Cat Boy

A one-off anecdotal Palestinian doctor with 10 children is not indicative of birth rates among non-caucasian. Secondly, the Palestinian doctor you are referring to was likely the one who a few ago was dropped off at work (in Gaza) by her husband who thereafter returned home only to be hit by an IDF strike killing 9 of the 10 children and gravely injuring the 10th, an infant. Not exactly a shining example to inspire empathy for white people and their own inability or unwillingness to reproduce. Aside from that being in Gaza NOT the UK. More broadly, I'm seeing how this is an issue worthy of a moments thought, accepting for those racist who are convinced (and terrified) of replacement and being outnumbered. They, similarly, aren't worthy of my concern. If nothing else it's the logical retribution for hundreds of years of slavery, colonial rule, genocide, institutional discrimination and the death of millions during the 114 unnecessary, undeclared wars between the post-war, cold war years of 1945 and 1975. Equity and equity is not a net loss for Caucasians. With that said, I'll shed not one tear for those who cling to the false privilege of white supremacy

To protect and serve

Nearly universally it is the case that those individuals who hold anti-Trans agenda are neither "force-fed" anything, nor have any interaction with trans people in their daily lives, except where they themselves interject into the lives of others they know nothing about and affect them not at all. The whole force-fed, or Fox populized "shoved-down-our-throats", is not only laughably absurd (with tragic consequences for that tiny minority) but the very foundation of the misinformation and disinformation that supports fundamentals extremism, anti-intellectualism, big-government intrusion and the collapse of individual rights and autonomy.

9 seconds is truly exceptional and amazing. My transfers have lately been within an hour. They'd probably be faster if the funds were already on account at Wise rather than awaiting a wire transfer from Citibank, still. Often I receive a notification from K-Bank that the funds have been received and are available even before Wise itself updates the app as having received funds let alone dispatched tgem. To other countries, typically for me, Bangladesh, funds are available there the following evening, which is still amazing as in the bad old days wire transfers from Citi would take up to 2 weeks, entirely in limbo with absolutely no tracking and a terrible FOREX rate.

Cui bono?

Disillusioned is merely a thinly veiled euphemism for learned helplessness, Thailand having endured more coup d'état than any other country in the world over the past 90+ years having past since the "People's Constitution" and theoretical, if not actual, democratic rule. The documentary film "Paradoxocracy" details that entire history which is not taught to Thai students, with the history itself constantly being actively re-written and actively suppressed. Occasionally it surfaces briefly on YouTube and has been shown years ago publicly in Thailand before again being banned. A public kept ignorant is more easily manipulated and controlled. And unfortunately that sickness of misinformation and deliberate disinformation is on the rise globally, thanks in part to social media, which is itself a tool owned by and used by the oligarchs, no where moreso than in the United States.

A simple plastic sleeve that would cover the head between the passengers skull and the helmet would remediate any shared helmet issues. And unfortunately head injury survivors and for obvious reasons, the dead who already did not survive motorcycle collision, were unable or unavailable to stage a counter-protest

My greatest fear that's kept me up nights since living in Thailand, an invasion from Cambodia. Now, finally, I can rest easy

Why must it always be a "crack down". Crack downs last for a couple of days, at best, if at all, then everything continues as if it never occurred. Continuous, rigorous, ongoing enforcement of already existing laws and regulations does not seem to part of the zeitgeist of governance.

So-called "Single-Sex" Services are NOT under threat [by a tiny number of trans individuals] and do not require legislation to "protect" them. Rather single-sex services are under threat by a generalized attack against women's bodily autonomy, particularly in reproductive rights; this legislation being therefore purely a distraction, a red-herring, leading down a remote rabbit-hole that solves nothing, while allowing access to Healthcare and other services to further, and continue to erode.

Sounds like a thinly veiled pretext for, that is to legally enable, discrimination against a small minority, namely trans individuals who identify as different from biological gender as determined at birth, based on infractions which in reality do not exist. In the case of trans athletes, this (in the US, certainly parallel elsewhere) there are less than a dozen [trans] individuals nationwide out of over 550k total athletes, and yet even there none have competed at an unfair advantage, nor excelled over others owing to a difference in birth determined gender assign. Thus, as with the "bathroom bills" and other culture war hogwash, this is legislation based on a false, imagined narrative, in support of a right-wing political agenda intended purely to divide and exclude rather than addressing actual deficiencies such as is the case, here in the UK, as the gross underfunding and mismanagement of the NHS.

Jackie Brown wannabe, didn't quite work out

"O Brave New World that has such people in it" Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (also) William Shakespeare, The Tempest

Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

Lions and Tigers and Bears, ..... oh my 🙄

There's so much more to life than simply working. What was your first clue that simply hanging out in bars everyday, endlessly drinking, inevitable alcoholism and unmitigated hangovers without any mental stimulation would somehow be unfulfilling? Travel, read, learn,.... or just chill out, blinking and breathing taking in life everywhere around you

The 100 ml limit, on both the liquid and the container, has been the standard for quite some many years now. As cosmetics are expensive, it would be rare they'd exceed this. After 9/11 gels and pastes like toothpaste were prohibited This is nothing new

Peeing from a tuk tuck with hundreds of people about is not exactly the same as discreetly on the side of the road. In Singapore the tourist would have been reported, arrested, promptly caned, detained and deported

These are the bad-new days 😐

Self-improvement is makinf, creating, redefining oneself to be the best version or iteration of one's self. Not in juxtaposition to others, nor to be better than others. That's purely arrogance, not self-fulfillment, wellness, nor loving kindness to one's self or others

With the population of humans on earth having doubled since 1970, to now nearly 8.5 billion, I'm not seeing that procreation or propagation got "screwed up", beyond the negative impact that suoer-abundance places which environmentally constraints would normally contain

Anything else you'd like to add about how the earth is flat, 9-11 was an inside job, Pizza-gate and the Apollo moon landings were staged in a Hollywood film studio? The world is waiting for your expert knowledge given your close, personal relationship with Q. Somehow, I'm sure you're convinced, George Soros is behind all of this.

Far better to keep infrequent contact with a single person known to relatives rather than disappear. Families can oft go to absurd and intrusive lengths unneeded and unnecessary alerting police and embassies when the person in question simply wants to be left alone, and give space to heal away from the stress of family

The picture posted along with this thread looks just like my brother (it's not), who died suddenly, unexpectedly, 12 years ago, when he had just turned 62. I say ironically, because, he never exercised, but wasn't over-weight, never smoked, nor drank alcohol excessively. And yet, after preparing a lifetime for his security and retirement, saving and investing, he was to retire, his last of work, on the Thursday, which was to be his 62nd birthday, Halloween. However, the lady in HR had recommended that he work on the Friday, which was the 1sst of the month, and that way he'd automatically be covered for the month of November on healthcare. So he did. All plans in place. Yet, on the Monday, he took a shower, followed by his wife, who a few minutes later, came out to find him slumped dead on the floor from a massive heart attack. The actions we take in our 40s, proper nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, sleep and mental engagement, along with preventative healthcare, boost our likelihood of not just long life, but health, physically and mentally. This is in no way controversial, and yet, for the vast majority, denial not only of the inevitability of death, but likelihood of infirmity and loss of independence, and the steps which can be taken to mitigate or delay that likelihood, or impact, is ignored.

.... to hand-over centralize power from corporations to individual oligarchs and away from the 99% of common people, eliminating the checks and balances between the branches of government, and concentrating power in an imperial presidency, read: dictatorship, which exerts power by edict, presidential decree, not due process, and knee-caps all those who disagree or have differing opinions. That's not any definition of democracy I've every heard