Sage Anastasi
@sageanastasi.bsky.social
Pākehā, dream avatar of gender magic. PhD student working on political & social polarisation, trying to make data scientists read Laclau. Opinions mine. he/him 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Mastodon, where I am not active but there are DMs: @sageanastasi@mastodon.nz
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Sage Anastasi
@sageanastasi.bsky.social
· Jul 28
Auckland Star 16 April 1960, page 1
Oh Mr Nash by Tom Lehrer
When the early missionaries first brought Rugby to New Zealand,
It became the state religion right away,
And to the ten commandments has been added an eleventh,
And it says: No matter what -- thou shalt play!
dmdb.org/lehrer/lehre...
Bringing this back for today. What an honour to have Tom Lehrer rock up to our little country, ask what civil rights issues were going on (the All Blacks' upcoming tour of Apartheid South Africa), and then immediately write a song about it.
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Its not data-led because the sample size is too fucking small to be conclusive because bigots have fought to destroy the sampling systems since the nazis.
That's why its case-context led you unqualified bigot.
That's why its case-context led you unqualified bigot.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Its not data-led because the sample size is too fucking small to be conclusive because bigots have fought to destroy the sampling systems since the nazis.
That's why its case-context led you unqualified bigot.
That's why its case-context led you unqualified bigot.
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There’s something really disturbing to me about the way the media, and indeed her own mother, continue to talk about Brianna Ghey - a constant focus on publicising her mental health, as if she’d committed suicide, and never focusing on the transphobia that actually led to her horrific murder.
May 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
There’s something really disturbing to me about the way the media, and indeed her own mother, continue to talk about Brianna Ghey - a constant focus on publicising her mental health, as if she’d committed suicide, and never focusing on the transphobia that actually led to her horrific murder.
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So anyone wanna ask Goldsmith and Collins about their giving police sweeping powers to crush protest and perform previously illegal surveillance in light of *gestures* ?
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
So anyone wanna ask Goldsmith and Collins about their giving police sweeping powers to crush protest and perform previously illegal surveillance in light of *gestures* ?
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A key part of 'gender critical' conversion therapy is cutting trans children off from their social media and support network.
Survivors of the Bayswater Support Group experienced it. Leelah Alcorn went through it.
I think this might be another reason why I find the phone campaign so awful.
Survivors of the Bayswater Support Group experienced it. Leelah Alcorn went through it.
I think this might be another reason why I find the phone campaign so awful.
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A key part of 'gender critical' conversion therapy is cutting trans children off from their social media and support network.
Survivors of the Bayswater Support Group experienced it. Leelah Alcorn went through it.
I think this might be another reason why I find the phone campaign so awful.
Survivors of the Bayswater Support Group experienced it. Leelah Alcorn went through it.
I think this might be another reason why I find the phone campaign so awful.
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Ursula K Le Guin's schedule - an inspiration to us all.
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ursula K Le Guin's schedule - an inspiration to us all.
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At this point I do sincerely believe this anti phone and social media drive is rooted in the "social contagion" idea of being trans. They do not think she died because she used her phone, they think she died because people in her phone convinced her she was a girl.
Phones did not murder Brianna Ghey in cold blood.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
At this point I do sincerely believe this anti phone and social media drive is rooted in the "social contagion" idea of being trans. They do not think she died because she used her phone, they think she died because people in her phone convinced her she was a girl.
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In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
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There are many misperceptions about taking testosterone — including among trans men — but the small amount Jules Sherred takes does not translate to bulging biceps. Those are the result of many hours of training, he said.
Changed Rules Will Shut a Trans Bodybuilder Out of Competition | The Tyee
The Canadian association that regulates the sport will no longer allow gender-affirming hormone therapy, citing American rules.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
There are many misperceptions about taking testosterone — including among trans men — but the small amount Jules Sherred takes does not translate to bulging biceps. Those are the result of many hours of training, he said.
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Four Men Cutting Wood - July 1882
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/3109597
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/3109597
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Four Men Cutting Wood - July 1882
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/3109597
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/3109597
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efficacy of baloxavir evaluated using a duck model to help establish the post-infection treatment for rare birds. All eight ducks administered with 12.5 or 2.5 mg/kg of BXM within 48 hours survived
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
efficacy of baloxavir evaluated using a duck model to help establish the post-infection treatment for rare birds. All eight ducks administered with 12.5 or 2.5 mg/kg of BXM within 48 hours survived
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Christchurch's playground elephant: demure, unassuming, shaped like a friend
Oamaru's playground elephant: ready for the next Punic war
Oamaru's playground elephant: ready for the next Punic war
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Christchurch's playground elephant: demure, unassuming, shaped like a friend
Oamaru's playground elephant: ready for the next Punic war
Oamaru's playground elephant: ready for the next Punic war
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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
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Joyce Carol Oates absolutely reading Elon Musk for filth is pretty incredible, but something I'd point out is his feigned interest in games, and how fake that was, paying people to boost his accounts and play for him, and the rare time we actually got to see him play, he was absolutely miserable.
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Joyce Carol Oates absolutely reading Elon Musk for filth is pretty incredible, but something I'd point out is his feigned interest in games, and how fake that was, paying people to boost his accounts and play for him, and the rare time we actually got to see him play, he was absolutely miserable.
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
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so, today I got the surgery center where I got my deviated septum fixed to send me an itemized bill so I could submit to my FSA for reimbursement
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
so, today I got the surgery center where I got my deviated septum fixed to send me an itemized bill so I could submit to my FSA for reimbursement
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
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“Darth Vader” was an amalgamation of various Imperial Era generals and cyborgs that were combined in histories written centuries after the fact
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“Darth Vader” was an amalgamation of various Imperial Era generals and cyborgs that were combined in histories written centuries after the fact
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I’m sorry, I know this is an attractive theory, but we have more evidence of Historical Vader than *most* other figures of the time — it’s not like Midichlorian Theory, of which we have just one citation after it was widely believed the scribe went insane
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I’m sorry, I know this is an attractive theory, but we have more evidence of Historical Vader than *most* other figures of the time — it’s not like Midichlorian Theory, of which we have just one citation after it was widely believed the scribe went insane
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books have no tech tree, no fog of war
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
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Please for the love of all that is Holy DO NOT "notice how they aren't banning trans men" regarding today's news. Cos they reason they arent is we already are if we on gender affirming hormone treatment
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Please for the love of all that is Holy DO NOT "notice how they aren't banning trans men" regarding today's news. Cos they reason they arent is we already are if we on gender affirming hormone treatment
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If you’ve never read it, you absolutely should. Not a thing happening since 2020 has been a shock to me (Grief inducing? yes. Angering? yes. Shocking? No.), in part because of this book.
Also, in part because of Imani 🖤 please do yourself a favor & follow Imani on all platforms.
Also, in part because of Imani 🖤 please do yourself a favor & follow Imani on all platforms.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If you’ve never read it, you absolutely should. Not a thing happening since 2020 has been a shock to me (Grief inducing? yes. Angering? yes. Shocking? No.), in part because of this book.
Also, in part because of Imani 🖤 please do yourself a favor & follow Imani on all platforms.
Also, in part because of Imani 🖤 please do yourself a favor & follow Imani on all platforms.
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In fact, I think a truly mature conversation would actually assess some of our many past asset sales and consider whether re-nationalising some of those assets might be in the country's interest.
But that's definitely not the conversation he wants.
But that's definitely not the conversation he wants.
NZ needs to have a ‘mature conversation’ about selling state assets, PM says
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has indicated asset sales could be included in National’s manifesto for the 2026 election.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In fact, I think a truly mature conversation would actually assess some of our many past asset sales and consider whether re-nationalising some of those assets might be in the country's interest.
But that's definitely not the conversation he wants.
But that's definitely not the conversation he wants.
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The stats analysis is in on the impact of the 2023 “more aggressive” policy change re police pursuits
He was 15 when he died in a car crash. The rules said police could chase. Should they?
A new study finds when police loosened pursuit rules, crashes rose sharply.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The stats analysis is in on the impact of the 2023 “more aggressive” policy change re police pursuits
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Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
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Sources expect ban within next six to 12 months
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IOC president wants to protect the female category
The International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympics.
Multiple sources expect such a ban to come into effect over the next six to 12 months with the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, making clear she wants to drive through her campaign pledge to protect the female category. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways