State department staff on Thursday were ordered to “suspend any application requesting an X sex marker” and to “suspend any application where the applicant is seeking to change their sex marker” from the definition provided in the executive order. The policy affects both current and future passport applications.

So not just X markers. Any and all marker changes. Immediate erasure. I weep for my community.

Thank you for the little history lesson! (not /s)

😬 That’s some serious softwaregore. Whoops!

Thank you for the link! Will definitely check them out. The last 2 days have been so frustrating because I basically depend on gum to distract my AuDHD brain enough to get through difficult social interaction outside of the house. Had to stop myself more than once from finishing off the trident in my purse.

I understand where you’re coming from! OCD tendencies can spawn myriad little habits like that that can be near impossible to kick. Kudos to you for understanding your own limitations

Like another response stated, the big concern to me was the ambiguity that companies are allowed to have behind “gum base” as an ingredient, and this article dove into that more than others I could find on short notice.

I have no buy-in to the source, so please downvote and report to remove it for infactual information! I will leave it here to foster thoughts and discussion around unusual sources of unexpected materials we may unwittingly put into our bodies.

I’ll admit lately I get more than freaked out anytime I hear about potential microplastics getting into my system orally. It would be a relief to know this is a false alarm, though I’ll still personally be looking into alternatives instead of grabbing whatever off the checkout lane next time.

Yep, one more thing added to the pile of never again 🤢

This is awesome!! And I love the extra idea with the potatoes! Thanks for sharing :)

This is amazing, and my childhood salutes you 🫡

Saving to come back and jam later tonight