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Alejandra Caraballo
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🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇷 Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.

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Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.

They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
A screenshot of a social-media post. At the top, a user’s profile photo and name are shown with a verified checkmark. The post text reads, “It took a bit of time but we didn’t miss!” Below it is another embedded post from a different user, also verified, dated August 9, 2024. The embedded post reads, “If you come for the Queen, you best not miss!” followed by emojis. The photo in the embedded post shows a boxer in a red athletic uniform with a flag patch on the chest. The athlete stands in a boxing ring, looking serious and saluting with one hand. They have braided hair pulled back and wrapped hands. A screenshot of a social-media post by a verified account. The text of the post criticizes male athletes competing in women’s sports and calls for medals to be stripped. Below the text are two side-by-side photos. The photo on the left shows a boxer on a podium wearing a white jacket and holding a gold medal with one hand placed over their chest. The photo on the right shows another athlete wearing a white jacket holding up a gold medal and a tall award box. Both images appear to be from medal ceremonies at a sporting event.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Working on a project about ALPRs and it turned out that Flock's privacy policy page has been excluded from the wayback machine. Also wouldn't let Perma CC archive it either. They really don't want people archiving their policies.

www.flocksafety.com/privacy-ethics
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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One on side, the Trump administration is arguing that hormones are "mutilating" when used by trans people. When used by cis people, they are removing all the warning labels and increasing access.

Funny how that works.

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F.D.A. Will Remove Black Box Warnings From Hormone Treatments for Menopause The benefits of hormone replacement have been underappreciated, Dr. Marty Makary, the agency’s commissioner, said on Monday. Critics described evidence for the change as insufficient.
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Watching Matt Walsh get eaten alive by the Nazi wing of the Republican party is something else.
A screenshot of a social media post on X (formerly Twitter). At the top is a profile with a circular headshot of a young man and the name “Nicholas J. Fuentes (@NickJFuentes)”. His post reads: > “You can’t debate about Israel because Ben Shapiro is your boss and he signs your paychecks. You can keep deflecting by attacking brown Muslims, but never forget that you are worse because you are a White Christian and you provide cover for Zionist Jews who hate your people.” Below that is an embedded reply from Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) with a blue verification check. His post begins: > “Wow this guy seems upset. But why would I debate Israel’s influence on American politics? I don’t think any foreign government should have any influence over our country. He wants me to defend a position I don’t even hold because he’s too chickenshit to debate the areas…” At the bottom of the screenshot is a timestamp: “5:00 PM · Nov 9, 2025 · 775.6K Views.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Hiked Mt Monadnock yesterday, what an incredible view from the top!
Alejandra wearing a black hoodie, dark pants, and a beanie stands on a rocky mountain summit with arms stretched wide, balancing on one foot. The sky behind them is bright with scattered clouds, and the landscape below stretches far into the distance. A wide scenic view from a mountain peak, showing rolling hills, forests, and several lakes in the distance under a bright sky with thick clouds. A panoramic landscape view from high elevation with forests, lakes, and distant hills. The sky is mostly clear with a long horizontal cloud stretching across the scene. A rocky mountaintop with a few people standing and another person sitting farther away. Words indicating a trail direction are painted on the rock. Beyond the summit, rolling mountains, forests, and valleys extend into the distance under a partly cloudy sky.
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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"We're all trying to find the guy that did this"
A promotional image from a podcast app called “PodClips.” At the top is a button that says “LISTEN IN APP.” Below, large text reads: “Ben Shapiro Thinks Elon Musk Buying Twitter Is a Win for Free Speech.” The image shows Ben Shapiro in a suit sitting in a leather chair with shelves of books behind him. At the bottom, there is a smaller thumbnail of another man labeled “Lex Fridman Podcast” with episode information beneath it.
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Mamdani was elected and already NYC is transing the trains.
Alt text: A notice with large bold text stating: “F and M trains will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens starting in December 2025.” Below, smaller text reads: “We’re making this change to improve reliability. Here’s what you need to know about how your trip may change.” Under that is a link-style line that says “New York City Transit.”
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Curious if the ban on gender affirming care in Texas could be challenged under this new parental rights amendment. Fairly certain the hacks on the Supreme Court of Texas will carve out parents of trans youth but it's worth a shot.
Alt text: A screenshot of a webpage describing an addition to Section 37 of Article 1 of the Texas Constitution. Below the description is a highlighted box containing underlined text that reads: “To enshrine truths that are deeply rooted in this nation's history and traditions, the people of Texas hereby affirm that a parent has the responsibility to nurture and protect the parent's child and the corresponding fundamental right to exercise care, custody, and control of the parent's child, including the right to make decisions concerning the child's upbringing.” A citation number appears at the end of the passage.
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Trump's approval ratings have been in freefall the last month. Apparently starving the country while having Gatsby themed parties isn't popular.
Line chart titled “Do Americans approve or disapprove of Donald Trump?” It displays polling averages for approval and disapproval during his second term. The approval line (teal) begins near 50% in February 2025 and gradually declines to around 41.8% by November. The disapproval line (orange) begins just below approval but climbs steadily to roughly 54.7% by November. Shaded areas around each line show polling uncertainty. Line chart titled “Donald Trump’s net approval rating.” The chart shows an updating polling average of Donald Trump’s net approval rating during his second term. From February 2025, net approval begins slightly above +10 percent, declines steadily through the spring, briefly rises around early summer, then continues trending downward. By November 2025, the line reaches approximately –12.9 percent.
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Notable that FIRE (@thefireorg.bsky.social) filed an amicus in support of bullying trans youth. This is why trans people don't trust your transphobic organization, @aricohn.com.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A scanned first page of a legal brief titled “United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,” Case No. 23-3630. The case is “Parents Defending Education, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education, et al., Defendants-Appellees.” The page states that it is an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. The document title reads: “Brief of Amici Curiae Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and Manhattan Institute in Support of Plaintiff and Reversal.” At the bottom, the attorneys for the amici organizations are listed with names, law firm/organization affiliations, mailing addresses, and contact information.
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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What the fuck are "biological pronouns?" This is the dumbest thing I've ever read in service of endorsing the bullying of trans kids. Half the world uses languages that don't have gendered pronouns and these illiterate and ignorant judges are creating entirely nonsensical concepts.
OPINION MURPHY, Circuit Judge. An Ohio public school district bars its students from referring to transgender and nonbinary classmates using the pronouns that match their biological sex if the classmates prefer to go by different pronouns. The plaintiff in this case has parent and student members who believe that a person's sex is immutable. The members want to express this view by using biological pronouns. And they believe that they would convey a falsehood —that a person's gender is fluid—if they use preferred pronouns. So the plaintiff challenged the school district's speech ban on behalf of its members under the First Amendment's Free Speech Clause. This case about pronouns pits two important interests against each other. On the one hand, the school district has prohibited speech (biological pronouns) that expresses a message on a matter of pressing public concern. And because the district requires other speech (preferred pronouns) that expresses a competing view, it has discriminated based on its students' viewpoints. Its approach thus raises serious free-speech concerns. On the other hand, the school district rightly responds that it has a duty to protect all students- including transgender and nonbinary students— from bullying and harassment. And this protection, while necessarily restricting speech, does not violate the Free Speech Clause. So which of these competing concerns should prevail in this case?
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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His parents were holocaust survivors. I think he has a right to be paranoid when this happens.
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Gender markers shouldn't even be on passports at all in the first place. They are unnecessary and I'm glad Justice Jackson hints at this. They weren't even added until 1972 when women started to be able to travel independently of their husbands and fathers.
A close-up excerpt from a Supreme Court opinion. The highlighted passage reads: “The Government also insists that gender identity is not a meaningful basis for identification—strangely begging the question why sex markers are required on passports at all.” Below the main text is a footnote labeled “5,” discussing whether the government suffers “irreparable injury” when temporarily enjoined from enforcing an executive order.
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Justice Jackson sharply dissents yet again from SCOTUS interfering with trial court decisions on important matters by always siding with the Trump administration.
A page from a U.S. Supreme Court opinion, cited as 607 U.S. ___ (2025), showing Justice Jackson’s dissent in the case Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Ashton Orr, et al. The text criticizes the Court’s decision to allow a questioned Executive Branch policy to proceed. A highlighted passage reads: “Such senseless sidestepping of the obvious equitable outcome has become an unfortunate pattern. … This Court has once again paved the way for the immediate infliction of injury without adequate (or, really, any) justification. Because I cannot acquiesce to this pointless but painful perversion of our equitable discretion, I respectfully dissent.” The dissent argues that the Court unjustifiably favors the government and ignores harm to the most vulnerable parties.
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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SCOTUS has granted a stay in Trump v. Orr, the trans passport case, meaning that the government will be able to once again deny gender marker changes to trans passport applicants.

This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks.

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
A scanned Supreme Court of the United States order, dated November 6, 2025, in the case Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Ashton Orr, et al., No. 25A319. The document discusses an Executive Branch policy requiring passports to display an individual’s biological sex at birth. The highlighted passage reads: “Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases.” The Court grants the government’s application for a stay at this preliminary stage, reasoning that the government is likely to succeed on the merits and that the policy does not violate equal protection principles.
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Absolutely hilarious. This is an all-timer.
A screenshot of a Washington Post article with the headline “The meatiest factual dispute concerned whether the salami sub had ‘exploded’ on the CBP agent’s uniform.” The article describes testimony from agent Gregory Lairmore, who said a sandwich thrown at him “kind of exploded all over” his uniform, leaving mustard, condiments, and onions. Defense attorney Sabrina Shroff questioned this, showing a photo of the sandwich on the ground and asking if it had truly exploded.
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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After listening to Helen Andrews and reading her piece, I've come to the inescapable conclusion she hates women and is filled with self-loathing for being a woman. Yet another pick-me who is propped up by powerful men because she speaks to their prejudices.
A woman wearing glasses and a white shirt speaks into a microphone during a podcast or interview recording, sitting in front of a red wall with The New York Times Opinion logo visible in the upper left corner.
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Imagine looking like this and asking the question "Did women ruin the workplace?"
A man with a beard and receding hairline wearing a checked blazer and light purple shirt, sitting indoors against a blurred background with the words “FIRING LINE” visible behind him.
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Matt Walsh has been crashing out for the last day and it's beautiful.
Screenshot of a tweet by Matt Walsh. His tweet says: “This is the enemy. Wretched evil parasites, motivated by resentment and hatred, openly plotting to erase our culture and identity and replace it with a dystopian communist hodgepodge of third world dysfunction. This is the fight for now and the future. Get in the game. This is it.” Below it is a quoted tweet from Greg Price that says: “Jennifer Welch to Mehdi Hasan at Zohran’s victory party: ‘Americans have no culture except for multiculturalism… Crusty white people need to learn how to embrace it.’” The quoted tweet includes a photo showing four people in conversation at what looks like a crowded event, with one woman holding a microphone while speaking to three men.
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Damn, he moves fast.
A post on X (formerly Twitter) by Congressman Randy Fine. His post reads: “Zohran Mamdani wants to turn NYC into the Trans Capital of the World. Don’t believe me, watch this video. Wake up now or lose your city.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Me when someone starts HRT.
Alt text: A smiling Zohran Mamdani stands outdoors in front of an urban backdrop with tan and brick buildings. He is wearing a dark coat and looking directly at the camera. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, “Welcome to the transition.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Mamdani: "My message to I.C.E. Agents and to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate the law, you must be held accountable."
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Lol, lmao.
Alt text: Screenshot of an opinion article titled “Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think,” with the subheadline “New York’s next mayor won’t save the Democrats.” The article is part of the “Interesting Times” series, hosted by Ross Douthat and produced by Sophia Alvarez Boyd. The publication date is November 5, 2025, at 5:04 a.m. ET. Small photos of Ross Douthat and Sophia Alvarez Boyd appear below the text.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Once again.
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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NBC News has called it for Prop 50, the redistricting ballot measure in California has passed.
A graphic showing election results for “Prop 50: Congressional Redistricting” in California. The measure is labeled as “PASSED” in a yellow bar. Below, two options are shown: “Yes” with a yellow check mark and “No.” Both show 0 votes and 0.0%. A note at the bottom reads “0% expected votes in (Est. remaining 10,742,000).” The top banner displays “2025” and “California Congressional Redistricting.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM