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Reblogged shrimpsisbugs
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Has anyone else noticed that the outgroup is weird as fuck while the ingroup is normal and chill

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Reblogged tifannilly
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There's more context than that (source, emphasis mine):

The hearing was packed with speakers there to testify either for or against the bill. Most people were limited to two minutes, but the hearing lasted more than eight hours. Jones was there in support of the bill, but wasn’t intending to get up and speak. But after listening to nearly seven hours of testimony, he put his name down.
“I have very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there, so when I came here, my eyes were opened,” he told the state Assembly’s Health, Aging and Long-Term Care Committee just after 9 p.m. “I was one of the critics that sat on the side and made the decision there was only two genders, so I got an education that was unbelievable. And I don’t know just exactly how to say this, but my perspective for people has changed. … I’d like to apologize for being here, and I learned a very lot about this group of people.”

This guy wasn't there to voice support; on the contrary, he was intending to watch in silent support of anti-trans legislation. His mind was changed by hour after hour, people speaking for two minutes at a time in support of trans rights, learning things he didn't know or understand. These are the people to reach.

His grandson may have thought that this was possible, that his grandfather could be appealed to by hearing the real words of community members. If so, he was right.

Encourage your family to hear the stories of trans folks in your community and give them time to process what they hear and come to new conclusions. Don't tell them what to think. Many people, with new information, naturally come to new conclusions.

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Reblogged curioscurio
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Researchers Pinpoint Reason Infants Die From SIDS | BioSpace
Researchers from The Children's Hospital Westmead in Sydney, Australia released a study that confirmed not only how infants die from sudden infant death syndrome, but why.
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Holy shit.

The cause of SIDS has been discovered.

THE CAUSE OF SIDS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED!

The findings were explained in a study from The Children’s Hospital Westmead in Sydney. From the article…

They found the activity of the enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) was significantly lower in babies who died of SIDS compared to living infants and other non-SIDS infant deaths. BChE plays a major role in the brain’s arousal pathway, explaining why SIDS typically occurs during sleep.

This is amazing fucking news. The next step is obviously finding a way to screen for it, then a way treat it. But, for now, holy shit. Holy shit!

And for anyone who’s suffered the loss of a child to SIDS, the study’s lead researcher, Dr. Carmel Harrington, said, “These families can now live with the knowledge that this was not their fault.”

#oh holy shit
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