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Stargazing and astrophotography is my passion. I have written several books on astronomy.

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Intersex Definitions - interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth Intersex Definitions - We are raising intersex visibility, empowering young intersex advocates and promoting laws and policies that protect intersex youth.

I prefer the following broad definition of intersex, but I think the person I am interacting with might just dismiss that as "activist" material.

interactadvocates.org/intersex-def...

12.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Differences of Sex Development is less stigmatizing, but the intersex community generally prefers Intersex, as far as I understand.

12.02.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't personally agree with the Consensus Statement, but I thought it might be instructive at least insofar as describing the definition of intersex / DSD from a medical perspective. I specifically disagree with calling intersex conditions "Disorders" of Sex Development.

12.02.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Consensus statement on management of intersex disorders Management of intersex disorders Keywords: sex development disorders, gonads, intersex

For your reference, you can read THE "Consensus statement on management of intersex disorders"

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

12.02.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Please provide a reputable reference explaining and justifying your seemingly very exclusive definition of intersex. Your definition doesn't seem to conform to medical practice or to the definitions used by the intersex community.

12.02.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know what to tell you. I have explained that the conditions they describe are literally classified by doctors as a 46-XY DSD (i.e. intersex) and they certainly fall within the even broader definition of intersex used within the intersex community.

12.02.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it really your point that we can't talk about ancient concepts of gender because the English word "gender" didn't exist back then? The whole point of looking at the past is to understand how it relates to and illuminates the present.

12.02.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...does not mean they are "activists". Just like you, they are putting their point across, and providing a lot more evidence and openness about their perspective than you have provided so far. Also, being an "activist" is not perjorative.

12.02.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, if you can find rabbis who give a good argument for why this is wrong, of course I would take that on board. The authors of that page are upfront and honest about their background and viewpoint, which makes me trust them more. Just because they are nonbinary and visible on the internet...

12.02.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

...so many people have the obvious signs of PAIS but no definitive lab test diagnosis. That doesn't make them less valid, or stop them from having the health problems that come from androgen insensitivity.

11.02.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

...(differences in sexual development, i.e. intersex). One of the most common DSDs that cause hypospadias and cryptorchidism is PAIS. There are genetic tests for PAIS but the tests can only detect some of the variations...

11.02.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I am trying to engage you in good faith. I see no contradiction - they are trans and intersex. How they choose to describe their body is a matter for them, not you. Regarding hypospadias and cryptorchidism, if you are born with those conditions, you are routinely referred for testing for DSDs...

11.02.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It's written by a couple of rabbis. That's good enough for me. It's also backed up by my other wide reading on the subject. You seem to think the information on that reference is false, so lets see your sources?

11.02.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You realise you you are literally telling an intersex person they are wrong about themselves, and putting words in their mouth they expressly do not agree with?

10.02.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Based on the fact you don't like it?

10.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hmmm... It's not misogyny if they're not literally cutting bits off you with a rusty razor blade?

03.02.2026 10:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

When the economy does better, it will only do better **for the rich people they are not taxing**. So it's certain they'll be back for more benefits cuts before long...

18.03.2025 22:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.

Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.

05.03.2025 22:39 πŸ‘ 11045 πŸ” 3316 πŸ’¬ 768 πŸ“Œ 1197
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:

"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

05.03.2025 15:47 πŸ‘ 81752 πŸ” 25788 πŸ’¬ 1672 πŸ“Œ 2826
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Well said!

05.03.2025 20:37 πŸ‘ 76300 πŸ” 19154 πŸ’¬ 1226 πŸ“Œ 608

Please read this.

05.03.2025 22:37 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump has signed 10 executive orders attacking trans people in his first 16 days in office. Do not ever let anyone tell you that it's Democrats who are obsessed with trans people.

04.02.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 4278 πŸ” 937 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 24

Maybe the health care plans offered to billionaires simply don't offer mental health care?

12.01.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 617 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 4
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I fear there is deep truth here.

11.01.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 55314 πŸ” 13682 πŸ’¬ 1433 πŸ“Œ 841

I wonder what "white plant" was?

10.01.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Close up of the top part of a broken, beige coloured cuneiform tablet. There are about twenty lines of text visible, and several large cracks. The background of the photo is black

Close up of the top part of a broken, beige coloured cuneiform tablet. There are about twenty lines of text visible, and several large cracks. The background of the photo is black

How to make glass in ancient Assyria.

First, you grind your ingredients separately, which can include certain kinds of stone, roasted carnelian-coloured seashells, β€œwhite plant”, and salicornia ashes.

Then, β€œYou mix them together” and place them in a cold kiln with four openings

10.01.2025 11:03 πŸ‘ 323 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 9
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Timoclea of Thebes throws man who raped her down a well. She next hurled in heavy stones until he was dead. Painted in 1659 by Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna, who had a thing for assertive heroines.

09.01.2025 20:18 πŸ‘ 12598 πŸ” 1598 πŸ’¬ 264 πŸ“Œ 165
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04.01.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 31932 πŸ” 4308 πŸ’¬ 485 πŸ“Œ 242

a remarkable woman whose work is still vital. we named our daughter after her.

02.01.2025 18:56 πŸ‘ 6974 πŸ” 843 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 13

Mr. Meta sounds like an actual superhero!

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