Ida Clemens
@idaclemens.bsky.social
a nice person. leftist liberal & liberal leftist. follow me for my correct political takes and then get disappointed when i just shitpost about gender. pseudonym b/c I work at a law firm
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"Sometimes they do it with spells. Sometimes with potions. Can you believe it? A potion that turns a bad boy into a good girl. Many people are saying there's a genie that grants a wish that doesn't turn out the way they expect. Unbelievable."
December 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"Sometimes they do it with spells. Sometimes with potions. Can you believe it? A potion that turns a bad boy into a good girl. Many people are saying there's a genie that grants a wish that doesn't turn out the way they expect. Unbelievable."
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i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me
This court ruling says:
(1) UK law does not blanket ban trans women from toilets; and (2) trans women sometimes must be banned but also sometimes must be allowed to use the toilet.
#2 involves a balancing test involving how well the trans woman passes and if she's had The Surgery. Yes, really.
(1) UK law does not blanket ban trans women from toilets; and (2) trans women sometimes must be banned but also sometimes must be allowed to use the toilet.
#2 involves a balancing test involving how well the trans woman passes and if she's had The Surgery. Yes, really.
Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board and another (judgment and summary) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Case number: 4104864/2024 Employment Tribunal, Scotland 8 December 2025 Before: Employment Judge A KempTribunal Member L BrownTribunal Member C Russell Between: Mrs Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board...
www.judiciary.uk
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This court ruling says:
(1) UK law does not blanket ban trans women from toilets; and (2) trans women sometimes must be banned but also sometimes must be allowed to use the toilet.
#2 involves a balancing test involving how well the trans woman passes and if she's had The Surgery. Yes, really.
(1) UK law does not blanket ban trans women from toilets; and (2) trans women sometimes must be banned but also sometimes must be allowed to use the toilet.
#2 involves a balancing test involving how well the trans woman passes and if she's had The Surgery. Yes, really.
as someone raised conservative and who grew up watching Fox News and listening to talk radio with my dad, it's just wild to see the pejorative use of "the left" as if that is a coherent category by anyone who thinks it doesn't immediately out them as a reactionary
Yes, I don’t agree with you there; some of what’s happened in the last few years on the left *has* been deeply illiberal and wrong, in my view. But I’ve been a consistent critic of Donald Trump’s illiberalism and smashing of democratic norms, too. I’ve also been critical of Palantir specifically.
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
as someone raised conservative and who grew up watching Fox News and listening to talk radio with my dad, it's just wild to see the pejorative use of "the left" as if that is a coherent category by anyone who thinks it doesn't immediately out them as a reactionary
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I’ve said this for many years and I’ll keep saying it: for all that I believe trans women are women, we would matter even if we weren’t. We would belong in feminism even if we weren’t. We would deserve to have others stand with us even if we weren’t.
December 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I’ve said this for many years and I’ll keep saying it: for all that I believe trans women are women, we would matter even if we weren’t. We would belong in feminism even if we weren’t. We would deserve to have others stand with us even if we weren’t.
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“Are Mormons more Christian than Catholics” - the greatest thread in the history of Baptist forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
Today in Schism:
Robert Griffin III claims the committee is “persecuting Christians” by ranking Notre Dame ahead of BYU
Robert Griffin III claims the committee is “persecuting Christians” by ranking Notre Dame ahead of BYU
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Are Mormons more Christian than Catholics” - the greatest thread in the history of Baptist forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
Sorry, I've been a spice enjoyer my whole adult life. Want seasoning? USE PEPPER, and this doesn't include putting it in your food.
Ps. I was at the Goa. Come at me. Pepper was COOPTED into mainstream cuisine just as surely as the 'salt' was. Target market and EVERYTHING.
Ps. I was at the Goa. Come at me. Pepper was COOPTED into mainstream cuisine just as surely as the 'salt' was. Target market and EVERYTHING.
December 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Sorry, I've been a spice enjoyer my whole adult life. Want seasoning? USE PEPPER, and this doesn't include putting it in your food.
Ps. I was at the Goa. Come at me. Pepper was COOPTED into mainstream cuisine just as surely as the 'salt' was. Target market and EVERYTHING.
Ps. I was at the Goa. Come at me. Pepper was COOPTED into mainstream cuisine just as surely as the 'salt' was. Target market and EVERYTHING.
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No, next question
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
No, next question
This is why I can never teach again now that I'm out as trans. Why would you ever teach if you can't give zeroes to shitty essays that deserve it? Literally the biggest perk of the job.
the TA here did a few things that make her defense harder. the big ones are (1) calling out religious language as offensive and (2) giving her a 0/25. those things make it a lot easier to claim that she was being singled out.
December 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is why I can never teach again now that I'm out as trans. Why would you ever teach if you can't give zeroes to shitty essays that deserve it? Literally the biggest perk of the job.
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"Unpopular opinion on an issue most people don't really care about one way or another" is a loss leader to strengthen the electorate's trust that you believe in anything at all.
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"Unpopular opinion on an issue most people don't really care about one way or another" is a loss leader to strengthen the electorate's trust that you believe in anything at all.
My theory on this is that Millennials old enough to remember the Before Internet/Cell Phones times reported lower loneliness because they *knew* the tech let them talk to their friends more easily than before. The kids that grew up with it are just working from a different baseline.
New chart from Mike Males using MTF and Pew Research data finds that trends in teen social media and smartphone use are unrelated to teen loneliness (which hasn't changed much over the years anyway aside from an unexplained dip in the 2000s).
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My theory on this is that Millennials old enough to remember the Before Internet/Cell Phones times reported lower loneliness because they *knew* the tech let them talk to their friends more easily than before. The kids that grew up with it are just working from a different baseline.
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people are actually very susceptible to just-so stories about human origins because listening to bullshit helped us survive on the savanna
fake evo-psych has cooked a lot of people's brains
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
people are actually very susceptible to just-so stories about human origins because listening to bullshit helped us survive on the savanna
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social hardest hit.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social hardest hit.
YouTube should not put how long ago a video came out. I was about to go on an epic rap battles of history binge because one of their bars got stuck in my head, but there's nothing like "you first saw this video 13+ years ago" to scare me off 🙈
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
YouTube should not put how long ago a video came out. I was about to go on an epic rap battles of history binge because one of their bars got stuck in my head, but there's nothing like "you first saw this video 13+ years ago" to scare me off 🙈
Nothing shoves how racist and sexist our society still is home like scheduling a doctor's appointment.
The white male dermatologist I saw last time's next opening is in JULY. But if you're willing to see a dermatologist in the same practice who is a black woman, they can get you in immediately.
The white male dermatologist I saw last time's next opening is in JULY. But if you're willing to see a dermatologist in the same practice who is a black woman, they can get you in immediately.
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Nothing shoves how racist and sexist our society still is home like scheduling a doctor's appointment.
The white male dermatologist I saw last time's next opening is in JULY. But if you're willing to see a dermatologist in the same practice who is a black woman, they can get you in immediately.
The white male dermatologist I saw last time's next opening is in JULY. But if you're willing to see a dermatologist in the same practice who is a black woman, they can get you in immediately.
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LRT: since he's in the news for Epstein-related reasons, thought I'd share this excellent 2006 essay from trans scientist Ben Barres about the "Larry Summers Hypothesis" (Summers' claim that women are bad at STEM because of innate ability)
PDF link: sci-hub.st/https://doi....
PDF link: sci-hub.st/https://doi....
sci-hub.st
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
LRT: since he's in the news for Epstein-related reasons, thought I'd share this excellent 2006 essay from trans scientist Ben Barres about the "Larry Summers Hypothesis" (Summers' claim that women are bad at STEM because of innate ability)
PDF link: sci-hub.st/https://doi....
PDF link: sci-hub.st/https://doi....
In my forgotten fantasy novel manuscript there's a city state governed by an ideology that literally thinks that the core of good governance is making everything look good (mainly by putting gold everywhere)
I wrote this in 2014 and I cut it because I thought it was too ridiculous
I wrote this in 2014 and I cut it because I thought it was too ridiculous
This is equal parts horrifying and hilarious, because the Eisenhower Building, which Trump is now calling "ugly," was one of the prime examples of architectural perfection used to justify his executive order mandating "neoclassical" architecture.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Preservationists sue Trump over plans to paint Eisenhower building
The complaint alleges Trump’s plan would ‘permanently alter one of the most architecturally significant and historic structures in the Nation’s Capital’
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
In my forgotten fantasy novel manuscript there's a city state governed by an ideology that literally thinks that the core of good governance is making everything look good (mainly by putting gold everywhere)
I wrote this in 2014 and I cut it because I thought it was too ridiculous
I wrote this in 2014 and I cut it because I thought it was too ridiculous
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i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
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Trans women are biologically female and our medical needs make a lot more sense if we are conceptualized as having essentially an extreme form of hyperandrogenism
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Trans women are biologically female and our medical needs make a lot more sense if we are conceptualized as having essentially an extreme form of hyperandrogenism
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no more Britain
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
no more Britain
Transgender for everybody.
Seriously, we should aggressively inform kids about trans people and the availability of transition, and screen kids to help identify who would benefit. The goal must be to ensure everyone experiences the puberty of their choosing.
Seriously, we should aggressively inform kids about trans people and the availability of transition, and screen kids to help identify who would benefit. The goal must be to ensure everyone experiences the puberty of their choosing.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Transgender for everybody.
Seriously, we should aggressively inform kids about trans people and the availability of transition, and screen kids to help identify who would benefit. The goal must be to ensure everyone experiences the puberty of their choosing.
Seriously, we should aggressively inform kids about trans people and the availability of transition, and screen kids to help identify who would benefit. The goal must be to ensure everyone experiences the puberty of their choosing.
guys like this are the ones who make me ask "why would men ever choose to be ... that?"
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
guys like this are the ones who make me ask "why would men ever choose to be ... that?"
Arguing with a friend with whether it's misgendering to call trans woman "fratty."
Personally, if someone called me fratty, I'd chug my beer and then break the bottle on their head
Personally, if someone called me fratty, I'd chug my beer and then break the bottle on their head
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Arguing with a friend with whether it's misgendering to call trans woman "fratty."
Personally, if someone called me fratty, I'd chug my beer and then break the bottle on their head
Personally, if someone called me fratty, I'd chug my beer and then break the bottle on their head
I mean I know all about the rich guy contempt for MeToo, but there's something about seeing their actual words about it behind closed doors that may make me stop being feminist and start being female-supremacist
Narrator: Jeffrey Epstein and Michael Wolff were not "old news"
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From: Michael Wolff
Sent: 12/11/2017 7:52:00 PM
To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com]
Subject: Re:
Importance: High
Cross your fingers.
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 8:39 PM jeffrey E. wrote: you and i are old news? :) .
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:57 PM, Michael Wolff <
> wrote:
And they won't be the last. My buddy, Lorin Stein, who runs the Paris Review--the Paris Review for god's sake!--just went down. The 80-year-old father of my friend Rachel Horovitz--the playright Israel Horovitz--whacked. Big names on the horizon: Michael Douglas, Larry Gagosian, and still my favorite, Arthur Sulzberger.
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:52 PM, jeffrey E. wrote:
Strange time I have two more friends up to bat On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:47 PM Michael Wolff < > wrote:
Looks like I can't get away. But will be back in NYC on Sunday. Let me know when you're back too. I have a bad feeling about this new Woody round. It could pull him into the general Harvey pool of the despised and shunned. Clearly what Ronan and company are hoping for. I think Bannon may be right. This is not going to end until Trump goes down.
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 3:12 PM, jeffrey E. wrote: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/10/:
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November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I mean I know all about the rich guy contempt for MeToo, but there's something about seeing their actual words about it behind closed doors that may make me stop being feminist and start being female-supremacist