, I would suggest you contact an expert, as I (as I have clearly stated) am not a biologist. https://t.co/OhkomaH8Ev

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@WinnowingWind @void_type @sciam is "sex", I genuinely don't know exactly what you're asking for. But, this article has some good info about the many characteristics that comprise sex, so if you actually are interested in learning more (which I doubt, but will give you the benefit of the doubt) this might be

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@WinnowingWind @void_type @sciam Sex is not one characteristic. I think I'm being pretty clear about how the view of the reality of sex as one characteristic is not accurate. If you want a general overview of the complexity, the original sciam article is a good layperson introduction

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@WinnowingWind @void_type @sciam hormone levels related to gamete groups, but these are separate sex characteristics that cluster/group in different ways. So it depends on exactly what you want to learn about. Though I will say, I'm trying to argue in good faith, while I get the feeling you are not

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@WinnowingWind @void_type @sciam And I am asking you to define exactly what you're asking for, because there is more than one aspect to sex. I can provide articles about the general view of sex as a set of several characteristics, I could provide articles about the varieties of human gamete pairs, or different

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@WinnowingWind @void_type @sciam categories. I can't provide evidence of a single aspect of sex that has distinct categories, like gametes, as a bimodal distribution, because that is not a thing that exists. Biology, in reality, is just more complicated than that

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@WinnowingWind @void_type @sciam And I answered that it depends on the aspect of sex you are describing. If you want a paper showing that there is a variety of genitals, hormone levels, secondary sex characteristics, etc, I can do that. If you want to argue that sex=gametes, then it would be a set of distinct

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@WinnowingWind @void_type @sciam Most biologists now have this view of human sex: people usually have either XX/XY chromosomes, but not always, and most people with e.g. XX chromosomes have higher estrogen/lower testosterone levels than most people with XY chromosomes, but not always.

[🇵🇸 @turtlenekcs]

@WinnowingWind @void_type @sciam However, if you include some/all of the many other factors of sex that I mentioned earlier (hormone levels/gene presentation/secondary sex characteristics/reproductive organs/reproductive capacity) many of those can be represented by a bimodal distribution, e.g. hormone levels