#doi 2019

[timberwind]

[randanopterix]

DOI, RUDE

[mugungaddict]

model: Kim Doi (doi_back)

https://instagram.com/mu_gung?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=1a7z6pj9rc2pt

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Your Meta AI prompts are in a live, public feed

I'm in the home stretch of my 20+ city book tour for my new novel PICKS AND SHOVELS. Catch me in PDX TOMORROW (June 20) at BARNES AND NOBLE with BUNNIE HUANG and at the TUALATIN public library on SUNDAY (June 22). After that, it's LONDON (July 1) with TRASHFUTURE'S RILEY QUINN and then a big finish in MANCHESTER on July 2.

Back in 2006, AOL tried something incredibly bold and even more incredibly stupid: they dumped a data-set of 20,000,000 "anonymized" search queries from 650,000 users (yes, AOL had a search engine – there used to be lots of search engines!):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_search_log_release

The AOL dump was a catastrophe. In an eyeblink, many of the users in the dataset were de-anonymized. The dump revealed personal, intimate and compromising facts about the lives of AOL search users. The AOL dump is notable for many reasons, not least because it jumpstarted the academic and technical discourse about the limits of "de-identifying" datasets by stripping out personally identifying information prior to releasing them for use by business partners, researchers, or the general public.

It turns out that de-identification is fucking hard. Just a couple of datapoints associated with an "anonymous" identifier can be sufficent to de-anonymize the user in question:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1508081113

But firms stubbornly refuse to learn this lesson. They would love it if they could "safely" sell the data they suck up from our everyday activities, so they declare that they can safely do so, and sell giant data-sets, and then bam, the next thing you know, a federal judge's porn-browsing habits are published for all the world to see:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/01/data-browsing-habits-brokers

Indeed, it appears that there may be no way to truly de-identify a data-set:

https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/understanding-the-maths-is-crucial-for-protecting-privacy

Which is a serious bummer, given the potential insights to be gleaned from, say, population-scale health records:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/health/data-privacy-protection.html

It's clear that de-identification is not fit for purpose when it comes to these data-sets:

https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/publications/precautionary.pdf

But that doesn't mean there's no safe way to data-mine large data-sets. "Trusted research environments" (TREs) can allow researchers to run queries against multiple sensitive databases without ever seeing a copy of the data, and good procedural vetting as to the research questions processed by TREs can protect the privacy of the people in the data:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/01/the-palantir-will-see-you-now/#public-private-partnership

But companies are perennially willing to trade your privacy for a glitzy new product launch. Amazingly, the people who run these companies and design their products seem to have no clue as to how their users use those products. Take Strava, a fitness app that dumped maps of where its users went for runs and revealed a bunch of secret military bases:

https://gizmodo.com/fitness-apps-anonymized-data-dump-accidentally-reveals-1822506098

Or Venmo, which, by default, let anyone see what payments you've sent and received (researchers have a field day just filtering the Venmo firehose for emojis associated with drug buys like "pills" and "little trees"):

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/technology/personaltech/venmo-privacy-oversharing.html

Then there was the time that Etsy decided that it would publish a feed of everything you bought, never once considering that maybe the users buying gigantic handmade dildos shaped like lovecraftian tentacles might not want to advertise their purchase history:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2011/03/etsy-users-irked-after-buyers-purchases-exposed-to-the-world/

But the most persistent, egregious and consequential sinner here is Facebook (naturally). In 2007, Facebook opted its 20,000,000 users into a new system called "Beacon" that published a public feed of every page you looked at on sites that partnered with Facebook:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Beacon

Facebook didn't just publish this – they also lied about it. Then they admitted it and promised to stop, but that was also a lie. They ended up paying $9.5m to settle a lawsuit brought by some of their users, and created a "Digital Trust Foundation" which they funded with another $6.5m. Mark Zuckerberg published a solemn apology and promised that he'd learned his lesson.

Apparently, Zuck is a slow learner.

Depending on which "submit" button you click, Meta's AI chatbot publishes a feed of all the prompts you feed it:

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/the-meta-ai-app-is-a-privacy-disaster/

Users are clearly hitting this button without understanding that this means that their intimate, compromising queries are being published in a public feed. Techcrunch's Amanda Silberling trawled the feed and found:

"An audio recording of a man in a Southern accent asking, 'Hey, Meta, why do some farts stink more than other farts?'"

"people ask[ing] for help with tax evasion"

"[whether family members would be arrested for their proximity to white-collar crimes"

"how to write a character reference letter for an employee facing legal troubles, with that person’s first and last name included."

While the security researcher Rachel Tobac found "people’s home addresses and sensitive court details, among other private information":

https://twitter.com/racheltobac/status/1933006223109959820

There's no warning about the privacy settings for your AI prompts, and if you use Meta's AI to log in to Meta services like Instagram, it publishes your Instagram search queries as well, including "big booty women."

As Silberling writes, the only saving grace here is that almost no one is using Meta's AI app. The company has only racked up a paltry 6.5m downloads, across its ~3 billion users, after spending tens of billions of dollars developing the app and its underlying technology.

The AI bubble is overdue for a pop:

https://www.wheresyoured.at/measures/

When it does, it will leave behind some kind of residue – cheaper, spin-out, standalone models that will perform many useful functions:

https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/

Those standalone models were released as toys by the companies pumping tens of billions into the unsustainable "foundation models," who bet that – despite the worst unit economics of any technology in living memory – these tools would someday become economically viable, capturing a winner-take-all market with trillions of upside. That bet remains a longshot, but the littler "toy" models are beating everyone's expectations by wide margins, with no end in sight:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00259-0

I can easily believe that one enduring use-case for chatbots is as a kind of enhanced diary-cum-therapist. Journalling is a well-regarded therapeutic tactic:

https://www.charliehealth.com/post/cbt-journaling

And the invention of chatbots was instantly followed by ardent fans who found that the benefits of writing out their thoughts were magnified by even primitive responses:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect

Which shouldn't surprise us. After all, divination tools, from the I Ching to tarot to Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies deck have been with us for thousands of years: even random responses can make us better thinkers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_Strategies

I make daily, extensive use of my own weird form of random divination:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/07/31/divination/

The use of chatbots as therapists is not without its risks. Chatbots can – and do – lead vulnerable people into extensive, dangerous, delusional, life-destroying ratholes:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/

But that's a (disturbing and tragic) minority. A journal that responds to your thoughts with bland, probing prompts would doubtless help many people with their own private reflections. The keyword here, though, is private. Zuckerberg's insatiable, all-annihilating drive to expose our private activities as an attention-harvesting spectacle is poisoning the well, and he's far from alone. The entire AI chatbot sector is so surveillance-crazed that anyone who uses an AI chatbot as a therapist needs their head examined:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/01/doctor-robo-blabbermouth/#fool-me-once-etc-etc

AI bosses are the latest and worst offenders in a long and bloody lineage of privacy-hating tech bros. No one should ever, ever, ever trust them with any private or sensitive information. Take Sam Altman, a man whose products routinely barf up the most ghastly privacy invasions imaginable, a completely foreseeable consequence of his totally indiscriminate scraping for training data.

Altman has proposed that conversations with chatbots should be protected with a new kind of "privilege" akin to attorney-client privilege and related forms, such as doctor-patient and confessor-penitent privilege:

https://venturebeat.com/ai/sam-altman-calls-for-ai-privilege-as-openai-clarifies-court-order-to-retain-temporary-and-deleted-chatgpt-sessions/

I'm all for adding new privacy protections for the things we key or speak into information-retrieval services of all types. But Altman is (deliberately) omitting a key aspect of all forms of privilege: they immediately vanish the instant a third party is brought into the conversation. The things you tell your lawyer are priviiliged, unless you discuss them with anyone else, in which case, the privilege disappears.

And of course, all of Altman's products harvest all of our information. Altman is the untrusted third party in every conversation everyone has with one of his chatbots. He is the eternal Carol, forever eavesdropping on Alice and Bob:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob

Altman isn't proposing that chatbots acquire a privilege, in other words – he's proposing that he should acquire this privilege. That he (and he alone) should be able to mine your queries for new training data and other surveillance bounties.

This is like when Zuckerberg directed his lawyers to destroy NYU's "Ad Observer" project, which scraped Facebook to track the spread of paid political misinformation. Zuckerberg denied that this was being done to evade accountability, insisting (with a miraculously straight face) that it was in service to protecting Facebook users' (nonexistent) privacy:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/08/05/comprehensive-sex-ed/#quis-custodiet-ipsos-zuck

We get it, Sam and Zuck – you love privacy.

We just wish you'd share.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/19/privacy-invasion-by-design#bringing-home-the-beacon

[shoyumimi]

C᥆꧑᥆ ᥱᥙ ᥲ᥉᥉ᥙ꧑ι bᥱᥣᥱzᥲ ᥲᥒgᥱᥣιᥴᥲᥣ

Uma thread para o loa

✩࿐࿔ ꒰ঌ𝒜ngel is my soul ໒꒱

lembrando que essa thread é com métodos que eu usei e inventei pra mim mesma

♡ eu na pré adolescência me achava muito “masculina” por antigamente não ter corpo, muitos pelos e minha voz era tbm muito esquisitinha.

♡ eu nunca sofri bullying por aparência ou corpo mas já sofri por voz e personalidade.

Para ter noção eu não mandava áudio de jeito nenhum antes de 2019 e se eu ouvia minha voz eu chorava. Quando quis manifestar beleza angelical era mais um combo de hyper feminilidade e doçura

♡ eu fiz 4 passos

1- ouvi subs

2- fiz uma cartinha sobre mim

3- e escutei uma playlist que eu fiz no Spotify

1 passo: as subs eu pequei tudo de, beleza, aura, hyper feminina etc

Link subliminal

♡ Mas eu tinha um diferencial quando ouvia subs. Eu ouvia só no por do sol pq pra mim, me dava uma sensação boa (fazia no verão né) eu gostava de escuta os subs fazendo massagem no rosto como se fosse uma princesa rica, drenando o rosto. E tbm dançava com alguns subliminal me imaginando. Eu tinha na cabeça exatamente como eu (anjo) queria parecer.

♡ A carta eu fiz tipo aquelas carta mágica de lda. Porém falando e contando pra lua, SIM PRA LUA, como eu era, cabelo longo dourado, braços finos e brancos, boca redondinha tudo e no final falava umas paranoia minha que tenho com a lua que é tipo falando que sou sua filha etc..

(Sempre gostei da lua então era algo meu sabe, mas apoio fazer) aí quando eu escrevia essa carta eu deixava na lua cheia lá no quintal, e tbm dançava pra lua com a playlist do Spotify que vou deixa aqui. Juro dança com os olhos fechados com aquelas música angelical, imaginando meu cabelo longo, e um vestido branco como se eu estivesse em um rio na lua cheia sendo iluminada pela lua e deixando minha beleza ainda maior. Eu fiz isso em umas 4 luas cheia. E eu via resultados no outro dia assim. E o melhor vejo até hoje. Porque como disse eu odiava minha voz!

Mas hoje só recebo comentário como “sua voz é doce” “sua voz é calma angelical” EXATAMENTE COMO EU ASSUMI, tanto na carta como nas dança. Fiz o mesmo com elfo e anjo então pode juntar os dois. Agora minha voz mudo tbm porque eu assumi que queria uma voz doce igual minha imagem

Minha playlist é essa

Mas a música que eu dançava na lua era essas duas:

open.spotify.com/track/7B57RVr1…

open.spotify.com/track/0yGSHv94…

Lembrando que é uma crença que criei porque tenho hyper foco em astros e principalmente a lua e natureza.

Hoje recebo exatamente os comentários que queira ouvi, e pretendo levar isso pra um patamar bem mais “conto de fadas” tirando que assumi poderes angelicais como proteção a quem gosta de mim sorte e outras coisas. Meio que assumi sucesso aqueles que me amam e tem conexão cmg

Isso tbm é para mostrar que o poder estar somente em você e nada mais no externo. Eu assumi com músicas normais que me conectava, não tinha afirmação alguma. Então lembre-se o poder tá em você e somente você pode assumir as coisas. Nada no 3d tem poder de assumir como você tem.

—— 𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢, 𝔣𝔩𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔞 𝔰𝔬𝔟𝔯𝔢 𝔞 𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔞̃𝔬 𝔡𝔬 𝔰𝔢𝔲 𝔭𝔬𝔡𝔢𝔯, 𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔲 𝔭𝔬𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔪 𝔞 𝔪𝔲́𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞 𝔞 𝔡𝔞𝔫𝔠̧𝔞 𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔞 𝔦𝔪𝔞𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔠̧𝔞̃𝔬. 𝔈𝔵𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔢 𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔯 𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬 𝔡𝔬 𝔳𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔬 𝔡𝔢 𝔳𝔬𝔠𝔢̂

[covid-safer-hotties]

Also preserved in our archive

"No big deal." "Just a cold." "Back to normal."

The proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16 per cent after the first year of the pandemic, according to research at City St George's, University of London and published today in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Heart defects are the most common type of anomaly that develop before a baby is born, with around 13 babies diagnosed with a congenital heart condition every day in the UK and impacting one in 110 births globally . These include defects to the baby's heart valves, the major blood vessels in and around the heart, and the development of holes in the heart.

In over 18 million births, researchers analysed data from US birth certificates from the Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) between December 2016 and November 2022 to evaluate the effect of the pandemic on the number of babies born with a congenital heart defect.

They compared the number of babies born with a congenital heart condition every month before the Covid-19 pandemic (1st December 2016 to 30th November 2019) with those during the pandemic (1st December 2020 to 30th November 2022).

This data was then compared to the number of babies born with Down's Syndrome - a genetic condition not affected by the virus. This was to help ascertain if any differences observed might have been due to Covid-19, or if they were a result of other factors including limited access to antenatal services during the pandemic.

A total of 11,010,764 births before and 7,060,626 births during the pandemic were analysed. Data was adjusted to account for mother's BMI, diabetes and blood pressure before pregnancy, age, number of times they had given birth and the season in which prenatal care started.

The number of births with a congenital heart condition increased by 16% after the first year of the pandemic, with 65.4 cases per 100,000 live births compared to 56.5 per 100,000 births in the period studied before the pandemic.

The number of babies born with Down Syndrome did not change for the duration of the study, suggesting that the increase in fetal heart defects were not due to a disruption of health services.

Studying this large US dataset has revealed an unexpected picture for how the pandemic has affected the hearts of unborn babies, but we need to untangle the reasons for this link. We need to determine if the SARS-CoV-2 virus directly causes the development of fetal heart problems during pregnancy, and if so, how the virus makes these changes in the heart.

We don't have this type of data set available in the UK, but it's important to see if this pattern is seen in other parts of the world.

Covid-19 is still circulating and is easier to catch in the winter months. These results act as an important reminder for pregnant women to get their Covid-19 vaccinations to help protect themselves and their baby."

Professor Asma Khalil, lead author and Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine at City St George's, University of London

Source: City St George's, University of London

Journal reference: Khalil, A., et al. (2024). Congenital heart defects during COVID‐19 pandemic. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. doi.org/10.1002/uog.29126. obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/uog.29126

[typhlonectes]

A remarkable example of suspected Batesian mimicry of Gaboon Vipers by Congolese Giant Toads

Eugene R. Vaughan, Mark S. Teshera, Chifundera Kusamba, Theresa R. Edmonston, and Eli Greenbaum

Abstract

Batesian mimicry is a phenomenon in nature whereby a non-toxic animal emulates a noxious one, seeking to deter predators by deception. This type of mimicry occurs in many animals, with numerous documented examples of invertebrates, harmless squamates, and even birds that mimic venomous snakes. However, no observations of anurans mimicking venomous snakes have been reported. Based on comparative data from colour pattern, morphology, geographic distribution and behaviour, we propose that the Congolese Giant Toad (Sclerophrys channingi), endemic to Democratic Republic of Congo, is a Batesian mimic of the geographically widespread Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica). Although the colour pattern similarity between these taxa is not an exact match, aposematism and precise imitation are not required for Batesian mimicry to be effective, especially when the model (B. gabonica) is dangerously venomous and carefully avoided by other vertebrates. Given the morphological similarity between S. channingi and two other African toad species (S. brauni and S. superciliaris) that are sympatric with B. gabonica and its sister taxon (B. rhinoceros), similar examples of Batesian mimicry are likely.

Read the paper here: A remarkable example of suspected Batesian mimicry of Gaboon Vipers (Reptilia: Viperidae: Bitis gabonica ) by Congolese Giant Toads (Amphibia: Bufonidae: Sclerophrys channingi ) | Request PDF (researchgate.net)

Journal of Natural History 53(29-30): 1853–1871. (2019)

doi: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1669730

[transmutationisms]

speaking of, do you happen to know of anything to read on the history of psychiatry with psychedelics, or the recent (re?)appropriation of psychedelics in psychiatry, or just generally what is going on there? thanks a lot for every resource you ever shared btw

this is honestly a bit of a frustrating topic to read in haha, because between worship of psychiatry and generally reactionary attitudes toward recreational drug use, it's very common that i'm frustrated by an author's basic underlying philosophical assumptions even if i'm getting something out of the facts they're presenting. i mean this is true of any academic writing, but i do find it more overt and more irritating on this topic even compared to other topics in the history of psychiatry. so idk, fair warning on that. anyway these are some that i've found useful nonetheless; i tend to really lean away from more popularly-aimed texts on this because i just have not found them to be very good (topic is already so prone to sensationalising it just goes to shit).

also this is a really us- & canada-heavy list & that's mainly a reflection of which journals i had easy access to at the last time i was actively reading about this topic. so there's a lot more you can get into globally but i hope this is at least helpful for some of the major north american figures (leary, lilly, &c).

Rehabilitating LSD History in Postwar America: Dilworth Wayne Woolley and the Serotonin Hypothesis of Mental Illness (2016). Hewitt, Kim. History of Science 54.3, 307–330. DOI: 10.1177/0073275316674724

Psychedelic philanthropy: The nonprofit sector and Timothy Leary's 1960s psychedelic movement (2022). Chris Elcock. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 58.1, 85–104. DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.22083

Acid Revival: The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Quest for Medical Legitimacy (2020). Giffort, Danielle. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN: 9781517906719

A Dangerous Method? Psychedelic Therapy at Modum Bad, Norway, 1961–76 (2020). Johnstad, Petter Grahl. History of Psychiatry 31.2, 217–226. DOI: 10.1177/0957154X1989453

Psychedelic Psychiatry: LSD from Clinic to Campus (2008). Dyck, Erika. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 9780801889943

On ‘Modified Human Agents’: John Lilly and the Paranoid Style in American Neuroscience (2019). Williams, Charlie. History of the Human Sciences 32.5, 84–107. URI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0952

additionally, these are p new & i haven't read them yet; i'm a little dubious based on the abstracts but i was sort of meaning to at least give the intros a skim. maybe if you pick them up let me know what you think?

Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science (2024). Breen, Benjamin. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN: 9781538722374

The Acid Room: The Psychedelic Trials and Tribulations of Hollywood Hospital (2022). Donaldson, Jesse & Dyck, Erika. Anvil Press. ISBN: 9781772141863

[trans-axolotl]

this is a shortened works cited from my thesis, pulling out the sources about American intersex history and activism from the past 30 years. i have pdfs for most of the sources there, if there's something that isn't linked send me a message and i can try to find it!

just thought i'd try to put a lot of intersex history sources in one place.

Works Cited: 

Amato, Viola. “The Intersex Movement of the 1990s: Speaking Out Against Medical and Narrative Violence.” In Intersex Narratives: Shifts in the Representation of Intersex Lives in North American Literature and Popular Culture, 55–102. Transcript Verlag, 2016. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1xxrsz.6.

Bauer, Markus, Daniela Truffer and Daniela Crocetti. “Intersex Human Rights.” The International Journal of Human Rights. 24, no.6. (2020):724-749.https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2019.1671354 

Brown, Lydia X.Z., Erickson, Loree, da Silva Gorman, Rachel, Lewis, Talila A., McLeod, Lateef, and Mingus, Mia.  “Radical Disability Politics.” In Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics, edited by A.J. Withers and Liat Ben-Moshe, 178-193. Routledge, 2019. 

Cameron, David. “Hermaphrodites With Attitude.” Newsletter. 1994. https://isna.org/library/hwa/ 

Carpenter, Morgan. “Fixing bodies and shaping narratives: Epistemic injustice and the responses of medicine and bioethics to intersex human rights demands.” Clinical Ethics. 2024;19, no. 1. (2024) :3-17. doi:10.1177/14777509231180412

Chase, Cheryl. “Hermaphrodites with Attitude: Mapping the Emergence of Intersex Political Activism.” Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 4, no.2, (1998): 189-211. 

---, Hermaphrodites Speak! 1997; Rohnert Park: Intersex Society of North America. Video tape. 

Cohen, Julie, dir. Every Body. 2023; United States: Focus Features, DVD.

Denny, Dallas.  "Chrysalis Quarterly, Vol. 2 No. 5 (Fall, 1997 / Winter, 1998)."  Periodical.  1998.  Digital Transgender Archive,  https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/7s75dc39s  (accessed April 08, 2024).

Davis, Georgiann. “Introduction: Normalizing Intersex: The Transformative Power of Stories.”  in Voices: Personal Stories from the Pages of Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics: Normalizing Intersex, edited by James DuBois and Ana Iltis. 1-4. John Hopkins University Press, 2016. 

Dreger, Alice. “Rejecting the Tranquilizing Drug of Gradualism in Intersex Care.” Alice Dreger (blog). November 2015. Accessed April 9, 2024. https://alicedreger.com/dsd_human_rights/ 

Dreger, Alice and April Herndon. “Progress and Politics in the Intersex Rights Movement: Feminist Theory in Action.” Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 15, no. 2. (2009): 199-224.

Fausto-Sterling, Ane. Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality. New York: Basic Books. 2000. 

“A Framework for Intersex Justice.” Intersex Justice Project. 2021. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://www.intersexjusticeproject.org/intersex-justice-framework.html 

"FTM Newsletter #37."  Periodical.  1997.  Digital Transgender Archive,  https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/kd17cs89j  (accessed April 08, 2024).

Hegarty, Peter, Marta Prandelli, Trove Lundberg, Lih-Mei Liao, Sarah Creighton, and Katrina Roen.”Drawing the Line Between Essential and Nonessential Interventions on Intersex Characteristics With European Health Care Professionals.” Review of General Psychology. 25, no 1. (2020): 101-114. 

Hermaphrodites With Attitude.  "Hey AAP! Get Your Scalpels Off Our Bodies! Flyer."  Ephemera.  1990.  Digital Transgender Archive,  https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/qj72p712h  (accessed April 08, 2024). 

“Hermaphrodites With Attitude,” Intersex Society of North America. 2006. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://isna.org/library/hwa/ 

“How To: Organize an #EndIntersexSurgery Protest in your hometown--a toolkit created by Intersex Justice Project (IJP.” Intersex Justice Project. 2019. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20191111232744/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EgYy2jfSO04HF_FGv-8RXYEgWW422L-RB7oxMOaIiBc/edit 

Hughes, Ieuan, Christopher Houk, Syed Faisal Ahmed, Peter Lee, and LWPES1/ESPE2 Consensus Group. “Consensus Statement on Management of intersex disorders.” Disease in Childhood. 91, no.7. (2006): 554-563. doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.098319

“I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me: Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Children in the US.” Human Rights Watch. InterACT. July 2017, accessed April 8, 2024. https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/lgbtintersex0717_web_0.pdf 

“InterACT Statement on Intersex Terminology.” InterACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth. 2015. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://interactadvocates.org/interact-statement-on-intersex-terminology/#:~:text=interACT's%20use%20of%20terminology%20and,of%20the%20term%20%E2%80%9Cintersex%E2%80%9D. 

Lindhal, Hans. “Is PCOS an Intersex Condition? Here’s 5 Reasons Why Some Say Yes.” HansLindhal.Com (Blog). February 2023, Accessed April 7, 2024. https://hanslindahl.com/blog/is-pcos-an-intersex-condition 

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Merrick, Ten. “From ‘Intersex’ to ‘DSD’: A Case of Epistemic Injustice.” Synthese 196, no. 11 (2019): 4429–47. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45220035.

Orr, Celeste. Cripping Intersex. University of British Columbia Press, 2022. 

Pagonis, Pidgeon. “#EndIntersexSurgery Protest At Lurie Children’s Hospital Recap + 5 Ways To Get Involved.” Intersex Justice Project. 2018. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://www.intersexjusticeproject.org/blog/endintersexsurgery-protest-at-lurie-childrens-hospital-recap 

Pagonis, Pidgeon and Sean Saifa Wall. “Open Letter to AIS-DSD Support Group.” EndIntersexSurgery. Intersex Justice Project. February 2018. Accessed April 8, 2024.  http://www.endintersexsurgery.org/ 

Redick, Alison. “What Happened at Hopkins: The Creation of the Intersex Management Protocols.  Cardozo Journal of  Law & Gender. 12 (2005): 289-296 

Reid, Graeme, and Minky Worden. “Caster Semenya Won Her Case, But Not the Right to Compete.” Human Rights Watch. July 2023. Accessed April 10, 2024. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/18/caster-semenya-won-her-case-not-right-compete  

Reis, Elizabeth. Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex. John Hopkins Press, 2021.

---, “Did Bioethics Matter? A HIstory of Autonomy, Consent, and Intersex Genital Surgery. Medical Law review. 27, no.4, (2019):658-674. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwz007 

Rios-Espinosa, Carlos, Koomah, Syrus Marcus Ware, and Sean Saifa Wall. “Liberating All Bodies: Disability Justice & Intersex Justice In Conversation.” Webinar at the Crip Camp Impact Team and Human Rights Watch Film Festival, United States, October 2020.  

Rubin, David, Michelle Wolff and Amanda Lock Swarr. “Creating Intersex Justice: Interview with Sean Saifa Wall and Pidgeon Pagonis of the Intersex Justice Project.”  Transgender Studies Quarterly. 9, no. 2. (2022): 187-195. https://doi.org/10.1215/23289252-9612823 

Sharman, Zena. “Intersex Justice and the Care We Deserve: ‘I Want People to Feel at Home in Their Bodies Again.’” Ms. Magazine. 2022. Accessed April 8, 2024. https://msmagazine.com/2022/02/03/intersex-justice-the-care-we-dream-of-queer-trans-healthcare/  

Sharpe, Sam. “No one-size-fits all: Myths and Misconceptions about PCOS.” InterACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth. Advocates for Informed Choice. October 2022. Accessed on April 7, 2024. https://interactadvocates.org/no-one-size-fits-all-myths-and-misconceptions-about-pcos/ 

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Vecchietti, Valentino. “A Journey to the Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag.” Global Inclusive Pride Flag. Intersex Equality Rights. 2021. Accessed April 7, 2024. https://www.globalinclusiveprideflag.com/ 

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Withers, AJ. Disability Politics and Theory. Fernwood Publishing, 2012. 

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If anyone can publish ten whole article because you have to pay to see the full one

https://x.com/yohnona/status/1935032022428193275?s=46

« Je dois montrer que je ne pense qu'à la WNBA » : Marine Johannès explique son choix de ne pas rejoindre les Bleues pour l'Euro

« Jouer en WNBA implique des règles strictes, comme celle de ne pas s'absenter plus de 21 jours pour "valider" sa saison. Qu'est-ce que cela signifie pour vous, exactement ?

Je pense qu'il y a beaucoup de gens qui n'ont pas compris ça. J'ai vu plein de messages circuler en France, où je m'en prenais plein la tête (elle sourit). J'ai rejoint le New York Liberty en 2019, mais je n'ai pu venir que quatre fois en sept ans, avec plein d'allers-retours au milieu... Ce qui fait que je suis toujours sous contrat de rookie aujourd'hui. Cette saison est donc vraiment importante pour moi. Même si je ne joue que 5, 10 ou 15 minutes par match, elle me permet d'enfin valider cette quatrième et dernière année.

Et ensuite ? Vous serez libre de vous engager où vous voulez ?

Exactement. Je serai free agent, et je pourrai enfin aspirer à trouver un nouveau contrat. Même si je me sens bien à New York, c'est important de pouvoir parler avec d'autres équipes, de savoir qu'elles s'intéressent à toi. Ce sera une nouvelle étape, d'autant qu'une nouvelle convention collective est en train d'être négociée dans le Championnat US. Il y aura de nouveaux contrats à la clé, forcément bien plus importants que celui que j'ai actuellement. Je ne demande pas des millions non plus... Mais en tant que joueuse étrangère, je dois montrer aujourd'hui que je ne pense qu'à la WNBA.

Quelle est la position du New York Liberty sur le sujet ? Le club vous a-t-il contraint à renoncer à l'Euro ?

Franchement, non. J'ai parlé avec l'entraîneuse (Sandy Brondello) avant de prendre ma décision. Elle préférait que je reste, bien sûr, mais elle m'a dit qu'elle me soutenait et qu'elle ne voulait pas me contrôler. C'était la même chose il y a deux ans, d'ailleurs (Marine Johannès n'avait pas été retenue par le staff des Bleues pour l'Euro 2023 car elle voulait se rendre aux États-Unis pour signer son contrat avec le Liberty en cours de préparation). À l'époque, le club de New York m'avait juste demandé de venir signer mon contrat en personne, de rester 2-3 jours sur place, mais il savait que l'équipe de France était très importante pour moi.

« Je ne sais pas s'il (Jean-Aimé Toupane) était déçu ou pas, mais il a semblé comprendre. Disons que pour une fois, je n'étais pas la seule dans ce cas-là. »

Comment a réagi le staff des Bleues face à votre forfait pour l'Euro ?

J'ai juste échangé avec Aimé (Jean-Aimé Toupane, le sélectionneur). Je l'ai appelé pour lui dire ma décision. Je ne sais pas s'il était déçu ou pas, mais il a semblé comprendre. Disons que pour une fois, je n'étais pas la seule dans ce cas-là. Donc ça a forcément aidé (les joueuses de WNBA Dominique Malonga, Gabby Williams et Clara Leite ont aussi renoncé à l'Euro).

Devoir régulièrement choisir entre son club et son pays ne doit pas être une situation facile à vivre...

C'est clair. J'espère que ça changera un jour, que ce soit pour moi ou pour les générations suivantes. Aujourd'hui, on est même souvent ballotté entre deux clubs, en Europe et aux États-Unis, en plus de l'équipe de France. C'est dur mentalement et physiquement. J'espère que quelque chose pourra être mis en place pour nous permettre d'être plus libres.

« Ce sont des choix assez durs à faire comme ça. On ne devrait pas être jugées comme ça. »

Votre situation, d'abord à l'Euro 2023 puis aujourd'hui, aura au moins permis de soulever un problème de fond dans le basket féminin...

J'espère. D'autant que la WNBA continue à grossir, donc il va y avoir de plus en plus de joueuses françaises. Peut-être que les générations d'avant étaient moins intéressées par le Championnat américain. Alors que c'est le rêve de beaucoup d'entre nous, désormais, et qu'on n'a jamais été aussi nombreuses à y jouer (elles sont sept Françaises en WNBA cette saison). On oublie parfois d'être fiers de ça, de s'en féliciter. À la place, on préfère se demander si telle ou telle joueuse viendra en équipe de France ou pas. Ce sont des choix assez durs à faire comme ça. On ne devrait pas être jugées comme ça. »

Google translate:

"I have to show that I only think about the WNBA": Marine Johannès explains her decision not to join Les Bleues for the Euro

“Playing in the WNBA involves strict rules, like not being absent for more than 21 days to “validate” your season. What does that mean for you, exactly?

I think there are a lot of people who didn’t understand that. I saw a lot of messages circulating in France, where I was taking a lot of heat (she smiles) . I joined the New York Liberty in 2019, but I was only able to come four times in seven years, with a lot of back-and-forth in the middle... Which means I’m still under a rookie contract today. So this season is really important for me. Even if I only play 5, 10 or 15 minutes per game, it allows me to finally validate this fourth and final year.”

And then? You'll be free to sign wherever you want?

Exactly. I'll be a free agent, and I can finally aspire to find a new contract. Even if I feel good in New York, it's important to be able to talk with other teams, to know that they're interested in you. It will be a new step, especially since a new collective bargaining agreement is being negotiated in the US Championship. There will be new contracts at stake, inevitably much bigger than the one I currently have. I'm not asking for millions either... But as a foreign player, I have to show today that I'm only thinking about the WNBA.

What is the New York Liberty's position on the matter? Did the club force you to give up the Euro?

Honestly, no. I spoke with the coach (Sandy Brondello) before making my decision. She preferred that I stay, of course, but she told me that she supported me and that she didn't want to control me. It was the same thing two years ago, moreover (Marine Johannès was not retained by the staff of the Bleues for Euro 2023 because she wanted to go to the United States to sign her contract with the Liberty in preparation) . At the time, the New York club had just asked me to come and sign my contract in person, to stay 2-3 days there, but they knew that the French team was very important to me.

"I don't know if he (Jean-Aimé Toupane) was disappointed or not, but he seemed to understand. Let's just say that for once, I wasn't the only one in that situation."

How did the French women's staff react to your withdrawal from the Euro?

I just spoke with Aimé (Jean-Aimé Toupane, the coach) . I called him to tell him my decision. I don't know if he was disappointed or not, but he seemed to understand. Let's just say that for once, I wasn't the only one in that situation. So that definitely helped (WNBA players Dominique Malonga, Gabby Williams and Clara Leite also withdrew from the Euro) .

Having to regularly choose between your club and your country must not be an easy situation to live with...

That's for sure. I hope that will change one day, whether for me or for future generations. Today, we are often tossed between two clubs, in Europe and the United States, in addition to the French team. It's hard mentally and physically. I hope that something can be put in place to allow us to be freer.

"These are tough choices to make. We shouldn't be judged like that."

Your situation, first at Euro 2023 and then today, will at least have allowed us to raise a fundamental problem in women's basketball...

I hope. Especially since the WNBA continues to grow, so there will be more and more French players. Perhaps previous generations were less interested in the American Championship. While it's the dream of many of us now, and there have never been so many of us playing there (there are seven French women in the WNBA this season) . We sometimes forget to be proud of that, to congratulate ourselves. Instead, we prefer to wonder if this or that player will come to the French team or not. These are pretty hard choices to make like that. We shouldn't be judged like that.

[boxboxluckybird]

List of articles and books that are about Motorsports or Motorsports adjacent

Idk if y'all will have total access to these- I get to them through my university's library database- I'll give titles so you can find them- and if i have links to pdfs, ill put them in too

i will continue to update this list as i continue to read more books and articles :3 also i need to go on my uni laptop to get all the crash and safety books i have on there to put on this list

Motogp-

article about Franco Morbidelli and Joann Zarco's crash in 2020- gives full analysis with the numbers and a discussion of everything (link) Name of Article: Descriptive Kinematic Analysis of the Potentially Tragic Accident at the 2020 Austrian MotoGP Grand Prix Using Low-Cost Instruments: A Brief Report by Marco Gervasi et. al. (2020-10)

article about the myth surrounding Valentino Rossi- (it is in french but there is also an italian version) Name of Article: Valentino Rossi : la construction médiatique du mythe by Charlotte Moge pp. 363-383 (DOI link)

Book Chapter Valentino Rossi: A Uniquely British Look at an Italian Motorsport Legend by Sean Bell in "More than Cricket and Football: International Sport and the Challenge of Celebrity" (2016)

this one is all about the economy and how motogp affects tourism in Indonesia-

Do Satisfied Visitors Intend to Revisit a Large Sports Event? A Case Study of a Large Sports Event in Indonesia by Pahrudin Pahrudin Link to PDF (Article) (2024-12)

Formula One-

Book about racism in sports- (i used this as a main secondary source when researching historic racism in f1) it has an article about Lewis Hamilton and other racism in formula one Title- Race, Racism and Sports Journalism by Neil Farrington (2012) (i recommend his other book about racism in sports social media)

"Technology Innovations and Consumption of Formula 1 as a TV Sport Product" by Christopher Schneiders (2022-09)

Analyzing Brand Strategy on an International Scale: The Sponsorship Performance Cycle in Formula One Racing by Jonathan A Jensen, et. al. (2024-09) (Article)

When Success Is Rare and Competitive: Learning from Others' Success and My Failure at the Speed of Formula One by Micheal A Lapre (2022-12) (Article)

Green Light or black flag? Greenwashing environmental sustainability in Formula One and Formula E by Annals of leisure research(2025-01) (Article)

Technological Discontinuities and Competitive Advantages: A Historical Perspective on Formula 1 Motor Racing 1950-2006 by Mark Jenkins (2010-07) (Article)

Sandwiched Between Sport and Politics: Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, Formula 1, and Non-Democratic Regimes by Hans Erik Naess (2017-05) (Article)

The age-productivity gradient: Evidence from a sample of F1 drivers by Labour economics (2011-08) (Article) pdf link

Book Chapter Chapter 10: Aryton Senna, Alain Prost, and the Spector of Death by Becquer Medak-Seguin, et. al. in "Cultural Exchanges Between Brazil and France" (2016)

Smoke and mirrors: new tobacco products and Formula 1 by The Lancet (2019-05) (Article)

NASCAR-

"If It Ain't Rubbin', It Ain't Racin'" Article about Nascar by Lawrence and Barbara Hugenburg (2008-08)

A comparison of college football and NASCAR consumer profiles: Identity formation and spectatorship motivation by Shaughan A Keaton (2015-03) (Article)

"Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation: Consumption and the Cultural Politics of Neoliberalism" by Joshua Newman (2011)

Book Chapter Louise Smith: The First Lady of Racing by Suzanne Wise in "South Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times" (Volume 3) (2012)

Book Chapter The Most Southern Sport on Earth: NASCAR and the Unions by Dan Pierce in "Southern Cultures : The Fifteenth Anniversary Reader" (2008)

Special interest ones-

"Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness" by Ewan Thomas- pdf- link (2022)

"The future of motorsports: business, politics and society" by Hans Erik Naess, et. al. (2023)

"The Green Transition in Motorsport: Purpose, Politics, and Profit" by Hans Erik Naess, et. al. (2023)

More than "just a driver": A study of professional women racecar drivers' agency in motorsport by Jill Kochanek (2021-01) (Article)

'What on Earth are They Doing in a Racing Car?': Towards an Understanding of Women in Motorsport by Jordan J.K. Matthews, and Elizabeth C.J. Pike (2016-09) (Article)

tag list: @raikkonens @caleb-is-existing @books4ever03

[eclipsophie]

☆ The Moon’s Glow;

୨୧ Apresentando a minha DR principal - Laneige Dr !

°. 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐞:

Laneige é uma marca de cosméticos sul-coreana lançada em 1994. Seu nome vem do francês "la neige", que se traduz como "a neve".

Sophie Moon é a CEO da marca coreana, sendo uma sucessora escolhida por Lee Yoori e Kim Siwon

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°. 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧:

Sophie Moon Gonçalves ou Sosophie, nasceu em 24 de junho de 2001 (22 aninhos), na Zona Sul de São Paulo, capital.

☆! Mora em Seoul, Coreia do Sul, desde 2019.

𝗡𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗱𝗲: Brasileira - Coreana / 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼: Câncer

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°. 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬:

𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺: Lizeth Selene

𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗼𝘀: Oni nas costas, sol e lua nos ombros.

𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗵𝗲𝘀: Piercings diversos!! Sardinhas, olhos cor de mel.

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°. 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢́𝐥𝐢𝐚:

𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐬 : Maria Gonçalves & Moon Minho

☆! Mamis é médica e o painho é advogado. Eles são a minha base para enfrentar tudo de cabeça erguida.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜̧𝐚̃𝐨 : Lee Yoori & Kim Siwon (Meus chefinhos :c)

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°. 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐨:

─ backstory ; Nathan e Dylan já se conheciam por conta que suas carreiras profissionais são ligadas em certo ponto, desde a primeira produção de Ddy com o Nathan, os dois viraram próximos no mesmo instante. Certo dia em uma festa universitária, um amigo em comum me apresentou os dois, e naquela festa todos beberam muito e foi muito fácil de construir uma amizade. E então os três até hoje não souberam se largar um do outro.

✿ 𝓜𝔂 𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼... ࿚ ♡

─ 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧: (lado direito >)

𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗲: Nathan Kazumi

𝗜𝗱𝗮𝗱𝗲: 24 anos - 08 de abril de 1999

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮: Modelo e influêncer

𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮: Nath é o mais atentado do grupo, mas também é o mais atencioso.

─ 𝐃𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧: (lado esquerdo <)

𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗲: Dylan Yamaoka

𝗜𝗱𝗮𝗱𝗲: 23 anos - 15 de novembro de 2000

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮: Compositor, Produtor e Editor de grandes artistas

𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮: Dylan é mais quieto, mas sempre que está se divertindo vira um papagaio e ri que nem uma hiena.

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°. 𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐲:

Jay Park. Nos conhecemos da maneira mais engraçada e inusitada possível, mostrando para ambos corações ocupados que pensavam apenas no trabalho, que o amor pode nascer dos lugares mais improváveis e nos trazer uma paz e calmaria imensa para o nosso mundo de agito.

♡! Ficantes to Lovers

- Atualmente ainda somos apenas conhecidos, não temos nenhuma intimidade ou aproximação.

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Espero que tenham gostado! Qualquer dúvida sobre a minha DR podem comentar!

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Insp: @delicatears / @multidimensionalslvt

[alemdomais]

eu estava desarmada. a cabeça tava na lua... ou em todos os problemas que vinham me cercando na época: era crise de identidade, as dívidas, algumas mudanças e inúmeras incertezas do que estava prestes a acontecer. mas romanticamente falando, eu tava desarmada. finalmente não pensava em ninguém amorosamente falando. estava mais era preocupada comigo e em como, ou que cargas d'água aconteceria com toda essa loucura da minha vida. era 2019 e eu não tinha nada além de um vestido vermelho, uma franja muito ruiva cortada contra minha vontade e um par de sandálias de salto fino brilhantes customizadas de última hora que devido a falta de dinheiro precisei improvisar. a missão seria continuar umas duas horas em pé em cima dos saltos finos e a minha cabeça girava com todas as muitas preocupações do dia, fúteis sim, mas que me deixaram ansiosa. eu não achava que aquela noite teria o impacto que aquela noite teve. eu só esperava fazer o que precisava ser feito e terminar aproveitando todos os quitutes da festa sentada, dando folga aos meus pés cansados. e não cumpri nenhuma das duas coisas. antes que pudesse acionar minhas defesas, fui hipnotizada pelos dois olhos pequenos e castanhos dele, quase pretos. ele também estava muito bem vestido, e ainda consigo me lembrar do cheiro. mas nada supera os olhos, nada. eu só lembro deles até hoje. da maneira como eles me olharam quando passei pela porta e alguém comentou com ele sobre a minha chegada. e no momento em que me senti "olhada", me vi rendida. eu acho que naquela noite, tive a sensação de que talvez nunca tivesse sentido o amor de fato. era como se estivesse amando pela primeira vez. antes do toque mesmo e devo dizer que tudo muito ingênuo, tudo muito impensado, tudo muito instantâneo. chega a parecer coisa de filme, novela, sei lá. eu me vi atropelada por uma porção de sensações que eu nunca senti e confusa, quis fugir a todo custo. eu não sou uma boa experiente nessa coisa de amor, mas vou te falar... apesar de não ter esperado, acho que nunca me vi tão feliz em ter me rendido a alguém na minha vida toda. eu acho que desde então, eu tenho tentando encontrar outras sensações tão boas pra tentar colocar no lugar das que eu vivi naquela noite, mas inutilmente. eu procuro você nos lugares que vou, eu procuro encontrar nossas coisas em comum e sempre acho. de alguma maneira algo me faz pensar que pode até ser que ainda não tenha chegado a nossa hora, mas que ela vai chegar, sabe? eu não consigo explicar como, mas eu sinto que é você.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Intuit: “Our fraud fights racism”

Tonight (September 27), I'll be at Chevalier's Books in Los Angeles with Brian Merchant for a joint launch for my new book The Internet Con and his new book, Blood in the Machine. On October 2, I'll be in Boise to host an event with VE Schwab.

Today's key concept is "predatory inclusion": "a process wherein lenders and financial actors offer needed services to Black households but on exploitative terms that limit or eliminate their long-term benefits":

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2329496516686620

Perhaps you recall predatory inclusion from the Great Financial Crisis, when predatory subprime mortgages with deceptive teaser rates were foisted on Black homeowners (who were eligible for better mortgages), resulting in a wave of Black home theft in the foreclosure crisis:

https://prospect.org/justice/staggering-loss-black-wealth-due-subprime-scandal-continues-unabated/

Before these loans blew up, they were styled as a means of creating Black intergenerational wealth through housing speculation. They turned out to be a way to suck up Black families' savings before rendering them homeless and forcing them into houses owned by the Wall Street slumlords who bought all the housing stock the Great Financial Crisis put on the market:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/08/wall-street-landlords/#the-new-slumlords

That was just an update on an old con: the "home sale contract," invented by loan-sharks who capitalized on redlining to rip off Black families. Back when banks and the US government colluded to deny mortgages to Black households, sleazy lenders created the "contract loan," which worked like a mortgage, but if you were late on a single payment, the lender could seize and sell your home and not pay you a dime – even if the house was 99% paid for:

https://socialequity.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Plunder-of-Black-Wealth-in-Chicago.pdf

Usurers and con-artists love to style themselves as anti-racists, seeking to "close the racial wealth gap." The payday lending industry – whose triple-digit interest rates trap poor people in revolving debt that they can never pay off – styles itself as a force for racial justice:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/29/planned-obsolescence/#academic-fraud

Payday lenders prey on poor people, and in America, "poor" is often a euphemism for "Black." Payday lenders disproportionately harm Black families:

https://ung.edu/student-money-management-center/money-minute/racial-wealth-gap-payday-loans.php

Payday lenders are just unlicensed banks, who deploy a layer of bullshit to claim that they don't have to play by the rules that bind the rest of the finance sector. This scam is so juicy that it spawned the fintech industry, in which a bunch of unregulated banks sprung up to claim that they were too "innovative" to be regulated:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/01/usury/#tech-exceptionalism

When you hear "Fintech," think "unlicensed bank." Fintech turned predatory inclusion into a booming business, recruiting Black spokespeople to claim that being the sucker at the table in the cryptocurrency casino was actually a form of racial justice:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/business/media/cryptocurrency-seeks-the-spotlight-with-spike-lees-help.html

But not all predatory inclusion is financial. Take Facebook Basics, Meta's "poor internet for poor people" program. Facebook partnered with telcos in the Global South to rig their internet access. These "zero rating" programs charged subscribers by the byte to reach any service except Facebook and its partners. Facebook claimed that this would "bridge the digital divide," by corralling "the next billion internet users" into using its services.

The fact that this would make "Facebook" synonymous with "the internet" was just an accidental, regrettable side-effect. Naturally, this was bullshit from top to bottom, and the countries where zero-rating was permitted ended up having more expensive wireless broadband than the countries that banned it:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/02/countries-zero-rating-have-more-expensive-wireless-broadband-countries-without-it

The predatory inclusion gambit is insultingly transparent, but that doesn't stop desperate scammers from trying it. The latest chancer is Intuit, who claim that the end of its decade-long, wildly profitable "free tax prep" scam is bad for Black people:

https://www.propublica.org/article/turbotax-intuit-black-taxpayers-irs-free-file-marketing

Some background. In nearly every rich country on Earth, the tax authorities send every taxpayer a pre-filled tax return, based on the information submitted by employers, banks, financial planners, etc. If that looks good to you, you just sign it and send it back. Otherwise, you can amend it, or just toss it in the trash and pay a tax-prep specialist to produce your own return.

But in America, taxpayers spend billions every year to send forms to the IRS that tell it things it already knows. To make this ripoff seem fair, the hyper-concentrated tax-prep industry, led by the Intuit, creators of Turbotax, pretended to create a program to provide free tax-prep to working people.

This program was called Free File, and it was a scam. The tax-prep cartel each took a different segment of Americans who were eligible for Freefile and then created an online house of mirrors that would trick those people into spending hours working on their tax-returns until they were hit with an error message falsely claiming they were ineligible for the free service and demanding hundreds of dollars to file their returns.

Intuit were world champions at this scam. They blocked their Freefile offering from search-engine crawlers and then bought ads that showed up when searchers typed "freefile" into the query box that led them to deceptively named programs that had "free" in their names but cost a fortune to use – more than you'd pay for a local CPA to file on your behalf.

The Attorneys General of nearly every US state and territory eventually sued Intuit over this, settling for $141m:

https://www.agturbotaxsettlement.com/Home/portalid/0

The FTC is still suing them over it:

https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/192-3119-intuit-inc-matter-turbotax

We have to rely on state AGs and the FTC to bring Intuit to justice because every Intuit user clicks through an agreement in which we permanently surrender our right to sue the company, no matter how many laws it breaks. For corporate criminals, binding arbitration waivers are the gift that keeps on giving:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/24/uber-for-arbitration/#nibbled-to-death-by-ducks

Even as the scam was running out, Intuit spent millions lobby-blitzing Congress, desperate for action that would let it continue to privately tax the nation for filling in forms that – once again – told the IRS things it already knew. They really love the idea of paying taxes on paying your taxes:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/20/turbotaxed/#counter-intuit

But they failed. The IRS has taken Freefile in-house, will send you a pre-completed tax return if you want it. This should be the end of the line for Intuit and other tax-prep profiteers:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/17/free-as-in-freefile/#tell-me-something-i-dont-know

Now we're at the end of the line for the scam, Intuit is playing the predatory inclusion card. They're conning Black newspapers like the Chicago Defender into running headlines like "IRS Free Tax Service Could Further Harm Blacks,"

https://defendernetwork.com/news/opinion/irs-free-tax-service-could-further-harm-blacks/

The only named source in that article? Intuit spokesperson Derrick Plummer. The article went out on the country's Black newswire Trice Edney, whose editor-in-chief did not respond to Propublica's Paul Kiel's questions.

Then Black Enterprise got in on the game, publishing "Critics Claim The IRS Free Tax Prep Service Could Hurt Black Americans." Once again, the only named source for the article was Plummer, who was "quoted at length." Black Enterprise declined to tell Kiel where that article came from:

https://www.blackenterprise.com/critics-claim-the-irs-free-tax-prep-service-could-hurt-black-americans/

For Intuit, placing op-eds is a tried-and-true tactic for laundering its ripoffs into respectability. Leaked internal Intuit memos detail the company's strategy of "pushing back through op-eds" to neutralize critics:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6483061-Intuit-TurboTax-2014-15-Encroachment-Strategy.html

Intuit spox Derrick Plummer did respond to Kiel's queries, denying that Intuit was paying for these op-eds, saying "with an idea as bad as the Direct File scheme we don’t have to pay anyone to talk about how terrible it is."

Meanwhile, ex-NAACP director (and No Labels co-chair) Benjamin Chavis has used his position atop the National Newspaper Publishers Association to publish op-eds against the IRS Direct File program, citing the Progressive Policy Institute, a pro-business thinktank that Intuit's internal documents describe as part of its "coalition":

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6483061-Intuit-TurboTax-2014-15-Encroachment-Strategy.html

Chavis's Chicago Tribune editorial claimed that Direct File could cause Black filers to miss out on tax-credits they are entitled to. This is a particularly ironic claim given Intuit's prominent role in sabotaging the Child Tax Credit, a program that lifted more Americans out of poverty than any other in history:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/29/three-times-is-enemy-action/#ctc

It's also an argument that can be found in Intuit's own anti-Direct File blog posts:

https://www.intuit.com/blog/innovative-thinking/taxpayer-empowerment/intuit-reinforces-its-commitment-to-fighting-for-taxpayers-rights/

The claim is that because the IRS disproportionately audits Black filers (this is true), they will screw them over in other ways. But Evelyn Smith, co-author of the study that documented the bias in auditing says this is bullshit:

https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/working-paper/measuring-and-mitigating-racial-disparities-tax-audits

That's because these audits of Black households are triggered by the IRS's focus on Earned Income Tax Credits, a needlessly complicated program available to low-income (and hence disproportionately Black) workers. The paperwork burden that the IRS heaps on EITC recipients means that their returns contain errors that trigger audits.

As Smith told Propublica, "With free, assisted filing, we might expect EITC claimants to make fewer mistakes and face less intense audit scrutiny, which could help reduce disparities in audit rates between Black and non-Black taxpayers."

Meanwhile, the predatory inclusion talking points continue to proliferate. Nevada accountants and the state's former controller somehow coincidentally managed to publish op-eds with nearly identical wording. Phillip Austin, vice-chair of Arizon's East Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, claims that free IRS tax prep "would disproportionately hurt the Hispanic community." Austin declined to tell Propublica how he came to that conclusion.

Right-wing think-tanks are pumping out a torrent of anti-Direct File disinfo. This surely has nothing to do with the fact that, for example, Center Forward has HR Block's chief lobbyist on its board:

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4125481-direct-e-file-wont-make-filing-taxes-any-easier-but-it-could-make-things-worse/

The whole thing reeks of bullshit and desperation. That doesn't mean that it won't succeed in killing Direct File. If there's one thing America loves, it's letting businesses charge us a tax just for dealing with our own government, from paying our taxes to camping in our national parks:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/30/military-industrial-park-service/#booz-allen

Interestingly, there's a MAGA version of predatory inclusion, in which corporations convince low-information right-wingers that efforts to protect them from ripoffs are "woke." These campaigns are, incredibly, even stupider than the predatory inclusion tale.

For example, there's a well-coordianted campaign to block the junk fees that the credit card cartel extracts from merchants, who then pass those charges onto us. This campaign claims that killing junk fees is woke:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/04/owning-the-libs/#swiper-no-swiping

How does that work? Here's the logic: Target sells Pride merch. That makes them woke. Target processes a lot of credit-card transactions, so anything that reduces card-processing fees will help Target. Therefore, paying junk fees is a way to own the libs.

No, seriously.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/27/predatory-inclusion/#equal-opportunity-scammers

[hypokeimena]

wait ur thesis sounds so interesting, I'm researching for funsies friendship and love a a broader topic (crazy how often people talk about merging and becoming one with their beloved). can you dox your thesis just a little? just the bibliography?

this isn't a thesis bib it's just for you (focus on friendship and romantic love; some other related topics useful for consideration). links are pulled from google scholar where possible (generally open access sources preferred). Most of these authors have also done other work on the topic(s) in question.

Moran, W. (1963): "The Ancient Near Eastern Background of the Love of God in Deuteronomy," in CBQ. (jstor) <- seminal

Leighton, S. (1982): "Aristotle and the Emotions," in Phronesis (jstor)

Roberts, R. (1989): "Aristotle on Virtues and Emotions," in Philosophical Studies (jstor)

Venuti, L. (1995). The Translator's Invisibility. (academia.edu)

Brenner, A. (1997). The Intercourse of Knowledge: On Gendering Desire and ‘Sexuality’ in the Hebrew Bible. (publisher)

Ackerman, S. (2002): "The Personal Is Political: Covenantal and Affectionate Love ('āhēb, 'ahăbâ) in the Hebrew Bible," in Vetus Testamentum. (jstor)

Lapsley, J. (2003) "Feeling Our Way: Love for God in Deuteronomy," in CBQ (jstor)

Van Wolde, E. (2008): "Sentiments as culturally constructed emotions: anger and love in the Hebrew Bible," in Biblical Interpretation. (academia.edu)

Mirguet, F. (2016): "What is an “Emotion” in the Hebrew Bible? An Experience that Exceeds Most Contemporary Concepts," in Biblical Interpretation. (brill)

Fleming, I. (2016): "Political Favoritism in Saul’s Court: חפץ, נעם, and the Relationship between David and Jonathan," in JBL. (jstor)

Schweizer, I. (2016) "Making Equals: Classical Philia and Women's Friendship," in Feminist Studies. (jstor) <- couldn't find the article I was looking for online so take this one as a substitute

Akiyama, K. (2018): The Love of Neighbour in Ancient Judaism. (brill) <- could not find this one full text online but it's about how the understanding of whether a neighbor is "like you" or different from you impacts the emotion in question. it rocks.

Mermelstein, A. (2021): Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism: Community and Identity in Formation. (academia.edu)

Milstein, S. (2024): Editorial introduction "Translating Emotion," & Article "The Misleading Nature of »Love« and »Hate« in Biblical Translation," in HeBAI. (publisher) <- could not find the article open access anywhere but the introduction should be available and contains an overview.

Konstan, D (multiple):

"Introduction: Defining Emotions Historically," in Emotions across Cultures: Ancient China and Greece (ed. Konstan, 2022)

Friendship in the Classical World (1997) (doi) (archive.org)

Emotions of the Ancient Greeks: Studies in Aristotle and Classical Literature (2006) (jstor) <- seminal

"Friendship and Patronage," in A Companion to Latin Literature (ed. Harrison) (2005) (doi) (wordpress)

"Before Jealousy," in Envy, Spite, and Jealousy: the Rivalrous Emotions in Ancient Greece (eds. Konstan, Rutter, 2019) (publisher) (researchgate)

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Covid is certainly not the flu, but covid deniers shouldn't be downplaying the flu either. Viral disease isn't a walk in the park.

By Julie Corliss

A diagnosis of influenza (flu) was linked to a sixfold risk of having a heart attack over the following week, according to a study in the June 25, 2024, issue of NEJM Evidence.

The study included adults ages 35 and older who were tested for respiratory viruses over a 12-year period ending in 2019. The testing revealed more than 23,000 separate cases of influenza. Researchers then compared the incidence of heart attack during the risk period (the week after a positive test) to the control period (one year before and 51 weeks after the risk period). Heart attacks were six times more likely to occur during the risk period versus the control period. Earlier research has consistently shown a heightened risk of heart attack soon after viral infections like the flu, as well as the common cold and COVID-19.

The findings are a good reminder to get your annual flu vaccine if you haven't already. On average, the vaccine can reduce your chance of getting the flu by about 50%.

Study link: evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/EVIDe2400175