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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️

@jeymccreight.bsky.social

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🧬 Genomics PhD & As. Director of #scicomm at Tempus (All views my own) 🧑‍🔬 Founder of @beyondxandy.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ (they/he) Trans progressive atheist feminist 🎲 Gamer 🖖 Trekkie 🌱 Plant gay 😻 Cat dad 🏠 Chicago https://www.linkedin.com/in/jey-mccreight/

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · Mar 28

As someone whose PhD was in human population genetics and evolution:

Race is a social construct

Gender is a social construct

Both have biological *components* but are incredibly complex - not neat, discrete, immutable categories

Fascists are the ones denying scientific reality

Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · Mar 28

So the official position of the white supremacist government is, unsurprisingly, that “race is a biological reality.”

Apparently, not believing this is “insane.”

Important to note that for fascists, ALL the identity categories (race, sex, etc.) have to be “real” and frozen so they can manage them

“Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”

Apparently it’s bad that the Smithsonian has an exhibit that “promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct”

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 18h

grateful to hear him say this out loud — too few institutions have this decency and courage

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 19h

"It is going to be disastrous if this continues"

Nobel Prize physics laureate John Clarke says Trump cuts will 'cripple' US scientific research

u.afp.com/SmAy

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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 1d

Over the weekend ICE abducted an NIH contractor when he showed up to a courthouse for his green card hearing. He is documented. His wife is a citizen.

He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 18h

Ope, misred. Well, congrats on avoiding the invasion! 😅

Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 18h

Welcome to Chicago!

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 1d

As a bonus, the legal name change I submitted apparently didn't go through so I had to stare at my deadname printed in all caps across everything

And my insurance is under my new name so expecting that to get fucked up now

Siiighhhh

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 1d

I arrived for this only to find out my new primary care messed up and left off iron levels on my latest blood work, so they couldn't actually give me my infusion and I have to come back next week

What a nightmare US healthcare is

Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · Jun 26

Nothing like having a flare up of a chronic illness

Knowing exactly what treatment will immediately cure it

And the next open appointment is in October

Having "good" health insurance doesn't fix navigating a broken, understaffed system. Guess I just feel like death walking for 4 more months... 🙃

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Seth Caddy: spooky 👻 ginger 🎃 @gingercaddy.bsky.social · 1d

New York Times motto:

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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 1d

He is a danger to the public

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 1d

Make no mistake, they will use this as an excuse to round up innocent trans people

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 3d

Just added a couple of limited edition stickers at canopyrobin.etsy.com! They're an A6 trans flag and trans dropout loopdeloop.

Unlike my normal easy-peel stickers, these are an eggshell design with extra-strong adhesive, so they'll break at the edges if tampered with and become very hard to remove

a large trans flag sticker, broken along one edge where someone has tried to remove it

the dropout game changer loop de loop symbol as a sticker in the trans flag colours, with text that says we've been here the whole time. The design is broken down one edge where someone has tried to remove it

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 1d

Does this doddering old man really think trans people want to trans everyone? Christ

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 1d

Another night spent listening to helicopters circling overhead... 😵‍💫

It's been unseasonably warm this past week. Normally Chicagoans would be out in force. But at least where I live, it's felt like a ghost town walking around

Trump is literally using psychological warfare against his own citizens

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

sciencebasedmedicine.org/groupthink/

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s order to deploy Texas National Guard troops to Chicago is illegal, immoral, and must be stopped by the courts. ICE is already wreaking havoc in our communities. Let’s call this what it is: an invasion by out-of-state troops coming here only with the purpose of tormenting Chicagoans.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 2d

I'm a transgender Genomics PhD with 15 years of science communication experience who just launched an educational campaign to fight anti-trans propaganda that claims to be rooted in "biology"

Resources and advocacy campaigns to come soon. Follow at @beyondxandy.bsky.social

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Beyond X&Y

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 2d

Beyond X&Y

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 2d

Treating sex as a binary is a social construct rooted in white Christian nationalism. Biology shows that sex is a bimodal spectrum.

I have a PhD in Genomics and agreement from all major biomedical professional organizations backing up my statement. What do you have, anonymous probable bot?

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not even 10 a.m., and so much has unfolded in Chicago:

– Illinois sues Trump over the National Guard deployment

– Mayor Brandon Johnson bans city property use for immigration enforcement

– Journalists and protesters sue the feds over Broadview violence

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 2d

And Comms staff that aren't cishet white Silicon Valley types...

It's amazing how many professional Communications and Marketing people I've worked with who have absolutely no idea how social media works. My job security came out of being terminally online and able to explain things

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 3d

I'm walking to the gay bars, and I've spotted multiple cars blaring Mexican music... Being driven by dorky looking white people

I love Chicago!! Waste those ICE agents time

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 3d

I love Chicago

Close up of the fist of a metal gorilla sculpture. In its hand is a pamphlet that says "How to Report ICE" on the cover

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