![]() ![]() Georgia Can Discipline Doctors Treating Trans Youth Though this really rockets the irony off the charts. It’s something Americans will generally gobble up, believing it’s good for us. It’s easy to throw red meat that tastes like fairness and child safety. The school-sports angle is the lowest-hanging political fruit for the right wing. Beyond the irony of not seeing what’s in front of them, 57 percent of Americans dismissing an entire community’s identity is arrogant and absurd. They are our family members, our co-workers, partners, friends, and leaders. Our Transgender compatriots are not some peculiar bloc of exotica. Sarah McBride, may even make it to the U.S. Also ironic, given that Transgender Americans serve in our legislatures. To that “larger wave,” add a bit of late-2022 polling data from The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation: “Most Americans don’t believe it’s even possible to be a gender that differs from that assigned at birth.” In this case, most equals 57 percent. Republican legislators in some states have banned gender-affirming care for minors, restricted transgender people’s use of school and public restrooms, limited what public schools can teach about gender and sexuality and barred schools from requiring the use of a transgender student’s preferred pronouns.” 14 piece detailing efforts to bar Trans girls from participating in school sports, “This year’s new restrictions are part of a larger wave of legislation across the U.S. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FREE MAGAZINE!Īs the Associated Press noted in an Aug. Whether it’s school sports, bathrooms, or medical care, there’s a surge in unjustifiably frightened adults maligning Trans youth. Maxine Waters Assails GOP Over HIV Program CutsĪ very easy lesson for today’s kids to pick up comes at the expense of their Transgender peers. That’s the irony that takes us from an ignorant childhood to a skeptical adulthood. ![]() But irony? We were only beginning to grasp irony.Īs the institution of grade school conditions us to join higher levels of society, if done correctly, we begin to recognize that so many of the pillars of that society are flawed and hypocritical. ![]() In the ’80s, we understood that so much of our dominant aesthetic pulled from the 1940s and ’50s. Are these Trapper Keepers meant to be retro or ironic? Both? Kids usually understand retrospective style. That today’s students can buy them styled in 1980s-esque geometric patterns also surprised me. Mead’s Trapper Keeper binders are still around. Maybe some things do change for the better. The opportunity to be out as something other than straight seemed to become more feasible in America’s schools. After my K-12 years, I observed some progress, watching as “diversity” clubs launched in some relatively progressive locales. We’re ready to scale.” Virtuix, a private company, has raised more than $35 million from individual and institutional investors.Collectively, we should all hope for civilization to continuously evolve into something ever more civilized. Shipping just 3,000 units a month would bring in $100 million in annual revenues. “Omni One is a groundbreaking product that sets us up for rapid revenue growth. “We’re thrilled about the success of our investment campaign and our community’s excitement about Omni One,” said Goetgeluk. For the general public, preorders will open in late 2023 and deliveries will start in Q2 2024. Virtuix aims to ship over 1,000 units by year-end and to deliver all remaining investor units in Q1 2024. Virtuix started shipping Omni One beta units to its community of 8,000 equity investors, who were allowed to order the product ahead of the general public. That last one is going to be key, because at this price point people's expectations will be high.” It will come down to execution, customer acquisition costs, and content management. Virtuix seems to be taking a very conservative approach to their growth. I know they've suffered post pandemic, but mostly because they overextended themselves thinking the COVID growth was sustainable. Sounds pricey, but Bob Cooney, an author and analyst who follows Virtuix, says “America has a fitness obsession: there are 2.3 million pelotons. Pricing includes both the treadmill and a Pico VR headset (market value $699). Omni One’s introductory price is $2,595 plus shipping. ![]()
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