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"And we don't understand why that is," says Cass.
Notice the unspoken, "because if we did, we'd fix it so this nonsense stops once and for all," there.
Even in accepting that done people really ARE trans, she can't hide her disappointment at not having a "cure"
Notice the unspoken, "because if we did, we'd fix it so this nonsense stops once and for all," there.
Even in accepting that done people really ARE trans, she can't hide her disappointment at not having a "cure"
Cass acknowledges "There are a tiny number of people who will never be comfortable with their biological sex, with the gender associated with their biological sex.
"And for them, a medical pathway is the only way they're going to live their life comfortably. And we don't understand why that is"
"And for them, a medical pathway is the only way they're going to live their life comfortably. And we don't understand why that is"
February 17, 2026 at 12:26 AM
"And we don't understand why that is," says Cass.
Notice the unspoken, "because if we did, we'd fix it so this nonsense stops once and for all," there.
Even in accepting that done people really ARE trans, she can't hide her disappointment at not having a "cure"
Notice the unspoken, "because if we did, we'd fix it so this nonsense stops once and for all," there.
Even in accepting that done people really ARE trans, she can't hide her disappointment at not having a "cure"
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HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
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Cass dismissed all but the highest “quality” evidence for gender-affirmative healthcare, then failed to hold her own “solutions” to the same standard.
An unreasonably high standard of evidence for GAHT while her proposals were supported by no credible evidence whatsoever.
She has zero credibility.
An unreasonably high standard of evidence for GAHT while her proposals were supported by no credible evidence whatsoever.
She has zero credibility.
February 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Cass dismissed all but the highest “quality” evidence for gender-affirmative healthcare, then failed to hold her own “solutions” to the same standard.
An unreasonably high standard of evidence for GAHT while her proposals were supported by no credible evidence whatsoever.
She has zero credibility.
An unreasonably high standard of evidence for GAHT while her proposals were supported by no credible evidence whatsoever.
She has zero credibility.
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I don't want to name a law for myself or something that self indulgent, but I think the Razor of Normalisation is:
If a protocol for raising children random minority developmental difference is mirrored by attempts to turn left handed kids into right handed kids, you probably shouldn't do it.
If a protocol for raising children random minority developmental difference is mirrored by attempts to turn left handed kids into right handed kids, you probably shouldn't do it.
February 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I don't want to name a law for myself or something that self indulgent, but I think the Razor of Normalisation is:
If a protocol for raising children random minority developmental difference is mirrored by attempts to turn left handed kids into right handed kids, you probably shouldn't do it.
If a protocol for raising children random minority developmental difference is mirrored by attempts to turn left handed kids into right handed kids, you probably shouldn't do it.
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Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
How a TikToker and former actress is helping lead California’s earthquake work
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
bit.ly
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
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It is absolute and utter neglect to let this come this close to the wire just as the US has let most of its overseas broadcasting shutter.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
It is absolute and utter neglect to let this come this close to the wire just as the US has let most of its overseas broadcasting shutter.
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So glad we have massively restructured transgender care on based on the works of someone who believes absolute nonsense.
February 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
So glad we have massively restructured transgender care on based on the works of someone who believes absolute nonsense.
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This is really sad. I just feel so despairing about this and the fact that this profound failure won't be recognised as such by most politicians.
Susan Smith of For Women Scotland is quoted in this piece saying that Dr Upton leaving the NHS will be "a relief to female patients."
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
Trans doc at centre of landmark Sandi Peggie court battle quits NHS
THE trans medic at the heart of a changing room war that cost taxpayers a staggering £400,000 has walked out on the NHS. NHS Fife bosses racked up the eye-watering bill in a failed bid to hush up n…
www.thescottishsun.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:54 AM
This is really sad. I just feel so despairing about this and the fact that this profound failure won't be recognised as such by most politicians.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 AM
To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.
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This is a common saying but it's not really true. We've had machines that encode maths since 6000 years ago.
I think the big problem with LLMs is just the magic 8 ball/tarot/ouija board trick. Something which outputs meaning from a random but plausible output we are always tempted to see life in.
I think the big problem with LLMs is just the magic 8 ball/tarot/ouija board trick. Something which outputs meaning from a random but plausible output we are always tempted to see life in.
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
This is a common saying but it's not really true. We've had machines that encode maths since 6000 years ago.
I think the big problem with LLMs is just the magic 8 ball/tarot/ouija board trick. Something which outputs meaning from a random but plausible output we are always tempted to see life in.
I think the big problem with LLMs is just the magic 8 ball/tarot/ouija board trick. Something which outputs meaning from a random but plausible output we are always tempted to see life in.
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It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
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boggles my mind the insane trajectory of the Microsoft Outlook user experience over the last 25 years. all it has to do is manage emails and a calendar but even the simplest tasks are like "RIDDLE ME THIS:" while one thousand clowns burn you with lit cigarettes in a hall of mirrors
February 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
boggles my mind the insane trajectory of the Microsoft Outlook user experience over the last 25 years. all it has to do is manage emails and a calendar but even the simplest tasks are like "RIDDLE ME THIS:" while one thousand clowns burn you with lit cigarettes in a hall of mirrors
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God why is our country so stupid
The EU has just voted, by a VERY wide margin, for the full recognition of trans women as women…!
February 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
God why is our country so stupid
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In my ideal world, there would be something like a health ombudsman, who if a significant patient cohort reaches out to them, saying "this service is fucking failing us, a lot", an investigation happens and things get fixed.
Not "Government appointed Health Minister gets to play Tropico".
Not "Government appointed Health Minister gets to play Tropico".
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
In my ideal world, there would be something like a health ombudsman, who if a significant patient cohort reaches out to them, saying "this service is fucking failing us, a lot", an investigation happens and things get fixed.
Not "Government appointed Health Minister gets to play Tropico".
Not "Government appointed Health Minister gets to play Tropico".
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Just to clarify the sequence of events here, Fort Bliss saw a party balloon, mistook it for a drone attack, & then without coordinating with anyone at the FAA, pulled out their brand new & presumably top secret laser weapon & started firing it repeatedly into the airspace of the airport next door?
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the laser was deployed near Fort Bliss without coordinating with the FAA, which decided then to close the airspace ..”
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/faa-...
“.. the laser was deployed near Fort Bliss without coordinating with the FAA, which decided then to close the airspace ..”
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/faa-...
February 12, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Just to clarify the sequence of events here, Fort Bliss saw a party balloon, mistook it for a drone attack, & then without coordinating with anyone at the FAA, pulled out their brand new & presumably top secret laser weapon & started firing it repeatedly into the airspace of the airport next door?
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The first F1 victory for a rear-engined car was achieved through an epic tyre-save allowing Stirling Moss's outgunned Cooper to run 80 laps without a stop (he also conned Ferrari into thinking he had to pit, but that's another story). It was the fastest way to the flag, which is what racing is.
I do not agree with many famous old racers who say things like “lifting” or “fuel-saving” is “not real racing.” Motor racing is an act of driving, and people who are better at driving than others tend to beat them, and I feel like both lifting and fuel-saving are quite critical elements of driving
February 12, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The first F1 victory for a rear-engined car was achieved through an epic tyre-save allowing Stirling Moss's outgunned Cooper to run 80 laps without a stop (he also conned Ferrari into thinking he had to pit, but that's another story). It was the fastest way to the flag, which is what racing is.
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HOW DOES THIS GRIFT KEEP WORKING
Oh for fuck sake. How is anyone still falling for this bullshit? You can’t just dig tunnels in Florida. Our unofficial state fish is the sink hole. Anyway. RIP Harry Potter land, swallowed by Elon Musk’s giant unfinished hole in the ground probably.
Elon Musk’s tunneling company tapped to link Universal parks
The company is best known for creating the underground Las Vegas Loop. But little is known about how The Boring Company intends to proceed in Central Florida, including how it might approach constr…
www.orlandosentinel.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
HOW DOES THIS GRIFT KEEP WORKING
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The kids actually made animals that don't exist. The AI just put a bunch of stuff that already exists together into a polished slop blender. You can't get a better illustration of why AI can't create anything new while human creativity is bottomless.
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 AM
The kids actually made animals that don't exist. The AI just put a bunch of stuff that already exists together into a polished slop blender. You can't get a better illustration of why AI can't create anything new while human creativity is bottomless.
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Right, another key thing that historians do is working with important records that have not been digitized.
And the vast majority of the world’s records *have not been digitized* and thus do not exist in any format that LLMs/AI can work with.
And the vast majority of the world’s records *have not been digitized* and thus do not exist in any format that LLMs/AI can work with.
it's literally impossible for an LLM to do a historian's job
it's not even LLMs sucking it's that they need data input to do anything and where's that data supposed to be coming from without historians
never met a computer that can dig through a thousand year old book in a library
it's not even LLMs sucking it's that they need data input to do anything and where's that data supposed to be coming from without historians
never met a computer that can dig through a thousand year old book in a library
February 11, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Right, another key thing that historians do is working with important records that have not been digitized.
And the vast majority of the world’s records *have not been digitized* and thus do not exist in any format that LLMs/AI can work with.
And the vast majority of the world’s records *have not been digitized* and thus do not exist in any format that LLMs/AI can work with.
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Says the gazillionaire who loves Britain so much he became tax resident in Monaco so he didn't have to contribute to Britain's resources. Physician, heal thyself.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Says the gazillionaire who loves Britain so much he became tax resident in Monaco so he didn't have to contribute to Britain's resources. Physician, heal thyself.
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My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
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"the population in the UK in 2020 was 58 million now it's 70.."
The population of the UK in 2020 was 67 million. This flatulent offal shouldn't be allowed to lie on air without questioning the facts.
The population of the UK in 2020 was 67 million. This flatulent offal shouldn't be allowed to lie on air without questioning the facts.
Jim Ratcliffe recently met Nigel Farage. Now he's saying that the UK has been colonised by immigrants.
February 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
"the population in the UK in 2020 was 58 million now it's 70.."
The population of the UK in 2020 was 67 million. This flatulent offal shouldn't be allowed to lie on air without questioning the facts.
The population of the UK in 2020 was 67 million. This flatulent offal shouldn't be allowed to lie on air without questioning the facts.
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Congratulations to former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher and his partner Étienne Bousquet-Cassagne who have announced their engagement! 🏳️🌈 As more drivers and ex-drivers come out, we hope their authenticity will help empower current and future generations to be themselves throughout their racing careers.
February 11, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Congratulations to former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher and his partner Étienne Bousquet-Cassagne who have announced their engagement! 🏳️🌈 As more drivers and ex-drivers come out, we hope their authenticity will help empower current and future generations to be themselves throughout their racing careers.
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Ted Lieu: “Were there any underage girls at that party or any party that Trump attended with Epstein”
Pam Bondi: “There is no evidence that Trump has committed a crime”
Ted Lieu: “I believe you just lied under oath”
Pam Bondi: “There is no evidence that Trump has committed a crime”
Ted Lieu: “I believe you just lied under oath”
February 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Ted Lieu: “Were there any underage girls at that party or any party that Trump attended with Epstein”
Pam Bondi: “There is no evidence that Trump has committed a crime”
Ted Lieu: “I believe you just lied under oath”
Pam Bondi: “There is no evidence that Trump has committed a crime”
Ted Lieu: “I believe you just lied under oath”