GlassHalfHopeful

Thanks for the share. This article led to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential_hermaphroditism and then further down the rabbit hole. Hermaphroditism is wild.

Thanks for sharing this. It was an informative read and quite relevant.

This website's use of stock images and gifs were aggravating. The actual case study was worth the read, but only covers a single pair of individuals: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886922001477

It's certainly interesting. I'm particularly curious about the effects of the multiple confusions:

US had three concussions as an adult, caused by car accidents and from falling on ice. The most recent and severe incident occurred in January 2018, resulting in classic symptoms of light sensitivity and concentration difficulty. US feels she is a “different person,” with increased anger and anxiety. She requires additional time to process information in some problem-solving situations, although she has always seen herself as a poor test taker.

Some of the conclusions seemed a stretch for a single sample. I'm much more curious about more extensive studies with many more subjects.

“[Netflix] members pay as much attention to midroll ads as they do to the shows and movies themselves,” Amy Reinhard, president of advertising at Netflix, said, per the publication.

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Speaking to advertisers, Reinhard claimed that ad subscribers spend 41 hours per month on Netflix on average.

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I want to believe you're wrong, but... I can't. 😔

Honestly, they're not.

I hate to say it, but the system needs to crash and burn for people to wake up. I need and want to avoid that at all costs, but some people... most people... don't seem to be able to learn without it.

I think you are overestimating just how much constituents are invested in what their politicians actually do...

Many many many persons feel the side effects, the burn, of their elected politicians deviating from what they hoped. And yet each election cycle, these politicians continue to be voted in.

I mean, they get mad, but mad enough to watch C-Span and make calls...? 😅

I understand the issue. It's clear. What I don't understand is this article focusing on Ocasio-Cortez's "by the light of day" comment.

Are people watching these proceedings live on C-Span with their hand on the phone ready to call their congressperson's office? If Republicans pushed this through "during the light of day," would it make any actual difference? Why can't congresspersons challenge this in the middle of the night? Does Ocasio-Cortez think Republican constituents will be making those calls to change the minds of their politicians? 🤔

I was honestly thinking/waiting for the same explanation. Haha.

Makes perfect sense. But why not invent a whole new alien? Why modify an existing piece of canon (again)?

What's done is done. What I'd simply like to know is the why. Maybe it's in this article somewhere, but I gave up halfway. Probably just too sleepy atm. Someday I'll read a source that gives a sensible why. Because what I've heard never really made sense. Why keep so much intact and change one thing so drastically?

Precisely my thought as well. In the long run, the order alone won't amount to anything. It needs to be followed up. Not simply by other executive orders, but by other necessary reforms.

I guess I'm mostly interested and hopeful in the possible reform portion. The industry simply can't be bludgeoned into compliance as he thinks he can achieve with everything. It will take careful planning, reorganization, and, gasp, additional controls and regulations.