Ahmed can’t keep an account here but he’s in North Gaza and trying to evacuate with his family
“It is irresponsible if ScienceDirect continues to have these AI features. The AI generated texts on ScienceDirect spread misinformation and pollute the scientific knowledge infrastructure. This harms science, researchers, lecturers, students, and ultimately also the public.”
Lonnie G. Bunch III is the head of the Smithsonian. The first Black person to helm the institution and the founding director of the Blacksonian.
And his legacy will be completely overshadowed by his compliance with this authoritarian bullshit which should go against his ethical code as a curator.
Nearly 18k cis women have signed this petition. If you are cis and haven't signed it already and support the trans+ community, please sign and share this.
If you are trans, remember you are supported; however, the transphobes try to make it look. Please share this.
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
If you're a feminist academic or educator concerned by rising transphobia in the UK please sign this. In any case please share widely. Thank you
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I never thought I’d be in an exchange with #Strava about racial slurs being used to name segments…but here we are… #RunSky 🏃🏿♂️
Oh Chris, I’m sorry you have to do this, once again! This is a clear example of why every “public facing” organisation needs more diverse teams. Regardless, I’m sure there were many opportunities for them to find those websites well before those segments were named 🤨.
I have been glued to @pilarcacheiro.bsky.social ‘s timeline for the last hour or so. Thank you for the digest! #eshg2025
Unfortunately not at #eshg2025 but very grateful for @jamesfasham.bsky.social and other colleagues who are keeping me up to date here with all the exciting stuff.
We're coming to your local venue in 4 days (19-21 May)
Did you check the programme and book your tickets?
Don't miss your chance!
🎟➡️ pintofscience.co.uk
EHRC have announced that their consultation on their Statutory Code of Practice opens on 19th May and will run for 6 weeks.
TransActual and our partners in the LGBTQ+ sector are working some guidance to support you to respond.
Trans and being told by your employer you can no longer use the toilets at work (especially if not out to all your colleagues)?
A cis woman who has been challenged when using the toilet?
Otherwise affected by the SC judgment?
Please share & fill out this form:
goodlawproject.org/about/trans-...
I’ve had the privilege of playing on the same team as Emily several times over the years. She is kind, brave, and deserves the world.
We should call the ban out for what it is: the FA is banning trans kids from playing grassroots sports with their friends. It’s not about protecting women at all.
This goes not just for Zack, but for everyone: stop being squeamish about saying 'trans.'
It's the trans community specifically under attack right now and a trans councillor who's had to resign because of that.
Don't 'all lives matter' it. Say trans.
We need to see her physically out. NOW.
I slammed table yelling in my very first semester of grad school about the quantity of unpaid labor being demanded from scientists & how if scicomm is so important (AND IT IS) we should actually pay people to specialize in that instead of trying to make people work 6 jobs in a trench coat.
IN 2012.
Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29
The actual consequences of an appropriated 'false moral panic' are grim.
It wasn't a false moral panic - as shutting off access for trans people was the ultimate point (which is awful).
"BBC News - Equality watchdog issues interim guidance on single-sex spaces"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I gave an interview to Al Jazeera on the Supreme Court judgment, and the surrounding context. I think it's possibly the best thing I've ever done (?) so give it a listen.
youtu.be/dhRKIZi60NI?...
The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
I have donated, bc I believe trans people should not be persecuted in this manner AND bc not opposing this breach to HR, means allowing it to happen to any one of us (see also policies affecting disabled people, asylum seekers/migrants, workers, the list keeps growing). It’s all connected.
How on earth do you go about explaining to people that your life will not get better or even change at all in any tangible way because of what the Supreme Court and EHRC have said, but my life and those of many of my pals will get worse?
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Time is of the essence and we need to fight the EHRC interim guidance before it becomes statutory and Parliament make it law.
Don’t just shout about it, write to them. Also tell the media, if you can get them to care. I’ve posted this on Instagram.
Speak to your unions and staff networks at work
Delighted to be giving the Gender & History lecture at Uni of Bristol on 15th May (and on Zoom). Join us for a discussion of trans history, colonial history, & non-human animal history. There will, of course, be merfolk.
Link here: ticketpass.org/event/ELMPHJ...
