I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...

Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds

A new systematic review has found that trans women on HRT have the same level of fitness as cis women and don't retain any advantage in sports. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

We need elected leaders who talk and take actions with these views. They must be united against the oligarchs and work to tear them down.

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There just isn't a mass audience for "conservative but anti-Trump". All the people who want to hear "trans people bad, wealthy tax breaks good" have been told your outlet is trash for literally decades and can get that same agitprop unfiltered from a thousand other sources

dril was suspended over this post. Moderation on this site is broken.

Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.

ASPS members regularly do over 8,000 breast reductions annually between cis girls (5325) and cis boys (2942) far more than done for trans youth. These can carry substantial risks of loss of function, sensitivity, and standard surgical risks. Yet, ASPS isn't advising against those.

This freak grifter is the worst

The nazis raided and burned the first gender clinic. The Reagan revolution closed down most of the gender clinics in the US and left coverage uninsurable for decades. We've been here before. We'll get through just as we always have. With strength and resilience in community. They can't eradicate us.

Such an incredible write up on Bad Bunny. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... archive.ph/hPMoE

He means trans people when he says "gender ideology." He's casting trans people existing as an inherent threat to free speech. What he really means is, he wants to bully and harass a minority group without pushback or social ostracization, which he views as impinging on his right to monologue.

"I want everyone to understand that gender ideology and free speech cannot coexist"

Graham Linehan is testifying in the Judiciary Committee on "free speech."Naturally, he argues that in order to have "free speech," society must get rid of trans people.

Nobody: Graham Linehan testifying before congress:

Wanted to redo these little Yutyrannus designs for fun

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It's time for Americans to stop referring to Trump and his cabinet full of lawless thugs as an "administration" and identify them as what they truly are: A REGIME. Only then can the others remove their blinders. It is time to create a pre-midterm election action plan. Time is running out

Marimar Martinez is displaying an enormous amount of courage. An ICE agent shot her five times. Called her a “b*tch” and bragged “5 shots 7 holes”. They tried to kill her. Rather than cowering, she’s using her voice to warn others. Thank you Ms Martinez.

you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

This thing is going to write to RFK Jr. "You're not crazy — vaccines really do cause autism!" and he's going to go 😮 😱 😳 and scream "I KNEW IT!" www.wired.com/story/hhs-is...

"Irish Comedian Graham Linehan urged Congress to use “every diplomatic lever” available to force the United Kingdom to enforce a court ruling on the legal definition of a woman" my god. This is both pathetic and terrifying. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/4...

Graham Linehan appeared in US congress today, urging America's fascist government to push Britain's transphobic government even FURTHER into trans eliminationism. bsky.app/profile/moxi...

Not enough. Every single ICE and CBP agent should be out of Minnesota. The terror campaign must stop. ICE must be abolished.

And RFK will do nothing to stop this. Because it will require him admitting he was wrong. He would rather these kids die than do that.

Court rules trans-inclusive policy does not violate Christian teacher's rights www.thepinknews.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time share.google/CAuX4TMhCUB1...

Cis women my size (meaning broadness of frame, not height-- I'm "just" 6' tall, and I run into cis women my height semi-regularly) are more or less unheard of. A cis woman my HEIGHT, though, would be more efficient as an athlete due to almost certainly having a lighter frame.

When I first went on hormones, I soon noticed a large reduction in strength. I adapted in time; I'm not "weak" by any standard, but I'm definitely weaker than I was, and also don't have the musclepower that would generally accompany a frame of my size. A cis dude my size would be WAY stronger.

In my experience as a trans woman, the initial advantage of having a large frame (which NOT ALL TRANS WOMEN DO-- but I do happen to have one) is cancelled out by the disadvantage of estrogen reducing strength and muscle mass. My body is a big truck running on a car engine. bsky.app/profile/mimm...

"...grind the paper down, yank it right, & rip out its spine" is pretty much exactly what the Block family just did to a 240 y.o. institution & crucial local resource - the first newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains.

If you're thinking about Washington Post, "well, to hell with them, they did it to themselves," then count yourself on the side of management. Because, no, labor didn't do this to themselves, didn't grind the paper down, yank it right, & rip out its spine. That's capital. Now we'll all suffer.

Rewatching adventure time is like

Panthom dragon? Ender phantom? I haven't decided on a name for this thing yet, but it's a sudden idea for a kind of late-game mount that could be related to phantoms, the dragon egg and maybe the elytra, although beyond the design, I haven't developed the idea much 🤔 #minecraft

Senator Wyden from Oregon expresses “deep concerns about CIA activities”:

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This fucking photo pisses me off so much WHY ONLY THE WHITE PEOPLE WHY EXPLAIN IT TO ME Fuck this person

This should piss you off. If you see other white people pulling this shit, you need to say something. Don't wait for your Black or brown or Asian friends to say something. Use your loud ass white voice and ask why the fuck they took the time to make a sign but not to look up any other names.

one specific thing democrats should be demanding right now is an end to this entirely

That mask is also popular with neo-Nazi accelerationist groups, which I think is really important to mention. Just like it's important to mention that ICE agents in Denver have been dropping Ace of Spades cards where they've kidnapped people. The white nationalist culture at work is clear.

Oh the French

From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.

Why does the "country need ICE?" I swear some of these consultant-brain people start churning out nonsense "solutions" to fill the void before people have even had the opportunity to think about what they want.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.