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thank you--I have no idea how to add emojis here, but I'd give you the applause one if I could...

This is why I encouraging comments.... I managed to drop kbin into mine :)

Yeah. I don't know that part would be active shaming like an elective abortion would ignite some biddies. But some people feeling personal failure at not being able to carry. They shouldn't--it's not a personal failure, but I've seen some people feel some of that.

Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum*

*yes, I know: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5937294/trivia/

I can understand that some people don't want to discuss private health matters. And those folks who have been trying to conceive but have trouble--talking about the yet-another-miscarriage has to be incredibly wrenching and hard.

But those stories are crucial to hear right now, I'm afraid. I think the mainstream Republican isn't even aware that this went on.

Agree--I'm seeing a lot of what I called 'quiet quitting' lately. The regulars are posting a lot less, or not at all. I'm not ready to burn-it-all-down, because I want to be able to lure people over later when this is a bit more mature. But it already feels different there.

Nice.

I think in the past (and I'm old enough to remember), both abortion and miscarriage carried a self-imposed shame/shunning silencing.

But now, people are not ashamed to talk about it. And those stories are surfacing, even in people's own circles. When someone hears a story of a wanted pregnancy that goes wrong, and the young mother's case of near-death sepsis as well as the damage to carrying future pregnancies--people will catch on.

These dogs have caught the car they were chasing. I wish it didn't include the collateral damage to young families, but here we are. I hope people get to the ballot box with these stories in their heads. We should make sure of it....

Reddit is becoming an unusable garbage site.

'Tis.

I think those new drugs look really game-changing. I know they aren't affordable yet, but soon the insurers will realize they are cheaper than the downstream costs of diabetes.

I was reading in the NYT yesterday that they were making people change behavior not just on hunger, but on the "food noise" that a lot of people have. So this will change the situation in a household and might have additional social consequences for people's consumption.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/well/eat/ozempic-food-noise.html

Feel free to share the love of history and science! I have no idea how to cross post properly yet. No credit required, just take it.

I know. But I'm the one that has to call all over the place to try to book a room. It's so depressing.

I will say, though, that I have seen an interesting attempt locally to do this better. It doesn't meet my needs for location and features, but it is a nice effort.

https://culturehouse.cc/