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just a kid from akron | biology phd | science researcher, writer, educator | postdoc at ucla studying spinal cord development | writes at queersciencelab.beehiiv.com | she/they 🏳️‍⚧️
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Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
The Make America Healthy Again summit, attended by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and vice-president JD Vance, gave a sense of what’s driving US health policy.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
evln7.bsky.social
maha, aka the society for evidence based mouth tape
maxkozlov.bsky.social Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 2d
And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:

- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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luckytran.com
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
evln7.bsky.social
i got really mad at the laundering of "biological pronouns" (by an american appeals court) and decided to write about it, the pseudoscience of biological sex, and the preservation of self-definition. hope you'll give it a read :)
What's biological about pronouns? Absolutely Nothing.
on pseudoscience and self-definition
queersciencelab.beehiiv.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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juliaserano.bsky.social
LRT: since he's in the news for Epstein-related reasons, thought I'd share this excellent 2006 essay from trans scientist Ben Barres about the "Larry Summers Hypothesis" (Summers' claim that women are bad at STEM because of innate ability)
PDF link: sci-hub.st/https://doi....
sci-hub.st
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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misterjayem.bsky.social
As a semi-dyslexic child, I never imagined that I'd need to learn how to spell "eugenics."

But here we are.
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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cmonstah.bsky.social
Hey you guys, @lataco.bsky.social has been doing ESSENTIAL work covering ICE raids and the ways in which they are tearing at the fabric of our communities. Now they are having a membership drive. If you want to support their work, pitch in here:
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November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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juliaserano.bsky.social
Watson's racism & sexism were infamous. but this obituary sheds light onto something else: he was essentially an earlier rendition of what's happening now with tech CEOs & pundits who are convinced they're always the smartest person in the room & how this inevitably leads to anti-"PC/woke" brain rot
brittanytrang.com Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 15d
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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brittanytrang.com
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Watson was a racist who, "near the end of his life, faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people are less intelligent than white people"
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died. He was 97.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
There's an interesting study to be conducted on the ways faculty, staff, and students process their renewed access to federal grants coming at the capitulation of the university's future to an authoritarian.
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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wcbyrdphd.bsky.social
Among items included in this agreement are an extortion payment of $30M & the requirement of admissions data restricted to race, GPAs, test scores, & school/college of students for what will likely be misconstrued analyses of admissions processes & student academic capabilities & achievement.
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
evln7.bsky.social
so cornell has now signed onto the trump policy guidelines requiring trans exclusion on campus and compliance with anti-equity measures...
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
evln7.bsky.social
wtf are "biological pronouns"
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17d
BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit, in a 10-7 en banc decision, holds that an Ohio school district's anti-bullying policy that requires students to use children's preferred pronouns is likely unconstitutional on these facts.

Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
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? The Supreme Court's cases provide a clear answer. A school district may not restrict personal speech on matters of public concern unless the speech would "materially and substantially disrupt" school activities or infringe the legal "rights of others" in the school community. Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 393 U.S. 503, 513 (1969). In this case's current posture, the school district has fallen far short of meeting this demanding standard. It introduced no evidence that the use of biological pronouns would disrupt school functions or qualify as harassment under Ohio law. Our society continues to debate whether biological pronouns are appropriate or offensive just as it continues to debate many other issues surrounding transgender rights. The school district may not skew this debate by forcing one side to change the way it conveys its message or by compelling it to express a different view. We thus reverse and remand Case: 23-3630 Document: 253-2 Filed: 11/06/2025 Page: 4 No. 23-3630 Defending Educ. v. Olentangy Loc. Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ., et al. Page 4 for the entry of an appropriately tailored preliminary injunction barring the district from punishing students for the commonplace use of biological pronouns. Yet nothing we say here forecloses the district from enforcing its anti-harassment policies against the abuse of transgender students just as it enforces those policies against the abuse of all other students.
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
evln7.bsky.social
"biological sex at birth" is complete and utter nonsense!
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17d
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation.

The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.

More to come: www.lawdork.com
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 25A319 DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. ASHTON ORR, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [November 6, 2025] This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at birth. The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac- tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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madycast.com mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 24d
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November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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ascbiology.bsky.social
Scaling back DEI isn’t just a moral setback—it’s a loss of innovation.

Bhalla, Trejo & @marymunson4.bsky.social in Nature Cell Biology: limiting who can participate in science “weakens research capacity and stifles discovery.”

doi.org/10.1038/s415...
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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lataco.bsky.social
U.S. Citizen Shot by ICE in Ontario, CA Released From Custody With Bullet Still Lodged In Shoulder

lataco.com/ontario-man-...

By Aisha Wallace-Palomares and @el_tragon_de_LA
November 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
evln7.bsky.social
this reminded me that i have my next hepatitas shot coming up
ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 28d
Trump repeats his unfounded claims about vaccines, Tylenol and autism while posting a Daily Caller link.
A Oct 26, 2025, 4:19 PM post from Donald Trump saying "Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT dailycaller.com/2025/10/21/fda"
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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ICYMI: Drop everything and spend 13 minutes with Amy Sherald--with her singular vision and talent, with her clarity about her central place in the jagged American story. You will be stirred by it all. www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-sh...
Artist Amy Sherald: The 60 Minutes Interview
Amy Sherald spent years painting in obscurity, and almost died from a rare heart condition. Now 52, the artist behind Michelle Obama's official portrait is one of America's most celebrated painters.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
evln7.bsky.social
the university of california has released (per a court order) a proposed settlement b/w ucla and the gov. if enacted, ucla would agree to stop providing health care to trans minors, ban trans inclusion in athletics and athletics facilities, and create cis women-only housing if a student requests it
jaweedkaleem.bsky.social Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · Oct 25
UPDATE: Following court order, UC has posted the UCLA settlement proposal on its website: ucop.edu/communicatio...
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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The poll watchers are back
October 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them.

That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
evln7.bsky.social
so the university of virginia has just agreed to apply federal guidance which states that trans inclusion in "single-sex spaces" can violate federal law. here's the relevant language from bondi's guidance:
While compelled segregation is generally impermissible, failing to maintain sex-separated athletic competitions and intimate spaces can also violate federal law. Federally funded institutions that allow males, including those self-identifying as "women," to access single-sex spaces designed for females-such as bathrooms, showers, locker rooms, or dormitories-undermine the privacy, safety, and equal opportunity of women and girls. Likewise, permitting males to compete in women's athletic events almost invariably denies women equal opportunity by eroding competitive fairness. These policies risk creating a hostile environment under Title VII, particularly where they compromise women's privacy safety, or professional standing, and can violate Title IX by denying women access to the full scope of sex-based protections in education. To ensure compliance with federal law and to safeguard the rights of women and girls, organizations should affirm sex-based boundaries rooted in biological differences.
October 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM