Indiscreet Function
@homotopic.bsky.social
Jew. Mostly leftist. Queer. Most people refer to me with the pronouns "he/him" and I acquiesce in this.
What do you make of the comparative lack of improvement in 8th grade reading. That struck me as the most notable fact
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What do you make of the comparative lack of improvement in 8th grade reading. That struck me as the most notable fact
Maybe I'm missing something but the percentiles are set by the composition of the group. If you excise the bottom 10% or whatever it's mathematically necessary that the scores of the top decile will go up.
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Maybe I'm missing something but the percentiles are set by the composition of the group. If you excise the bottom 10% or whatever it's mathematically necessary that the scores of the top decile will go up.
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We're getting hung up on the philosophical "what is a woman" "low quality evidence" discussions when the actual question is "can transgender people participate in economic, social, and cultural life. can they transition socially and medically without becoming second-class citizens"
December 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
We're getting hung up on the philosophical "what is a woman" "low quality evidence" discussions when the actual question is "can transgender people participate in economic, social, and cultural life. can they transition socially and medically without becoming second-class citizens"
We need like Woke John Milbank (DBH?) to write an article about this
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We need like Woke John Milbank (DBH?) to write an article about this
Yes, as a project it is gender policing and gender policing is always anti-queer
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Yes, as a project it is gender policing and gender policing is always anti-queer
The most telling thing is how thoroughly they have repudiated "wear whatever you want" etc. Now if you are AMAB and dress "like a woman" you are predatory or deluded or both. And if you are AFAB and dress "like a man" it's your own fault when you get policed in a women's bathroom
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The most telling thing is how thoroughly they have repudiated "wear whatever you want" etc. Now if you are AMAB and dress "like a woman" you are predatory or deluded or both. And if you are AFAB and dress "like a man" it's your own fault when you get policed in a women's bathroom
GC feminists in particular--and for the OG ones of those "gender" means what radfems mean by it, they sought out to be critical of gender policing among other things--have done the extraordinary thing of reinventing the gender system from first principles by pounding so much on the importance of sex
December 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
GC feminists in particular--and for the OG ones of those "gender" means what radfems mean by it, they sought out to be critical of gender policing among other things--have done the extraordinary thing of reinventing the gender system from first principles by pounding so much on the importance of sex
If the proposal is "we should tighten the rules for cars" I am on board but that's a bad rationale for specific legislation targeting driverless vehicles.
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If the proposal is "we should tighten the rules for cars" I am on board but that's a bad rationale for specific legislation targeting driverless vehicles.
say more? all I'd heard is that the minister herself is thought to be soft GC
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
say more? all I'd heard is that the minister herself is thought to be soft GC
it is pretty weird how they are just sitting on the EHRC regs and quietly making court filings that seem plainly contrary to (i.e., less anti-trans than) their public position on how FWS should be read
December 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
it is pretty weird how they are just sitting on the EHRC regs and quietly making court filings that seem plainly contrary to (i.e., less anti-trans than) their public position on how FWS should be read
FWS is incredible on this issue too bsky.app/profile/homo...
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
FWS is incredible on this issue too bsky.app/profile/homo...
right. it is not unanimous but the overwhelming trend in queer spaces is to be trans-inclusive. and now there's a good chance that it will be illegal in the UK for a gay or lesbian group to be trans-inclusive! wild stuff
December 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
right. it is not unanimous but the overwhelming trend in queer spaces is to be trans-inclusive. and now there's a good chance that it will be illegal in the UK for a gay or lesbian group to be trans-inclusive! wild stuff
one of the most jarring things in For Women Scotland is the court's extended discussion about what a trans-inclusive def of sex would mean for lesbians that seemed entirely unaware of the existence of non-trans-exclusionary lesbians
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
one of the most jarring things in For Women Scotland is the court's extended discussion about what a trans-inclusive def of sex would mean for lesbians that seemed entirely unaware of the existence of non-trans-exclusionary lesbians
big difference though between DC city drivers and DC suburbs drivers
December 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
big difference though between DC city drivers and DC suburbs drivers
Right it's usually your own religion (with which you have previously been more loosely affiliated).
December 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Right it's usually your own religion (with which you have previously been more loosely affiliated).
Young adults newly adopting conservative religiosity (including modest dress) is definitely a real thing. What's bizarre about Smith here is that it usually very consciously is not a leftist thing
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Young adults newly adopting conservative religiosity (including modest dress) is definitely a real thing. What's bizarre about Smith here is that it usually very consciously is not a leftist thing
I don't think this is primarily what we're seeing in the polling but it's a real thing among influencers and it's particularly true on the worst sites like Elon Twitter and TikTok
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I don't think this is primarily what we're seeing in the polling but it's a real thing among influencers and it's particularly true on the worst sites like Elon Twitter and TikTok
Trump also just pardoned David Gentile, he is just angry that Somalian immigrants are taking American white collar criminal jobs
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump also just pardoned David Gentile, he is just angry that Somalian immigrants are taking American white collar criminal jobs
It doesn't foreclose two other arguments, though:
- maybe, post-FWS, an org for women based on self-id (rather than "sex") doesn't directly discriminate based on sex, so doesn't need the exception
- maybe the statutory exception doesn't require an absolute ban for people outside the characteristic
- maybe, post-FWS, an org for women based on self-id (rather than "sex") doesn't directly discriminate based on sex, so doesn't need the exception
- maybe the statutory exception doesn't require an absolute ban for people outside the characteristic
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It doesn't foreclose two other arguments, though:
- maybe, post-FWS, an org for women based on self-id (rather than "sex") doesn't directly discriminate based on sex, so doesn't need the exception
- maybe the statutory exception doesn't require an absolute ban for people outside the characteristic
- maybe, post-FWS, an org for women based on self-id (rather than "sex") doesn't directly discriminate based on sex, so doesn't need the exception
- maybe the statutory exception doesn't require an absolute ban for people outside the characteristic
But that's FWS and you can see how it arguably poses a problem for a trans-inclusive group. FWS is saying that to fall within the exception, the definition of "sex" your group uses must track the definition in the Equality Act. The Equality Act's definition post-FWS is now "biological sex."
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
But that's FWS and you can see how it arguably poses a problem for a trans-inclusive group. FWS is saying that to fall within the exception, the definition of "sex" your group uses must track the definition in the Equality Act. The Equality Act's definition post-FWS is now "biological sex."