David Allsopp
@doublehelix.bsky.social
Scientist turned software engineer. He/him
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https://medium.com/@davidallsopp
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https://medium.com/@davidallsopp
@[email protected]
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David Allsopp
@doublehelix.bsky.social
· Nov 17
“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.
medium.com
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
medium.com/@davidallsop...
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
medium.com/@davidallsop...
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Exceptionally nasty, in the quote below. Do you notice how, if the press wants damning evidence of Farage’s hateful views and behaviour, all they have to do is ask whether anyone has encountered it?
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Exceptionally nasty, in the quote below. Do you notice how, if the press wants damning evidence of Farage’s hateful views and behaviour, all they have to do is ask whether anyone has encountered it?
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In all the years I've been campaigning, this is the first where I've feared retaliation - but even X is not above the law. That's why we've referred X to Ofcom for horrific posts that, having taken legal advice, we believe are illegal under the Online Safety Act. goodlaw.social/wk2q
X is not above the law
goodlaw.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In all the years I've been campaigning, this is the first where I've feared retaliation - but even X is not above the law. That's why we've referred X to Ofcom for horrific posts that, having taken legal advice, we believe are illegal under the Online Safety Act. goodlaw.social/wk2q
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Great ACCR study: Shell actively lobbies to increase demand for the stuff it sells, even though using more of it causes more destruction and damage to our lives.
ie: Suppliers create demand. And so putting a leash on supply is vital for climate.
www.accr.org.au/research/com...
ie: Suppliers create demand. And so putting a leash on supply is vital for climate.
www.accr.org.au/research/com...
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Great ACCR study: Shell actively lobbies to increase demand for the stuff it sells, even though using more of it causes more destruction and damage to our lives.
ie: Suppliers create demand. And so putting a leash on supply is vital for climate.
www.accr.org.au/research/com...
ie: Suppliers create demand. And so putting a leash on supply is vital for climate.
www.accr.org.au/research/com...
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OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
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“The judge said she accepted some of complainant Sophia Brooks' evidence, but found they were not ‘entirely truthful’ and not ‘as alarmed or distressed’ as they had portrayed themself to be”
This judge is bent and a transphobe. I was in the fucking room so I am properly informed to say this.
This judge is bent and a transphobe. I was in the fucking room so I am properly informed to say this.
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“The judge said she accepted some of complainant Sophia Brooks' evidence, but found they were not ‘entirely truthful’ and not ‘as alarmed or distressed’ as they had portrayed themself to be”
This judge is bent and a transphobe. I was in the fucking room so I am properly informed to say this.
This judge is bent and a transphobe. I was in the fucking room so I am properly informed to say this.
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In 2021 Good Law Project went for an Orwell Prize for uncovering the Covid PPE VIP lane - an issue which helped bring down the last Government. We didn't even get shortlisted - one of the judges was a Director General under the last Government working on... the Covid response. 😂
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In 2021 Good Law Project went for an Orwell Prize for uncovering the Covid PPE VIP lane - an issue which helped bring down the last Government. We didn't even get shortlisted - one of the judges was a Director General under the last Government working on... the Covid response. 😂
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From r/TransgenderUK: The BBC is putting together a hit piece against GenderGP.
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
From r/TransgenderUK: The BBC is putting together a hit piece against GenderGP.
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Labour party today:
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Labour party today:
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
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I think it really would be helpful if there was a public explanation for this unusual decision, in this highly charged and important case. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I think it really would be helpful if there was a public explanation for this unusual decision, in this highly charged and important case. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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‘Risk exiting the market’
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
‘Risk exiting the market’
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Headlines that disprove nominative determinism as well as proving Betteridge's Law
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Headlines that disprove nominative determinism as well as proving Betteridge's Law
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Turing failed to consider whether a human thinking a machine is sentient might actually be a sign that the human isn't intelligent rather than the machine being intelligent.
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Turing failed to consider whether a human thinking a machine is sentient might actually be a sign that the human isn't intelligent rather than the machine being intelligent.
Accidentally killing yourself and/or your kids to own the libs 🙄
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Accidentally killing yourself and/or your kids to own the libs 🙄
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the AEB mandate was voluntarily adopted by the entire US auto industry because it has an unambiguous and independently validated impact on safety... eliminating it is the stupidest automotive safety proposal I have heard in my entire life
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
the AEB mandate was voluntarily adopted by the entire US auto industry because it has an unambiguous and independently validated impact on safety... eliminating it is the stupidest automotive safety proposal I have heard in my entire life
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Now more than ever it must be continually restated that anti-trans extremists are building a false reality in the UK. That trans people exist and gender identity should be recognised is not "a debate" with two equally valid standpoints! It's been settled international human rights law for decades!
I actually think it's bad that the law thinks that calling a 17 year old a "sissy porn-watching scumbag", a "groomer" and a "disgusting incel" in public is not a crime, and indeed I do not think criticising this would constitute "[picking] sides in the debate about sex and gender identity".
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Now more than ever it must be continually restated that anti-trans extremists are building a false reality in the UK. That trans people exist and gender identity should be recognised is not "a debate" with two equally valid standpoints! It's been settled international human rights law for decades!
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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Exactly this.
The Herald chose to honour a transphobic hate group on the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
We now know exactly what the Herald thinks of trans and non-binary people and the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Herald knew what it was doing. Now their sponsors must say where they stand.
The Herald chose to honour a transphobic hate group on the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
We now know exactly what the Herald thinks of trans and non-binary people and the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Herald knew what it was doing. Now their sponsors must say where they stand.
For Women Scotland, have been at the core of the anti-trans lobby for a number of years and their actions are causing enormous harm to trans and non-binary people across the UK.
The decision by The Herald to present them with this award is not a neutral decision.
The decision by The Herald to present them with this award is not a neutral decision.
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Exactly this.
The Herald chose to honour a transphobic hate group on the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
We now know exactly what the Herald thinks of trans and non-binary people and the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Herald knew what it was doing. Now their sponsors must say where they stand.
The Herald chose to honour a transphobic hate group on the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
We now know exactly what the Herald thinks of trans and non-binary people and the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Herald knew what it was doing. Now their sponsors must say where they stand.
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what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
what the fuck
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2020: David Lammy, "Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea"
2025: The Times, "Jury trials to be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers"
2025: The Times, "Jury trials to be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers"
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
2020: David Lammy, "Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea"
2025: The Times, "Jury trials to be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers"
2025: The Times, "Jury trials to be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers"
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Google is so bad now that my "here's how to find things on Google" lecture was embarrassingly derailed by me, with deep search skills, being unable to find simple things I've located dozens of times before, live in front of students.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Google is so bad now that my "here's how to find things on Google" lecture was embarrassingly derailed by me, with deep search skills, being unable to find simple things I've located dozens of times before, live in front of students.
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the bbc coining the phrase "teenage trans woman" in their coverage of the linehan case is driving me insane. it's so subtly revealing
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
the bbc coining the phrase "teenage trans woman" in their coverage of the linehan case is driving me insane. it's so subtly revealing
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
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I know nothing about cars so when my car was playing up I asked my neighbour, who also knows nothing about cars and he said "it's completely broken, you should scrap it and get another one".
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November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I know nothing about cars so when my car was playing up I asked my neighbour, who also knows nothing about cars and he said "it's completely broken, you should scrap it and get another one".
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