Jessica Kant
@jessdkant.bsky.social
Researcher, therapist, heavily caffeinated. Frequently described as a bit of a handful. 🖤 (She/her) 🏳️⚧️ jessk.org/blog
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Welcome to the anti-trans outrage factory — Jessica Kant
When I first wrote Anatomy of a moral panic in February 2024, I had only a faint glimmer of what was to come.The astronomical rise in stories about trans people that I’d collected over the previous ye...
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Part 3: "The astronomical rise in stories about trans people that I’d collected over the previous year told a different story. This massive, messy dataset was brimming with increasingly vile headlines that only seemed to metastasize with time. ... two years later we know how the story turns out."
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If only there was a QR code on the gun
February 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
If only there was a QR code on the gun
Here are some better headline ideas which would all be more accurate:
“Fossil fuel industry, EPA, declares science irrelevant to policy”
“Scientists unified about the dangers of policy change”
“EPA officially replaced by coal lobby”
“Administration sticks fingers in ears, dooming humanity”
“Fossil fuel industry, EPA, declares science irrelevant to policy”
“Scientists unified about the dangers of policy change”
“EPA officially replaced by coal lobby”
“Administration sticks fingers in ears, dooming humanity”
February 13, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Here are some better headline ideas which would all be more accurate:
“Fossil fuel industry, EPA, declares science irrelevant to policy”
“Scientists unified about the dangers of policy change”
“EPA officially replaced by coal lobby”
“Administration sticks fingers in ears, dooming humanity”
“Fossil fuel industry, EPA, declares science irrelevant to policy”
“Scientists unified about the dangers of policy change”
“EPA officially replaced by coal lobby”
“Administration sticks fingers in ears, dooming humanity”
This would be a better climate policy than what they’re proposing at this point
February 13, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This would be a better climate policy than what they’re proposing at this point
Please journalists: scientific findings don’t get “revoked” by politicians. They can be challenged or contradicted by other scientists in the presence of new evidence, sure. That didn’t happen here. Every new piece of climate science since the endangerment finding supports the original thesis.
February 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Please journalists: scientific findings don’t get “revoked” by politicians. They can be challenged or contradicted by other scientists in the presence of new evidence, sure. That didn’t happen here. Every new piece of climate science since the endangerment finding supports the original thesis.
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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See? More of this, please
ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills.
To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.
To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.
February 13, 2026 at 8:22 PM
See? More of this, please
out of curiosity, why '08?
February 13, 2026 at 9:04 PM
out of curiosity, why '08?
I want to dream a little bigger than "at least we know they were lying." They're always lying. They're constitutionally incapable of telling the truth. But I have yet to hear about the man who shot her 5x being charged? He's on administrative leave. So no, I don't think that's her getting "justice."
February 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I want to dream a little bigger than "at least we know they were lying." They're always lying. They're constitutionally incapable of telling the truth. But I have yet to hear about the man who shot her 5x being charged? He's on administrative leave. So no, I don't think that's her getting "justice."
Am I glad we have this on video? Sure. Do I think they should be mandatory? Of course. Do I think that has had any measurable impact on their behavior? Not even a little.
February 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Am I glad we have this on video? Sure. Do I think they should be mandatory? Of course. Do I think that has had any measurable impact on their behavior? Not even a little.
The text threads visible in here where agents are congratulating him on "good shooting" and glowing feedback is pouring in all the way up the administration also shows why: not is there there no accountability mechanism, this is what they're told the job is.
February 13, 2026 at 8:48 PM
The text threads visible in here where agents are congratulating him on "good shooting" and glowing feedback is pouring in all the way up the administration also shows why: not is there there no accountability mechanism, this is what they're told the job is.
CNN segment part 2. Don't get me wrong, it's fantastic for her that we have this horror show on video, but also it's really extraordinary that this doesn't seem to have altered their behavior even a little bit.
February 13, 2026 at 8:44 PM
CNN segment part 2. Don't get me wrong, it's fantastic for her that we have this horror show on video, but also it's really extraordinary that this doesn't seem to have altered their behavior even a little bit.
If only they had worn body cameras, this wouldn't have hap—
February 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
If only they had worn body cameras, this wouldn't have hap—
Coding for valence is a project I’m working on with a few other researchers who are a little more versed in that type of language processing, so it’s harder to tell but I can get to ~2.2k just selecting 6 right wing blocks in under a year in the US.
February 13, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Coding for valence is a project I’m working on with a few other researchers who are a little more versed in that type of language processing, so it’s harder to tell but I can get to ~2.2k just selecting 6 right wing blocks in under a year in the US.
If I select for specific right wing sources I get similar numbers for the UK but it gets absolutely bonkers in the US when you start adding in Fox and tabloids like the Daily Wire, etc and all the “neutral” papers alongside local syndicates, blogs and garbage that MSN and Google and the like push.
February 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
If I select for specific right wing sources I get similar numbers for the UK but it gets absolutely bonkers in the US when you start adding in Fox and tabloids like the Daily Wire, etc and all the “neutral” papers alongside local syndicates, blogs and garbage that MSN and Google and the like push.
Thanks for linking! Yeah, the long term nature of the data OP cites is absolutely astonishing and super high-quality, but i think this is restricted to the mainstream UK press? For the English-speaking press worldwide, the number is closer to a hundred thousand a year.
February 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Thanks for linking! Yeah, the long term nature of the data OP cites is absolutely astonishing and super high-quality, but i think this is restricted to the mainstream UK press? For the English-speaking press worldwide, the number is closer to a hundred thousand a year.
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What this does to those of us with even the thickest of skins is pretty traumatic at the best of times. It wears you down and out.
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM
What this does to those of us with even the thickest of skins is pretty traumatic at the best of times. It wears you down and out.
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hi, cis folks!
if you’re in kansas, please call & tell your state senator & representative that revoking trans people’s documents & setting bounties on trans folks using the bathroom is fucked. tell them to support a veto—yes, even republicans.
contact info: reps.fyi
find talking points in the QP
if you’re in kansas, please call & tell your state senator & representative that revoking trans people’s documents & setting bounties on trans folks using the bathroom is fucked. tell them to support a veto—yes, even republicans.
contact info: reps.fyi
find talking points in the QP
The Kansas State Legislature just passed SB 244, an extremist bill which cruelly targets trans people and their access to restrooms and accurate identity documents.
Kansans: The time to act is NOW. 🚨
Contact your legislators and urge them to SUPPORT the veto of SB 244: tinyurl.com/2m77hbkk
Kansans: The time to act is NOW. 🚨
Contact your legislators and urge them to SUPPORT the veto of SB 244: tinyurl.com/2m77hbkk
February 13, 2026 at 3:44 AM
hi, cis folks!
if you’re in kansas, please call & tell your state senator & representative that revoking trans people’s documents & setting bounties on trans folks using the bathroom is fucked. tell them to support a veto—yes, even republicans.
contact info: reps.fyi
find talking points in the QP
if you’re in kansas, please call & tell your state senator & representative that revoking trans people’s documents & setting bounties on trans folks using the bathroom is fucked. tell them to support a veto—yes, even republicans.
contact info: reps.fyi
find talking points in the QP
This is a disappointingly cogent example of how much the war over how news is served is seen as an essential battleground that the right is prosecuting with everything they have. I will keep banging this drum: the news ecosystem is arguably the single most powerful driver of public policy there is.
February 13, 2026 at 2:45 AM
This is a disappointingly cogent example of how much the war over how news is served is seen as an essential battleground that the right is prosecuting with everything they have. I will keep banging this drum: the news ecosystem is arguably the single most powerful driver of public policy there is.
I hope, but feel deeply doubtful, that at least someone at Apple realizes that if it hadn't folded last year with the app store, they wouldn't be in this position of being extorted over the news app. The second a company starts to bend, they're cooked.
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 AM
I hope, but feel deeply doubtful, that at least someone at Apple realizes that if it hadn't folded last year with the app store, they wouldn't be in this position of being extorted over the news app. The second a company starts to bend, they're cooked.
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The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
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Fox News produces more trans articles than any other outlet – including LGBTQ+ ones
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/10/fox-news-trans-articles/?utm_content=1770740405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/10/fox-news-trans-articles/?utm_content=1770740405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Fox News produces more trans articles than any other outlet
Fox News, a right-wing media empire, produces more articles referencing trans people than any other outlet, research suggests.
www.thepinknews.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Fox News produces more trans articles than any other outlet – including LGBTQ+ ones
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/10/fox-news-trans-articles/?utm_content=1770740405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/10/fox-news-trans-articles/?utm_content=1770740405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
No.. you just misunderstood what he wrote?
February 12, 2026 at 6:22 AM
No.. you just misunderstood what he wrote?
This is tricky; it’s about degree. At what point does it cease to be someone’s own work? The LLM isn’t creating the answers out of nowhere. Many of those responses exist because someone else wrote variations of them, now reproduced without context/source. Academically at least, that is plagiarism.
February 12, 2026 at 6:16 AM
This is tricky; it’s about degree. At what point does it cease to be someone’s own work? The LLM isn’t creating the answers out of nowhere. Many of those responses exist because someone else wrote variations of them, now reproduced without context/source. Academically at least, that is plagiarism.
This is an excellent comparison. Similarly reinforced regularly, and easily manipulated to provoke stronger reactions further warping perception. And all of these sell, so in turn outrage itself is becomes the product and outlets are incentivized to fan the flames.
February 12, 2026 at 5:57 AM
This is an excellent comparison. Similarly reinforced regularly, and easily manipulated to provoke stronger reactions further warping perception. And all of these sell, so in turn outrage itself is becomes the product and outlets are incentivized to fan the flames.