Anne Fausto-Sterling

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Biologist, gender/sex expert, feminist. In the works: a book on gender identity. In retirement: lots of bird photography.

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We have a cover! Trans Biblical: New Approaches to Interpretation and Embodiment in Scripture Edited by Melissa Harl Sellew, Katy Valentine, and myself Coming Soon from Westminster John Knox Press!

Reminder! great webinar on SEX this week! www.genome.gov/event-calend... www.genome.gov/event-calend... #QueerSTEM #PsychSciSky #Complex #devsci #IntersexInSTEM #LGBTQSTEM #medsky #philsci #PsychSciSky #PublicHealth #Queer+TransStudies #science #STS #TransInSTEM #TransRights #womeninstem

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Happy birthday to #astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell! In 1967, she was a grad student when she discovered the 1st radio pulsar, a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of EM radiation. This radiation can only be observed when the star is pointed towards us; 🧵1/n 🧪🐡👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci

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It's funny because liberals are falling over themselves to pour sympathy on a fash while the right themselves are wasting no time to explain how this is down to the violent radical leftist rhetoric of CNN.

This is pretty fascinating. I would never have thought there is a cell structure still in the process of being discovered. www.science.org/content/arti... #science #cellbiol #devbio

This biologist aims to solve the cell’s biggest mystery. Could it help cancer patients, too?www.science.org Four decades after his lab found odd, massive particles inside cells, Leonard Rome is still determined to figure out what “vaults” do

"science is a living work in progress" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #science

Mr. Thorp goes to Washingtonwww.science.org On 2 April, I received an email that changed the course of the next 2 weeks. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, chaired by United States Congressman Brad Wenstrup, invited me to test...

Global effort aims to protect health and safety of human ‘guinea pigs’ in drug trials #medsky www.science.org/content/arti...

Global effort aims to protect health and safety of human ‘guinea pigs’ in drug trialswww.science.org Healthy volunteers—who usually join studies for money—deserve special attention, researchers say

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periodic reminder: trump tried to stage an armed coup to keep himself in power close to four years ago

Just a reminder: it’s good to oppose assassinations. But you are under absolutely no obligation to treat Trumpists and Trump-apologists as people who are honest, or acting in good faith, when they purport to condemn political violence or violent rhetoric. They’re not sincere.

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Political violence always benefits authoritarians because liberals will always condemn it and authoritarians, regardless of whether they are perpetrators or victims, will always use it to claim more power.

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this is true.

Explainer: There's exactly one standard in America. If Dems call out Trump for his fascism, it's incitement. If Republicans demand violence, it's free speech.

Anti-trans legislation risk map July 2024 #transrights www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans...

Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Assessment Map: July 2024 Editionwww.erininthemorning.com In July, Rhode Island improved in risk for transgender people while Louisiana deteriorated. The national risk for transgender youth is high ahead of the 2024 elections.

looks interesting. If only UCP would offer audible versions of its books. #eugenics #18thCentury #noaudioversion www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....

18th-century body politicswww.science.org Troubling eugenicist ideas appeared alongside calls for liberty and equality in the works of Enlightenment thinkers

chilling: 7/12 Alex Wager tonight: Angelo Carasone-Media Matters “You arrest a bunch of individuals...PUBLISHERS OF BOOKS THAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE TOO FAVORABLE TO TRANS EDUCATION, TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS, MASS ARRESTS OF INDIVIDUALS FOR DISTRIBUTING PORNOGRAPHY …” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr8l...

Watch Alex Wagner Tonight Highlights: July 12www.youtube.com YouTube video by MSNBC

#blacksky #science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....

A neuroscientist’s duty to Black ancestorswww.science.org

These people are real heroes #medsky www.science.org/content/arti...

Amid Haiti’s escalating chaos, a ‘heroic network’ keeps medical research runningwww.science.org Night bikers deliver meds and cholera sleuths persist as gangs dominate life and landscape

We need more-nuanced approaches to exploring sex and gender in research #feministsky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We need more-nuanced approaches to exploring sex and gender in researchwww.nature.com Some scientists are reluctant to investigate questions about sex and gender, particularly given today’s sociopolitical tensions around gender identity. But they should lean in and embrace the complexi...

Ratings now in exchange for "firing squad" later?

"but the ratings"

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Here's an excellent example of a scholar providing expert analysis on the Project 2025's grotesque proposals. In highlighting a bunch of things that are scattered across the website that would harm the LGBTQIA+ community, Seth has done a public service.

I just wrote about it in my weekly newsletter and how it will specifically impact the LGBTQIA+ community: sethjmeyer.substack.com/p/project-20...

Project 2025 and the Republican Party's Platformsethjmeyer.substack.com Hello everyone. I hope you are all enjoying your summer. I am getting ready for an exciting weekend where I will be celebrating my father’s 75th birthday with a big party and my birthday where I turne...

this is driving me crazy. The media is relentless to make unforgiving news, and they will be the first to be surprised when Trump wins and puts them before a firing squad.

this is a narrative being created!

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Everyday.Human Derek

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Part... Owners So I was wrong bc partners bought petsmart then took it private then chewy went public then BC bought they are British, and do a lot in healthcare, you can see the basics in wiki. That’s the problem is there’s many strings…

BC Partners - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

Does chewy pet products support right wing candidates? They have cleansed google with sponsored ads so not possible to search it

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This is going to continue happening as everything gets hotter. Seattle had problems similar to this during the 2021 heat dome. Climate change is an *infrastructure problem* along with all the other types of problems.

How hot is NYC? A bridge got stuck open. The vertical clearance of the bridge is only about 25 feet.The Harlem River connects with the East River at its southern end and the Hudson at its northern end. Video is from the executive producer of the NBC affiliate in NYC. tweet: x.com/JesseJHamilt...

There ARE good reasons to prefer Harris over Biden, but read this substack for why we should stay the course and how else to respond to the current feeding frenzy, which Timothy Snyder is calling “fascist froth” from the Press. roberthubbell.substack.com/p/person-wom....

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. Double Standard.roberthubbell.substack.com July 8, 2024

Rethinking animal consciousness #wildlife #science #ecology www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Do insects have an inner life? Animal consciousness needs a rethinkwww.nature.com A declaration signed by dozens of scientists says there is ‘a realistic possibility’ for elements of consciousness in reptiles, insects and molluscs. A declaration signed by dozens of scientists says ...

Yale Researchers, International Experts Release New Paper Rebuking Cass Review A new study released from the Integrity Project at Yale strongly rebuked inaccuracies in the Cass Review targeting trans care. #transrights www.erininthemorning.com/p/yale-resea...?

Yale Researchers, International Experts Release New Paper Rebuking Cass Reviewwww.erininthemorning.com A new study released from the Integrity Project at Yale strongly rebuked inaccuracies in the Cass Review targeting trans care.

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Happy birthday to #physicist Harriet Brooks (1876 - 1933) who discovered atomic recoil, Radon & recognized radioactive elements could undergo chains of transmutations into a series of new elements.👩🏼‍🔬🎢🐡🧪⁠#histsci ⁠ She was Rutherford’s 1st grad student at McGill. After publishing her results 🧵1/n

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Joe Biden has one subpar debate, and the New York Times calls for him to drop out. Donald Trump got convicted of 34 felonies, and the New York Times said nothing.

Public two-day NIH symposium - Exploring the many dimensions of sex and gender in the genomics era: Clarifying complexities in light of social and genomic advances. Looks like a great lineup (well, yes. It includes me, but the others are really terrific). #QueerSTEM www.genome.gov/event-calend...

Exploring the many dimensions of sex and gender in the genomics erawww.genome.gov A public two-day National Institutes of Health (NIH) symposium that brings together experts from the biological and social sciences to clarify and contextualize – but not resolve - the complexities ar...

time.com/6990539/nami... #LGBTQ

Namibian Court Decriminalizes Homosexualitytime.com Namibia’s High Court declared the criminalization of sexual acts between men unconstitutional.

Perfect example of how culture changes biology. "After studying more than 4,000 children at Sydney 1mary & 2dary schools for 3 yrs, children who spent less time outside were at greater risk of developing myopia." Let the kids play out in the open, dammit! #complex www.nature.com/articles/519...

The myopia boom - Naturewww.nature.com Short-sightedness is reaching epidemic proportions. Some scientists think they have found a reason why.