Dr Jan Bell
@janbell.bsky.social
Paediatric registrar in Australia
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Addressing the claim that America was built by "hard working people" by reminding everyone that America was actually built on the backs of enslaved Africans and on the genocide of Indigenous people.
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Addressing the claim that America was built by "hard working people" by reminding everyone that America was actually built on the backs of enslaved Africans and on the genocide of Indigenous people.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Addressing the claim that America was built by "hard working people" by reminding everyone that America was actually built on the backs of enslaved Africans and on the genocide of Indigenous people.
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Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
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The Paediatric Society of NZ - representing the clinical field most relevant here - have released maybe the strongest statement of all the medical bodies: “puberty blockers are an established, safe, reversible, and
life-saving treatment option”
life-saving treatment option”
PSNZ responds to government announcement on puberty blockers
www.paediatrics.org.nz
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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there's a reason that my accommodations policy went from "you need to register officially with the whatever office" to "if you tell me you need accommodations, I believe you and you can have them"
it's this
it's this
I think a lot of people don't realize how difficult it is to get accommodations for disability. in school, at work. there are invariably tons of hoops; it's slow. often it's humiliating.
December 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
there's a reason that my accommodations policy went from "you need to register officially with the whatever office" to "if you tell me you need accommodations, I believe you and you can have them"
it's this
it's this
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this is the thing.
I DONT CARE if *some* students have managed to get accommodations by allegedly "gaming the system" or "doctor shopping"
I DON'T CARE.
Because my experience tells me how hard it is to be disabled in higher ed, as both a disabled student, and disabled faculty member now.
I DONT CARE if *some* students have managed to get accommodations by allegedly "gaming the system" or "doctor shopping"
I DON'T CARE.
Because my experience tells me how hard it is to be disabled in higher ed, as both a disabled student, and disabled faculty member now.
How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
this is the thing.
I DONT CARE if *some* students have managed to get accommodations by allegedly "gaming the system" or "doctor shopping"
I DON'T CARE.
Because my experience tells me how hard it is to be disabled in higher ed, as both a disabled student, and disabled faculty member now.
I DONT CARE if *some* students have managed to get accommodations by allegedly "gaming the system" or "doctor shopping"
I DON'T CARE.
Because my experience tells me how hard it is to be disabled in higher ed, as both a disabled student, and disabled faculty member now.
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It’s like a man telling you you didn’t smile enough but via a machine and a college application
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It’s like a man telling you you didn’t smile enough but via a machine and a college application
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What are the words that capture what medicine feels like when no ICD code will do?
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the 🔗⬇️ #BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the 🔗⬇️ #BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
What are the words that capture what medicine feels like when no ICD code will do?
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the 🔗⬇️ #BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We've selected our favourites from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words.
Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the 🔗⬇️ #BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Ding . It’s a sign of contempt .
“You have to convince me you care while I am patently showing you I don’t”
“You have to convince me you care while I am patently showing you I don’t”
Your passion is so important to us we can't be bothered to talk to you.
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ding . It’s a sign of contempt .
“You have to convince me you care while I am patently showing you I don’t”
“You have to convince me you care while I am patently showing you I don’t”
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The fact the options were this or 'literally cease to exist and end Guiding in the UK' is fucking horrific. I hate it here. I grew up in Guides and it was a wonderful, inclusive organisation. The fact they can't continue that is breaking my heart.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The fact the options were this or 'literally cease to exist and end Guiding in the UK' is fucking horrific. I hate it here. I grew up in Guides and it was a wonderful, inclusive organisation. The fact they can't continue that is breaking my heart.
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It’s important to note from a military perspective that if a subordinate is about to give an unlawful order & his senior knows about it, it’s also a requirement for the senior official to stop him from executing it. And then counsel/discipline him.
So there’s that, too.
So there’s that, too.
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It’s important to note from a military perspective that if a subordinate is about to give an unlawful order & his senior knows about it, it’s also a requirement for the senior official to stop him from executing it. And then counsel/discipline him.
So there’s that, too.
So there’s that, too.
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every single AI interviewing and hiring and recruiting thing is "oh hey a convenient smokescreen to be as racist as we want because the mystery box said so"
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
every single AI interviewing and hiring and recruiting thing is "oh hey a convenient smokescreen to be as racist as we want because the mystery box said so"
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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I like how their absolute worst nightmare is that one day we might give all students more time and a calmer environment to complete tests.
And here are two senior editors at @theatlantic.com smugly telling us on X how accommodations are now a "problem"
Maybe @yappelbaum.bsky.social and @giladedelman.bsky.social would like for disabled students to be drummed out of education altogether--perhaps institutionalized?
Maybe @yappelbaum.bsky.social and @giladedelman.bsky.social would like for disabled students to be drummed out of education altogether--perhaps institutionalized?
December 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I like how their absolute worst nightmare is that one day we might give all students more time and a calmer environment to complete tests.
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WTF. And I say this sincerely. WTF.
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
WTF. And I say this sincerely. WTF.
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Hot dog coat-of-arms, created for the 50th anniversary of the invention of the hot dog, at Coney Island in 1939. Shows a hot dog being knighted, flanked by two wiener dogs, crowned by mustard. (They took some liberties with the Latin, but do you expect a hot dog place to have an in-house Latinist?)
September 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Hot dog coat-of-arms, created for the 50th anniversary of the invention of the hot dog, at Coney Island in 1939. Shows a hot dog being knighted, flanked by two wiener dogs, crowned by mustard. (They took some liberties with the Latin, but do you expect a hot dog place to have an in-house Latinist?)
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1. New Zealand doctors are officially suing to reverse the country's ban on puberty blockers for gender affirming care.
“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
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“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
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“We’re taking this to court”: Doctors Are Fighting New Zealand’s Puberty Blocker Ban
“Only a small number of young people in Aotearoa are prescribed reversible pubertal suppression, but for those who need it, the negative impacts of this regulation will be huge.”
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December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
1. New Zealand doctors are officially suing to reverse the country's ban on puberty blockers for gender affirming care.
“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...
“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...
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And the other thing about these pieces is often that they try to trick you into buying their premise by suggesting that:
non-disabled students easily get accommodations (without evidence)
that rich disabled students do better at accommodations than poor disabled students (yes, ofc)
non-disabled students easily get accommodations (without evidence)
that rich disabled students do better at accommodations than poor disabled students (yes, ofc)
We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
And the other thing about these pieces is often that they try to trick you into buying their premise by suggesting that:
non-disabled students easily get accommodations (without evidence)
that rich disabled students do better at accommodations than poor disabled students (yes, ofc)
non-disabled students easily get accommodations (without evidence)
that rich disabled students do better at accommodations than poor disabled students (yes, ofc)
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this has been said before a million times of course, but the fact that immigrants are all somehow BOTH destitute criminals draining government benefits AND snapping up all the best houses is a contradiction I wish these people were forced to explain every time they try to get away with it
JD Vance: "Why did homes get so unaffordable? Because we had 20 million illegal aliens in this country taking homes that ought by right go to American citizens."
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
this has been said before a million times of course, but the fact that immigrants are all somehow BOTH destitute criminals draining government benefits AND snapping up all the best houses is a contradiction I wish these people were forced to explain every time they try to get away with it
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This is honestly probably the part of this wretched phenomenon that consistently chills me the most
The evil schmucks are evil schmucks. But then there’s the way every other institution that likes to spin flattering stories about themselves willingly plays along
The evil schmucks are evil schmucks. But then there’s the way every other institution that likes to spin flattering stories about themselves willingly plays along
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is honestly probably the part of this wretched phenomenon that consistently chills me the most
The evil schmucks are evil schmucks. But then there’s the way every other institution that likes to spin flattering stories about themselves willingly plays along
The evil schmucks are evil schmucks. But then there’s the way every other institution that likes to spin flattering stories about themselves willingly plays along
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We are highly concerned about far-right Zionist groups within our community spreading hate and recruiting children into their violent ideology. These groups are a threat to all of us and should be called out like any racist group. @sarahschwartz.bsky.social joined SBS to condemn this event.
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 AM
We are highly concerned about far-right Zionist groups within our community spreading hate and recruiting children into their violent ideology. These groups are a threat to all of us and should be called out like any racist group. @sarahschwartz.bsky.social joined SBS to condemn this event.
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day 1 is "penzeys revolution blend" and i cant stop laughing at "we have to GET RID of this lying, cheating, CORRUPT SCUMBAG PRESIDENT!! RESIST! REVOLT! REVOLUTION NOW!! good on roast poultry and carrots"
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
day 1 is "penzeys revolution blend" and i cant stop laughing at "we have to GET RID of this lying, cheating, CORRUPT SCUMBAG PRESIDENT!! RESIST! REVOLT! REVOLUTION NOW!! good on roast poultry and carrots"
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i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
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she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked