Alexis
@alexisx-au.bsky.social
ey|she. Kinky (domme+owner), nd (autistic+adhd), consensually nonmonogamous, femme, queer/pan, spoonie (me/cfs), intersectional, sex geek / nerd, 51. In Naarm/Melbourne. Respectability politics is immoral. https://flexibeast.space/gemlog
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Alexis
@alexisx-au.bsky.social
· Jul 7
"We live in a time of intensely competing sexual discourses, and sexuality is one of the arenas for struggle against oppression and injustice. There is really no way to be apolitical as a sexologist – every action supports some interests and opposes others." -- Leonore Tiefer
#sexuality #research
#sexuality #research
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manosphere guys: dating women is gay. having consensual sex is gay. washing your asshole is gay. respect is gay. not doing war crimes is gay. masturbating is gay
7-figure salary political advisors: this represents an authentic & important demographic perspective that we must appeal to at any cost
7-figure salary political advisors: this represents an authentic & important demographic perspective that we must appeal to at any cost
November 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
manosphere guys: dating women is gay. having consensual sex is gay. washing your asshole is gay. respect is gay. not doing war crimes is gay. masturbating is gay
7-figure salary political advisors: this represents an authentic & important demographic perspective that we must appeal to at any cost
7-figure salary political advisors: this represents an authentic & important demographic perspective that we must appeal to at any cost
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I appreciate it when non-vegans make the effort to offer something vegan! Or when restaurants include a few vegan options on their menus. However, I do have one request: talk to a vegan beforehand, please. Salad and vegetables are great,but there are also vegan meals that are a bit more substantial.
November 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I appreciate it when non-vegans make the effort to offer something vegan! Or when restaurants include a few vegan options on their menus. However, I do have one request: talk to a vegan beforehand, please. Salad and vegetables are great,but there are also vegan meals that are a bit more substantial.
"Nearly one in five perimenopausal and postmenopausal women had noticed that self-pleasure provided symptom relief. Relative to other symptom management strategies, masturbation was rated among the highest in providing symptom relief"
#menopause #research
#menopause #research
The role of masturbation in relieving symptoms associated with menopause - PubMed
Masturbation may play a valuable role in managing menopause symptoms, and it is important that physicians discuss the potential benefits of self-pleasure with their patients.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"Nearly one in five perimenopausal and postmenopausal women had noticed that self-pleasure provided symptom relief. Relative to other symptom management strategies, masturbation was rated among the highest in providing symptom relief"
#menopause #research
#menopause #research
With eugenicists directing US policy on autism, one can at least take comfort in the fact that major journals like "Nature" have highly-qualified reviewers who cast eagle eyes over the contents of autism-related papers .... Oh.
#science #llm #ai #actuallyautistic
#science #llm #ai #actuallyautistic
Medical frymblal: Nature’s latest AI-generated paper
Factor Fexcectorn on the autism bicycle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUY3... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251128-med... - podcast
time: 6 min 32 sec
Factor Fexcectorn on the autism bicycle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUY3... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251128-med... - podcast
time: 6 min 32 sec
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
With eugenicists directing US policy on autism, one can at least take comfort in the fact that major journals like "Nature" have highly-qualified reviewers who cast eagle eyes over the contents of autism-related papers .... Oh.
#science #llm #ai #actuallyautistic
#science #llm #ai #actuallyautistic
"The spectacle inherits the weakness of the Western philosophical project, which attempted to understand activity by means of the categories of _vision_".
-- Guy Debord, "The Society of the Spectacle" (1967)
-- Guy Debord, "The Society of the Spectacle" (1967)
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"The spectacle inherits the weakness of the Western philosophical project, which attempted to understand activity by means of the categories of _vision_".
-- Guy Debord, "The Society of the Spectacle" (1967)
-- Guy Debord, "The Society of the Spectacle" (1967)
"Mats Alvesson (2013) argued that wider socio-cultural concerns with ‘imagology’ (looks and appearance) has encouraged organizations and individuals to generate clichés and bullshit."
'Optics' in the Society of the Spectacle.
'Optics' in the Society of the Spectacle.
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"Mats Alvesson (2013) argued that wider socio-cultural concerns with ‘imagology’ (looks and appearance) has encouraged organizations and individuals to generate clichés and bullshit."
'Optics' in the Society of the Spectacle.
'Optics' in the Society of the Spectacle.
As @kevincarson1.bsky.social has noted, "hierarchies are very bad at transmitting accurate information upward". They tend to create incentives / disincentives that encourage spin, misinformation and bullshittery. (Related: Spicer's 2020 paper "Playing the Bullshit Game".)
#management
#management
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
As @kevincarson1.bsky.social has noted, "hierarchies are very bad at transmitting accurate information upward". They tend to create incentives / disincentives that encourage spin, misinformation and bullshittery. (Related: Spicer's 2020 paper "Playing the Bullshit Game".)
#management
#management
New research: the NDIS shifts $27m/year in mental health costs away from Medicare.
As NDIS reform ramps up, this kind of evidence matters.
theconversation.com/the-ndis-shi...
#EveryAustralianCounts #NDIS #DisabilitySupport #MentalHealth
As NDIS reform ramps up, this kind of evidence matters.
theconversation.com/the-ndis-shi...
#EveryAustralianCounts #NDIS #DisabilitySupport #MentalHealth
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"There is a substantial risk to people with psychosocial disability because they are being excluded from the NDIS at a time when there are almost no other supports available outside the NDIS."
#auspol #ndis #disability #mentalhealth
#auspol #ndis #disability #mentalhealth
November 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
"There is a substantial risk to people with psychosocial disability because they are being excluded from the NDIS at a time when there are almost no other supports available outside the NDIS."
#auspol #ndis #disability #mentalhealth
#auspol #ndis #disability #mentalhealth
"NDIS eligibility assessments continue to demonstrate poor understanding of psychosocial disability and mental health, and ignore expert assessments ... Non-expert assessors have ... identified inappropriate treatments not being tried as grounds to reject permanency."
#auspol #ndis #disability
#auspol #ndis #disability
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"NDIS eligibility assessments continue to demonstrate poor understanding of psychosocial disability and mental health, and ignore expert assessments ... Non-expert assessors have ... identified inappropriate treatments not being tried as grounds to reject permanency."
#auspol #ndis #disability
#auspol #ndis #disability
"NDIS access has dramatically reduced for people with psychosocial disability, and participation is well below predicted rates and numbers ... [and their access] is being wrongly denied."
#auspol #ndis #mentalhealth #disability
#auspol #ndis #mentalhealth #disability
Australian Psychosocial Alliance
Australian Psychosocial Alliance
psychosocialalliance.org.au
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"NDIS access has dramatically reduced for people with psychosocial disability, and participation is well below predicted rates and numbers ... [and their access] is being wrongly denied."
#auspol #ndis #mentalhealth #disability
#auspol #ndis #mentalhealth #disability
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Dear lord!!! What data - I cannot believe this. And I cannot believe any politician looking at this and thinking this is fine. #auspol
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Dear lord!!! What data - I cannot believe this. And I cannot believe any politician looking at this and thinking this is fine. #auspol
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Looking through rental listings and having fun (kind of?) guessing which ones have landlords that would try to haggle a sw’s rates and ask for bareback. An example of one that definitely would:
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Looking through rental listings and having fun (kind of?) guessing which ones have landlords that would try to haggle a sw’s rates and ask for bareback. An example of one that definitely would:
"50,000 or so jobs were created in the engineering and energy sectors throughout the transition, some 3% of the country’s total workforce. Power now costs 20% less than before."
#auspol #renewableenergy
#auspol #renewableenergy
Uruguay Achieves 99% Green Energy After Seeking the Lowest Price for Consumers
The contracts were not awarded according to emissions-cutting promises, but how low the cost for installation and provision would be.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"50,000 or so jobs were created in the engineering and energy sectors throughout the transition, some 3% of the country’s total workforce. Power now costs 20% less than before."
#auspol #renewableenergy
#auspol #renewableenergy
Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which in part made homosexuality illegal, was introduced by the British in 1861 - and that part was only struck down by the Supreme Court of India in September 2018.
#queer #lgbtqi #lgbt
#queer #lgbtqi #lgbt
#OtD 27 Nov 1835 James Pratt and John Smith, a groom and labourer, respectively, were executed in London for having sex. They were the last men executed in Britain for homosexuality, although executions continued in British colonies. Learn more: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9949...
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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There is a suicide epidemic in the autistic community.
We are 11x more likely to take our own lives.
35% have tried.
Suicidal thoughts happen to most of us (66%)
Let’s remember that & support each other and work together to fight the stigma against us neuronormative society.
We are 11x more likely to take our own lives.
35% have tried.
Suicidal thoughts happen to most of us (66%)
Let’s remember that & support each other and work together to fight the stigma against us neuronormative society.
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
There is a suicide epidemic in the autistic community.
We are 11x more likely to take our own lives.
35% have tried.
Suicidal thoughts happen to most of us (66%)
Let’s remember that & support each other and work together to fight the stigma against us neuronormative society.
We are 11x more likely to take our own lives.
35% have tried.
Suicidal thoughts happen to most of us (66%)
Let’s remember that & support each other and work together to fight the stigma against us neuronormative society.
"The latest seasonal bushfire outlook predicts an increased risk of fires in northern and central NSW and southern WA, while the fire risk in Victoria is tipped to escalate later in summer." -- www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#australia
#australia
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"The latest seasonal bushfire outlook predicts an increased risk of fires in northern and central NSW and southern WA, while the fire risk in Victoria is tipped to escalate later in summer." -- www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#australia
#australia
"We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or Black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and Blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities."
[ h/t @anarchistfederation.net ]
[ h/t @anarchistfederation.net ]
www.anarchistfederation.net
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or Black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and Blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities."
[ h/t @anarchistfederation.net ]
[ h/t @anarchistfederation.net ]
i wonder whether the Australian government considers such TOS to be perfectly reasonable and valid?
#ai #llm #mentalhealth #auspol
#ai #llm #mentalhealth #auspol
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
i wonder whether the Australian government considers such TOS to be perfectly reasonable and valid?
#ai #llm #mentalhealth #auspol
#ai #llm #mentalhealth #auspol
Health professionals: i've been living with chronic pain for almost 30 years, _and_ i'm neurodivergent (autism+adhd), both significantly affecting how my experience 'looks' from the outside. You need to take this into consideration when assessing how much pain i'm 'really' in.
#chronicillness #pain
#chronicillness #pain
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Health professionals: i've been living with chronic pain for almost 30 years, _and_ i'm neurodivergent (autism+adhd), both significantly affecting how my experience 'looks' from the outside. You need to take this into consideration when assessing how much pain i'm 'really' in.
#chronicillness #pain
#chronicillness #pain
Wish the Australian media was as forthright as the Berlin Morgenpost in describing ICE as "Trump's shadow police".
#auspol #media #journalism
#auspol #media #journalism
Familienmitglied von Trump-Sprecherin verhaftet – Abschiebung droht
Donald Trumps Schattenpolizei ICE geht immer härter gegen Migranten vor. Nun wurde eine entfernte Verwandte von Karoline Leavitt verhaftet.
www.morgenpost.de
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Wish the Australian media was as forthright as the Berlin Morgenpost in describing ICE as "Trump's shadow police".
#auspol #media #journalism
#auspol #media #journalism
"[I]t is imperative that the agrifood sector adopts more sustainable production methods (El Bilali 2020), especially as its negative environmental impacts are projected to increase by 50–90% by 2050 without serious mitigation efforts (Springmann et al. 2018)."
#food #agriculture #ecology
#food #agriculture #ecology
Ecology & Society: Undisclosed transgressions? Lacking acknowledgements of large agrifood firms on their impacts on the planetary boundaries
Agriculture significantly contributes to the transgression of several planetary boundaries. This content analysis of the sustainability statements from the world’s largest agrifood companies reveals t...
ecologyandsociety.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"[I]t is imperative that the agrifood sector adopts more sustainable production methods (El Bilali 2020), especially as its negative environmental impacts are projected to increase by 50–90% by 2050 without serious mitigation efforts (Springmann et al. 2018)."
#food #agriculture #ecology
#food #agriculture #ecology
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"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
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Book alert 📚: "Genderqueer Menopause: Navigating Menopause for Trans, Gender-Nonconforming, Genderfluid, and Other Queer-Bodied Folx" by Lasara Firefox Allen (available Jan. 13, 2026)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790226...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790226...
Genderqueer Menopause by Lasara Firefox Allen, MSW: 9798889842798 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
For readers of What Fresh Hell is This? and Next Level, a queer, gender-affirming guide to navigating menopause—find gender euphoria, learn how to advocate for your healthcare, and empower yourself...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Book alert 📚: "Genderqueer Menopause: Navigating Menopause for Trans, Gender-Nonconforming, Genderfluid, and Other Queer-Bodied Folx" by Lasara Firefox Allen (available Jan. 13, 2026)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790226...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790226...
"The Darling Baaka River Health Project 2023 to 2025 found that water quality and biodiversity conditions throughout the majority of the sub-catchments are in poor to very poor condition ... due to the alteration of natural flow by water extraction and river regulation."
#auspol #rivers
#auspol #rivers
The river is life for these remote communities, but no-one will swim in it
For months, people in remote Indigenous communities have been reporting skin rashes after going in the water, and a report confirms something is wrong with the river.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM