Dr. Tessa Fisher

But I would also add something here. This pattern is why I get annoyed with people who talk about there being a "genocide" against us in progress. There are prominent trans posters on here who approach the hate campaign with myopia, using hyperbolic language that obscures a bigger picture.

"Demeaning" trans people is exactly right. Their goal--and what they're most able to easily achieve--is our humiliation. The imposition of indignities. They also hope that, as humiliations often do, it exposes us to ridicule. Perhaps even violence. (e.g. forcibly outing people on their IDs).

Responsible Discovery in Astrobiology: Lessons from Four Controversial Claims This paper examines four case studies of life-detection claims in astrobiology, covering both biosignatures and technosignatures: the 1877 "canals" on Mars, the 1976 Mars Viking landers experiments, t...

This is fine paper, but ngl, it's a little funny that Clem Vidal is the one talking about controversial claims.

(No slight against Clem, I've been a coauthor with him, but he does regularly come up with some absolutely wild--though not impossible--hypotheses)

MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°

Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"

when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.

I knew there was an ancient and notable Christian presence in India, but didn't realize they were the majority in an Indian state!

Same basic reasons the Confederacy lost during the last American Civil war, too.

Oh, 100%. They also assume that their day-to-day lives won't be impacted at all.

It's not really a civil war they want, it's an excuse to commit mass murder against everyone they don't like.

"I look forward to the day when liberals and conservatives go to civil war." "You liberals are not going to stand a chance against us." "Try to take us on and see what happens." That is going to be the ULTIMATE FAFO!!

that's cool, man, but have you tried the taste of a refreshing matcha latte

I literally said "oh shit!" out loud 🤣

Given that she married Stephen Miller, probably.

Lynchings, he wants to see people lynched.

The issue with Neoliberalism isn't that it doesn't work, it's that it only works once. You can sell the family silver once, you can strip the copper out of the walls once, you can burn the furniture to keep warm once. But then you have to come up with something else!

Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.

This is the energy we need from everyone

This is literally Saturday-morning-cartoon level villainy

OLIVIA NUZZI YOU TAKE THAT THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS OUT OF YOUR DIRTY MOUTH, IT'S NOT FOR YOU!

My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.

That I definitely agree with!

(the mods specifically are Ethics and Civics Classic (Machine Spirit Update) and Ethics & Civics: Bug Branch; the former crashes, the latter hangs)

(If anyone knows anything about modding Stellaris and might know what's wrong, I'm running Linux Mint 21.3, playing Stellaris 4.2.3 via Steam, and only have the Utopia, Federations, and First Contact DLC, no other mods. With the mods, the loading screen will reach 100%, then either hang or crash)

Both of the major civics and ethics mods for Stellaris cause my computer to crash, and this is transphobia.

(Seriously, why won't they let me have my fully automated luxury gay space anarcho-communist utopia?)

Whoever designed this for Trump really hates him.

Maybe it works differently in SFFH, but I've been noticing the opposite? We've had a ton of trans books out this year, relatively speaking--Off the top of my head, Herculine, Moonflow, and Lessons in Magic and Disasters.

Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE

A submission page for a science conference, listing the author of the presentation as Theresa Fisher, and her institutional affiliation as "Unemployed :-("

It's always feels a little weird submitting to present at conferences when you're in between post-docs.

ALL THE WAY, book two of my trans lesbian cheerleader trilogy WHEN YOU FELL FROM HEAVEN, is now available for pre-order at Amazon for a release date of December 18th!

Paperback versions will be available on launch date.

Other stores sooon!

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These people make a big show of how they can't be shamed or embarrassed or pressured so you won't notice that if you actually make an effort they do exactly that all the time

Oh, so the administration FAVORS prison rape?

Around the world, rape of queer and trans people is often a punishment for being queer or trans. Nowhere more so than in prison.

One of those "Your listening age" posts from Spotify, reading "Your listening age is 3.5 Ga [billion years]. You were into music from the Paleoarchaen. You're an old soul."

Guess this is what happens when you listen to The Very Best of Stromatolites Photosynthesizing on repeat...