JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@social.cleverlibre.org

@lowqualityfacts I have zero freckles and...

Never mind.

@Free_Press putin is going to make his diplomat a hero of Russia, and then toss him out a window for getting his ass kicked.

@msquebanh @dillonthebiologist in case you're curious, this post is why I followed you.

@CorvidCrone @Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social my gods you have a foul confrontational demeanor. You may be happier addressing someone else, or on twitter.

@eric , I discovered that at 13.

@CorvidCrone @Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social and, if I ever attempt to excuse or diminish child labor, I will remember your advice.

I won't remember your advice.

@CorvidCrone @Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social the 242 other children are the story. The article I read didn't say the kids were cooking food, but were in the kitchen where food was being cooked. That is a not so subtle difference. I doubt we know all the details, but I will say that the average child laborer is not 10 (unless it's on the family farm) as many have tried to push as the story.

@lowqualityfacts this is a bad idea if you are trying to remember events centered on people.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social , that's just it, they weren't on any payroll. They were just there apparently for day care issues. There are many other cases where McDonalds has hired children, and worked them illegally. This just looks like kids at work, potentially helping dad by fetching buns or something, NOT working. My mother used to take me to work too, as a 10 year old. Ya, I 'helped', but mostly I was just there and didn't have any duties.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social , as long as it isn't in MY part of the boat, everything is fine, right?

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social I read that story, and it looks like a child care issue, not a child labor issue. The manager had his kids at work, they were not employees, and they were not being paid.

This is just as bad a situation, but the remedy is totally different.

@dgar and now I know the etymology of "island".

:)

@workingclasshistory fascists hate unions.

@msquebanh parrots and flowers...

@dgar on Saturday nights he becomes the Lone Loan Aranger.

Just ask his wife.

Just in case it isn't obvious, this is a serious question. I really want to know who these laws are going to hurt, or help, and how. I am honestly not sure I am in favor of any elective surgery performed on babies, including circumcisions. Nor am I sure I am against it in all cases. I think the anti trans laws are going to have unexpected blowback on the non trans community that will reverberate far longer than the harm these lawmakers are intentionally inflicting on the trans community.

@LoganFive @DougWar40k @sezduck @Actinane , that translates to strings really well.

I'm curious about the numbers for corrective surgery performed at birth to assign a newborn as either male or female, when born with abnormal genitalia. This is a rather significant number of babies, as many as 1.7% of births showing intersex traits. And a minimum of 1 in 2000 births being hermaphroditic.

Are states that ban any trans care for children also banning any corrective surgery in all babies? I have yet to see any discussion of this issue, even though it is arguably a much bigger issue. At least by the numbers...