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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New from Ari Berkowitz Prof of Biological Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. The UK Supreme Court got it badly wrong. Biological sex is NOT binary but multidimensional… theconversation.com/biological-s...
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Biological sex is neither binary nor a spectrum – a biologist explains how it’s multidimensional
Each person is a mosaic of sex-related and postpubertal biological traits that vary in their degree of femaleness and maleness.
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Pen-a-Lope 🦌 @pennystwocents.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak" - Umberto Eco, Ur- fascism
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I wrote an open letter to David Ellison responding to his recent essay in the New York Times. Read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
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My open letter to David Ellison
You argued that the American people have misjudged you — that they are wrong about what is in your heart and mind. I want to be clear: I don't care what you think or feel. What I care about is your ac...
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 08/08/2026
Last night, I spent some time wondering what my life would be like if other people weren't so obsessed with my genitals and I'd just be having a nice life, watching and writing about Arsenal, going places and doing stuff with my fiancé, and just having to be concerned about normal life shit
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 06/08/2026
Every single Republican and gender critical person, including JK Rowling, supports this happening to you. They brag about building a future in which this type of humilating incident is common.
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Pen-a-Lope 🦌 @pennystwocents.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The imaginary trans woman is the ideal enemy. She can't give an interview, can't be photographed being ordinary, can't complicate the narrative by existing. A phantom that is infinitely moldable. Maximally threatening, maximally masculine, or whatever the panic calls for that day.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 05/08/2026
For my @xtramagazine.com column this month: "There are no trans women in the WNBA; there has never been an openly trans player in the WNBA... so it’s essentially impossible for a trans woman to play in the league or refute any of Cunningham’s statements." xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
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The WNBA should have never let it come to this | Xtra Magazine
After Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham came out against trans women playing women’s sports, the league has allowed things to snowball
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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
wow really
An article titled "transphobes claim puberty blockers ruin bone density forever. A new study says otherwise"
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Lauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...
This rhetoric is ideal for listeners who believe trans women are an issue that they're supposed to care about, but don't actually have any real-world experience with them. The hypothetical trans girl who's supposedly causing all this trouble in the WNBA is the perfect tool for the conservative movement. She can't fight back, she can't disprove anyone's assumptions, and she can't garner sympathy when she's the target of hate. The perfect trans girl is the one who only exists in the imagination of the loudest cis people. Her monstrousness, the need to "protect young girls in a locker room" from her, gives them permission to enact policies that in reality only harm the anonymous girls, cis and trans, who want to play sports without the invasive scrutiny of gender-obsessed adults.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 29/07/2026
If Amnesty is afraid to call anti-rights groups anti-rights, they are no longer fit for purpose.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A Democrat saying "Black people shouldn't have healthcare" or "Jews aren't biological people" or "immigrants shouldn't be allowed to play sports" would be ostracized and condemned from coast to coast, so why should we accept these repulsive beliefs when it comes to trans people?
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
British chemist Dr. Dorothy Hodgkin won the 1964 #Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for using X-ray crystallography to "see" the 3D structures of complex molecules. After 35 years of work, she solved the incredibly complex structure of insulin, 1969. She died #OTD in 1994. #WomenInSTEM
This grainy, high-contrast black-and-white portrait captures British chemist Dorothy Hodgkin (1910–1994). The composition is a medium close-up, focusing on her head and shoulders against a dark, underexposed background that suggests a quiet interior or office setting. She is positioned slightly off-center, turned toward the left of the frame.

Hodgkin wears a dark, heavy coat with a prominent collar and a subtly patterned blouse or scarf underneath. Her gray hair is pulled back, softening her features and highlighting her thoughtful, serene expression. She gazes off-camera with a faint, knowing smile and clear, intelligent eyes, projecting a mood of gentle wisdom and quiet persistence.

The lighting is soft, illuminating one side of her face while the other recedes into shadow, emphasizing the texture of her skin and the gravity of her experience. This image carries deep historical weight, representing the only British woman scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1964). It celebrates the pioneer who used X-ray crystallography to map the 3D structures of penicillin, vitamin B12, and insulin, revolutionizing modern medicine.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Baby smiling shark. A juvenile broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus) [📹 cassarfishingcharters] Original post
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🏃‍♂️The Runner🏃‍♂️ @therunnner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The WHCD was proof of this.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.
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💙 MaryH 💙 @maryh58.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/07/2026
WNBA player Brianna Turner of the Las Vegas aces defended trans people on X in the wake of the Sophie Cunningham comments and then highlighted how the Heritage Foundation now wants to end Title IX.
A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Brianna Turner (@_Breezy_Briii) from July 22.
​The main text of the post reads:
​“Because exclusion is never the answer...trans lives matter”
​Beautifully said. I’ve been an advocate for the trans community since I entered the WNBA. So many takes about them are based on fear mongering and bigotry.
​Below this is a quote tweet from Andrew Dukowitz (@adukeMN) posted on July 17, which reads:
​Cheryl Reeve on the trans sports bans from her perspective of being a leader in women’s sports
​“Of course it weighs on me, the attacks on trans people, the attacks that they’ve gone through...”
​Attached to Dukowitz's post is a video thumbnail showing Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve being interviewed by reporters in a hallway with a Minnesota Lynx and Mayo Clinic backdrop. The video timestamp indicates it is 1 minute and 50 seconds long.​A screenshot of a post on X by Brianna Turner (@_Breezy_Briii) posted at 10:10 AM on Jul 24, 2026.
​The main text of the post reads:
​The Heritage Foundation, which laid the groundwork for Project 2025 & influences much of the current administration’s policies, recently released a report calling for the dismantling of Title IX in an effort to increase opportunities for male athletes & suppress female athletics
​Below the text are two side-by-side image attachments:
​The left image contains italicized text outlining the mission statement of The Heritage Foundation, which states they are building an America where freedom and civil society flourish, and that their mission is to promote conservative public policies based on "free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense."
​The right image shows a document header from The Heritage Foundation labeled "First Principles Applied | No. 02 Gender and Equality". The title of the document is "Title IX’s Failed Experiment: Why Accommodating Sex Differences Beats Engineered Parity" by Scott Yenor. An introductory paragraph below the title argues that Title IX has become an engine of "feminist social engineering," stating that differences between the sexes are not merely stereotypes and arguing for an approach that "accommodates the partly natural, partly cultural differences between the sexes."
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/07/2026
Sophie Cunningham was the ring girl for the rapist Connor McGregor just last week! Starting to think she really doesn't actually want to protect women.
A smiling Cunningham ring girl standing next to the chain-link fence of a mixed martial arts octagon, holding a large, white hexagonal sign with a black number "1" on it. She is wearing a fitted black tank top and black shorts. The sign and the green padding on the top of the cage both feature "SuperFile" branding, and a small "UFC 300" logo is visible on her sign. Bright arena spotlights shine brightly from the ceiling, and a large, blurred crowd of spectators can be seen in the background through the fence.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Carney: "I'm going to take this opportunity to thank President Scheinbaum and the Mexican people for sending 200 firefighters to help us with our fires here. That's what friends do when you have crisis and fires." #cdnpoli
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Pen-a-Lope 🦌 @pennystwocents.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I'm not a bigot, the bigot said, I just believe bigoted things and can't be bothered to educate myself. Also I'm powerful and you're weak, so I get to bully you.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 23/07/2026
This is what anti trans people talking about trans medicine sounds like to trans people. Same liars. Same lies.
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nude antifa goat @goat.sex · 23/07/2026
the whole "women's sports exist to protect women from men" framing is hilarious, given that a lot of these divisions were initially formed because men were deeply embarrassed any time a woman beat them at a sport olympic shooting was mixed gender right up until a woman won the gold
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Here's a fun little coincidence I noticed: Every Republican Congressmember loudly blaming Canada's forest management policies for this year's unprecedented wildfires (and ignoring climate change) is a massive recipient of fossil fuel funding. Receipts👇
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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“The notion of a neutral and moderate middle is a prejudice of people for whom the system is working, against those for whom it’s not” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Stop glorifying ‘centrism’. It is an insidious bias favoring an unjust status quo | Rebecca Solnit
The notion of a neutral and moderate middle is a prejudice of people for whom the system is working, against those for whom it’s not
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Pen-a-Lope 🦌 @pennystwocents.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The free market has spoken.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
the new right makes men *undisguiseably* repellent then frames that as women's fault
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Astrophysicist Dr. Joan Feynman made foundational breakthroughs in: + Understanding the behavior of solar wind + Predicting sunspot cycles + Mapping the Earth's magnetosphere She died #OTD in 2020. #WomenInSTEM #Astrophysics #SpacePhysics
Color photograph of pioneering astrophysicist Dr. Joan Feynman (1927–2020), renowned for uncovering the physical mechanism behind the auroras. Seated comfortably in a large, dark brown leather armchair, she is positioned slightly left of center. She looks off-camera to the left with an animated, engaged expression and a warm smile. Her short, wavy gray-white hair frames her expressive face. Her hands are raised to chest level, fingertips pressed together in an elegant steeple gesture as if emphasizing a point during an interview. She wears a casual, dark short-sleeved button-up shirt adorned with a subtle pattern, paired with a watch on her left wrist. The warm, softly lit background suggests a scholarly library or study, featuring a wooden bookshelf lined with books on the left and a large, classic vintage globe resting on a wooden stand to the right. The composition projects a warm, intellectual, and inviting mood, reflecting her brilliant legacy in space physics.
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Collared Owlet found throughout Asia, it is Asia's smallest owl 📷: Niroshan Silva Photography #birds
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Pen-a-Lope 🦌 @pennystwocents.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A politician profiteering from the confederates of a convicted pedophile, at the expense of victims. What kind of moral cartwheels does she have to perform to justify it?
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Pen-a-Lope 🦌 @pennystwocents.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Atlantic in a neck to neck race with nyt as to which can burn their credibility faster in pursuit of the mythical "middle".
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
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Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment
The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This has been obvious to anyone paying close attention. Unfortunately most of Canada's political leaders (Smith, Moe, Kinew, Ford, Eby, Carney, Poilievre) were asleep during class. They've yet to learn the road to fossil fuels is a dead end #EnergyTransition #CleanTech www.bbc.com/news/science...
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World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says
The world is shifting rapidly to clean energy but still investing too much in fossil fuels, the IEA says.
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Pen-a-Lope 🦌 @pennystwocents.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Another data point that chronically online right wing temper tantrums on Twitter are not representative of general sentiment.
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Pen-a-Lope 🦌 @pennystwocents.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Beach day! Transphobes 🖕
Beach day bikini shot
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/07/2026
This MF is responsible for more deaths than there are trans people in the United States. He's putting up Hitler numbers. So maybe he should shut up before spouting lies like this.
​A screenshot of a post on X by Elon Musk (@elonmusk), featuring a blue verification checkmark and an official X badge. The text of the post reads:
​"The obvious reality is that giving rage-inducing hormones to mentally unstable people will cause a major increase in murder.
​Statistically, trans and trans-driven (eg Charlie Kirk's killer) homicide rates are more than triple that of the general population."
​The bottom of the post displays the metadata: "4:24 PM • Jul 19, 2026 • 75.6K Views".
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/07/2026
These chuds don't have the juice anymore. They've all siloed themselves onto Twitter and nobody cares. www.wired.com/story/the-od...
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‘The Odyssey’ Backlash Failed Tremendously
For all the hysteria over “woke” casting and ahistorical choices, Christopher Nolan’s epic is on track to make $200 million globally during its opening weekend.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What's happening to trans rights in Britain is more chilling than what's happening in the US. In the US there's an ecosystem of zealotry. The people dismantling trans rights openly lie, not just about trans people but about a whole host of things. For them to dismantle human rights feels natural.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Amnesty International are absolutely correct in naming these vile anti-abortion groups as anti rights. Misogyny that gets us killed isn’t a cute little spiritual quirk spuc.org.uk/amnesty-inte...
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Amnesty International names SPUC as an “anti-rights” group. We are not. - SPUC
Image Source: Shutterstock
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Pen-a-Lope 🦌 @pennystwocents.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The only thing worse than a scorpion is a scorpion pretending to be a frog.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/07/2026
After targeting trans sports under Title IX for the past 4 years, the Heritage Foundation is now turning to destroying it for all women. It wants to replace women's varsity sports with yoga and "protect women's fertility" by ending many athletic opportunities. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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After Trans Athlete Bans, Heritage Foundation Sets Its Sights On Dismantling Title IX
The Heritage Foundation report argues Title IX rollbacks are needed to preserve girls’ “fertility.”
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Orphaned as a newborn and raised alone, this beaver built its first dam with zero instruction. The blueprint was already in its DNA.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Morning Kitten Orange Edition
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I will not be listening to opinions on gender and biology from those who think women originated from a rib cage…
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Pen-a-Lope 🦌 @pennystwocents.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Amazing to see yet another Democrat nitwit throwing vulnerable people under the bus to gain literally nothing. If you believe in nothing, you lose. Looking at you, basically every single establishment Democrat.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/07/2026
Because it doesn't win over any actual voters you idiot. Look at Labour. They implemented a ban on gender affirming care for trans youth. They put in place section 28 for trans students and now they're implementing a nationwide bathroom ban. They've hemorrhaged support to the Greens and reform.
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Pen-a-Lope 🦌 @pennystwocents.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Imagining all the good work Amnesty International isn't doing right now because they need to deal with JKR and her TERF whackos.
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