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Sam Rutherford (he/him)
@echomikeromeo.bsky.social
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Lecturer in LGBTQ+ History/History of Sexuality, University of Glasgow.

I wrote this book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/teaching-gender-9780198937494
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echomikeromeo.bsky.social
I am struggling with Scale while developing a new project and would find it useful to see how others manage this!
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
echomikeromeo.bsky.social
Ah thanks so much! Glasgow is a cool place to be for many reasons, but if you have trans studies friends do please send them our way!
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
echomikeromeo.bsky.social
Would not necessarily recommend engaging with Upsetting Content, but there is a lot of extremely interesting data in this report if you do feel able to!!
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
echomikeromeo.bsky.social
(And this is part of what we're trying to do with GLINTS at Glasgow www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/art...)
October 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM