Chip Warden
@lgw4.bsky.social
writer of software & prose; ttrpg player; sf fan; he/they/him/them; blocker extraordinaire of racists, misogynists, homophobes, transphobes, tech gatekeepers, and content hosted on substack; hometown: Seymour's Bay, NJ
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Grand Vizier Miller has issued a command to vassal David Ellison. Ellison must obey or no Warner Bros.
'Fire them!' Stephen Miller flips out at CBS 'revolt' over shelved '60 minutes' report
Senior White House adviser and speechwriter Stephen Miller blew a gasket on Fox News Tuesday, amid reporting of internal anger at CBS after newly-installed right-wing network chief Bari Weiss put a ho...
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December 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Grand Vizier Miller has issued a command to vassal David Ellison. Ellison must obey or no Warner Bros.
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"several professional detectives who couldn't figure it out think it's plausible" i can't imagine why
December 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"several professional detectives who couldn't figure it out think it's plausible" i can't imagine why
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recalibrate your bullshit meter if this doesn't set it off at least 3 times
December 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
recalibrate your bullshit meter if this doesn't set it off at least 3 times
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"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
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It doesn’t.
Latest: I asked DHS' public affairs office if it considers recording or following federal law enforcement to be obstruction of justice.
DHS response: "That sure sounds like obstruction of justice." reason.com/2025/12/22/d...
DHS response: "That sure sounds like obstruction of justice." reason.com/2025/12/22/d...
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice'
Seven federal circuit courts have upheld the First Amendment right to record and monitor the police.
reason.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
It doesn’t.
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Sacrificing conservative Christians to circus lions while a howling crowd cheers the carnage in a massive Colosseum built for this practice as part of my sincere religious belief is protected free speech, change my mind.
December 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Sacrificing conservative Christians to circus lions while a howling crowd cheers the carnage in a massive Colosseum built for this practice as part of my sincere religious belief is protected free speech, change my mind.
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A lot of people are telling me that this belief of mine is, in fact, instigating violence. I think you missed the part where I told you that I was being sincere and religious, which is the only way to be moral and good. I’ll see you in Court.
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
A lot of people are telling me that this belief of mine is, in fact, instigating violence. I think you missed the part where I told you that I was being sincere and religious, which is the only way to be moral and good. I’ll see you in Court.
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It’s my sincere religious belief that conservative Christians should be fed to lions for the amusement of crowds in sports arenas, and if you think that that’s hateful, then you’re not respecting my free speech and may be instigating violence against me.
December 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s my sincere religious belief that conservative Christians should be fed to lions for the amusement of crowds in sports arenas, and if you think that that’s hateful, then you’re not respecting my free speech and may be instigating violence against me.
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Is she promoting a form of contraception?
December 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Is she promoting a form of contraception?
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MAGA sex education
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
MAGA sex education
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it took me a minute to put together that she’s being homophobic, not making a genuinely helpful suggestion about birth control
December 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
it took me a minute to put together that she’s being homophobic, not making a genuinely helpful suggestion about birth control
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[16/n] I choose to give authority to the my fellow citizens when it comes to their right to tell me who they are.
Biology is complicated. Law is messy. But kindness and respect do not have to be.
[End of Thread 🧵]
Biology is complicated. Law is messy. But kindness and respect do not have to be.
[End of Thread 🧵]
December 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
[16/n] I choose to give authority to the my fellow citizens when it comes to their right to tell me who they are.
Biology is complicated. Law is messy. But kindness and respect do not have to be.
[End of Thread 🧵]
Biology is complicated. Law is messy. But kindness and respect do not have to be.
[End of Thread 🧵]
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[15/n] I choose to believe that people have the right to self determination and pursuit of happiness, however that looks for them.
I choose to believe in experts.
I choose to trust that professionals know more than elected officials about complex situations...
I choose to believe in experts.
I choose to trust that professionals know more than elected officials about complex situations...
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
[15/n] I choose to believe that people have the right to self determination and pursuit of happiness, however that looks for them.
I choose to believe in experts.
I choose to trust that professionals know more than elected officials about complex situations...
I choose to believe in experts.
I choose to trust that professionals know more than elected officials about complex situations...
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[14/n] These are not questions of biology. They’re questions of personal agency.
I am a biologist, I do not have all the legal answers. But I do know that talking about biology—as important as it may be—only addresses a small fraction of these larger challenges...
I am a biologist, I do not have all the legal answers. But I do know that talking about biology—as important as it may be—only addresses a small fraction of these larger challenges...
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
[14/n] These are not questions of biology. They’re questions of personal agency.
I am a biologist, I do not have all the legal answers. But I do know that talking about biology—as important as it may be—only addresses a small fraction of these larger challenges...
I am a biologist, I do not have all the legal answers. But I do know that talking about biology—as important as it may be—only addresses a small fraction of these larger challenges...
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[13/n] Does the government have the right to tell experts how to address medical complexities? Does the government have a right to know, and then legislate, on your medical history? Does the government have the right to tell its citizens what they can and cannot change about their bodies?...
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
[13/n] Does the government have the right to tell experts how to address medical complexities? Does the government have a right to know, and then legislate, on your medical history? Does the government have the right to tell its citizens what they can and cannot change about their bodies?...
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[12/n] This is the nature of sex in society. Who has a right to your information? You, or Uncle Sam?
I now suspect that so many of the arguments around biological sex are really just a distraction.
The real argument is about who has agency...
I now suspect that so many of the arguments around biological sex are really just a distraction.
The real argument is about who has agency...
December 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
[12/n] This is the nature of sex in society. Who has a right to your information? You, or Uncle Sam?
I now suspect that so many of the arguments around biological sex are really just a distraction.
The real argument is about who has agency...
I now suspect that so many of the arguments around biological sex are really just a distraction.
The real argument is about who has agency...
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[11/n] This is about whether or not the government has the right to your data. When someone argues that sex is binary and that biology is simple, the argument isn't ACTUALLY about biology. It's about if the government has a right to look down your pants, or in your blood, or collect your DNA...
December 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
[11/n] This is about whether or not the government has the right to your data. When someone argues that sex is binary and that biology is simple, the argument isn't ACTUALLY about biology. It's about if the government has a right to look down your pants, or in your blood, or collect your DNA...
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[10/n] I used to think all the controversy around sex and trans rights today was based on misunderstandings of biology—I was so naïve. This isn't about biology. Not really...
December 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
[10/n] I used to think all the controversy around sex and trans rights today was based on misunderstandings of biology—I was so naïve. This isn't about biology. Not really...
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[9/n] It's really only been in the last 100 years or so that legal structures mandate official doctor reporting-of-genitals-to-the-government business....
December 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
[9/n] It's really only been in the last 100 years or so that legal structures mandate official doctor reporting-of-genitals-to-the-government business....
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[8/n] Birth certificates. These are the current basis of legal sex in many states. But they're a relatively new legal invention. It wasn't until the early 1900s, the US jumped on the "vital records" trend wagon. Late-adopting states like New Mexico didn't even start until 1920!...
December 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
[8/n] Birth certificates. These are the current basis of legal sex in many states. But they're a relatively new legal invention. It wasn't until the early 1900s, the US jumped on the "vital records" trend wagon. Late-adopting states like New Mexico didn't even start until 1920!...
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[7/n] So is self identification the basis of legal sex? For a long time: yes.
What happened? ...
What happened? ...
December 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
[7/n] So is self identification the basis of legal sex? For a long time: yes.
What happened? ...
What happened? ...
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[6/n] This is important: for a long time the government just asked for your sex, and the answers were good enough (granted, only white male heads of household could answer, but anyway...)
December 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
[6/n] This is important: for a long time the government just asked for your sex, and the answers were good enough (granted, only white male heads of household could answer, but anyway...)
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[5/n] The US first started recording citizenship info back in 1790. If you were a white guy, then some dude came to your house, asked for the number of white men and women, the number of free persons (generally), the number of slaves. Census done. The end. (but not really)...
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
[5/n] The US first started recording citizenship info back in 1790. If you were a white guy, then some dude came to your house, asked for the number of white men and women, the number of free persons (generally), the number of slaves. Census done. The end. (but not really)...
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[4/n] The presence of some genes and chromosomes are important for the biology of sex, but the structure of DNA wasn't even discovered until the 1950s! The legal concept of sex existed before that. So clearly governments do not (and should not!) determine a citizen's sex based on their genes...
December 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
[4/n] The presence of some genes and chromosomes are important for the biology of sex, but the structure of DNA wasn't even discovered until the 1950s! The legal concept of sex existed before that. So clearly governments do not (and should not!) determine a citizen's sex based on their genes...
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[3/n ] It’s true that ✨functional✨ eggs or sperm are binary, no questions there. But lots of people do not have functional eggs/sperm. Young folks. Old folks. Folks with elective/medical infertility. This binary definition may work in a lab, but it doesn’t work in law. What about genes…
December 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
[3/n ] It’s true that ✨functional✨ eggs or sperm are binary, no questions there. But lots of people do not have functional eggs/sperm. Young folks. Old folks. Folks with elective/medical infertility. This binary definition may work in a lab, but it doesn’t work in law. What about genes…