i was JUST asked at a recent gathering (that had only animal products for food) if i "still eat fish" and was met with shock when i said no. do people genuinely think fish aren't living beings or something?

don't take any pharmaceutical medication john!!! you will NOT like what the production facility for THAT looks like!

i'm a molecular biologist and would love to see the actual paper (because i think this article is horribly written and really doesn't explain this very well), but there exists research already for this concept. hypothetically, it would be extremely difficult for a virus to mutate to block siRNAs as they target entire essential genes, such as structural ones or essential replication proteins, so the virus would have to fundamentally change many different and important genes to evade siRNA detection, and also because in therapeutic settings, many different siRNAs targeting different sites would be used simultaneously. even in viruses that have evolved to have RNAi suppressing proteins, some research shows that synthetic siRNAs can still have an effect.

mcdonald's is franchised, so locations are technically owned and operated by independent owners. the franchisee that owned all the israeli locations gave the free meals to the IOF and in response corporate is buying back their locations from the franchisee. corporate shows no intention of stopping doing business in israel.

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in russia it has historically been very similar to the rest of europe. heavy suppression of homosexual activity (criminalization of sodomy, especially in the army) in the imperial era but with a queer underground that existed in traditionally masculine spaces and brothels. the tsarist code of law was abolished after the revolution, and with it the anti-sodomy law, but unfortunately the medical/psychiatric structure of the RSFSR and the USSR as a whole was plagued by conservative views that pathologized queerness. this queerphobia in the psychiatric system lead to it being abused for finding extralegal means to repress homosexual behaviors in the 20s. this kind of changed with the first five year plan and trans people were given a little more legal leeway but in kind of a strange spot. trans people were often allowed to exist and transition legally, and in one case a trans woman was permitted by a local people's court in kazan to obtain a female name and documents stating she was a female. though it was seen more with the lens of "there's something psychologically wrong with these people, but letting them change their gender will treat some of that psychological pain". if you're interested in more about this, homosexual desire in revolutionary russia has a lot of historical information thats been translated from original documents, just be wary of the looming liberal ideology that the author sprinkles in there. just stick to the historical information in there and make your own conclusions.

stuff like this is genuinely really nice to see as a trans person, thank you

only because its brown people too. as soon as white children are harmed in any way, every liberal is quick to call it a crime against humanity and throw a few flags in their twitter bio.

imagine what the headlines would be like if the gazan health ministry did this. the media would erupt into "HAMAS IS LYING HAMAS IS LYING!!". but israel lied, so its perfectly fine and no cause for alarm for them.

yeah, i'm sure the hamas posting division came up with this one in their multi-level bunker under the gaza hospitals

has anyone else been getting tons of ads (on streaming services mostly) literally about this? i keep getting these ads about how you should only purchase natural diamonds because only they matter or something and put some pretty woman in the ad to convince you. it's pretty disgusting to make a commercial promoting diamonds stolen from the global south and brushing off synthetic diamonds even if they are literally the exact same rock.

yeah its definitely putin's fault everything is more expensive and not corporate greedy price-gouging. remember, everything is putin's fault! the west is perfect!