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The popes are so woke these days…

"The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring the reporting of child abuse confessions to authorities will be excommunicated."

newsweek.com/catholic-church-e

Catholic
Newsweek · Catholic Church To Excommunicate Priests for Following New US State LawBy James Bickerton

@romancelandia @bookstodon #Romancelandia

#CallToActio: do not preorder or review Summer Skate by Sean Avery and Leslie Cohen.

Via Fangirl Jeannie: "This is the book co-authored by a hockey player who accused of abusing his ex-wife and child. He was suspended by the NHL commissioner and kicked off his team for speaking so disgustingly about women."

CW: child abuse and intimate partner violence

#ChildAbuse #IntimatePartnerViolence #SeanAvery #SummerSkate

etonline.com/oppenheimer-actor

Born into chaos and crime, Peter Norris grew up on the run with his bank-robber dad
By Fiona Purcell

Peter Norris's father was a violent bank robber who lived life on the run, dragging his boy across the country with him, until Peter refused to go with him one last time. It was the hardest decision he ever had to make.

abc.net.au/news/2025-05-04/con

ABC News · Peter Norris grew up on the run with his bank-robber dad. He refuses to be defined by his pastBy Fiona Purcell

No van a faltar los que entiendan el mensaje equivocado: “¿no le gusta abrazar a sus hijos?, deles marihuana”, o también, “¿sus niños están traumados por los cinturonazos?, vuélvalos marihuanos y se les quita el trauma”

#CBD #THC #Endocannabinoide #Trauma #PTSD #ChildAbuse #Autism

nature.com/articles/s41386-025

NatureEndocannabinoid contributions to the perception of socially relevant, affective touch in humans - NeuropsychopharmacologySocial relationships are central to well-being. A subgroup of afferent nerve fibers, C-tactile (CT) afferents, are primed to respond to affective, socially relevant touch and may mitigate the effects of stress. The endocannabinoid ligand anandamide (AEA) modulates both social reward and stress. We thus hypothesized that AEA levels would be associated with the perceived pleasantness of affective touch in humans. Across two studies, we explored perceptions of affective, socially relevant touch and general affective stimuli. In study 1, adult participants (N = 101) were recruited based on presence (CM+) or absence (CM−) of documented childhood maltreatment (N = 52 CM+; N = 49 CM−). In study 2, healthy individuals were randomized to receive an inhibitor of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH; PF-04457845) to increase AEA levels (n = 16) or placebo (n = 29). Outcomes included self-report ratings of touch pleasantness and intensity, valence and arousal ratings of affective images, and plasma levels of endocannabinoids AEA and 2-AG, cortisol, and oxytocin. In study 1, higher AEA levels were associated with a reduced preference for affective, CT-optimal touch. In study 2, pharmacological elevation of AEA resulted in reduced preference for affective touch. These effects were specific to social processing, as AEA levels were not related to ratings of affective images. In contrast to our hypothesis, elevated AEA was associated with reduced pleasantness ratings of CT-optimal, affective touch. This provides novel, in-human data linking AEA to social processing, adding nuance to the rationale for its use as a potential novel therapeutic target in disordered in social processing.

I come back for a few days only to find out the wanker is deporting a child cancer patient and their siblings.

Just what the absolute fuck.

Gotta get out of here again so I stay sane and keep my job. Don't judge me or those like me, I also donate, volunteer, vote, and protest when I can. I can just only take so much.

“Referring to the Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans, the institution that employed and protected Hecker for decades and kept doing so even after the cleric admitted he had preyed sexually on minors throughout his career, Duhon added: “I hope they get some type of criminal charge.””
#CatholicChurch #ChildAbuse #Accountability #NewOrleans
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · Survivor of notorious New Orleans child sex abuser priest speaks out for first timeBy Ramon Antonio Vargas