tyler (he/they)
@emptinez.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🔬🧪🧬🐀🧠💊🍄 neuropharmacologist and neuroplasticity nerd, mental health advocate, former academic; #queer #QueerInSTEM #nonbinary #genderqueer #bisexual #BiInSci;
#BLM always, #TransRights are human rights 🏳️⚧️✊🏼;
en la brega, en mi camino
#BLM always, #TransRights are human rights 🏳️⚧️✊🏼;
en la brega, en mi camino
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Economists Warn Americans That Money Withering To Ash In Their Hands Could Be Sign Of Recession
theonion.com/economi...
theonion.com/economi...
April 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Economists Warn Americans That Money Withering To Ash In Their Hands Could Be Sign Of Recession
theonion.com/economi...
theonion.com/economi...
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Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on:
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties - Volume 11 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
March 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on:
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Ok, I'm doing a version of this thread for 🧪 who are new to political conditions where info security is a safety issue:
1. Don't make public lists of people who are engaging in acts of resistance
2. Be weary of calls to advertise acts of subversion
3. Don't live post resistance meetings
1. Don't make public lists of people who are engaging in acts of resistance
2. Be weary of calls to advertise acts of subversion
3. Don't live post resistance meetings
This is my “daughter of a Black Panther breakfast program volunteer” coming out but anyone who tells you that you have to be public about all your resistance activity should immediately be under suspicion for being an op, or being under the influence of an op
February 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Ok, I'm doing a version of this thread for 🧪 who are new to political conditions where info security is a safety issue:
1. Don't make public lists of people who are engaging in acts of resistance
2. Be weary of calls to advertise acts of subversion
3. Don't live post resistance meetings
1. Don't make public lists of people who are engaging in acts of resistance
2. Be weary of calls to advertise acts of subversion
3. Don't live post resistance meetings
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
February 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
DOGE-inspired money hack:
If you cancel your home owners insurance and burn your house down, you can save A TON OF MONEY on premiums and mortgage payments.
Am I doing this right?
If you cancel your home owners insurance and burn your house down, you can save A TON OF MONEY on premiums and mortgage payments.
Am I doing this right?
February 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
DOGE-inspired money hack:
If you cancel your home owners insurance and burn your house down, you can save A TON OF MONEY on premiums and mortgage payments.
Am I doing this right?
If you cancel your home owners insurance and burn your house down, you can save A TON OF MONEY on premiums and mortgage payments.
Am I doing this right?
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LGBTQI people aren’t DEI, we are people
Whole ass human beings
Whole ass human beings
February 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
LGBTQI people aren’t DEI, we are people
Whole ass human beings
Whole ass human beings
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This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
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I love this story so much. There's a really great four-part podcast by Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social about the Surrealist resistance to Nazi occupation that goes into detail about Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Part One: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought - Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
www.iheart.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I love this story so much. There's a really great four-part podcast by Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social about the Surrealist resistance to Nazi occupation that goes into detail about Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
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There is always something you can do to gum up the works of fascism.
A story. Claude Cahun. The queer nonbinary French-Jewish photographer.
Nazis conquered France, were training soldiers on Jersey, where Cahun lived w/their partner, Marcel Moore.
They did disinfo & morale smashing via Surrealism.
A story. Claude Cahun. The queer nonbinary French-Jewish photographer.
Nazis conquered France, were training soldiers on Jersey, where Cahun lived w/their partner, Marcel Moore.
They did disinfo & morale smashing via Surrealism.
February 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
There is always something you can do to gum up the works of fascism.
A story. Claude Cahun. The queer nonbinary French-Jewish photographer.
Nazis conquered France, were training soldiers on Jersey, where Cahun lived w/their partner, Marcel Moore.
They did disinfo & morale smashing via Surrealism.
A story. Claude Cahun. The queer nonbinary French-Jewish photographer.
Nazis conquered France, were training soldiers on Jersey, where Cahun lived w/their partner, Marcel Moore.
They did disinfo & morale smashing via Surrealism.
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3500 scientists, biologists and experts in human sexual development write to the US government saying that sex isn't binary
www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
Letter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender
President Donald J Trump Washington, DC Members of the US Congress Washington, DC February 5, 2025 RE: Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender Dear President Trump and Members of the US Congr...
www.evolutionsociety.org
February 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
3500 scientists, biologists and experts in human sexual development write to the US government saying that sex isn't binary
www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
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Transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming people #WontBeErased by pseudoscience (2018)
Signed, 2617 scientists
(including 1100+ biologists, 180+ geneticists, and 9 Nobel laureates)
not-binary.org
Signed, 2617 scientists
(including 1100+ biologists, 180+ geneticists, and 9 Nobel laureates)
not-binary.org
Scientists Oppose Administration’s Gender Definition Proposal
We Are 2600+ Scientists including 1100+ biologists, 180+ geneticists, and 9 Nobel laureates Opposing the Administration’s Gender Definition Proposal Read the Statement
For Press
not-binary.org
February 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming people #WontBeErased by pseudoscience (2018)
Signed, 2617 scientists
(including 1100+ biologists, 180+ geneticists, and 9 Nobel laureates)
not-binary.org
Signed, 2617 scientists
(including 1100+ biologists, 180+ geneticists, and 9 Nobel laureates)
not-binary.org
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Congressperson John Lewis, whose ‘good trouble’ they love to quote so much, was arrested 45 times in his life. The last was in 2013 protesting for immigrants, during the Obama presidency.
February 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Congressperson John Lewis, whose ‘good trouble’ they love to quote so much, was arrested 45 times in his life. The last was in 2013 protesting for immigrants, during the Obama presidency.
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If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?
February 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?
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Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship
Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.
thetransfemininereview.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
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The opposite of diversity, equity, and inclusion is not "anti-DEI."
It's state-enforced uniformity, injustice, and segregation.
It's state-enforced uniformity, injustice, and segregation.
January 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The opposite of diversity, equity, and inclusion is not "anti-DEI."
It's state-enforced uniformity, injustice, and segregation.
It's state-enforced uniformity, injustice, and segregation.
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Some things you can do. No one can do all these things, but most people can do at least one:
Feed people. There's work for you at Food Not Bombs or whatever you got going on where are.
Join a local cop watch, ICE watch, or rapid response group.
Who's being targeted in your area? Have their back.
Feed people. There's work for you at Food Not Bombs or whatever you got going on where are.
Join a local cop watch, ICE watch, or rapid response group.
Who's being targeted in your area? Have their back.
January 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Some things you can do. No one can do all these things, but most people can do at least one:
Feed people. There's work for you at Food Not Bombs or whatever you got going on where are.
Join a local cop watch, ICE watch, or rapid response group.
Who's being targeted in your area? Have their back.
Feed people. There's work for you at Food Not Bombs or whatever you got going on where are.
Join a local cop watch, ICE watch, or rapid response group.
Who's being targeted in your area? Have their back.
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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If information being passed around does not include these details, it's not enough to be shared.
Seek clarification.
Ask others to get specific.
Don't share prematurely.
Read more about their usage:
workersdefensealliance.org/resources/sa...
Seek clarification.
Ask others to get specific.
Don't share prematurely.
Read more about their usage:
workersdefensealliance.org/resources/sa...
January 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
If information being passed around does not include these details, it's not enough to be shared.
Seek clarification.
Ask others to get specific.
Don't share prematurely.
Read more about their usage:
workersdefensealliance.org/resources/sa...
Seek clarification.
Ask others to get specific.
Don't share prematurely.
Read more about their usage:
workersdefensealliance.org/resources/sa...
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🧪
#HiSciSky
I’m reaching out to our growing Academic and Medical community with a sincere request—please review this petition, sign it, and repost the link. (see replies for a brief explainer)
#AcademicSky
#AcademicTwitter
#Academia
#MedSky
#MedTwitter
#Science
#Neuroscience
#Neuroskyence
#NeuroSky
I’m reaching out to our growing Academic and Medical community with a sincere request—please review this petition, sign it, and repost the link. (see replies for a brief explainer)
#AcademicSky
#AcademicTwitter
#Academia
#MedSky
#MedTwitter
#Science
#Neuroscience
#Neuroskyence
#NeuroSky
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Bluesky Must Enforce its Community Guidelines Equally
www.change.org
December 12, 2024 at 9:18 PM
🧪
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“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
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@erininthemorning.com has published a list of the 37 Dem senators who voted to pass NDAA which bans gender affirming care for Trans family members of military personnel. Give them a call and shame the shit out of them for it.
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
37 Democratic Senators Voted To Pass Anti-Trans NDAA. Here Are Their Names.
The vote came after most of the same Democrats refused to allow an amendment on the floor to remove the anti-trans provision in the military spending bill.
open.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:53 PM
@erininthemorning.com has published a list of the 37 Dem senators who voted to pass NDAA which bans gender affirming care for Trans family members of military personnel. Give them a call and shame the shit out of them for it.
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
It's cool and all that you're a professional artist... but did you ever get a B- in Basic Drawing?!
Here's my chef d'oeuvre: "Faces are hard, but stools and chairs are boring"
#artsky
Here's my chef d'oeuvre: "Faces are hard, but stools and chairs are boring"
#artsky
December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
It's cool and all that you're a professional artist... but did you ever get a B- in Basic Drawing?!
Here's my chef d'oeuvre: "Faces are hard, but stools and chairs are boring"
#artsky
Here's my chef d'oeuvre: "Faces are hard, but stools and chairs are boring"
#artsky
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Only taking action on accounts for their actions in app is one of the dumbest moderating choices there is. It's the exact issue Twitter had with libs of tiktok and they did nothing and let her have special privilege. Bad actors will just work the ref.
We do not currently take action on accounts that share Bluesky screenshots with commentary, unless that commentary violates our Guidelines. We will take action when someone's private information is shared without their consent, but only when it is personally identifiable and verifiable in-app.
December 13, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Only taking action on accounts for their actions in app is one of the dumbest moderating choices there is. It's the exact issue Twitter had with libs of tiktok and they did nothing and let her have special privilege. Bad actors will just work the ref.