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David Allsopp

@doublehelix.bsky.social

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Scientist turned software engineer. He/him 🏹 Field archery 🐀 Rats 😷 COVID cautious 🏃 Parkrun https://medium.com/@davidallsopp @[email protected] @doublehelix on the birdsite

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · Nov 17

A short thread of my essays on Medium - mostly debunking anti-trans disinformation and other bigotry

1) "Sex-based rights" are contradictory nonsense

The term is a dog-whistle slogan, coined just to exclude trans people, with multiple meanings — none of which make sense
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“Sex-based rights” are contradictory nonsense

The term is a dog-whistle slogan, coined just to exclude trans people, with multiple meanings — none of which make sense.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2h

Like a lot of things with RFK Jr if someone just said this to you and wasn’t in charge of medicine in America you’d go: ooooooookay and keep pressing the elevator button

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 13h

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 1h

*make up the "proof"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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TransHealthNow @dadtrans.bsky.social · 1d

My heart grieves for Leia Dorothy Pandora Sampson-Grimbly.

"Leia was 17 years old at the time she died a beautiful person inside and out, complex, kind, fair, intelligent, determined, dedicated and talented with a great future ahead of her and greatly loved by all who knew her".

Remember her.

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 2h

Saying someone is a "member of antifa" is like saying someone is a "member of socialism" or something. it makes zero sense. But they can't use the ideological form of the word because it makes it too clear what the ideology actually is and it would include our grandpas

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 1h

@OrphanCrusher is this true?

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 2h

Why does the naked mole rat have the longest lifespan of any rodent, nearly 40 years?
A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today!
Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3h

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2h

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 2h

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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 2h

Our 6-Year-Old Wanted To Use 'They/Them' Pronouns. We Had No Idea What We Were In For.

www.huffpost.com/ent...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Our 6-Year-Old Wanted To Use 'They/Them' Pronouns. We Had No Idea What We Were In For.

"My husband is not on board. 'Who put this idea into her head?' he asked."

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

We’re supporting @nionwomen.bsky.social, a collective of women refusing to let their identity be weaponised to justify discrimination against trans people.

They’re calling on women everywhere to join them:
https://goodlaw.social/xmgc

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 2h

The problem, as ever, is whether the government of the day values defending the country's institutions in the long term over its own power to manipulate those institutions in the short term. The signs aren't good.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 4h

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 4h

We found that the UK’s top scientific institutions, from the Met Office to the UK Health Security Agency, have inadequate institutional defences.

If an incoming government wanted to weaken the role of science and evidence in policy making, it could do so shockingly fast. 2/11

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 4h

UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 7h

"The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote." www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 2h

And lo it came to pass: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 3h

One of the men who raped Giséle Pelicot decided to appeal his conviction and nine-year sentence.

Upon reviewing the facts and the graphic video showing the assault, the court decided to add another year on to his sentence. Excellent:
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

www.bbc.com

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 4h

Excellent news!

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

www.bbc.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3h

I’m glad to hear that Hamas and Israeli negotiators have reached an agreement in Egypt to release the hostages and put an end to this brutal suffering.

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 22h

ICE released a statement after an agent aimed a pepper ball at a priest’s head after he prayed and laughed when he was hit:

“If you are obstructing law enforcement, you can expect to be met with force.”

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 7h

Listening and learning

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13h

The regulator Ofwat has ruled that 5 private water companies can raise bills by even more than previously agreed

A reminder that despite promising to nationalise the water industry Starmer dumped that pledge &decided to side with the private companies instead. This is the result

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 9h

Flying_Rodent @flying_rodent
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Of course they are: their job is not to prevent energy companies ripping off half your pay packet or to stop water companies spraying shit everywhere. Their job is to stop you getting very angry about it, by sadly explaining that nothing can ever be done about it.

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