An Exploding Rocket is a Success, But Trans People Can’t Get Hormones?

The existence of trans people is a danger only to fragile egos

Tucker Lieberman

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illustration of a rocket with a rainbow background
Rocket by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay

Today, April 20, Elon Musk sent up a SpaceX rocket and it exploded in midair.

The CBS newscaster says kindly: “it’s maybe a ‘successful failure,’ is one way to put it.” (1:08–1:14)

SpaceX called it a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.” More “data” analysis is needed, of course, and they’ll try again. “Success comes from what we learn,” they said on Twitter. The goal: “to make life multi-planetary.” The whole team gets a “congratulations!”

Good News About Science That Does Work

Let’s talk about something we’ve all heard of that’s not at all new:

Hormones.

Pills by Anqa from Pixabay

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Tucker Lieberman

Cult classic. Author of the novel "Most Famous Short Film of All Time." Editor for Prism & Pen and Identity Current. tuckerlieberman.com