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Andrew Wetzel
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Human first, then: curious, Christian, parent.
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Do not read my latest post, about the 1965 book THE PASSOVER PLOT, if you have not watched WAKE UP DEAD MAN.

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Sunday Service: Wake Up, Dead Man | Cinema Sangha
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December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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invisible.institute
Read the story here: www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/november-2025/the-video-that-shook-chicago/
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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invisible.institute
Ten years ago this month, dashcam footage was released showing Laquan McDonald being shot to death by a police officer. A decade after their historic victory, the key players recount how they helped bring the transformative video to light.
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
circlereader.bsky.social
True! And yet some still argue that that brain-bending diversity+equality is inherent to the founding documents of the United States…
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December 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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alexqgb.bsky.social
the idea of a racially diverse people breaks a *lot* of brains - kind of like marriage being a partnership between equals.
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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“Jews are a race” is literally what people, including Hitler, used to mass murder us for centuries.
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 4h
Jews are both a religion and a people.

They are racially diverse.

To categorize them as one race is not only inaccurate but dangerous.
: Screenshot of an X (Twitter) thread. At the top, Elon Musk posts: “Jews are White, if not peak White.” Below that, a user named Justin Clem replies: “Jews don’t see themselves that way, they are the ‘chosen’ ones above all races.” Elon Musk responds: “Skin tone is obvious to anyone who isn’t blind. Overwhelmingly, the vast majority of Jewish people look White! That’s just a fact. As for whether there is an actual underlying genetic difference, which ACTG sequences are the ‘Jewish ones’ and why? Does anyone actually know? Mentally, people can define themselves however they want, but that doesn’t change how the rest of the world views them.” At the bottom, there is a repost from Elon Musk of a tweet by Adam Lowisz that says: “The vast majority of the world views Jews as being White, especially Ashkenazi Jews. When the left talks about fight Whiteness, they include Jews in that.”
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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This is not to doom or to cast aspersion on past accomplishments, which were tremendous. But the time has come to reconsider current arrangements. Trump is trying to destroy them, but we cannot simply cling to what we had. We must reconstruct them for the future.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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”While everyone else has been dunking on the essay's obviously poor quality, I see a conservative student angling to be the next Riley Gaines, the infamous 5th place (tied) swimmer who used a race against a trans woman to launch a million dollar career as a professional anti-trans activist.…”
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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kissphoria.bsky.social
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
Trans Professors comment Mel Curth (She/They) November 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM Please note that I am not deducting points because you have certain beliefs, but instead I am deducting point for you posting a reaction paper that does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive. While you are entitled to your own personal beliefs, there is an appropriate time or place to implement them in your reflections. I encourage all students to question or challenge the course material with other empirical findings or testable hypotheses, but using your own personal beliefs to argue against the findings of not only this article, but the findings of countless articles across psychology, biology, sociology, etc. is not best practice. You argue that abiding by normative gender roles is beneficial (it is perfectly fine to believe this. but to then say that evervone should act TPUSA OU Trans Professors comment the same, while also saying that people aren't pressured into gendered expectations is contradictory, especially since your arguments reflect a religious pressure to act in gender-stereotypical ways. You can say that strict gender norms don't create gender stereotypes, but that isn't true by definition of what a stereotype is. Please note that acknowledging gender stereotypes does not immediately denote a negative connotation, a nuance this article discusses. Additionally, to call an entire group of people "demonic" is highly offensive, especially a minoritized population. You are entitled to your own beliefs, but this isn't a vague narrative of "society pushes lies," but instead the result of countless years developing psychological and scientific evidence for these claims and directly interacting with the communities involved. You may personally disagree with this, but that TPUSA OU 2 Trans Professors comment doesn't change the fact that every major psychological, medical, pediatric, and psychiatric association in the United States acknowledges that, biologically and psychologically, sex and gender is neither binary nor fixed. I implore you apply some more perspective and empathy in your work. If you personally disagree with the findings, then by all means share your criticisms, but make sure to do so in a way that is appropriate and using the methodology of empirical psychology, as aligned with the learning goals in this class. If you have any additional questions or concerns about this or would like some additional educational resources, I would be happy to discuss this further and provide you with them. 3 TPUSA OU Additional professor Megan Waldron (She/Her/Hers) November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM Samantha, I am the other instructor for this course, and I have also taken the time to read your paper. I concur with Mel on the grade you received. This paper should not be considered as a completion of the assignment. Everyone has different ways in which they see the world, but in an academic course such as this you are being asked to support your ideas with empirical evidence and higher-level reasoning. I find it concerning that you state at the beginning of your paper that you do not think bullying ("teasing") is a bad thing. In addition, your paper directly and harshly criticizes your peers and their opinions, which are just as valuable as yours. Disagreeing with others is fine, but there is a respectful way to go about it. That goes for discussion posts as well as reaction papers. Please employ more thoughtfulness in your future assignments TPUSA OU
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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kissphoria.bsky.social
Really hard not to see this whole thing as an effort to get a trans person fired from her TA job
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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scottgordonwi.bsky.social
The teachers here are giving the student the very things people go to college for, and not unkindly either. It is the political right itself that is doing a disservice to students from more conservative backgrounds by convincing them that this sort of thing is persecution
kissphoria.bsky.social gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 3d
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
Trans Professors comment Mel Curth (She/They) November 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM Please note that I am not deducting points because you have certain beliefs, but instead I am deducting point for you posting a reaction paper that does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive. While you are entitled to your own personal beliefs, there is an appropriate time or place to implement them in your reflections. I encourage all students to question or challenge the course material with other empirical findings or testable hypotheses, but using your own personal beliefs to argue against the findings of not only this article, but the findings of countless articles across psychology, biology, sociology, etc. is not best practice. You argue that abiding by normative gender roles is beneficial (it is perfectly fine to believe this. but to then say that evervone should act TPUSA OU Trans Professors comment the same, while also saying that people aren't pressured into gendered expectations is contradictory, especially since your arguments reflect a religious pressure to act in gender-stereotypical ways. You can say that strict gender norms don't create gender stereotypes, but that isn't true by definition of what a stereotype is. Please note that acknowledging gender stereotypes does not immediately denote a negative connotation, a nuance this article discusses. Additionally, to call an entire group of people "demonic" is highly offensive, especially a minoritized population. You are entitled to your own beliefs, but this isn't a vague narrative of "society pushes lies," but instead the result of countless years developing psychological and scientific evidence for these claims and directly interacting with the communities involved. You may personally disagree with this, but that TPUSA OU 2 Trans Professors comment doesn't change the fact that every major psychological, medical, pediatric, and psychiatric association in the United States acknowledges that, biologically and psychologically, sex and gender is neither binary nor fixed. I implore you apply some more perspective and empathy in your work. If you personally disagree with the findings, then by all means share your criticisms, but make sure to do so in a way that is appropriate and using the methodology of empirical psychology, as aligned with the learning goals in this class. If you have any additional questions or concerns about this or would like some additional educational resources, I would be happy to discuss this further and provide you with them. 3 TPUSA OU Additional professor Megan Waldron (She/Her/Hers) November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM Samantha, I am the other instructor for this course, and I have also taken the time to read your paper. I concur with Mel on the grade you received. This paper should not be considered as a completion of the assignment. Everyone has different ways in which they see the world, but in an academic course such as this you are being asked to support your ideas with empirical evidence and higher-level reasoning. I find it concerning that you state at the beginning of your paper that you do not think bullying ("teasing") is a bad thing. In addition, your paper directly and harshly criticizes your peers and their opinions, which are just as valuable as yours. Disagreeing with others is fine, but there is a respectful way to go about it. That goes for discussion posts as well as reaction papers. Please employ more thoughtfulness in your future assignments TPUSA OU
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People | Katelyn Burns
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December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:

It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!

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That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic. (Note for free subscriber...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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transmenacetcf.bsky.social
Excellent read!
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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I drove drunk and ran over several kids but I can’t tell you how many because of the fog of war
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?

HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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unfortunately, me
raccoon passed out on the floor
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Why it matters
A quote from an Axios story about a raccoon that got trashed at a North Carolina store that reads: "Why it matters: The intoxicated suspect was a raccoon."
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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andycraig.bsky.social
I know the racism doesn't care and it's not the main point, but Omar has lived in the United States since she was 13, thirty years ago. She became a citizen when she was 17, twenty five years ago. She's an American by law but also just substantively, she's spent her entire adult life as an American.
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6h
In case you were wondering, this oped is even worse than the headline
• NATIONAL REVIEW IMMIGRATION Ilhan Omar Is Not the Kind of Immigrant America Needs By RICH LOWRY
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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This nation would be a better place if just one White House reporter had the courage to ask "what the hell are you rambling about, old man?"
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.

You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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liberalcurrents.com
By the time Millennials were school age, many of these trends were well underway. By the time they started entering the labor market, it was the worst one in generations. Then our broken primary system and presidential selection system gave us Trump. www.liberalcurrents.com/a-preview-of...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM