Katie Alcock
@wontsomeonethi2.bsky.social
Developmental psychologist, gender critical, lefty, the Bay area (the rainy one in England). Views my own and those of the Supreme Court, not my employer.
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Katie Alcock
@wontsomeonethi2.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Do school and equality education characteristics influence young children’s understanding of sex/gender constancy? - Research Portal | Lancaster University
Find out more about Lancaster University's research activities, view details of publications, outputs and awards and make contact with our researchers.
www.research.lancs.ac.uk
A few recent papers I'm very proud of:
www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
It's really important to know what sex a child or their parent is when doing child development research.
I still have students (and colleagues!) asking what "gender" a child is or giving more than 2 alternatives for sex.
www.thetimes.com/article/4fb9...
I still have students (and colleagues!) asking what "gender" a child is or giving more than 2 alternatives for sex.
www.thetimes.com/article/4fb9...
Disappearance of biological sex in research ‘is like Stalin-era purge’
Sir Anthony Finkelstein, a university vice-chancellor, laments that the category has become ‘politically uncomfortable’
www.thetimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:16 AM
It's really important to know what sex a child or their parent is when doing child development research.
I still have students (and colleagues!) asking what "gender" a child is or giving more than 2 alternatives for sex.
www.thetimes.com/article/4fb9...
I still have students (and colleagues!) asking what "gender" a child is or giving more than 2 alternatives for sex.
www.thetimes.com/article/4fb9...
Greg Wallace anyone?
As Popbitch resurrected the rumour from the anti trans that I treated women badly on Monkey Cage, I’m sharing what happened - this is from Normally Weird & Weirdly Normal - it was actually far worse for me than this version but I wanted to save other people from the glare and blame
February 15, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Greg Wallace anyone?
Only two more 9 am classes! Only one more day with a 9 am AND a 5 pm class.
I feel I can do this. Yes I do.
I feel I can do this. Yes I do.
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Only two more 9 am classes! Only one more day with a 9 am AND a 5 pm class.
I feel I can do this. Yes I do.
I feel I can do this. Yes I do.
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This!
When do the media finally find the courage to call a man, a man! This gaslighting only leads to people mistrusting their reporting.
When do the media finally find the courage to call a man, a man! This gaslighting only leads to people mistrusting their reporting.
February 12, 2026 at 9:59 AM
This!
When do the media finally find the courage to call a man, a man! This gaslighting only leads to people mistrusting their reporting.
When do the media finally find the courage to call a man, a man! This gaslighting only leads to people mistrusting their reporting.
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Left: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home
Right: Nigel Farage's Reform UK advertising a job which is working form home
Right: Nigel Farage's Reform UK advertising a job which is working form home
February 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Left: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home
Right: Nigel Farage's Reform UK advertising a job which is working form home
Right: Nigel Farage's Reform UK advertising a job which is working form home
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In other words:
1. The purported revolution of AI and LLMs on learning is, at best, taken with a bucket of salt. Many studies show negative effects.
2. Neither policies nor curricula should be designed in favour of them.
3. Facebook effect: Research suffers from echo chamber of group self-cites.
1. The purported revolution of AI and LLMs on learning is, at best, taken with a bucket of salt. Many studies show negative effects.
2. Neither policies nor curricula should be designed in favour of them.
3. Facebook effect: Research suffers from echo chamber of group self-cites.
New: "Effect of Artificial Intelligence on Learning: A Meta-Meta-Analysis" by Wagenmakers and colleagues revealing evidence for "severe publication bias and extreme between-study heterogeneity" in existing meta-analyses of the effects of AI on learning: osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
February 11, 2026 at 6:24 AM
In other words:
1. The purported revolution of AI and LLMs on learning is, at best, taken with a bucket of salt. Many studies show negative effects.
2. Neither policies nor curricula should be designed in favour of them.
3. Facebook effect: Research suffers from echo chamber of group self-cites.
1. The purported revolution of AI and LLMs on learning is, at best, taken with a bucket of salt. Many studies show negative effects.
2. Neither policies nor curricula should be designed in favour of them.
3. Facebook effect: Research suffers from echo chamber of group self-cites.
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'The authors have taken studies that compared untrained men with supremely athletic women, self-report activity, under-20s with over-30s, less active men than women'.
www.voidifremoved.co.uk/p/beef-trifl...
www.voidifremoved.co.uk/p/beef-trifl...
Beef Trifle
A new review in the British Journal of Sports Medicine insists men are weaker than women, really.
www.voidifremoved.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 AM
'The authors have taken studies that compared untrained men with supremely athletic women, self-report activity, under-20s with over-30s, less active men than women'.
www.voidifremoved.co.uk/p/beef-trifl...
www.voidifremoved.co.uk/p/beef-trifl...
Exciting news! I'm going to be advertising a PhD studentship on autism and gender dysphoria.
Watch this space! #psychology #autism #statistics
Watch this space! #psychology #autism #statistics
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Exciting news! I'm going to be advertising a PhD studentship on autism and gender dysphoria.
Watch this space! #psychology #autism #statistics
Watch this space! #psychology #autism #statistics
I'm on feminist podcast Women Are Real. It was immense fun doing it, I have to say.
open.spotify.com/episode/4BVb...
open.spotify.com/episode/4BVb...
Spotify – Web Player
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February 10, 2026 at 8:17 AM
I'm on feminist podcast Women Are Real. It was immense fun doing it, I have to say.
open.spotify.com/episode/4BVb...
open.spotify.com/episode/4BVb...
There are many encouraging signs for women and girls. This is just one of them. @naomicunningham.bsky.social is amazing and now people are seeing it.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/54a60a4...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/54a60a4...
This lawyer was shunned for taking on the trans lobby. Now she’s suddenly in demand again
For years, Naomi Cunningham was vilified for defending gender-critical workers like Sandie Peggie, but at last she feels the tide is turning
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 8:24 AM
There are many encouraging signs for women and girls. This is just one of them. @naomicunningham.bsky.social is amazing and now people are seeing it.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/54a60a4...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/54a60a4...
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#Newsnight
They talk about Angela Rayner's stamp duty, but no talk of Nigel Farage's dodgy house deal in Clacton, or his 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct, failing to declare £380,000 on time.
It's always different for men, especially right-wing men.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
They talk about Angela Rayner's stamp duty, but no talk of Nigel Farage's dodgy house deal in Clacton, or his 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct, failing to declare £380,000 on time.
It's always different for men, especially right-wing men.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage apologises for 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct
Reform UK leader, who failed to declare £380,000 on time, says he is computer-illiterate ‘oddball’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:57 PM
#Newsnight
They talk about Angela Rayner's stamp duty, but no talk of Nigel Farage's dodgy house deal in Clacton, or his 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct, failing to declare £380,000 on time.
It's always different for men, especially right-wing men.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
They talk about Angela Rayner's stamp duty, but no talk of Nigel Farage's dodgy house deal in Clacton, or his 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct, failing to declare £380,000 on time.
It's always different for men, especially right-wing men.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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They were caught in court cases withholding data they didn’t like and setting criteria for research that prioritised affirmation. The peer review industry and predatory trans journal on trans is an academic scandal.
February 4, 2026 at 6:37 PM
They were caught in court cases withholding data they didn’t like and setting criteria for research that prioritised affirmation. The peer review industry and predatory trans journal on trans is an academic scandal.
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The Washington Post, owned by the oligarch Jeff Bezos, shut down its Ukraine bureau right in the middle of Russia's war against the West.
It's even more important I keep providing situation reports from the invasion battlefront and do the job traditional news media refuse to do.
It's even more important I keep providing situation reports from the invasion battlefront and do the job traditional news media refuse to do.
February 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The Washington Post, owned by the oligarch Jeff Bezos, shut down its Ukraine bureau right in the middle of Russia's war against the West.
It's even more important I keep providing situation reports from the invasion battlefront and do the job traditional news media refuse to do.
It's even more important I keep providing situation reports from the invasion battlefront and do the job traditional news media refuse to do.
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Cracking spines to free Palestine is legal in the UK.
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Cracking spines to free Palestine is legal in the UK.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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One hallmark of pseudoscience is an emphasis on confirmation rather than refutation.
Scientists are constantly and consistently trying to prove themselves wrong, whereas those who practice pseudoscience are more concerned with proving themselves right.
Scientists are constantly and consistently trying to prove themselves wrong, whereas those who practice pseudoscience are more concerned with proving themselves right.
February 3, 2026 at 12:53 PM
One hallmark of pseudoscience is an emphasis on confirmation rather than refutation.
Scientists are constantly and consistently trying to prove themselves wrong, whereas those who practice pseudoscience are more concerned with proving themselves right.
Scientists are constantly and consistently trying to prove themselves wrong, whereas those who practice pseudoscience are more concerned with proving themselves right.
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Today the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill will be debated in the Scottish parliament. We ask Scottish MSPs to attend & engage in the debate and ensure they take this opportunity to stand with survivors and hear their calls for protection.
🔗 www.parliament.scot/bills-and-la...
🔗 www.parliament.scot/bills-and-la...
February 3, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Today the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill will be debated in the Scottish parliament. We ask Scottish MSPs to attend & engage in the debate and ensure they take this opportunity to stand with survivors and hear their calls for protection.
🔗 www.parliament.scot/bills-and-la...
🔗 www.parliament.scot/bills-and-la...
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Almost total crickets here on Bluesky about the historic $2M jury award in the first detransitioner lawsuit to make it to trial.
Very telling, is all I can say.
Very telling, is all I can say.
A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine
At 16, Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her ‘disfigured for life.’ Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom.
www.thefp.com/p/a-legal-fi...
At 16, Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her ‘disfigured for life.’ Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom.
www.thefp.com/p/a-legal-fi...
A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine
At 16, Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her ‘disfigured for life.’ Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom.
www.thefp.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Almost total crickets here on Bluesky about the historic $2M jury award in the first detransitioner lawsuit to make it to trial.
Very telling, is all I can say.
Very telling, is all I can say.
Today is the Feast of Candlemas, though tomorrow is the day itself. Exactly half way between the Solstice and the Equinox, and the day our tiny tin Mexican Nativity scene comes down.
I love this painting for its expressions.
I love this painting for its expressions.
February 1, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Today is the Feast of Candlemas, though tomorrow is the day itself. Exactly half way between the Solstice and the Equinox, and the day our tiny tin Mexican Nativity scene comes down.
I love this painting for its expressions.
I love this painting for its expressions.
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.
January 31, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.
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Dottie Farnsworth, circa 1890. She was one of a team of female track cyclists known as the Big Five -- which included herself, Lizzie Glaw, Helen Baldwin, May Allen, and Tillie Anderson -- that traveled the U.S., racing in fierce competitions against each other and other women.
January 31, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Dottie Farnsworth, circa 1890. She was one of a team of female track cyclists known as the Big Five -- which included herself, Lizzie Glaw, Helen Baldwin, May Allen, and Tillie Anderson -- that traveled the U.S., racing in fierce competitions against each other and other women.