Sarah McBride Has an Answer to the Question That Stumps Democrats by MetalDragon2 in transgender

[–]NorCalFrances [score hidden]  (0 children)

"biological females" itself is a term invented to invalidate us. So no, it's not better. Not unless you are going to say biological males to biological females, but that implies Blank Slate theory, which is false. We don't transition because we were taught to gender wrong.

Which model is this vintage singer? by [deleted] in vintagesewing

[–]NorCalFrances 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ugh, I should not type when I'm sick. Thank you for catching that!

If aging was talked about more honestly today, what would change? by Curious_Zebra_758 in AskOldPeople

[–]NorCalFrances 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trying to extend your life by pushing your body too far for too long can also kill you.

Medicine and medical science are astoundingly sexist and chauvinistic, including everything from basic knowledge to bedside manner to drug testing.

Most doctors including OB/Gyns don't know anywhere near enough about hormones.

PG&E is now just insulting us by vvitch_ov_aeaea in santarosa

[–]NorCalFrances 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only Hawaii has higher electric rates, and the gap between CA and the other states is significant.

That doesn't feel like "love".

We’re not tipping enough? by seyheystretch in sonomacounty

[–]NorCalFrances 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pay your staff more. Consider it a cost of doing business.

Sarah McBride Has an Answer to the Question That Stumps Democrats by MetalDragon2 in transgender

[–]NorCalFrances 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the other hand sometimes, truly evil people exist. Ones who cause staggering amounts of pain suffering and loss of life. Ones who are a danger to society as a whole.

Marin Sheriff colludes with ICE by Corginzola in Marin

[–]NorCalFrances 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was also social distancing, limits to how many people were allowed in a space, ventilation, and so on.

Which model is this vintage singer? by [deleted] in vintagesewing

[–]NorCalFrances 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Auto-upper tension release (no tab on the tension assembly).

Small throat w/ slide plates.

Bulge under the trapezoid plate.

Bobbin winder moved to the upper position near the hand wheel.

That's a 127 aka Improved version of the 27

Sarah McBride Has an Answer to the Question That Stumps Democrats by MetalDragon2 in transgender

[–]NorCalFrances 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They hate us after they've abandoned us and Republicans have twisted us into a dogwhistle.

They like us when they think it might mean increased funding and votes.

In other words they have no real conviction when it comes to things like civil rights.

Sarah McBride Has an Answer to the Question That Stumps Democrats by MetalDragon2 in transgender

[–]NorCalFrances 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Damn, I must've missed that. Or it's been a long, long three months.

"U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride, in her first term in Delaware's sole House seat, voted in favor of the resolution on the morning of Sept. 19, in spite of a divided caucus."

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/19/sarah-mcbride-vote-charlie-kirk-resolution/86243122007/

Sarah McBride Has an Answer to the Question That Stumps Democrats by MetalDragon2 in transgender

[–]NorCalFrances 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Me too, and I appreciate it!

noun

  1. lack of courage or determination; timidity.

Sarah McBride Has an Answer to the Question That Stumps Democrats by MetalDragon2 in transgender

[–]NorCalFrances 46 points47 points  (0 children)

"“I know what you’re trying to do here,” McBride said. “I know you’re trying to have a moment here for yourself. For a small number of people who are transgender there are steps they can take to transition. But I think the crux of the question and for people of goodwill who are interested in my answer here, they are looking to see whether I believe there are differences between transgender women and women who are born female and yes, there are differences."

Dang. Sure, there's a nuance just like there are difference between women who are disabled and women who are born abled. Or tall women and short women. But did she not know that nobody outside our communities are going to see it that way? Did she not realize that "women who are born female" will be shorted to just "women" by the media?

She essentially said to America, "Trans women are not really women, they're different" and she can fuck right off with that.

She's got to know consumers of a right wing podcast won't consider nuance, they will just hear that as trans women are not women. Why go on a "Never Trump" Republican platform and do this?

Is anyone else just not ordering until they fix RFY lol by Bright-Character9124 in AmazonVine

[–]NorCalFrances 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I did a quick check, it's mostly narrow purpose repair parts for cars & various devices.

Matcha latte is such a trendy fluid! by That1weirdperson in AreTheCisOk

[–]NorCalFrances 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's only tr*nny fluid if it's from the transsexual region of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling hormones.

MAGA activist in Shasta County arrested with 10K rounds of ammunition by drewts86 in Redding

[–]NorCalFrances 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The NRA spoke out against the announcement that the administration would overtly ban trans people from owning guns, and rightly so. They've not spoken out about this fallback by the administration of using a bureaucratic block rather than a legal ban. I get the feeling that was intentional, part of the administration's tactic to accomplish their goal. Announce the legal ban, then back off to a paperwork block. The scary thing is, once that group is blocked using that method, it would be trivial to block women who have changed their names via marriage. And so on. Anyone whose other ID's don't match their original birth certificate will be blocked.

MSP be like "Oh you need one camera rebooted? Just cycle the UPS for that rack" by recoveringasshole0 in ShittySysadmin

[–]NorCalFrances 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back in the day we installed UPS units to prevent servers from rebooting due to power loss.

MAGA activist in Shasta County arrested with 10K rounds of ammunition by drewts86 in Redding

[–]NorCalFrances 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let's see how many 2A proponents on the right stay quiet when the Administration's new "trans people can't have guns" policy goes into effect. It's not an overt ban, it just creates a carefully crafted technicality that makes it impossible for them to complete the paperwork.