The evidence behind human cognitive processing being model-first is piling up so fast, it is hard to consider anything but the case that the person’s internal model for their gender is the primary deciding factor in how they experience the world.
However, there is a line where the human ends and the animal begins. And this is where the bets for cognitive processing also have to come off.
Hindutva Groups Are Misusing UP’s Anti-Conversion Law, As Police Register Cases With No Legal Standing
A study of 101 FIRs registered under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 showed that more than half were in response to complaints by third parties, which means they may have no legal standing and should not have been registered by the police.
Tomorrow I'll drop the first post in a new blog series about the American Academy of #Pediatrics (#AAP) and their policy positions on children's bodily and gender #rights. I want readers to come away with insight into what problems the AAP needs to resolve in their upcoming review of #Gender-affirming care.
"The #Green#Web#Foundation is calling for the next cohort of #fellows: We are seeking five practitioners in #digital#rights and #climate#justice who want to build bridges across these movements. Apply today for a paid part-time fellowship of six months. Successful fellows will be supported in a peer-learning program and deliver a community-based project that contributes to digital rights and climate justice."
‘Weren’t paid a paisa for our labour:’ MGNREGA workers from West Bengal ready to protest today
A temporary tent has been set up to house the 4,000-odd beneficiaries and party members, mattresses line the floor as far as the eye can see and fans whir fruitlessly trying to beat the humid September afternoon heat.
unprecedented concentrations of wealth and power, and devastated the lives of millions—the American political system, indeed, American democratic life is in jeopardy. The time has come to do what our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents did. The time has come to make America progressive, indeed, radical again. The time has come to renew the fight for an Economic Bill of Rights for All Americans.
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"By purporting to restrict an author’s abilities to #reuse their own work, “these [#publishing] agreements essentially turn faculty #authors into #readers…,” the Academic Senate chair concludes. The team that leads negotiations with scholarly #publishers…is now taking up the charge, making author #rights the next frontier in advocating for the UC research community."
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller stated in a press conference on Sept. 26 that Russia's actions in Ukraine undermines its rightful inclusion in the UN Human Rights Council.
India’s data protection law does little for privacy while bolstering the state’s surveillance powers
The Act contains significant exemptions that allow the government and other government instrumentalities to exempt themselves from the application of the Act.
The entry into force of the Data Governance Act paves the way for a new European way of data governance in line with our values and fundamental #rights.
It will allow society and the economy to benefit from data sharing and will support the creation of common European #data spaces, from manufacturing to cultural heritage.
We are increasing trust in data sharing and creating a data #economy that is innovative and open to our conditions.
Civil Disobedience in a Climate and Biodiversity Crisis
"Ultimately, peaceful political protest should be addressed by politicians. The current government has decided, by making disruption of ‘everyday life’ a criminal act, that it is a matter not of politics but for the police and criminal law. This will have serious implications for society, and for freedom of speech, whether or not you believe it is the right approach."
by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott & Alex Mierjeski @ProPublica
#Thomas has attended at least two #Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a #political network that has brought multiple #cases before the #SupremeCourt.
#SCOTUS itself said in a recent stmnt…that “justices exercise caution in attending events that might be described as #political in nature.” But unlike w/lower court judges, there is no formal #oversight….
2 decades ago, Justice #RuthBaderGinsburg delivered opening remarks at a lecture cosponsored by the NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund, a #women’s #rights group that filed friend-of-the-court briefs at the #SupremeCourt. It was a PUBLIC event & co-sponsored by the NYC Bar Association (#NYCBar).
Russia fails to win back seat on human rights council after UN vote (www.theguardian.com)
Country was suspended from body last year after Ukraine invasion but scale of support for readmittance will worry Kyiv and allies
Australia's top public investigation organisation finishes 12 volume report on Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, after 4 year long inquiry. (www.abc.net.au)
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State Department responds to Russian efforts to rejoin UN Human Rights Council (kyivindependent.com)
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller stated in a press conference on Sept. 26 that Russia's actions in Ukraine undermines its rightful inclusion in the UN Human Rights Council.