Lee L
@dragon-writes.bsky.social
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the trans person’s dilemma
We will always be defined in the manner which most disadvantages us, even if it directly contradicts a) observable reality and b) the way the same people defined us five minutes before
December 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
the trans person’s dilemma
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All spicy autocorrect is really doing is ripping the foundations out from under the houses beginning authors will one day want to build. Yeah, you can auto-generate a book, but you won't know HOW to write a book. You won't have it hammered into your heart. And you'll miss the good part.
December 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
All spicy autocorrect is really doing is ripping the foundations out from under the houses beginning authors will one day want to build. Yeah, you can auto-generate a book, but you won't know HOW to write a book. You won't have it hammered into your heart. And you'll miss the good part.
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Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
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So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
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this isn’t just about academics as a whole. this teacher was trans and she was targeted for being trans.
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
December 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
this isn’t just about academics as a whole. this teacher was trans and she was targeted for being trans.
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"Okay but what if we had The One Ironclad Pronoun Protocal That Never Pissed Anyone Off" THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. WEIGH YOUR RISKS AND LEARN TO SOCIALIZE.
December 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"Okay but what if we had The One Ironclad Pronoun Protocal That Never Pissed Anyone Off" THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. WEIGH YOUR RISKS AND LEARN TO SOCIALIZE.
Why did you transition, wrong answers only
I went to a Harry Potter conference and met a trans person for the first time (to my knowledge). Social contagion did the rest.
I went to a Harry Potter conference and met a trans person for the first time (to my knowledge). Social contagion did the rest.
Why did you transition, wrong answers only
I just really hate Harry Potter.
I just really hate Harry Potter.
Why did you transition, wrong answers only
I took a long, hard look at my life and decided my interactions with men weren't terrifying enough.
I took a long, hard look at my life and decided my interactions with men weren't terrifying enough.
December 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Why did you transition, wrong answers only
I went to a Harry Potter conference and met a trans person for the first time (to my knowledge). Social contagion did the rest.
I went to a Harry Potter conference and met a trans person for the first time (to my knowledge). Social contagion did the rest.
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some of you seem to prefer this meme format
December 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
some of you seem to prefer this meme format
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Okay real talk, the only sense in which GenAI is "here to stay" is that even after the bubble pops, AI is digital asbestos that is poisoning everything and we'll probably be picking the detritus out of everywhere it's ended up for years, assuming there's a will to remove it en masse that is.
December 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Okay real talk, the only sense in which GenAI is "here to stay" is that even after the bubble pops, AI is digital asbestos that is poisoning everything and we'll probably be picking the detritus out of everywhere it's ended up for years, assuming there's a will to remove it en masse that is.
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I don’t want your shitty dignity and respect. Nothing short of equality and justice will do.
December 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I don’t want your shitty dignity and respect. Nothing short of equality and justice will do.
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An important 🧵
Contains detailed info on Simon Wessley, senior psychiatrist within trans healthcare who champions psychosomatic causes for unexplained medical symptoms
Exposes concerning bias amongst CYP clinicians
Advises on withdrawing permission for your data to be used in research
and more
Contains detailed info on Simon Wessley, senior psychiatrist within trans healthcare who champions psychosomatic causes for unexplained medical symptoms
Exposes concerning bias amongst CYP clinicians
Advises on withdrawing permission for your data to be used in research
and more
Trans Safety Network are concerned to see that NHS England have committed to expanding the role of the National Research Oversight Board for Children and Young People’s Gender Services to cover audit and research for adult patients too.
December 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
An important 🧵
Contains detailed info on Simon Wessley, senior psychiatrist within trans healthcare who champions psychosomatic causes for unexplained medical symptoms
Exposes concerning bias amongst CYP clinicians
Advises on withdrawing permission for your data to be used in research
and more
Contains detailed info on Simon Wessley, senior psychiatrist within trans healthcare who champions psychosomatic causes for unexplained medical symptoms
Exposes concerning bias amongst CYP clinicians
Advises on withdrawing permission for your data to be used in research
and more
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'At a time of increasing marginalisation as transgender and disabled people, we have a choice – retreat from the world or push forward and create.'
Vital words from my dear friend and colleague Jamie Hale of @cripticarts.bsky.social www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/let-...
Vital words from my dear friend and colleague Jamie Hale of @cripticarts.bsky.social www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/let-...
Jamie Hale on recognition of trans and disabled artists' work
Jamie Hale challenges the theatre industry to recognise transgender and disabled artists' work as influenced by their context rather than defined by it
www.thestage.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
'At a time of increasing marginalisation as transgender and disabled people, we have a choice – retreat from the world or push forward and create.'
Vital words from my dear friend and colleague Jamie Hale of @cripticarts.bsky.social www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/let-...
Vital words from my dear friend and colleague Jamie Hale of @cripticarts.bsky.social www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/let-...
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🚩 Heads up - I’m in the pub two glasses of wine down and have not read the Levy report, so, correct me if I’ve misunderstood.
May I repeat: for a health issue NOT classified as a mental health condition, why are psychiatrists and psychologists the first line of assessment for trans patients? 🚩
May I repeat: for a health issue NOT classified as a mental health condition, why are psychiatrists and psychologists the first line of assessment for trans patients? 🚩
“First assessments should be conducted by a senior clinician, such as a psychiatrist or consultant clinical psychologist, in a face-to-face meeting.”
This is going to be interesting.
This is going to be interesting.
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🚩 Heads up - I’m in the pub two glasses of wine down and have not read the Levy report, so, correct me if I’ve misunderstood.
May I repeat: for a health issue NOT classified as a mental health condition, why are psychiatrists and psychologists the first line of assessment for trans patients? 🚩
May I repeat: for a health issue NOT classified as a mental health condition, why are psychiatrists and psychologists the first line of assessment for trans patients? 🚩
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It is a sign of how fundamentally abused and traumatised trans communities are in the UK that many folks are responding to Levy with relief and cautious welcome.
It could have been a lot worse.
But it fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare. 1/4
It could have been a lot worse.
But it fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare. 1/4
December 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It is a sign of how fundamentally abused and traumatised trans communities are in the UK that many folks are responding to Levy with relief and cautious welcome.
It could have been a lot worse.
But it fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare. 1/4
It could have been a lot worse.
But it fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare. 1/4
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Let me make one thing plain right now: i changed my sex. I changed my sex so hard it broke sex and gender into a million little pieces and you will never be able to reassemble them.
It is 2025. The EHRC in the UK keeps trying to materialize a trans bathroom ban out of a muddled UKSC opinion third-sexing all trans people. A bill to criminalise those who provide trans minors with transition care passed in the US House of Representatives.
And cis "allies" still think this helps.
And cis "allies" still think this helps.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Let me make one thing plain right now: i changed my sex. I changed my sex so hard it broke sex and gender into a million little pieces and you will never be able to reassemble them.
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I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
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if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade
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One of my favourite Christmas bits is humming O Tennenbaum for about 5 minutes, and then eventually coming in with this sing for “though cowards flinch and traitors sneer we’ll keep the red flag flying here”
December 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
One of my favourite Christmas bits is humming O Tennenbaum for about 5 minutes, and then eventually coming in with this sing for “though cowards flinch and traitors sneer we’ll keep the red flag flying here”
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![Windows dialog window:
"Executive Function Error
The action you attempted: "Start simple task. "
Status: Failed to initialise.
Possible causes:
• Task looked easy, which made it suspicious
• Not enough brain tabs open
• Too many brain tabs open
• Incorrect vibes detected
• The task is in another room
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Incredible how Wes Streeting has gone from "being on leadership manoeuvres" to "triggering a doctor's strike during a flu crisis whilst comparing them to the mafia".
Impressive mixed innings between ambitious backroom briefings and how bad he is at being a minister.
Impressive mixed innings between ambitious backroom briefings and how bad he is at being a minister.
December 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Incredible how Wes Streeting has gone from "being on leadership manoeuvres" to "triggering a doctor's strike during a flu crisis whilst comparing them to the mafia".
Impressive mixed innings between ambitious backroom briefings and how bad he is at being a minister.
Impressive mixed innings between ambitious backroom briefings and how bad he is at being a minister.
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
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It can be hard to square the need for more acceptance of pluralistic approaches to knowledge with a world where people frack reality with lies and make-believe for power, profit, and bigotry; but we actually need more pluralistic approaches to knowledge.
December 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It can be hard to square the need for more acceptance of pluralistic approaches to knowledge with a world where people frack reality with lies and make-believe for power, profit, and bigotry; but we actually need more pluralistic approaches to knowledge.
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The more I have looked at the artist’s other work, the more I have become convinced that this is probably awkward and fake-looking on purpose.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The more I have looked at the artist’s other work, the more I have become convinced that this is probably awkward and fake-looking on purpose.