Orkin Mang posted:

#thereABC(the C stands for Communist) posted:

Queensland Liberals critical of 'behind the scenes' operation by Ian Macfarlane in switching to Nationals

Senior Queensland Liberals have cast doubt on Ian Macfarlane's switch to the National party room, citing the need for endorsement from the party executive.

Mr Macfarlane, a former Abbott minister, is set to swap from the Liberal to the National partyrooms following his demotion from the frontbench in September.

The move has been welcomed by some senior Nationals, but he is yet to gain endorsement from the party's state executive.

Orkin Mang posted:

BlitzkriegOfColour posted:

Oh you mean like the recent findings that there are literally no discernible physical differences between the brains of men and women?

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Estrogen and the female brain

Estradiol influences cognitive function, specifically by enhancing learning and memory in a dose-sensitive manner. Too much estrogen can have negative effects by weakening performance of learned tasks as well as hindering performance of memory tasks; this can result in females exhibiting poorer performance of such tasks when compared to males.

It has been suggested that during development, estrogen can exhibit both feminizing and defeminizing effects on the human brain; high levels of estrogen induce male neural traits to develop while moderate levels induce female traits. In females, defeminizing effects are resisted due to the presence of α-fetoprotein (AFP), a carrier protein proposed to transport estrogen into brain cells, allowing the female brain to properly develop. The role of AFP is significant at crucial stages of development, however. Prenatally, AFP blocks estrogen. Postnatally, AFP decreases to ineffective levels; therefore, it is probable that estrogen exhibits its effects on female brain development postnatally.

Ovariectomies, surgeries inducing menopause, or natural menopause cause fluctuating and decreased estrogen levels in women. This in turn can “ attenuate the effects” of endogenous opioid peptides. Opioid peptides are known to play a role in emotion and motivation. β-endorphin (β-EP), an endogenous opioid peptide, content has been found to decrease (in varying amounts/brain region),post ovariectomy, in female rats within the hypothalamus, hippocampus, and pituitary gland. Such a change in β-EP levels could be the cause of mood swings, behavioral disturbances, and hot flashes in post menopausal women.
Testosterone and the male brain

Testosterone has been found to play a big role during development but may have independent effects on sexually dimorphic brain regions in adulthood. Studies have shown that the medial amygdala of male hamsters exhibits lateralization and sexual dimorphism prior to puberty. Furthermore, organization of this structure during development is influenced by the presence of androgens and testosterone. This is evident when comparing medial amygdala volume of male and female rats, adult male brains have a medial amygdala of greater volume than do adult female brains which is partially due to androgen circulation. It also heavily influences male development; a study found that perinatal females introduced to elevated testosterone levels exhibited male behavior patterns. In the absence of testosterone, female behavior is retained. Testosterone's influence on the brain is caused by organizational developmental effects. It has been shown to influence proaptotic proteins so that they increase neuronal cell death in certain brain regions. Another way testosterone affects brain development is by aiding in the construction of the "limbic hypothalamic neural networks".

Similar to how estrogen enhances memory and learning in women, testosterone has been found to enhance memory recall in men. In a study testing a correlation between memory a recall and testosterone levels in men, "fMRI analysis revealed that higher testosterone levels were related to increased brain activation in the amygdala during encoding of neutral pictures".
Oxytocin and Vasopressin

Oxytocin is positively correlated with maternal behaviours, social recognition ,social contact, sexual behaviour and pair bonding. Oxytocin appears higher in females than it does for males. Vasopressin on the other hand is enhanced in males and mediates sexual behavior and other social functions.

Orkin Mang posted:

I've been waiting for uber to go bankrupt after they discover the killing fields of the moon and prevent anyone ever again dissolving into a puddle of quarks due to late stage atomitis.

Solemn Sloth posted:

also weren't a number of labor ministers in the back of the same law, and when it gets back to the policies which actually gently caress up the phone and calling the first person by preference.

If you are a boss and you can ring one person who sometimes gives sexual favours or another person who sometimes gives sexual favours or another person who almost always says yes or another person who almost always says yes or another person who sometimes says actually you need to provide me with a mask even if you promise it's only a little asbestosy in there, should there be an actual law against picking up the phone and calling the first person by preference.

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Henry Ergas is a big responsibility for a 12 year old.

Zenithe posted:

Nazis apparently.

Ian Winthorpe III posted:

I was referring to the effects of hormones on behaviour, personality and mood.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_sex_differences#Hormones

The Peccadillo posted:

Again, the pay gap does not exist because women have discount hormones

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Henry Ergas is a big responsibility for a 12 year old.

Birb Katter posted:

It's so much easier to get estrogen than it is to get testosterone though. Want girl hormones, just eat tofu. Want to get buff as gently caress, buy some sketchy drugs from a freak at the gym.

Birb Katter posted:

13.5% swing against Libs at North Sydney by-election. Labor didn't even run a candidate.

Solemn Sloth posted:

That probably helped with the swing

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slackbastard shared Majdi Fal's post.
2 hrs ·

"SHOCKING NEWS FROM UWA.

This morning, around 12.20 pm, I was getting ready to do my regular prayers at The University of Western Australia Mosque. As soon as I opened the toilet's door, I found a dead pig's head inside. The toilet is a traditional Turkish toilet used mostly by Muslims for their ablution before performing their prayers.

Needless to say, if this happened at a university, then THINGS ARE ESCALATING. Please report any suspicious incidents or people you see for the well being of our entire community."

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Do not click if you don't want to see a severed pig's head in a toilet.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10153480811204355&id=303648619354

xPanda posted:

It's a two for one deal with testosterone. Taking it ups your estrogen in response, which is why those guys at the gymn have pea sized testicles.

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Do not click if you don't want to see a severed pig's head in a toilet.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10153480811204355&id=303648619354

Nibbles! posted:

FWIW the shrinking is due to them shutting down production of testosterone. Gyno is the result from the estrogen side of things.

QUACKTASTIC posted:

One of the funniest things about dipshit racists is that they think pigs are some kind of magical anti-muslim talisman.
Like those pork fat coated bullets in the U.S, they sincerely believe that even touching a pig will send a Muslim straight to hell.

Chris Uhlmann, on twitter posted:

People tell me some are saying mean things on Twitter. Awwwww. Knock yourselves out I never read them. I understand that upsets narcissists.

xPanda posted:

It's a two for one deal with testosterone. Taking it ups your estrogen in response, which is why those guys at the gymn have pea sized testicles.

BlitzkriegOfColour posted:

Please redact this. We don't need Count Chocula thinking "A ha! I've found their secret weakness!" and then going to the gym to try and kick gym rats in the crotch.

xPanda posted:

Not redacting it for exactly the same reason.

BlitzkriegOfColour posted:

Somebody help me with my medical condition. Are there any doctors who post here? I have Albomania even though I know he's the only non-shitlord politician in the party and one man can't do anything by himself.

I guess what I'm saying here is CHOO CHOO! Albo for dictator supreme.

Orkin Mang posted:

BlitzkriegOfColour posted:

Somebody help me with my medical condition. Are there any doctors who post here? I have Albomania even though I know he's the only non-shitlord politician in the party and one man can't do anything by himself.

I guess what I'm saying here is CHOO CHOO! Albo for dictator supreme.

BlitzkriegOfColour posted:

Somebody help me with my medical condition. Are there any doctors who post here? I have Albomania even though I know he's the only non-shitlord politician in the party and one man can't do anything by himself.

Pickled Tink posted:

...circling your neck with a rope... applying a great deal of force to it, for example by securing it to a light fitting... until you hear and feel the loud crack...

BlitzkriegOfColour posted:

If you were given a choice of going back in time and killing Adolph Hitler or going back in time and killing John Howard, who would you choose and why?

BlitzkriegOfColour posted:

If you were given a choice of going back in time and killing Adolph Hitler or going back in time and killing John Howard, who would you choose and why?

hooman posted:

Without some of the incompetence/bad decision making of Hitler WW2 might have gone totally different for the Germans.

Did you ever consider that time travel exists and Hitler was the least bad outcome they could create?

You monster.