Chris
cathana.bsky.social
Chris
@cathana.bsky.social
Chicagoan; Engineering Professor;
“Fix Your Hearts or Die”
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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”[Trump] is running a crypto scam where he can receive millions of dollars anonymously. Meanwhile the DOJ has shut down the crypto investigations unit. Truly no corruption scheme like this in our history — at least out of the White House.”
@timmiller.bsky.social
@thebulwark.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Not today, Satan
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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(Bloomberg) - US companies announced the most job cuts for any October in more than two decades as artificial intelligence reshapes industries and cost-cutting accelerates ..

@bloomberg.com #Challenger
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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thank you for the outpouring of support!

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Uma Furman
Uma Furman 🐕‍🦺
Adult female Golden Retriever mix
Adoptable from Protecting Animal Welfare Society (Jacksonville, IL)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/uma-furman-79174404/il/jacksonville/protecting-animal-welfare-society-il677/
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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If you're wondering how things have been going since the CDC shooting, someone bombed a friend's workplace at Harvard yesterday and, if you were going off the discourse on Bluesky, you would honestly never know it happened www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
‘Intentional’ Explosion Took Place at Harvard Medical School, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Hospitals have pulled back on gender-affirming care for kids under Trump, leaving families with shrinking options. A really interesting read from Lisa Schencker @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/h...
Hospitals have pulled back on gender-affirming care for kids under Trump, leaving families with shrinking options
The shrinking options are leading to lapses in care and delays in time-sensitive treatments. “It’s basically an abandonment of these kids,” one mother said.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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How to answer a loaded question.

(This is Joe Neguse, Congressman for Colorado's 2nd District.)
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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SUPPORT MANNY'S IF YOU ARE IN CHICAGO.
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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If you want to understand what trans people in the US are going through and how transphobia became a political strategy, this episode of Posting Through It with @gbbranstetter.bsky.social is excellent

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0...
042: What Did Trans People Ever Do to You? feat. Gillian Branstetter
Podcast Episode · Posting Through It · 10/06/2025 · 1h 15m
podcasts.apple.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. Binance has been a major supporter of Trump's crypto projects, and Trump has already made millions after Binance accepted a $2 billion investment from an Emirati fund denominated in the Trump family's USD1 stablecoin.
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
October 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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I don't need to use chatGPT because as a cis white man, I already say things with 100% confidence and 60% accuracy
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Your gentle reminder that Rep. Melissa Hortman was assassinated on June 14 and hardly anyone bothered to talk about it .
October 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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This is what community organizing and mutual aid looks like in practice.

Would that it was not necessary.
October 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Reports of ICE on DePaul campus right now, stopping students, asking for papers. Be alert out there!
October 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Trans people are now functionally banned from the University of Virginia, the seventh university to do so.
Breaking News: The University of Virginia struck an agreement with the White House to remove the threat of a federal investigation, part of a Trump pressure campaign. It's the first public university to do so. nyti.ms/3Wgo2JR
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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These findings shouldn't surprise anyone, given the current political climate. But they should shame anyone who hasn't seen the need to protect queer and trans kids--and the family members, healthcare providers, and teachers supporting them--from dangerous political attacks.
October 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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The kids are not alright.

Longitudinal research shows that rates of mental health distress among LGBTQ+ youth have increased since 2023, that they're less able to access mental health care, and that nearly 1/4 have been threatened with conversion therapy.

www.latimes.com/science/stor...
LGBTQ+ youth's mental health struggles are getting worse, according to a new survey
A new survey from the Trevor Project found that between 2023 and 2025, LGBTQ+ youth reported an increase in anxiety, depression and suicide ideation.
www.latimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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No Kings Day message to Trump: Other than your coterie of ass-kissers, nobody likes you.
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM