(western) jews know about christianity bc we’re surrounded by it. it’s pervasive in our lives, whether we want it to be or not (we don’t.) we know how it works because, for many of us, we were led to believe that many aspects of christianity were actually universal, or at least part of a common “judeo-christian” (or even “abrahamic”) system that works in the same way for everyone.
we know all about sin, and about jesus, and about god-as-anthropomorphized-dude-in-sky, and many of us didn’t know that those AREN’T actually part of judaism for a long time, since they are SO entwined in “secular” culture.
so yes, most of us are fully qualified to talk about the differences between christianity and judaism, since one is our religion and the other is forced on us in every conceivable way.
this does NOT mean that christians have the same ability to talk about judaism, since the majority of you don’t know a single fucking thing about it that’s actually true, because why would you?
this is ok to rb but every xtian that adds something stupid owes me $18
The UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee today published submissions to an inquiry into LGBT healthcare, revealing the high level of concern about access to gender-related services.
The Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES) warned
that “specialised gender services is growing exponentially,” adding that
“excessive waits result in acute stress, self-harm, suicidality and
resort to self-medication.”
GIRES warned that failing to meet the demand would be a “grave
mistake,” while LGBT+ charity Stonewall added: “It is vital that NHS
England set out a clear plan to increase capacity and reduce waiting
times to gender identity services.”
Notts Trans Hub said: “The wait for trans related hormone treatment
or surgeries is in multiple years, not months, and there are not enough
surgeons nationwide with the experience required. More need to be
trained up urgently to keep up with referral rates.”
The inquiry also took submissions from members of the public, nearly
all of whom spoke about their own experience of waiting times for
transition-related services.
In one submission, Andrea Wyatt explained that she was referred to a
Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) in July 2015, but did not receive her first
appointment until July 2018, three years later—only to be told to seek a
second opinion before joining the years-long waiting list for surgery.
She added: “It’s been a traumatic three years [with] no real support
from the GIC clinic. I believe the long waiting times is direct
discrimination and the NHS has failed to provide adequate medical care
and treatment.”
Another person wrote: “Waiting times are now over two years. Without
two appointments it is impossible to get and diagnosis of gender
dysphoria which allows simple hormones treatment.
“Hormones are regularly given to cis women by GPs but for trans
people we are having to wait over 28 months to get a prescription.
“This is then followed by approx. another two years before gender
surgery can be accessed. This leads to increased mental harm due to
frustration and being totally out of control of the treatment pathway.”
Gate keeping is killing us.
Doctors are gonna give a thousand reasons for this, all of which ignore that they could stop forcing trans people through unnecessary, stigmatizing and coercive diagnosis procedures, start giving us all access to hormones tomorrow and focus their remaining energy and budget on getting extra surgeons.
Since the first airplane took flight over 100 years ago, virtually every aircraft in the sky has flown with the help of moving parts such as propellers, turbine blades, and fans, which are powered by the combustion of fossil fuels or by battery packs that produce a persistent, whining buzz.
Now MIT engineers have built and flown the first-ever plane with no moving parts. Instead of propellers or turbines, the light aircraft is powered by an “ionic wind” – a silent but mighty flow of ions that is produced aboard the plane, and that generates enough thrust to propel the plane over a sustained, steady flight.
Unlike turbine-powered planes, the aircraft does not depend on fossil fuels to fly. And unlike propeller-driven drones, the new design is completely silent.
“This is the first-ever sustained flight of a plane with no moving parts in the propulsion system,” says Steven Barrett, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. “This has potentially opened new and unexplored possibilities for aircraft which are quieter, mechanically simpler, and do not emit combustion emissions.”
He expects that in the near-term, such ion wind propulsion systems could be used to fly less noisy drones. Further out, he envisions ion propulsion paired with more conventional combustion systems to create more fuel-efficient, hybrid passenger planes and other large aircraft.
Barrett and his team at MIT have published their results in the journal Nature.
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