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Phase_PhD

@phasephd.bsky.social
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Geologist that left academia. Likes music, board games & TTRPGs. Plays guitar. I don't comment often. 230601

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Podcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So because the NHS, and especially NHS mental health care, is now so desperately underfunded and underwater, we're enforcing a TWO YEAR adhd and autism assessment block? Are we assuming the problem goes away in two years? What's everyone supposed to do? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments
Patient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"My dog and family died from rabies because I was afraid of Dog Autism" is not a thing I expected to be worried about in the year 2026-27, but at this point, I guess it tracks. Also hey RABIES IS A FATAL FUCKING NIGHTMARE get your animals vaccinated, jesus christ
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Phase_PhD @phasephd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’ve been looking for, and finally found, a MFD bridge pickup for a G&L ASAT for a reasonable price to upgrade the bridge pickup (I think it will sound so good with Schecter’s take on a P90). I also switched to some flatwound 0.10s 🥰 To me, playing this guitar feels like coming back home.
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RTL3 @russelllatshaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I know it's where we're at in 2026 and we all know it, but it bears stating the obvious that every major company in the world is openly throwing a tantrum that people expect them to provide goods and services instead of just sending them a payment of $200 every month for nothing
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”
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Night of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Periodic reminder that your "concerns" about trans people are being beamed directly into your head by a small cadre of incredibly rich psychopaths.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nice to have a citation for the stuff we all sort of assume to be true but question if it's just our own biases making it look that way
Screenshot from the article in the quoted post, saying "Piff and his colleagues found that upper-class drivers were more likely to cut other cars off at junctions and ignore pedestrians at crossings. Wealthier people also appeared more willing to lie at work. In one experiment, volunteers were left alone with a jar of sweets ostensibly meant for children. When the researchers returned, upper-class people had snaffled nearly twice as many candies as lower-class people.

“The general pattern seems to be that with wealth and rising power, you become less engaged with the needs of others and less burdened by the needs of social relationships,” Piff said. “Taking candy from children might be the least of our worries but it’s emblematic of the tendency to prioritise one’s own needs over those of others.”
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’m sorry, WHAT?!? The Academy of Natural Sciences was my favorite place as a kid. The dinosaurs, Outside In, the gem and mineral collection all helped inspire a love of nature and science that led me down my life’s path. What an inconceivable loss for the Delaware Valley.
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Riley Silverman @rileysilverman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I find the theory that there’s already secretly trans women in the WNBA so funny, because if it were true, which it’s not, it single-handedly undermines every argument against trans inclusion in sports.
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Lily Fiore @lmfiore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Wendell Berry, prophet and poet. Rest in peace.
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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Farewell to the great Wendell Berry. Remember — though you have done nothing shameful, they will want you to be ashamed.
DO NOT BE ASHAMED
You will be walking some night in the comfortable dark of your yard and suddenly a great light will shine round about you, and behind you will be a wall you never saw before.
It will be clear to you suddenly that you were about to escape, and that you are guilty: you misread the complex instructions, you are not a member, you lost your card or never had one. And you will know that they have been there all along, their eyes on your letters and books, their hands in your pockets, their ears wired to your bed.
Though you have done nothing shameful, they will want you to be ashamed.
They will want you to kneel and weep and say you should have been like them.
And once you say you are ashamed, reading the page they hold out to you, then such light as you have made in your history will leave you.
They will no longer need to pursue you.
You will pursue them, begging forgiveness, and they will not forgive you.
There is no power against them.
It is only candor that is aloof from them, only an inward clarity, unashamed, that they cannot reach. Be ready.
When their light has picked you out and their questions are asked, say to them:
"I am not ashamed." A sure horizon will come around you. The heron will rise in his evening flight from the hilltop.
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
what the fuck is this horseshit do any other minority groups get dubbed an "issue" and then the public gets polled whether we should be allowed to exist? and this is an old survey, repackaged for what reason? just sensationalism and evil. shame, @sahilkapur.bsky.social ...
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 26/08/2026
live your life so well such that even your death is someone else’s spit in the eyes of your enemies
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Didn't know this until today but Dolly Parton had a transsexual man named Jason Pirro work as her Hollywood chauffeur in the 1980s, per an interview he gave to The Sun in 1990. "Dolly has been good to me...Dolly knows all about me."
SEXY SECRETS OF DOILY PARTON'S 
UMO DRIVER-HE USED TO BE A SHE 
DOLLY PARTON is being chauffeured around 
Hollywood by a 300-lb. transsexual who 
has had an operation to change from a 
woman into a ian. The country queen 
shares 44-year-old Jason Pirro's secret" 
and has promised to help the obese, 
tuxedo-outfitted driver attain his goal 
to become a movie director. 
"Dolly has been good to me," Jason told 
STAR. "I'm not real coafortable talking 
about ayself. Dolly knows all about me 
and is a very nice lady. "Whenever Dolly 
coaes into Hollywood for a aeeting, or 
for business, or for filaing, or just 
staying here, she calls ae and I drive 
her around." 
Court papers obtained by STAR show Pirro 
legally changed his naae froa Susan Ann 
to Jason in 198B because of "sex-
reassignaent.* Jason underwent a sex-
change operation in 1982. 
Jason, who has a beard and wears his 
thinning reddish-brown hair in a 
ponytaiI, caae to Hollywood 10 years ago. 
At the time, he was taking hormone 
tablets and dressing as a «an. He got a 
job as a lino driver. 
Dolly has said that there's nothing wrong 
with transsexuals. "If I were a nan I'd 
be a drag queen," she admits. "1 enjoy 
being a trashy dresser and 1 love gaudy 
things. I love to play with hair and 
makeup." 
Jason studied theater as a coed at 
Syracuse University, but after eight 
years at college. left without 
graduating. Despite chat, Jason has a 
genius-level I.Q. of 144. 
A fasily friend says Susan was in her aid -
30's when she decided to have doctors 
transfora her into a ian. "Jason has 
tried to sake the family feel comfortable 
with the situation. Even by the time he 
started to grow facial hair and his voice 
was getting deeper, if we'd slip and call 
him Susie, he'd just hug us and say, 
'That's OK." 
"He's a loving warm, caring human being. 
He teaches transcendental meditation. He 
has never had an enemy. People just take 
a liking to him. He has that …
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026
dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it
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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 21/08/2026
"If trans people want a boycott of The New York Times, where's the call to do so?" Here is a declaration laying out how the NYT is a key driver of trans genocide, why boycotts work and why anyone who gives a damn about trans lives and rights must boycott The New York Times.
transnews.network
Boycott The New York Times
For years The New York Times has relentlessly pushed anti-trans propaganda, playing a significant role in the escalating genocide against us. It's far past time for a call to action: anyone who cares ...
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I feel like the kids who did poorly in science and history class are trying to get revenge on the kids who did well at science and history class and now we’re all going to die
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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Gender-affirming care includes a range of medical, social and psychological services, including puberty blockers or hormones such as estrogen and testosterone, as well as speech therapy, body hair removal and counseling." #uspol #trans #goodnews www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
New Mexico to continue funding gender-affirming care for minors after federal cuts
Trump administration finalized rule to end Medicaid support for care including hormones and speech therapy
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 23/08/2026
Hey all, if you are looking to adopt cats in the Northeast, this is for you.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
With his approval rating close to hitting the 20's, the historically unpopular pedophile conman president announces that the midterms should be treated as a referendum on him.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
In the meantime, you can access the censored Amnesty reports on gender critical groups here. Make sure they cannot erase these documents from the internet. Like a snowball. dn711306.ca.archive.org/0/items/amne... A growing threat. archive.org/download/rep...
dn711306.ca.archive.org
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.
A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottomA nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."
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s. baum @transvestigations.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I have a dire update on this story. I have reason to believe my source, Aurora Rush, was taken by the federal government as a political prisoner. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-coup...
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Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police
An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.
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🎃 Spooky Shoshana 🎃 @shoshana.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Post saying "'Black Mirror' director Ally Pankiw reveals she turned down directing the 'Harry Potter' HBO series: 'It simply is this easy to say no to funding transphobia!'" It has a photo of her and a photo of an iMessage conversation where she's asked, "I have an instinct on the answer but I feel compelled to ask: Harry Potter? Hard no?" and replies "Absolutely fucking not! lol (But thank you for asking)" and gets a reply back "Of course:) I assumed as much. (And agree)"
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Phase_PhD @phasephd.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Recently had my first gig using the new guitar. Plays like a dream (even after 3 hours — including sound check). I was originally thinking of swapping it out between sets, but I wound up playing it most of the night. Absolutely adore this guitar.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So I woke up this morning to find out that Ozzy Osbourne’s son made a video falsely accusing me of using AI to write a Rolling Stone article about the Tate brothers.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 02/08/2026
Police misgendered Jayla McGee, local media overlooked her homicide, and her community was left to make sure she was not erased.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.
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Ms . Penny Oaken @skywitchy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
All the Democratic consultants grousing about the DSA looking reaaaaaly bad and out of touch rn youtube.com/shorts/F95nE...
youtube.com
This Video is Fake (with Brennan Lee Mulligan!)
YouTube video by DSA-LA
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 30/07/2026
The unavoidable conclusion is that Acton is a committed transphobe who almost seems to want to prove that transphobic campaigning is viable.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20/07/2026
Even if Amy Acton wins, she'll be dealing with a Supermajority R legislature. Republicans will still do what they want. The upside for trans people across the US is low with an Amy Acton victory. The downside, allowing this cancer of using transphobia to win, is WAY worse IMO.
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Robin Brooks @assumptionprime.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It's my birthday! By way of a present, you should read or share my comics :)
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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Its Robin's birthday! Robin is great. Robin's comics are also great. Go bask in Robin's greatness on her birthday!
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Encephalophatass (Any pronouns) @encephalophatass.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Researcher convinces parents to use experimental treatment on autistic daughter, fails to disclose that animal trials showed it could cause kidney and liver damage that could lead to death. They killed an autistic little girl, and then hid it.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I will not negotiate away anybody’s human rights and I will oppose any politician who thinks that is an ok stance. I don’t care what party. If you’re going to support democrats who oppose transgender humanity the entire thing isn’t worth fighting for. The line must be drawn.
static.klipy.com
Star Trek Next Generation
ALT: Star Trek Next Generation
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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Phase_PhD @phasephd.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
New guitar day... Kind of. I got this Schecter PT special earlier this week based on a friend's recommendation. He knows I'm not usually a fan of T-shaped guitars, but this one is something really special and is an absolute delight to play. Today was the first chance I had to really play with it.
Purple "T-shaped" electric guitar on a guitar stand with black pickguard, rosewood fretboard, dot inlays, and a lilac strap. A tinted maple head stock with six- in-a-line grover vintage tuners is labeled "Schecter Diamond Series".

There are two pickups. A P90 style pickup in the neck position and a single-coil, at an angle, in the bridge position. The bridge is a traditional "ash tray" bridge that is common in telecasters and other T-shaped guitars. The ash tray bridge is made of chrome while the saddles for the strings are made of brass.

The guitar's control panel sits in the lower right and is chrome and with two knobs (volume and tone) ahead of a 3-way toggle switch (this is a reverse order from most T-style guitars)

The paint job is a purple burst, where the lightest shades of purple are located towards the center of the body and gradually get darker towards the perimeter of the body. The lightest shades are a lilac, the darkest shades are a midnight purple. The edges of the guitar body have cream colored binding tracing the contoured edges. The woodgrain of the swamp ash is visible where the paint finish contain the lighter shades of purple.

The guitar is a Schecter PT Special.
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 02/07/2026
i saw more cis people online losing their shit over playstation ending physical game releases than any part of this since tuesday, but madiba doesn’t miss and gives a fuck and this is what the big picture looks like. which seems not great when you put it into a 234-word graf.
Trans sports bans are just one part of a comprehensive effort by right-wing activists to legislate trans people out of public life.
Since 202l, lawmakers have introduced at least 3,469 bills to prohibit gender-affirming healthcare, invalidate driver's licenses and birth certificates that have been updated to
accurately reflect trans people's gender identity, ban basic classroom conversations about gender, and more. The Trump administration has also weaponized the tederal government against trans people, including by kicking trans people out of the military, cutting funding to scientific research related to trans health, and launching spurious investigations of hospitals that treat trans patients. In a press release on Tuesday, Trump touted the Court's ruling in West Virginia v. BPJ as bolstering his efforts to
"restore biological reality" and "eliminate transgender insanity."
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Danielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
this doesn't even have the full context which makes it funnier
tweets
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/07/2026
The White House is openly saying they want to eliminate a minority group and people still want to say this is about sports.
 Supreme Court Bolsters President Trump’s Push to Eliminate Transgender Insanity
The White House
June 30, 2026
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/06/2026
The trans sports ban are almost completely an invention of the media, conservative and mainstream. it has been years of lies, of shoddy fact checking on just completely false conservative claims, years of phony concern trolling.
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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 28/06/2026
this is actually a good reminder that you should delete the tracking nonsense off of any url that you share online. just delete everything after the ? (including the question mark) and share like you usually would
a screenshot of a youtube url showing the actual url as everything before the ? and everything after as “tracking nonsense”
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Adam P Knave @adampknave.com · 13/06/2026
Saskatoon is in Saskatchewan. I really hope Saskathreen is in Saskatoon.
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aliii✨✨ @gigixmelo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Also don’t invest in Space X… Per ig: @/your.richbff
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Some really crazy cases in here - cop looked up ex-girlfriend and family in Flock 100+ times - cop stalked wife giving "test" as reason - cop searched one plate 395 times in 10 months; was later fired Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...
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Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People
There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.
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Sandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Watch the whole thing for the moment Marx defends himself by saying, "Are you calling my dog a liar?" and the camera goes to the dog
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...
thedreydossier.substack.com
I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House
There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.
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