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PhD in computer science, lecturer at the end of the earth !
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Pedro Pascal showed up to the Thunderbolts premier in the UK wearing a pro trans "Protect the Dolls" shirt.

The UK supreme court has gutted the legal recognition of trans people. They also recognized the concept of sex based rights which is just absurd. There's no such thing as sex based rights. There is the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of sex. www.cbsnews.com/news/uk-supr...

Extremely devastating news for transgender people in the United Kingdom. So much of what we face in the United States has shared roots in that country, and this Supreme Court decision there will make people far less free. Crackdowns on trans people are international, not limited to borders.

I have some additional thoughts about how Oshii's Major, as a degendered weapon, essentially exists outside of prescribed gender roles. ScarJo played generic action girl beholden to the male gaze both within and without the narrative.

Et pour découvrir en quoi le travail de Douglas Engelbart a révolutionné l'informatique : cpu.pm/0121

Les anti-trans et essentialistes en tout genre détestent l'existence des hommes trans/transmascs parce qu'on est la preuve par l'exemple que l'oppression que subissent les femmes n'est pas lier à ce qu'elles ont entre les jambes. D'où le besoin de nous infantiliser. 1/5

Je suis passée à la radio 😎😁

Alors @gagachantal.bsky.social on fait des photos de "marinets"😇

Ce rendez-vous est un putain de guet-apens d'une humiliation inouïe. Et c'est loin d'être le pire moment

J'ai enfin pu offrir mon cadeau de saint Valentin à ma chérie @gagachantal.bsky.social , petite madeleine de Proust pour elle, sa première console !

Finally. A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States. I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it. It is NOT just for athletes. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks. https://go.nature.com/4kd1vIu

How I feel every morning telling people about the fascist coup currently underway but no one wants to talk about it because they don't want to hear about news or politics right now.

People with doctorates are the most liberal and progressive. The entire mission of destroying academia is to eliminate entire voting demographics. They explicitly spell this out. Shutting down PhD programs isn't an accident, it's the goal.

They're going after the LGB too. We told you so. www.washingtonian.com/2025/02/18/k...

If the US blocks access to HRT, ADHD drugs, and SSRIs, I cannot begin to describe to you how much all of the tech sector will screech to a halt. The internet is built and maintained by trans people, people with chronic depression, and the neurodivergent. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

this is really fucking bad

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals. Take a look. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

First time since September that my professional TO-DO list fits on only one page. Now let's take care of the cabinet of personal TO-DO lists !

Je ne suis pas la seule apparemment !

TW: Je viens de voir la scène de l'hôpital/marché d'Emilia Perez... En 30 sec ça m'a dégoûté du film. Dire que ça va avoir des prix partout...

Hackers could have tracked millions of lesbians ! And Subaru employees still could !

En Angleterre, un groupe a attaqué une fille trans avec des couteaux par haine transphobe, après avoir diffusé du revenge porn d'elle et prétendu qu'elle avait caché sa transidentité au garçon qui avait abusé d'elle. La haine transphobe a des conséquences. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Erin In The Morning is hiring! Earlier this month, I made the decision to hire my first full time writer. I'm currently considering candidates. That said, if you or anyone in your network has experience writing and covering LGBTQ+ legislation, science, and more, please send in your resume!

I knew this piece about Neil Gaiman was in the works, and still, I felt sick reading it. TW: rape, abuse, coercion, and child sex abuse.

How did the tech bro crowd, growing up on stories of sci-fi, transhumanism, virtual reality and limitless ability to modify one's body, "biohacking," etc. end up becoming so viscerally anti-transgender? Truly boggles my mind.

Je n'ai rien dit sur "la fin du fact-checking sur Meta" parce que j'ai l'impression de radoter : - Zuck est un stratège froid et calculateur (pas comme le manchild Elmo qui se vit en gourou messianique) - Zuck a tjrs fait du fact-checking et de la modération à contrecœur. L'arrêt de CrowdTangle...