Zoe Brain
@zoebrain.bsky.social
Intersex rocket scientist and combat system architect (retired)
Having heard the Leader extoll the virtues of old fashioned ironclad battleships vs wimpy steal vessels, here's what the USN is getting next.
October 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Having heard the Leader extoll the virtues of old fashioned ironclad battleships vs wimpy steal vessels, here's what the USN is getting next.
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Riley Gaines literally claims on Fox News that Simone Biles is trying to ride her coattails.
"They believe the intention behind this is that Simone has a new docuseries coming out on Netflix. They believe it's an attempt to put her name, her profile, her face, her image back in the public sphere."
"They believe the intention behind this is that Simone has a new docuseries coming out on Netflix. They believe it's an attempt to put her name, her profile, her face, her image back in the public sphere."
June 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Riley Gaines literally claims on Fox News that Simone Biles is trying to ride her coattails.
"They believe the intention behind this is that Simone has a new docuseries coming out on Netflix. They believe it's an attempt to put her name, her profile, her face, her image back in the public sphere."
"They believe the intention behind this is that Simone has a new docuseries coming out on Netflix. They believe it's an attempt to put her name, her profile, her face, her image back in the public sphere."
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Citizen shot at point blank range
June 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Citizen shot at point blank range
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Waking up from a 15 year coma and logging on to check what beloved children's author J K Rowling Is up to today
May 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Waking up from a 15 year coma and logging on to check what beloved children's author J K Rowling Is up to today
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F--k the New York Times. I just canceled my subscription.
May 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
F--k the New York Times. I just canceled my subscription.
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FBI Bongino has a common theme he returns to: Power.
Bongino will assemble some form of 'goon squad' that when needed will act on his command. This is a common practice for those of his mind-set. Remember former AG Barr at the Floyd protest.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Bongino will assemble some form of 'goon squad' that when needed will act on his command. This is a common practice for those of his mind-set. Remember former AG Barr at the Floyd protest.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
May 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
FBI Bongino has a common theme he returns to: Power.
Bongino will assemble some form of 'goon squad' that when needed will act on his command. This is a common practice for those of his mind-set. Remember former AG Barr at the Floyd protest.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Bongino will assemble some form of 'goon squad' that when needed will act on his command. This is a common practice for those of his mind-set. Remember former AG Barr at the Floyd protest.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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1. A landmark study has found major flaws in the Cass Review.
Almost two dozen researchers have published their takedown of Cass in the BMC Medical Research Methodology journal.
This review was cited over 100 times by the HHS report.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Almost two dozen researchers have published their takedown of Cass in the BMC Medical Research Methodology journal.
This review was cited over 100 times by the HHS report.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Landmark Report Finds Major Flaws in the Cass Review
“These issues significantly undermine the validity of the Cass Review’s recommendations, such that the Review fails to fulfil its aims as commissioned and should not be used as the basis for policy.”
www.erininthemorning.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
1. A landmark study has found major flaws in the Cass Review.
Almost two dozen researchers have published their takedown of Cass in the BMC Medical Research Methodology journal.
This review was cited over 100 times by the HHS report.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Almost two dozen researchers have published their takedown of Cass in the BMC Medical Research Methodology journal.
This review was cited over 100 times by the HHS report.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Things that are unthinkable today in the UK.
Dana International winning Eurovision in Birmingham. (1998)
Nadia Almada winning Big Brother (2004)
We've regressed so far. Both are Trans women.
Dana International winning Eurovision in Birmingham. (1998)
Nadia Almada winning Big Brother (2004)
We've regressed so far. Both are Trans women.
May 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Things that are unthinkable today in the UK.
Dana International winning Eurovision in Birmingham. (1998)
Nadia Almada winning Big Brother (2004)
We've regressed so far. Both are Trans women.
Dana International winning Eurovision in Birmingham. (1998)
Nadia Almada winning Big Brother (2004)
We've regressed so far. Both are Trans women.
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1. The DOGE Committee spent 3 and a half hours on a transgender woman in USA Fencing, which takes no federal dollars.
The committee has become the modern day version of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
The latest from S. Baum.
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The committee has become the modern day version of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
The latest from S. Baum.
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The DOGE Committee Has Become the Modern-Era HUAC
The DOGE Committee was chartered to fight fiscal “waste” at the federal level. Its foray into USA Fencing—which receives no federal dollars—foreshadows a much darker future.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
1. The DOGE Committee spent 3 and a half hours on a transgender woman in USA Fencing, which takes no federal dollars.
The committee has become the modern day version of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The committee has become the modern day version of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Yeah, because Pete Buttigieg fired all the air traffic controllers.
Oh wait a minute that was Trump & Elon Musk with his DOGE teenagers.
Oh wait a minute that was Trump & Elon Musk with his DOGE teenagers.
May 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Yeah, because Pete Buttigieg fired all the air traffic controllers.
Oh wait a minute that was Trump & Elon Musk with his DOGE teenagers.
Oh wait a minute that was Trump & Elon Musk with his DOGE teenagers.
"An intersex student’s "physiological” sex may depend entirely on which Physiological trait one chooses to privilege. Indeed, because of the diversity of medical perspectives, trained experts can and do disagree on the “correct” sex to assign to an intersex child."
Gloucester School District v Grimm
Gloucester School District v Grimm
May 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
"An intersex student’s "physiological” sex may depend entirely on which Physiological trait one chooses to privilege. Indeed, because of the diversity of medical perspectives, trained experts can and do disagree on the “correct” sex to assign to an intersex child."
Gloucester School District v Grimm
Gloucester School District v Grimm
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Trump Toxicity has converted a projected narrow Labor win in Australia with a diminished majority, into a Right Wing Rout. The leader of the Right wing Liberal party has lost his seat.
I would have preferred more Greens and fewer Labor wins, but the Culture Warring Liberals have been massacred.
I would have preferred more Greens and fewer Labor wins, but the Culture Warring Liberals have been massacred.
May 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Trump Toxicity has converted a projected narrow Labor win in Australia with a diminished majority, into a Right Wing Rout. The leader of the Right wing Liberal party has lost his seat.
I would have preferred more Greens and fewer Labor wins, but the Culture Warring Liberals have been massacred.
I would have preferred more Greens and fewer Labor wins, but the Culture Warring Liberals have been massacred.
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Press: Why not answer our questions...?
Spud:...next question.
Spud:...next question.
April 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Press: Why not answer our questions...?
Spud:...next question.
Spud:...next question.
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Tariff-free access if their intelligence agency reveals who shot the esteemed US industrialist JR Ewing
April 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Tariff-free access if their intelligence agency reveals who shot the esteemed US industrialist JR Ewing
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1. In major ruling out of Mississippi, the Mississippi Supreme Court now allows judges to block name changes for trans people to the age of 21.
Meanwhile, 15 year old girls can change their name after being married.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Meanwhile, 15 year old girls can change their name after being married.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Mississippi Supreme Court Allows Judge to Block Name Changes for Trans People Under 21
15-year-old girls can get married in the state, but trans people may have to wait until they’re 21 years old to change their name.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
1. In major ruling out of Mississippi, the Mississippi Supreme Court now allows judges to block name changes for trans people to the age of 21.
Meanwhile, 15 year old girls can change their name after being married.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Meanwhile, 15 year old girls can change their name after being married.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Are you a journalist who might visit the US? See this advice: cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...
CPJ Safety Advisory: Traveling to the US - Committee to Protect Journalists
A stated policy goal of the Trump administration is to significantly change U.S. travel and immigration policies. Foreign nationals whose countries do not meet U.S. vetting standards may be barred ent...
cpj.org
April 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Are you a journalist who might visit the US? See this advice: cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...
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Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.
April 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.
The first consequence of the recent UK Supreme Court decision.
"British Transport Police said trans women in custody would now be searched by male officers as an interim measure while it reviews its policies and practices."
"British Transport Police said trans women in custody would now be searched by male officers as an interim measure while it reviews its policies and practices."
April 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The first consequence of the recent UK Supreme Court decision.
"British Transport Police said trans women in custody would now be searched by male officers as an interim measure while it reviews its policies and practices."
"British Transport Police said trans women in custody would now be searched by male officers as an interim measure while it reviews its policies and practices."
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It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service
Just incredible grift
Just incredible grift
April 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service
Just incredible grift
Just incredible grift
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This is an excellent, detailed account of the known facts in the Abrego Garcia case, and why statements connecting him to MS-13 have no supporting evidence
Abrego Garcia & MS-13. What do we know?
The allegation seems to stem from double hearsay in a document authored by a later suspended detective.
By me, in @lawfare .
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/abre...
The allegation seems to stem from double hearsay in a document authored by a later suspended detective.
By me, in @lawfare .
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/abre...
April 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is an excellent, detailed account of the known facts in the Abrego Garcia case, and why statements connecting him to MS-13 have no supporting evidence
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For years, China has controlled the export of rare earths—metals essential to products like semiconductors and lights. Now, amid a trade war with the U.S., it's tightening that grip, threatening American manufacturing and military power. But what are rare earth metals, and why are they important?
What Are Rare Earth Metals, the Exports Halted by China?
China’s new restrictions on exports of the metals could have an impact on the production of everything from LED lights to fighter jets.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
For years, China has controlled the export of rare earths—metals essential to products like semiconductors and lights. Now, amid a trade war with the U.S., it's tightening that grip, threatening American manufacturing and military power. But what are rare earth metals, and why are they important?