Olga 🧶
@olganagtegaal.bsky.social
Physics, teaching, astrophotography, crocheting, fantasy, science fiction 📚🍿, en nog wel een paar dingen. Wees vrij om te zijn wie je bent, terfs en fascisten gaan in de blokkendoos.
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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@chadbourn.bsky.social This seems to be important.
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
@chadbourn.bsky.social This seems to be important.
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This made me giggle
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This made me giggle
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Ich habe nie Langeweile.
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Ich habe nie Langeweile.
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I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
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Bumping this thread bc there is yet another long form review out that purports to summarize the text and in the process gets it wrong, this time demoting my mom to a founding “member” of an organization she started. Founder. That’s the word!
Why is it so hard to tell women’s stories with respect
Why is it so hard to tell women’s stories with respect
So there is a review this week in @thenation.com of a book that is 1/3 about my mother and grandmother and their organizing work, and this is now the nth review that states the misinformation that the Wages for Housework Campaign ended in the 1980s.
This is completely false. 🧵
This is completely false. 🧵
The Enduring Lessons of Wages for Housework
Emily Callaci’s history of the international feminist movement examines the influence of their intellectual and political victories.
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Bumping this thread bc there is yet another long form review out that purports to summarize the text and in the process gets it wrong, this time demoting my mom to a founding “member” of an organization she started. Founder. That’s the word!
Why is it so hard to tell women’s stories with respect
Why is it so hard to tell women’s stories with respect
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Gewoon ordinair racisme dus, niks tijdelijk verwijderd of roulerend. www.trouw.nl/binnenland/a...
‘Aandacht voor zwarte soldaten past niet bij de Amerikaanse herdenkingsmissie’
De beheerder van de Amerikaanse erebegraafplaats in Margraten heeft zélf de beslissing genomen om informatiepanelen over Afro-Amerikaanse soldaten te verwijderen. De panelen keren niet terug.
www.trouw.nl
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Gewoon ordinair racisme dus, niks tijdelijk verwijderd of roulerend. www.trouw.nl/binnenland/a...
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No one wants to accept that it's not A Talk, it's like six talks plus random questions at breakfast like the one I got yesterday about polyamory, which was a lot to formulate an answer on before I'd had my coffee.
"Would you and Dad ever ..."
"Honey, how lazy are your father and I?"
"Never mind."
"Would you and Dad ever ..."
"Honey, how lazy are your father and I?"
"Never mind."
Adults are profoundly uncomfortable with teenage sexuality in a way that is just not helpful at all. I get it, no one wants to have The Talk, but at the same time, abandoning kids to The Streets for all their insight into sex is wrong.
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
No one wants to accept that it's not A Talk, it's like six talks plus random questions at breakfast like the one I got yesterday about polyamory, which was a lot to formulate an answer on before I'd had my coffee.
"Would you and Dad ever ..."
"Honey, how lazy are your father and I?"
"Never mind."
"Would you and Dad ever ..."
"Honey, how lazy are your father and I?"
"Never mind."
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When even SNL is teeing off on how shitty AI is, I sense we’re nearing the end of this.
AI Photos - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
When even SNL is teeing off on how shitty AI is, I sense we’re nearing the end of this.
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Studie: In Deutschland leben lediglich 150 Katzen, die jeweils mehrere tausend Familien gleichzeitig haben www.der-postillon.com/2019/11/nur-...
Studie: In Deutschland leben lediglich 150 Katzen, die jeweils mehrere tausend Familien gleichzeitig haben
Millionen Deutsche sind nach eigenen Angaben Katzenhalter. Doch eine neue Studie der Universität Hamburg fördert nun Erstaunliches zutage: Demnach leben in ganz Deutschland lediglich um die 150…
www.der-postillon.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Studie: In Deutschland leben lediglich 150 Katzen, die jeweils mehrere tausend Familien gleichzeitig haben www.der-postillon.com/2019/11/nur-...
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Sex ed should be mandatory and all students regardless of gender should study periods, childbirth, PCOS, and endometriosis.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Sex ed should be mandatory and all students regardless of gender should study periods, childbirth, PCOS, and endometriosis.
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Apparently techbros can't understand the messaging in Black Mirror.
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Apparently techbros can't understand the messaging in Black Mirror.
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Ladies- we are now under attack too.
Republicans are trying to sneak a national abortion ban in to the budget bill.
They can’t help themselves when it comes to hurting women.
Stay strong Dems!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
Republicans are trying to sneak a national abortion ban in to the budget bill.
They can’t help themselves when it comes to hurting women.
Stay strong Dems!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ladies- we are now under attack too.
Republicans are trying to sneak a national abortion ban in to the budget bill.
They can’t help themselves when it comes to hurting women.
Stay strong Dems!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
Republicans are trying to sneak a national abortion ban in to the budget bill.
They can’t help themselves when it comes to hurting women.
Stay strong Dems!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
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I must’ve been a postdoc at MIT or a new-ish engineering professor when I first heard the story of how Ben Barre overheard colleagues talking about how his research was so much better than his ‘sister’ Barbara’s.
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I must’ve been a postdoc at MIT or a new-ish engineering professor when I first heard the story of how Ben Barre overheard colleagues talking about how his research was so much better than his ‘sister’ Barbara’s.
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@washingtonpost.com
@nytimes.com.web.brid.gy 👇
Eleven parties in the Dutch province Limburg want a memorial for Black American liberators, after information panels about their contribution were removed from the cemetery in Margraten. Read more about this on the website nrc.nl
@nytimes.com.web.brid.gy 👇
Eleven parties in the Dutch province Limburg want a memorial for Black American liberators, after information panels about their contribution were removed from the cemetery in Margraten. Read more about this on the website nrc.nl
Dutch newspaper:
At the American cemetery in Margraten, things suddenly became quiet around the black Americans who helped liberate the Netherlands. Two panels commemorating their contribution and pointing to their fight against racism within the military were removed. More on nrc.nl.
At the American cemetery in Margraten, things suddenly became quiet around the black Americans who helped liberate the Netherlands. Two panels commemorating their contribution and pointing to their fight against racism within the military were removed. More on nrc.nl.
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
@washingtonpost.com
@nytimes.com.web.brid.gy 👇
Eleven parties in the Dutch province Limburg want a memorial for Black American liberators, after information panels about their contribution were removed from the cemetery in Margraten. Read more about this on the website nrc.nl
@nytimes.com.web.brid.gy 👇
Eleven parties in the Dutch province Limburg want a memorial for Black American liberators, after information panels about their contribution were removed from the cemetery in Margraten. Read more about this on the website nrc.nl
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Season 4 of wheel of time would have been so good 😢
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Season 4 of wheel of time would have been so good 😢
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I love when technology is used for actually good things www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
‘Everyone said it was impossible’: disabled hikers find freedom through off-road wheelchairs
Using an all-terrain vehicle that’s essentially the Jeep of wheelchairs, a New York tour group helps disabled people get on the trail
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I love when technology is used for actually good things www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
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If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...