Dr Tacey "dumb blonde" O'Neil

always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay

Although I also ask that parents do some work to prep the child: I did not enjoy being asked by one of my ex-neighbours' children (~ age 7) if I was a boy or girl because I looked like a boy and sounded like a girl (I've always hoped she was flustered and got that the wrong way round!)

“… it had the words DON'T PANIC inscribed in large unfriendly letters on its cover.“

The first time I ever gave a conference talk I hid the audience by wearing my hair like this: it helped a lot.

hey guys. i was incapacitated all day. please, please accept my apologies and submit your #MathCoffeeSelfie below.

I'm wearing a fluffy black cardigan over a green top and have red hair. I'm holding a takeout coffee.

A shopping mall car park selfie in unflattering light and no makeup-- what could go wrong?

Most people don't understand how inheritance tax works. This is also true for many other taxes and the ignorance is encouraged/maintained by misleading reporting and politicians' politicking at expense informing.

spicy hot take but anyone with enough money to be paying inheritance tax should absolutely be paying inheritance tax. it does not apply to a majority of Brits

Just better dressed! 😘

Aww -- in a good way I hope! ☺️

A selfie in the dreich mid-winter. It's a cold wet day in Caterham and I'm wearing a full coat, scarf and hat. I have makeup on.

This selfie is from 7 February 2021. (I'd been taking estrogen for almost three weeks.) I'm in the kitchen of my old house and smiling at the camera. I'm wearing grey pajamas and holding a mug of coffee. The mug says (in mathematical notation) that for all epsilon greater than zero, there is a night where I sleep less than epsilon.

Five years between these two photos.
1. Today
2. 7 February 2021

Some changes.

I'm afraid that neither the Women's Institute nor Girl Guiding's leadership are being entirely straightforward with their membership. They have a *no downside* option to remain trans inclusive and I know this for a *fact*.

More to follow from us on this.

My Queen! 👑

Young men are the second most liberal group in the country after young women.

Protect inclusive spaces from gender-critical legal battles, Starmer told Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson have been urged by more than 140 feminist and LGBT+ organisations to protect trans-inclusive spaces

Breaking: We have brought more than 140 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations together to urge our politicians to act and protect inclusive spaces from expensive lawfare ⚖️

Read more in @the-independent.com:

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

A selfie of me sitting in the campus coffee bar. I'm wearing a black dress over a red fishnet top with red tights. My hair is freshly dyed red. Today's selfie bought to you by the colours red and black.

Exceedingly rare "on campus on a Friday" selfie.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The pull quote for me is "One full-time experienced woman is worth less than a part-time inexperienced man."

Sexism and misogyny on full show.

We’re doing TRANS APPRECIATION FRIDAY TODAY!

Today, let’s spread some joy!

How it works: tell us your name, pronouns, a bit about you & post a pic, if comfy.

Then, repost THIS post to your followers & say hey to who joins in!

I’ll start: I’m Alyssa(she/her/they).

YOUR turn!

I've just posted a selfie so I'll link to it below. I'm Tacey (she/they) and am a mathematician. I'm on campus today because my partner is attending something here and wanted a lift! It's their first ever visit to my place of work.

bsky.app/profile/dens...

Thanks! It was a bit of a mad panic putting this together first thing this morning.

"What? This old thing?" Flips hair and walks away...

(Thank you -- I'm very happy with how it all turned out given how much I was rushing this morning!)

i refuse to pay for a broadcaster that regularly refers to me and my community using slurs and anti-scientific language.

A selfie of me sitting in the campus coffee bar. I'm wearing a black dress over a red fishnet top with red tights. My hair is freshly dyed red. Today's selfie bought to you by the colours red and black.

Exceedingly rare "on campus on a Friday" selfie.

Justin Webb just introduced an item on BBC R4 by talking of campaigners in Scotland litigating to "keep biological males" out of women's prisons. No longer bothering even to pretend to be constrained by the BBC's 'rules' on editorial independence to keep his personal bigotry under wraps.

raises "we can always tell" to a tautology

(what happens if the researchers disagree on someone's apparent sex?)

Jay (first author of our Sullivan Review paper) in their thread discusses one of the lesser known parts of the Review:

its offensive against established principles surrounding ethical review, research governance, and community involvement

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

tweet, sharing a graph that shows students using generative AI perform 48% better on practice tests, but 17% worse on real exams Caption: I knew this would inevitably happen as AI got better. If you're not using AI -- people who use it to study will cognitively pass you in critical thinking.

put it in the Louvre

Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds

Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds

i spent some time temping and i have a list of jobs that i'm so glad i will (hopefully) never have to do again

one lowlight: working in a sawmill at the 'feed me'-end of the machine for a few weeks and realising one day that all the long-term workers had missing fingers