They/Them (T. T. Perry)

To read without paywall: www.florenceashley.com/uploads/1/2/...

Begging these people to read my paper on how we should be evaluating evidence in a way that makes actual sense.

ChatGPT and colon cancer

This sucks, but I'm fucking sick of the framing where something catastrophically harmful to trans people is presented through the lens of how it hurts cis people, with the implication that THEY shouldn't have to pay the price of anti-trans discrimination.

You'd hope for better from an LGBTQ outlet.

ICYMI: in our new paper, we contend there is "no current consensus on a definition of sex that is free of assumptions and limitations... and most importantly,...no biological definition of sex should be used to dictate human rights" #evolsky #LGBTQSTEM #ecology #evolution #biologicalsex

One interesting shift from the 18th to 19th century was in the focus of scientific writing: From wanting to demonstrate the discoverability of the findings (giving the audience a sense of thrill and awe) toward a rhetorical function—making it easier to appreciate the significance of the findings.

Consciousness is just a skill issue. I haven't had subjective experience since I started using Claude Code

Somehow tapped into a hidden reserve of euphoria. Oh it's because I washed and did my hair. Well. I'll take it.

Nearly 30 women have credibly accused Trump of sexually assaulting them in various ways and E. Jean Carroll got him legally adjudicated as a rapist, but if you really need one more, I'd stake my hopes on Katie Johnson over JD4.

Some professors at the University of St. Thomas are doing a research project on the effects of the ICE occupation on Twin Cities parents. They're looking for parents who are US citizens, who live in the Twin Cities metro area, and who have kids ages 5-10.

stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

NK cells are also front line in cancer defense. But we will still be here scratching our heads while we watch young people diagnosed with cancer and wonder aloud, why is this happening. COVID is NOT the flu! #LongCOVIDIsReal

The people who evangelized "intelligent design" and "teach the controversy" never went away, it seems.

Thesis acceptance certificate signed by Steven Pinker, Leah Somerville, Randy Buckner, Michael Bailey, and Kenneth Zucker.

Pack up. I’ve found the most cursed thesis committee ever to exist.

Thank you for your hard work!

And now this little polemic of mine is forthcoming at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. Here's the preprint link again if you made it this far. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28499/

Americans aren't facing a democratic collapse. We’re living in its aftermath | Eric Reinhart The US was an oligarchy well before Trump’s first term. Recognizing this reality is essential to building a true democracy

"the decline of democracy did not begin with Donald Trump but unfolded gradually across decades, including under the stewardship of the Democratic party leaders who now brand themselves as democracy’s last line of defense."
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...

Get in, we're going to Claire's at the mall.

Hey, you. Trauma survivor (even if no one in your world knows it) who is up tonight wondering if it's possible, worth the effort, or realistic to keep on going & try to repair this sh*t-- or if anyone gives a f*ck?

It is, and I do.

Scene from Hungary tonight as crowds rally against the Russian-backed Orban regime.

Every gay person you know, they were a child once. At some point in that childhood, they found out what homosexuality was.

You can't stop either of these things happening and I don't know what you hope to achieve by intentionally making these things difficult, confusing and lonely.

I do not know how to stay informed without also being so heartbroken as to be non-functional. It feels as if I am forced to disconnect myself from reality if I'm to have any hope of changing reality.

I feel blessed now!

One less hour until it happens

Updates on two deaf children and their families kidnapped by ICE this month, including links and action items. www.disability-rights-watch.com/2026/03/08/i...

I remember learning about the Hays Code in film school and how it made it so that any amoral protagonist had to meet karmic justice by the end of the film and going “wow, that’s really silly” and then once a week I log online and see people argue that we need stuff like that now or it’s problematic

17/x:

...the schmuckos who insist that queer liberation was brought about through dispassionate, respectful debate are arguing against doing the work that makes trans liberation into a cis problem.

Cis ppl as a whole genuinely don't GAF about trans health care. Why would they?

None of these contrarian types who gladly went to work at HHS under anti-vax conspiracy theorist Robert Kennedy Jr. should ever work in academia again.

The emerging “Claude killed the kids” frame on this story shows just how easily anti-AI counterhype can end up doing the government’s work for it. If you use a computer to choose targets—esp. but not only if you give it bad data to work with—and it chooses poorly, that‘s on you, not the computer!

Big Wild - 6's to 9's (feat. Rationale) [Neil Frances Remix] YouTube video by Big Wild

Kind of like this?

I think it’s an open argument which is the more immediate threat to human life: climate change or that people everywhere are becoming less and less familiar with object reality.