Jonathan Pettitt
@genotripe.bsky.social
Gene Supremo and Worm Wizard
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In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM
In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
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Zelenskyy in Munich: “The Ukrainian Army is the strongest army in Europe, thanks to our heroes.
“And I think it is simply not smart to keep this army outside NATO.”
“And I think it is simply not smart to keep this army outside NATO.”
February 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Zelenskyy in Munich: “The Ukrainian Army is the strongest army in Europe, thanks to our heroes.
“And I think it is simply not smart to keep this army outside NATO.”
“And I think it is simply not smart to keep this army outside NATO.”
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"I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."
February 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
"I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."
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“I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated.“
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ALT: a close up of a man 's face with blood running down his face .
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February 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
“I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated.“
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We have made an easy tool to tell your MP about this, here:
The High Court’s ruling confirms what we already knew: the EHRC’s code of practice is wrong.
Write to your MP and tell them it’s time to send it back 🏳️⚧️✉️
goodlaw.social/5e045f
Write to your MP and tell them it’s time to send it back 🏳️⚧️✉️
goodlaw.social/5e045f
Tell MPs: the EHRC’s guidance is wrong – it’s time to send it back
The High Court has confirmed what we already knew was true: it is entirely lawful for service providers to allow trans women to use the women’s toilets – without having to admit cis men. Put simply, t...
goodlaw.social
February 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
We have made an easy tool to tell your MP about this, here:
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We've written to Bridget Phillipson to point out she's legally obliged to reject the EHRC's draft guidance
The Government committed in its manifesto to “remove indignities for trans people”. We're asking that they take steps to protect the trans community & correct what the Supreme Court got wrong
The Government committed in its manifesto to “remove indignities for trans people”. We're asking that they take steps to protect the trans community & correct what the Supreme Court got wrong
February 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
We've written to Bridget Phillipson to point out she's legally obliged to reject the EHRC's draft guidance
The Government committed in its manifesto to “remove indignities for trans people”. We're asking that they take steps to protect the trans community & correct what the Supreme Court got wrong
The Government committed in its manifesto to “remove indignities for trans people”. We're asking that they take steps to protect the trans community & correct what the Supreme Court got wrong
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Really well put: “The developing organism accretes information as it builds itself.”
Increasingly I am coming around to the perspective that nothing in genetics makes sense except in the light of cell biology.
Increasingly I am coming around to the perspective that nothing in genetics makes sense except in the light of cell biology.
A key point: development is *constructive*. The full information about the final product is not contained in the genome. The developing organism accretes information as it builds itself.
February 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Really well put: “The developing organism accretes information as it builds itself.”
Increasingly I am coming around to the perspective that nothing in genetics makes sense except in the light of cell biology.
Increasingly I am coming around to the perspective that nothing in genetics makes sense except in the light of cell biology.
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IMHO any council that declared a climate emergency shd be forced to approve all planning applications for sustainability, renewable energy etc by default. A friend had to take West Ox to the High Court to be allowed to put solar panels on his farm. Of course they declared a climate emergency too 🙄
February 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
IMHO any council that declared a climate emergency shd be forced to approve all planning applications for sustainability, renewable energy etc by default. A friend had to take West Ox to the High Court to be allowed to put solar panels on his farm. Of course they declared a climate emergency too 🙄
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Delighted to see that the Climate Emergency declared by Cherwell Council in 2019 is presumably now over, so no need for woke green nonsense like this... 🫠
Cherwell District Council has rejected a proposal for a battery box micro energy storage facility. Battery boxes store energy from the network at periods of low demand to be used at periods of high demand. Officers stated it would be a ‘Visually incongruous and obtrusive form of development’
February 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Delighted to see that the Climate Emergency declared by Cherwell Council in 2019 is presumably now over, so no need for woke green nonsense like this... 🫠
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Fletton & Woodston (Peterborough) Council By-Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 29.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 27.6% (+16.2)
🌳 CON: 21.8% (-11.8)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-31.2)
🔶 LDM: 4.4% (-0.7)
No TUSC (-1.9) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
➡️ RFM: 29.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 27.6% (+16.2)
🌳 CON: 21.8% (-11.8)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-31.2)
🔶 LDM: 4.4% (-0.7)
No TUSC (-1.9) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
February 13, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Fletton & Woodston (Peterborough) Council By-Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 29.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 27.6% (+16.2)
🌳 CON: 21.8% (-11.8)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-31.2)
🔶 LDM: 4.4% (-0.7)
No TUSC (-1.9) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
➡️ RFM: 29.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 27.6% (+16.2)
🌳 CON: 21.8% (-11.8)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-31.2)
🔶 LDM: 4.4% (-0.7)
No TUSC (-1.9) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
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We (trans safety network) met with Cass during her research on the Cass review and explained how clearly ridiculous it would be to try and bring haircuts and self expression under the authority of being a "medical intervention".
She went away from that meeting and produced this crap anyway.
She went away from that meeting and produced this crap anyway.
Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
This draft guidance reproduces Cass insisting that clinicians must be involved in decisions about *social transition* which actually should be none of their damn business
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
February 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
We (trans safety network) met with Cass during her research on the Cass review and explained how clearly ridiculous it would be to try and bring haircuts and self expression under the authority of being a "medical intervention".
She went away from that meeting and produced this crap anyway.
She went away from that meeting and produced this crap anyway.
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Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
This draft guidance reproduces Cass insisting that clinicians must be involved in decisions about *social transition* which actually should be none of their damn business
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
February 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
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Bleak Home Office stats on international student visa applications out today
No escaping that numbers are sliding again. Will a poor January enrolment window push some universities to the brink?
Story by @sophieatrpn.bsky.social: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
No escaping that numbers are sliding again. Will a poor January enrolment window push some universities to the brink?
Story by @sophieatrpn.bsky.social: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
February 12, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Bleak Home Office stats on international student visa applications out today
No escaping that numbers are sliding again. Will a poor January enrolment window push some universities to the brink?
Story by @sophieatrpn.bsky.social: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
No escaping that numbers are sliding again. Will a poor January enrolment window push some universities to the brink?
Story by @sophieatrpn.bsky.social: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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There are a lot of similarities between how UK universities and UKRI are run. In both cases, big decisions are taken and changes made without consultation and often with dire consequences for the academic community and with little to no transparency around decisions, their impact or alternatives.
It's been a busy couple of weeks covering the funding changes at UKRI, to put it mildly
Here are my thoughts on how it's played out
TL;DR...the message that curiosity-driven research is protected is not going to reassure those who are seeing their funding streams disrupted
Here are my thoughts on how it's played out
TL;DR...the message that curiosity-driven research is protected is not going to reassure those who are seeing their funding streams disrupted
Rhetoric on UKRI’s funding reforms offers cold comfort - Research Professional News
Messaging that curiosity-driven research is protected is hard to square with funding reductions and pauses
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
There are a lot of similarities between how UK universities and UKRI are run. In both cases, big decisions are taken and changes made without consultation and often with dire consequences for the academic community and with little to no transparency around decisions, their impact or alternatives.
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There is, one study estimated, 5.5 square miles of London used for on-street car parking. Rather than whinge about the massive popularity of a sustainable, healthy form of transport, boroughs could instead just do more to accommodate it.
February 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
There is, one study estimated, 5.5 square miles of London used for on-street car parking. Rather than whinge about the massive popularity of a sustainable, healthy form of transport, boroughs could instead just do more to accommodate it.
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It’s not your language that offends. It’s your racism.
February 12, 2026 at 12:11 PM
It’s not your language that offends. It’s your racism.
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More autonomous driving in #BBC reports: "a worker was hit by a car that ignored the closure". Absurd description! Can #BBC distinguish at all between a car and a driver?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Council warns to avoid flooded roads after worker hit by car
West Sussex County Council says it is dangerous to drive through road closures caused by flooding.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 6:44 AM
More autonomous driving in #BBC reports: "a worker was hit by a car that ignored the closure". Absurd description! Can #BBC distinguish at all between a car and a driver?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
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looks like crypto schadenfreude's back on the menu, lads!
Platforms limiting or halting withdrawals is reminiscient of the 2022 crypto crash, when falling crypto prices exposed crypto firms that had been engaging in highly risky or sometimes illegal behavior.
BlockFills crypto lender halts withdrawals
February 11, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=blockfills-crypto-lender-halts-withdrawals
February 11, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=blockfills-crypto-lender-halts-withdrawals
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 AM
looks like crypto schadenfreude's back on the menu, lads!
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I can only imagine the ranting that is going on in the critter group chats and on prosecco stormfront
February 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I can only imagine the ranting that is going on in the critter group chats and on prosecco stormfront
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Happy Women in science day. On this day I am thinking of all my women science mentors and Rita Levi-Montalcini who did experiments in her bedroom in defiance of Mussolini’s ban on Jews in academic and professional careers while WWII raged around her.
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Happy Women in science day. On this day I am thinking of all my women science mentors and Rita Levi-Montalcini who did experiments in her bedroom in defiance of Mussolini’s ban on Jews in academic and professional careers while WWII raged around her.
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Are you aghast at the treatment of trans people? Wish there was something you could do? Could you afford to lose £24/year?
Donate a recurring £2/month donation to @essehouse.bsky.social, and help the UK community help itself.
www.essehouse.co.uk/donate
Donate a recurring £2/month donation to @essehouse.bsky.social, and help the UK community help itself.
www.essehouse.co.uk/donate
Esse House UK
www.essehouse.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Are you aghast at the treatment of trans people? Wish there was something you could do? Could you afford to lose £24/year?
Donate a recurring £2/month donation to @essehouse.bsky.social, and help the UK community help itself.
www.essehouse.co.uk/donate
Donate a recurring £2/month donation to @essehouse.bsky.social, and help the UK community help itself.
www.essehouse.co.uk/donate
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The unhinged, institutional racism of the UK Home Office ought to be considered a national scandal - but the British media are united in making the case that it's *not unhinged enough*
the whole thing is of course completely revolting. 20 YEARS to settlement for refugees? no settlement if you’ve ever had a criminal conviction or a tax debt? 10 YEARS added if you’ve ever received benefits? partners and children on their own routes to settlement? What are you even TALKING about
February 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The unhinged, institutional racism of the UK Home Office ought to be considered a national scandal - but the British media are united in making the case that it's *not unhinged enough*