Queer Theorem
@plektix.bsky.social
Queer nonbinary math professor interested in mathematical biology, evolution, climate crisis, human rights, and justice. They/them. This is my personal/social account.
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All you need to know about transphobes/terfs/gender critical people is that they think trans people have an unfair advantage in chess.
World chess just placed restrictions on both trans women and trans men
The International Chess Federation will stop allowing transgender women to participate in women's tournaments. The group said changing genders has a "significant impact" on a player's status.
www.npr.org
August 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
All you need to know about transphobes/terfs/gender critical people is that they think trans people have an unfair advantage in chess.
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this sunday, come protest the anti-trans groups holding a fundraiser in Kendall Sq, Cambridge. 5pm, at 450 Kendall St.
#CambridgeMA
#CambridgeMA
May 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
this sunday, come protest the anti-trans groups holding a fundraiser in Kendall Sq, Cambridge. 5pm, at 450 Kendall St.
#CambridgeMA
#CambridgeMA
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🧪 I just saw a specific NSF grant termination letter and it is FUCKING WILD.
The letter said "not subject to appeal", which is a **blatant** violation of NSF's own policies and broader cross-agency regulations (regulation below): www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
NSF just opened itself up to lawsuit.
The letter said "not subject to appeal", which is a **blatant** violation of NSF's own policies and broader cross-agency regulations (regulation below): www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
NSF just opened itself up to lawsuit.
April 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🧪 I just saw a specific NSF grant termination letter and it is FUCKING WILD.
The letter said "not subject to appeal", which is a **blatant** violation of NSF's own policies and broader cross-agency regulations (regulation below): www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
NSF just opened itself up to lawsuit.
The letter said "not subject to appeal", which is a **blatant** violation of NSF's own policies and broader cross-agency regulations (regulation below): www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
NSF just opened itself up to lawsuit.
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This international student is incredibly brave for going on the record about his visa suddenly being revoked, including how he has one semester left and his mom has terminal cancer: www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
Carnegie Mellon student with one semester left learns his visa was revoked with no explanation
Local universities and colleges across the country continue to report international student visas being revoked.
www.cbsnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This international student is incredibly brave for going on the record about his visa suddenly being revoked, including how he has one semester left and his mom has terminal cancer: www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
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Today’s news
- Trump issues infinity percent tariff on Massachusetts somehow
- White House releases revised upside-down graphs showing climate change is getting better
- Scientists invent new universal supervaccine; RFK Jr eats the data and runs away
- Something good happened wait no now it’s bad jk
- Trump issues infinity percent tariff on Massachusetts somehow
- White House releases revised upside-down graphs showing climate change is getting better
- Scientists invent new universal supervaccine; RFK Jr eats the data and runs away
- Something good happened wait no now it’s bad jk
April 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Today’s news
- Trump issues infinity percent tariff on Massachusetts somehow
- White House releases revised upside-down graphs showing climate change is getting better
- Scientists invent new universal supervaccine; RFK Jr eats the data and runs away
- Something good happened wait no now it’s bad jk
- Trump issues infinity percent tariff on Massachusetts somehow
- White House releases revised upside-down graphs showing climate change is getting better
- Scientists invent new universal supervaccine; RFK Jr eats the data and runs away
- Something good happened wait no now it’s bad jk
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COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
April 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
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you, a rube: “i want my kid to grow up to be a doctor or an engineer or a teacher”
lutnick, a genius: “to make america great again your child will make iphones that they will not be able to afford”
lutnick, a genius: “to make america great again your child will make iphones that they will not be able to afford”
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
you, a rube: “i want my kid to grow up to be a doctor or an engineer or a teacher”
lutnick, a genius: “to make america great again your child will make iphones that they will not be able to afford”
lutnick, a genius: “to make america great again your child will make iphones that they will not be able to afford”
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For real? This should be the *only* response when someone expresses regret or horror over stuff they supported.
Don't dunk on then. Ever.
Always reward the behavior you want to see more of. First amongst that is acknowledging that they fucked up, and want to do better.
Don't dunk on then. Ever.
Always reward the behavior you want to see more of. First amongst that is acknowledging that they fucked up, and want to do better.
And honestly, my reaction has been to show them around and let them know we've had resources prepared for a long time for whenever anyone is ready and interested in learning
March 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
For real? This should be the *only* response when someone expresses regret or horror over stuff they supported.
Don't dunk on then. Ever.
Always reward the behavior you want to see more of. First amongst that is acknowledging that they fucked up, and want to do better.
Don't dunk on then. Ever.
Always reward the behavior you want to see more of. First amongst that is acknowledging that they fucked up, and want to do better.
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[They stab Caesar.]
March 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
[They stab Caesar.]
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For years I’ve contrasted the way that US science allocates cognitive effort from the bottom up via individual scientists responding to career incentives with the way things were done in the Soviet Union, from the top down, by the Party setting rear b priorities.
I can’t do that anymore.
I can’t do that anymore.
In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”.
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
go.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
For years I’ve contrasted the way that US science allocates cognitive effort from the bottom up via individual scientists responding to career incentives with the way things were done in the Soviet Union, from the top down, by the Party setting rear b priorities.
I can’t do that anymore.
I can’t do that anymore.
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Maura Healey loves talking about what Congressional Democrats should do to fight Republican budget cuts.
But why won't she commit to raising taxes on our state's largest corporations to fight *her own* budget cuts to mental health and recovery services?
#mapoli
But why won't she commit to raising taxes on our state's largest corporations to fight *her own* budget cuts to mental health and recovery services?
#mapoli
March 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Maura Healey loves talking about what Congressional Democrats should do to fight Republican budget cuts.
But why won't she commit to raising taxes on our state's largest corporations to fight *her own* budget cuts to mental health and recovery services?
#mapoli
But why won't she commit to raising taxes on our state's largest corporations to fight *her own* budget cuts to mental health and recovery services?
#mapoli
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"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
March 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
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Union Square rally.
February 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Union Square rally.
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why am i awake? because i want to document a book burning
February 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
why am i awake? because i want to document a book burning
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Over on the other site Elon Musk said that DOGE stopped $50M of condoms from being delivered to Gaza which Trump the repeated several times but it turns out that was the number for all contraceptive support from USAID everywhere on Earth, of which none went to Palestinians.
January 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Over on the other site Elon Musk said that DOGE stopped $50M of condoms from being delivered to Gaza which Trump the repeated several times but it turns out that was the number for all contraceptive support from USAID everywhere on Earth, of which none went to Palestinians.
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The fascists should find it hard TO DO EVERYTHING. They should not be able to find people to work for them. People should act like they are invisible. You did not hear them. You did not get that email. Oooh, did you ask for a pencil? I thought you said stencil.
January 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The fascists should find it hard TO DO EVERYTHING. They should not be able to find people to work for them. People should act like they are invisible. You did not hear them. You did not get that email. Oooh, did you ask for a pencil? I thought you said stencil.
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As the transgender community continues to fight for civil rights in the U.S., one of the most common arguments against progress is that transgender people are a recent phenomenon.
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
People Have Had Non-Binary Genders for Thousands of Years
It's nothing new.
www.teenvogue.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
As the transgender community continues to fight for civil rights in the U.S., one of the most common arguments against progress is that transgender people are a recent phenomenon.
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
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I'm not saying that the Republican Party has entered a dark pact with Moloch, laying the lives and souls of untold millions on the altar of sacrifice and offering up their lifeblood in return for electoral victory, but I am saying that if they DID do that, their policy approach would be identical.
"Any prolonged pause in funding could disrupt HIV treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant HIV. That’s playing with fire, risking progress that we’ve made over decades to control the HIV epidemic”
[email protected]
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
[email protected]
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide (Gift Article)
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I'm not saying that the Republican Party has entered a dark pact with Moloch, laying the lives and souls of untold millions on the altar of sacrifice and offering up their lifeblood in return for electoral victory, but I am saying that if they DID do that, their policy approach would be identical.
LOL. The email address for snitching on DEI ideology has already been signed up for BoyfriendTV
January 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
LOL. The email address for snitching on DEI ideology has already been signed up for BoyfriendTV
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salt is my favourite rock to put on food
January 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
salt is my favourite rock to put on food
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The president is not a king. Make them actually enforce this. Force them to actually have to do the work instead of using fear and intimidation. Do not follow unjust and immoral laws
Be ungovernable. We will outlast and outlive these bastards.
Be ungovernable. We will outlast and outlive these bastards.
January 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The president is not a king. Make them actually enforce this. Force them to actually have to do the work instead of using fear and intimidation. Do not follow unjust and immoral laws
Be ungovernable. We will outlast and outlive these bastards.
Be ungovernable. We will outlast and outlive these bastards.
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These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
January 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
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Trump White House's first trans executive order is out. I'll be reading over it here and going through line by line to help you make sense of it.
You can find it here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
You can find it here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Trump White House's first trans executive order is out. I'll be reading over it here and going through line by line to help you make sense of it.
You can find it here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
You can find it here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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URGENT: We've got maybe 6-8 months to organize real direct action to defend our neighbors before ICE has anything near the mass deportation capacity which they want us to believe will kick in next week.
Read on for what that might look like & what YOU can do to get in the way
Read on for what that might look like & what YOU can do to get in the way
Here's the one thing that I wish everyone knew about "raids" in one post:
We may be heading into a future in which ICE randomly sweeps immigrant neighborhoods & pulls people out of their homes. But they've never done that before, & they will need a massive new commitment of resources to do it now
We may be heading into a future in which ICE randomly sweeps immigrant neighborhoods & pulls people out of their homes. But they've never done that before, & they will need a massive new commitment of resources to do it now
January 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
URGENT: We've got maybe 6-8 months to organize real direct action to defend our neighbors before ICE has anything near the mass deportation capacity which they want us to believe will kick in next week.
Read on for what that might look like & what YOU can do to get in the way
Read on for what that might look like & what YOU can do to get in the way
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Dr Hussam Abu Safia, who has documented illegal acts by Israeli forces, has been detained by the IDF and sent to the Sde Teiman camp, notorious for abuse and torture.
The UK government must call for his immediate release and an end to Israel’s brutality.
The UK government must call for his immediate release and an end to Israel’s brutality.
Gaza Kamal Adwan Hospital chief Abu Safia held at Israeli army base: Report
Hussam Abu Safia, who documented Israeli abuses, reportedly detained at Sde Teiman base known for ‘brutality, torture’.
www.aljazeera.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Dr Hussam Abu Safia, who has documented illegal acts by Israeli forces, has been detained by the IDF and sent to the Sde Teiman camp, notorious for abuse and torture.
The UK government must call for his immediate release and an end to Israel’s brutality.
The UK government must call for his immediate release and an end to Israel’s brutality.