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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Unia, Belgium’s independent centre for equal opportunities, plans to file a complaint against Nathan Cofnas, a US researcher at Ghent University, over remarks it believes repeatedly breached the country’s anti-racism law” www.brusselstimes.com/2341250/unia...

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Unia to take 'race realist' researcher Nathan Cofnas to court

Unia said the US philosopher was spreading ideas in Belgium that rank people in a hierarchy on the basis of supposed scientific knowledge.

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Charles C Roseman @evoroseman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you are in the greater Washington DC area on Friday 6 November and have an afternoon to spare, I’m giving a talk at George Mason University. I’d love to see you there. (baboon skull diagram from Theibault et al. 2026) 1/7

Poster for a talk by Charles Roseman entitled "Spencer's Long Shadow: Why we should abandon the extended evolutionary synthesis" featuring a diagram of baboon skulls from Thiebault et al. 2026, some clipart mice, and a picture of the speaker whose father came in second in an uglyman contest.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Gave my first public lecture on the return of eugenics and race science this week at the British Science Festival. Reassuring to see how much interest, and concern, there was in the room

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The agenda for the 5th annual Rutgers Center for Human Evolutionary Studies' Lembersky Conference, Globalizing the Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, held online and in-person, has been posted here: www.evolvedlab.net/events-1/lem...

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Lembersky Workshop: Globalizing the Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences | Evolve D Lab

This workshop brings together scholars worldwide to chart a more globally engaged future for the evolutionary behavioral sciences, examining the field's history, shared terminology, and gaps and oppor...

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Dorsa Amir @dorsaamir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

✨A fun little reminder for everyone✨: Future You is not magically less busy. Future You is actually just as busy as Current You + also hates Past You for all the extra stuff you signed them up for.

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Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ethnonationalism is the biggest loser shit imaginable. You can’t handle other languages or skin tones? Grow the fuck up or live in the woods

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Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Not to get all corkboard and string about it, but I’m fairly confident that “noticing” here is a very specific racist dog whistle

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Rémy Furrer @remyfurrer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My letter responding to The Economist’s “designer babies” editorial is out. The editorial cites our study on public attitudes toward polygenic embryo screening but omits a key finding: attitudes became less favorable when participants first considered potential concerns. Link below.

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josh boo-erman 👻 @bosh.worstpossible.world · 04/09/2026

it’s an all-mailbag week on ill conceived. or as i’m calling it: “babies’ choice”

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The Golden Pig Presents: Babies' Choice

Podcast Episode · Ill Conceived · September 4 · 1h 8m

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Something to ponder anytime you’re asked to engage with adversarial collaborations

Adversarial Collaborations Usually Produce Findings That Require Walking Back Social
Justice Narratives

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"My sense is that at least some of these people genuinely consider themselves to be politically neutral defenders of academic values – a delusion so enormous that one has to wonder what quality of thought informs their academic work"

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This report is totalitarian pseudo-science, aka corrupted science in the service of far-right authoritarianism. Who commits most of the political violence in this country has been clear for decades. It's not the left. It's not those of us who support trans rights and realities.

https://health.gov/hhs-releases-study-finding-individuals-who-associate-left-wing-authoritarian-beliefs-and-radical

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Antisocial Capybara @antisocialcapybara.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Might not be that small of a club. If you were surprised at how many signatures Cofnas got in support then you shouldn't be that surprised that Cofnas or devries got funding or publications. It seems there are "race realists" everywhere.

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just checked with people who sit at Ghent University's board of governors: Fake News. Disciplinary proceedings against Nathan Cofnas are still ongoing. (Make of the other communication what you will)

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The Dark Professor (rare archetype) @evopsychgoogle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

yeah, so when i said we must defend academic freedom, i didn't mean freedom to research that new species of microbe you discovered. yeah, so we're actually defunding that. i meant eugenics

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Aylwyn Scally @aylwyn-scally.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I see this as essentially accepting the ethical logic of hereditarianism, and a variant of Hume's 'is-ought' problem. As it happens, most hereditarian claims about biology fall into the category of 'not even wrong', being founded on misconceptions about genetics that date back many decades.

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Charles C Roseman @evoroseman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RE: freedom of speech, academic freedom, and race science. In this (long) thread, I’m going to 1) establish my bona fides on academic freedom and race science, 2) show why academic freedom and freedom of speech are different and… 1/34

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My Password is Louvre @bmceuen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Academic freedom for eugenics is more like academic freedom for holocaust denial in that both have been thoroughly proven to be false by any and every metric of evidence available to us. A university is under no obligation to employ someone deliberately teaching/researching harmful falsehoods

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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Up early for ✨Premium Patrons✨ We had a great discussion on Charles Murray, his rhetorical tactics, his wider project, people who have tried to mainstream his views in the New Atheist Scene — and much more! www.patreon.com/nicemangos/p...

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Fashademics 4 - Charles Murray & The Pioneer Fund | Eiynah Mohammed-Smith

Fashademics 4 - Charles Murray & The Pioneer Fund by Eiynah Mohammed-Smith on Patreon. Join Eiynah Mohammed-Smith's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Tricia @icasttrish.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Adam why do refuse to address the fact that you were headlining a fash event

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The second part of the UGent suspension letter to Nathan Cofnas. Clearly he is a problem at the university and causing discord and damage to the institution. A guest speaker even cancelled because of Cofnas’s association with UGent. He was not suspended for whistleblowing. That is a Cofnas lie.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here’s the new letter defending Cofnas against “punishment for whistleblowing” (which is not why Ghent suspended him). This time around signatures from a disappointing number of academics from my old institution, London School of Economics johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/...

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As academics, we are concerned that Ghent University's disciplinary proceedings against Dr Cofnas appear to constitute retaliation, at least in part, for publicizing academic misconduct that occurred in British universities.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

lol

Nathan Cofnas tweet: I was just suspended by Ghent University. They will almost certainly fire me.

The decision was made by rector Petra De Sutter, a former leader of the Green Party.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tonight BBC radio 4 ran an hour-long advert for “suicidal empathy” (the idea and book) on the Moral Maze, describing its author simply as a Canadian professor, without mentioning his enthusiasm for Great Replacement ideology nor calls for civil war in the UK. That does not seem ok.

Elon Must amplifying a tweet by Gad Saad “There will be civil war”

Musk’s comment: Civil war in Britain is inevitable. Just a question of when

Tweet from Gad Saad:

What you are seeing in Britain is precisely what I have been warning about for decades. It is not rocket science. If you take two cultures that are fundamentally antithetical to each other, you'll eventually find out that progressive coexistence is not going to work well. There is 1,400 years of unbelievably clear data that Westerners are choosing to ignore. Read chapters 6 and 7 of The Parasitic Mind and it will all become clear for you. Cure yourself of Ostrich Parasitic Syndrome. See the world as it is rather than the Unicornia that you wish existed.

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josh boo-erman 👻 @bosh.worstpossible.world · 19/08/2026

i have gotten in touch with carol queen, who has let me know that she will also be withdrawing from slutcon thanks to its connection with diana fleischman and HDF. we can presumably expect another update here soon

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Antisocial Capybara @antisocialcapybara.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Aella wrote an article defending AI CSAM which she thinks will save children, she collects and presents data about trans people being mentally ill and having more fetishes (biased by the kinds of trans people who will fill out her surveys).

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Antisocial Capybara @antisocialcapybara.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Would you prefer this article had not been written? I'm confused about the point you're making here. These race science people have to be exposed over and over again before anything will be done about it.

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Antisocial Capybara @antisocialcapybara.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Enjoyed your talk- would be great if you would write up this talk as it's very accessible

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 18/08/2026

We cannot let this story fall to the way-side. We need urgent press regulation. Sign the open letter for a public inquiry into Jason's death. Repost and tag friends in the comments. ⬇️ Add your name ⬇️ goodlaw.social/n1ck

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Trimesters are made up! Eugenics is bad! Plastics increase genetic anomalies! Buy my book! Pub date 8/25!

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Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The accumulated inequality runs so deep and racists use that very stickiness of racial stratification as evidence of Black people’a inferiority. A twisted, irredeemable ideology

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Economist coming out in favour of selecting embryos for IQ while dismissing the many extremely good arguments against this - from “it doesn’t work” to “promoting the idea that a flawed metric is a useful indicator of human worth is not going to go well” - is disappointing, to say the least

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Antisocial Capybara @antisocialcapybara.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

just because of Diane or did he not know about Aella?

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josh boo-erman 👻 @bosh.worstpossible.world · 18/08/2026

fyi i was able to get a hold of adam conover over email and he will be withdrawing from the event

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Representation in Psychology – just another impossible problem? Megan E. Birney (University of Birmingham) considers a WEIRD, but worryingly pervasive, research issue. Plus a response from the British Psychological Society's Academic Publications Team. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

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Representation in Psychology – just another impossible problem? | BPS

Megan E. Birney (University of Birmingham) considers a WEIRD, but worryingly pervasive, research issue. Plus a response from the British Psychological Society's Academic Publications Team.

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Lynda Boothroyd @drboothroyd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

New paper from the BIRES team! Ana Chamorro led this awesome work with Wayuu communities in Colombia, exploring how globalisation is changing appearance pressures & creating identity conflicts for Wayuu young people. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #BodyImage #SocialPsychology #Anthropology

Indigenous body image amid rapid social and economic change: A reflexive thematic analysis of Wayuu narratives

Body Image
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The Wayuu, Colombia's largest Indigenous group, are experiencing rapid social, economic, and technological change, including expanding internet access, educational opportunities, and increasing exposure to globalised media. Though the harmful effects of appearance-idealised media imagery on body image are well documented, indigenous body image research remains unevenly distributed across global contexts, with Latin American Indigenous communities particularly underrepresented. This study explored how Wayuu people understand and experience appearance ideals and body image in the context of expanding digital media exposure and rapid sociocultural and economic change. Five focus groups of up to 9 participants were conducted with 29 Wayuu participants (18–68 years; 23 women, 6 men). Using reflexive thematic analysis, three overarching themes were identified: (1) Intersecting sources of appearance pressure: encompassing influences from social media, Wayuu family expectations, and discrimination from non-Indigenous peers; (2) Negotiating and resisting appearance ideals: from body dissatisfaction and restrictive eating to affirmation of cultural identity as protection; and (3) The changing role of appearance in today’s Wayuu culture: participants linked globalised appearance ideals to expanding educational opportunities, migration, digital connectivity, and broader socioeconomic transformations occurring within Wayuu territories. While exposure to global ideals fostered comparison and dissatisfaction, cultural pride and collective belonging appeared to buffer against internalised colonial values. Culturally grounded media literacy and education initiatives co-developed with Wayuu communities could foster critical reflection while strengthening heritage. These results highlight the need for decolonial, community-based approaches to body image research and intervention in Indigenous contexts.

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PINKERITE @pinkerite.com · 19/07/2026

New on Pinkerite at Medium: Adam Rutherford & Kathryn Paige Harden & Behavioral Genetics ~ the Mini-series "anybody can see how extremely average, at best are the members of the royal family. They are living arguments against the behavioral genetics claim..." medium.com/p/88e71ab685...

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Adam Rutherford & Kathryn Paige Harden & Behavioral Genetics ~ the Mini-series

A year ago I posted a series about Adam Rutherford’s support for behavioral genetics, which I then posted as a single article here on…

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Ed Hagen @edhagen.net · 18/07/2026

The relationship between testosterone and grip strength, an index of physical formidability, in a representative sample of US adult men (point sizes are survey weights). 🧪

A scatterplot of combined grip strength (y-axis) vs. serum testosterone (x-axis) in 3498 US adult men (18-60) from NHANES 2011 - 2014. A polynomial smooth regression line is completely flat. Combined grip strength is the sum of grip strength in both hands. Point sizes are survey weights.

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Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Weak bullshit imo. To equate what’s happening to the justified and grounded criticism of evolutionary psychology or the obvious bad faith of anti-trans academics is worse than useless

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Tom Olino @olinotom.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

There's a new trend in Hobbit parenting -- they're advocating using a Tolkien economy.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Miller: "It's not a coincidence that when you look at these violent Antifa demonstrations not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person. Not one looks normal. They're all deformed in some way in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism." #cdnpoli

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Blog post: The Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study Was It "Race Science"? Did MTRAS accomplish anything?

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The Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study

Was It "Race Science"? Did MTRAS accomplish anything?

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Beyond X&Y @beyondxandy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Our founder Dr. Jey the Science They @jeymccreight.bsky.social highlights the importance of checking citations in the latest Supreme Court ruling on trans participation in sports The opinion of one philosophy professor does not outweigh the scientific consensus of the whole field of biomedicine

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