Great piece that matches my view substantively. Articulated from my more pro-rational choice perspective: MVT is a theory with assumptions. The problem isn’t MVT but that people don’t know the assumptions, how uncertain they are, or their implications. It’s like Econ 101 supply and demand.

The purpose of the gender critical movement is to exclude trans people from public life and everything they say should be understood as trying to facilitate that

Yet again, the only rationale that makes sense here is that the anti-trans movement see malevolent intent in everything trans people do. There is a word for that.

This is not clear and I'm tired of pretending it is!

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Don't think it can be understated how much right-wing grievance politics is wrung out of having to exist around other people, especially in cities

Notable that the quote here is a view held by a substantial and growing chunk of free-marketeer energy advocates who've fully let go of any consideration of climate or urgency

Goodwin's pish is getting the most attention, as it should, but would just like to note Peterson's claim about women being supporters of "politically correct authoritarianism" in light of the Nick Fuentes stuff about women *as women* being the political enemy of the Right.

The game you are about to play is a product of its time. It may depict the PS3, which was commonplace in society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today.

this does feel like a devaluing of the possibility that "gossip" might constitute harassment at work, depending on the situation.

This is really what I want people to appreciate. I get that it feels good to be like "well that person's a pedophile too!" But in many cases they weren't. They were just people who didn't think it was a big deal. That's terrible in its own particular way.

7/ Here’s the concerning part: the court’s reasoning appears to be that if excluding a cis man from a trans-inclusive Ladies is lawful, then providing a separate toilet for trans employees who have long transitioned, as in the class of individual claimants, is also lawful.

6/ Simply put, the court held that there is no law on trans-inclusive gendered toilets. Nothing prevents such provision, and nothing compels it. The EHRC’s guidance can be read as consistent with this view, making it lawful.

5/ Good Law Project published a short FAQ: “High Court decides services may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities – but the fight for trans rights continues” goodlawproject.org/update/high-...

If you held up a sign saying, "I support Palestine Action" in London then there wasna chance a squad from the PSNI might arrest you. If you flew a banner glorifying the UDA in Belfast they wouldn't, even though that's a proscribed organisation too. That is clearly absurd.

does very much sound like a vibes-based approach to policy, really, though Spiers points out the probable motivation for it.

Having a really bad understanding of safeguarding, and walking backwards into a "separate spheres" ideology whilst still claiming to be liberal

Measured productivity growth is quite stable over the long run, despite some ups and downs. If AI delivered, say, a sustained 2 point increase in productivity growth, it would be the most economically significant innovation of the postwar era. I think this would be a reasonable maximum-impact case.

At a macro level, the claim both then and about AI today is that 1) productivity growth will accelerate sharply and 2) this will lead to fewer jobs rather than greater output. Both these things are possible, but one has to actually make the argument for them, and consider historical precedents.

1994 and 1995. Just saying.

We need to make reading Dicey a mandatory qualification for MPs.

Hannah Spencer, the Green: I find it funny Matt claims to care so much about women's rights when he wants to tax them more for not having kids

Do please respond to this consultation and push back on the government's sickening proposals to fuck up the security of our colleagues, neighbours carers and friends. Closes tonight. www.gov.uk/government/c...

31 years ago today, Homer Simpson, dressed as Krusty the Clown, traumatized a group of children when he pummeled the Krustyburglar at a franchise event. “Homie the Clown” first aired on Fox on February 12, 1995.

Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them! The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.

now hearing from sex matters that ketchup is a vegetable because the chromosomes in tomatoes are intended to produce an acceptable pasta sauce

UK folks: if we care about what is happening in the US with ICE, we must take steps to push back against anti-immigrant and refugee policy by our own government. Fill out this consultation. It really doesn't take long. Amnesty have put together a super clear and helpful guide to follow.

Yep; I think people are underestimating the extent to which AI might improve the productivity of people who create problems as well as people who solve them.

Nowhere in the Pinknews article that the post links to does it say that the complainants were cis. The article itself is damning enough, it doesn't need inflammatory shitposts embellishing it. www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...

The bluesky post about the 8 people who complained about the Tavistock and got it closed, and them all being cis, suggesting that the 8 were prominent GC figures? It's bullshit, most of the 8 complaints were "over fears that ongoing treatment for patients could be suddenly rescinded".

I think my main annoyance with the professionalisation of politics and media is that there are very few professional standards actually in evidence

It's from the Spectator so this kind of casual bigotry is probably seen as a positive, but this should be as disqualifying as casually throwing around any other slur

One minor annoyance here is that the article does not actually link to the ONS statistics and every link is to another Guardian story, even when it might be good to have other sources

Tbh It's pretty straightforward in this case— the motivation for the vast majority of the people who hate Tlaib has nothing to do with her actions and everything to do with her race.

Oh crap! 30 years ago today, February 11, 1996, #TheSimpsons episode “Bart the Fink” first aired on Fox.

im gonna be the first person to perfectly articulate a complex thought that addresses every single avenue of approach and leaves out no edge cases in 300 characters or less. many millions have been trying to do this for years. all of them wasted, because i'm about to do it for the first time

sorry i missed the virtual meeting on discord, liz. i got hit with the id verification that happens when the app detects youre young

the prediction market on whether Keynes is spinning fast enough to provide a new renewable energy source has also undergone surprising movement

We're highlighting reporting from @inthesetimes.com on the recent abduction of worker organizer and NewsGuild-CWA member, Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco. We ask that you please sign the petition demanding his release: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...

It would be good for the health of everyone if there was a bit more introspection on the part of the kinds of people who have actually achieved state power and then either squandered it or actively worsened the world in some respects with it.

many people are saying this

FT outdone by ABC on this one abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...

*new* from me: As pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training, three front office staffers spoke to me about helping Latino baseball players and their families navigate an America ravaged by ICE raids. They say guidance from MLB has been “minimal” so their teams are getting creative.

really great that Our Free Speech Discourse here in the UK starts and ends with ensuring the right of people with no shortage of platforms to widely share their bullshit demand a spot on everyone else's, or it's Maoist tyranny

Tapping the sign (@boocanan.bsky.social)

This was in response to Sarwar's anti-trans nonsense but can also quite happily apply to his intervention today

this is an onion article and you cannot convince me otherwise

Nothing quite hits a certain spot for me like kinda jazzy Japanese pop youtu.be/ye3PeN3v4_E?...