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A southern California judge has ruled that the feelings of parents matters more than the safety and wellbeing of trans kids. @alyssaur.bsky.social brings you the story in this week's TWIBS.
TWIBS: Judge Benitez Says Trans Kids Have No Rights — Assigned
A federal judge ruled on Monday that teachers and other school employees should be required to report any changes in a child’s gender identity to their parents, a ruling which may violate state laws a...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A southern California judge has ruled that the feelings of parents matters more than the safety and wellbeing of trans kids. @alyssaur.bsky.social brings you the story in this week's TWIBS.
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The lecturer in question is our colleague in children’s literature studies. She is a brilliant scholar and from all accounts a gifted teacher.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The lecturer in question is our colleague in children’s literature studies. She is a brilliant scholar and from all accounts a gifted teacher.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
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How dare Canada be more nationalist protectionist nativist than Trump!
Merry Christmas. Eat shit. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
Group of U.S. distillers complains LCBO, other provinces favouring local alcohol
A group of U.S. alcohol producers claims Canadian retailers are giving unfair advantage to local spirits, including what it calls “discriminatory” markups in Nova Scotia and other provinces.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
How dare Canada be more nationalist protectionist nativist than Trump!
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You need to read this story.
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
You need to read this story.
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At least 11 congressmen from 1865-1871 were arguably not citizens under Trump's interpretation of 14th A, our research finds. Yet no one challenged their eligibility to serve. Why not? Obviously, b/c no one who drafted or ratified the 14th A shared Trump's view.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Dog That Didn't Bark: Eligibility To Serve In Congress And The Original Understanding Of The Citizenship Clause
President Donald J. Trump's 2025 Executive Order restricting birthright citizenship has prompted new interest in the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment'
papers.ssrn.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
At least 11 congressmen from 1865-1871 were arguably not citizens under Trump's interpretation of 14th A, our research finds. Yet no one challenged their eligibility to serve. Why not? Obviously, b/c no one who drafted or ratified the 14th A shared Trump's view.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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They called 911 for help.
Police and prosecutors used the junk science of "911 Call Analysis" to decide they were liars.
(Published 2022)
Police and prosecutors used the junk science of "911 Call Analysis" to decide they were liars.
(Published 2022)
They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.
Tracing the fallacy of 911 call analysis through the justice system, from Quantico to the courtroom.
www.propublica.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
They called 911 for help.
Police and prosecutors used the junk science of "911 Call Analysis" to decide they were liars.
(Published 2022)
Police and prosecutors used the junk science of "911 Call Analysis" to decide they were liars.
(Published 2022)
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NYT describing a state-backed authoritarian-aligned media takeover, which could soon "range from CNN to Warner Bros. to TikTok" as an "intriguing partnership" 😶
December 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
NYT describing a state-backed authoritarian-aligned media takeover, which could soon "range from CNN to Warner Bros. to TikTok" as an "intriguing partnership" 😶
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A man tried to create a "women's safety" app called Tea. Then, images and more than a million private conversations, including some about cheating partners and abortions, were compromised in two separate security breaches.
One of our top stories this year:
One of our top stories this year:
Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan
“DRIVERS LICENSES AND FACE PICS! GET THE FUCK IN HERE BEFORE THEY SHUT IT DOWN!” the thread read before being deleted.
www.404media.co
December 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A man tried to create a "women's safety" app called Tea. Then, images and more than a million private conversations, including some about cheating partners and abortions, were compromised in two separate security breaches.
One of our top stories this year:
One of our top stories this year:
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Former head of trust and safety at Twitter, Yoel Roth, demonstrating the intellectual dishonesty of “In Covid’s Wake” by showing how they distorted his own words to make them say the opposite of what he was arguing.
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Former head of trust and safety at Twitter, Yoel Roth, demonstrating the intellectual dishonesty of “In Covid’s Wake” by showing how they distorted his own words to make them say the opposite of what he was arguing.
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Is there any formal recourse to demand a retraction and apology from @princetonupress.bsky.social and authors for this?
For everyone's sake.
For everyone's sake.
December 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Is there any formal recourse to demand a retraction and apology from @princetonupress.bsky.social and authors for this?
For everyone's sake.
For everyone's sake.
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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This is not specific to ICE JSYK. When my mother was evicted from our old family home, they helped themselves to our things too. And I hear of people who, when they are taken into police custody, have their personal possessions (ordinary, non-problematic items) lifted from them out of greed.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is not specific to ICE JSYK. When my mother was evicted from our old family home, they helped themselves to our things too. And I hear of people who, when they are taken into police custody, have their personal possessions (ordinary, non-problematic items) lifted from them out of greed.
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Interesting thing going on with ICE:
They're basically just cops who haven't been trained properly in the arts of Deceiving the Public and using the jargon specific to Police Officers to make themselves seem legally sound.
People are shocked to see them doing what police officers do routinely;
They're basically just cops who haven't been trained properly in the arts of Deceiving the Public and using the jargon specific to Police Officers to make themselves seem legally sound.
People are shocked to see them doing what police officers do routinely;
The speed at which law enforcement un-persons you was such a shock to my system, they act like bandits.
December 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Interesting thing going on with ICE:
They're basically just cops who haven't been trained properly in the arts of Deceiving the Public and using the jargon specific to Police Officers to make themselves seem legally sound.
People are shocked to see them doing what police officers do routinely;
They're basically just cops who haven't been trained properly in the arts of Deceiving the Public and using the jargon specific to Police Officers to make themselves seem legally sound.
People are shocked to see them doing what police officers do routinely;
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It's a choice to write this about Trump supporters in Northern California and not about Democrats in, say, central Nashville who have been without "their representative" ever since the GOP's TN gerrymander switched from packing to cracking? bsky.app/profile/bill...
Both devin nunes and kevin McCarthy were central valley CA Republicans
Yet somehow the times is only just now discovering conservatives exist here only by hiring a stringer like CA is Baghdad..
Yet somehow the times is only just now discovering conservatives exist here only by hiring a stringer like CA is Baghdad..
December 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's a choice to write this about Trump supporters in Northern California and not about Democrats in, say, central Nashville who have been without "their representative" ever since the GOP's TN gerrymander switched from packing to cracking? bsky.app/profile/bill...
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How will declining childhood vaccination rates affect previously eliminated infectious diseases in the US?
Findings
--measles may become endemic again; 51.2m measles cases over a 25-yr period, 9.9m rubella cases, 4.3m poliomyelitis cases, 10.3m hospitalizations, and 159,200 deaths.
Findings
--measles may become endemic again; 51.2m measles cases over a 25-yr period, 9.9m rubella cases, 4.3m poliomyelitis cases, 10.3m hospitalizations, and 159,200 deaths.
Modeling Reemergence of Vaccine-Eliminated Infectious Diseases Under Declining Vaccination in the US | Infectious Diseases | JAMA | JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Modeling Reemergence of Vaccine-Eliminated Infectious Diseases Under Declining Vaccination in the US
This study estimates the number of cases and complications in the US under scenarios of declining childhood vaccination for measles, rubella, poliomyelitis, and diphtheria.
jamanetwork.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
How will declining childhood vaccination rates affect previously eliminated infectious diseases in the US?
Findings
--measles may become endemic again; 51.2m measles cases over a 25-yr period, 9.9m rubella cases, 4.3m poliomyelitis cases, 10.3m hospitalizations, and 159,200 deaths.
Findings
--measles may become endemic again; 51.2m measles cases over a 25-yr period, 9.9m rubella cases, 4.3m poliomyelitis cases, 10.3m hospitalizations, and 159,200 deaths.
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I spent the past few months with the activists fighting ICE inside NYC's notorious immigration courts.
Here's my story on their work - which is scoring key court victories and freeing families. It's played out amid intense scenes that haunt their dreams. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
Here's my story on their work - which is scoring key court victories and freeing families. It's played out amid intense scenes that haunt their dreams. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
The Undocumented Underground Is Fighting Back Inside New York’s Notorious Immigration Court
One day last month, a Peruvian mother and her daughter went into...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I spent the past few months with the activists fighting ICE inside NYC's notorious immigration courts.
Here's my story on their work - which is scoring key court victories and freeing families. It's played out amid intense scenes that haunt their dreams. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
Here's my story on their work - which is scoring key court victories and freeing families. It's played out amid intense scenes that haunt their dreams. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
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Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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U.S. forces struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria, the U.S. and Nigerian governments said, acting after threats by President Trump to attack the country in an effort to stop what he has said are the killings of Christians.
U.S. strikes ISIS in Nigeria after Trump warnings on Christian killings
The U.S. military said it attacked Islamic State militants with the approval of Nigerian authorities. The number of casualties is unknown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
U.S. forces struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria, the U.S. and Nigerian governments said, acting after threats by President Trump to attack the country in an effort to stop what he has said are the killings of Christians.
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“Conservatives would never accept a left-wing government using regulatory favoritism to pressure conservative media”—but now that this is occurring at CBS, they offer “pointillistic defenses” of Bari Weiss spiking a “60 Minutes” story, @jonathanchait argues.
Stop Defending Bari Weiss
It is impossible to take her actions at face value given the context in which she is operating.
bit.ly
December 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Conservatives would never accept a left-wing government using regulatory favoritism to pressure conservative media”—but now that this is occurring at CBS, they offer “pointillistic defenses” of Bari Weiss spiking a “60 Minutes” story, @jonathanchait argues.
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The president cannot preempt state AI regulations through an executive order. The Constitution doesn’t give him this power, and Congress hasn’t delegated it. bit.ly/3Y0drDI
Trump’s AI Order Is More Bark than Bite
While the executive order has created uncertainty for the many states that have passed artificial intelligence policies to protect their residents, its impact falls short of its menacing rhetoric.
www.brennancenter.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The president cannot preempt state AI regulations through an executive order. The Constitution doesn’t give him this power, and Congress hasn’t delegated it. bit.ly/3Y0drDI