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Scozmos

zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto/1149
What IS the problem with #endometriosis and #adenomyosis? Women all over this country, all over the world, in screaming agony being ignored, told it's all in their heads!!! 🤬 Our daughter has spent over THREE YEARS battling with GPs and hospital bureaucracy in S. Wales, meanwhile in agony, bleeding heavily way too often when one operation could change her and all their lives drastically!!!! #NHS #redtape #BritishBureaucracy

zeroes.caBroadwaybabyto (@broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca)At 19 I was told my health came second to my future husband. At 22 I was told I would feel differently once I was “in love” At 24 my boyfriend was asked if he would still love me if I couldn’t bear children. My autonomy was violated for 5 years for a hypothetical baby I had severe endometriosis and adenomyosis. My periods hell. They were irregular, heavy and painful. I would lay on the bathroom floor in unrelenting pain, throwing up and too weak to move. As the years dragged on I became more disabled from the pain and anemia. Surgeries to control the blood loss failed. Medications to put me into chemical menopause failed. Birth control pills failed. I needed a hysterectomy. I had never wanted children. I wasn’t even sure I wanted marriage. I was also far too disabled to get pregnant or raise a child. So I asked for the surgery. I asked my doctors to remove the diseased organ destroying my quality of life. I was firmly told “No” because I might meet a man who wants kids. That even though I was too sick to survive pregnancy and likely infertile, I couldn’t make the choice to remove my womb in case I changed my mind when I met my dream man. I told the doctors I didn’t want kids, it didn’t matter. I pointed out I was too sick to care for myself, let alone a child, and it didn’t matter. I said that my “dream man” would love me even if I couldn’t have kids, and the doctors laughed. I had no bodily autonomy. Medical misogyny was ruining my life. I spent the next few years getting second and third opinions. Fighting like hell to get the surgery I knew I needed to have any shot at a “normal” life. When I began dating someone, I brought him to my appointments hoping he could convince them to operate. They asked him if he would love me if I couldn’t give him biological children. He didn’t want kids either, but they said the same thing to him they kept saying to me: “You might change your mind” Why is the medical system so obsessed with us having babies? Misogyny and patriarchy. We could have changed our minds. We could have also broken up. What “could” happen in the distant future should never be given more weight than what was happening in the present. I was slowly dying. Bleeding to death and confined to bed. Relying on blood and iron transfusions to survive. I tell this story every few months because I think it’s incredibly important we talk about our lack of autonomy. The post Roe landscape is putting our lives in danger, and my story can hopefully help people understand why. If I wasn’t able to make the choice I needed for my body when there was no fetus involved, imagine how hard it must be for pregnant people who need to access abortion? Forced birth advocates love to trumpet the “exemption for the life of the mother” rule to justify abortion bans But if doctors weren’t willing to remove my uterus when it was literally killing me, why are we trusting they will terminate a pregnancy when the mother’s life is at risk? A hypothetical baby came before my life… imagine what would happen if there was a real fetus involved? We know what happens. Women die. They bleed out in parking lots. They become septic, lose their fertility or spend months fighting for their lives in the ICU. Their care is delayed because the fetus comes first. And delayed care comes at a cost. I finally got my hysterectomy, but only because I was bleeding out in the ER and transfusions couldn’t keep up. By the time they finally gave me the surgery I spent years asking for, my survival odds were only 50/50. Had they done it when I asked, it would have been 99% It’s the same thing for those experiencing miscarriage or abortion complications. If they could get timely healthcare, their odds of survival would be excellent. When we tell doctors they can’t intervene until the life of the mother is “clearly” in jeopardy? That’s when we start dying. We deserve better. We need full autonomy over our reproductive systems, and that includes access to sterilization and abortion. It’s time. More on what my hysterectomy taught me about medical misogyny: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/what-my-hysterectomy-taught-me-about #uspol #fascism #hysterectomy #abortion #AbortionRights #reproductiverights #misogyny #patriarchy
Bruce MacDonald

Design your own house? Be an architect.

“It only worked because Lindsay knew how to do it,” says Daniel, who is a musician and, by his admission, had never used a nail gun before tackling their 1,800-square-foot home project.
latimes.com/lifestyle/story/20

Los Angeles Times · Couple designs and builds home on vacant Los Angeles hillsideBy Lisa Boone
#housing#architecture#RedTape
Mark Hughes

A single mistake by an individual, entirely due to a lack of #RedTape was revealed yesterday to be costing UK government £800m - the Afghanistan data leak. (No employee should ever be able to email sensitive data).

Later that day, #RachaelReeves began cutting red tape that was introduced after the even more costly financial crash which is still impacting us. Which happened due to earlier cuts to red tape.

**To encourage more risk taking**

#UKLabour are f*king idiots

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A.Stringer

"The #government seems genuinely to care about the #state working well. And, it still has the time – and the parliamentary majority – to make real changes to help it do so. If there was ever a moment for a positive vision for #regulatoryreform that goes beyond a bonfire of the quangos or a chainsaw to #redtape, it is now. "

#Regulatoryreform: systemic thinking, not tinkering | Institute for Government
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/

#UKpol
#LabourGov
#IndustrialStrategy
#CivilService
#UKTreasury

Institute for GovernmentRegulatory reform: systemic thinking, not tinkering | Institute for GovernmentThe government’s aspirations to streamline regulation cannot be achieved piecemeal.
MediaFaro Analysis

The UK-EU deal unpacked: All the Brexit red tape in line for a chop.

On Monday negotiators unveiled a sweeping agreement on defence and fishing, as well as a pledge to work towards deals in defence, energy, agrifood rules, climate, migration and policing, after years of Brexit bad blood.

The agreement could pave the way for smoother trade and travel between the UK and EU, freeing whole sectors from reams of red tape.

mediafaro.org/article/20250519

Politico.eu · The UK-EU deal unpacked: All the Brexit red tape in line for a chop.By Sophie Inge, Jon Stone, Charlie Cooper
#UK#EU#Brexit
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What does the AFR say about University administration?

“Are Australian university #bosses worth the big bucks? Australian vice chancellors earn far more than their #peers in the #UK, #US, #Canada and #NewZealand. Is this justifiable?”

“Australian #universities, it seems to me, are subject to two different forces: #managerialism and a heightened #regulatory state. By having so much #RedTape attached to universities by #government, we end up needing a lot of processes and the VCs are there to make sure their universities are fulfilling all those sets of #regulations,” Forsyth says.

She agrees with Robinson that university governance is at the core of the explosion in executive salaries. Whereas Robinson points to a lack of #experience and #expertise on university boards, Forsyth blames the loading of #CorporateTypes on university #councils and in #Chancellor positions, which she says fundamentally changes the focus from academia to money-making #enterprises.

“I think this has enabled councils to leave the managers in charge and act in solidarity with them,” she says. “Councils are stacked with people who are going to be on the vice chancellor’s side from an ideological perspective.”
Forsyth, author of “A History of the Modern Australian University”, was made redundant last year from #AustralianCatholicUniversity after it shut down a raft of courses in the humanities, including #ResearchInstitutes in #philosophy and #history.

She notes that for decades, #ViceChancellors have been whinging about the lack of #GovernmentFunding, but achieved very little in return. At the same time, they have overseen mass #casualisation of staff – #HigherEducation has the largest proportion of causal and contract staff of any sector in the economy – while ignoring widespread #WageTheft – now estimated to be as high as $160 million affecting 100,000 employees in almost all universities”

<archive.md/uJS5u> / <afr.com/work-and-careers/educa> (paywall)

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DoomsdaysCW

State by State Pending and Recently Passed #AntiProtestLaws: #Iowa

SF 342: Heightened penalties for protesters convicted of "riot," "unlawful assembly," or blocking traffic, and immunity for #drivers who injure them

Introduces felony penalties for the offense of "riot," previously an aggravated misdemeanor, such that the offense is punishable by up to 5 years in prison and $7,500. Preexisting law defines "riot" as a group of three or more people assembled "in a violent manner," at least one of whom uses any unlawful force or violence against another person or causes property damage. The law also converts "unlawful assembly" from a simple to an aggravated misdemeanor. Preexisting law defines "unlawful assembly" as a group of three or more people, any of whom are acting "in a violent manner," and who intend that any of them will commit an offense. Under the law, it is a serious (rather than simple) misdemeanor, punishable by one year in jail and a $1,875 fine, to "obstruct" a sidewalk, street, or "other public way" with the intent to hinder its use by others. If an individual obstructs a sidewalk or street while "present during an unlawful assembly," it is an aggravated misdemeanor, punishable by 2 years in jail and a $6,250 fine. If an individual obstructs a sidewalk or street while "present during a riot," it is a Class D felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a $7,500 fine. Under the law, a driver who injures someone who is participating in a "protest, demonstration, riot, or unlawful assembly," engaging in "disorderly conduct," and blocking traffic, is immune from civil liability as long as the driver was exercising "due care" and the protester did not have a permit to be in the street. The law would also allow law enforcement who experience a physical or other injury while on duty to pursue civil damages from a person, group, or organization. Finally, the law creates a new felony offense for "defacing" public property, "including a monument or statue." The offense, a Class D felony, is punishable by up to 5 years in prison, a $7,500, and mandatory restitution for any property damage. This law was introduced and passed by the Senate as SF 534, but passed by the House as an amendment to SF 342.

Full text of bill:
legis.iowa.gov/legislation/Bil

Status: enacted

Introduced 1 Mar 2021; Approved by Senate 10 March 2021, Approved by House 14 April 2021, Signed by Governor 16 June 2021

Issue(s): Civil Liability, Protest Supporters or Funders, Driver Immunity, Riot, Traffic Interference

HF 952: Requiring state permission for protests in the capitol and on capitol grounds

Would require organizers to have a government sponsor in order to hold protests in or near the Iowa capitol. Under the bill, organizers cannot hold “events” in capitol buildings or on capitol grounds unless they have a “recommendation” either from a statewide elected official or by both a member of Iowa’s state senate and its house of representatives. The bill would also prohibit the same person from holding more than six “events” per year in or around the capitol. Neither the bill nor the relevant provisions of Iowa law define “events,” such that they could seemingly include public protests and demonstrations. As such, the bill would effectively give elected officials authority to allow or disallow protests near the capitol.

Full text of bill:
legis.iowa.gov/legislation/Bil
Status: pending

Introduced 12 Mar 2025.

HF 25: Heightened penalties for #MaskedProtesters

Would increase the penalty for any offense if committed by someone wearing a mask or other device that concealed their identity for the purpose of facilitating the offense. The bill provides #exemptions for masks worn in a number of contexts, including holiday costumes, medical masks, and “#hood[s]” or other “disguise[s]” worn by members of “a society, order, or organization while engaged in any parade, ritual” or “ceremony.” As such, for instance, members of the #KluKluxKlan would seemingly be exempt from enhanced penalties for illegally blocking traffic while parading in the street wearing hoods. The bill does not exempt masks worn during public protests, nor does it limit the enhanced penalties to violent crimes. Accordingly, a peaceful protester who committed a nonviolent offense while wearing a mask could face steeper penalties. A masked demonstrator engaged in a vigil who failed to disperse after being ordered to do so by police, for instance, could face up to a year in jail, rather than 30 days.

Full text of bill:
legis.iowa.gov/legislation/Bil

Status: pending

Introduced 14 Jan 2025.

Issue(s): #FaceCovering

#FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws #TrafficInterference #MaskBans #HoodsAreOK #HeatherHeyer #UniteTheRight #DrivingDownProtestors #LimitingProtests #RedTape

www.legis.iowa.govIowa Legislature - BillBookInformation pertaining to the Iowa Legislature as well as the Executive and Judicial branch in as much as they relate to the legislative branch
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Wulfy

@MAKS23

As an ex bureaucrat, in the health/tech area but a bureaucrat nevertheless...

Most folks are ignorant of the reason for #bureaucracy

Part of it is the neo-liberals nonsense whining about #redtape and making things #efficient

Part of it, unless you have tasted the sausage AND seen the sausage making machine from the inside, you do not appreciate the need for the sausage making machine.

So here is my off the top of my head list of why bureaucracy is NECESSARY.

1. The primary function of bureaucracy is to keep records. Bureaucracy started back in Sumer, when the number of agricultural products and names against them exceeded this one person can keep in their heads. They used clay tablets.
But it still holds true if you use a database.

2. You need a cadre of personnel who KNOW how to use the clay tablets.
Sure they can't sheer a sheep or dig an irrigation channel or carry a spear.
Those folks are really handy to have around and you can recruit some of your supervisors from that pool because they have the right mindset.

3. The least appreciated part of the reason for Bureaucracy is...to act as a handbrake. You do NOT want the arsehole at the top, who has no idea how to make shit happen have his every whim executed instantly. The bigger the change, the longer it should take.
Or shit will break.

As to the expedition of the drones, you need the form AH-2245/d.

If there is not one, you need to create one. That's how things work.
If there is no form like that, some arsehole who does not appreciate how bureaucracy works tried to balls-to-the-wall that process.

We have a system and it works.

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