Leslie Root
@lesja.bsky.social
reproductive justice for all, solidarity forever. demographer, asst prof of research at CU Boulder, inveterate and not particularly professional poster. на носу очки, а в душе осень
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Leslie Root
@lesja.bsky.social
· Apr 12
"shouldn't the left be engaging with pronatalism" comes up constantly. yeah I'm engaging with it. engaging by saying it sucks!!
I don't think it's tipping too far over into the Great Man theory of history to say that things would improve by 20% or so if someone stuffed Stephen Miller into an oubliette
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I don't think it's tipping too far over into the Great Man theory of history to say that things would improve by 20% or so if someone stuffed Stephen Miller into an oubliette
I'm so tired of autism in children being attributed to mothers whose legs mysteriously go through solid planks
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm so tired of autism in children being attributed to mothers whose legs mysteriously go through solid planks
I'm finally reading The Five Red Herrings, the last Wimsey novel I hadn't gotten to, and wow it is so boring. Entirely too much discussion of train timetables. What r u doing, Dot
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I'm finally reading The Five Red Herrings, the last Wimsey novel I hadn't gotten to, and wow it is so boring. Entirely too much discussion of train timetables. What r u doing, Dot
I hate how we've apparently collectively decided that gestational limits simply don't count as long as they're late enough
3. This map is wrong on multiple levels. Abortion is banned again in North Dakota as of last week; that state is the wrong color. Only 9 states lack a gestational limit and should be dark blue under this key. 41 states have bans
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November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I hate how we've apparently collectively decided that gestational limits simply don't count as long as they're late enough
Things you could not get me to listen to for a million dollars
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Things you could not get me to listen to for a million dollars
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Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend
. @rebeccasear.bsky.social is on a mission to get all studies using a database linking #IQ and race retracted. I spoke to her for @retractionwatch.com to find out more: retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
Meet the researcher aiming to halt use of ‘fundamentally flawed’ database linking IQ and nationality
Rebecca Sear Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence. To maintain the integrity of scientif…
retractionwatch.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend
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I feel like if we just bring back quicksand we can turn the entire entertainment industry back to what it was
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I feel like if we just bring back quicksand we can turn the entire entertainment industry back to what it was
Regrettably, they don't do it in the middle of the desert
Thanksgiving week is Burning Man for people with bad food opinions
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Regrettably, they don't do it in the middle of the desert
I had to read this to talk to NPR about it and now I think I deserve a little treat (this is Midas mindset) ifstudies.org/blog/the-lef...
The Left’s Family Problem: Marriage and Kids Cratering Among Liberal Young Adults
Progressive messaging that devalues, denies, and deconstructs the value of family life and celebrates solo living is leaving its mark on young liberals.
ifstudies.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I had to read this to talk to NPR about it and now I think I deserve a little treat (this is Midas mindset) ifstudies.org/blog/the-lef...
Beautiful commute home
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Beautiful commute home
Homeland Security isn't the only department doing full mask-off white nationalist twitter posting anymore
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Homeland Security isn't the only department doing full mask-off white nationalist twitter posting anymore
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Cannot make this up.
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Cannot make this up.
It's weird how well-off white women are, like, the least brutalized by the medical system, and yet the most likely to decide they'd rather join a cult and labor alone for 9 days with increasing signs of infection than go to the doctor
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It's weird how well-off white women are, like, the least brutalized by the medical system, and yet the most likely to decide they'd rather join a cult and labor alone for 9 days with increasing signs of infection than go to the doctor
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We took a 9-month break from skating lessons but now I'm reunited with my old nemesis, two-foot turns
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We took a 9-month break from skating lessons but now I'm reunited with my old nemesis, two-foot turns
Ugh the Russian ethnomusicological ensemble I followed on Instagram finally did a "we're sending one of our members off to fulfill his manly duty for the motherland" post. I don't know what I expected but nonetheless I'm bummed!!
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ugh the Russian ethnomusicological ensemble I followed on Instagram finally did a "we're sending one of our members off to fulfill his manly duty for the motherland" post. I don't know what I expected but nonetheless I'm bummed!!
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Ryan Lizza is playing the role of Haters’ Santa for me right now which makes sense because Santa is definitely Olivia Nuzzi’s type (several hundred years old, still owns slaves)
Feels like Christmas has really come early for the haters this year but I think they can still give us even more
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ryan Lizza is playing the role of Haters’ Santa for me right now which makes sense because Santa is definitely Olivia Nuzzi’s type (several hundred years old, still owns slaves)
Because it's goated, next question
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Because it's goated, next question
i saw a post the other day that was like "can we not use [the slang term] 'glazing' in polite company" and i gotta say, i cosign
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
i saw a post the other day that was like "can we not use [the slang term] 'glazing' in polite company" and i gotta say, i cosign
Everything is very bad but at least some things are funny
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Everything is very bad but at least some things are funny
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since we're doing the 00s again im becoming meaner
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
since we're doing the 00s again im becoming meaner
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Yeah, that’s the Denver airport
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Yeah, that’s the Denver airport
in spite or because of this, i am making challah today
wild how suddenly one tips over from "somewhat behind on several things" to "SO behind on EVERYTHING and also my hair is on fire"
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
in spite or because of this, i am making challah today
my next parent socializing bit is going to be to act like I've never heard of the concept of giftedness
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
my next parent socializing bit is going to be to act like I've never heard of the concept of giftedness
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Policy should focus not on fertility targets but on how “societies can remain prosperous, equitable & sustainable under conditions of low fertility, population aging & population decline. That is a question better aligned with what we actually know—and with the uncertainties we must acknowledge”
The demographic future that we do not know about
The demographic future of the planet has rarely been as questioned as it is today. For much of the 20th century, the demographic transition theory provided a clear narrative: With modernization and de...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Policy should focus not on fertility targets but on how “societies can remain prosperous, equitable & sustainable under conditions of low fertility, population aging & population decline. That is a question better aligned with what we actually know—and with the uncertainties we must acknowledge”