CarlosCreates2018
carloscreates2018.bsky.social
CarlosCreates2018
@carloscreates2018.bsky.social
He/Him. The Bronx. Sociology PhD. Adj. Asst. Professor. Screenwriter. Writer. Filmmaker. Priest. Podcaster. Consultant. BLM. 🏔🌊🐘🧜🏿‍♀️🧿🇵🇷🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Cohost of The Horror Agenda (Podcast) & Play.Hype.Dialogue (Podcast)

https://linktr.ee/carloscreates2018
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Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.

Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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December 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Safety first! From pandemic to apocalypse, a high quality mask will protect you and your loved ones, no matter what transpires. Your future matters!
December 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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America is a culture of child abuse. Ask any survivor - we find one another, we form networks and communities.

The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
Government of pedophiles. They're all tainted with this for the rest of their lives.
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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“.. After the release of thousands of Epstein files on Friday, The New York Times contacted Ms. Farmer .. She broke down in tears.

“I’ve waited 30 years,” she said. “I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
December 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."

A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.

It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.

And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US:
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
December 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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At least 13 people in Gaza, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather.
MSF urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death
At least 13 people in Gaza, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather.
www.aljazeera.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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While we were busy with the US Congress, major international news on trans healthcare.

A New Zealand court announced an injunction on the far-right trans health care ban there.

The court says that the biggest danger is posed by banning care.

Big story for us from @transvestigations.bsky.social
Victory in New Zealand, For Now—Injunction Brings Puberty Blocker Ban to a Screeching Halt
The High Court asserted that, contrary to wild speculation by anti-trans establishments, puberty blockers are largely safe and reversible.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.

www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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EXCLUSIVE
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.

Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Oh, so now bomb threats are bad. She didn't seem to give a shit when she incited them against schools and Children's hospitals.
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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This thread by a former NYT editor documents how the NYT came to push the Cass Review so hard over other reviews. It was dictated from the top by editors. They sidelined their own London reporter to put Azeen Ghorayshi on it.
How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US:
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
December 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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"this is a new beat for me"

yeah too bad they couldn't find any journalists with experience who cover ... gender ...
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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the thing is I have never ever ever seen any other reporter admit this in their bio. "Finance is a new beat for me, so what I cover will be shaped by what I learn in the following weeks." "I've never covered the auto industry and I have never owned a car, but I'm eager to learn more about this beat"
"this is a new beat for me"

yeah too bad they couldn't find any journalists with experience who cover ... gender ...
December 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I remember this incident. It was at Temple and the 110, literally in sight of several city and county buildings, including the Music Center. Only a few blocks from City Hall. ICE had no qualms of kidnapping Angelenos within sight of city government buildings.
A tow truck driver who towed an ICE SUV that was blocking a driveway while the agents kidnapped Angelanos back in September was just found NOT GUILTY on the only charge against him (theft of government property).

THAT'S ANOTHER WIN FOR "FUCK YOU; MAKE ME"
Man accused of towing ICE SUV during LA immigration operation found not guilty
A Los Angeles tow truck driver accused of towing a federal SUV during an immigration enforcement operation was found not guilty by a federal jury Friday. Bobby Nuñez, 33, was arrested and charged with...
www.nbclosangeles.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Please help Mohamed and his family
On Saturdays, we highlight our friend Mohamed, his siblings, & their parents. His parents' tent collapsed a few days ago... tents aren't even "shelter" to begin with. You can help them with winter supplies and other essentials.

Give/find their link here. chuffed.org/project/hope...
December 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Yep. Abolish “A.i.”
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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December 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Finally, if you can get through the paywall this piece from earlier in the week illuminates how the experience above is just a tiny part of an industrial-scale, global, and sector-wide catastrophe of AI and citations to nonexistent papers in academic publishing bsky.app/profile/mile...
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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I hate listening to Americans talk about "the left" this, and "the left" that, and the whole time, they're referring to fucking liberals. Like, liberals aren't part of the Left. Leftism (socialism, communism, and anarchism) starts at ANTI CAPITALISM. Liberals are fucking capitalist ghouls.
December 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM