This isn’t cute. I’m a chart expert and charts only do this when they’re in distress.
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This isn’t cute. I’m a chart expert and charts only do this when they’re in distress.
i wind up tweeting this basically every time there's an article like this, but the fundamental thing to me: ask yourself whether you earnestly believe there's more social pressure to be trans, or more social pressure to be cis. it's actually a super easy one!
Honestly, you're lucky Scientists aren't under your window all night reading aloud from their latest research.
This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
My neighborhood news.
Stunning work:
"Currently, 6.1 percent of K-12 students in the United States receive gifted education ... Under 4 percent of students in the lowest income percentile are identified as gifted, compared with 20 percent of those in the top income percentile."
edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1375
Shameless begging AND referring to myself in the third person AND reposting my own post...
...but I really did line up an interview between 4 and 5 am and get the story up by 7!
this is so beautiful and heroic www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/n...
If you're looking for the source of academia's leaky pipeline--it's not women's lack of commitment, it's the misogyny of men like this.
"Women adopt AI at rates 25% lower than men.
This isn’t a guess. It’s the finding of a Harvard Business School meta-analysis examining eighteen studies, over 140,000 participants, across multiple countries."
"Every AI Company Is Building a Different Wife"
abiawomosu.substack.com/p/they-built...
Roughly 1,700 trans people in Kansas are going to have their driver's licenses and birth certificates revoked this week.
apnews.com/article/tran...
A few days ago, a friend asked me to make a FB group for our friend circle planning a tea party.
I made the group and invited six people.
SIX PEOPLE. It's for a tea party, at someone's house.
... wait for it ... (AI slop post 1/ ?)
Screenshot of job ad for postdoc. Follow link for details.
T32 Postdoc position in developmental psychopathology at UMN Institute of Child Development! There are many excellent primary mentors available, as well as an even better set of secondary mentors to choose from (including me). See link for details, due April 1. drive.google.com/file/d/18SoO...
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Bet someone felt very magnanimous identifying race as a social construct. Bet it made their whole day.
I was a Head Start Dissertation Scholar so I personally benefitted from OPRE's commitment to funding early career researchers.
A major restructuring of OPRE threatens the US research agenda supporting healthy children and families and could inject more politics into this research area. Please read more and sign if you've been affected by the great work of ACF or OPRE....
datafoundation.org/news/advocac...
A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".
2026 basically
You need to show ID to buy a beer. Why shouldn't you have to carry papers with you at all times to avoid being sent to ICE concentration camps?
The rule of law can’t survive this
Extra horrible to think that there are companies who will take advantage of these rule changes. Sick.
The image features a gradient background transitioning from pink to blue. Text reads "Introducing the Trans Bill of Rights" with an icon of a paper and pen.
A colorful infographic titled "What is the Trans Bill of Rights?" outlines four points with icons: protections from employment and housing discrimination, equal access to medical treatment without discrimination, legal recognition of gender identity, and the right to use restrooms aligning with a person's gender identity.
ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills.
To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.
This is a 100% elite manufactured craze.
A container of Friendly's Fluffernutter ice cream
The perfect ice cream doesn't exi--
How boring to repeat the same old story for every generation. $4 lattes (lol), avocado toast, and now juice.
My students went absolutely feral over this figure today — highly recommend
doi.org/10.1177/0146...
Legal LDF Pingts Fund Read a PDF of our statement here. Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced it reached a settlement on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) challenging the U.S. Department of Education's anti-opportunity "Dear Colleague Letter," related "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) document, certification requirement, and EndDEl portal. The lawsuit alleged that the Department sought to prohibit and chill lawful efforts to ensure equal educational opportunities for Black students, and that its guidance rested on a legally flawed interpretation of Title VI and the Equal Protection Clause. Prior on April 24, 2025, LDF and the NAACP successfully secured a preliminary injunction against the certification requirement. The settlement follows the Trump Administration's decision to vacate its appeal in a related challenge. As part of the settlement, the Education Department agreed that it will no longer rely on the "Dear Colleague Letter" or its certification requirement, nor will it attempt to enforce or reinstate them under a different name. The Department also agreed not to use their "End DEl" portal or related FAQ document. The settlement also preserves the NAACP's preliminary injunction win, which recognized students' right to receive information free from vague prohibitions. The settlement affirms Black students' right to equal opportunity in classrooms and extracurricular activities, including access to inclusive and accurate curricula, selective programs, affinity groups, and policies that foster a sense of belonging.
Every uni/college that caved proven as craven cowards
“…DOE agreed…it will no longer rely on the "Dear Colleague Letter" or its certification requirement, nor will it attempt to enforce or reinstate them under a different name…DOE also agreed not to use their "End DEl" portal or related FAQ doc.”
A four panel comic. In panel 1, there are three beautiful blooming roses, and the text says "Roses are red..." In panel 2, there are some lovely violets budding and blooming, and the text says "Violets are blue..." In panel 3, there are some terrifying red and flesh colored plants with toothy maws and the text says "Hydnora are leafless, bizarrely fleshy, and incapable of producing chlorophyl..." and in panel 4 there are some cute hearts and the text says "And so are you. Happy Valentine's Day"
Botany valentine. Another oldie.
