David Allsopp
@doublehelix.bsky.social
Scientist turned software engineer. He/him
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David Allsopp
@doublehelix.bsky.social
· Nov 17
“Sex-based rights” are contradictory nonsense
The term is a dog-whistle slogan, coined just to exclude trans people, with multiple meanings — none of which make sense.
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A short thread of my essays on Medium - mostly debunking anti-trans disinformation and other bigotry
1) "Sex-based rights" are contradictory nonsense
The term is a dog-whistle slogan, coined just to exclude trans people, with multiple meanings — none of which make sense
medium.com/@davidallsop...
1) "Sex-based rights" are contradictory nonsense
The term is a dog-whistle slogan, coined just to exclude trans people, with multiple meanings — none of which make sense
medium.com/@davidallsop...
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."
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This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Winter walk this pm at Selm Muir Wood, W Lothian, looking for #HairIce. Mission accomplished! @edinburghnats.bsky.social. Only one flowering plant for #NewYearPlantHunt @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Winter walk this pm at Selm Muir Wood, W Lothian, looking for #HairIce. Mission accomplished! @edinburghnats.bsky.social. Only one flowering plant for #NewYearPlantHunt @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social
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![The aide said that guys like me were
'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...J 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality-judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do'.!?]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5hyjbx4hnlxe5il24ydnn4sr/bafkreigr3yhr47bnbkov5nloy4jtc4uvm3ob3ojalmqdamhkr7jkmo7mfa@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Trump's chief contribution to American politics is revealing that you don't need a respectable veneer for evil, corrupt behavior. You can rob the bank, say you did it because you like money and you'll do it again, and challenge anyone to stop you
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Trump's chief contribution to American politics is revealing that you don't need a respectable veneer for evil, corrupt behavior. You can rob the bank, say you did it because you like money and you'll do it again, and challenge anyone to stop you
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24 hours ago, journalists were wondering aloud what "deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" could possibly mean
Hard to watch US TV media discussing how the US might occupy and run a foreign country as if it’s a perfectly normal political development.
January 3, 2026 at 8:58 PM
24 hours ago, journalists were wondering aloud what "deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" could possibly mean
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Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
Feed me!
January 3, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Feed me!
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It might bite... 👹🍄
#Pareidolia #Pareidolie #Iseefaces #FacesInThings #FacesInPlaces #Grisette #Mushroom
#Pareidolia #Pareidolie #Iseefaces #FacesInThings #FacesInPlaces #Grisette #Mushroom
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
It might bite... 👹🍄
#Pareidolia #Pareidolie #Iseefaces #FacesInThings #FacesInPlaces #Grisette #Mushroom
#Pareidolia #Pareidolie #Iseefaces #FacesInThings #FacesInPlaces #Grisette #Mushroom
"not about truth and falsehood" claims Vallely, who repeats a lie and a half-truth in the very first paragraph, is misleading in several others, then plunges straight into prejudiced fearmongering tropes by the end.
He consults ChatGPT, but no actual trans people of course.
He consults ChatGPT, but no actual trans people of course.
Are trans and women’s rights opposed? The debate is not primarily about truth and falsehood, argues Paul Vallely
Paul Vallely: Are trans and women’s rights opposed?
The debate is not primarily about truth and falsehood, argues Paul Vallely
www.churchtimes.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
"not about truth and falsehood" claims Vallely, who repeats a lie and a half-truth in the very first paragraph, is misleading in several others, then plunges straight into prejudiced fearmongering tropes by the end.
He consults ChatGPT, but no actual trans people of course.
He consults ChatGPT, but no actual trans people of course.
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In case you haven't heard the news, 2025 was the third hottest year on record at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 baseline, and likely the third hottest year in the last 120,000 years.
Data: climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_dail...
Data: climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_dail...
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
In case you haven't heard the news, 2025 was the third hottest year on record at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 baseline, and likely the third hottest year in the last 120,000 years.
Data: climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_dail...
Data: climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_dail...
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Trump just announces the US will be running Venezuela now, until the can do a "safe, proper, and judicious" transfer of power. Announcing an occupation before you've occupied a country is a new one.
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Trump just announces the US will be running Venezuela now, until the can do a "safe, proper, and judicious" transfer of power. Announcing an occupation before you've occupied a country is a new one.
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Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image
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A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
Is there any modern precedent for abducting a head of state?
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
"A seven-foot frame, rats along his back"
Drop a line from a song you don’t talk about much.
No context needed.
No context needed.
January 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
"A seven-foot frame, rats along his back"
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The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
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🚨 #GVerse via @calltoactivism.bsky.social
Marco Rubio says Maduro will face justice in U.S. courts.
So in other words, foreign presidents can be held accountable for crimes in our country.
But our own presidents cannot.
Marco Rubio says Maduro will face justice in U.S. courts.
So in other words, foreign presidents can be held accountable for crimes in our country.
But our own presidents cannot.
January 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
🚨 #GVerse via @calltoactivism.bsky.social
Marco Rubio says Maduro will face justice in U.S. courts.
So in other words, foreign presidents can be held accountable for crimes in our country.
But our own presidents cannot.
Marco Rubio says Maduro will face justice in U.S. courts.
So in other words, foreign presidents can be held accountable for crimes in our country.
But our own presidents cannot.
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French Foreign Ministry: “The removal of Maduro from power and the violation of sovereignty constitute a serious act of aggression against the dignity of the Venezuelan people and their right to determine their own future.
January 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
French Foreign Ministry: “The removal of Maduro from power and the violation of sovereignty constitute a serious act of aggression against the dignity of the Venezuelan people and their right to determine their own future.
Apparently we call them "Nobel Peace Prize Winner" 😖
What would we usually call the type of person who would invite a fascist foreign power to attack their own country, install them in power and facilitate sales of national assets to the aggressor? Because that is what this is.
January 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Apparently we call them "Nobel Peace Prize Winner" 😖
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What would we usually call the type of person who would invite a fascist foreign power to attack their own country, install them in power and facilitate sales of national assets to the aggressor? Because that is what this is.
January 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
What would we usually call the type of person who would invite a fascist foreign power to attack their own country, install them in power and facilitate sales of national assets to the aggressor? Because that is what this is.
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Damn Reuters embarrassed itself and you so fast
January 3, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Damn Reuters embarrassed itself and you so fast