Gregory's ServerIf you have a uterus and you live in the UK, it's time to update your threat model to include police testing you for the presence of abortion meds and requesting data from period-tracking apps: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/10/30/british-police-testing-women-for-abortion-drugs/
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 @MintSpies @evacide   @CStamp @evacide I think this is one of those cases where it's fundamental to use stuff that is open and that stores data strictly on your device. We use Periodical (https://arnowelzel.de/en/projects/periodical), which is a bit barebones but does the job; Drip (https://bloodyhealth.gitlab.io/) also is open and all-local and seems to be the much more refined, but we never tried it.    @evacide @CStamp that’s a fair assumption but it does segue nicely into a little story about the oldest calendar found by archaeologists which is basically 28 notches in a bit of wood. Historians (mostly men) assumed it was associated with some sort of moon worship however there is another reason why some primitive humans may have wanted to track a 28 day cycle @Sim0n @evacide "a new study found only 13 percent of women have a 28-day cycle" and many don't even have regular X number of days. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/forget-28-day-cycle-womens-fertility-is-complicated Male historians have been making a lot of assumptions based on their lack of understanding and pre-concieved biases, such as now we are learning that those women who were buried with hunting gear actually were hunters.  @Sim0n @evacide @CStamp@mastodon.social That's using a stick, not the moon. Also, stick to subjects you know something about.   @bergamlaimerin @nyx @Sim0n @evacide Hormone-based contraceptives generally make periods predictable, which is one of many reasons some women like to used them. @evacide I'd have bet that Texas and Florida would be the first to do that. This is beyond appalling. @ShadowLibra1017 @evacide when referring to police in America you have to remember that there are 10 of thousands of little fiefdoms any one of which in any little town can choose to gather whatever evidence they want in whatever way they want, this is very different that in the U.K.  @evacide Weird how the police keep saying they’re so busy and understaffed that they’re not going to attend mental health crisis calls any more, yet they have time for stuff like this.  This is why I will never change my stance on abortion: it should be legal in all circumstances, up to birth. Anything else allows this kind of thing to happen. There was a reply to my post above that was deleted after I posted my response to it. Because of the reply's deletion, my response to it was disconnected from the chain. So I am linking to my response below. @evacide I admit I assumed this would be about Northern Ireland, but now I read the comments too it seems like people aren't aware abortion is essentially illegal in NI which is part of the UK. @aliengasmask @evacide I think that it’s now legal in Northern Ireland up to 12 weeks or longer for specific medical reasons. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/345/made @stevekaye it's confusing , I'm not aware of how things have gone after this BBC timeline stops. Perhaps this law has been implemented now. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-56041849 Throwback to that time the UK government said "Abortion is a settled issue" and refused to make it a legal right.  @evacide all suspected male rapists should have their internet history searched and their bed sheets swabbed for signs of masturbation - it’s only fair…   @evacide it’s time for patriarchal intrusion and control over women’s lives to get booted to the curb. #EnoughIsEnough Matriarchal power must be restored. We are not the property of anyone.  "Last month, the fifth woman this year appeared in an English court charged under Section 58, compared with only three previous prosecutions in the past 160 years." What?! The world is getting more sinister by the day. @evacide There are two period-tracking apps that won't upload your data and keep it on your phone only: Drip: https://bloodyhealth.gitlab.io/ Euki: https://eukiapp.com/  @AimeeMaroux @evacide Periodical might also work for some: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.arnowelzel.android.periodical/      @evacide can see why other more important crimes are running rampant when police are investigating women who miscarriage... What a fucking waste of police resources. Disgusting.   I cannot believe (yes I can) that frikken reply-guys have the nerve to comment in a thread about women and menstruation. Just gtfo of everything 😡  @evacide "We suspect, that you could be a woman. That is punishable by law." No. To soon ."We would like to take some of your time, to show you, that you have no right for privacy, that we can ask you to stop anytime, because, you look like a woman. It makes you seem suspicious. We would like to play with your mind, make you fell suppressed, helpless and bad about what you are." No. To obvious. "Please hold your car. We suspect, that you plan to have an abortion. Could you show us...." @evacide Well this is shocking. When will the law start protecting pregnant people? Also, period tracking apps - get in the bin. @evacide That's sad. I dreamed about visiting again and maybe even moving there, for a long time now. But the place doesn't exactly seem to change for the better. It seems, that I would like to stay away, because I am a woman. @evacide Oh helpless me! I don't know, how to be a woman. If only I would have a man to tell me to just "use the moon" there would be no patriarchy, no sexism anymore.  @evacide@hachyderm.io |
@evacide that’s some absolute fuckery right there.