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@evanwch Doesn’t the parent have the choice to know or not?

Hot take: we should ban gender testing at all stages of pregnancy in the United States. Ultrasound techs shouldn’t even be allowed to tell the parents. If they see it accidentally themselves- fine, but otherwise, ban it. Everyone can find out at birth again. I waited my entire pregnancy- until the moment of birth - to learn my son’s gender, and when they told me I didn’t even react to it because he was born in distress. All I cared about was whether or not he was okay.

@tiredofstupid24 @Pirateborn71259 Gen X

@Pirateborn71259 Oh come on! I grew up in the 70s and 80s. My parents were much older & I was the baby. We ate out every Friday. We ordered pizza and Italians nearly every weekend from the corner store. We vacationed once a year with many long weekends in Montreal. I got new clothes every season

Lots of passionate posts from younger people claiming that “boomers” and the elderly in general somehow had it easier than the average young adults today. Here are a few facts from my life that some may find amusing. I slept in a unfinished, stereotypical old fashioned attic from the age of 8 to 18. One hanging light bulb with a switch at the bottom of the staircase. No heat and the entire two story house was without air conditioning. The attic had a window at each end, one of which gave me access to the nearly flat porch roof where I often slept to find relief from the oppressive heat, despite the risk of rolling off in my sleep. We had one t.v with three channels, ABC, CBS, NBC, courtesy of an antenna on the roof above my attic sanctuary. Around 1981 when I was a high school freshman we got cable. A analog box with 30 channels and it was life changing in how we spent our free time. We ate “out” perhaps 3 times a year and it was McDs or Burger Chef and the free toy was a treasure. One pair of cheap sneakers, $12 Converse’s for the new school year. Maybe a pair of wrangler jeans. We got underwear and socks as Christmas gifts. One hardline phone and long distance calls were strictly forbidden so you had to date locally or write letters longhand in cursive. 80 kids in my graduating class and probably 5 owned a car. We walked more in a week of summer than most people today walk all year. I could go on forever but I think I made my point clear. Everything changed at lightening speed and it wasn’t all for the better. That’s my kid brother in the overalls. About 15 years after this pic was taken he was tried and sentenced to life in prison for murder. I’m in the stripes and 30 years after the pic was taken I made my first million after completing my military service. 2 boys from one attic and 2 drastically different outcomes. Life is what you make it. Stop complaining and get to work.

@GenerationNew4 @SandyofSuffolk Ahhh. UK. Cuz sure wasn’t in USA.

@SandyofSuffolk Boomers had all the modern technologies of the time. They had an abundance of benefits, council houses, free school meals and free university. In the 8ps they were the generation which benefited most from low house prices and increased wages. Only 1 adult had to work..

Just so you know. Boomers didn't have fast food. Except fish and chips. Boomers didn't have ready meals. Except Vesta beef curry. Look it up. Boomers didn't have colour TVs, front loading washing machines, central heating or holidays abroad. Boomers didn't have babymoons or baby showers nor did they go on stag or hen weekends. Boomers didn't go to restaurants. Except on birthdays. Boomers didn't have new clothes every year, every season. They made do and mended. But Boomers had a fabulous time in the 1960s to 1980s because people were friendly, respectful, dignified and hardworking. Boomers also had law and order and a judiciary who punished ALL criminals. Boomers were happy with their lot. Yes. I'm a Boomer. Just so you know.

They didn't kill the cancer. They told it to go home. A team of Korean scientists at KAIST just pulled off something that sounds like science fiction. Instead of nuking colon cancer cells with chemo or radiation, they convinced them to turn back into normal, healthy colon cells. No killing. No collateral damage. Just a quiet U-turn at the cellular level. Here's how it works. Led by Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho at the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, the team built a "digital twin" of the gene network that controls how a normal cell becomes cancerous. They ran simulations. They hunted for the exact moment a healthy cell flips into a malignant one. Then they found the switches. Three master regulator genes — MYB, HDAC2, and FOXA2 — were the keys to the whole transformation. Flip those switches back, and the cancer cell stops behaving like a cancer cell. It starts looking and acting like a normal enterocyte, the kind of cell that lines a healthy intestine. No gene editing. No permanent rewiring. Just the body's own natural signals, used in reverse. The team confirmed it in molecular experiments, cellular experiments, and animal studies. The malignant cells stopped multiplying out of control and went back to doing their actual job. The research has already been handed off to a company called BioRevert Inc. to develop into real-world treatments. This isn't a cure tomorrow. But it rewrites the entire playbook for how we think about cancer. You don't always have to destroy the enemy. Sometimes you just have to remind it who it used to be. Source: KAIST / Advanced Science (Gong et al., 2024) via ScienceDaily and OncoDaily

@frfrankpavone Informed consent. Yes.

Should an ultrasound be required before an abortion? Yes or No — reply below. Facts change minds. #ProLife

@danjjr @WallStreetApes So it’s ok to drive the speed limit in the left lane of a highway in Washington, so ‘speeders’ cant proceed? Or are we picking and choosing the rules?

@WallStreetApes I have NO PROBLEM with this. We The People are still in 100% control of their destiny. Obey the law=no ticket. Break the law= financial consequences. It’s your choice. You are free to make the right choice.

Democrats in the city of Milton, Washington installed a new speed cameras In only 6 months the new speed enforcement cameras have already generated more revenue than the entire transportation budget. More than $800,000 from nearly 15,000 citations Driving just 6mph over the speed limit gets you a ticket Fines vary by violation: - Typically up to $250, with lower amounts for minor speeding Chief Tony Hernandez noted the city issues tickets for speeds 6+ mph over the limit. They say this is the same threshold officers use for stops Drivers are saying it’s a “cash grab” and complaining about minor tickets like going 42 in a 35 Once you let the government setup systems to take more of your money, they never reverse them

@mskat1117 @OleBeeM @MaryBowdenMD Not even permitted in most settings. Infection.

@OleBeeM @MaryBowdenMD Is a doctor supposed to have long painted nails? Ugghh no thanks.

I’m at my son’s highschool graduation. Sadly the vast majority of men are not wearing a coat and tie… many look like they’re dressed for the gym. When did this become the norm?

@JoshWalkos Doesn’t mean the baby didn’t get treatment. Such treatment happens every day in USA.

This baby was diagnosed with leukemia at 4 months old and needed a treatment. You’ll never guess what the evil insurance company did. They denied it and then proceeded to refuse to explain the reason why to the mother. This was in late March and the child has since passed.

@Sassafrass_84 Reminds me of needing new laws to permit satellite dishes at HOA and apts.

HOA bans American flags for being "triggering." This is illegal. This violates the 2005 Freedom to Display the American Flag Act. Federal law protects your right to fly the U.S. flag on your property. HOAs can only make reasonable rules on size/placement. Not ban it. If your HOA tries to ban it, heres what to do: Cite the 2005 Act and refuse to comply. Document everything. Send a cease-and-desist via attorney. Your flag. Your right. 🇺🇸

@MargieKaz @Pat_Stedman @PrescientIO NOT Biden?

@Pat_Stedman @PrescientIO It's terrifying that this happened in the US. This wasn't Biden. This was Obama, Pelosi, Clinton, etc. They were trying to destroy our country and our party so they could control everything. I hope you are reimbursed for this tragedy although I know time cannot be paid back.

On January 6th I followed the crowd into the Capitol and shouted. Police stood by the whole time, hanging out with us and sometimes directing us places. At one point near the House Chambers I was walking downstairs when a trio of some special section, secret service looking men started pointing guns in my direction. Confused and annoyed, I walked the other way and when I saw a normal police officer asked him why they were doing that. He informed me a protestor (Ashli Babbit) had been killed, and advised me to leave the building. I walked towards the exit and after a short rest on the bench I left. I harmed nobody and damaged no property that day and complied with all police orders. What I received for that was a pre-dawn raid at my parents house, where my 1 month post-partum wife and I were staying, on Biden's first day in office. His DOJ had signed the order to arrest me 3 hours after his inauguration. In the subsequent weeks I received death threats online and harassing phone calls, something that would be ongoing for the next few years. I was banned from Meta and Paypal. My wife and I were both debanked by PNC and banned from Airbnb. My wife was detained at the airport for hours with our newborn daughter. I was charged with 4 misdemeanors and the 1512 unconstitutional felony. The government offered to drop the misdemeanors if I pled to the felony. The felony was a lie, so I refused and went to trial. At trial the prosecution for 2 days straight was allowed to show footage to the jury of things that occurred around the Capitol I wasn't present for "for context." When we asked to put forward footage that contradicted the prosecution's "context" we were not allowed. They could show what they wanted, we could not. Police officers were then put on the stand for the next 2 days who cried about their experiences. I had no idea who they were. They admitted they never saw me or interacted with me. Nevertheless like every other J6er, I lost, and was sentenced to 4 years and $22k in fines and restitution. Yet even after the Supreme Court overturned the felony, the judge would not let me out until my misdemeanor sentences of a year were maxed out. Because she can't count she actually kept me in longer - to the extent she intervened at the last minute to make the prison release me on a Sunday, something that is against BOP rules. My family sat outside the prison gates the Friday before practically the whole day waiting in vain because of this pettiness. But the government wasn't satisfied with their pound of flesh: after my release they took me back in for resentencing, to attempt to have me resentenced after the fact to my misdemeanors consecutively, so I'd be taken from my family again and have another 1.5 years behind bars. This time I won, as they had no legal precedent and it skirted on violating double jeopardy since I had served my full prison time. Even still, it cast a cloud over the holidays and cost me another 20k my family couldn't afford. People ask whether prison was bad, and yeah of course prison sucked. It was a hard and violent place. I was present for a stabbing, and was lucky to avoid two fights and a race war. But dealing with Biden's DOJ and the DC Judiciary was the real trauma - they would grind down your spirit by weaponizing the legal system and use the endless procedure to bankrupt you. I had nightmares for months after release that I had somehow been hit with new charges. By the time I was pardoned by President Trump, I had spent literally every single day of Biden's presidency either in prison or under some form of supervision. I had incurred over $300k in legal fees and over $1 million in lost business. It was a reign of terror, and yet it was a mere foreshadowing of what they had planned for anyone else who opposed them under Kamala. The country should never forget it.

@TheMorningSpew2 @end3of6days9 @HistorianUSA1 What’s a mandatory reporter?

@end3of6days9 @HistorianUSA1 If you’re a mandatory reporter and don’t report it, you’re as bad as she is.

This woman reported her own sister for HIPAA violations… and it got her sister fired. Her sister works in nurse staffing and was taking work calls at home in the living room, discussing patient information out loud and even making comments about patients while the family was sitting right there watching a movie. The woman says she’s a mandated reporter herself, so she felt she had no choice but to report it. So here’s the question — was she right to report her own sister, or should family loyalty have come first? Would you have done the same thing in her position? If I felt this strongly about what my sister was doing, I would have had a conversation with her first, not just report her.

@SGTWipper1Each @ThrillaRilla369 Always wear clean and nice underwear in case you get in an accident? As if anybody in ER would notice. 😜But why chance it?

@ThrillaRilla369 Was definitely told that. What else did our parent lie to us about?

Did anyone else get told as a child that you couldn’t swim for an hour after eating, or was that just something my parents made up? 🏊‍♂️

@Sassafrass_84 Most states she can still buy all the junk with EBT.

This woman is upset because she can't get her ice cream. "Somebody needs to do something." SNAP recipients shouldn’t be using taxpayer money to buy junk food and soda. Nutrition assistance means healthy food. Not chips, candy, and energy drinks. If you want the fun stuff, get a job and pay for it yourself. Stop relying on the rest of us. Mmmkay.

@KiwiPatriotGirl @Kolosmental @EndWokeness I thought UK banned knives in public.

@Kolosmental @EndWokeness Why on earth is anyone allowed to carry big knives around!

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@WallStreetApes newsweek.com/woman-impaled-…

@WallStreetApes Arent the standard one pole umbrellas the ones flying loose and have impaled/killed persons?

Laguna Beach is cracking down on oversized beach structures Starting May 26th only standard umbrellas are allowed on most beaches Tents, canopies, and large shade setups are banned except in designated areas. Violators could face fines up to $500 All allowed shades, including umbrellas must also be at least 5 feet apart Lawmakers say this is for public safety. Other bans include tables larger than 6 ft × 3 ft and volleyball nets and courts on beaches Violations for this are also fines up to $500 Imagine a country so free you can’t even bring a large umbrella to the beach….. Ohh but the homeless are allowed to have their tents setup all over the beech

@net_runner_ @afshineemrani I reluctantly took (2) rosuvastatin pills..week apart… Immediate quad weakness and pain. Despite months of PT, 6.5 months later still issue. Very low carb eating seems to be helping finally. Or time.

@afshineemrani Takeaway: Skip all the tests except for LDL cholesterol. Get your LDL under 50 with rosuvastatin. Sleep well at night.

1/5 I'm a cardiologist. I need to tell you something that will change how you think about heart disease screening. The standard approach — EKGs, echocardiograms, stress tests, basic labs, a cholesterol panel — misses approximately 75% of people who will go on to have a heart attack, stroke, or cardiac death. These tests check how your heart functions. They do not check what's quietly building inside your arteries. And the arteries are where plaque accumulates silently for decades before you feel the first chest pain. By then, the event is already happening. Most heart attacks aren't caused by severely blocked arteries. They're caused by soft, inflamed, rupture-prone plaque that no stress test on earth will detect. There is a better way. I use it in my practice. Here are the tests that actually find the disease before it finds you.

@skywards2024 @mattvanswol @JayVTheGreat Agree. For state legislators too. In my state you do not even know the party of many on the ballot. And research is not easy. I have skipped voting for some due to lack of knowledge. Need to try harder.

@mattvanswol @JayVTheGreat WE ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHO WE ELECT AS JUDGES. Do your research on their verdict history and cases. We need a watchdog group in each city that rates judges for voters

🚨WHAT THE HELL?!!! An Atlanta judge let a man WALK OUT OF JAIL EARLY for BEATING a woman's face so badly, he SHATTERED HER ORBITAL BONE on a public train... ...TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS RELEASE, HE ST*BS A WOMAN TO DE*TH ON WALKING PATH!!! HE GOES ON TO ASSAULT A POSTAL WORKER WITH A ROCK BEFORE HE IS CAUGHT BY POLICE... In January, Jahmare Brown got on top of and beat a female attorney as she stepped off a MARTA train to go to work in Atlanta... he broke her NOSE and then shattered her ORBITAL BONE. She needed 25 STITCHES. ...MARTA Police charged it as a MISDEMEANOR!!! The incident report DIDN'T EVEN MENTION THE BROKEN BONES. Brown was sentenced to 120 days... but he was released early, and only served 60. He was out in March. Two months later, he beat a postal worker with a ROCK and st*bbed Alyssa Paige to de*th at noon on the Atlanta Beltline. If Brown had served the full 120 days the court gave him, he would have STILL BEEN IN JAIL the day he k*lled her. Alyssa Paige would be alive. STOP. LETTING. VIOLENT. OFFENDERS. OUT. OF. PRISON!!!!!!!!!!

@RWMaloneMD @KenPaxtonTX Chlorine

@KenPaxtonTX Hypochlorous acid is non toxic and not synthetic. Salt and water.

BIG NEWS: I secured a historic settlement with grocery store chains across Texas stopping them from secretly misting synthetic pesticides on organic produce.

@LesIsMoreRN17 @thehealthb0t Many homeschool with both parents working. Did it. Often 2 hours a day. Now if it’s child care they want….

@thehealthb0t If only more single parents could afford to homeschool

"In the 1970s, there were about 13,000 homeschoolers." "In the 80s, there were 200,000 homeschoolers. The 90s, 850,000." "And so far, four or five years into the 2020s, there's over 5 million homeschoolers." "And that number is rising."