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Is this a crime now?
I don't believe in toxic masculinity but I would argue she is enforcing masculinity, which is no surprise. A lot of masculine traits, especially dress, is dictated by the reactions of women. If a girl laughs at you for something there's a good chance you won't do it again.
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The boy George can take whatever fruity classes he wants.
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What's so gay about training a bear in a little car? That's manly as fuck
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I'm laughing at you. Don't make such a cowardly comment again. Is this how it works?
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True, but if you're a straight man in it, you pretty much have your pick of women, like with most theater. Lots of women, some gay guys, very few straight guys.
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He shouldn't have cucked out and resigned a Senate seat for peccadilloes that wouldn't end Louis C.K.'s career.
My mind is still blown he just resigned over that dumb shit.
Democrats are fucking pussies.
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Twitter Trust and Safety Advisers Say They’re Being Ignored
Author: Louise Matsakis
Under CEO Jack Dorsey, Twitter formed a council of outside experts to help fight abuse on its network. Now, one member says, it has "eroded to practically nothing."
Cole Burston/Bloomberg/Getty Images
At the beginning of 2016, Twitter announced some good news: the formation of the Trust and Safety Council, made up of more than 40 outside groups and experts tapped for advice “to ensure that people feel safe expressing themselves on Twitter.” By that point, the company had already spent years knee-deep in accusations that its social network was rife with abuse and harassment. Something had to change.
For the first two years of its existence, the council’s relationship with Twitter was relatively fruitful. Representatives met CEO Jack Dorsey at annual summits, and held regular calls with other company executives to discuss new policies well in advance of their rollouts. But this year, some council members say, Twitter has been far less communicative, leaving them to wonder whether its leaders still value their input and expertise.
Their concerns are outlined in a letter, signed “Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council Members” and sent to Twitter’s leadership on Monday. In the message, which was obtained Friday by WIRED, its authors describe going months without updates, and in some regions being unable to reach their contacts at the company. “There have been no advance heads-up of Twitter’s policy or product changes to the council, leaving many of us to have no prior warning or let alone knowledge when answering press and media inquiries,” reads the letter. “This is embarrassing.” It ends by requesting a call with Dorsey to discuss the council’s future.
The letter was sent from the email account of Alex Holmes, deputy CEO at the Diana Award, a UK-based organization that runs anti-bullying and online safety programs, and a founding council member. Holmes, who did not provide WIRED with the letter, did agree to speak on the record. “A core group of us decided this was the right thing to do,” he said. “We want to continue to work with the platform on this as a group. We expect to hear from them exactly about that.”
Twitter had yet to reply to the message when WIRED reached out on Thursday, but Holmes noted that the company has now responded.
Holmes said the letter does not necessarily represent the views of every member of the Trust and Safety Council. Members who were contacted by WIRED had a range of responses to Monday’s message. One person said they didn’t know much about the letter. Another said it could have gone even further: “The Trust and Safety Council has eroded to practically nothing,” the member said, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly about Twitter.
When the company created the council in February 2016, Twitter was in crisis. Nearly all of its senior leaders had departed. Dorsey had retaken the reins the previous year, while the company’s stock price tanked and it struggled to grow its user base. The users Twitter did manage to keep had plenty of complaints, from minor product tweaks to the presence of terrorists on the social network.
Then there was the abuse, which was rampant and disproportionately targeted toward women and minorities. High-profile Twitter users like Lindy West and Zelda Williams abandoned the platform after being bombarded by threats and harassment. So when the company announced it was forming a group of independent experts to consult on the issue, the move was hailed by many as a sign of progress.
Since then, Twitter has turned to the Trust and Safety Council for feedback while implementing new rules around problems like hate speech and unwanted sexual advances. But the company also has continued to come under fire for failing to protect users, and not being transparent or consistent enough in its moderation practices.
When critics accuse social media platforms of ignoring problems like misinformation, hate speech, and harassment, the companies often defend themselves by touting their relationships with outside nonprofits and researchers. Facebook recently invited experts to conduct two independent investigations into civil rights abuses and supposed bias against conservatives on its platform, for example. Last year, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced her company would begin relying on the nonprofit Wikipedia to help fight misinformation. Twitter too has leaned on the prestige of its Trust and Safety Council to demonstrate it’s listening to outside voices.
“Our org has to be reflective of the people we’re trying to serve,” Dorsey tweeted at the journalist Kara Swisher in February, during a conversation about abuse on Twitter. “One of the reason we established the Trust and Safety council years ago, to get feedback and check ourselves.”
For the last eight months, though, Twitter has largely checked out, according to some council members. In a year that has seen the company embark on a major redesign, Holmes said Twitter hasn’t solicited much advice from the very experts it asked for help. Nor was the Trust and Safety Council consulted when the company rethought a much-hyped policy on dehumanizing speech—ultimately limiting the rule just to religious groups, when the original scope had been much wider. The council has only had one scheduled call with Twitter all year, which took place recently and had no senior employees participating. “We were disappointed,” Holmes added.
“We’ve been discussing ways we can improve how we work with partners, experts, and advocates, including having conversations with our Trust and Safety Council members,” Nick Pickles, the director for policy strategy at Twitter, said in a statement. “From those conversations, we’ve heard that one small, centralized group isn’t reflective of Twitter’s role in the world, so we’re working on ways to hear more regularly from a more diverse range of voices. We remain committed to working alongside partners to keep people safe on Twitter.”
A Twitter spokesperson said the company has been particularly focused on internal projects this year, but that it’s still taken the Trust and Safety Council’s feedback into account—citing its guidance on a product test in Canada this summer that allowed users to hide replies to tweets. Twitter also said it’s working on ways to consult with a more diverse group of outside experts, including organizations in Africa, and that it’s rethinking whether a centralized council is the right approach overall, along with considering meeting with smaller, specialized groups of experts.
“That’s not a bad idea, but restructuring Twitter’s mechanisms for consulting with outsiders will not by itself fix the problem at all,” said one Trust and Safety Council member. “Which is that Twitter is not actually consulting with outsiders in any meaningful or systematic way.”
The Trust and Safety Council has always been viewed with skepticism by some, including free speech advocates who criticized its membership as being too ideologically homogeneous. Earlier this year, right-wing news outlets in the US chastised Twitter and other tech companies of consulting with the Southern Poverty Law Center, which they say wrongfully labels conservative groups as hate groups. Amid accusations of liberal bias, Silicon Valley companies including Twitter and Facebook have made more of an effort to court conservative groups in recent years. In April, Dorsey and two members of Twitter’s policy team met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
The full text of the letter is below:
Updated 8-23-19, 5 pm ET: This story was updated to correct Alex Holmes' title. He is deputy CEO at the Diana Award, not Anti-Bullying Pro. Anti-Bullying Pro is one of the Diana Award's programs.
This is the guy who wrote the letter:
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The dog is one of the world’s most destructive mammals. Brazil proves it.
If saving the environment means wiping out dogs, the environment isn't worth saving.
If saving the environment means wiping out dogs, the environment isn't worth saving.
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The woke/extreme PC culture is in full flow in Britain. The dead children's author, Enid Blyton, has been accused of being a racist, sexist, homophobe by the Royal Mint, who produce our coins. She was on a list to be chosen to appear on the reverse of a coin but has been shut down by the fashionable liberals due to the potential for a backlash due to a small amount of content in her books, content that was fully acceptable when written but not now. There was a Golliwog doll in her Noddy books, so obviously, that makes her a full on racist according to some. Not sure where the homophobia accusation comes from but being gay was actually illegal here when she was writing.
Royal Mint BLOCKS Enid Blyton commemorative coin because they think she is a racist, sexist and a homophobe' and fear backlash
But Enid Blyton was denied the honour of a commemorative coin after Royal Mint bosses branded the creator of the Famous Five and Secret Seven novels a 'racist homophobe', newly-released documents reveal.
The snub has infuriated fans of the Noddy author who insist her books – which have sold 600 million copies to date and still sell hundreds of thousands a year – have inspired generations of children to read.
The idea of a commemorative 50p coin for Blyton was discussed at a meeting of the Royal Mint's advisory committee in December 2016.
Enid Blyton was denied the honour of a commemorative coin after Royal Mint bosses branded the creator of the Famous Five and Secret Seven novels a 'racist homophobe', newly-released documents reveal
The meeting's minutes, obtained under freedom of information laws, reveal that members dismissed the plan because 'she [Blyton] is known to have been a racist, sexist, homophobe and not a very well-regarded writer'.
They also reveal that the committee, which was considering producing the coin to mark the 50th anniversary of Blyton's death in 1968, was worried about a potential backlash if members went ahead with the proposal.
The minutes state: 'Deep concern that this theme will bring adverse reaction… concern over the backlash that may result from this.' The committee decided to seek other subjects to celebrate.
Blyton, who published her first book in 1922 and went on to write 700 titles, is ranked seventh most successful author of all time.
The snub has infuriated fans of the Noddy (pictured) author who insist her books – which have sold 600 million copies to date and still sell hundreds of thousands a year – have inspired generations of children to read
In the past five years, more than two million copies of her books have been sold. Literary critics in the past have branded her a 'Little Englander' and dismissed her stories as twee and middle-class.
Criticism subsided in recent years after Blyton's publishers rejigged some of the characters and dialogue to help the author remain relevant to youngsters.
Last month, the BBC announced plans for a new 13-part drama based on Blyton's Malory Towers stories. It follows a new stage adaptation of the stories which has opened to rave reviews.
Novelist Jilly Cooper dismissed the Royal Mint's criticism as 'rubbish', saying: 'Enid Blyton was a brilliant storyteller and her books have got millions of children hooked on reading. She definitely deserves a commemorative coin. I adore her and so do my grandchildren.'
Michael Rosen, the former Children's Laureate, said: 'On the negative side, she was some of the things she is being accused of. But at the same time she enabled millions of children to enjoy stories.'
Literary biographer Laura Thompson, who grew up loving Blyton's work, said: 'I don't think she can be described as sexist. George in The Famous Five and the girls at Malory Towers were very sparky and some of the boys seemed feeble by comparison. I also don't get homophobic. Racist I can understand because of the Golliwog in Noddy.'
Members of the advisory committee declined to comment but a spokeswoman for the Royal Mint said: 'The point of the advisory committee is to ensure that themes commemorated on UK coins are varied, inclusive and represent the most significant events in our history. For these reasons not every event will progress to a UK coin.'
This is truly pathetic.
Royal Mint BLOCKS Enid Blyton commemorative coin because they think she is a racist, sexist and a homophobe' and fear backlash
- Proposal for Enid Blyton commemorative 50p coin blocked by Royal Mint
- Meeting minutes claim she was known to be a 'racist, sexist, homophobe'
- She created the Famous Five and Secret Seven as well as Noddy character
But Enid Blyton was denied the honour of a commemorative coin after Royal Mint bosses branded the creator of the Famous Five and Secret Seven novels a 'racist homophobe', newly-released documents reveal.
The snub has infuriated fans of the Noddy author who insist her books – which have sold 600 million copies to date and still sell hundreds of thousands a year – have inspired generations of children to read.
The idea of a commemorative 50p coin for Blyton was discussed at a meeting of the Royal Mint's advisory committee in December 2016.
Enid Blyton was denied the honour of a commemorative coin after Royal Mint bosses branded the creator of the Famous Five and Secret Seven novels a 'racist homophobe', newly-released documents reveal
The meeting's minutes, obtained under freedom of information laws, reveal that members dismissed the plan because 'she [Blyton] is known to have been a racist, sexist, homophobe and not a very well-regarded writer'.
They also reveal that the committee, which was considering producing the coin to mark the 50th anniversary of Blyton's death in 1968, was worried about a potential backlash if members went ahead with the proposal.
The minutes state: 'Deep concern that this theme will bring adverse reaction… concern over the backlash that may result from this.' The committee decided to seek other subjects to celebrate.
Blyton, who published her first book in 1922 and went on to write 700 titles, is ranked seventh most successful author of all time.
The snub has infuriated fans of the Noddy (pictured) author who insist her books – which have sold 600 million copies to date and still sell hundreds of thousands a year – have inspired generations of children to read
In the past five years, more than two million copies of her books have been sold. Literary critics in the past have branded her a 'Little Englander' and dismissed her stories as twee and middle-class.
Criticism subsided in recent years after Blyton's publishers rejigged some of the characters and dialogue to help the author remain relevant to youngsters.
Last month, the BBC announced plans for a new 13-part drama based on Blyton's Malory Towers stories. It follows a new stage adaptation of the stories which has opened to rave reviews.
Novelist Jilly Cooper dismissed the Royal Mint's criticism as 'rubbish', saying: 'Enid Blyton was a brilliant storyteller and her books have got millions of children hooked on reading. She definitely deserves a commemorative coin. I adore her and so do my grandchildren.'
Michael Rosen, the former Children's Laureate, said: 'On the negative side, she was some of the things she is being accused of. But at the same time she enabled millions of children to enjoy stories.'
Literary biographer Laura Thompson, who grew up loving Blyton's work, said: 'I don't think she can be described as sexist. George in The Famous Five and the girls at Malory Towers were very sparky and some of the boys seemed feeble by comparison. I also don't get homophobic. Racist I can understand because of the Golliwog in Noddy.'
Members of the advisory committee declined to comment but a spokeswoman for the Royal Mint said: 'The point of the advisory committee is to ensure that themes commemorated on UK coins are varied, inclusive and represent the most significant events in our history. For these reasons not every event will progress to a UK coin.'
Royal Mint blocks Enid Blyton coin after bosses brand her 'racist'
Enid Blyton was denied a commemorative coin after Royal Mint bosses branded the creator of the Famous Five and Secret Seven novels a 'racist homophobe', newly-found documents reveal.www.dailymail.co.uk
This is truly pathetic.
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PewDiePie has just become the first person to reach 100 million subscribers.
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PewDiePie hit the big 100 million on YouTube.
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PewDiePie has just become the first person to reach 100 million subscribers.
PewDiePie becomes first individual YouTuber to hit 100 million subscribers | Dexerto.com
PewDiePie hit the big 100 million on YouTube.
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Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has a lot to celebrate as he just surpassed 100 million subscribers on YouTube on August 24, making him the first individual creator to do so.
PewDiePie is the second YouTube channel to break 100 million subscribers, trailing close behind the Indian owned corporation T-Series. Despite this, he is actually the first individual creator to hit the major milestone.
Despite being the second channel to reach the subscriber count, the Swede has long been a part of the YouTube community as an individual content creator, making the feat all the more impressive.
Hitting 100 million
Much of the channel’s growth in the last year has been fueled by the ‘PewDiePie vs. T-Series’ feud that saw the YouTube community rallying behind the Swede in a movement to keep the content creator as the most subscribed channel over T-Series, which is a corporate owned channel.
While PewDiePie went on to lose that battle, it had become a cultural phenomenon, and also spawned Pewds' two popular diss tracks called ‘Bitch Lasagna’ and ‘Congratulations' which have over 100 million views each.
The former released immediately after T-Series passed him in subscribers and even led to a lawsuit brought on by the India-based company.
After the feud ended, his channel saw another explosion in growth in June of 2019 after the YouTube king returned to his gaming roots, and started to upload daily Minecraft episodes, which largely boosted the game’s popularity in the following weeks.
PewDiePie's journey to 100 million
The Swedish YouTuber originally created his account in 2006, although it wasn’t until 2010 that he would register his second channel under his infamous PewDiePie moniker.
His 'Let's Plays' of the popular horror game 'Amnesia: The Dark Descent' where he screamed at barrels was one of the first things to catch the attention of viewers. In an update vlog on August 18, he reminisced that it was the first time that he fell in love with being a YouTuber.
His weekly vlogs 'Fridays with PewDiePie' were also an early favorite among his growing audience. In just under a year, the YouTube star would go from 60,000 subs to 500,000 in 2012.
He also saw major growth due to his massively popular ‘Happy Wheels’ videos, where the young Swede gained fame for his explosive reactions.
It was in 2013 that he finally passed Smosh to become the number one most subscribed person on the video hosting platform, as his channel continued to grow at a rapid pace.
Despite his channel being closely associated with gaming, the Swede made multiple format changes over the years.
From the reaction style videos like 'Pew News' or 'Last Week I Asked You' to his highly popular ‘Meme Reviews’ (which even saw Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the infamous Dr. Phil host it), the changes seemed to pay off as they paved the way to this major milestone.
PewDiePie got married
Capping off what has been one of the best years of the Swede's life was his marriage to his girlfriend of 8 years Marzia 'CutiePie' Bisognin on August 19.
The celebration was held at Kew Gardens in London, England where the two had a private ceremony with their closest friends and family. PewDiePie uploaded photographs from his wedding to Twitter and Instagram on August 20, where the world gushed over the couple's union.
The YouTube star then uploaded his wedding video on August 24 which documented the emotional evening, from the vows and the speeches to the celebration afterwards.
While Marzia no longer uploads on the website, the two have long been seen as one of the most popular couples on the streaming platform.
The Swede is undoubtedly having the best year of his life with his channel seeing its biggest resurgence yet, his marriage to the love of his life, and his re-discovered passion for being a YouTuber all over again. And now he's hit the 100 million subscriber milestone.
Whether you love him or hate him, there is no denying that PewDiePie is the YouTube king. He’s the most subscribed individual content creator on the platform, and for years has continuously put out daily videos, while masterfully navigating the trends - and it's certainly paid off.
Salt incoming...
Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has a lot to celebrate as he just surpassed 100 million subscribers on YouTube on August 24, making him the first individual creator to do so.
PewDiePie is the second YouTube channel to break 100 million subscribers, trailing close behind the Indian owned corporation T-Series. Despite this, he is actually the first individual creator to hit the major milestone.
Despite being the second channel to reach the subscriber count, the Swede has long been a part of the YouTube community as an individual content creator, making the feat all the more impressive.
Hitting 100 million
Much of the channel’s growth in the last year has been fueled by the ‘PewDiePie vs. T-Series’ feud that saw the YouTube community rallying behind the Swede in a movement to keep the content creator as the most subscribed channel over T-Series, which is a corporate owned channel.
While PewDiePie went on to lose that battle, it had become a cultural phenomenon, and also spawned Pewds' two popular diss tracks called ‘Bitch Lasagna’ and ‘Congratulations' which have over 100 million views each.
The former released immediately after T-Series passed him in subscribers and even led to a lawsuit brought on by the India-based company.
After the feud ended, his channel saw another explosion in growth in June of 2019 after the YouTube king returned to his gaming roots, and started to upload daily Minecraft episodes, which largely boosted the game’s popularity in the following weeks.
PewDiePie's journey to 100 million
The Swedish YouTuber originally created his account in 2006, although it wasn’t until 2010 that he would register his second channel under his infamous PewDiePie moniker.
His 'Let's Plays' of the popular horror game 'Amnesia: The Dark Descent' where he screamed at barrels was one of the first things to catch the attention of viewers. In an update vlog on August 18, he reminisced that it was the first time that he fell in love with being a YouTuber.
His weekly vlogs 'Fridays with PewDiePie' were also an early favorite among his growing audience. In just under a year, the YouTube star would go from 60,000 subs to 500,000 in 2012.
He also saw major growth due to his massively popular ‘Happy Wheels’ videos, where the young Swede gained fame for his explosive reactions.
It was in 2013 that he finally passed Smosh to become the number one most subscribed person on the video hosting platform, as his channel continued to grow at a rapid pace.
Despite his channel being closely associated with gaming, the Swede made multiple format changes over the years.
From the reaction style videos like 'Pew News' or 'Last Week I Asked You' to his highly popular ‘Meme Reviews’ (which even saw Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the infamous Dr. Phil host it), the changes seemed to pay off as they paved the way to this major milestone.
PewDiePie got married
Capping off what has been one of the best years of the Swede's life was his marriage to his girlfriend of 8 years Marzia 'CutiePie' Bisognin on August 19.
The celebration was held at Kew Gardens in London, England where the two had a private ceremony with their closest friends and family. PewDiePie uploaded photographs from his wedding to Twitter and Instagram on August 20, where the world gushed over the couple's union.
The YouTube star then uploaded his wedding video on August 24 which documented the emotional evening, from the vows and the speeches to the celebration afterwards.
While Marzia no longer uploads on the website, the two have long been seen as one of the most popular couples on the streaming platform.
The Swede is undoubtedly having the best year of his life with his channel seeing its biggest resurgence yet, his marriage to the love of his life, and his re-discovered passion for being a YouTuber all over again. And now he's hit the 100 million subscriber milestone.
Whether you love him or hate him, there is no denying that PewDiePie is the YouTube king. He’s the most subscribed individual content creator on the platform, and for years has continuously put out daily videos, while masterfully navigating the trends - and it's certainly paid off.
Salt incoming...
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Those are not impressive boobs. She looks slovenly and mentally stunted.
Headhunting from the clickbait thread is honest work. If you can make a thread fly on its own, then booyah.
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I haven’t watched him in a long time, but I feel kind of proud for him. Like him or not, Pewdiepie has had massive impact on the very concept of YouTube. Pewdiepie is also one of those things I just get really nostalgic about.PewDiePie has just become the first person to reach 100 million subscribers.
PewDiePie becomes first individual YouTuber to hit 100 million subscribers | Dexerto.com
PewDiePie hit the big 100 million on YouTube.
Like man, I remember as a youngster just staying up on weekends and watching Pewdiepie, Yogscast, and other assorted channels while playing my video games. That was my version of Saturday morning cartoons, and I imagine it was like that for other kids as well. YouTube replaced cable, and Pewdiepie was, and apparently still is, the biggest show.
And as for his “n-bomb” and the whole sign stuff, I genuinely think he’s not a racist evil Nazi. He made some edgy jokes that, as far as I know, he didn’t actually think the people would do and he let ‘nigger’ slip once. As far as celebrities go, that’s not the worst he could have done, and it’s not even that bad. Xbox voice chat rooms had actual 9-year olds saying worse shit, and they even fucked my mom.
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Glasgow University will pay £20million in reparations for slave trade
Glasgow University has announced it will pay £20 million in reparations for its part in the slave trade, after discovering last year it received millions from Scottish slave traders.
So these reparashuns are really just a sneaky way for the uni to pay blacks a salary to sit around all day and write papers about how evil Whitey is?
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Below is the British shadow secretary for education, at one of the umpteen gay pride parades, stating her view that people infected with HIV can't pass it on. (there's video embedded in the tweet)
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There was of course a lot of 'hate' in the replies to the tweet, with people questioning just what the intention was, and asking whether it promoted unsafe sex.
It was a huge well resourced campaign in the UK, which surprisingly didn't get the traction that I think the promoters were hoping for.
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Terrence Higgins Trust on Twitter
“We are so proud to have @AngelaRayner marching with us @PrideInLondon today. Angela is supporting our message that people on effective HIV treatment #CantPassItOn & our campaign for LGBT inclusive RSE. 🌈 https://t.co/XCWJLKGgeC”
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There was of course a lot of 'hate' in the replies to the tweet, with people questioning just what the intention was, and asking whether it promoted unsafe sex.
It was a huge well resourced campaign in the UK, which surprisingly didn't get the traction that I think the promoters were hoping for.
Andrew, Charity and Sadiq: We can't pass it on - It Starts With Me
Andrew, Charity and Sadiq have been living with HIV for some time now and would like everyone to know that people on effective HIV treatment can’t pass on the virus to others. What you need to know about how treatment stops HIV being passed on The aim of HIV treatment is to lower the level […]
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So I looked up some of the studies that came this year on treatments that make HIV less likely to be infectious with a sexual partner, and I dislike the wording in so many damn ways.
"Unlikely" "virtually eliminated" "undetectable viral load" - far as I know, a thousand couples were studied and no new viral cases popped up, so yes that is pretty good evidence that the treatment works and there's no worries, and for all I know, the vague language is to cover the bases just in case. The treatment just hinges on someone always taking is or else the viral levels rise back up.
Now ask yourself: Would you take the chance of getting one of the worst diseases in the world even if it was a lottery chance that you'd get it? And would you also be taking taking your chances with any sexual partner, that you'd trust them enough to never be so cross with you that they'd infect you on purpose? Maybe you can't pass it on, but that's as reliable a proclamation as communism working. It relies on the human condition. At some point someone's going to hit the HIV jackpot or a jilted lover drops the meds to exact petty revenge.
I seriously thought HIV was going to be the point where we look at our sex-craze and dial it back and learn some responsibility, but just like abortion, "nah it's fine, I've got medical science covering my ass for every fucked up life choice I make!" Fucking unreal.
"Unlikely" "virtually eliminated" "undetectable viral load" - far as I know, a thousand couples were studied and no new viral cases popped up, so yes that is pretty good evidence that the treatment works and there's no worries, and for all I know, the vague language is to cover the bases just in case. The treatment just hinges on someone always taking is or else the viral levels rise back up.
Now ask yourself: Would you take the chance of getting one of the worst diseases in the world even if it was a lottery chance that you'd get it? And would you also be taking taking your chances with any sexual partner, that you'd trust them enough to never be so cross with you that they'd infect you on purpose? Maybe you can't pass it on, but that's as reliable a proclamation as communism working. It relies on the human condition. At some point someone's going to hit the HIV jackpot or a jilted lover drops the meds to exact petty revenge.
I seriously thought HIV was going to be the point where we look at our sex-craze and dial it back and learn some responsibility, but just like abortion, "nah it's fine, I've got medical science covering my ass for every fucked up life choice I make!" Fucking unreal.
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Glasgow University will pay £20million in reparations for slave trade
Glasgow University has announced it will pay £20 million in reparations for its part in the slave trade, after discovering last year it received millions from Scottish slave traders.
So these reparashuns are really just a sneaky way for the uni to pay blacks a salary to sit around all day and write papers about how evil Whitey is?
It's about time that we demanded reparations from the Romans & Vikings for enslaving our ancestors & from the Normans for virtually destroying our culture & stealing our land.
More recently, I'm sure Britain is virtually the only allied country that didn't receive any reparations after WW2 & as I lost a relative in that war, I think I deserve some cash money. The Jews get it for losing relatives during the war, why not us ?
I see we are announcing at this weekends G7 summit that we will donate £90 million to a global fund for educating children in war zones like Afghanistan. So we spend millions on waging war in a country then spend millions propping them up afterwards & all the while, Britain is still suffering from austerity cuts, adults & children are living in poverty here & we're over £2 trillion in debt. A debt that's roughly doubled since 2007. WTF is going on ? What normal person would give away huge sums of money when they already have massive debts ?
Britain to donate £90m to global fund for war-zone education
Boris Johnson to announce donation at G7 and urge fellow leaders to spend more of their aid budget on schoolingwww.theguardian.com
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Not sure if this is the right place to post, but it just proves more that Twitter is full of degenerates:
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Below is the British shadow secretary for education, at one of the umpteen gay pride parades, stating her view that people infected with HIV can't pass it on. (there's video embedded in the tweet)
Terrence Higgins Trust on Twitter
“We are so proud to have @AngelaRayner marching with us @PrideInLondon today. Angela is supporting our message that people on effective HIV treatment #CantPassItOn & our campaign for LGBT inclusive RSE. 🌈 https://t.co/XCWJLKGgeC”
There was of course a lot of 'hate' in the replies to the tweet, with people questioning just what the intention was, and asking whether it promoted unsafe sex.
It was a huge well resourced campaign in the UK, which surprisingly didn't get the traction that I think the promoters were hoping for.
Andrew, Charity and Sadiq: We can't pass it on - It Starts With Me
Andrew, Charity and Sadiq have been living with HIV for some time now and would like everyone to know that people on effective HIV treatment can’t pass on the virus to others. What you need to know about how treatment stops HIV being passed on The aim of HIV treatment is to lower the level […]
Bet you Dianne Abbot paid a fiver for them to say this so she momentarily wasn't the most stupid person in the Shadow Cabinet.