Alex Thinius
@athinius.bsky.social
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As the 2026 Winter Olympics kick off with projected record-setting representation of women athletes, the GenderSci Lab is excited to share a new video we’ve created explaining how gendered social factors contribute to a higher risk of injury for women athletes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmLv...
Gender Inequities in Sports and ACL Injury Risk
YouTube video by GenderSci Lab
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February 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
As the 2026 Winter Olympics kick off with projected record-setting representation of women athletes, the GenderSci Lab is excited to share a new video we’ve created explaining how gendered social factors contribute to a higher risk of injury for women athletes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmLv...
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We have Olympic fever in the GenderSci Lab this week! Check out our new video on how historical gender inequalities in sport contribute to present-day gender/sex disparities in injury rates.
Great for teaching and sharing with your communities.
Research paper and blog explainer in the thread.
Great for teaching and sharing with your communities.
Research paper and blog explainer in the thread.
As the 2026 Winter Olympics kick off with projected record-setting representation of women athletes, the GenderSci Lab is excited to share a new video we’ve created explaining how gendered social factors contribute to a higher risk of injury for women athletes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmLv...
Gender Inequities in Sports and ACL Injury Risk
YouTube video by GenderSci Lab
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM
We have Olympic fever in the GenderSci Lab this week! Check out our new video on how historical gender inequalities in sport contribute to present-day gender/sex disparities in injury rates.
Great for teaching and sharing with your communities.
Research paper and blog explainer in the thread.
Great for teaching and sharing with your communities.
Research paper and blog explainer in the thread.
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The best moment to swap US #email giants for #European email providers, is long time ago.
The second best moment is now. Not next week.
European alternatives: buy-european.net/en/alternati...
#BuyEuropean #DigitalSovereignty
The second best moment is now. Not next week.
European alternatives: buy-european.net/en/alternati...
#BuyEuropean #DigitalSovereignty
February 4, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The best moment to swap US #email giants for #European email providers, is long time ago.
The second best moment is now. Not next week.
European alternatives: buy-european.net/en/alternati...
#BuyEuropean #DigitalSovereignty
The second best moment is now. Not next week.
European alternatives: buy-european.net/en/alternati...
#BuyEuropean #DigitalSovereignty
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I went to college with Aliya. Here, she speaks to Congress about being assaulted by ICE in Minneapolis, pulled violently out of her car, and taken to detention, where she blacked out.
"You have no reason to believe you will make it out alive if you already being called a body."
"You have no reason to believe you will make it out alive if you already being called a body."
February 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I went to college with Aliya. Here, she speaks to Congress about being assaulted by ICE in Minneapolis, pulled violently out of her car, and taken to detention, where she blacked out.
"You have no reason to believe you will make it out alive if you already being called a body."
"You have no reason to believe you will make it out alive if you already being called a body."
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“You need only know this: Whatever is happening with your data, it is important enough to the most egregiously lawless administration in American history that it be collected and consolidated.” Always read @tressiemcphd.bsky.social (gift link)
Opinion | Democracy Dies by Database
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February 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM
“You need only know this: Whatever is happening with your data, it is important enough to the most egregiously lawless administration in American history that it be collected and consolidated.” Always read @tressiemcphd.bsky.social (gift link)
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More organizing safety & digital security resources (3/3):
• @fightforthefuture.org‘s Anti-Surveillance & OpSec Guide (buff.ly/LWLJxx7) & Lawmaker Outreach Tool (buff.ly/PenY4Wf)
• Activist Checklists: Prepare for a Protest (buff.ly/qi0Y7pB) & Organizing Action Digital Security (buff.ly/u31GGUB)
• @fightforthefuture.org‘s Anti-Surveillance & OpSec Guide (buff.ly/LWLJxx7) & Lawmaker Outreach Tool (buff.ly/PenY4Wf)
• Activist Checklists: Prepare for a Protest (buff.ly/qi0Y7pB) & Organizing Action Digital Security (buff.ly/u31GGUB)
Step One: Turn Off Your Phone
Activist Anti-Surveillance Tips from a Friendly Neighborhood Hacker
buff.ly
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 PM
More organizing safety & digital security resources (3/3):
• @fightforthefuture.org‘s Anti-Surveillance & OpSec Guide (buff.ly/LWLJxx7) & Lawmaker Outreach Tool (buff.ly/PenY4Wf)
• Activist Checklists: Prepare for a Protest (buff.ly/qi0Y7pB) & Organizing Action Digital Security (buff.ly/u31GGUB)
• @fightforthefuture.org‘s Anti-Surveillance & OpSec Guide (buff.ly/LWLJxx7) & Lawmaker Outreach Tool (buff.ly/PenY4Wf)
• Activist Checklists: Prepare for a Protest (buff.ly/qi0Y7pB) & Organizing Action Digital Security (buff.ly/u31GGUB)
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4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
Great chance to get some amazing books by two of my favorite authors!
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Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
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February 3, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Great chance to get some amazing books by two of my favorite authors!
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Today is #DigitalIndependenceDay, the perfect day to take some new steps to stop being a digital slave of 🇺🇸.
Check the resources below for great alternatives and awesome European digital tech.
#DID #DIDay #DeGoogle #DigitalSovereignty
Check the resources below for great alternatives and awesome European digital tech.
#DID #DIDay #DeGoogle #DigitalSovereignty
🛒🇪🇺💪 The best time to quit your dependence on the US was years ago.
The second-best time is TODAY (not the day after tomorrow).
#BuyEuropean 🇪🇺🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦🇪🇺💪
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#Grønland #tariffs #greenland #trump
The second-best time is TODAY (not the day after tomorrow).
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✅ euroalternative.co
#Grønland #tariffs #greenland #trump
European Alternatives
Overview of non-European products and companies that we list European Alternatives for
buy-european.net
February 1, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Today is #DigitalIndependenceDay, the perfect day to take some new steps to stop being a digital slave of 🇺🇸.
Check the resources below for great alternatives and awesome European digital tech.
#DID #DIDay #DeGoogle #DigitalSovereignty
Check the resources below for great alternatives and awesome European digital tech.
#DID #DIDay #DeGoogle #DigitalSovereignty
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the number of people i know -- all of whom should know better -- who are doing exactly this
January 28, 2026 at 3:06 PM
the number of people i know -- all of whom should know better -- who are doing exactly this
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ICE has told lawmakers the app, called Mobile Fortify - which uses facial recognition - can provide “definitive” determination of someone’s immigration status despite that fact that experts have been screaming from the rooftops that FR tech is unreliable.
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 28, 2026 at 4:54 PM
ICE has told lawmakers the app, called Mobile Fortify - which uses facial recognition - can provide “definitive” determination of someone’s immigration status despite that fact that experts have been screaming from the rooftops that FR tech is unreliable.
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
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As explained in our short video, we found that these algorithms risk perpetuating “crude ontologies of sex and gender that undermine both scientific validity and health justice” (p. 1).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TqL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TqL...
Algorithmic futures for women’s health?
YouTube video by GenderSci Lab
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:12 AM
As explained in our short video, we found that these algorithms risk perpetuating “crude ontologies of sex and gender that undermine both scientific validity and health justice” (p. 1).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TqL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TqL...
Distinct algorithms for males and females in health research (“pink and blue algorithms”) risk embedding biological sex essentialist assumptions into medicine, for three reasons. Our paper now also in form of the new video by the @genderscilab.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TqL...
January 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Distinct algorithms for males and females in health research (“pink and blue algorithms”) risk embedding biological sex essentialist assumptions into medicine, for three reasons. Our paper now also in form of the new video by the @genderscilab.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TqL...
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Does women’s health need sex-specific algorithms? In a paper just out in Big Data & Society (bigdatasoc.bsky.social) we at the GenderSci Lab warn against the growing use of so-called “pink” and “blue” algorithms, arguing that they risk embedding biological sex essentialist assumptions into medicine.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Does women’s health need sex-specific algorithms? In a paper just out in Big Data & Society (bigdatasoc.bsky.social) we at the GenderSci Lab warn against the growing use of so-called “pink” and “blue” algorithms, arguing that they risk embedding biological sex essentialist assumptions into medicine.
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From this week's @techpolicypress.bsky.social newsletter.
"The Trump administration says it intends to organize the AI age the way Rome 'organized' the ancient world. Access to critical minerals is the priority that underlies these imperial ambitions." 🙄
www.techpolicy.press/pax-silica-a...
"The Trump administration says it intends to organize the AI age the way Rome 'organized' the ancient world. Access to critical minerals is the priority that underlies these imperial ambitions." 🙄
www.techpolicy.press/pax-silica-a...
‘Pax Silica’ and Pursuit of Greenland Give Shape to Trump’s Imperial AI Ambitions
Trump's efforts to secure critical minerals are part of what experts regard as more nakedly imperialist US foreign and industrial policies.
www.techpolicy.press
January 25, 2026 at 8:40 PM
From this week's @techpolicypress.bsky.social newsletter.
"The Trump administration says it intends to organize the AI age the way Rome 'organized' the ancient world. Access to critical minerals is the priority that underlies these imperial ambitions." 🙄
www.techpolicy.press/pax-silica-a...
"The Trump administration says it intends to organize the AI age the way Rome 'organized' the ancient world. Access to critical minerals is the priority that underlies these imperial ambitions." 🙄
www.techpolicy.press/pax-silica-a...
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»Es ist erbärmlich«
Kaliforniens Gouverneur verlangt mehr Rückgrat
Er redet sich in Rage: Der weiche Kurs mancher Staatenlenker gegenüber Donald Trump macht Gavin Newsom fassungslos. Auf dem Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos fordert Kaliforniens Gouverneur mehr Rückgrat.
www.spiegel.de/ausland/gavi...
Kaliforniens Gouverneur verlangt mehr Rückgrat
Er redet sich in Rage: Der weiche Kurs mancher Staatenlenker gegenüber Donald Trump macht Gavin Newsom fassungslos. Auf dem Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos fordert Kaliforniens Gouverneur mehr Rückgrat.
www.spiegel.de/ausland/gavi...
Gavin Newsom: »Es ist erbärmlich« - Forderung nach mehr Rückgrat gegenüber Donald Trump
Er redet sich in Rage: Der weiche Kurs mancher Staatenlenker gegenüber Donald Trump macht Gavin Newsom fassungslos. Auf dem Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos fordert Kaliforniens Gouverneur mehr Rückgrat.
www.spiegel.de
January 20, 2026 at 5:14 PM
»Es ist erbärmlich«
Kaliforniens Gouverneur verlangt mehr Rückgrat
Er redet sich in Rage: Der weiche Kurs mancher Staatenlenker gegenüber Donald Trump macht Gavin Newsom fassungslos. Auf dem Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos fordert Kaliforniens Gouverneur mehr Rückgrat.
www.spiegel.de/ausland/gavi...
Kaliforniens Gouverneur verlangt mehr Rückgrat
Er redet sich in Rage: Der weiche Kurs mancher Staatenlenker gegenüber Donald Trump macht Gavin Newsom fassungslos. Auf dem Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos fordert Kaliforniens Gouverneur mehr Rückgrat.
www.spiegel.de/ausland/gavi...
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Americans may not have much time left to save their democracy. MAGA are already killing people in the streets with impunity - do you think they'd hesitate to cancel or rig the mid-terms?
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 25, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Americans may not have much time left to save their democracy. MAGA are already killing people in the streets with impunity - do you think they'd hesitate to cancel or rig the mid-terms?
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If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent.
And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…
naomikritzer.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent.
And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
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ICE surveillance sweeps up activists, organizers, journalists, family members, and entire communities. When the government buys access to location data and online histories, everyone’s rights are at risk. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree
We need to have a hard look at the surveillance industry. It is a key enabler of vast and untold violations of human rights and civil liberties, and it continues to be used by aspiring autocrats to
www.eff.org
January 18, 2026 at 11:01 PM
ICE surveillance sweeps up activists, organizers, journalists, family members, and entire communities. When the government buys access to location data and online histories, everyone’s rights are at risk. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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China understood in the early 1990s at the latest that relying on fossil fuels was a dead end in terms of geopolitics for a country with limited domestic supplies. Going green was the only way.
It took Europe until 2026.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
It took Europe until 2026.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
January 22, 2026 at 6:43 AM
China understood in the early 1990s at the latest that relying on fossil fuels was a dead end in terms of geopolitics for a country with limited domestic supplies. Going green was the only way.
It took Europe until 2026.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
It took Europe until 2026.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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To all the trans and gender non-conforming people out there: WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!! I know it might not seem like it right now, but there is so much love for you. Here’s a room full of people who are rooting for you always! Please share with someone who needs to hear it!
January 21, 2026 at 6:01 PM
To all the trans and gender non-conforming people out there: WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!! I know it might not seem like it right now, but there is so much love for you. Here’s a room full of people who are rooting for you always! Please share with someone who needs to hear it!
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Wenn die EU Trumps imperiale Ambitionen stoppen will, muss sie sich gegen die Oligarchen Amerikas wenden, schreibt @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
Grönland: Die EU muss Trump mit Zöllen auf US-Oligarchen kontern
Wenn die EU Trumps imperiale Ambitionen stoppen will, muss sie sich gegen die Oligarchen Amerikas wenden.
www.surplusmagazin.de
January 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Wenn die EU Trumps imperiale Ambitionen stoppen will, muss sie sich gegen die Oligarchen Amerikas wenden, schreibt @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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For all those involved in drafting so-called AI guidelines, but being overwhelmed with nonsense, this is a lifesaver. Great work by Dagmar and Ariel!
Resisting Enchantment and Determinism: How to critically engage with AI university guidelines. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Resisting Enchantment and Determinism: How to critically engage with AI university guidelines. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
January 18, 2026 at 6:47 AM
For all those involved in drafting so-called AI guidelines, but being overwhelmed with nonsense, this is a lifesaver. Great work by Dagmar and Ariel!
Resisting Enchantment and Determinism: How to critically engage with AI university guidelines. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Resisting Enchantment and Determinism: How to critically engage with AI university guidelines. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...