Lockdown Update Day 183

For UK peeps:

Ministers want powers to break international law: how did your MP vote?

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Not related, but a very thoughtful article from Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (2 years old, but always relevant). From The Washington Post, so if you're rationing your articles be aware:

Famous abusers seek easy forgiveness. Rosh Hashanah teaches us repentance is hard.

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And hey - good news for trans people:

The British Medical Association just passed a motion to allow trans people to declare their own gender in a sworn statement.

This could be huge in terms of GRA/ self-ID

It would be now be difficult for a government to demand the requirement of a diagnosis in future legislation. pic.twitter.com/wF3nMAQZlr

— Joss Prior 🍄...Justified Ancient of Mu Mu... (@joss_prior) September 15, 2020

Also reading recommendations:

We cannot let the Wizard Lady dominate a full news cycle every time something stupid comes out of her keyboard, we’ll be here every day, please tell me the names of trans women whose fiction you would rather read

— Sady "They" Doyle (@sadydoyle) September 14, 2020

Direct link: https://twitter.com/sadydoyle/status/1305623654340984834

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And finally:

Whoa: This Is What Happens to Your Body When You Drink Enough Water

(I have been doing my best to drink water for... maybe a month now? At least long enough that it's become a habit and if I don't drink it I wonder why I don't have any energy.)