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I’ll go one farther - unless it’s my doc, my wife, or my boss, I’m neither answering the call nor listening to the voicemail. That’s what easily skimmable voicemail transcription is for…
I don’t love the privacy implications of transcribed voicemail, ofc, but it’s better for my own privacy/threat model than answering the phone to robots, scammers, and etc. It’s also a hell of a lot better for my mental health, vs listening to them.
Hemlock comes to mind, as with or without your proffered grain of salt, it can be eaten but is definitely not edible. Those defs are posted in a non-pedantic way above, incidentally.
Also, thanks for the chance to use the word ‘proffered’ in conversation, it’s vanishingly rarely used outside the legal field.
Because you now have to put in your name and address or an ID to access the internet, bro? I mean, seriously. Your porn — it’s that important to you?
My fucking rights are that important to me, you arrogant, self-righteous, contemptuous, fool.
You can HAVE the porn for all I care - I’m more worried about the knock-on effects once we normalize the idea of id-for-access.
Never forget that one state made a choice, and it normalized legal marijuana of some variety in half the country.
Glad I GTFO Indiana when I did, honestly. They’re likely waiting to see what UT and VA get for court challenges, and to tweak their copycat bill accordingly, but I’ve no doubt it’s coming - no pun intended.
Arguably, if that were the motivation, they could just as easily have landed on MissKey. That one is, to MK’s credit, human :)
MK also seems to have originated in Japan, so the mascot at https://misskey-hub.net/en/ is not at all unexpected.
Edit: And pretty damn tame as these things go lol
First, thank you for the archive link - I can only subscribe to so many newspapers, and these days the NYT isn’t on my list of “Yes, I want these hot takes streamed directly to my inbox, and to pay for the pleasure.”
Second, while I haven’t seen the actual approval as yet, this is huge. Not just for adult women, but since we know damn well how humans behave, it’s also significant for teenagers. I fully expect a stream of sensible parents to be purchasing this for their teenagers, and that’s NOT a bad thing. It’s also something the FDA certainly knew; or should have known, and approved it anyway which is a form of tacit consent.
One barrier to BC for teens has always been bringing it up - the doctor visit and a regular prescription can be a meaningful barrier to the lower-income households, and those are also the teenagers with bright futures who actively want to NOT have a baby and throw even more roadblocks in their own way later in life.
Article suggests there will also be the equivalent of a patient assistance program though details are unknown - that’s significant as well, as it’s quite rare in the OTC/BTC world as far as I’m aware. The mfg, of course, has to earn back the n millions of dollars they spent on any trials and the approval process, but they could hand it out for free to anyone with HH AGI under six figures and STILL amortize those costs. This is not an orphan drug, it’s a way of life for a shitton of women and is frequently quite inexpensive as a prescription (YMMV on brand/generic and which particular pill ofc). It should damn well stay that way.
When this hits the market, anyone else want to help run a few truckloads into the places that need it the most? Not that I’m overwhelmingly anonymous on the internet, but… It’s a way to actually effect some change instead of just being thoroughly annoyed that I’m surrounded by a sea of red, though I love my island-of-blue state… I’ve got neighbors like Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee, you get the idea.
That’s OK, I didn’t have any desire to work for that asshole anyway…
Most folks are exponentially more productive when they don’t have to waste hours of their day (stressfully) driving/public transit from A to B just to do their job.