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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Hey #SFU Grad Studies this sounds like an idea you could copy. #AcademicSky #HigherEd

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

1/ New @mmfa.bsky.social analysis: Fox News dominated cable coverage of Trump’s anti-trans executive orders, spending nearly as much time on the topic as CNN and MSNBC combined. 🧵

Bar chart showing time cable news spent covering Trump’s anti-trans executive orders from Jan 20 to Feb 19, 2025. Fox News: 4h 8m; MSNBC: 2h 33m; CNN: 2h 9m.

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.

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Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research

President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.

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Alt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info · 25/02/2025

"Because we need all hands on deck, and there's a lot of deck." - Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg "Community is the antidote to fascism." - Jaclyn Friedman A fantastic resource for those who want to fight this, but don't know where to start.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/02/2025

Undergraduate research opportunities are incredibly valuable, both for the students and for the progress of the work. And having undergraduate research experience is a massive help for grad school admission. REU cancellations harm students’ preparedness & career prospects, and slow research progress

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Emerson Todd @emersont.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Had so much fun in Denver at #SPSP2025. The air was thin but my heart was full (metaphorically speaking of course). Grateful to be part of such a wonderful research community.

A person (Emerson Todd) stands in front of a large SPSP sign posing. He has a grey plaid suit set with a black tshirt and boots. He wears an SPSP lanyard and name badge.

Four individuals posing together smiling after presenting an SPSP symposium.

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A person with short, curly dark hair, glasses, and light brown skin (Emerson) is posing outdoors in the snow at night. They are wearing a textured mustard-yellow sweater and brown pants, smiling with their hands cupped under their chin in a playful pose. Behind them, a decorated heart shaped arch made of evergreen garland covered in snow is adorned with colorful lights and red and pink heart-shaped ornaments. Snow is falling, and outdoor tables and chairs covered in snow are visible in the background, along with a warmly lit restaurant entrance.

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Emerson Todd @emersont.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I was honored this week to give my first talk (of hopefully many) at #SPSP2025 🏳️‍⚧️ Growing Together: Trans Joy & Relationships 🏳️‍⚧️ A quick thread 🧵 👇

Photo focus: A man (Emerson Todd) stands behind a podium, delivering a talk at SPSP 2025 in a large conference room. A large screen displays a PowerPoint slide titled ‘Trans Joy,’ which includes a definition and bullet points discussing the concept, along with an images representing the topic.

Room description: The audience, consisting of attendees seated at rows of tables, faces the speaker. The image is taken from the back of the room, capturing the backs of the attendees’ heads. The conference room has beige walls and a patterned blue carpet. Some attendees have notebooks, drinks, and bags on their tables.

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Emerson Todd @emersont.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

1. You should definitely come see us talk about exciting research in a critical and timely moment. 2. I need a new headshot

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 30/01/2025

Donald Trump is so determined to discriminate against trans people that he would issue an executive order threatening funding for hospitals and health centers that provide care for every American just to bully transgender children. Disgusting. I will not stop fighting to protect trans rights.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/01/2025

We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation. We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Credit @alli.gay @erininthemorning.com @evanurquhart.bsky.social @miralazine.bsky.social @lizsaila.bsky.social

A screenshot of a multi‐column table listing several U.S. presidential Executive Orders relating to LGBTQ+ rights and antidiscrimination policies. Each row has columns for “Origin” (POTUS), “Number/Identifier” (e.g., EO 13988), “Title” (such as Preventing and Combating Discrimination…), “Action Type” (e.g., Broad Nondiscrimination, Military Nondiscrimination), “Summary” (key points of each order), and “Date Signed.” The listed orders span from early 2021 through early 2025, covering topics like preventing discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, banning conversion therapy, rescinding prior harmful EOs, and restricting or expanding DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives.

A spreadsheet at the top shows columns tracking anti‐LGBTQ bills by status and year: total bills (334), 2025 bills (327), 2024 rollovers (7), how many passed committees (3), passed one chamber (5), passed both chambers (0), enacted (1), vetoed (0), failed (3), and carried forward (0). Below that, another header row lists different types of anti‐LGBTQ legislation (e.g., gender‐affirming care bans, pronoun bans, “Don’t Say Gay,” drag bans, bathroom bans) with the total count of each category (e.g., 55 for gender‐affirming care bans, 20 for pronoun bans, 14 for “Don’t Say Gay,” etc.). A color‐coded U.S. map spans the lower half, with states shaded from light orange to deep red according to how many anti‐LGBTQ bills they contain. Texas appears in the darkest red (46 bills), with lighter shades indicating fewer bills in other states. A note at the bottom right explains that the map shows total tracked bills per state, which does not necessarily reflect each bill’s likelihood of passage.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

the goal of trans panic is enforcing gender norms on everyone [always has been dot jpg]

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Current internal battle: Should I be terrified of Trump on main, or should I recognize that pretending like he has powers he does not have helps to grant him those powers.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 21/01/2025

Transgender people have always been here, and we’re not going anywhere. Count on it.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.

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Emerson Todd @emersont.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Not to be bleak, but does anyone else find it hard to stay motivated when facing federally sanctioned eradication? Grad school is hard enough without staring down the barrel of a metaphorical gun.

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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

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Emerson Todd @emersont.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I should probably not admit this on a professional account, but, today, at 26 years old I have finally reached the point where I don’t have to look up the amount of days in a given month.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

NEW: @fightforthefuture.org and a huge coalition of civil liberties, human rights, and disability justice groups have launched a campaign against mask bans at protests It includes an action-map where you can plug in with local efforts against these draconian laws. www.stopmaskbans.com

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Stop Mask Bans

Take action to stop mask bans.

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Emerson Todd @emersont.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I’ve been thinking and listening a lot lately. As a transmasc person, I feel much of this conversation isn’t about me; I’d rather amplify transfemme voices. That said, seeing news about Missouri SB 49, I need to share: I would not be here today without gender-affirming care as a teenager. 🧵 (1/)

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Missouri ban on gender-affirming care for minors upheld by judge | CNN

A Missouri judge upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors Monday, a victory for opponents of the practice in a continuing nationwide battle over transgender issues.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I keep thinking about those congresspeople kneeling in the rotunda wearing kente cloth scarves, very performative. There has been no loud, visible, unified support for Sarah McBride from the democrats. It’s a real disgrace. That is your colleague! They are bullying her in your faces. And silence!

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Grapie Deltaco @grapiedeltaco.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

No one thinks McBride is a threat to anyone. Pulling this shit only further confirms that the anti-trans stuff was never about safety. It’s performative cruelty to dehumanize and humiliate trans people.

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Emerson Todd @emersont.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Something about my undergrads telling me I’m part of their community makes me tear up. I wouldn’t be here without the PhDs in my undergrad lab and I feel so privileged for things to come full circle. #PhDSky #AcademicSky

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David Matthew Doyle @dsquared.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Putting together a list of people working in LGBTQ+ Psych 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ broadly defined because I haven’t come across one yet. Reply or message if you would like to be added 😊 👋 go.bsky.app/LsshH49 #lgbtqpsych #transhealth #lgbtqiaa

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

It is so sinisterly illustrative that the GOP can take the house, senate, presidency, a majority in the supreme court to last decades, and yet still be totally fixated on destroying the lives of a handful of teenage trans girls as if it were a matter of national security.

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Cookie Goodboy @cookie-goodboy.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

For those that don't know- you can add pronoun labels to your account Just follow this labeler account bsky.app/profile/pron... And then like the post (or posts) with your pronoun preferences, it will then show as a little badge on your account and posts.

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Emerson Todd @emersont.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

“Existence is resistance” becomes a lot better(worse?) when you realize I’m just some guy, and my resistance is learning how to cross-stitch

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The amount of irrational hate of trans people from otherwise educated, informed people I know just shocks & saddens me to no end. It's so deep-seated & visceral. They can never point to one time, ever, that a trans person has ever hurt them. The power of ignorance and right-wing fear-mongering.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 16/11/2024

Here's the thing about trans people and echo chambers: We don't have 'em. We're all experts on the anti-trans side, their arguments, their petty bigotries. The same is not true in reverse.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Insane how many articles we’ve gotten about trans rights going too far when the anti-trans movement is constantly announcing that they want to banish a tiny, marginalized group from public life

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Emerson Todd @emersont.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Maybe I am too soft... I had to turn off the Jake Paul x Mike Tyson fight because I was getting too antsy about the violence... so now I’m watching Will & Harper instead. 🫣🥊➡️🏳️‍⚧️🚗

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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Zotero is great and I think that anyone who needs to organise and cite more than a handful of references should be using it. Here's an intro to Zotero that I made for my undergrad students (but the info is relevant for anyone new to Zotero). Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU Preview ⬇️

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🌞 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐢𝐳𝐚 @academicaries.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

If anyone’s looking for alternatives to GoodReads, I highly recommend StoryGraph. It’s owned by a black woman, and the platform is so much more accessible and easy to use.

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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

As a reminder, I'm recruiting a graduate student during this cycle, to start in fall of 2025! Penn State deadline is a little over 2 weeks out, Dec. 1. More details below, we study empathy and moral decision-making with a cross-disciplinary lens. Please share and reach out if you have any questions!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14/11/2024

1. Ohio has become the first state in the aftermath of the election to pass an anti-trans law on the first day of a lame duck session. It is a transgender bathroom ban that even applies to adults in private universities. Subscribe to support my journalism.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.” HUMANS!

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Emerson Todd @emersont.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Terrified of entering the job market under this administration. My backup plan to academia has always been a government or nonprofit job, but now I feel like every pathway is crumbling. Guess it’s good I have barista experience—at least I’ll have some job prospects!

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white woman w/ a yelp account @blakeissweaty.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

this is what escaping twitter felt like

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mary kruk, phd @marykruk.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

New pub in Nature Reviews Psychology! Evidence-based methods to influence LGBTQ+ belonging at 4 levels: Individual, interpersonal, community, and societal. Co-authored with @jesmatsick.bsky.social, Emerson Todd, Jude Sullivan, and Jonathan Cook. doi.org/10.1038/s441...

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A social ecological approach to belonging in LGBTQ+ people - Nature Reviews Psychology

A sense of belonging can provide LGBTQ+ people with the opportunity to thrive and promote psychological well-being. In this Review, Matsick et al. summarize factors that influence belonging based on s...

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Emerson Todd @emersont.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Hello academic Twitter 2.0! I didn’t know how to use Twitter in the first place so I fear I’m equally at a loss here.

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