Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court::IVF often produces more embryos than are needed or used.

  • @elbucho
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    1811 months ago

    I recently read Neil Stephenson’s book called “Fall”, in which a significant chunk of the novel is set about 30 years in the future. At that point in time, large swathes of America are referred to as “Ameristan”, because they are break-away territories ruled by evangelical warlords. It feels surprisingly prescient.

    • @TellusChaosovich
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      1211 months ago

      We here in bama have been preferring the term Talibama.

    • @thesporkeffect
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      711 months ago

      Neil Stephenson is a high effort author to read but the payoff more than makes up for it. I have yet to convince anyone else to read Snow Crash 😔

      • @Darthjaffacake
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        211 months ago

        Even my dad couldn’t convince me to read snowcrash😅 but maybe I’ll find it as an ebook

        • @thesporkeffect
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          211 months ago

          It took me like 4 attempts and 100 pages before I was able to get into it but it dramatically changed my understanding of reality

    • @[email protected]
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      211 months ago

      I think about the Ameristan stuff and people being “facebooked” all the time since reading that book. In the time since I read it I feel like we just keep getting closer and closer to that reality.

    • @roofuskit
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      11 months ago

      More like the author read the writing on the wall for the past 50 years.