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JUST IN: LPGA announces that golfers must be born female or have transitioned before male puberty to compete, prompting biological male Hailey Davidson to lash out on IG.
Davidson, who was born a man and didn't transition until their early 20s, will now be ruled out.
"Can’t say I didn’t see this coming. Banned from the Epson and the LPGA. All the silence and people wanting to stay 'neutral' thanks for absolutely nothing. This happened because of all your silence," Davidson said on IG.
"What a great birthday present for 2024. Having the greatest achievement I've earned in my life taken from me."
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1864421882260541937
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was facing DOJ probe for insider trading when he was killed in targeted NYC shooting
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was one of several senior executives at the company under investigation by the Department of Justice when he was gunned down outside a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday.
Thompson — who was killed in what police called a targeted shooting outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown — exercised stock options and sold shares worth $15.1 million on Feb. 16, less than two weeks before news of the federal antitrust probe went public, according to a Crain’s New York Business report from April.
The stock price dropped sharply after the revelation that the DOJ was investigating whether the company had made acquisitions that consolidated its market position in violation of anttrust laws, a source familiar with the probe told the outlet.
Thompson’s stock options reportedly had several years until expiration, and the sale of shares was his first since assuming the helm of parent company UnitedHealth’s insurance division in 2021.
Thompson, 50, along with UnitedHealth Group chairman Stephen Helmsley, Chief People Officer Erin McSweeney and Chief Accounting Officer Tom Roos, sold a combined $101.5 million in shares, with Helmsley personally netting just shy of $85 million, according to the report.
Charles Elson, founding director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, told Crain’s that share sales by firm principals are typically scrutinized by a company’s general counsel, who can determine whether any additional disclosures to the market may be required before the trades are executed.
Earlier this year, UnitedHealth was hit by one of the largest healthcare data breaches in US history, the company estimating as many as one-third of Americans’ private data — potentially including Social Security numbers — were compromised in the ransomware attack.
The massive firm — with annual revenue of around $372 billion — later said it estimated its financial cost as a result of the hack to be around $705 million, Reuters reported.
https://archive.is/i9auK#selection-1125.3-1125.123
Roman Era Barbarians Carried Tiny Spoons That May Have Helped in Battle
Tiny spoon-shaped implements carried by Roman era Germanic warriors may be evidence they used stimulants on the field of war.
According to a new analysis of the mysterious artifacts and their context, archaeologists and biologists believe that the suspiciously round-ended fittings could have been used to dispense drugs that gave the warriors an edge when they faced their opponents thousands of years ago.
What those drugs actually were is unknown; we'd have to find some evidence of them, such as residues, and that can be challenging after thousands of years have elapsed. But the concept isn't without precedent; and, if it can be validated, the team's hypothesis could reveal evidence of drug use among cultures outside of the Roman Empire.
This would be a big deal: although the use of drugs like opium is well documented in Greece and Rome, the use of narcotics and stimulants in ancient times outside of this region remains a mystery. Historians have previously assumed that the only drug that really saw use by the barbarians was alcohol, at least until much later in history.
Biologists Anna Jarosz-Wilkołazka and Anna Rysiak, and archaeologist Andrzej Jan Kokowski of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Poland, thought mysterious spoon-like implements might have been evidence to the contrary.
These strange objects keep turning up in the Roman-era burial sites in what are now Scandinavia, Germany, and Poland. Their handles measure 4 to 7 centimeters (1.6 to 2.8 inches) in length, with a bowl or flat disk on one end measuring 1 to 2 centimeters in diameter. They were often attached to the belts of men, but played no role in how the belt functioned.
The team made a careful study of these spoon-like objects, measuring them, studying how they were included in the grave goods, and the context in which they were buried. They cataloged 241 spoons from 116 localities, and made some interesting observations.
One of the most telling was that the spoons were often included among the accoutrements of war. They were found at war sacrificial sites, directly linking them to warriors; or accompanied by elements of weaponry.
"This," the researchers write in their paper, "allows the thesis to be put forward that this utensil was a common part of a warrior's armor, and from here it is close to concluding that pharmacological stimulation of warriors in the face of stress and exertion was the order of the day."
It's certainly not unheard of. For just a handful of examples, during World War I, cocaine was used liberally. During World War II, both Allied and Axis forces made heavy use of stimulants such as amphetamine and methamphetamine. Between 1966 and 1969, US troops were issued 225 million stimulant pills, including the amphetamine Dexedrine. There are even reports of amphetamine use by Russian soldiers in the ongoing war on Ukraine.
With their thesis established, the researchers then investigated the materials available to the Germanic barbarians which may potentially have been used as stimulants. There were quite a few, including funguses, opium poppy, hops, hemp, henbane, and nightshades such as belladonna and datura.
It's unclear which of these plants, if any, were used by the tribes. But humans have a long history of altering their experience of the world around them with drugs, dating back millennia. It seems unlikely that the Germanic barbarians of the Roman era would have used no drugs whatsoever.
If the team's findings can be confirmed, they will tell us more about how our ancestors lived their lives.
"It seems that the awareness of the effects of various types of natural preparations on the human body entailed knowledge of their occurrence, methods of application," the researchers write, "and the desire to consciously use this wealth for medicinal and ritual purposes."
https://www.sciencealert.com/roman-era-barbarians-carried-tiny-spoons-that-may-have-helped-in-battle
Biological male wins female model of the year
American model Alex Consani was named Model of the Year at the British Fashion Council’s Fashion Awards on Monday night, becoming the first openly transgender person to win the esteemed accolade.
Accepting the honor at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the 21-year-old used the opportunity to address the who’s who of the fashion industry about the groundbreaking nature of her win.
“I’m the first trans woman to win this award!” she exclaimed to the audience. “But I can’t accept this award without thanking those who came before me, specifically the Black trans women who really fought for the space I’m in today.” Consani said Dominique Jackson, Connie Fleming and Aaron Rose Philip were among those “who fought for the space that allowed me to flourish.”
Consani then thanked her parents before concluding: “Change is more than possible; it’s needed.”
She joined a long list of some of the modeling world’s biggest names to earn the annual award, including Kate Moss, Bella Hadid and Cara Delevingne.
Consani is no stranger to making history.
She is thought to be the youngest openly trans model to sign with a major modeling agency, having signed with IMG Models in 2019 at just 15 years old. And in October, she became one of the first openly trans models to walk in the iconic Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, along with Brazilian model Valentina Sampaio.
Consani, who is originally from Northern California, first rose to prominence for her witty videos on TikTok during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. She’s since amassed more than 3.9 million followers on the app and 1.5 million followers on Instagram.
Throughout her short but formidable career, Consani has walked in shows for some of the biggest luxury brands in the world, including Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Burberry and Jacquemus. In May, she appeared in the music video for pop sensation Charli XCX’s song “360,” off of her hit “Brat” album.
On Monday, she was wearing a strapless off-white mini dress interwoven with a distressed British flag that hung over her left shoulder and trailed behind her. The garment was made by the buzzy Turkish-British designer Dilara Findikoglu.
The other winners at this year’s Fashion Awards included Jonathan Anderson, the creative director for LVMH fashion house Loewe, for the Designer of the Year award and Tom Ford for the Outstanding Achievement Award.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/alex-consani-becomes-first-transgender-model-year-uk-fashion-awards-rcna182635