Anson Mackay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Peer-reviewed critiques of The Cass Review Peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review (In chronological order of publication) Horton, C (2024) The Cass Review: Cis-supremacy in the ...

Updated my list of peer-reviewed critiques of The Cass Review, AGAIN for the second time today, adding McFadyen et al (2025)

This brings the number of peer-reviewed critiques of this pseudoscience to 13.

Great advert for Tory private education if they can’t even spell Britain 🤦🏼‍♂️

Spider uses trapped fireflies as glowing bait - BES Spider uses trapped fireflies as glowing bait - BES is the largest scientific society for ecologists in Europe. We're working towards a world in which nature and people thrive.

This is cool: 'A species of nocturnal spider attracts prey to its web using the bioluminescent beacons of already trapped fireflies!' 🕷️ 🧪

www.britishecologicalsociety.org/spider-uses-...

New Report Says Cass Review Should Not Be Benchmark For Trans Healthcare in Australia - Star Observer A major new peer-reviewed report warns that the Cass Review is fundamentally ill-suited to guide Australia's care for trans young people.

A major new peer-reviewed Australian report warns that the UK’s Cass Review is fundamentally ill-suited to guide care for trans young people — and should not be adopted as a benchmark in Australia www.starobserver.com.au/news/new-rep...

Congratulations to you Ruth & your Co-authors!

The Greenlandification of Antarctica | Nature Geoscience Climate and ice sheet processes in Antarctica increasingly reflect those observed earlier in Greenland. Applying process insights from Greenland can improve projections of future Antarctic ice and climate behaviour.

Incidentally, the very nice schematic of cryosphere changes over both ice sheets was drawn by @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social Tak! 🙏

New paper out today in @nature Geosciences:
The Greenlandification of Antarctica

Readcube pdf: rdcu.be/eJiqJ

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I love my NB frog pin!!

I used to use the Ponds so much. They are way of life for so many Londoners - don’t let a few bigots try and change decades of tolerance. If you’ve ever bathed in the Hampstead Heath Ponds please complete this survey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is

I did Amazon & Goodreads (as I dont have a Waterstones account). I managed to fit in "The events that lead up to the murder of one of the main characters in the book is gradually revealed like a Matryoshka doll!" Fitting for the 🇷🇺 theme🪆!

Consultation on the future access to the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds: Executive Summary This consultation seeks your views on access arrangements at the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds -Highgate Men’s Pond, Kenwood Ladies’ Pond and Hampstead Mixed Pond, with a particular focus on potential changes at the Highgate Men’s Pond and the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond. Following the recent Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland, and in line with other service providers, the City of London Corporation is reviewing its policies, including those at the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds. Your feedback will help inform decisions about future arrangements, alongside legal obligations, equality and safeguarding duties, financial constraints, and practical considerations.

📣 Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds need your help!
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They’ve always been firmly trans-inclusive, but now this is under threat.
Please respond to their consultation to show how much public support there is for trans-inclusive arrangements.
hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...

Amazing news!

Anson holding a book called ‘last dance at the discotheque for deviants’ by Paul David Gould

“Last Dance at the Discotheque for Deviants” was marvellous, bringing to life my memories of working in Russia in the early 1990s, with political upheaval, economic tragedy & fledging gay scene trying to find its feet. Oh, and a murder (thankfully not a memory!) @pauldavidgould.bsky.social #lgbtq

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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Does this count as cross-training for @spinerace.bsky.social 😅 #strengthtraining

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!

Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

Peacocks patrol its grounds. I neen't say more!

Tiny Arctic Organisms Are Defying the Rules of Biology Beneath the Arctic’s frozen surface, tiny algae are defying the rules of biology.

Cool #diatoms study - showing that they are very active (ie gliding!) when apparently locked up in ice. 🧪

scitechdaily.com/tiny-arctic-...

“We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less.”

Simonstone Hall hotel ;-)

Fluffy cat cleaning herself in front of a tv screen showing women’s rugby

What better way to spend #caturday than going for lunch to a lesbian couple’s new home, where their cats were 120% floof and England women won the rugby World Cup 😍

it was almost tropical 🌴 😂

Anson taking a selfie (with no top on as usual) while out running. Background is a dried out lake bed surrounded by green trees. Also on the image are running statistics for race just done

Last long run before next weekend’s #ultramarathon, The Peak Divide, a 76km race between Sheffield & Manchester. Can’t wait 😍 #runsky

In true British form, the review is quite good, isn't it? 😃 But in all seriousness, huge congratulations for some really brilliant reporting!

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Britain’s Bathroom Ban The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

This is a really good article. It’s long, but brilliantly encapsulates what’s happening in the UK in removing trans rights.

It clearly points out the massive legal overreach & how anti-trans lobbying is designed to elicit ‘disgust’ to drive centrists towards the authoritarian right.

Share widely!

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪

Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.

I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

Great review! I was also going to Russia since 1992, so I'm really interested to read your book

Brilliant news - congratulations Izzy! X