Megan R. F. Drury ⛅️

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I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

But note that this injustice is not about missing resources: It is about using a resource that can be helpful in many cases to the benefit of the powerful in this situation. This implies a major shift in how we should think about hermeneutical injustice - and how we should address it.

*taps the sign*

RESEARCH!

Check out our graduate student Megan Drury's article "Concepts and Contexts: Towards a Theory of “Hermeneutical Bastardization”".

Read: tinyurl.com/46xdu6m5

Megan: megandrury.weebly.com

#philosophy #epistemicinjustice #concepts #feminist #research #cool

"the striking parallels between the Covid “lab leak” theory and what I will call the “rushing kids into transition” theory."

More on this soon - but Edinburgh people, it'd be amazing to see you - June 25th, Reid Concert hall

All these commentators have no clue what they're talking about. It was never about self id but about the right to privacy, the EHRC's interpretation of the SC judgment threatens the right to privacy in public life.

The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--

This one’s real easy: you got old and comfortable and reactionary, and now you think the Daily Mail has a point. A much more helpful and revealing question than “Are kids selfish and dumb” would be “Why is this bigotry acutely localised to politics and journalism?”

There is absolutely no evidence that therapy alone improves the distress of transgender youth and widespread evidence that therapy is useful in conjunction with parental support and access to gender-affirming care.

better yet, consider unsubscribing from HBO/Max the week before her show comes out (& if you rejoin, wait until the HP season is over). it's not enough to *not* watch it – HBO needs to know it will hurt their bottom line if they continue producing it

Immigration is good. Immigration makes Britain better. Immigration is the lifeblood of any and every successful society. Without Immigration Britain cannot prosper. Without Immigration you cannot have the economy and society you want. That is all.

And a big thank you to everyone involved in organising it!

I imagine I speak for the ECRs in attendance when I say it was a great 2 days! ☺️

Time for the age old tradition: loitering around a university you’re unfamiliar with an hour before the event.

Supreme Court and EHRC interim guidance already having a chilling impact on trans safety in the UK - this happened to my friend yesterday, and they've asked for help in sharing it as widely as possible.

And if this makes you angry - DO SOMETHING. We do not let the people who hate us win.

A large trans rights protest across two sides of the road at the EHRC in Glasgow

Holy shit, there are hundreds of people at this trans rights demo outside the EHRC in Glasgow. On a Friday lunchtime!

The 'concept of sex is binary' requires a lot of unpacking.

Extremely devastating news for transgender people in the United Kingdom.

So much of what we face in the United States has shared roots in that country, and this Supreme Court decision there will make people far less free.

Crackdowns on trans people are international, not limited to borders.

I share the deep disappointment in today's Supreme Court ruling, and the concerns about what this will mean for trans women going forward.

Today and every day, I stand in unwavering solidarity with the trans community.

We must never stop fighting for trans rights.

I’m feeling encouraged by @alondra.bsky.social ’s call for more “research that is looking at technology, power, markets around technology…” and examining AI’s horizontal impacts on education, the climate, democracy, and other domains.

Where did he think money came from?

Writing an article and instead of “some state of affairs” I wrote “some state of unfairs”.

That is how I feel about the world at the minute.

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.

MUSK: A sophisticated cyberattack from Ukraine took out Twitter's servers

REALITY: Twitter's servers were not secured properly and were publicly visible

Great explainer here from @lhn.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...

How did fascist movements in 1930s Britain appeal to women and even former suffragettes?

Martin Durham, in a rediscovered talk given to History Workshop in 1983, and Daniel Jones (@narson.bsky.social) on the continued resonance of these insights in today's world.
www.historyworkshop....

"RFK Jr is so dumb. Doesn't he know his policies will kill a lot of people?" YES! He's trying to kill a lot of people. He's a part of a white supremacist death cult. Please catch up.

My kid lives in Siddall Hall and sent me these yesterday. First is what was put up by the school, second is the students’ alteration of the administrations’ cowardice.

We just won a court order stopping DOGE and unauthorized, unelected, and unvetted individuals like Elon Musk from accessing people's private data and blocking federal funds.

We will keep fighting to protect all Americans from this administration’s destruction.

This is a huge ruling. It signals that court will not be a rubber stamp.

BREAKING: In a stunning moment of defiance, Maine's Governor Janet Mills stands up to Trump, saying she is complying with state and federal (anti-discrimination) law, and will see him in court over his threat to withhold federal funds.

This is incredible.