Bloomineck
@bloomineck.bsky.social
"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own".
Audre Lorde
Apologies to the chill people who got caught in my Blockenheimer experiment.
Audre Lorde
Apologies to the chill people who got caught in my Blockenheimer experiment.
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Bloomineck
@bloomineck.bsky.social
· Mar 26
TESTED – A surprising history of women’s sports
www.tested-podcast.com
I've been told the best way to get informed on sex testing in sport is to listen to the podcast "Tested: The surprising history of women's sports."
So I will. And I'm going to record my thoughts on it here in this thread.
Rose Eveleth
#npr #cbc New America Fellowship
www.tested-podcast.com
So I will. And I'm going to record my thoughts on it here in this thread.
Rose Eveleth
#npr #cbc New America Fellowship
www.tested-podcast.com
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The women described a culture of fear where even seasoned correspondents did not dare veer from the Stonewall-mandated position on trans issues in case they were accused of “transphobia”. "… It felt like activism, not news.”
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
Emails reveal BBC women complained over trans reporting
Messages dating back five years show female staff raised concerns with bosses but felt rebuffed or ignored
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The women described a culture of fear where even seasoned correspondents did not dare veer from the Stonewall-mandated position on trans issues in case they were accused of “transphobia”. "… It felt like activism, not news.”
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
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For me this is the most damning piece of evidence that the BBC wasn’t impartial in the gender/sex debate.
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
For me this is the most damning piece of evidence that the BBC wasn’t impartial in the gender/sex debate.
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Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
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My comment in @theguardian.com on why the new law requiring porn and social media platforms to remove choking/strangulation content is very welcome.
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My comment in @theguardian.com on why the new law requiring porn and social media platforms to remove choking/strangulation content is very welcome.
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Number of trans women actually "surveyed": 54. Number of trans men actually "surveyed: 65. Number of "NB, intersex or other" in survey: 338. 🤔
YouGov warns in the full data: "percentages calculated on bases fewer than 100 respondents... should not be used."
This survey is worthless.
YouGov warns in the full data: "percentages calculated on bases fewer than 100 respondents... should not be used."
This survey is worthless.
🗣️ 65% of trans adults reported verbal abuse in public spaces
👊 24% said they have suffered physical violence
A new YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK:
https://goodlaw.social/u5y8
👊 24% said they have suffered physical violence
A new YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK:
https://goodlaw.social/u5y8
‘Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe
YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK
goodlaw.social
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Number of trans women actually "surveyed": 54. Number of trans men actually "surveyed: 65. Number of "NB, intersex or other" in survey: 338. 🤔
YouGov warns in the full data: "percentages calculated on bases fewer than 100 respondents... should not be used."
This survey is worthless.
YouGov warns in the full data: "percentages calculated on bases fewer than 100 respondents... should not be used."
This survey is worthless.
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Prnhub's PR as impressive as ever, with the media just lapping it up.
No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot.
It's the content that matters #despair
No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot.
It's the content that matters #despair
The owner of adult websites such as Pornhub told the Financial Times that traffic to the site dropped by more than three-quarters after tougher checks were put in place on.ft.com/3WSAoIa
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Prnhub's PR as impressive as ever, with the media just lapping it up.
No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot.
It's the content that matters #despair
No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot.
It's the content that matters #despair
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Return-to-Office Mandates Are the New Glass Ceiling
Return-to-office mandates erode the flexibility gains of the pandemic, disproportionately impacting working mothers and widening the gender pay gap once again.
www.forbes.com/sites/juliak...
Return-to-office mandates erode the flexibility gains of the pandemic, disproportionately impacting working mothers and widening the gender pay gap once again.
www.forbes.com/sites/juliak...
Return-To-Office Mandates Are The New Glass Ceiling
Return-to-office mandates are widening the gender pay gap. Learn how flexible, inclusive workplace policies can help companies close it, and retain top female talent.
www.forbes.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Return-to-Office Mandates Are the New Glass Ceiling
Return-to-office mandates erode the flexibility gains of the pandemic, disproportionately impacting working mothers and widening the gender pay gap once again.
www.forbes.com/sites/juliak...
Return-to-office mandates erode the flexibility gains of the pandemic, disproportionately impacting working mothers and widening the gender pay gap once again.
www.forbes.com/sites/juliak...
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Meet Intolerant Melbourne. No kindness shown.
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Meet Intolerant Melbourne. No kindness shown.
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Women-led patrols and fire prevention restore forests in northern Thailand
Over the past two decades, a group of women in Lampang province have taken action to improve their local environment and curb sources of haze by restoring their local community forest.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/wome...
Over the past two decades, a group of women in Lampang province have taken action to improve their local environment and curb sources of haze by restoring their local community forest.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/wome...
Women-led patrols and fire prevention restore forests in northern Thailand
BAN PONG, Thailand — “Look at these ones over here!” calls Chamran Tahpan, as she crouches next to a mound of damp leaves on the forest floor. A cluster of mushrooms sprouts from the center of the ear...
news.mongabay.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Women-led patrols and fire prevention restore forests in northern Thailand
Over the past two decades, a group of women in Lampang province have taken action to improve their local environment and curb sources of haze by restoring their local community forest.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/wome...
Over the past two decades, a group of women in Lampang province have taken action to improve their local environment and curb sources of haze by restoring their local community forest.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/wome...
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BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei
If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.
open.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
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Play silly games….
Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term www.bbc.com/news/article...
Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term www.bbc.com/news/article...
Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term
www.bbc.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Play silly games….
Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term www.bbc.com/news/article...
Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term www.bbc.com/news/article...
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What timing! The "planetary health diet" has just been updated: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What timing! The "planetary health diet" has just been updated: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Love learning about female-led, independent newsrooms around the world.
This one is particularly special & essential.
Launched by Zahra Nader, Zan Times covers stories of women in Afghanistan, having already worked with 125 Afghan journalists since launching
womensagenda.com.au/latest/why-i...
This one is particularly special & essential.
Launched by Zahra Nader, Zan Times covers stories of women in Afghanistan, having already worked with 125 Afghan journalists since launching
womensagenda.com.au/latest/why-i...
Why I started a women-led newsroom under Taliban rule
Zahra Nader built the women-led newsroom Zan Times from exile, uncovering some of the most disturbing stories inside Afghanistan today.
womensagenda.com.au
October 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Love learning about female-led, independent newsrooms around the world.
This one is particularly special & essential.
Launched by Zahra Nader, Zan Times covers stories of women in Afghanistan, having already worked with 125 Afghan journalists since launching
womensagenda.com.au/latest/why-i...
This one is particularly special & essential.
Launched by Zahra Nader, Zan Times covers stories of women in Afghanistan, having already worked with 125 Afghan journalists since launching
womensagenda.com.au/latest/why-i...
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Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.
October 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.
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During the 1st weekend of Oktoberfest a man sexually assaulted a woman & 7 women reported 6 acts of sexual harassment.
Dear men at Oktoberfest:
👉Be an active bystander,
👉report men who harass or assault women &
👉don't harass / assault women.
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
#Oktoberfest2025 #MVAWG
Dear men at Oktoberfest:
👉Be an active bystander,
👉report men who harass or assault women &
👉don't harass / assault women.
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
#Oktoberfest2025 #MVAWG
September 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
During the 1st weekend of Oktoberfest a man sexually assaulted a woman & 7 women reported 6 acts of sexual harassment.
Dear men at Oktoberfest:
👉Be an active bystander,
👉report men who harass or assault women &
👉don't harass / assault women.
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
#Oktoberfest2025 #MVAWG
Dear men at Oktoberfest:
👉Be an active bystander,
👉report men who harass or assault women &
👉don't harass / assault women.
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
#Oktoberfest2025 #MVAWG
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20 days from today Clarice Saadi from
MATRIA will speak at #MACS2025 in #Brighton about how gender ideology, imported from the global north, enhances threats to women’s and girls’ sex-based rights in #Brazil.
Day & weekend tickets (£25/£50) 👇
tr.ee/MACS25
MATRIA will speak at #MACS2025 in #Brighton about how gender ideology, imported from the global north, enhances threats to women’s and girls’ sex-based rights in #Brazil.
Day & weekend tickets (£25/£50) 👇
tr.ee/MACS25
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
20 days from today Clarice Saadi from
MATRIA will speak at #MACS2025 in #Brighton about how gender ideology, imported from the global north, enhances threats to women’s and girls’ sex-based rights in #Brazil.
Day & weekend tickets (£25/£50) 👇
tr.ee/MACS25
MATRIA will speak at #MACS2025 in #Brighton about how gender ideology, imported from the global north, enhances threats to women’s and girls’ sex-based rights in #Brazil.
Day & weekend tickets (£25/£50) 👇
tr.ee/MACS25
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20 days from today Caitlin Roper
from Collective Shout will speak at #MACS2025 in #Brighton about how how AI facilitates new ways to exploit and harm women & children.
Day & weekend tickets (£25/£50) 👇
tr.ee/MACS25
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #CollectiveShout
from Collective Shout will speak at #MACS2025 in #Brighton about how how AI facilitates new ways to exploit and harm women & children.
Day & weekend tickets (£25/£50) 👇
tr.ee/MACS25
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #CollectiveShout
September 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
20 days from today Caitlin Roper
from Collective Shout will speak at #MACS2025 in #Brighton about how how AI facilitates new ways to exploit and harm women & children.
Day & weekend tickets (£25/£50) 👇
tr.ee/MACS25
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #CollectiveShout
from Collective Shout will speak at #MACS2025 in #Brighton about how how AI facilitates new ways to exploit and harm women & children.
Day & weekend tickets (£25/£50) 👇
tr.ee/MACS25
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #CollectiveShout
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I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
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Half the world, only a quarter of the news: Women appear or are heard in just 26 per cent of all broadcast, radio and print clips
A new global study finds women remain almost invisible in the world’s news.
www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
A new global study finds women remain almost invisible in the world’s news.
www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
Half the world, only a quarter of the news: Women appear or are heard in just 26 per cent of all broadcast, radio and print clips | UN Women – Headquarters
Thirty years after governments pledged transformative change for women through the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a new global study finds women remain almost invisible in the world’s ne...
www.unwomen.org
September 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Half the world, only a quarter of the news: Women appear or are heard in just 26 per cent of all broadcast, radio and print clips
A new global study finds women remain almost invisible in the world’s news.
www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
A new global study finds women remain almost invisible in the world’s news.
www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
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Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were caught discussing “immortality” using human organs, including the idea of living to 150 years old, in Beijing.
Organ Harvesting is one of China’s biggest illicit industries.
#OpDeathEaters
Learn more: x.com/OpDeathEater...
Organ Harvesting is one of China’s biggest illicit industries.
#OpDeathEaters
Learn more: x.com/OpDeathEater...
September 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were caught discussing “immortality” using human organs, including the idea of living to 150 years old, in Beijing.
Organ Harvesting is one of China’s biggest illicit industries.
#OpDeathEaters
Learn more: x.com/OpDeathEater...
Organ Harvesting is one of China’s biggest illicit industries.
#OpDeathEaters
Learn more: x.com/OpDeathEater...
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'Within the last hour, a single user had sent me 32 tweets. These included doctored images depicting me on fire, hanging dead from a noose, with a gun pointed at my head...'
#Solidarity with Collective Shout and hear Caitlin Roper speak at #FiLiA2025
www.lbc.co.uk/article/wome...
#Solidarity with Collective Shout and hear Caitlin Roper speak at #FiLiA2025
www.lbc.co.uk/article/wome...
Women aren’t being protected from online abuse - I’m reminded of this every time I open social media | LBC
I made the mistake of opening my X account the other day.
www.lbc.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
'Within the last hour, a single user had sent me 32 tweets. These included doctored images depicting me on fire, hanging dead from a noose, with a gun pointed at my head...'
#Solidarity with Collective Shout and hear Caitlin Roper speak at #FiLiA2025
www.lbc.co.uk/article/wome...
#Solidarity with Collective Shout and hear Caitlin Roper speak at #FiLiA2025
www.lbc.co.uk/article/wome...
This. Is an extraordinary interview.
Watch to the end.
Watch to the end.
Gordon Guyatt's Confession: What the Father of Evidence-Based Medicine Didn't Read (#36)
YouTube video by Beyond Gender
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This. Is an extraordinary interview.
Watch to the end.
Watch to the end.
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Some amazing news for your Tuesday afternoon – the #FiLiA2025 agenda is now LIVE on our website!
🔗 filia.org.uk/filia2025-agenda
So many panels, events, workshops etc. to choose from!
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Sisterhood and #Solidarity ♀️
🔗 filia.org.uk/filia2025-agenda
So many panels, events, workshops etc. to choose from!
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Sisterhood and #Solidarity ♀️
September 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Some amazing news for your Tuesday afternoon – the #FiLiA2025 agenda is now LIVE on our website!
🔗 filia.org.uk/filia2025-agenda
So many panels, events, workshops etc. to choose from!
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Sisterhood and #Solidarity ♀️
🔗 filia.org.uk/filia2025-agenda
So many panels, events, workshops etc. to choose from!
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Sisterhood and #Solidarity ♀️
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Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
www.krqe.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care