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@pauldirks
Jul 6, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Thread on how #Twitter is stalking you and knows way too much.

Today I got an advertisement follow suggestion for Leone- a high-end fashion store in downtown Vancouver. I never search online for high-end fashion. Once in a blue moon I'll look online at some men's clothes... 1/4 Image
But nothing in this range. The scary part? One of my children and I went downtown Vancouver last Monday in the car. I live 30-40 minutes away from downtown and go down there infrequently. When I do travel there it is almost always on public transit... 2/4
But in this case I needed to pick something up that was heavy. We parked a block and half away from our pick up location... beside Leone. I remember because ironically I used to be very interested in fashion. I thought about going in their with my child just for fun except... 3/4
with COVID it is by appointment only. So Twitter algos know where I've driven (I used Google maps part of the way) and can target me based, at the very least, on proximity to their store. 4/4

Very scary stuff #Twitter.

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Mar 10, 2023
In fact, there are several details that would point, if not to absolving her, at least of putting the lion's share of culpability upon David. 1) He is friend of one of his closest men and grand-daughter of another. Hence very young. (2 Sam 11:3, see )theopolisinstitute.com/bathsheba-the-…
2) She had been purifying herself, and like her husband cares about ritual purity-- more than David!! (2 Sam 11:4, 11)
3) David "takes her" - this could be a neutral term, but it could also be translated "seize" as in the rape of Dinah (Gen 34:2)
4) She mourns for her husband the way David mourned for Saul & Jonathan, and Abner--both righteous acts and the immediate preceding uses of the verb (2 Sam 1:12, 3:31)
5) She is likened to a "ewe lamb" which suggests vulnerability and purity
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Oct 14, 2020
Given that we are publicly discussing sexual orientation/preference, here is a primer from the peer-reviewed literature. Hint: if you think sexual orientation is immutable you're about 15 years behind. #BillC6 #ACB #SexualPreference Thread. 1/
2/ Orientation is difficult to define: attractions, behavior, personal identity, all possibilities. While often overlapping, not always the case. Furthermore, risks (eg. physical or mental health) are often associated differently for these categories. See researchgate.net/publication/66…
3/ Stewart 2019 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Teens over only three years in longitud. study. “26% of girls and 11% of boys reported fluidity in identity and 31% of girls and 10% of boys reported fluidity in attractions."
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Sep 26, 2020
Thanks to all the new followers. I've been fighting for women's sex-based rights for 4 years now against the gender identity/trans agenda. Highlights, some of which may be useful to you.
1/ Ran posters in Vancouver that were vs. Bill C-16
globalnews.ca/news/3231872/a…
Called a nazi
2/ Spoke to Senate vs Bill C-16 on grounds of women's protection and right of consent. On the same panel as the indomitable Meghan Murphy and the amazing Hilla Kerner. Not a feminist myself, but thankful to be on the same page as these women.
3/ Published independent research on the effects of Target's gender-identity policy on offenses against women as reported in the media. While it has flaws, it remains some of the best data we have on the issue.
womanmeanssomething.com/targetstudy/
Data out of the UK since generally confirms
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Jul 10, 2020
I've been waiting a long time for a leader like Derek Sloan who will protect women's sex-based right to privacy, consent, protections, and sports, and LEAD with these crucial issues for the benefit of Canadian women and children. Courage is in short supply these days.
Derek Sloan doesn't just talk either. He is committed to an inquiry into Bill C16 and whether or not a gender-based analysis was done petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/De…
He is also sponsoring an inquiry into the enormous numbers of medically transitioning children in the foster system in BC
petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/De…
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Jun 6, 2020
This column on defunding police is intellectual pap. Maybe there are arguments out there for it, but this is something a 14 year old justice warrior would write. Short thread.

nationalpost.com/news/calum-mar…
Argues that experts in mental health or social work can deal with situations often dealt with by police. And what if they are not initially successful and there's escalation and violence? You are putting people in harm's way, in many cases women. Image
There seems to be an underlying optimism here that people are basically good and just need a little help now and then. Where is the evidence that people are basically good? Can someone point me to a society without police where the poor are not regularly and severely oppressed?
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Mar 12, 2020
How can we trust lawmakers to get *anything* right and avoid child harm on #BillC8 when they are so incredibly wrong about basic facts of sexual orientation and gender identity. Thread follows on what the literature says about immutability, an expressed part of the bill. Image
The Bill clearly states that it is a myth that sexual orientation or gender identity can change. This statement is at least 13 years behind the medical literature, if not more. It is virtually academic consensus that orientation/attraction/behavior/identity can change. Image
I think the harms of this Bill will be grievous, although much more so in regard to gender identity than sexual orientation. Nevertheless, the following literature review will focus on orientation and attraction changes among sexual minorities.
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