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screenshot from the linked-to timeline that reads: February 20, 2016: Insofar as I can tell, the first ever claim that "social contagion" is turning kids transgender. It occurs as a comment on the 4thwavenow.com "About" page, posted on February 20, 2016 at 5:27pm, under the handle "skepticaltherapist." Shortly thereafter, 4thwavenow.com turned this comment into its own post, called... February 29, 2016: 4thwavenow.com publishes "Tumblr snags another girl, but her therapist-mom knows a thing or two about social contagion." As noted in the previous entry, this is skepticaltherapist's earlier comment, posted along with a brief intro from the folks at 4thwavenow. There are several potentially noteworthy things about it, and the comments that follow it: o It begins by referencing a Star Trek TNG episode in which the crew becomes addicted to an alien video game, then makes the following analogy: "The alien mind control device made its way into my home about two years ago when my then eleven-year-old daughter begged me for a Tumblr account since her friends all had one." o In the piece, skepticaltherapist describes herself as a psychotherapist, later adding, "As a therapist, I mostly work with adults."

precisely 10 years ago today, the concept of "transgender social contagion" was first invented on the now infamous anti-trans parent website 4thWaveNow. a full timeline of how the concept spread (not unlike a "social contagion") can be found here: juliaserano.blogspot.com/2019/02/orig...

Stand With Minnesota A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation

crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.

please keep sharing with your networks.

What do birds call it when it starts to snow?

Suet-er weather

Curious to hear what you think about the other Parable books as well! Agree that they are essential reading.

as an indie bookseller, can confirm!

but somehow I'm the asshole because I keep saying we shouldn't invest half of our school's budget into this

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Unsure about a taste?

That's ummmami

Well, it's no longer possible to opt out of AI in Word. Switching to LibreOffice.

I created a template academic job market folder for folks to use Feel free to share around!

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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.

This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

Transgender for everyone, motherfuckers 🏳️‍⚧️

If you've read A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara, I want to hear what you think

Put her poor nose out of its misery

For anyone looking for a Wordle alternative, I'm really enjoying Well Word: wellwordgame.com or in-app

My single Red Hood issue was the 15th best-selling comic of September, like out of all serialized comics in America. Incredibly funny.

What do you call a depressed cactus?

A sadguaro

Love sending anti-GenAI propaganda to all my fellow haters. Love you, Merriam-Webster! Best thesaurus in the game.

Protect Funding and Access to Gender-Affirming Care ⭑ 5 Calls Updates Sept 29, 2025: Trump threatened, via social media, that he wouldn’t negotiate any funding deal that does not include restrictions on …

If you live in the U.S., it's a good day to call reps to keep pressure on them about not caving to pressure to harm trans people: 5calls.org/issue/gender...

Hell yeah

Transvestigating the xenomorph in ALIENS (1986)

it may feel a little like homework, but i genuinely think people should read the lincoln-douglas debates to see what the practical politics of anti-slavery looked like in an environment where the public was neutral to hostile to the question of emancipation

this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

this is how you know the domestic terror stuff ain't real: nobody's that organized

why, dear god, have i been texting the same 5 transsexuals to get a g-d passport since november and (despite being able to/afford it) none of them have????

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In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit.

So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.

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What’s the convent’s most popular weapon?

Nunchucks.

This is the kind of shit they'd sell you in Kakariko Village

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