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Marshall

@mpzrd.bsky.social
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old guy, not from around here

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Marshall @mpzrd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
SINCE gender is multi-dimensional, and gender roles are largely socially constructed, why is it necessary to insist on the "ontological" status of the binary category of "men" and "women". seems to me we ought to put Categories aside and every unique person can Let Their Freak Flag Fly
"The first issue with conceding the ontological claim that trans people are not the gender we say we are is that from a scientific perspective, it is simply not true. Sex is multi-component; chromosomal, gonadal, hormonal, morphological."
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Marshall @mpzrd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
human thought cannot be represented meaningfully by mere "text", as the longish article referenced makes very logical, thank you for this clarifying addendum
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Marshall @mpzrd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"understandable explanations" -Dogen, Maka-Hannya-HaraMitsu
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Marshall @mpzrd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
what 10 Mb looked like in '74 ... Illiac IV, useful for aerodynamic simulation
Illiac IV data storage
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Marshall @mpzrd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
this is America, so we do it every four years. Issac Asimov had it covered in '55 archive.org/details/1955...
illustration & header of "Franchise" story in old sf mag
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Marshall @mpzrd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
there's a Positive Mental Attitude
“Anything at scale, you’re going to run into some sort of problem,” said Dr. Peters, who was not involved in the report.
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Marshall @mpzrd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
next do polio in the early 50s: the origin of vaccine rejection
"Walter Winchell’s popular radio show heard the claim that small coffins were being secretly manufactured to hold the bodies of children ..."
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