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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The number of people on Twitter just proclaiming with their whole chest that they can't figure out when someone is too intoxicated to consent to sex is ... concerning!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Basically, find that map of the 19 states where involuntary intoxication means consent is given freely up until the person passes out and don't let your kids go to school there. Or, at least warn them about the danger!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In New York, voluntary intoxication can be a defense against a specific intent crime, like in most states. So, you can be TOO DRUNK to form the intent to commit a crime w/in a building. And it can make a contract voidable. You can be TOO DRUNK to sign a contract. But sex? No way!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That article thinks it's an assault on her agency as a woman to say that there might be a level of intoxication BEFORE complete unconsciousness where a person cannot meaningfully consent to sex. www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...

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Get Out of My Bedroom, Andrew Cuomo!

I had a bad night a couple of months ago. It started out superfun, my buddy and me drinking one, two, and then the ill-advised third Manhattan at this sweet little amber-lit bar in Fort Greene. We pro...

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The number of people out here defending New York's antiquated view of voluntary intoxication and consent (summary: If someone is upright and wasn't slipped a roofie, they can consent. One drink away from a coma, that's fine.) is astounding. www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...

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Get Out of My Bedroom, Andrew Cuomo!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

But, this lets X get back to their favorite pastime - moralistically blaming the woman. And Planned Parenthood.

Ben Dreyfuss posting on X:

“One of the problems I think is that places like Planned Parenthood tell people that intoxicated people can't consent. That impaired judgment means you can't consent.
But that isn't the law anywhere. So people are set up to be disappointed with the law....”

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New York should be ashamed that TEXAS changed their law before them. Last year Texas made their law that it’s rape if you knew or should have known that someone was too intoxicated to consent. Regardless of whether they voluntarily drank/did drugs or not.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s amazing how swiftly X went to “well, NY’s law says that if you voluntarily consume alcohol or drugs you can consent up until you’re literally unconscious, so I guess these boys aren’t rapists. *shrug*” Yeah, that’s a shitty law and only 19 states still have that abomination.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Normal: « Je puis t'aider. » Yoda: « T'aider, je puis. » "I can help you," versus "help you I can."

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I immediately went to Google to see what they did with French, since that's the only other language I've studied. Normal French: « Le côté obscur de la Force est le chemin vers la peur. » Yoda: « Le côté obscur de la Force, redouter tu dois. » "Fear the dark side of the force, you must."

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Absolutely. He's such a joker!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In short, if gender treatment had a large protective effect, no meaningful effect, or a substantial harmful effect this study’s numbers would still be the same.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Those are the direct comparison of Gender referred who didn’t get treatment and those who did. Those numbers include a 920% increase in suicide risk for those who didn’t get treatment and an 80% reduction in risk for those who did.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There IS evidence that surgeries reduce suicidal ideation and the Finnish study is incredibly underpowered to detect a change in completed suicide risk. HUGE error bars. “Adjusted HRs for suicide mortality were 3.2 (95% CI 1.0 to 10.2; p=0.05) and 0.8 (95% CI 0.2 to 4.0; p=0.8), respectively.”

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

EVERY time we’ve had a wave of immigration, we’ve had people pop up to complain that THESE immigrants, unlike the last wave, aren’t becoming American fast enough. The clearest examples are in political cartoons. Like this one from 1920.

This editorial cartoon illustrates anti-immigration sentiment using a literal interpretation of the "melting pot" metaphor.

Central Imagery and Characters

The Cauldron: In the center sits a very large cooking pot resting over an open fire. The pot is prominently labeled with the words "THE MELTING POT." Steam or smoke rises from the liquid bubbling inside it.

The Figure of Uncle Sam: Standing to the left of the pot is Uncle Sam, representing the United States government. He is wearing his traditional striped pants and vest. He holds a large ladle or spoon, attempting to stir the contents of the pot. His facial expression is strained and overwhelmed, as if he is struggling to maintain control.

The Crowd of Immigrants: Flooding toward the pot from the right side is a dense, chaotic crowd of people representing European and Asian immigrants. They are carrying bundles of clothing and luggage. The line stretches far back into the background, signifying an endless or uncontrollable wave of people.

The Action and Main Conflict
Overflowing the Pot: Instead of waiting to be "melted" or assimilated into the pot, the mass of people is climbing up the side and jumping directly into it all at once.

The "Spoiling" Effect: Because so many people are pouring into the pot simultaneously, the liquid is splashing over the edges. Uncle Sam cannot stir fast enough to assimilate them.

The Message: The visual chaos conveys the idea that too much immigration, arriving too quickly, is ruining the assimilation process and "spoiling the broth" of American identity.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“Zombie arguments” are arguments that have been debunked years ago, but whenever a new generation of conspiracists comes on board they get resurrected and trotted out. Like, “Vaccines cause autism.” But, I think the oldest must be, “these immigrants don’t assimilate like those of yesteryear.”

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There are studies showing less suicidal ideation in kids who get puberty blockers (Tordoff '20, Turban '22). There's lower suicide-screening scores in those who get cross-sex hormones (Tordoff 22, Allen 26) And lower ideation & self-harm in those who'd gotten chest surgery (Tan '18).

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Whether it's Gender-affirming care, SSRIs, DBT or school-based interventions, any specific mental health related intervention is measured against proxies for suicides - whether the intervention lowers suicidal thoughts (ideation), attempts, ER visits, episodes of self-harm. All of them!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There simply are not enough adolescent suicides to measure whether ANYTHING can affect the NUMBER of suicides in that population. Ben should know this since his substack is called "Hazard Ratio." That's what we're talking about. But there IS EVIDENCE that SUICIDALITY is reduced!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@benryanwriter.bsky.social lies AGAIN about gender affirming care, claiming there's "no evidence that ... surgeries reduce suicides." This is the same bullshit claim about COMPLETED suicides that he repeats ad nauseum and which has been debunked over and over.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We can quibble about whether the studies used appropriate proxies for suicide - Tordoff used PHQ-9 answers in the last several months (feelings that you’d be better off dead). But, Ryan et al don’t have the goods to make those arguments. They don’t WANT to understand those arguments.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

None of the methods we use to treat depression in kids is tested against the measure Ben demands. None can be said to have reduced the number of completed suicides in youth. That’s not gender medicine, it’s all suicide prevention interventions! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Confronting Gaps in the Evidence for Youth Suicide Prevention

Despite growing national concern, the US remains ill equipped to meet the escalating crisis of youth suicide. Suicide is now the second leading cause of death among youths, yet the infrastructure for ...

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Large reviews of suicide reduction programs targeted at youth have noted that even attempts, by themselves, are so infrequent that it makes for impossibly large sample sizes. Proxies like suicidal behavior or ideation are the only feasible study path. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Twenty-six years of psychosocial interventions to reduce suicide risk in adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis

During adolescence, suicide risk increases; effective treatments are needed to reduce risk. Databases were searched (1995–2020) for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) concerning psychosocial treatmen...

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

You can’t do an RCT on puberty blockers for the same reason you can’t do a blind randomized controlled trial on knee replacements. (Which, btw, much higher regret rates!)

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is notable because the top-line thing Ryan and Singal and others want to crow about WRT the Cass report is how there is only low certainty evidence for puberty blockers. Others explain the problem with this argument - it’s often impossible to do RCTs. growinguptransgender.com/2022/07/13/e...

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Evidence-based medicine: What do we mean by ‘low quality’ evidence in Trans Healthcare?

In 2021 the NHS (NICE) reviewed the evidence for the use of puberty blockers within trans adolescent healthcare. They concluded that the evidence was of “very low certainty”, a finding that w…

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

His analysis of Chen’s study is narrow. Depression & anxiety decreased jn natal females and not in natal males, but other measures like life satisfaction, positive affect and congruence increased substantially in both groups. And a 2025 study of the SAME COHORT found …

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you read the paper that Ben loves, you find these hazard ratios for suicide: * no medical GR: HR 3.2, 95% CI 1.0–10.2 * medical GR: HR 0.8, 95% CI 0.2–4.0 Compared to controls. Those confidence intervals are HUGE. & suggest treatment works. See here: www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check...

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Fact Checked: New Problematic "Finnish Study" Actually Shows Trans Care Saves Lives

A new study from Dr. Kaltiala in Finland is being used to claim that trans care is not lifesaving. Experts say this is false, and the study itself shows trans care likely saves lives.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

That’s why EVERY study of EVERY intervention for teenagers studies suicide against proxies - suicidal ideation, attempts, ER visits. It’s also why it’s DEEPLY ironic that Ben calls his substack “Hazard Ratio,” but keeps citing this flawed study.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When you’re figuring out how often something is caused or prevented by an intervention, that’s called hazard ratio. And in calculating that, a critical number is the outcomes - here, completed suicides. You’d need 50+ across experiment and control to show a HUGE effect - 7 is WAY too small!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Including by me. NO STUDY OF MINORS EVER STUDIES AGAINST COMPLETED SUICIDES. They always study against proxies because there simply aren’t enough suicides to accurately measure impact. bsky.app/profile/greg...

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Guardian didn’t say it “reduced suicide,” they said it reduced “suicide and mental health RISK!” For someone like Ben who nitpicks every critic to misrepresent that must be deliberate. And, of COURSE it is. Ben’s been told a BUNCH what’s wrong with his statement.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@benryanwriter.bsky.social Ben Ryan is lying again and it is so annoying. He says the Guardian is making “false or unsupported claims” about pediatric gender care. He claims that “[g]Ender treatments do not “demonstrably” reduce suicide” because they don’t reduce completed suicides. A lie!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

And, are activists really punishing politicians who say Israel is committing war crimes and atrocities in their use of excessive violence or are they punishing politicians who view the whole conflict as just a cycle of violence that is unsolvable? Those who both-sides the issue?

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wasn’t he just complaining about an inability to see nuance? How about: One side committed horrible, indefensible, violence that despite that wasn’t genocide and the other appears to be pursuing genocide in response? The term genocide is used because it is genocide, not to “frame” the issue!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Colm O’Connell has been coaching there since 1976, and a significant portion of all those red dots in Kenya are his students. Ethiopia also has a cluster of runners who are part of a community of runners. Learning from each other in a program representing decades of exp. aeon.co/essays/what-...

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What Ethiopian running says about the limits of human ability | Aeon Essays

One school of training is highly personalised, technical and data-driven. The other is the one that wins marathons

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The race realists pointed to this map today. The top 100 runners of the 10,000m race. Kenya and Ethiopia. Pretty good evidence, right? Except, where are the genes for being born near where world-renowned running coach Colm O’Connell is doing his mission work?

A map of the birthplaces of the top 100 runners of the 10,000m. The clusters are around Kenya and Ethiopia.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I’ve just started exploring the weird Samsung “Cable” system that comes with the smart tvs I have. There’s a Mr. Bean animated channel, a 24/7 MST3K channel. AND a RiffTrax channel!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“Four independent reasons…” p 10. “WPATH engages …” p. 33 “Supreme Court has…” p. 10 “Doctor’s statements cannot be imputed …” p. 22 Those are some MAJOR sentence fragments!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Okay, this is just wild. SEGM posts this screenshot of the WPATH brief against the FTC claiming that AI created the shots to, “stitch text across page breaks & suppress hanging sentence fragments.” But, those lines represents DOZENS OF PAGES of ellipses!

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Republicans seem to have completely forgotten what ACTUALLY happened in the pandemic. Jan 3, 2020, Fauci learns of 44 cases of an unknown flu in China. By the end of March, there were 100,000 cases in the US and 1,700 deaths! We need an HBO prestige drama or Ken Burns treatment here.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I’d pay to see this movie! Might be an antidote to some of the Seal Team Six stuff you talked about in your recent episodes of BTB.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Hey, when I searched for the Fauci diaries, I found two versions. One, directly from Paul’s office, includes redactions. Another, from the Brownstone Institute, which they say they had Claude reformat the diaries, doesn’t. Did they have an unredacted version, or did Claude fudge the contents?

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Eric Muller’s brief discusses Japanese “enemy aliens” detained and giving birth throughout WWII. Seems pretty bad for this SG’s argument. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

At the risk of being “that guy,” run water through all your drains. It happens at our house once a quarter or so when the “trap” dries out and sewer gas gets back through the pipes.

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Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I think that analogy is surprisingly weak, since I’m not attesting to my ability to fly the plane when I show my passport to TSA.

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