Robyn M (They/Them)
@mistlewood.bsky.social
Non-binary Masters student. Love learning, esp History, all the Arts(!), Sociology, & Science. Artist, book addict, & fledgeling sewist 🪡 Homeless teens-30s. AuDHD & Disabled. Always curious. Birdsong = joy 😊 🌈 ❤️
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Attendees at the #RDconf last Saturday voted on an emergency motion to show their opposition to the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.
Read the motion below 👇
BMA-wide policy is set at the Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) in June 2025.
Read the motion below 👇
BMA-wide policy is set at the Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) in June 2025.
April 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Attendees at the #RDconf last Saturday voted on an emergency motion to show their opposition to the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.
Read the motion below 👇
BMA-wide policy is set at the Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) in June 2025.
Read the motion below 👇
BMA-wide policy is set at the Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) in June 2025.
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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
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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-...
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
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One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
April 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
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oh you mean like every other time they've tried this? everywhere else in the world?
A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
German experiment gave people a basic monthly income – the effect on their work ethic was surprising | CNN
A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
oh you mean like every other time they've tried this? everywhere else in the world?
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I know getting into a physical bookshop isn’t always accessible for disabled readers so I’m very happy there’s also the option of getting a signed copy online. Also, please make my shooting hand pain from 200 signings worth it.
April 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I know getting into a physical bookshop isn’t always accessible for disabled readers so I’m very happy there’s also the option of getting a signed copy online. Also, please make my shooting hand pain from 200 signings worth it.
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Yes this Labour govt is financially incentivising NHS hospitals (with huge deficits) to cut patient care & game waiting lists.
No-one can possibly pretend that giving unlimited financial bonuses to hospitals to remove patients from lists isn't fraught with risk.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
No-one can possibly pretend that giving unlimited financial bonuses to hospitals to remove patients from lists isn't fraught with risk.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Hospitals in England offered unlimited bonuses for taking patients off waiting lists
Exclusive: Cap on payments for patients removed from lists scrapped amid warnings about waits for cancer care
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Yes this Labour govt is financially incentivising NHS hospitals (with huge deficits) to cut patient care & game waiting lists.
No-one can possibly pretend that giving unlimited financial bonuses to hospitals to remove patients from lists isn't fraught with risk.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
No-one can possibly pretend that giving unlimited financial bonuses to hospitals to remove patients from lists isn't fraught with risk.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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A Florida schoolteacher -- an 11 year veteran -- refused to deadname a trans child in her class. She's been fired for it.
Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name
It’s the first known dismissal stemming from the conservative campaign to limit schools' recognition of transgender identity.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A Florida schoolteacher -- an 11 year veteran -- refused to deadname a trans child in her class. She's been fired for it.
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Join me for a live conversation today at 11am at the @VirtualVillageHall!🏠
I’ll be telling the story of #sophiefromromania - and also talking about #Parkinsons and tech.
RSVP below:👇🏼
Facebook: fb.me/e/2Bqub5qOS
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ov...
I’ll be telling the story of #sophiefromromania - and also talking about #Parkinsons and tech.
RSVP below:👇🏼
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YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ov...
April 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Join me for a live conversation today at 11am at the @VirtualVillageHall!🏠
I’ll be telling the story of #sophiefromromania - and also talking about #Parkinsons and tech.
RSVP below:👇🏼
Facebook: fb.me/e/2Bqub5qOS
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ov...
I’ll be telling the story of #sophiefromromania - and also talking about #Parkinsons and tech.
RSVP below:👇🏼
Facebook: fb.me/e/2Bqub5qOS
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ov...
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Utterly disgusting. There is absolutely no way any Afghan woman should be returned to the Taliban having sought asylum, but particularly someone who has fought for human rights. It is tantamount to a death sentence.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum
Woman who worked with western governments in her home country before fleeing the Taliban told to return
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Utterly disgusting. There is absolutely no way any Afghan woman should be returned to the Taliban having sought asylum, but particularly someone who has fought for human rights. It is tantamount to a death sentence.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Two months ago, I hypothesized that RFK Jr. would hire people to manipulate data to attempt to fraudulently “prove” that vaccines cause autism. Then he hired David Geier, an unethical fraud who has had numerous papers retracted. Then Dr. Marks left the FDA and this is what he had to say:
April 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Two months ago, I hypothesized that RFK Jr. would hire people to manipulate data to attempt to fraudulently “prove” that vaccines cause autism. Then he hired David Geier, an unethical fraud who has had numerous papers retracted. Then Dr. Marks left the FDA and this is what he had to say:
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Every tax avoidance scam has an enabler - a lawyer or adviser who devises or promotes it to would-be tax evaders. The numbers of those prosecuted has plummeted and @HMRCgovuk admits it misled parliament by claiming the annual peak was 29 when it was 16 bit.ly/3XKXGkd
HMRC prosecutes less than five tax evasion enablers in a year
Legal actions against facilitators stand at next to nothing – and new figures differ wildly from those previously given
bit.ly
April 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Every tax avoidance scam has an enabler - a lawyer or adviser who devises or promotes it to would-be tax evaders. The numbers of those prosecuted has plummeted and @HMRCgovuk admits it misled parliament by claiming the annual peak was 29 when it was 16 bit.ly/3XKXGkd
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“I’m worried about H5N1 in patients who are being treated in hospitals where there are also many patients with seasonal flu because this creates opportunity for reassortment, which could produce a pandemic-capable H5N1”
Can we have mandatory masking in healthcare now? Clean air? Infection control?
Can we have mandatory masking in healthcare now? Clean air? Infection control?
April 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“I’m worried about H5N1 in patients who are being treated in hospitals where there are also many patients with seasonal flu because this creates opportunity for reassortment, which could produce a pandemic-capable H5N1”
Can we have mandatory masking in healthcare now? Clean air? Infection control?
Can we have mandatory masking in healthcare now? Clean air? Infection control?
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THIS IS TERRIFYING‼️
Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines.
He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.
Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines.
He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.
April 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
THIS IS TERRIFYING‼️
Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines.
He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.
Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines.
He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.
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Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns.
April 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns.
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The judge who barred far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in France's 2027 presidential election is under police protection after facing death threats and having her home address shared online, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said reut.rs/4cf6cht
Judge who barred France's Le Pen gets police protection following threats
The judge who barred far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in France's 2027 presidential election is under police protection after facing death threats and having her home address shared online, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
reut.rs
April 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The judge who barred far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in France's 2027 presidential election is under police protection after facing death threats and having her home address shared online, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said reut.rs/4cf6cht
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This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
t.co/LeABrGqDei
t.co/LeABrGqDei
April 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
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Corey Booker still going strong after 20+ hours.
Constituents told him to do more and he listened.
History in the making as we witness the unstoppable dedication of an elected official at our most darkest hour.
Watch him live on Youtube right now! 🔥💙
@booker.senate.gov
Constituents told him to do more and he listened.
History in the making as we witness the unstoppable dedication of an elected official at our most darkest hour.
Watch him live on Youtube right now! 🔥💙
@booker.senate.gov
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Corey Booker still going strong after 20+ hours.
Constituents told him to do more and he listened.
History in the making as we witness the unstoppable dedication of an elected official at our most darkest hour.
Watch him live on Youtube right now! 🔥💙
@booker.senate.gov
Constituents told him to do more and he listened.
History in the making as we witness the unstoppable dedication of an elected official at our most darkest hour.
Watch him live on Youtube right now! 🔥💙
@booker.senate.gov
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This story is enraging, as many have noted. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This story is enraging, as many have noted. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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"We only have data from five years, but researchers worry about the long-term ramifications of the pandemic."
THIS. Results from multiple labs, including ours, point to SARSCoV2 increasing the risk of dementia. But we only have 5 years of data, and science needs time.
#LongCovid #NeuroCovid
THIS. Results from multiple labs, including ours, point to SARSCoV2 increasing the risk of dementia. But we only have 5 years of data, and science needs time.
#LongCovid #NeuroCovid
April 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"We only have data from five years, but researchers worry about the long-term ramifications of the pandemic."
THIS. Results from multiple labs, including ours, point to SARSCoV2 increasing the risk of dementia. But we only have 5 years of data, and science needs time.
#LongCovid #NeuroCovid
THIS. Results from multiple labs, including ours, point to SARSCoV2 increasing the risk of dementia. But we only have 5 years of data, and science needs time.
#LongCovid #NeuroCovid
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“President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term.”
Of course. We all knew it. 🤷🏻♂️
Everything else he’s done so far in this term has been copy-paste from the Ye Olde Fascist Takeover Manual, so this will probably barely register in the media.
Of course. We all knew it. 🤷🏻♂️
Everything else he’s done so far in this term has been copy-paste from the Ye Olde Fascist Takeover Manual, so this will probably barely register in the media.
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
www.nbcnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term.”
Of course. We all knew it. 🤷🏻♂️
Everything else he’s done so far in this term has been copy-paste from the Ye Olde Fascist Takeover Manual, so this will probably barely register in the media.
Of course. We all knew it. 🤷🏻♂️
Everything else he’s done so far in this term has been copy-paste from the Ye Olde Fascist Takeover Manual, so this will probably barely register in the media.
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www.ft.com/content/2197... ‘I still have nightmares’: the tourists shackled and jailed for weeks at US borders
‘I still have nightmares’: the tourists shackled and jailed for weeks at US borders
Visitors suffer hostile treatment since Donald Trump’s return to the White House
www.ft.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
www.ft.com/content/2197... ‘I still have nightmares’: the tourists shackled and jailed for weeks at US borders