If one needs to distinguish, it’s this: “Trans person who has accessed medical transition” or “Trans person who has not pursued medical transition”. Why fight about it? Let’s be friends and allies.

I am not trans, I’m just a writer who likes language. I leave it to others to debate it’s offensive. This is definitionally wrong. A trans person is anyone whose gender identity does not align with the sex assigned to them at birth. No requirement for surgery/hormones/medical correction.

Doubtful. Any future President who tries to reimburse regulation will run up against Supreme Court precedent. Americans generally like regulation in the specifics.

This is fundamentally untrue. Some people can keep writing. Some people decline. Human will cannot overcome everything. We should keep striving; but don’t blame a writer in decline for his limitations.

It’s not that Trump and Vance lack the nerve to stand up to Putin; they don’t want to, because they like Putin. And they did indeed stick to their principles, which are pro-authoritarian and anti-democratic. It’s disgusting, but they stood up for what they believe.

Yes,if it’s a recourse loan like most mortgages.People say during downturns that they cannot sell their house bc they owe more than it’s worth. Musk wld have a recourse loan; if the value of the collateral drops below the loan amount, the lender has a margin call right that Musk would have to cover

I don’t think that’s how loans work. If your house is collateral, & your house gets destroyed, you still owe the money. If there’s a call option on a loan if Tesla goes belly up, then he’d have to sell other assets. Tesla is the vast majority of his wealth. So that’s what makes this baffling.

He’d pivot to his satellites and rockets, but to say the least, he’d be in better shape if Tesla survives, and that happens only if the green transition continues. What does he win if the US abandons electric cars?

So Tesla launched him and now he abandons it? But the majority of his wealth is in Tesla stock and he’s used it for collateral. If Tesla goes under he takes a massive hit to net worth but also margin calls on his loans.

It’s funny (now that I know your sense of humor better). Glad you’re over here, and I don’t have to stay on X just to read you.

He says he’s abandoning us. Very disappointing. But I’m seeing this already, a lot of people claimed to be leaving X, and now they’re going back. If someone wants to hedge, I don’t know why they can’t post in two places for a while and see if BlueSky has legs.

I care.

I thought this was a joke, since everyone else is saying the opposite. Why are you leaving Bluesky?

It’s the way they hold it. You can’t fake it. A very annoying thing on a lot of tv shows.

Please don’t restrain yourself!