Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences With invalid driver’s licenses and birth certificates, transgender people are at risk for more than just steep fines and imprisonment.

So incredibly chilling.

I would say, 'don't they realise that this protects no one?' Of course the architects know this. It is about hate, control, scapegoating. Anyone who deviates from some miniscule societal gender ideal is at risk. But it's more than that.

theconversation.com/kansas-revok...

‘Carnage of concern and upset’: Women’s Institute groups close after transgender ban Members warn NFWI decision has opened up toxic culture that deters younger women from joining

It's so disheartening (and that is being far too kind and measured) to see the TERFs prevail. Enough of this transphobic nonsense.

#TransWomenAreWomen
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

‘Carnage of concern and upset’: Women’s Institute groups close after transgender ban www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

“WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe”

www.who.int/news/item/24...

A window with feather-like frost, with some artificial hydrangea leaves around the border in the foreground, with a blurred street scene with parked cars in the background.

Frost feathers!

Texas A&M bans woke, radical teachings of Greek philosopher Plato Texas A&M University is one of several state colleges that has reevaluated it's curriculum in recent months. Greek philosopher Plato is under attack

Texas A&M bans woke, radical teachings of Greek philosopher Plato www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...

Of all the headlines I've seen regarding this story, this one best encapsulates the absurdity of it. Isn’t it interesting how those decrying censorship take censorship to new heights? Ffs. Fools.

NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...

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Bonne année!

Shamima Begum: Home secretary to 'robustly defend' citizenship decision - BBC News The ECHR questions whether it was considered if Shamima Begum was a victim of grooming and trafficking.

This case has disturbed me to the core from the early days. Cruel political points.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

In 2025, melting sea ice allowed a Canadian icebreaker to enter the world's last ice area | CBC News Often referred to as the one of the last places in the world with year-round sea ice, the waterways around Queen Elizabeth Islands and western Tuvaijuittuq have historically been difficult to access. ...

I wonder what measures they took to make sure they weren't introducing invasive species to the area. It would have been helpful to have that mentioned, or at least acknowledged, in the article.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Are Trump’s Actions Unprecedented? We Asked Historians (Again). (Gift Article) An examination of whether recent moves have no precedent, are relatively common or somewhere in between.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

‘Trojan horse moment’: anti-rights groups seize chance to fill void left by US aid cuts Ultra-conservative Christian organisations look to reshape global health landscape as new aid agreements open door to demands restricting family planning services

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

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Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.

www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
The peculiar age we are in will be the subject of some interesting -- and excoriating? -- scholarly research in the future.

Two cookie trays filled with cooled mini tarts with dark brown filling, each topped with pastry in the shape of a daisy.

It must be winter: first batch of vegan mince pies.

of course, now I see that there is a brief mention of this in the Guardian piece. Hah, serves me right for skimming while on the bus. I still think it’s a point that deserves further investigation.

Anatomical exhibition includes rare Victorian-era drawing of a black body The work of surgeon and artist Joseph Maclise is the focus of a show at the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds

Part of what is fascinating about the print history of Maclise's book is that American editions removed the Black model and swapped him for a European one.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

#histmed #racism

Trans women to be barred from main Labour women’s conference in 2026 All delegates will be able to attend fringe programme as party tries to find compromise while complying with supreme court ruling on gender

This is just the latest of so many headlines. I really didn’t have it on my bingo card for this year that the UK would turn so emphatically into an unsafe place for trans women. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

#TransWomenAreWomen

This is what happens when a well known antivaxxer becomes the secretary of health

Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines

How many people around the world will die because of RFK?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...

‘Ticking time bomb’: A pregnant mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion in Texas | CNN ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emerg...

I challenge anyone who is "pro-life" to tell me how the preventable death of Tierra Walker was in any way acceptable. Harrowing read. Shame.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/h...

Yikes yikes yikes 😟

Video: The Real Cost of U.S. Car Batteries We followed the supply chain for batteries used in millions of U.S. cars to villages in Nigeria where people are being poisoned by lead. Peter S. Goodman, who covers economics and geopolitics for The ...

We (those of us in rich global north countries) rarely consider the impact of our daily lives on others around the world. Many of our habits are detrimental to global health.

www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

2025-11-07 iMedici YouTube video by The Church of St. Andrew & St. Paul

For Ante Padjen.

Émilie Auclair (med student, UdeM) is fantastic: see the Mendelssohn starting just before 34 mins.

www.youtube.com/live/GyPMwpo...

Vaccine Skepticism Comes for Pet Owners, Too

Well, I guess this was an obvious outcome, but seriously. 🤔🤨🙄🤬

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...

A little library filled with Indigenous books was taken from her yard. Now, she wants to rebuild | CBC News After just four days in her front yard, an east London resident says her Indigenous free little library was stolen, along with all the books and Indigenous-made items inside.

What a beautiful thing, April Ager-White's library. I cannot begin to comprehend the hate in someone who would destroy it.

Source: CBC
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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Infant mortality rises in states with restrictive abortion laws – new research A new study found that, on average, infant deaths increased by more than 7% in states with laws that limited abortions.

Gee, who'd have thunk it?

theconversation.com/infant-morta...

"Further, due to data availability, we have little insight into how the patchwork of abortion laws is affecting people from different groups, such as race and socioeconomic class."

[And that data won't be collected under this admin.]

Florida plans to become first state to ban all vaccine requirements Vaccine mandates are immoral and akin to slavery, says Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo.

"Who am I to tell you what your child should put in your body?"

Umm…Ladapo’s words do not instil confidence.

More seriously, there are global consequences to these outrageous policies.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

"If the US government persists down this current path...the world will inevitably witness a tragic increase in child deaths..."

Sobering warning from @drsethberkley.bsky.social @science.org

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Susan Collins ‘extremely alarmed’ at Trump administration firing of CDC director Maine's senior senator reacted Thursday to the firing of Susan Monarez, who was let go by the administration this week after reportedly clashing with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccin...

Seriously? Lol. You’re always so disappointed with nominees you helped into power, nominees who clearly were never fit for the job. You’re complicit. You lacked strength and courage and have aided the destruction of our country.

www.pressherald.com/2025/08/28/s...

Rightwing ‘parents’ rights’ groups gain ground in Canada as Alberta book bans target LGBTQ+ titles Two such groups claim they persuaded Alberta to institute sweeping public school book ban

This is not surprising, but it is gut-wrenching and terrifying. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...