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October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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We all deserve the right to make informed choices about our own bodies.

Next week is #IntersexAwarenessWeek. The occasion is a good reminder of how far things have come and how much further they need to go. #WhyWeShowUp

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Intersex Rights Advance Based on Evidence, Principle
Intersex Awareness Week is marked annually to recall a small group of protesters who picketed the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1996 for ignoring the rights of children born with sex variations.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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In a damning recent report, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded France is responsible for grave violations of the rights of unaccompanied migrant children.

French authorities need to urgently ensure vulnerable kids are protected.
France Failing Unaccompanied Migrant Children
In a damning report published last week, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded France is responsible for grave and systematic violations of the rights of unaccompanied migr...
www.hrw.org
October 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Love you, PDX 🐸💚
October 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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EFF's newest t-shirt just dropped: "Let's Sue the Government!" Because... sometimes you have to 🧑‍⚖️ Grab one today: shop.eff.org/products/le...
October 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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We’re thrilled that Egyptian writer and technologist Alaa Abd El Fattah is finally free and at home with his family. But we must remain vigilant: Alaa must be allowed to travel to the UK to be reunited with his son Khaled. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
After Years Behind Bars, Alaa Is Free at Last
On September 22, it was announced that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had issued a pardon for Alaa’s release after six years in prison. Alaa Abd El Fattah is finally free and at home with
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October 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Look what we have here then.
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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July 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
July 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Little boys. 💕 Postcard from my collection, unsent, 1902.
May 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻
Interesting review on spontaneous activity and predictions.
Idea of "predictions" is natural enough (how could it be otherwise?) but the emphasis on constructing models of the world is not persuasive. And the Bayesian motivation is way too vague imo.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
May 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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May 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.
May 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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The root of all our problems with social media? The fundamental decision to delegate the design of our social spaces to profit-seeking businesses, writes @couldrynick.bsky.social #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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The battle to rebuild our social media has started
The harms of social media platforms are well known. But the root cause is not: namely, letting profit-seeking businesses design our social spaces.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Anchor Bolts xkcd.com/3078
April 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Researchers in psychological sciences "who were more tolerant of ambiguity were...more likely to think that social, contextual or holistic considerations are vital for psychology."
April 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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April 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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April 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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April 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Rivers that started civilizations.
April 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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I can only imagine the bailout package they are drawing up for themselves.

As the saying goes, privatize the profits, and socialize the losses.
April 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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March 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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March 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM