Trans Athletes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses why trans athletes seem to be at the center of U.S. politics right now, the nuances around competition and safety, where the conversation could be headed, and what The Rock would do in a barre class. 

 

ObGyn: Is Science Anti-Transgender?

Another great video for trans information from a medical provider.  She talks about a lot of subject trans people face and have to deal with along with offering advice and support.   Hugs

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Science Proves There are More than Two Human Sexes

I have posted this before and it is a great source of easy to understand science on sex.  The old idea is that there are only two sexes, male and female so if it dangles your a boy / male and if it doesn’t your a girl / female.  But as always medical science like most other sciences progressed and more data and facts became clear.  Sex is not binary instead it is a spectrum.   So for those that say you can’t change your sex, actually sex determination by genital inspection is incomplete and our sex is determined by far more than your genitalia.  I once posted an article by a biologist that did a full chemical work up on a woman who had given birth to three children.  That woman was happily female but her genetic markers and chemical make up had her slightly male.  I have read of men with full working penises whose genetic makeup marks them as female.  Life is far more diverse and wonderful than we once understood.  Hug


 

We’re taught that chromosomes define biological sex: XX = female, and XY = male. However it’s not quite that straightforward. Hank Green hosts as we explain how science proves that biological sex is a spectrum.

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An update on my not feeling well before I start replying to comments.

I have two stomach issues causing my problems right now. I have gastroparesis and a sensitive stomach that cannot take pressure.  Gastroparesis is a medical disorder of ineffective neuromuscular contractions of the stomach, resulting in food and liquid remaining in the stomach for a prolonged period. Stomach contents thus exit more slowly into the duodenum of the digestive tract, a medical sign called delayed gastric emptying.  Sometimes my stomach won’t empty for a very long time. For example last night I ate half a ham and chicken sandwich at about 4 pm.  I was unable to force more down.  I went to bed around 5 pm.

I woke at 1 am with stomach pain and nausea. At 1:30 am I lurched to the toilet to vomit.  Everything in my stomach came up, and I felt better after the pressure was relieved. I went back to bed. Then I woke at 4:15 and knew I was going to vomit again.  I was bletching a lot but it was not going to be enough pressure release.  At 4:30 am I was again voiding my stomach into the toilet. I went back to bed but got up at 5 am anyway.  

I drank a cup of water too fast and in 20 minutes it came back up. So I started slower.  I had two fiber cookies and slow sips of water. Everything stayed down, and I felt fine if very tired. So at 10 am I am having the other half of my sandwich from last night.  My stomach feels very full but I am not nauseated.  Ron is getting very worried as he thinks my stomach is getting slower at emptying and that it is becoming more sensitive taking less pressure to cause me pain and being nauseous.  Time will tell.  Hugs

 

Political news I want to share. 9-4-2026

In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue building the White House ballroom, rejecting a challenge from a preservation group that was seeking to indefinitely halt the controversial project. https://cnn.it/3UsAOqU

— CNN (@cnn.com) 2026-08-31T20:19:08.734312074Z

Trump immediately blames Joe Biden for the 13 deaths at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan. Trump forever forgets he caused the withdrawal problem by negotiating with the Taliban without the Afghan government involved. The withdrawal took longer than the timetable he created.#Trump #Afghanistan #AbbeyGate

— Bill Addis (@paidprotester.bsky.social) 2026-08-26T19:44:24.226Z

MAGA had a meltdown when 13 servicemembers were killed at Abbey Gate trying to evacuate after Trump surrendered to the Taliban. Now the Republicans think it's funny that 13 servicemembers have been killed in the GOP's latest Never Ending War in the Middle East. http://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-…

— The Sgt Joker (@thesgtjoker.bsky.social) 2026-05-21T17:09:39.363Z

Hey MAGA, remember when Donald Trump freed 5000 Taliban without even speaking to the Afghani government – then the Taliban took over the Afghani government? Then he struck a deal to get out of there and blamed Joe Biden for the Chaos he left behind, I do!

— Phineas (@phineasm.bsky.social) 2024-11-28T13:39:03.861Z

Remember when Trump released 5000 Taliban and one of them is now President of Afghanistan?

— Robert Ellingsworth (@by1959.bsky.social) 2024-08-26T18:04:49.026Z

(Bloomberg) – US allies are privately warning that the Strait of Hormuz is still likely mined, casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s claim that the US Navy has completely removed and detonated explosives laid by Iran.@bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/news/article…

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-08-26T17:51:44.932Z

West Point professor says he was pushed out for objecting to climate directive gothamist.com/news/west-po…

— Gothamist (@gothamist.com) 2026-08-26T20:35:31.321584Z

US military has no plans to send troops to the polls in November, top general says

— BanmarNJ (@banmarnj.bsky.social) 2026-08-31T17:33:09.659Z

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a “first-of-its-kind” lawsuit against Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (KCKPS).

— KSNT 27 News (@ksntnews.bsky.social) 2026-09-01T20:57:01.639Z

RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents obtained by The AP and The Guardian refute that.

— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) 2026-08-27T12:05:18Z

There is no such thing as “conservative-based” science. If you’re not doing evidence-based science, you are making up fairy tales.

— Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) 2026-08-25T23:48:00.803Z

Heidi Overton is a far-right, anti-abortion extremist who has no business leading the FDA.The American people deserve someone who will put science and facts FIRST, not another Trump sycophant who will make it their mission to attack medication abortion.I will vote NO.

— Senator Patty Murray (@murray.senate.gov) 2026-08-19T16:31:22.654Z

Pro-life group offers to pay legal fees for activists who defy New Jersey's new abortion law

— New York Post (@nypost.com) 2026-08-26T17:51:57.770903Z

Data centers in the 7 states with the highest concentration of them use more water than L.A., Phoenix, and D.C. combined.Now Trump's EPA is making it even harder for communities to push back against them. He's forcing the Big Tech takeover on America, democracy be damned.

— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2026-08-26T21:00:53.791Z

The brother of a woman killed in a car crash this year says the lack of empathy toward her family has been shocking.

— HuffPost (@huffpost.com) 2026-08-26T15:18:57.887Z

Breaking News: A judge sided with Texas over Minnesota over the extradition of an ICE agent who was charged in an on-duty shooting.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2026-08-26T20:17:26.375444Z

The Kennedy Center will remove a major outdoor sculpture from the center’s grounds on Wednesday. The work was targeted for elimination after President Trump’s takeover of the center, according to internal documents obtained by The New York Times.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2026-09-02T02:40:04.107035Z

God these people are not subtle. This is straight out of the Nazi playbook! http://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/a…

— Nora Biette-Timmons (@biettetimmons.bsky.social) 2026-09-02T13:46:21.680Z

Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has shared a disturbing concentration camp video depicting Palestinians being placed into a machine on a conveyor belt, entering overweight and emerging thin, distressed and crying. #StopTheGame

— Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 (@jeffrudd.bsky.social) 2026-09-02T06:43:14.345Z

Breaking news: The Supreme Court said construction can continue on the White House ballroom.The justices found that the historic preservationists who challenged the project had not suffered the direct personal harm required to bring a lawsuit.

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2026-08-31T20:18:27.102393544Z

Political news I want to share. 8-26-2026