Kate Clancy
@kateclancy.bsky.social
Feminist science professor at the University of Illinois. Obsessed with the uterus, even when it's being shitty. Author of PERIOD: The Real Story of Menstruation, now out on paperback. Up next: PREGNANCY, INTERRUPTED. Settler, queer. 🍉
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I've shared on here before, why more cops do not and cannot reduce the murder rate in US cities.
I've shared that criminal justice reformers have known what does work, and has worked in dozens of US cities. It's now driving record low homicide in Chicago and Baltimore♥️🕊️
Now let's talk cop killings
I've shared that criminal justice reformers have known what does work, and has worked in dozens of US cities. It's now driving record low homicide in Chicago and Baltimore♥️🕊️
Now let's talk cop killings
Baltimore Streets
YouTube video by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
m.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I've shared on here before, why more cops do not and cannot reduce the murder rate in US cities.
I've shared that criminal justice reformers have known what does work, and has worked in dozens of US cities. It's now driving record low homicide in Chicago and Baltimore♥️🕊️
Now let's talk cop killings
I've shared that criminal justice reformers have known what does work, and has worked in dozens of US cities. It's now driving record low homicide in Chicago and Baltimore♥️🕊️
Now let's talk cop killings
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This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
So, my youngest receives speech therapy services at her school, which is affiliated with our uni (it's a research lab school). She has been receiving these services since September. Suddenly now I have to go in person to the next door school district to register her or those services get dropped.
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So, my youngest receives speech therapy services at her school, which is affiliated with our uni (it's a research lab school). She has been receiving these services since September. Suddenly now I have to go in person to the next door school district to register her or those services get dropped.
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A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
Inside an ICE Defense Training on Fortnite
A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
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The rate at which staff members have used force against inmates has been climbing steadily for the past decade. But interviews with watchdog officials, prisoners’ advocates and prisoners suggest that instances of the most egregious abuse have increased significantly in just the past three years.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The rate at which staff members have used force against inmates has been climbing steadily for the past decade. But interviews with watchdog officials, prisoners’ advocates and prisoners suggest that instances of the most egregious abuse have increased significantly in just the past three years.
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Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.
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hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
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I think we need to pay reviewers.
25 no response out of 30 requests to review!
Drives me mad this selfish behaviour, which I also see as a journal editor. And it's almost always established folk with secure jobs, not least those endlessly brandishing their right-on-ness on social media
Drives me mad this selfish behaviour, which I also see as a journal editor. And it's almost always established folk with secure jobs, not least those endlessly brandishing their right-on-ness on social media
Recently did around 30 requests to ppl who'd published very similar papers to the one I needed reviews for. 3 declines, 25 no response. Please at least decline guys it slows stuff down so much otherwise.
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I think we need to pay reviewers.
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They focus so much on the "cause" in the same way they do on trans youth. That if there's some cause they can identify, they can eliminate that population by preventing it. It's eugenics disguised as concern trolling.
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
They focus so much on the "cause" in the same way they do on trans youth. That if there's some cause they can identify, they can eliminate that population by preventing it. It's eugenics disguised as concern trolling.
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It's what they did with trans youth. They centered the perspectives of certain doctors and parents rather than the youth at issue themselves. Then they do the "just asking questions" bit that launders terrible dehumanizing rhetoric and undermines their dignity and rights.
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It's what they did with trans youth. They centered the perspectives of certain doctors and parents rather than the youth at issue themselves. Then they do the "just asking questions" bit that launders terrible dehumanizing rhetoric and undermines their dignity and rights.
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That's what this is about. They spoke a lot to the parents of autistic children but almost never to the children themselves. It centers the perspectives of allistic people instead. They absolve themselves of this problem by focusing on high needs autistic children they claim they can't speak with.
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
That's what this is about. They spoke a lot to the parents of autistic children but almost never to the children themselves. It centers the perspectives of allistic people instead. They absolve themselves of this problem by focusing on high needs autistic children they claim they can't speak with.
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The NYT claims diagnosis is a problem despite substantial improvements in detection and early intervention. The problem for them is that there are low needs autistic people who can advocate for themselves and push back against dehumanizing rhetoric like this against those on the spectrum.
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The NYT claims diagnosis is a problem despite substantial improvements in detection and early intervention. The problem for them is that there are low needs autistic people who can advocate for themselves and push back against dehumanizing rhetoric like this against those on the spectrum.
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Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
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Not surprisingly, according to data from X, some major MAGA accounts are not based in the US. Here are a couple of examples. Let's see how this pans out in the weeks to come, as there are still many questions about the accuracy of the location data from X.
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Not surprisingly, according to data from X, some major MAGA accounts are not based in the US. Here are a couple of examples. Let's see how this pans out in the weeks to come, as there are still many questions about the accuracy of the location data from X.
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My nonprofit @americansunlight.org looked at this behavior continuing basically unabated six years after FB introduced page transparency in 2018. As covered by @afp.com: www.straitstimes.com/world/united...
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Deceptive ‘bait-and-switch’ Facebook groups snare US voters: Study
It illustrates a sophisticated tactic to seed false election narratives in trusted online spaces. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My nonprofit @americansunlight.org looked at this behavior continuing basically unabated six years after FB introduced page transparency in 2018. As covered by @afp.com: www.straitstimes.com/world/united...
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This book about periods is excellent. Recommend!
I might be biased as an anthropologist, but as an intersex woman with ever-changing relationship with my uterus & as mom to a young son who has questions about my period, this book has been fascinating & eye-opening. open.spotify.com/show/1WlF97s...
I might be biased as an anthropologist, but as an intersex woman with ever-changing relationship with my uterus & as mom to a young son who has questions about my period, this book has been fascinating & eye-opening. open.spotify.com/show/1WlF97s...
Period
open.spotify.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This book about periods is excellent. Recommend!
I might be biased as an anthropologist, but as an intersex woman with ever-changing relationship with my uterus & as mom to a young son who has questions about my period, this book has been fascinating & eye-opening. open.spotify.com/show/1WlF97s...
I might be biased as an anthropologist, but as an intersex woman with ever-changing relationship with my uterus & as mom to a young son who has questions about my period, this book has been fascinating & eye-opening. open.spotify.com/show/1WlF97s...
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I just donated what I spent to the strike support fund. Tip your baristas! Support unions! sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/
Strike Fund - Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks partners are winning this fight because we are united, and customers and allies are standing with us.
sbworkersunited.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I just donated what I spent to the strike support fund. Tip your baristas! Support unions! sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/
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Smokers, do you think you can just stop? Nuh-uh.
CDC: it takes most people 8–11 tries before they can quit.
FDA: in 2018 55% of adult smokers tried to quit. Only 8% were successful in quitting for 6-12 mos.
Guess how many smoking deaths every year?
480,000
And 41,000 more from secondhand smoke
CDC: it takes most people 8–11 tries before they can quit.
FDA: in 2018 55% of adult smokers tried to quit. Only 8% were successful in quitting for 6-12 mos.
Guess how many smoking deaths every year?
480,000
And 41,000 more from secondhand smoke
With more actors, pop stars and other celebrities spotted unapologetically smoking, the cultural taboo against it shows signs of ebbing.
Celebrities Are Making Smoking Cigarettes Cool Again
Cigarettes are resurfacing in pop music and movies, raising fears that a yearslong decline in smoking rates could reverse.
on.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Smokers, do you think you can just stop? Nuh-uh.
CDC: it takes most people 8–11 tries before they can quit.
FDA: in 2018 55% of adult smokers tried to quit. Only 8% were successful in quitting for 6-12 mos.
Guess how many smoking deaths every year?
480,000
And 41,000 more from secondhand smoke
CDC: it takes most people 8–11 tries before they can quit.
FDA: in 2018 55% of adult smokers tried to quit. Only 8% were successful in quitting for 6-12 mos.
Guess how many smoking deaths every year?
480,000
And 41,000 more from secondhand smoke
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A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
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Many disabled kids would benefit so much if parenting classes that focus on disability inclusion and the harms of ableism were widely available (so, free) to their parents.
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Many disabled kids would benefit so much if parenting classes that focus on disability inclusion and the harms of ableism were widely available (so, free) to their parents.
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Art school problems
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Art school problems
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Willingly scarring your body to own the libs. These people are straight up insane. This is Manson Family shit
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Willingly scarring your body to own the libs. These people are straight up insane. This is Manson Family shit
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one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
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Charlie Kirk was a tool.
I mean that literally. He was useful to the American right for organizing and propaganda, then they thought they could use his death to silence and persecute people they don't like, which worked a bit but fizzled, and then he was no longer of use to them so they moved on.
I mean that literally. He was useful to the American right for organizing and propaganda, then they thought they could use his death to silence and persecute people they don't like, which worked a bit but fizzled, and then he was no longer of use to them so they moved on.
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Charlie Kirk was a tool.
I mean that literally. He was useful to the American right for organizing and propaganda, then they thought they could use his death to silence and persecute people they don't like, which worked a bit but fizzled, and then he was no longer of use to them so they moved on.
I mean that literally. He was useful to the American right for organizing and propaganda, then they thought they could use his death to silence and persecute people they don't like, which worked a bit but fizzled, and then he was no longer of use to them so they moved on.
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I have long said people don't be hatin Chief Justice John Roberts as much as they should be hatin Chief Justice John Roberts
“Roberts has been embedding white-dominant authoritarianism into the country’s source code for two decades. It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy.”
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I have long said people don't be hatin Chief Justice John Roberts as much as they should be hatin Chief Justice John Roberts