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In Topic: The USA Politics Thread
Today, 03:40 PM
QuickTidal, on 01 April 2026 - 12:40 PM, said:Azath Vitr (D, on 01 April 2026 - 12:36 PM, said:Of course, that doesn't make her a "man", but it may give her a biological advantage.
Granted, this is getting off-topic, and I think I vaguely remember her saying more obviously transphobic things, but I don't think she's at the same level of duplicity as Trump or the same level of ignorance as most of MAGA. ... which isn't saying much.
I'm going to let you research how bad both these things actually sound, and decides whether or not to delete it...
Jeezus
This is getting very off-topic, so I'll post any future replies in the oldIs JK Rowling Satan, Or Just a Demon?Hogwarts Legacy thread where we were discussing Rowling's transphobia before:
https://forum.malaza...cy-controversy/
In terms of testosterone levels, Khelif went through the hormonal equivalent of male puberty and had male levels of testosterone through much of her adult life, including years of weightlifting and other physical training as an elite athlete. If Khelif were not taking testosterone suppressants then she would most likely have an advantage comparable to that of male elite athletes.
The main argument for Khelif not having an advantage seems to rest on studies which found no statistically significant difference in functional strength between trans women and ciswomen. One problem with those studies is that they're very low quality, with extremely small sample sizes and non-rigorous methodologies. In particular, while it is possible to measure voluntary exertion, they fail to do so; and yet they rely on voluntary exertion in their tests of functional strength. The trans test subjects also almost certainly realized that the test results would be used as evidence to determine whether trans women should be allowed to compete in women's sports.
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/3/198
And more rigorous studies indicate that testosterone suppression only results in a small reduction in lean muscle mass after one year (about 5%). Large, rigorous studies have demonstrated that lean muscle mass correlates with functional strength. Taken together, this stronger evidence seems to contradict the extremely low quality studies which found no statistically significant difference in functional strength.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm...les/PMC7846503/
However, there is also low quality evidence suggesting that after several years the percentage of lean muscle mass relative to total weight has no statistically significant difference from that of ciswomen. (The phrase "statistically significant" can be misleading in this context: the experimental design is not strong enough to rule out large statistical differences.) This can be reconciled with a small decrease in absolute lean muscle mass by an increase in fat. And since boxing has weight classes, this does provide weak evidence for Khelif not having an advantage. However, none of these studies were done on elite athletes, who tend to work to have extremely low levels of body fat, particularly in sports with weight classes.
So the evidence ultimately isn't definitive, but it's plausible that she has a significant advantage. I stand by my initial assertion that she may have a biological advantage.
https://www.sciencem...isgender-women/
On the roots of JKR's transphobia:
https://secularhuman...athroom-debate/
TL;DR trauma from sexual assault leading to misdirected fear for others. -
In Topic: The Russia Politics and War in Ukraine Thread
Today, 01:14 PM
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Zelensky has said Ukraine's allies have urged him to scale back attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure amid the ongoing global fuel crisis - but that they would only end if Russia stopped targeting Ukraine's first.
[...] After relentless Russian attacks on Ukraine's oil refineries, the latter now heavily relies on fuel imports - largely via Poland, Greece, Lithuania and Turkey.
Almost half of Ukraine's gas imports used to come from Hungary, but they were seemingly suspended
Zelensky says allies asked him to scale back attacks on Russian energy - BBC
But Ukraine is still successfully damaging Russian energy infrastructure:
Ukrainian drone attack shuts crucial unit at Russia's Novo-Ufimsk oil refinery, sources say | Reuters
And:
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Three Ukrainian drones allegedly attacked a compressor station in southern Russia servicing the TurkStream export pipeline, Russian state-controlled natural gas giant Gazprom claimed [...] Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, TurkStream has become the last functioning Russian pipeline still supplying Europe
Russia's Gazprom claims Ukrainian strikes on TurkStream pipeline - Kyiv Independent -
In Topic: Israel and Iran
Today, 12:05 PM
the broken, on 28 March 2026 - 05:12 PM, said:What do we think Iranian stockpiles are like?
Update on this:
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U.S. intelligence assessments suggest that roughly half of Iran's missile launchers remain intact and the country's arsenal still boasts thousands of one-way attack drones, directly contradicting the president's claims about the nation's firepower being significantly diminished.
The country also maintains a large number of missiles.
Three sources familiar with the intelligence confirmed its veracity to CNN, with one of the sources telling the outlet of Iran, "They are still very much poised to wreak absolute havoc throughout the entire region."
Donald Trump Humiliated by His Own Intel Experts' Verdict on Iran War
They hit a desalination plant and an oil refinery in Kuwait; the Iranian government claims it didn't target the desalination plant. (For any who don't already know, Iran and he Gulf states rely heavily on a small number of desalination plants for potable water, so the destruction of the desalination plants could be devastating for the people of the region.)
Iran war live: Water plant hit in Kuwait; Tehran attacks the Gulf, Israel | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera
Meanwhile, the Trump and Netanyahu regimes have been blowing up Iranian civilian infrastructure:
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An airstrike destroyed the Pasteur Institute of Iran, a renowned public health institution that produces and distributes vaccines, the Iranian government said. A spokesman for the Iranian health ministry called the attack a "direct assault on international health security."
A highway bridge connecting Tehran and the city of Karaj was also attacked[...] Iranian news media reported. Iran's state broadcaster said that a second strike hit the bridge as emergency workers were trying to rescue the injured.
A U.S. military official said that American forces were responsible for the attack, which came on the last day of the Iranian new year holiday, when Iranians traditionally celebrate by spending time outdoors. The U.S. official said the bridge was a planned military supply route for Iran's missile and drone forces, though Iranian news media said the bridge was not yet operational and was not being used by the military. Mr. Trump celebrated the bridge's destruction, vowing there was "much more to follow."
Strikes Hit Infrastructure Sites in Iran After Trump's Threat - The New York Times
Looks like we'll probably get Trump's annual spring-time "crashing of the stock market" around the end of April. -
In Topic: Music
01 April 2026 - 02:08 PM
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Smartphone app lets you play virtual instruments with your facial expressions and bodily poses:
MusiKraken -
In Topic: The USA Politics Thread
01 April 2026 - 12:36 PM
QuickTidal, on 01 April 2026 - 11:36 AM, said:I can even branch out, rabid terf JK Rowling posted JUST the other day about the Olympics disallowing Trans athletes....an put an exclamation point on her agreement by posting a photo of Imane Khelif winning her boxing match a few years back....a woman from Algeria...whose birth certificate literally says she's a woman...pushing the narrative that she's really a trans man...a story that falls apart on the head of it because such a thing would suggest that in Algeria, a Muslim Arab country where rights are very conservative, and very strict, homosexuality is illegal, gender change of any kind out of the question and also illegal...suggesting then that all the people present at the birth of Imane and everyone else throughout her life have hidden her "true" gender so that 26 years later she could win a boxing match?...it's so nonsensical the MOMENT you scratch any lower than the surface, disregarding that she said she was a woman and should be believed without further proof....but this is the level of dishonesty and propaganda that such people operate in....entirely fictional spaces where JKR thinks that if she suggests often enough that Imane Khelif is really a man, people will believe it...and of course the idiot that is Pierre Pollievre in my country re-tweeted her post....
Does JKR know she's wrong? She does. She still posts it because she know her rabid anti-trans followers will lap it up becuase of how much she bangs on about it.
While X isn't letting me see her posts in chronological order, I found a news article about it and Pollievre's retweet---it's not about trans people, though she does call Khelif a "man". It seems to be about her having failed the chromosome test.
According to Le Monde,
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Khelif confirmed she has the SRY gene, located on the Y chromosome that indicates masculinity. "Yes, and it's natural," she said, adding that she is "surrounded by doctors, a professor is monitoring me... For the Paris Games qualifying tournament, which took place in Dakar, I lowered my testosterone levels to zero".
https://www.lemonde...._6750171_9.html
Of course, that doesn't make her a "man", but it may give her a biological advantage.
Granted, this is getting off-topic, and I think I vaguely remember her saying more obviously transphobic things, but I don't think she's at the same level of duplicity as Trump or the same level of ignorance as most of MAGA. ... which isn't saying much.
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