Eliza Magland
@elizamagland.bsky.social
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, working in child and adolescent mental health and autism research. She/her/hers
I’m flying to Seattle to see my kids and someone allowed me to cut ahead of them when two lines for boarding were merging. Big and little kind acts make the world go round!
Spread kindness. Today and everyday. 💙
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m flying to Seattle to see my kids and someone allowed me to cut ahead of them when two lines for boarding were merging. Big and little kind acts make the world go round!
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8 Nov 2025 -- Good explainer from TIME. Money quote from Chase Strangio: "What these Executive Orders do is open the door to sex-based policing that cannot be enforced without subjecting everyone to some sort of scrutiny & invasive process that will harm us all.” @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
SCOTUS Gives Trump Anti-Trans Passport Victory: What to Know
The court is allowing the Administration to enforce its more restrictive policy on gender ID markers pending litigation.
time.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
8 Nov 2025 -- Good explainer from TIME. Money quote from Chase Strangio: "What these Executive Orders do is open the door to sex-based policing that cannot be enforced without subjecting everyone to some sort of scrutiny & invasive process that will harm us all.” @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
8 years ago my daughter was bitten by a copperhead. She received excellent care from the medical toxicologist at a local hospital and bounced back quickly. So, after the initial fear and worry was passed, learning about and observing the medical care was totally cool!
Approximately 5 to 10 people die each year in the US due to venomous snakebites.
📝 This JAMA Patient Page describes the venomous snakes found in the US as well as snakebite symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
ja.ma/48XNgUW
📝 This JAMA Patient Page describes the venomous snakes found in the US as well as snakebite symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
ja.ma/48XNgUW
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
8 years ago my daughter was bitten by a copperhead. She received excellent care from the medical toxicologist at a local hospital and bounced back quickly. So, after the initial fear and worry was passed, learning about and observing the medical care was totally cool!
Inclusive sex education acknowledges the existence of all identities, cis, trans, and intersex/children with differences of sex development. It’s practical and shouldn’t be political.
7 Oct 2025 - CA Gov Newsom, still moving right on trans issues, vetoes a measure attacked by Reps as "gender ideology" that would have allowed teaching that reproductive anatomy does not necessarily determine a person’s gender @rikiwilchins.bsky.social.
Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, hasn't signed other trans protections - LGBTQ Nation
The California governor left at least 10 pro-LGBTQ+ measures on the table.
www.lgbtqnation.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Inclusive sex education acknowledges the existence of all identities, cis, trans, and intersex/children with differences of sex development. It’s practical and shouldn’t be political.
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My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
September 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
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Using LLMs in this context essentially guarantees that existing biases are maintained and reflected consistently. There’s no longer a way to seek out a “good doctor” if they’re all flattened into using the same poisoned data sets. There is no argument in favor of the ethics of any of this.
The findings “suggest that medical AI tools powered by LLMs have a tendency to not reflect the severity of symptoms among female patients, while also displaying less ‘empathy’ towards Black and Asian ones.”
AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities
Large language models reflect biases that can lead to inferior healthcare advice to female, Black and Asian patients
www.ft.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Using LLMs in this context essentially guarantees that existing biases are maintained and reflected consistently. There’s no longer a way to seek out a “good doctor” if they’re all flattened into using the same poisoned data sets. There is no argument in favor of the ethics of any of this.
“And what of the writers, the thinkers, and the pundits who cannot separate the great crime of Kirk’s death from the malignancy of his public life?”
"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“And what of the writers, the thinkers, and the pundits who cannot separate the great crime of Kirk’s death from the malignancy of his public life?”
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The big problem is that a large swath of America had never heard of Kirk until yesterday. Every piece in major media about him is an introduction for many, and so conferring the sense of sainthood on him in the long run creates permission for the dangerous response I fear is coming.
September 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The big problem is that a large swath of America had never heard of Kirk until yesterday. Every piece in major media about him is an introduction for many, and so conferring the sense of sainthood on him in the long run creates permission for the dangerous response I fear is coming.
With all the acetaminophen and autism discussion these days, it is important to remember that diversity in a community is a gift, and that includes neurodiversity.
This beautiful article in August @jaacapjournals.bsky.social says it all.
www.jaacap.org/article/S089...
This beautiful article in August @jaacapjournals.bsky.social says it all.
www.jaacap.org/article/S089...
Choir as a Metaphor for Neurodiversity
Anyone who has ever tried to sing in a choir might have experienced how incredibly
beautiful, and yet truly challenging, it is to blend different voices into a single
polyphonic movement. This experie...
www.jaacap.org
September 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
With all the acetaminophen and autism discussion these days, it is important to remember that diversity in a community is a gift, and that includes neurodiversity.
This beautiful article in August @jaacapjournals.bsky.social says it all.
www.jaacap.org/article/S089...
This beautiful article in August @jaacapjournals.bsky.social says it all.
www.jaacap.org/article/S089...
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OK, @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social, this is perfect…
September 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
OK, @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social, this is perfect…
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6 Sep 25 -- Conservative 1st Circuit Court rebuffs Trump appeal of ruling against its policy of putting only bio sex on passports, saying it failed to "engage meaningfully” w/ finding that it was was motivated by “unconstitutional animus toward transgender Americans." @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
thehill.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
6 Sep 25 -- Conservative 1st Circuit Court rebuffs Trump appeal of ruling against its policy of putting only bio sex on passports, saying it failed to "engage meaningfully” w/ finding that it was was motivated by “unconstitutional animus toward transgender Americans." @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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August 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
@guster.bsky.social is a band I’ll see over and over again. And all my kids love them too— parenting win 🏅 🎶🎤❤️
Guster always finds new ways to weave sonic landscapes, tell meaningful stories and deeply engage with its fan base.
Guster: Tiny Desk Concert
Guster always finds new ways to weave sonic landscapes, tell meaningful stories and deeply engage with its fan base.
n.pr
August 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
@guster.bsky.social is a band I’ll see over and over again. And all my kids love them too— parenting win 🏅 🎶🎤❤️
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One of the first things you learn about trans competent primary care is how many of us routinely develop PVD, UTIs, and kidney stones from avoiding or not having access to bathrooms. As a fun bonus, the disinfo machine then uses this high prevalence to make mendacious claims about HRT.
If you cannot go to the bathroom at work, you cannot go to work. If you cannot go to the bathroom at school, you cannot go to school. This effectively bans transgender people from a broad swath of public life in the UK
🚨 BREAKING | Labour is set to impose a sweeping ban on trans people using any "single-sex space".
In EHRC guidance that Labour is set to approve, trans people will be barred from accessing toilets, gyms and changing rooms that match their gender.
(Source: @TheTimes)
In EHRC guidance that Labour is set to approve, trans people will be barred from accessing toilets, gyms and changing rooms that match their gender.
(Source: @TheTimes)
August 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
One of the first things you learn about trans competent primary care is how many of us routinely develop PVD, UTIs, and kidney stones from avoiding or not having access to bathrooms. As a fun bonus, the disinfo machine then uses this high prevalence to make mendacious claims about HRT.
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It’s mind boggling how many additional people this administration is killing.
“I have been in this business for over 50 years on the front lines of public health…And I can say unequivocally that this was the most dangerous public health decision I have ever seen made by a government body.”
“I have been in this business for over 50 years on the front lines of public health…And I can say unequivocally that this was the most dangerous public health decision I have ever seen made by a government body.”
Federal mRNA funding cut is 'most dangerous public health decision' ever, expert says
Many public health experts and scientists say they are stunned by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to cancel nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for future vaccine develop...
www.pbs.org
August 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
It’s mind boggling how many additional people this administration is killing.
“I have been in this business for over 50 years on the front lines of public health…And I can say unequivocally that this was the most dangerous public health decision I have ever seen made by a government body.”
“I have been in this business for over 50 years on the front lines of public health…And I can say unequivocally that this was the most dangerous public health decision I have ever seen made by a government body.”
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3 Aug 25 - New study shows vast "over-representation of trans boys" turns out to be vast _under-representation_ of trans girls bec. they: a) come out ~10 years later; b) start puberty later; & c) delay transitioning longer because of deep social animus towards AMAB femininity.
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
August 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
3 Aug 25 - New study shows vast "over-representation of trans boys" turns out to be vast _under-representation_ of trans girls bec. they: a) come out ~10 years later; b) start puberty later; & c) delay transitioning longer because of deep social animus towards AMAB femininity.
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
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This violates R.I. Gen. Laws § 11‑24‑2.3 on its face which provides protections for gender identity in public accommodations in Rhode Island.
Brown University is openly admitting it will brazenly violate Rhode Island state law. I expect lawsuits will follow.
Brown University is openly admitting it will brazenly violate Rhode Island state law. I expect lawsuits will follow.
Brown University is caving to Trump.
They are banning trans women from female bathrooms, dorms, locker rooms, and sports across campus. They're also cracking down on trans care for minors, though that is unlikely to be broadly impactful since it's a university.
president.brown.edu/president/br...
They are banning trans women from female bathrooms, dorms, locker rooms, and sports across campus. They're also cracking down on trans care for minors, though that is unlikely to be broadly impactful since it's a university.
president.brown.edu/president/br...
July 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This violates R.I. Gen. Laws § 11‑24‑2.3 on its face which provides protections for gender identity in public accommodations in Rhode Island.
Brown University is openly admitting it will brazenly violate Rhode Island state law. I expect lawsuits will follow.
Brown University is openly admitting it will brazenly violate Rhode Island state law. I expect lawsuits will follow.
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My alma mater is not perfect but I've mostly been proud of them for 48 years
Not tonight - this is shameful
Not tonight - this is shameful
Brown University is caving to Trump.
They are banning trans women from female bathrooms, dorms, locker rooms, and sports across campus. They're also cracking down on trans care for minors, though that is unlikely to be broadly impactful since it's a university.
president.brown.edu/president/br...
They are banning trans women from female bathrooms, dorms, locker rooms, and sports across campus. They're also cracking down on trans care for minors, though that is unlikely to be broadly impactful since it's a university.
president.brown.edu/president/br...
July 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
My alma mater is not perfect but I've mostly been proud of them for 48 years
Not tonight - this is shameful
Not tonight - this is shameful
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NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
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Penn’s acquiescence to the Trump Admin last week is troubling. It condones scapegoating, revisionism, & transphobia.
It also condones an interpretation of biological sex that flies in the face of current biological science.
Here, @amandastherrien.bsky.social discusses the actual biological truth.
It also condones an interpretation of biological sex that flies in the face of current biological science.
Here, @amandastherrien.bsky.social discusses the actual biological truth.
The Biological Truth Is That There Is No Simple Dichotomy Between Male and Female
By Amanda S. Therrien Ph.D.
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Penn’s acquiescence to the Trump Admin last week is troubling. It condones scapegoating, revisionism, & transphobia.
It also condones an interpretation of biological sex that flies in the face of current biological science.
Here, @amandastherrien.bsky.social discusses the actual biological truth.
It also condones an interpretation of biological sex that flies in the face of current biological science.
Here, @amandastherrien.bsky.social discusses the actual biological truth.
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NYT 2 Jul 25 -- NYT, which has done more than any other outlet to make US uninhabitable for trans teens & end their medical care, runs op-id hand-wringing over the resulting huge increase in trans teen suicide & self-harm. Like “being tortured in my body" said one. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Opinion | What I Heard on a Suicide Hotline for Trans Kids
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
NYT 2 Jul 25 -- NYT, which has done more than any other outlet to make US uninhabitable for trans teens & end their medical care, runs op-id hand-wringing over the resulting huge increase in trans teen suicide & self-harm. Like “being tortured in my body" said one. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
“Some proclaim that psychiatric treatments are the reason for the public’s worsening mental health. But this statement erroneously collapses a complex situation involving worsening mental health, nihilism, and despair in modern society into an antipsychiatry slogan.”
"Psychiatry can and should be more self-critical and public health-oriented."
Read the Viewpoint from JAMA Psychiatry Editor Dost Öngür about the best path forward for reforming psychiatry.
https://ja.ma/44nqwJN
Read the Viewpoint from JAMA Psychiatry Editor Dost Öngür about the best path forward for reforming psychiatry.
https://ja.ma/44nqwJN
July 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“Some proclaim that psychiatric treatments are the reason for the public’s worsening mental health. But this statement erroneously collapses a complex situation involving worsening mental health, nihilism, and despair in modern society into an antipsychiatry slogan.”
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Everyone who follows me should call their Senator this morning to urge them to vote in favor of Wyden’s point of order and remove the Medicaid funding ban for transgender care from Trump’s horror bill.
Today, senator Ron Wyden will raise a point of order to remove the Medicaid and CHIP ban on gender affirming care. The Republicans need 60 votes to keep it in but they only have 53. Call your Dem senator today and urge them to vote to strip the ban from the bill. Senate switchboard 202-224-3121.
June 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Everyone who follows me should call their Senator this morning to urge them to vote in favor of Wyden’s point of order and remove the Medicaid funding ban for transgender care from Trump’s horror bill.
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I'm sure the parents of trans kids will take great comfort knowing we can't say if a ban on their health care will kill their child--their child will merely wish they were dead
The "misinformation" in question here is that gender-affirming care reduces suicides among youth. It merely reduces depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal ideation.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
June 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I'm sure the parents of trans kids will take great comfort knowing we can't say if a ban on their health care will kill their child--their child will merely wish they were dead