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They/Them (T. T. Perry)

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Applied and translational sensory scientist. https://ttpphd.com https://mastodon.social/@ttpphd PFP: Sculpture of a distorted face and neck

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They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 3d

Grab a PDF copy of my GLMA poster:

A Thematic Analysis of Transgender, Intersex, and Gender-Diverse Experiences of (Violated) Genital Autonomy

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#Trans #Intersex #Circumcision #Autonomy #HealthCare

GLMA25: A Thematic Analysis of Transgender, Intersex, and Gender-Diverse Experiences of (Violated) Genital Autonomy

Hello! You’ve found a PDF of my poster for the 2025 GLMA Annual Conference on LGBTQ+ Health. Authors: T. T. Perry, Julia Black, E. M. Campbell, Pallas Lysander-Romberg, Oberyn McCreless, D. W…

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They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 2h

Just saw someone biking in a walrus costume. I love Portland.

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They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 4h

Someone beat me to the punch on this drag name: Gorge Bush

www.instagram.com/gorgebushh

#DragQueenNames

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 9h

I think the famous TikTok doctor is on my plane. Dr. Glaucoma or whatever. I don't watch short form video but other people seem to recognize him.

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Mortellus is Non-Binary @acrowandthedead.bsky.social · 9h

Starting October 14 nonbinary and intersex people (like myself) cannot enter or leave the country.

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS

CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com

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They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 9h

I'mn't.

They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 10h

A great message

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Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · 10h

My art

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 10h

The MAGA pro-Israel wing is antisemitic by way of conspiracy theories and Christian eschatology. The MAGA anti-Israel wing is antisemitic by way of conspiracy theories and neo-Nazism. It's like horseshoe theory, if you gave it a concussion by hitting it repeatedly with horseshoes.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 11h

Anyone who thinks the energy on the MAGA right is solidly pro-Israel needs to read this story: www.jta.org/2025/10/10/u...

‘Jewish donors play into all the stereotypes,’ Charlie Kirk wrote in leaked text messages before his murder - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Kirk added that donors were “leaving me no choice but to leave the pro-Israel cause.”

www.jta.org

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They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 10h

A single negative rapid test should never be understood as proving you don't have COVID. Test again in 24 hours if negative.

It's when you get a positive that you should feel more confident in the rapid test result.

They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 11h

💖 I hope you have a delightful day!

They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 19h

I decided not to watch the series when the first episode featured jokes about circumcision.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

You can, in fact, just do stuff. No permission needed. Have an idea? Execute it.

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 23h

Feels like the United States has been invaded by a hostile force and we are getting the equivalent of de-Baathification domestically by the Trump administration which is treating its own government and blue states as enemies.

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They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 1d

Kudos on that fire emblem reference!

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

What Should Sex Ed for Autistic people look like? Not only in teaching consent & red flags, not just recognizing the sexuality of people with I/DD, but also how we can uplift & normalize the pleasure & autonomy of Autistic people. By Morrigan; CN: Rape/abuse:

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/10/what...

What Should Sex Ed for Autistic People Look Like? — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM

Sex ed for Autistic people usually emphasizes compliance with neurotypical expectations, not self-advocacy—which pains me, as a survivor.

thinkingautismguide.com

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They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 1d

So far this is my favorite swag from #GLMA25 🌈

A sticker that says "ask me about your sperm" in holographic sparkle colors

They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 1d

That's right! There is no room for doom on this trip. Strap in, get active, and exist together offline.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

"it's over, we're doomed, we will never recover this capacity" is the most lame-o shit i have ever heard

Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be honest, I think some level of degradation-of-talent in USG is unavoidable in, like... short to medium term, next cycle or two, but I think a lot of the conversations about it, like conversations about literally everything in America right now, ignore how fuckoff big the country is.

They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like it to me

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Dr. James H. Gundlach @pecanjim.bsky.social · 1d

In trying to see what the effects of religious beliefs are on death rates, I have found indications that religious fundamentalism, especially Southern Baptist, are a major driver of high death rates. The problem is quality of data. See ALT for more. 🧪💡☠️ #Sociology #Demography #Think #News

Looking for measures of state percent Southern Baptist I found measures for the years 1980, 1990, 2020, 2010 and 2020 in:

https://www.usreligioncensus.org/index.php/reports_analyses

Given that in working with hard to get data I regularly look for data problems and when I found all these ten year apart measures correlated at .99 or higher, I concluded that this was a problem. I kept coming back to the problem and around 4:00 one morning I had time on my hand and decided to search the on line Yellow Pages. I ran a search for "Southern Baptist church" for each state and at the bottom of the first page of listing was the total number for the state search. One problem was that Texas, Florida and Georgia turned up with the number 3,000 which looks like the system's maxim number it will report. Alabama only hit 2,946.

I went ahead and recorded the number of each state and after running several years of data I kept finding the Yellow Pages count was more strongly related to the state age 20-64 death rates, the average r for the survey data was 0.60 and the average r for the Yellow Pages number was 0.77. The values of all 112 r's are displayed on the graph.

Given how well this graph of age 20-64 showed things, I went ahead and repeated it for ages 65-84.

Here I show the same 112 possible correlations for the same independent variables, the decade percent Southern Baptist and the 2025 Yellow Pages listing for Southern Baptist Churches. The relative distance between the two lines of dots are very similar in the degree of running together and relative distance and position between them. But this line of dots shows much more of an increase over time than the middle age graph.

Here the r's for the survey data increase from a -0.07 to 0.71 from 1966 to 2023 with an average of 0.38. The same numbers for the Yellow Pages data are an increase from 0.16 to 0.82 with an average of 0.57.

This tells me a few things. First, that the Southern Baptist churches have more substantially increased their elder's relying on prayer for health care than their middle aged. Second, the Yellow Pages measure is consistently a better measure, and cheaper, than the survey data. Third, I need to see how these relationships hold up controlling for other variables, especially the only other variable that I have found is stronger than percent Southern Baptist, percent who smoke cigarettes.

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They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 1d

Weird moment at #GLMA25 when Keith Ellison proclaimed that at least George Bush honored election results. Did he, Keith? Did he?

They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 2d

A point that is made excellently in Rom Harré's "Some Narrative Conventions of Scientific Discourse".

Access a copy here:
scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar?q=ca...

Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 2d

A reoccurring frustration for philosophers of science: Many scientists know how to do science like people know how to ride a bike. When they reflect on the practice of science, they repeat platitudes about how science works. Those platitudes are often wrong, sometimes even about their own field

D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 2d

*sighs in philosopher of science*

Looking for confirmatory evidence is an entirely normal part of science. The primary problem here is the eugenics and the fascism, not the lies to children about "the scientific method."

They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 2d

America's laws against forced genital cutting of vulvas aren't premised on the risk of girls developing autism. Laws against genital cutting are about the fundamental right to physical integrity and human dignity.

#circumcision #autism

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t think we’re talking enough about the fact that we successfully took back the frog. Like it has been a meme for the alt right for years now, and thanks to these Portland inflatable costumes, we’re taking it back

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They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 2d

You can read what's behind me here: ttpphd.com/2025/10/09/g...

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They/Them (T. T. Perry) @ttpphd.bsky.social · 2d

No one has attempted it.