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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 6h

Those opposed to affirmative care are trying to create a "science footprint" that supports their attack on trans medicine. This describes a piece of that story.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown

The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.

www.motherjones.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 3d

Is there a verifiable photo of a child being zip tied by ICE in the Chicago raid? Because a picture is worth a 1000 words. If the photo is real, let’s circulate it.

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 5d

www.erininthemorning.com/p/elon-musk-...

Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 6d

Well, OK, it is a LOT wonky (LOL), but pretty amazing none-theless. I am running behind so chose not to explain it a length, but just put it out there.

Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 7d

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Anne Fausto-Sterling (@annefaustosterling)

This article is a little wonky but is technically amazing as it combines knowing how the central nervous system develops in the embryo with materials science—the use of soft bioelectronics. The method...

substack.com

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 8d

“This trial exposed their true aim: to intimidate and silence anyone who dares oppose them,” he added. “If we fail to fight back, Trump’s thought police won’t stop at pro-Palestinian voices – they will come for anyone who speaks out.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Judge issues blistering opinion against Trump policy to deport pro-Palestinian students

Judge rules non-citizens have the same free speech rights as US citizens under the first amendment

www.theguardian.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 7d

Of embryos and vaccines
open.substack.com/pub/sterling...

Of embryos and vaccines

If you REALLY want to protect the unborn...

open.substack.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 9d

I found this to be exptremely helpfuyl. Thanks, Jack, for taking us through the Quality of Evidence Pyramid as applied to gender affirming care.

jdrescher.substack.com/p/the-distor...

The Distortions Hindering Gender-Affirming Care

A Low Quality of Evidence Does Not Mean “Do Not Treat”

jdrescher.substack.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 13d

Am I the only one who missed this? Was there any coverage? www.youtube.com/shorts/C-Ykx...

U.S. Veterans Interrupt Senate Hearing: “You’re Complicit in a Genocide”

YouTube video by AJ+

www.youtube.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 16d

The National Academy of Sciences was granted a charter by Congress in 1863 to provide the government with independent, objective advice on science and technology.
www.science.org/content/arti...

National Academies, staggering from Trump cuts, on brink of dramatic downsizing

Plan for slashed units and mission to be presented at governor’s meeting next week

www.science.org

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 16d

As the Trump administration continues to drastically defund and dismantle basic science in America, the United States is presenting other countries with opportunities to take the lead in seeing farther ahead--Holden Thorpe

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

America is ceding the lead in creating the future

The renowned American management consultant and author Peter Drucker is often credited as saying that “the best way to predict the future is to create it”—a view that applies to science as much as to the business world. It implies that gaining insights ...

www.science.org

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 16d

The sky offered up trans colors tonight. I’m taking it as a sign of support from the universe.

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Sandy ✨🦋 @srosnato.bsky.social · 18d

ABC is said to be airing a memorial to Charlie Kirk tonight in the Jimmy Kimmel Live time slot. BOYCOTT!!

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Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 18d

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 17d

www.closertotheedge.net/p/trumps-ice...

TRUMP’S ICE GOONS UNLEASH HELL ON CHICAGO

What happened in Broadview this morning wasn’t immigration enforcement.

www.closertotheedge.net

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Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 18d

Cancelling Disney+ and boycotting Target are excellent. But nothing will do more than what we can do together. Join a union. Solidarity is the power we really have as individuals.
Nothing could be weaker than the feeble might of one. It’s the union makes us strong.
@cornellaaup.bsky.social

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Lynda Boothroyd @drboothroyd.bsky.social · 18d

A chemist I know used to say 'oil is so useful for so many things, it's insane that we burn it as fuel.'
Likewise, there are such important things that we can and should be trying to do with advanced algorithmic models, (like this! 👇), that it's insane we're burning the earth for chat bots...

PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 18d

New AI tool detects hidden consciousness in brain-injured patients by analyzing microscopic facial movements

Up to a quarter of brain-injured patients who appear unresponsive may actually be conscious. A new study presents an AI tool that detects this hidden awareness by tracking tiny facial movements, revealing signs of consciousness days earlier than standard clinical exams.

www.psypost.org

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 19d

This Substack has contact info for Roger Iger, head f Disney. Be polite but cancel, and don’t forget you are never returning to Disneyland. Y,all know what to do.

open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...

Chop Wood, Carry Water 9/18

With love at the center.

chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 20d

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘One of the true final frontiers’ — Sally Ride biopic highlights the struggle of gay astronauts

The first US woman to fly in space said little about her personal life in public. A candid film discloses the pressures she endured.

www.nature.com

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Sykes @mikedsykes.bsky.social · 21d

Coates just doesn't miss. He doesn't.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 21d

Surprising decision for Mattel to choose a Mexican American doll as their 2026 doll of the year, an interesting note on where they think the market is

www.americangirl.com/products/raq...

Raquel™ Doll (Girl of the Year™ 2026) | American Girl®

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www.americangirl.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 21d

So a Fox news host says THIS. Why hasn't FOX fired him. Why isn't he arrested for inciting violence? What kind of apology is that? Not ALL homeless deserve to be killed? But others do?

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 24d

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

www.thenation.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 24d

2 day oold piping plover. A little Sunday fluff.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 24d

Kirk was working in the same tradition as evangelical preachers like William Bell Riley in the 1930s. They were professional anti-evolution debaters who would use cheap tricks to humiliate unwary biology professors who showed up to debate them in front of stacked audiences.

Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 25d

One thing that I think some not-youngs forget (and is different from 20 years ago) is that Kirk used his ‘debates’ to generate video that could go viral and, to use an old phrase, catapult the propaganda. His debates weren’t in any way, shape, or form educational.

Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 25d

When Charlie Kirk, who put together lists of professors he didn't like so people could target & harass them, used the phrase "free speech", he used it in the same way creationists use "teach the controversy." For Kirk, it was just another way to bludgeon the left and also to promote his propaganda.

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