Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈⧖♾️
@debbiegoldsmith.bsky.social
Software, physics, trans elder. Mostly here to convince people to enable bridging to the Fediverse, by following @ap.brid.gy here. If you enable the bridge, you can follow me at @dgoldsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy.
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A "subject profile" of Öztürk that was prepared "for/in collaboration with HSI Office of Intelligence" cites her profile on the Israeli-based website Canary Mission on the third page.
It also includes her op-ed.
It also includes her op-ed.
January 23, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A "subject profile" of Öztürk that was prepared "for/in collaboration with HSI Office of Intelligence" cites her profile on the Israeli-based website Canary Mission on the third page.
It also includes her op-ed.
It also includes her op-ed.
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hello, hello? is this thing on? may we have your attention please?
The standard response to these warnings is that it is eco-warrior neo-Malthusian doom-mongering that has been wrong multiple times in the past.
But, firstly, these warnings are not coming from Greenpeace, they are coming from the security services and the defence establishment.
But, firstly, these warnings are not coming from Greenpeace, they are coming from the security services and the defence establishment.
January 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
hello, hello? is this thing on? may we have your attention please?
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“If you want a picture of climate breakdown, then imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.”
The UK gov has finally released the Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security report. We face catastrophe. Why aren't politicians acting? I think some are - but in ways perhaps just as frightening.
My latest for Technosphere Earth.
www.technosphere.earth/no-war-on-a-...
My latest for Technosphere Earth.
www.technosphere.earth/no-war-on-a-...
No war on a dead planet
If defence and intelligence agencies understand the risks from climate and biodiversity collapse, why can’t politicians?
www.technosphere.earth
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
“If you want a picture of climate breakdown, then imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.”
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It's incredible how effective transphobia is as a litmus test for SO many issues. Every time I find a new pro-surveillance tech stooge, they're transphobic. I think people need to understand how tightly the belief that the internet is turning everyone trans is bound up w mass surveillance efforts
Jonathan Haidt Promoted a Fringe Theory on Trans Youth — Assigned
The author of “The Anxiety Generation” told Margaret Hoover for PBS that young people become trans due to peer contagion effects. There is no evidence for this claim.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:18 AM
It's incredible how effective transphobia is as a litmus test for SO many issues. Every time I find a new pro-surveillance tech stooge, they're transphobic. I think people need to understand how tightly the belief that the internet is turning everyone trans is bound up w mass surveillance efforts
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I don't think Harry and Ray-Ray were motivated by their deep Christian beliefs when they designed the Icky Crossie Pervert Scale back in the 60s-80s, and as for today, I remain surprised how few people know that "gender ideology" was what Catholics called FEMINISM before the trans panic stuff.
January 22, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I don't think Harry and Ray-Ray were motivated by their deep Christian beliefs when they designed the Icky Crossie Pervert Scale back in the 60s-80s, and as for today, I remain surprised how few people know that "gender ideology" was what Catholics called FEMINISM before the trans panic stuff.
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Friend forwarded me a gender studies paper on GC activism, which claims that LGBT-hate was more motivated by religious bigotry in the past but in the modern era is more grounded in secular reasoning, and wow how absolutely and hilariously wrong on both counts
January 22, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Friend forwarded me a gender studies paper on GC activism, which claims that LGBT-hate was more motivated by religious bigotry in the past but in the modern era is more grounded in secular reasoning, and wow how absolutely and hilariously wrong on both counts
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I think Democrats are reluctant to say that welfare fraud is a significant problem because welfare fraud is not a significant problem.
Do Republicans have any obligation to stop constantly lying about this?
Do Republicans have any obligation to stop constantly lying about this?
January 19, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I think Democrats are reluctant to say that welfare fraud is a significant problem because welfare fraud is not a significant problem.
Do Republicans have any obligation to stop constantly lying about this?
Do Republicans have any obligation to stop constantly lying about this?
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come on man
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
come on man
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
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This is what the world thinks of us.
"America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is."
-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.
"America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is."
-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.
January 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
This is what the world thinks of us.
"America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is."
-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.
"America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is."
-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.
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The amount of "even the Washington Post is speaking against the trans cult" posts after Monday's editorial opposing inclusion of trans athletes was worth the price to Bezos because the lingering perception that it's a liberal publication lends credibility to the propaganda despite its total overhaul
January 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM
The amount of "even the Washington Post is speaking against the trans cult" posts after Monday's editorial opposing inclusion of trans athletes was worth the price to Bezos because the lingering perception that it's a liberal publication lends credibility to the propaganda despite its total overhaul
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If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
Newport co-ed cheerleading team is at center of Trump transgender athlete crackdownTrump admin focuses on swimming, cheerleading in Maine transgender athlete probes
The U.S. Department of Education announced a slew of Title IX-related investigations this week that include 2 school districts in Maine.
www.pressherald.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 AM
If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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Me on LLMs, Grok especially, as epistemic weapons:
January 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Me on LLMs, Grok especially, as epistemic weapons:
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It's not enough that trans people are having our health care and rights denied to us. They won't be happy until we're denied even the most basic level of respect and dignity, too
Some on X are mad that Justice Barrett used the commonly used term "trans girls" to refer to trans girls:
January 14, 2026 at 1:57 AM
It's not enough that trans people are having our health care and rights denied to us. They won't be happy until we're denied even the most basic level of respect and dignity, too
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Bothsiders are the only people on the planet who are both dumber *and* more arrogant than fascists.
Treating the real world like it's just an eternal extension of your junior high school debate club is one of the defining characteristics of a bad-faith interlocutor.
Treating the real world like it's just an eternal extension of your junior high school debate club is one of the defining characteristics of a bad-faith interlocutor.
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Bothsiders are the only people on the planet who are both dumber *and* more arrogant than fascists.
Treating the real world like it's just an eternal extension of your junior high school debate club is one of the defining characteristics of a bad-faith interlocutor.
Treating the real world like it's just an eternal extension of your junior high school debate club is one of the defining characteristics of a bad-faith interlocutor.
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Safe to say most scientists, and I think most journalists, disagree with his a view. Good journalism should do its best to represent what science says, rather than treat it as a debate where every view is equally valid and readers just need to figure it out.
Director Bhattacharya received an award from the Brownstone Institute.
He devoted some of his time to criticize the press, including about "taking sides" on global warming.
1/10
He devoted some of his time to criticize the press, including about "taking sides" on global warming.
1/10
January 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Safe to say most scientists, and I think most journalists, disagree with his a view. Good journalism should do its best to represent what science says, rather than treat it as a debate where every view is equally valid and readers just need to figure it out.
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Immense skill issue to not have found this immediately obvious in 2016
January 12, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Immense skill issue to not have found this immediately obvious in 2016
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"It took me, a very smart person, a decade to realize that Trump is bad while these people I think are stupid realized immediately" is such an incredible self own.
January 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
"It took me, a very smart person, a decade to realize that Trump is bad while these people I think are stupid realized immediately" is such an incredible self own.
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The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 10, 2026 at 11:05 AM
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
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"If there were ever a moment to embrace climate conspiratorial language, it’s now. If we don’t, we’ll miss a rare chance to show the public who the government really works for, and who pays the price." Strong argument by @emorwee.bsky.social: heated.world/p/its-time-t...
It's time to embrace climate conspiracy
Trump’s Venezuela oil play exposes what climate reporting has documented for decades—if we’re willing to say it out loud.
heated.world
January 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"If there were ever a moment to embrace climate conspiratorial language, it’s now. If we don’t, we’ll miss a rare chance to show the public who the government really works for, and who pays the price." Strong argument by @emorwee.bsky.social: heated.world/p/its-time-t...
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This person analyzes american politics for a living
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January 11, 2026 at 3:17 PM
This person analyzes american politics for a living
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dumb nazi bitch lmao 😂
January 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
dumb nazi bitch lmao 😂
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FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now?
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
January 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now?
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
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The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration
Government data show the Trump administration’s policies reducing the number of foreign-born workers did not help U.S.-born workers in 2025.
www.forbes.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...