This is why I call Seth Moulton’s position on trans girls in sports radical and extreme. It would change decade-old laws. It is a horrific invasion of privacy. And it tells girls that politicians have a right to their bodies. In Congress, I will stand for the privacy and dignity of all children.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Ed Markey speaks about the rights of transgender kids: We should have been embracing them. Instead, what Congressman Moulton did, is he threw them under the bus.

it means a lot to just hear a politician say no caveats no bullshit no equivocating “I support trans kids”

Ed Markey@edmarkey.bsky.social · 2d ago

Seth Moulton has a backwards looking political agenda. I support Medicare for all. Seth Moulton doesn't. I support trans kids. Seth Moulton doesn't. This is about the future.

There are no trans women in the WNBA. There are no trans women NCAA basketball players. Hell, who knows if there are even any trans girls playing HS basketball.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 23h ago

Did we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?

“Protecting youth women’s sports” is fundamentally an issue about denying trans kids access to medical care btw. Because if a trans girl goes natal through puberty they’re a biological male. But if they don’t they’ve had proper puberty and then cannot be a biological male according to their logic.

If Dems weren’t so busy trying to lose the midterms to choke out the progressive insurgency of their voters they’d have a pretty easy time running on “jail the pedophile oligarchs”

Truthout@truthout.org · 23h ago

As Elon Musk defends nude deepfakes, the FTC is moving to censor AI models trained to recognize historical injustices.

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

If you want to be friends, you have to stop expelling and terrorizing and harming and killing my friends. That's just a rule I have about friends. www.the-reframe.com/if-you-want-...

If You Want To Be Friends, Then Why Aren’t You Friendly?

A look at one of the most alarming and pressing problems of our age: the much-lamented fact that "the left" won't be friends with "the right," over "political views."

the-reframe.com

Many say this leaves no path to redemption; I will note that paths to redemption exist, but they are for the offender to walk, not for others to deem it walked on their behalf. And a Nazi isn't walking a path of redemption if they remain in the Nazi party. Nothing stopping them. Path open.

Everywhere should be a hostile place for Republicans. They should not be able to find a friend anywhere. They should lose all their professional and familial relationships. They should be blocked from signing up to social media platforms, clubs, and yard sales. They should be ejected from fairs.

My thoughts on Bluesky not being welcoming to Republicans is Trump blocks disaster relief to states voting blue, & is also legally codifying anyone who opposes him as a terrorist deserving violence, & his kidnapping brute gangs terrorize the streets, & there's much more but I'm out of characters

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨@ciaraioch.bsky.social · yesterday

"Bluesky is a political echo chamber" okay but I'm mostly here to chat with fun internet people and post art and make jokes, I cannot stress how much I don't care

It’s important to understand that when 1.2 million Americans are dying from a disease, any government action is excessive and tyrannical, but if a dozen trans women want to play soccer no government action can go far enough

This, of course, follows the draconian trans healthcare ban the Catholic Church imposed across its massive network of hospitals, doctors' practices and insurers, which is the most sweeping ban in the country.

‘It’s a Nightmare’: The Human Toll of the Catholic Church’s Trans Healthcare Ban

Missing hormones. Canceled surgeries. Bureaucratic denials. Late last year the Catholic Church banned all trans healthcare across its sprawling networks. The impact on trans people's lives is devastat...

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"The Michigan case was filed on behalf of Catholic Charities of Jackson, Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties..." But please, keep gushing about how progressive the papacy is. I'm sure the Catholic Church is thankful for the p.r. while they keep attacking every last one of our rights.

MI agrees not to enforce conversion therapy ban to comply with Supreme Court ruling

Michigan has stipulated it will not enforce the state ban on conversion therapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors as part of an agreement filed this week with a ...

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Hard to imagine bigger loser shit than relitigating the “lockdowns” when there were no real lockdowns you just weren’t allowed to eat inside the burger king for a few weeks.

I think this is fundamentally wrong but in an interesting way I will need to write about sometime. The key is a) consumers do not choose what is produced, or how, they choose between what is produced. This is a crucial difference

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 3d ago

I think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.

it's a low key thermonuclear bomb of truth that some polls show that a majority of Dem voters would support war reparations to Iran

Shibley Telhami@stelhami.bsky.social · 3d ago

A growing number of Americans, including 58% of Democrats, say the US should be responsible for some reparations to Iran for war damage - a measurable increase from the previous week.

He is so good at this

🧬🦠 Ancient #DNA recovered from a #Chilean mummy has revealed traces of the #Smallpox #virus, offering new clues about the historical #evolution and spread of this once-devastating disease. #Virology #AncientDNA #Evolution #Microbiology #Microsky via @apnews.com

Ancient mummy DNA provides scientific evidence that colonization brought smallpox to the Americas

New research says ancient mummy DNA provides the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas.

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i'm not sure this is true. once the model identifies the type of flattery that a given person's psychology is susceptible to, the model prioritizes text that will engage them further. men are socialized to be dominant and brilliant; women as emotional and intuitive. there's plenty of text for both

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d ago

I sincerely believe that men cannot handle this. women may be falling in love with their chat bots, too. But I don't think they are categorically attached to its flattery to the same degree.

the 48ers are the best of America. I think of them all the time and cry. Stymied in their attempts to build a better world in their home countries they came and helped build one in ours. We owe them so much. One do the few times I feel patriotic

Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · 4d ago

Another datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right

Still my favorite

If you're going to compare Israeli and French law and then block me when I show you what they say side by side that's on you lol

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 5d ago

This happens to me every month

anyway this is the problem with the liberal "trans ally" the minute an affected person says "hey, this materially harms me" they're told I'M ONE OF THE GOOD ONES HOW DARE YOU! then their friends pile on with "can you believe how mean those ungrateful transes were to poor Ken!" it sucks

actually he got dragged by *leftists* & it wouldn't have been a thing except he jumped into a trans woman's mentions to say his trans friends gave him a pass to play it bc trans women aren't a monolith, so neener neener #themoreyouknow

given the recent Fauci hubbub, re-upping this essay about the underlying reason why people find "lab leak" theories so compelling (hint: the answer is in the subtitle). no paywall! on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/what-covid-l... & Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/what-covid...

What Covid “Lab Leak” and “Rushing Kids into Transition” Have in Common

and more general thoughts about conspiracy theories and negativity bias

juliaserano.medium.com

People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit

"At this point, we need to be clear that no matter what they say, anyone who still supports MAHA/MAGA is working against a clean environment, healthier food, nutrition, access to preventive care, and children free of chronic disease." - @joho.bsky.social sciencebasedmedicine.org/why-should-i...

Guests on the “Why Should I Trust You?” Podcast Want to Hang Doctors. Why Should I Trust It?

"The actual harsh truth about MAHA is that it is an anti-vaxx, anti-science, pro-diarrhea conspiracy movement. It cloaks its arguments in abstractions about "big pharma" and "free speech" to generate

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it really cannot be overstated that every active mormon is a danger to you, your family, and your friends. they give money to an increasingly reactionary cult and arm of the john birch society, that actively spends money and brings labor power to take away your rights and murder you

A$AP Clock¥@feminicide.bsky.social · 6d ago

How much have you tithed to the mormon church in your lifetime and do you feel at all guilty for their campaign of bigotry worldwide? The lds church pushes anti-LGBT policies in the US and here in Africa. How much blood is on your hands ken? Do you know? Enlighten us.

If a Democrat so much as hints that a single Republican voter is acting irrationally we are treated to centrist hand wringing about how disrespectful Dems are to “half the country” and hole Republicans regularly demean entire blue states and openly state that all Democrats are traitors

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Trump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."