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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
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🇧🇷Tiê-preto-e-branco
🌎Conothraupis speculigera
Conservação: Quase Ameaçada
O tiê-preto-e-branco é uma ave passeriforme da família Thraupidae.
📷 Roseanne Almeida
🌎Conothraupis speculigera
Conservação: Quase Ameaçada
O tiê-preto-e-branco é uma ave passeriforme da família Thraupidae.
📷 Roseanne Almeida
December 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🇧🇷Tiê-preto-e-branco
🌎Conothraupis speculigera
Conservação: Quase Ameaçada
O tiê-preto-e-branco é uma ave passeriforme da família Thraupidae.
📷 Roseanne Almeida
🌎Conothraupis speculigera
Conservação: Quase Ameaçada
O tiê-preto-e-branco é uma ave passeriforme da família Thraupidae.
📷 Roseanne Almeida
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Trump and JD Vance have lied about Haitian and Somalian immigrants for years.
I wonder what Haitians and Somalians have in common.
They’re from different continents, so it’s not that.
Gee, what could it be?
Oh, that’s right – they’re black. A thread. 1/7 🧵
I wonder what Haitians and Somalians have in common.
They’re from different continents, so it’s not that.
Gee, what could it be?
Oh, that’s right – they’re black. A thread. 1/7 🧵
December 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Trump and JD Vance have lied about Haitian and Somalian immigrants for years.
I wonder what Haitians and Somalians have in common.
They’re from different continents, so it’s not that.
Gee, what could it be?
Oh, that’s right – they’re black. A thread. 1/7 🧵
I wonder what Haitians and Somalians have in common.
They’re from different continents, so it’s not that.
Gee, what could it be?
Oh, that’s right – they’re black. A thread. 1/7 🧵
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Perfect peace. Photo from my collection, 1974.
December 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Perfect peace. Photo from my collection, 1974.
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Right 2025 you’ve been interesting.
2026 - let’s be better.
Happy New Year friends - thanks for sharing, liking and generally putting up with our shenanigans! ❤️
2026 - let’s be better.
Happy New Year friends - thanks for sharing, liking and generally putting up with our shenanigans! ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Right 2025 you’ve been interesting.
2026 - let’s be better.
Happy New Year friends - thanks for sharing, liking and generally putting up with our shenanigans! ❤️
2026 - let’s be better.
Happy New Year friends - thanks for sharing, liking and generally putting up with our shenanigans! ❤️
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Observing the heavens in the initial 'V'(erba) at the beginning of Ecclesiastes
#Heavensabove
BnF Latin 16745, Bible, 12th century, f.108r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
#Heavensabove
BnF Latin 16745, Bible, 12th century, f.108r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Observing the heavens in the initial 'V'(erba) at the beginning of Ecclesiastes
#Heavensabove
BnF Latin 16745, Bible, 12th century, f.108r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
#Heavensabove
BnF Latin 16745, Bible, 12th century, f.108r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
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31 Dec 1539: the last remaining #Benedictine monks of St. Cuthbert’s Priory #Durham surrender their house to the Crown #otd
(Robert Widdison at English wikipedia)
(Robert Widdison at English wikipedia)
December 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
31 Dec 1539: the last remaining #Benedictine monks of St. Cuthbert’s Priory #Durham surrender their house to the Crown #otd
(Robert Widdison at English wikipedia)
(Robert Widdison at English wikipedia)
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 28 December 1934. Maggie Smith was born in Ilford, Essex. She appeared in over 50 films including the Harry Potter series and she recently starred in the popular TV drama series Downton Abbey. She won 2 Oscars for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite.
December 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
PERSON OF THE DAY. 28 December 1934. Maggie Smith was born in Ilford, Essex. She appeared in over 50 films including the Harry Potter series and she recently starred in the popular TV drama series Downton Abbey. She won 2 Oscars for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite.
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 27 December 2016. Carrie Fisher died suddenly (aged 60). She was best known as Princess Leia in the Star Wars film series. Other films include Shampoo, The Blues Brothers, Hannah and Her Sisters and When Harry Met Sally.
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
PERSON OF THE DAY. 27 December 2016. Carrie Fisher died suddenly (aged 60). She was best known as Princess Leia in the Star Wars film series. Other films include Shampoo, The Blues Brothers, Hannah and Her Sisters and When Harry Met Sally.
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FACT OF THE DAY. 27 December 1831. Charles Darwin embarked on his pioneering 5-year scientific journey around the world aboard HMS Beagle. His experiences and observations helped him to develop the theory of evolution through natural selection.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 27 December 1831. Charles Darwin embarked on his pioneering 5-year scientific journey around the world aboard HMS Beagle. His experiences and observations helped him to develop the theory of evolution through natural selection.
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PHOTO OF THE DAY. Two women sharing a red umbrella on a snow covered sidewalk in New York City (1955). 📷 Marvin Koner.
December 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Two women sharing a red umbrella on a snow covered sidewalk in New York City (1955). 📷 Marvin Koner.
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FACT OF THE DAY. 26 December 1991. Supreme Soviet of the USSR met to officially end the Soviet Union. It was an unintended consequence of Gorbachev’s reforms within the Soviet Union which ironically ended with the destruction of the very system he had tried to save.
December 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 26 December 1991. Supreme Soviet of the USSR met to officially end the Soviet Union. It was an unintended consequence of Gorbachev’s reforms within the Soviet Union which ironically ended with the destruction of the very system he had tried to save.
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PHOTO OF THE DAY. Christmas lights in Regent Street, London (1960). 📷 Henry Grant
December 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Christmas lights in Regent Street, London (1960). 📷 Henry Grant
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FACT OF THE DAY. 25 December 2016. George Michael (Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou) died (aged 53). He found fame with the boy band Wham! during the early 1980s before a successful solo career. He sold over 120 million records worldwide as a solo artist and with Wham!
December 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 25 December 2016. George Michael (Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou) died (aged 53). He found fame with the boy band Wham! during the early 1980s before a successful solo career. He sold over 120 million records worldwide as a solo artist and with Wham!
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PHOTO OF THE DAY. Air Raid wardens putting up Christmas decorations in an air-raid shelter below a London cinema (1940).
📷 Fred Morley
📷 Fred Morley
December 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Air Raid wardens putting up Christmas decorations in an air-raid shelter below a London cinema (1940).
📷 Fred Morley
📷 Fred Morley
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FACT OF THE DAY. 24 December 1914. German and British soldiers began an unofficial truce on Christmas Eve on the Weatern Front. During this ceasefire which continued on Christmas Day soldiers on both sides emerged from the trenches, shared gestures of goodwill and played football.
December 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 24 December 1914. German and British soldiers began an unofficial truce on Christmas Eve on the Weatern Front. During this ceasefire which continued on Christmas Day soldiers on both sides emerged from the trenches, shared gestures of goodwill and played football.
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Study of a Seated Mannequin with an Arrangement of Drapery, for a Figure of the Virgin
North-Italian, probably Lombard, 15th century
A rare glimpse of the mechanics of making art.
(Met Museum)
North-Italian, probably Lombard, 15th century
A rare glimpse of the mechanics of making art.
(Met Museum)
December 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Study of a Seated Mannequin with an Arrangement of Drapery, for a Figure of the Virgin
North-Italian, probably Lombard, 15th century
A rare glimpse of the mechanics of making art.
(Met Museum)
North-Italian, probably Lombard, 15th century
A rare glimpse of the mechanics of making art.
(Met Museum)
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Dish, lusterware
Made in Spain
1400–1450
(Met Museum)
Made in Spain
1400–1450
(Met Museum)
December 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Dish, lusterware
Made in Spain
1400–1450
(Met Museum)
Made in Spain
1400–1450
(Met Museum)
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This is a super-huge issue in news writing, which almost always gets flagged as AI. News stories are formulaic by design and often have the same cadence and language.
Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
OMG - f*ck AI for ruining the em-dash for writers. I use them all the time. Of course, what a shock that AI uses them since they were trained off my voice and other authors' voices.
December 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This is a super-huge issue in news writing, which almost always gets flagged as AI. News stories are formulaic by design and often have the same cadence and language.
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In China bats are used to represent the Wufu, the "Five Blessings": long life, wealth, good health, virtuous nature, and a peaceful death in the end. This often contrasts with their dark reception in other cultures around the world. #WyrdWednesday
December 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
In China bats are used to represent the Wufu, the "Five Blessings": long life, wealth, good health, virtuous nature, and a peaceful death in the end. This often contrasts with their dark reception in other cultures around the world. #WyrdWednesday
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In Chinese #mythology, Lady Taizhen Wang, born Zhi, daughter of the Queen Mother of the West, moves through the world with an ease few immortals match.
She rides a white dragon across mountains and seas, unbound and fearless. Her zither playing is said to summon flocks of birds 1/2
#art #painting
She rides a white dragon across mountains and seas, unbound and fearless. Her zither playing is said to summon flocks of birds 1/2
#art #painting
December 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In Chinese #mythology, Lady Taizhen Wang, born Zhi, daughter of the Queen Mother of the West, moves through the world with an ease few immortals match.
She rides a white dragon across mountains and seas, unbound and fearless. Her zither playing is said to summon flocks of birds 1/2
#art #painting
She rides a white dragon across mountains and seas, unbound and fearless. Her zither playing is said to summon flocks of birds 1/2
#art #painting
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Winter Queen's Flowers, Zofia Plewińska-Smidowiczowa (1888-1944).
December 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Winter Queen's Flowers, Zofia Plewińska-Smidowiczowa (1888-1944).
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🇧🇷Choquinha-de-peito-pintado
🌎Dysithamnus stictothorax
Conservação: Quase Ameaçada
A choquinha-de-peito-pintado é uma ave passeriforme da família Thamnophilidae.
📷 Leonardo Casadei
🌎Dysithamnus stictothorax
Conservação: Quase Ameaçada
A choquinha-de-peito-pintado é uma ave passeriforme da família Thamnophilidae.
📷 Leonardo Casadei
December 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🇧🇷Choquinha-de-peito-pintado
🌎Dysithamnus stictothorax
Conservação: Quase Ameaçada
A choquinha-de-peito-pintado é uma ave passeriforme da família Thamnophilidae.
📷 Leonardo Casadei
🌎Dysithamnus stictothorax
Conservação: Quase Ameaçada
A choquinha-de-peito-pintado é uma ave passeriforme da família Thamnophilidae.
📷 Leonardo Casadei
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Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from December 31, 1905.
December 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from December 31, 1905.
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#ReliefWednesday
Orgiastic scenes w Dionysus in drunken state, in feminine guise + wearing oriental costume on 2nd C #Roman sarcophagus. Satyrs, satyresses, fauns + priest join in rural rituals. In MANN.
Have a glorious, if not so dissolute, #NewYearsEve - and hope 2026 is a v fine year for you. 🏺
Orgiastic scenes w Dionysus in drunken state, in feminine guise + wearing oriental costume on 2nd C #Roman sarcophagus. Satyrs, satyresses, fauns + priest join in rural rituals. In MANN.
Have a glorious, if not so dissolute, #NewYearsEve - and hope 2026 is a v fine year for you. 🏺
December 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#ReliefWednesday
Orgiastic scenes w Dionysus in drunken state, in feminine guise + wearing oriental costume on 2nd C #Roman sarcophagus. Satyrs, satyresses, fauns + priest join in rural rituals. In MANN.
Have a glorious, if not so dissolute, #NewYearsEve - and hope 2026 is a v fine year for you. 🏺
Orgiastic scenes w Dionysus in drunken state, in feminine guise + wearing oriental costume on 2nd C #Roman sarcophagus. Satyrs, satyresses, fauns + priest join in rural rituals. In MANN.
Have a glorious, if not so dissolute, #NewYearsEve - and hope 2026 is a v fine year for you. 🏺