General News Thread

[Raylen Cypher]

"[...] Some of you may not be able to get in touch with your loved ones..."

Yeah no kidding. It's gonna be 4 hours now...

[asterism42]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-41224146

Mr and Mrs Rowe say the school's handling of the situation did not show proper regard ... for the confusion and concern caused to other people by the suggestion that boys are not always boys, and girls are not always girls.

Maybe it's just me, but my advice to them would be 'get over it'.

[SeiKeo]

Did the Church of England ever formally revise its teaching on gender?

[Snow]

I am shocked by the suggestion, especially from a church school, that just because we question the notion that a six-year-old boy can really become a girl, we are transphobic.

Transphobia can be emotional disgust, fear, violence, anger or discomfort felt or expressed towards people who do not conform to society's gender expectations.

It is what it is.

[I3uster]

clearly there is need for a trans royal to split it off once more

[Five_X]

clearly there is need for a trans royal to split it off once more

"Transroyal" sounds like a pretty badass epithet, actually

[Seika]

Did the Church of England ever formally revise its teaching on gender?

That this Synod, recognising the need for transgender people to be welcomed and affirmed in their parish church, call on the House of Bishops to consider whether some nationally commended liturgical materials might be prepared to mark a person's gender transition.

To a certain degree, yes.

[2Bad]

https://coconuts.co/jakarta/news/mar...e-duel-police/

On Monday morning, the unidentified robber broke into a house owned by Deni Rono — who happens to be a master of a local school of the Indonesian martial arts pencak silat called Merpati Putih — while it was empty. When Deni returned, police said the two engaged in a 30-minute duel

According to the police, the duel involved the use of fists and a bamboo stick used in Deni’s martial arts training, before the two used knives against each other.

“The duel was happening and then both of them grabbed knives. And then the culprit was stabbed in the fight. I applaud the bravery of the house owner in fighting back against the culprit,” Andry said.

[Trubo]

So, how serious is this equifax thing I've been seeing lately? The few discussions I've read are making me want to put credit freezes into place.

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/20...breach-what-do

[asterism42]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-41203789

on twitter bots

[Mcjon01]

So, how serious is this equifax thing I've been seeing lately? The few discussions I've read are making me want to put credit freezes into place.

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/20...breach-what-do

I don't want to overstate things but it's basically apocalyptic and half of America has been completely and utterly fucked for the rest of their lives.

[Laserman]

Equifax data breach: What you need to know
Topical

[Trubo]

I don't want to overstate things but it's basically apocalyptic and half of America has been completely and utterly fucked for the rest of their lives.

Well, I guess I'm in the clear by not having a credit history in the first place, seeing as none of the three credit bureaus can seem to find info to send me when I tried to request my annual credit report.

[Kareshy]

So I mean if literally half the country gets credit fucked maybe they'll just say fuck it and reset all debt because clearly this has all gotten a little silly.

[SeiKeo]

So I mean if literally half the country gets credit fucked maybe they'll just say fuck it and reset all debt because clearly this has all gotten a little silly.

We have to turn back into a Jewish theocracy for that but I think some might take the trade

[2Bad]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ees?CMP=twt_gu

Tories continue down the road to Republicanism

[RoydGolden]

We have to turn back into a Jewish theocracy for that but I think some might take the trade

That actually makes me wonder if there's any modern society that operates off a Jubilee-like system. Probably wouldn't be practical with societies as large as they are nowadays, but I'm just curious.

[asterism42]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41241021

"fuck the poor" policies fuck the poor

[Strife ❤️]

Why should taxes pay for an unemployed person to live in a £2000 a month flat in London that barely any working person could afford to live in?

The benefit cap is certainly enough to not be homeless: https://www.gov.uk/benefit-cap/benefit-cap-amounts

[asterism42]

Why should a person working, like, ninety hours a week have to choose between paying rent and eating?

HURBLURBLUR UNEMPLOYED WASTRELS is how the right responds to such studies like this, when it's more often than not impacting hardworking but impoverished families desperately trying to survive on minimum wage in a world of exponentially increasing housing costs.

Or would you prefer the poor die of consumption in a workhouse whilst slurping down gruel and picking oakum? Because, really. That attitude of yours stinks of Victorian condescension. The idea that if poor people don't have any money, they only have themselves to blame.

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Or is it just a 'not my problem, so I don't care' attitude?