Christine M.
@christine-m.bsky.social
science fiction, astroscience, photography
“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”
(Terry Pratchett; I Shall Wear Midnight)
(she / her)
“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”
(Terry Pratchett; I Shall Wear Midnight)
(she / her)
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Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
The Neglected Front in RFK Jr.’s War on Science — Assigned
As trans healthcare is decimated no one is standing up for the integrity of the scientific process for these patients.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
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Zwischen Ungezogenheiten und würdeloser Kriecherei gibt es einen dritten Weg. Den der
Menschlichkeit."
Gute Nacht mit einem Zitat von Tucholsky, das nichts von seiner Wertigkeit verloren hat.
Menschlichkeit."
Gute Nacht mit einem Zitat von Tucholsky, das nichts von seiner Wertigkeit verloren hat.
December 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Zwischen Ungezogenheiten und würdeloser Kriecherei gibt es einen dritten Weg. Den der
Menschlichkeit."
Gute Nacht mit einem Zitat von Tucholsky, das nichts von seiner Wertigkeit verloren hat.
Menschlichkeit."
Gute Nacht mit einem Zitat von Tucholsky, das nichts von seiner Wertigkeit verloren hat.
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"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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There's not much left of the rule of law if organisations can be financially bullied into not asserting their legal rights. goodlaw.social/sb50
Excluding trans people won’t stop you getting sued | Good Law Project
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive.
goodlaw.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
There's not much left of the rule of law if organisations can be financially bullied into not asserting their legal rights. goodlaw.social/sb50
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[trans people fired from all federal jobs]
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]
liberal:
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]
liberal:
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
[trans people fired from all federal jobs]
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]
liberal:
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]
liberal:
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9. For more scientific and culturally competent ways of covering trans issues, reporters can consult the Trans Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide—a tool for newsrooms to bolster their coverage of trans people and the stories that affect them.
styleguide.transjournalists.org
styleguide.transjournalists.org
Trans Journalists Association Stylebook and Coverage Guide
The Transgender Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide is a tool reporters, editors, and other journalists can use to improve news coverage of trans people and the stories that affect ...
styleguide.transjournalists.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
9. For more scientific and culturally competent ways of covering trans issues, reporters can consult the Trans Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide—a tool for newsrooms to bolster their coverage of trans people and the stories that affect them.
styleguide.transjournalists.org
styleguide.transjournalists.org
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2. Following a contentious newsroom battle at the BBC over allegations of political bias, it seems the media empire has given way to transphobic rhetoric—canonizing anti-trans talking points in one of the world’s most influential news outlets.
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
2. Following a contentious newsroom battle at the BBC over allegations of political bias, it seems the media empire has given way to transphobic rhetoric—canonizing anti-trans talking points in one of the world’s most influential news outlets.
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1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
BBC Now Calling Trans Women 'Biological Males Who Identify As Women'
These stories come in the aftermath of allegations that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
"The Enemy of Imagination": Here's the Speech I Gave Last Night
I had such an incredible day yesterday, y’all. First I was at the Trans Day of Literature at George Mason University, talking with incredible authors...
buttondown.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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"Dominiert werden die Aufmärsche nach wie vor von gewaltbereiten sehr jungen rechtsextremen Teilnehmenden, die sich in volatilen digitalen Gruppenstrukturen miteinander vernetzen und radikalisieren."
Studie zu rechtsextremen Anti-CSD-Aufmärschen: "Keine Entwarnung"
(Politik - Deutschland) Rechtsextreme mobilisieren vermehrt gegen CSDs, wie aus einer neuen Untersuchung hervorgeht. Sie versuchen, mit Queerfeindlichkeit die breite Bevölkerung auf ihre Seite zu ziehen.
www.queer.de
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"Dominiert werden die Aufmärsche nach wie vor von gewaltbereiten sehr jungen rechtsextremen Teilnehmenden, die sich in volatilen digitalen Gruppenstrukturen miteinander vernetzen und radikalisieren."
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Giving Jane the final word here. She got it!
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Giving Jane the final word here. She got it!
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Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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From last year, but evergreen, our package of essays from prominent trans people on why they're not giving up.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Stay With Us — Assigned
Assigned Media wants you to live! And, what keeps us steadfast and ready to meet the moment is the example of other members of our community who refuse to let fear or hopelessness keep them from their...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
From last year, but evergreen, our package of essays from prominent trans people on why they're not giving up.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
In China hat man erkannt / anerkannt / beschlossen, dass Klimaschutz einen positiven Business Case hat. Also wird's gemacht ...
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In China hat man erkannt / anerkannt / beschlossen, dass Klimaschutz einen positiven Business Case hat. Also wird's gemacht ...
Now, give the man his mouth harp back.
(Wonder about "The Band".)
Anyway - Like.
(Wonder about "The Band".)
Anyway - Like.
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Now, give the man his mouth harp back.
(Wonder about "The Band".)
Anyway - Like.
(Wonder about "The Band".)
Anyway - Like.
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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In der kommenden Woche treffen sich in Berlin die Regierungschefs von Deutschland & Frankreich mit der EU-Kommission zu einem Souveränitätsgipfel. Ein zivilgesellschaftliches Bündnis stellt 4 Forderungen auf, um mit offenen sozialen Netzwerken unabhängiger zu werden.
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
Digitale Souveränität: Neues Bündnis fordert mehr Engagement für offene Netzwerke
In der kommenden Woche treffen sich in Berlin die Regierungschefs von Deutschland und Frankreich mit der EU-Kommission zu einem Souveränitätsgipfel. Ein neues Bündnis aus der Zivilgesellschaft stellt ...
netzpolitik.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In der kommenden Woche treffen sich in Berlin die Regierungschefs von Deutschland & Frankreich mit der EU-Kommission zu einem Souveränitätsgipfel. Ein zivilgesellschaftliches Bündnis stellt 4 Forderungen auf, um mit offenen sozialen Netzwerken unabhängiger zu werden.
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
Nun, auch wenn es in Deutschland einige dieser Rechte gibt, so wird doch gerne dran geknabbert. (Siehe kürzlich die Schaffung von neuen "Listen", die erst via Bundesrat gekippt wurde.) Die DIskussion und Sichtbarkeit in der Diskussion ist auch bei uns wichtig.
Blick in die Schweiz: Cool!
Blick in die Schweiz: Cool!
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Nun, auch wenn es in Deutschland einige dieser Rechte gibt, so wird doch gerne dran geknabbert. (Siehe kürzlich die Schaffung von neuen "Listen", die erst via Bundesrat gekippt wurde.) Die DIskussion und Sichtbarkeit in der Diskussion ist auch bei uns wichtig.
Blick in die Schweiz: Cool!
Blick in die Schweiz: Cool!
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Critical thinking skills are essential for resisting harmful disinformation and countering hate and bias. #RefuseHate
It's on us all to introduce media literacy concepts to children and young people. Revisit #LearningForJustice's resource to learn how you can help 🔗: https://bit.ly/3SmUzfg
It's on us all to introduce media literacy concepts to children and young people. Revisit #LearningForJustice's resource to learn how you can help 🔗: https://bit.ly/3SmUzfg
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Critical thinking skills are essential for resisting harmful disinformation and countering hate and bias. #RefuseHate
It's on us all to introduce media literacy concepts to children and young people. Revisit #LearningForJustice's resource to learn how you can help 🔗: https://bit.ly/3SmUzfg
It's on us all to introduce media literacy concepts to children and young people. Revisit #LearningForJustice's resource to learn how you can help 🔗: https://bit.ly/3SmUzfg
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Friend and colleague Ryan McGrady has an excellent piece in Tech Policy Press on Grokipedia. Rather than excoriating the new project for Elon worship (true, but hardly interesting), he looks into how Grokipedia redefines sources for encyclopedic knowledge: www.techpolicy.press/with-grokipe...
With Grokipedia, Top-Down Control of Knowledge Is New Again | TechPolicy.Press
Ryan McGrady asks, who is Grokipedia for, other than its owner?
techpolicy.press
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Friend and colleague Ryan McGrady has an excellent piece in Tech Policy Press on Grokipedia. Rather than excoriating the new project for Elon worship (true, but hardly interesting), he looks into how Grokipedia redefines sources for encyclopedic knowledge: www.techpolicy.press/with-grokipe...