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I think you're referring to "The New Job", which was started last December. It's temporarily on hold for moderation. We hope to have it back up soon.

It's not possible to tell why for sure without looking at the details of the other sites. They could be using credit card for age verification, they could be taking the age entered by the users at face value, or they could be just flouting the law.

TL; DR: NO Long explanation and discussion of why various states and countries are being blocked, and why there's no "age verification" solution for Breeding Zone:

You are still a "New Member". The functions you can't find are privileges you gain when you reach "Junior Member". You do that by posting topics and comments. I'm putting this post into the topic with more details, so see above.

Are you taking doxyPEP significantly often? Doxycycline definitely does cause sun sensitivity.

This is a great question. I'm going to contribute to it with a condensed version of an issue of the Tangle newsletter (a news source well worth checking out, if you're not aware of it) from January 17. Promises: Wars in Gaza & Ukraine: Trump explicitly promised to play a part in ending both of these, ASAP after his election. Federal income tax on social security benefits: Trump promised to end this. Tariffs: Trump promised to institute tariffs to address the balance of trade (along with some other issues). Government efficiency: Trump promised to reduce government inefficiency and waste [my note: this is significantly different from spending, but spending is a reasonable metric] Affordable Care Act: Trump promised to repeal and replace this (but did not say with what). [per capita health spending would be a reasonable metric] Deportations: Trump promised to carry out the "largest mass deportation in US history". [note that he did not promise to reform immigration policy, though there is an obvious need to do so] No Tax on Tips: Trump promised to end taxes on tipped wages, and his platform included a broader call to cut workers' taxes. There are several other line items under "promises" in the article, as well as sections with other metrics upon which to assess Trump's presidency (but that don't have to do with explicit promises he made during his campaign). I'm not linking the article (because it is members only content), but here's a link to their site, and the issue date is 1/17/2025. https://www.readtangle.com/t

The link has now been repaired.

I usually wear the key loop on my calf rather than my wrist. I push it up to a point where the elastic is stretched a bit and holds, rather than flopping around.

It should be fine if it wasn't exposed much to hot or humid conditions (temperature >30C, humidity >80%RH).

Because it happened to cross my feed - more on canola oil; the article's info pretty well matches the reading I've done on diet and dyslipidemia (umbrella term for unhealthy levels of cholesterol and other lipids in the blood and resultant - maybe - cardiovascular disease).

I agree with @nanana that Trump is more effective than Biden, in that he's getting a lot of things done. Whether those things are making positive and lasting change in the government and/or the country, or are more just churn, remains to be seen. Personally, I might have titled this topic "Can Americans Tell the Difference Between a Demented Leader and a Deranged Leader"? addendum I have to admit that although Trump's methods IMO leave a lot to be desired, I agree with a lot more of what he appears to be trying to accomplish than I ever would have expected to.

Deffo with you on Dan Crenshaw! Also Ruben Gallego and J.D. Vance. Doug LaMalfa if you like 'em bearish. And Jason Smith is up to something...

I do not go to a specifically gay-oriented organization. When I have to find a new provider and/or organization, I try to find ones that are non-judgmental about gay issues, though I don't make a big deal of it. I've generally found people to be more sympathetic than not, including (maybe surprisingly?) in conservative West Virginia. I do switch doctors if one seems so obtuse about the issues that it becomes a lot of work. I am mostly honest with them, including about sex practices, though I occasionally withhold information that I think would be prejudicial and isn't a serious health issue. However, I'm the kind of guy (overeducated in science and medical-related fields) who mostly tends to drive my own healthcare decisions rather than relying on the medical establishment.

Indeed, all of that is just the tip of the iceberg - we humans have learned a great deal about things, and the one thing that has become most abundantly clear is how much we have yet to learn! A few further points on dietary fats: Re. tallow - all tallow is not the same. Its degree of "healthiness" (or lack thereof) depends on many things - how it is refined, how it is stored, how it is used, and of course what the cow eats Why Canadian Butter Isn't as Soft as it Used to Be Re. canola oil - "canola oil" per se is not necessarily GMO; "canola" refers to a hybrid rapeseed oil that is low in erucic acid (which has negative health effects on humans and other animals). Oleic acid (the subject of the linked article) is a major component of not only canola, but most other vegetable oils high in monounsaturated fat, including olive oil (for which it is named). Canola oil actually has a "better" ratio of w-3 to w-6 fatty acids than most commercial vegetable oils (particularly soybean, which is used nearly as heavily by the industry as canola). But of course canola and soy are both predominantly grown in GMO versions (assuming you aren't buying organic), although the most likely health risk of GMO vegetable oil is the probability of pesticide residues from the herbicide-heavy industrial agriculture practices enabled by the GMO versions. And on and on. More unbiased science on all of this could be helpful, certainly. Slashing the government science budget might not be the best way to achieve that, but hey, what do I know? I'm just a scientist 😉 And of course no one in the corridors of power would dare dream of floating the possibility that the best way of supplying the basic sustenance and health needs of humans might be neither multinational corporate capitalism nor the state-owned communist approach. I like Michael Pollan's (pithy and to-the-point) dietary advice: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

I would not concede the point in the first sentence without substantially more elaboration. The parenthetical is quite reasonable. But it seems to me the more reasonable logic here is that "failure to police borders" is an enabler of illegal immigration and also of the international drug trade and some types of human trafficking. Absolutely agree about the in-group preference, and the difficulty of understanding other languages and culture. Granted, culture clash can generate friction. But it depends on how it is done. It is entirely possible to juxtapose cultures in ways that generate a lot less friction, but also generate a lot of benefit from the interaction of diverse viewpoints and cultural knowledge. A mutually beneficial juxtaposition can only happen, of course, if members of both groups can comfortably relax their fears of the other culture "changing the nature of their society." In the place and time in which I grew up, that was the future I remember expecting and hoping for, but it seems that vision has withered on the vine. Some of us were already there.

It seems to me you are misconstruing the purpose of the "penalty points" system - likely because it is "reminiscent of being at school." The idea (as I understand and apply it) is to provide a way of indicating to members that they've violated site policy without suspending them if it doesn't seem warranted, and to encourage people to change their behavior so that they don't violate the policy going forward. Of course we all make mistakes (moderators definitely included; I made a doozie of one just yesterday). You can certainly plead your case if it matters to you, and a moderator is likely to be sympathetic. Very often a moderator will notice at the time the warning is given that (for example) the member just joined yesterday, and reduce the penalty accordingly. It would be counterproductive (as well as cruel) to suspend a brand new member's posting privileges the day after they joined. Simply moving or deleting a post proves to be insufficient because, alas, people are unlikely to remember it and so their behavior is unlikely to change. As the moderation staff is volunteer, it's important (to the site owner) that they not be unreasonably burdened by repeatedly editing, moving, and deleting things that don't belong - whether they were put there by mistake or deliberately.

This assertion, posted without corroborating evidence, is really close to violating the rule against posting conspiracy theories. I personally believe there is good reason (based on history) to doubt that on a national basis these things redound to the net benefit of the left wing.

Or else it means I came up with two different answers for the entertainment value, which means I do. No one said a thing about any "mad tyrant" "going to jail" on MY television; I don't know about yours. But I'd hazard a guess that yours isn't tuned in to the same channels as those of the left-wing American proletariat any more than mine is. In which case, how would you know?

I could come up with all kinds of possible reasons. Here are a couple: 1. They weren't voting for the same person. 2. Most people have the attention span of a gnat.

Neither narrative ("voted in massive numbers to Dump trump" nor "4 years later [en masse] changed their mind") is at all accurate. They were just media fiction. Depends on what you consider "massive numbers" of course, but even Obama in 2008 had a higher popular vote margin than in either 2020 or 2024.

At one point, I was dating someone I had met in a public restroom. He got cold feet and left me to go back to his girlfriend. Then 6 months later I saw him at the video store with another guy. Moral: Don't try to date closet cases. It doesn't end well.

Sean Maygers, with Will Angell topping. And clearly doing a good job... just look at those toes curl! A delightful find.

So far, you're correct. But if the data is correct, 11 million illegally crossed the borders from 2020 to 2025, the number includes jumpers through the Southern border as well as visa overstays and those through other means including human trafficking. Obama did it too. Obama also deported more illegal aliens than several other recent Presidents and started the family separation protocols, but this isn't something that our American media likes to cover. (And yes, I can find the stats on both). Errr.... and these are related... HOW? This discussion, um, argument... free-for-all? ... appears to have jumped the shark. Given the original post, I suppose I should not be surprised by that.

Perhaps not the best example to choose here. The left-wing and right-wing media have each, in their own different ways, manipulated the facts (as best we can determine them) of this case. I'll just point out here that his alleged association with MS-13 is just that, and that the immigration courts who gave him due process in 2019 ruled that he could not be deported back to El Salvador, an order the Trump administration chose to ignore. https://www.factcheck.org/2025/04/due-process-and-the-abrego-garcia-case/

We moderators do our best not to take sides, except of course in those cases where the "side" in question is contrary to the rules we're supposed to be enforcing. That said, we are fallible humans who have our cranky days and are doing this on a volunteer basis. It isn't clear, in this particular instance, whose side exactly you think the moderator is taking. If you honestly think a moderator has made a mistake, you should private message that moderator to discuss it. You should not make snarky and/or oblique comments in the topics themselves. You also shouldn't assume you know whether someone else has received a warning or penalty for their post, and proceed to jump on their bandwagon.