Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬
@jeymccreight.bsky.social
🧬 Genomics PhD & As. Director of #scicomm at Tempus (All views my own)
🧑🔬 Founder of @beyondxandy.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ (they/he) Trans progressive atheist feminist
🎲 Gamer 🖖 Trekkie 🌱 Plant gay 😻 Cat dad
🏠 Chicago
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jey-mccreight/
🧑🔬 Founder of @beyondxandy.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ (they/he) Trans progressive atheist feminist
🎲 Gamer 🖖 Trekkie 🌱 Plant gay 😻 Cat dad
🏠 Chicago
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jey-mccreight/
Pinned
So the official position of the white supremacist government is, unsurprisingly, that “race is a biological reality.”
Apparently, not believing this is “insane.”
Important to note that for fascists, ALL the identity categories (race, sex, etc.) have to be “real” and frozen so they can manage them
Apparently, not believing this is “insane.”
Important to note that for fascists, ALL the identity categories (race, sex, etc.) have to be “real” and frozen so they can manage them
As someone whose PhD was in human population genetics and evolution:
Race is a social construct
Gender is a social construct
Both have biological *components* but are incredibly complex - not neat, discrete, immutable categories
Fascists are the ones denying scientific reality
Race is a social construct
Gender is a social construct
Both have biological *components* but are incredibly complex - not neat, discrete, immutable categories
Fascists are the ones denying scientific reality
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anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
Friend invited me over to watch Pluribus. Knew absolutely nothing about it but they said it's "right up your alley"
I'm sorry... It opens with an homage to literally my favorite movie of all time, Contact, and immediately goes into a genetics plot??
Did the show writers... Read my mind?
I'm sorry... It opens with an homage to literally my favorite movie of all time, Contact, and immediately goes into a genetics plot??
Did the show writers... Read my mind?
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Friend invited me over to watch Pluribus. Knew absolutely nothing about it but they said it's "right up your alley"
I'm sorry... It opens with an homage to literally my favorite movie of all time, Contact, and immediately goes into a genetics plot??
Did the show writers... Read my mind?
I'm sorry... It opens with an homage to literally my favorite movie of all time, Contact, and immediately goes into a genetics plot??
Did the show writers... Read my mind?
Reposted by Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬
Not only the first snow of the year in Chicago, but first blizzard
And Pixel was crying to be let outside
I thought, why not. Everything sucks, might as well put the coat on so your cat can play in the snow at midnight
I got cold first. Her fur is thick
Here are cute photos to heal your timeline
And Pixel was crying to be let outside
I thought, why not. Everything sucks, might as well put the coat on so your cat can play in the snow at midnight
I got cold first. Her fur is thick
Here are cute photos to heal your timeline
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Not only the first snow of the year in Chicago, but first blizzard
And Pixel was crying to be let outside
I thought, why not. Everything sucks, might as well put the coat on so your cat can play in the snow at midnight
I got cold first. Her fur is thick
Here are cute photos to heal your timeline
And Pixel was crying to be let outside
I thought, why not. Everything sucks, might as well put the coat on so your cat can play in the snow at midnight
I got cold first. Her fur is thick
Here are cute photos to heal your timeline
Reposted by Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬
My friend's cat, Pixel, is awesome. Go look at the kitty. STOP DOOMSCROLLING AND LOOK AT THE KITTY.
Not only the first snow of the year in Chicago, but first blizzard
And Pixel was crying to be let outside
I thought, why not. Everything sucks, might as well put the coat on so your cat can play in the snow at midnight
I got cold first. Her fur is thick
Here are cute photos to heal your timeline
And Pixel was crying to be let outside
I thought, why not. Everything sucks, might as well put the coat on so your cat can play in the snow at midnight
I got cold first. Her fur is thick
Here are cute photos to heal your timeline
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My friend's cat, Pixel, is awesome. Go look at the kitty. STOP DOOMSCROLLING AND LOOK AT THE KITTY.
Reposted by Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬
Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Reposted by Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬
"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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Live your life in a way that quotations like these don't show up in your obituary.
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Live your life in a way that quotations like these don't show up in your obituary.
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Remembering when Democrats blamed then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for elevating gay marriage as an issue ahead of the 2004 election--the same scapegoating Newsom is doing to trans rights now
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Remembering when Democrats blamed then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for elevating gay marriage as an issue ahead of the 2004 election--the same scapegoating Newsom is doing to trans rights now
This psyche is also what fuels Silicon Valley culture
Always have described it as nerds who dreamed of becoming the popular kids/bullies, instead of just embracing their own nerdy weirdness
Always have described it as nerds who dreamed of becoming the popular kids/bullies, instead of just embracing their own nerdy weirdness
it’s important to understand that Nate Silver’s entire consciousness is filtered through the lens of being a gross nerd his entire life. the opportunity to feel like he’s one of the cool kids is something he can’t pass up, it’s load-bearing for his dork psyche.
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This psyche is also what fuels Silicon Valley culture
Always have described it as nerds who dreamed of becoming the popular kids/bullies, instead of just embracing their own nerdy weirdness
Always have described it as nerds who dreamed of becoming the popular kids/bullies, instead of just embracing their own nerdy weirdness
Reposted by Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬
If 10% of my business was based on defrauding and scamming people, and was called a "pillar of the global fraud economy", I would have some serious moral qualms about my business. Not our friends at Meta though.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If 10% of my business was based on defrauding and scamming people, and was called a "pillar of the global fraud economy", I would have some serious moral qualms about my business. Not our friends at Meta though.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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People have have asked me what is going on in Chicago right now. The ICE situation is worse than you imagine. People are being violently detained, bystanders gassed, protesters assaulted. On the flip side, concerned citizens are mobilizing. Read this summary to learn more: aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
People have have asked me what is going on in Chicago right now. The ICE situation is worse than you imagine. People are being violently detained, bystanders gassed, protesters assaulted. On the flip side, concerned citizens are mobilizing. Read this summary to learn more: aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Primary the entire Dem Senate Caucus. We all see right through this political theater. I'm done.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Primary the entire Dem Senate Caucus. We all see right through this political theater. I'm done.
Elected Dems care more about their winter vacations to Mexico not being delayed than millions of Americans losing access to food and health insurance
Just despicable in every way. Complete failures of leadership
So mad at these pathetic cowards today
Just despicable in every way. Complete failures of leadership
So mad at these pathetic cowards today
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Elected Dems care more about their winter vacations to Mexico not being delayed than millions of Americans losing access to food and health insurance
Just despicable in every way. Complete failures of leadership
So mad at these pathetic cowards today
Just despicable in every way. Complete failures of leadership
So mad at these pathetic cowards today
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There’s a reason Mamdani voted for himself under the Working Families Party. You’re seeing that reason why NOW.
From now on, it’s @workingfamilies.org forward.
May the old Democrat ways die.
From now on, it’s @workingfamilies.org forward.
May the old Democrat ways die.
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
There’s a reason Mamdani voted for himself under the Working Families Party. You’re seeing that reason why NOW.
From now on, it’s @workingfamilies.org forward.
May the old Democrat ways die.
From now on, it’s @workingfamilies.org forward.
May the old Democrat ways die.
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If you’re like me and pretty much done with the Democrat party now, let me introduce you to a wonderful party that is using systems in place in our very flawed political party system to get ppl elected. It’s true grassroots movement & they’re successfully getting ppl elected.
who are these divas go.bsky.app/LF5T4cY
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If you’re like me and pretty much done with the Democrat party now, let me introduce you to a wonderful party that is using systems in place in our very flawed political party system to get ppl elected. It’s true grassroots movement & they’re successfully getting ppl elected.
Reposted by Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬
If you’ve been looking for an alternative to funding establishment Dems who are cowards at the end of the day, please look into WFP. This grassroots party has done a significant amount of work over the years to elect progressives and make real change.
That’s why we’ll be working to unseat both Republicans as well as corporate Democrats who have kowtowed to the Trump agenda and replace them with Working Families Party champions who will fight to lower the cost of living and guarantee health care for every family.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you’ve been looking for an alternative to funding establishment Dems who are cowards at the end of the day, please look into WFP. This grassroots party has done a significant amount of work over the years to elect progressives and make real change.
Reposted by Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬
I think it may be time we give up any hope of primarying/improving the Dems and abandon them for a third party that actually has values
We need more Mamdanis and less Schumers
We need more Mamdanis and less Schumers
There is a wave of change coming.
One where bold leadership that follows working people not the billionaires isn’t the exception, it’s the expectation.
Let's discuss.
One where bold leadership that follows working people not the billionaires isn’t the exception, it’s the expectation.
Let's discuss.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I think it may be time we give up any hope of primarying/improving the Dems and abandon them for a third party that actually has values
We need more Mamdanis and less Schumers
We need more Mamdanis and less Schumers
Reposted by Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Not only the first snow of the year in Chicago, but first blizzard
And Pixel was crying to be let outside
I thought, why not. Everything sucks, might as well put the coat on so your cat can play in the snow at midnight
I got cold first. Her fur is thick
Here are cute photos to heal your timeline
And Pixel was crying to be let outside
I thought, why not. Everything sucks, might as well put the coat on so your cat can play in the snow at midnight
I got cold first. Her fur is thick
Here are cute photos to heal your timeline
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Not only the first snow of the year in Chicago, but first blizzard
And Pixel was crying to be let outside
I thought, why not. Everything sucks, might as well put the coat on so your cat can play in the snow at midnight
I got cold first. Her fur is thick
Here are cute photos to heal your timeline
And Pixel was crying to be let outside
I thought, why not. Everything sucks, might as well put the coat on so your cat can play in the snow at midnight
I got cold first. Her fur is thick
Here are cute photos to heal your timeline
Reposted by Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬
I wish Bluesky had a "close friends" functionality for all the posts I type and then delete
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I wish Bluesky had a "close friends" functionality for all the posts I type and then delete