pannonica
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"What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness." –Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman (1967)
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"What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness." –Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman (1967)
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pannonica
@acinonnap.bsky.social
· Nov 9
More context for the Flann O'Brien quote from The Third Policeman (1967) that I've been using as a metaphor for how we can perceive the heinous attacks on trans rights, and how cis folks and others might not understand how not only will their rights also be violated, *it's already happening*
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It's not about the memorial building. It's about erasing the predominantly liberal message of the renowned cultural center. The center offers theater, dance, classical, jazz, pop, folk music & a National Symphony Orchestra. These were part of Kennedy's cultural legacy, something Trump cannot buy.
December 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It's not about the memorial building. It's about erasing the predominantly liberal message of the renowned cultural center. The center offers theater, dance, classical, jazz, pop, folk music & a National Symphony Orchestra. These were part of Kennedy's cultural legacy, something Trump cannot buy.
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This is right. Trump wants to destroy the Kennedy Center precisely because it's a great center for the performing arts. And he's succeeding. People are boycotting. Halls are half full. The National Symphony, a very fine orchestra, is in financial trouble. Hundreds of other jobs are threatened, too
It's not about the memorial building. It's about erasing the predominantly liberal message of the renowned cultural center. The center offers theater, dance, classical, jazz, pop, folk music & a National Symphony Orchestra. These were part of Kennedy's cultural legacy, something Trump cannot buy.
December 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is right. Trump wants to destroy the Kennedy Center precisely because it's a great center for the performing arts. And he's succeeding. People are boycotting. Halls are half full. The National Symphony, a very fine orchestra, is in financial trouble. Hundreds of other jobs are threatened, too
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zomg parson Yorick is in the Epstein Files!!!
December 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
zomg parson Yorick is in the Epstein Files!!!
Criminals covering for criminals.
This entire administration is illegitimate and unworthy.
This entire administration is illegitimate and unworthy.
Dr. Kirk Moore did not deny giving fake COVID-19 vaccine cards and throwing out vaccine doses. “All that stuff is true,” he told @sltrib.com and ProPublica.
He also repeatedly made the unfounded claim that the vaccines were “bioweapons.”
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social
He also repeatedly made the unfounded claim that the vaccines were “bioweapons.”
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that prot...
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Criminals covering for criminals.
This entire administration is illegitimate and unworthy.
This entire administration is illegitimate and unworthy.
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What does it take to move 1000 people? Smart infrastructure supporting choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money etc).
Mobility in cities is about space.
Graphic via @seattlesubway.org based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.
Mobility in cities is about space.
Graphic via @seattlesubway.org based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.
December 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
What does it take to move 1000 people? Smart infrastructure supporting choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money etc).
Mobility in cities is about space.
Graphic via @seattlesubway.org based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.
Mobility in cities is about space.
Graphic via @seattlesubway.org based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.
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Like I wrote for The New Republic: it's all just vibes. No one gives a damn what he does or says, as long as his admin is hurting the people it's supposed to be hurting.
Immigrants, transgender people serving their country, and gender variant kids. Because none of them deserve to live in MAGA-land.
Immigrants, transgender people serving their country, and gender variant kids. Because none of them deserve to live in MAGA-land.
President Donald Trump came to North Carolina on Friday to talk about the economy.
He ended up explaining how his wife organizes her lingerie drawer.
He ended up explaining how his wife organizes her lingerie drawer.
Trump talks about neuroses, purchasing chairs and his wife’s underwear drawer in latest affordability speech | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump came to North Carolina on Friday to talk about the economy.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Like I wrote for The New Republic: it's all just vibes. No one gives a damn what he does or says, as long as his admin is hurting the people it's supposed to be hurting.
Immigrants, transgender people serving their country, and gender variant kids. Because none of them deserve to live in MAGA-land.
Immigrants, transgender people serving their country, and gender variant kids. Because none of them deserve to live in MAGA-land.
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There was a vogue for climate debates along these same lines a decade or so back. And for evolution/creationism before that. With very few exceptions, these formats are stacked against the mainstream position. I recommend not doing them (and yes, I speak from experience).
Because it’s not just Bari Weiss’ CBS asking this question—in the last few months, I’ve been approached by half a dozen different shows looking to ‘debate’ the same topic.
I even got a request from NPR-distributed “Open to Debate” to see if I’d weigh in on “Has Feminism Hurt Women?”
NPR!
I even got a request from NPR-distributed “Open to Debate” to see if I’d weigh in on “Has Feminism Hurt Women?”
NPR!
December 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
There was a vogue for climate debates along these same lines a decade or so back. And for evolution/creationism before that. With very few exceptions, these formats are stacked against the mainstream position. I recommend not doing them (and yes, I speak from experience).
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The person charged with enforcing the laws is an open lawbreaker, assisted by a team of open lawbreakers, backed by a Congressional majority indifferent to lawbreaking, supported by a Supreme Court that privileges them to break the law.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
The person charged with enforcing the laws is himself a law breaker. In such a state, do laws even have any legitimacy?
December 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The person charged with enforcing the laws is an open lawbreaker, assisted by a team of open lawbreakers, backed by a Congressional majority indifferent to lawbreaking, supported by a Supreme Court that privileges them to break the law.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
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A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
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If the coverup makes Trump look this guilty, just imagine what the documents contain.
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If the coverup makes Trump look this guilty, just imagine what the documents contain.
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3. Leadership is about doing what is necessary, not just what is popular. Read literally anything our founders wrote about virtue, and the inherent risks to a society based on democratic processes to sustain the rule of law to the extent that unvirtuous people gain power.
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
3. Leadership is about doing what is necessary, not just what is popular. Read literally anything our founders wrote about virtue, and the inherent risks to a society based on democratic processes to sustain the rule of law to the extent that unvirtuous people gain power.
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The New Republic wrote a hit piece on me in 2017 because I wrote this 2016 article on Trump. They now wonder why women who sounded the autocracy alarm early were mass harassed. It's because of them and rags like them.
December 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The New Republic wrote a hit piece on me in 2017 because I wrote this 2016 article on Trump. They now wonder why women who sounded the autocracy alarm early were mass harassed. It's because of them and rags like them.
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It’s really remarkable.
Most don’t even know what’s happening because they outsourced their critical thinking to the Times, the New Yorker etc
But on a fundamental human level how can someone not at least find it interesting watching a whole planet shift geological ages in the blink of an eye?
Most don’t even know what’s happening because they outsourced their critical thinking to the Times, the New Yorker etc
But on a fundamental human level how can someone not at least find it interesting watching a whole planet shift geological ages in the blink of an eye?
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It’s really remarkable.
Most don’t even know what’s happening because they outsourced their critical thinking to the Times, the New Yorker etc
But on a fundamental human level how can someone not at least find it interesting watching a whole planet shift geological ages in the blink of an eye?
Most don’t even know what’s happening because they outsourced their critical thinking to the Times, the New Yorker etc
But on a fundamental human level how can someone not at least find it interesting watching a whole planet shift geological ages in the blink of an eye?
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Important thread from a former NYT staffer breaking down how the paper's genocidal anti-trans crusade is directed, top down, from the highest levels of the organization.
Stop putting bullets in the gun that's killing us. Boycott the New York Times.
Stop putting bullets in the gun that's killing us. Boycott the New York Times.
The story never ran. Coverage of Cass was taken away from the international desk, per order of top editors in NY, and given to the science desk. That desk had been a leader in promoting anti-trans disinformation throughout 2022-23. (Hundreds of the nyt own contributors had denounced its bias)
December 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Important thread from a former NYT staffer breaking down how the paper's genocidal anti-trans crusade is directed, top down, from the highest levels of the organization.
Stop putting bullets in the gun that's killing us. Boycott the New York Times.
Stop putting bullets in the gun that's killing us. Boycott the New York Times.
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The nyt soon gave Cass herself an unusual news platform to dismiss her critics and, further, to say that US doctors were “out of date” on gender care. The story’s “conversation with” format, rarely used in nyt news coverage, allowed Cass to repeat her assertions uncritically and without context.
December 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The nyt soon gave Cass herself an unusual news platform to dismiss her critics and, further, to say that US doctors were “out of date” on gender care. The story’s “conversation with” format, rarely used in nyt news coverage, allowed Cass to repeat her assertions uncritically and without context.
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How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US:
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
December 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US:
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
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The ban in New Zealand was the result of a far right coalition party demanding it, not because of medical authorities implementing one. It's political but Azeen never mentions that context. The goal of this framing is to normalize bans to readers as if they're good faith rather than political.
December 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The ban in New Zealand was the result of a far right coalition party demanding it, not because of medical authorities implementing one. It's political but Azeen never mentions that context. The goal of this framing is to normalize bans to readers as if they're good faith rather than political.
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One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
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The nyt’s anti-trans coverage has always been Sulzberger’s political project. He and his lieutenants saw trans ppl as easy prey, a way to show the right wing the nyt was not a “liberal rag” and pay no price for their bigotry
But there is a price: the lives of trans ppl, especially young ppl.
But there is a price: the lives of trans ppl, especially young ppl.
December 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The nyt’s anti-trans coverage has always been Sulzberger’s political project. He and his lieutenants saw trans ppl as easy prey, a way to show the right wing the nyt was not a “liberal rag” and pay no price for their bigotry
But there is a price: the lives of trans ppl, especially young ppl.
But there is a price: the lives of trans ppl, especially young ppl.
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The difference between "there may be some respiratory side effects" and "maybe some neuro-divergance" vs. 50% infant mortality IS NOT A QUESTION
And again, as I've banged on about again and again. Even if you *100% accept all claims* from the RFK Jr. camp about what vaccines do to children - the balance of consequences so overwhelmingly favors vaccination that it isn't even a question.
December 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The difference between "there may be some respiratory side effects" and "maybe some neuro-divergance" vs. 50% infant mortality IS NOT A QUESTION
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There was like a six-week period in Jan/Feb 2004 when The Apprentice debuted, Zuckerberg started Facebook, and Musk took over Tesla.
If you’re going back in time, that’s your window.
If you’re going back in time, that’s your window.
You wake up. It's 2011. You must go to the White House and tell Barack Obama "hey, I know you're excited about killing Bin Laden, but cool it with those Donald Trump jokes tonight."
You wake up. It’s 2014. You must get to Roger Goodell and convince him that Donald Trump is the right man to take over the Buffalo Bills.
December 20, 2025 at 5:26 AM
There was like a six-week period in Jan/Feb 2004 when The Apprentice debuted, Zuckerberg started Facebook, and Musk took over Tesla.
If you’re going back in time, that’s your window.
If you’re going back in time, that’s your window.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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The running theme between the Epstein story, banning trans healthcare for minors, religious homeschooling and the complaints about adult children estranging themselves is a fundamental American belief that children are property with no rights of their own
America is a culture of child abuse. Ask any survivor - we find one another, we form networks and communities.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
Government of pedophiles. They're all tainted with this for the rest of their lives.
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The running theme between the Epstein story, banning trans healthcare for minors, religious homeschooling and the complaints about adult children estranging themselves is a fundamental American belief that children are property with no rights of their own
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Insane that Trump’s CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER is the one managing the release of the Epstein files
December 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Insane that Trump’s CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER is the one managing the release of the Epstein files