Helen Astarte
@helenrain.bsky.social
27 | bone spy | terminally eepy | 🏳️⚧️ 🇩🇪
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It's cool how every claim trans people make about our own lives must be backed up by peer reviewed randomized control trials but the claim an entire kind of person is a "contagion" (using the unweighted data of a community survey) is gospel the moment it's made
Yikes! This is fake news. More trans kids felt safe to come out, now they don't. Government's are painting a target on the back of trans kids backs, forcing them tk stay in the closet.
www.wsj.com/opinion/evid...
www.wsj.com/opinion/evid...
Opinion | Evidence Backs the Transgender Social-Contagion Hypothesis
The share of young people claiming another ‘gender identity’ exploded. Now surveys show it is receding.
www.wsj.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It's cool how every claim trans people make about our own lives must be backed up by peer reviewed randomized control trials but the claim an entire kind of person is a "contagion" (using the unweighted data of a community survey) is gospel the moment it's made
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Charlie KIrk believed that empathy was a "new concept" that shouldn't exist, so anyone who expresses condolences for him is being VERY disrespectful to his beliefs right now. please keep him out of your thoughts as he begins his transition into worm food. thank you
September 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Charlie KIrk believed that empathy was a "new concept" that shouldn't exist, so anyone who expresses condolences for him is being VERY disrespectful to his beliefs right now. please keep him out of your thoughts as he begins his transition into worm food. thank you
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FUCK THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
July 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
FUCK THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Pedro Pascal hitting him with this truly fucked him up lmfao
July 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Pedro Pascal hitting him with this truly fucked him up lmfao
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listen, I like the guy but this is unacceptable
June 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
listen, I like the guy but this is unacceptable
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Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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the UK spending up to £50million on memorials for Queen Elizabeth at the same time as implementing swingeing cuts to disability benefits is such a fitting tribute, it's what she would have wanted
June 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
the UK spending up to £50million on memorials for Queen Elizabeth at the same time as implementing swingeing cuts to disability benefits is such a fitting tribute, it's what she would have wanted
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Everyone is throwing out examples of Iraq War-era mass derangement so I might as well throw in Amanda Bynes doing a peace sign on a movie poster being photoshopped out for fear of being seen as an antiwar statement
June 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Everyone is throwing out examples of Iraq War-era mass derangement so I might as well throw in Amanda Bynes doing a peace sign on a movie poster being photoshopped out for fear of being seen as an antiwar statement
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me and my friends would've killed ChatGPT with hammers i can tell you that much
May 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
me and my friends would've killed ChatGPT with hammers i can tell you that much
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Si l'initiative citoyenne européenne visant à interdire les thérapies de conversion dans toute l'UE ne récolte pas 1 million de signatures d'ici 10 jours, elle échouera malheureusement...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Si l'initiative citoyenne européenne visant à interdire les thérapies de conversion dans toute l'UE ne récolte pas 1 million de signatures d'ici 10 jours, elle échouera malheureusement...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
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the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
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It’s the middle class equivalent of fox hunting
british transphobia is a middle-class hobby
May 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It’s the middle class equivalent of fox hunting
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Going to send this off like a gun shot to keep property values low:
If you use AI/chatgpt, I think less of you
I think you are lazy, have poor critical thinking skills, and/or no friends to bounce ideas off of.
If you use AI, I think you are intellectually and emotionally bankrupt, esp as a creative
If you use AI/chatgpt, I think less of you
I think you are lazy, have poor critical thinking skills, and/or no friends to bounce ideas off of.
If you use AI, I think you are intellectually and emotionally bankrupt, esp as a creative
May 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Going to send this off like a gun shot to keep property values low:
If you use AI/chatgpt, I think less of you
I think you are lazy, have poor critical thinking skills, and/or no friends to bounce ideas off of.
If you use AI, I think you are intellectually and emotionally bankrupt, esp as a creative
If you use AI/chatgpt, I think less of you
I think you are lazy, have poor critical thinking skills, and/or no friends to bounce ideas off of.
If you use AI, I think you are intellectually and emotionally bankrupt, esp as a creative
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this is the least morally confused i've ever felt about a piece of art, you can't pull death of the author when she's actively twiddling her mustache and pouring sacks of cash into the Terf wing of government
May 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
this is the least morally confused i've ever felt about a piece of art, you can't pull death of the author when she's actively twiddling her mustache and pouring sacks of cash into the Terf wing of government
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who gives a fuck dude she brags about using the money she receives to get laws passed that abuse countless actual people who exist in the real world
An HBO executive has promised fans of the Harry Potter franchise that the upcoming reboot television series will not be “infused” with J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans beliefs.
HBO Exec Promises 'Harry Potter' Series 'Not Secretly Being Infused' With J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Rhetoric
An HBO exec has promised fans of the Harry Potter franchise that the upcoming TV series will not be "infused" with J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans beliefs.
rollingstone.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
who gives a fuck dude she brags about using the money she receives to get laws passed that abuse countless actual people who exist in the real world
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“Putting a hat on a hat” is literally a term actual comedians use to describe something as trying so hard to be funny it is no longer funny.
"They say I wear a lot of hats," Elon Musk jokes in cabinet meeting. He grabbed a red "Gulf of America" hat from the cabinet room table and put it over his black DOGE hat.
"Even my hat has a hat."
"Even my hat has a hat."
April 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“Putting a hat on a hat” is literally a term actual comedians use to describe something as trying so hard to be funny it is no longer funny.
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you are not “doing your own research.” you are not running rct’s. you are not even doing a literature review. you are looking at stuff online
April 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
you are not “doing your own research.” you are not running rct’s. you are not even doing a literature review. you are looking at stuff online
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as a rule i am very much in favour of picking our rhetorical battles, at least in terms of public comms. but we cannot cede a single fucking inch on the "biological woman" framing without accepting permanent status as second-class citizens
April 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
as a rule i am very much in favour of picking our rhetorical battles, at least in terms of public comms. but we cannot cede a single fucking inch on the "biological woman" framing without accepting permanent status as second-class citizens
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Really doesn’t matter what point an ally is trying to make if they use the “biological” language they’re doing more harm than good cause they have already ceded the fundamentals
as a rule i am very much in favour of picking our rhetorical battles, at least in terms of public comms. but we cannot cede a single fucking inch on the "biological woman" framing without accepting permanent status as second-class citizens
April 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Really doesn’t matter what point an ally is trying to make if they use the “biological” language they’re doing more harm than good cause they have already ceded the fundamentals
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The "biological woman/man" thing was entirely made up by transphobes with the express purpose of using it to deny our lived experiences and rollback our rights. It has no meaning, it is scientifically illiterate and is deeply anti-feminist.
Really doesn’t matter what point an ally is trying to make if they use the “biological” language they’re doing more harm than good cause they have already ceded the fundamentals
as a rule i am very much in favour of picking our rhetorical battles, at least in terms of public comms. but we cannot cede a single fucking inch on the "biological woman" framing without accepting permanent status as second-class citizens
April 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The "biological woman/man" thing was entirely made up by transphobes with the express purpose of using it to deny our lived experiences and rollback our rights. It has no meaning, it is scientifically illiterate and is deeply anti-feminist.
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They were already doing this for some of their courses last year. The Irish course is completely ruined, the real human voices have been replaced with AI ones which have their pronunciation all over the place, and in many cases make up sounds that don’t exist in any Irish dialect. It’s awful.
Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
Duolingo is making some AI-focused changes.
buff.ly
April 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
They were already doing this for some of their courses last year. The Irish course is completely ruined, the real human voices have been replaced with AI ones which have their pronunciation all over the place, and in many cases make up sounds that don’t exist in any Irish dialect. It’s awful.