Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️

grateful to hear him say this out loud — too few institutions have this decency and courage

Over the weekend ICE abducted an NIH contractor when he showed up to a courthouse for his green card hearing. He is documented. His wife is a citizen.

He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.

Ope, misred. Well, congrats on avoiding the invasion! 😅

Welcome to Chicago!

As a bonus, the legal name change I submitted apparently didn't go through so I had to stare at my deadname printed in all caps across everything

And my insurance is under my new name so expecting that to get fucked up now

Siiighhhh

I arrived for this only to find out my new primary care messed up and left off iron levels on my latest blood work, so they couldn't actually give me my infusion and I have to come back next week

What a nightmare US healthcare is

New York Times motto:

He is a danger to the public

Make no mistake, they will use this as an excuse to round up innocent trans people

a large trans flag sticker, broken along one edge where someone has tried to remove it

the dropout game changer loop de loop symbol as a sticker in the trans flag colours, with text that says we've been here the whole time. The design is broken down one edge where someone has tried to remove it

Just added a couple of limited edition stickers at canopyrobin.etsy.com! They're an A6 trans flag and trans dropout loopdeloop.

Unlike my normal easy-peel stickers, these are an eggshell design with extra-strong adhesive, so they'll break at the edges if tampered with and become very hard to remove

Does this doddering old man really think trans people want to trans everyone? Christ

Another night spent listening to helicopters circling overhead... 😵‍💫

It's been unseasonably warm this past week. Normally Chicagoans would be out in force. But at least where I live, it's felt like a ghost town walking around

Trump is literally using psychological warfare against his own citizens

sciencebasedmedicine.org/groupthink/

Another night spent listening to helicopters circling overhead... 😵‍💫

It's been unseasonably warm this past week. Normally Chicagoans would be out in force. But at least where I live, it's felt like a ghost town walking around

Trump is literally using psychological warfare against his own citizens

Trump’s order to deploy Texas National Guard troops to Chicago is illegal, immoral, and must be stopped by the courts. ICE is already wreaking havoc in our communities. Let’s call this what it is: an invasion by out-of-state troops coming here only with the purpose of tormenting Chicagoans.

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

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Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

I'm a transgender Genomics PhD with 15 years of science communication experience who just launched an educational campaign to fight anti-trans propaganda that claims to be rooted in "biology"

Resources and advocacy campaigns to come soon. Follow at @beyondxandy.bsky.social

beyondxandy.org

I'm a transgender Genomics PhD with 15 years of science communication experience who just launched an educational campaign to fight anti-trans propaganda that claims to be rooted in "biology"

Resources and advocacy campaigns to come soon. Follow at @beyondxandy.bsky.social

beyondxandy.org

Treating sex as a binary is a social construct rooted in white Christian nationalism. Biology shows that sex is a bimodal spectrum.

I have a PhD in Genomics and agreement from all major biomedical professional organizations backing up my statement. What do you have, anonymous probable bot?

It’s not even 10 a.m., and so much has unfolded in Chicago:

– Illinois sues Trump over the National Guard deployment

– Mayor Brandon Johnson bans city property use for immigration enforcement

– Journalists and protesters sue the feds over Broadview violence

And Comms staff that aren't cishet white Silicon Valley types...

It's amazing how many professional Communications and Marketing people I've worked with who have absolutely no idea how social media works. My job security came out of being terminally online and able to explain things

I'm walking to the gay bars, and I've spotted multiple cars blaring Mexican music... Being driven by dorky looking white people

I love Chicago!! Waste those ICE agents time

Metal sculpture of a gorilla

Close up of the fist of a metal gorilla sculpture. In its hand is a pamphlet that says "How to Report ICE" on the cover

I love Chicago

"Who decides what is normal development? Who decides what is natural biodiversity or pathological deviation? Who defines the distinction between defect and difference?"

Eugenic attacks on people who are disabled, neurodivergent, queer, trans... They are all linked by fear of diversity

The NIH ordered me to stop my ‘dangerous’ gain-of-function research. It isn’t dangerous at all Safe gain-of-function research is necessary to identify new treatments for diseases like for tuberculosis — but the NIH has imposed unfounded stops.

This is a great op-ed by Dr. Stanley about the effects of anti-science politicized attacks on "gain-of-function" research. Much of this research poses little risk and has huge benefits for people across the globe. If your research has been affected, please consider writing an op-ed like Dr. Stanley.

The CEO of Bluesky is craven and evil. The only people that build these platforms are infected with the self-reproducing moral rot of capitalism. They have no sense of duty or stewardship. They see their monetary reward as a cleansing justification for their actions.

The funniest thing about this is how legit terrified ICE looks.

My father has Lewy Body Dementia and talks the same way as Trump

Well, minus all the racism and misogyny and idiocy. But the same fragmented speech, poor word recall, mixed memories

I am not a medical doctor but... Pretty obvious something isn't right