Rachael Padman (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 🇬🇧 🇦🇺
@rachael-p.bsky.social
Suffolk-based retired Cambridge physicist. Trans woman.
Catless mad catlady
I look forward to reasoned discussion, but will block people who insist there is only one way to be trans, or that my way is transphobic.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachael_p
Catless mad catlady
I look forward to reasoned discussion, but will block people who insist there is only one way to be trans, or that my way is transphobic.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachael_p
I guess GLP needs to focus on the long game, but I so wish we had the funds and committed lawyers to sue back at the same rate as they seem to litigate against us....
(I read the link: it must have been an awful meeting to sit through. We're going to kill you. Sorry if you mind. I know it's hard.)
(I read the link: it must have been an awful meeting to sit through. We're going to kill you. Sorry if you mind. I know it's hard.)
December 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I guess GLP needs to focus on the long game, but I so wish we had the funds and committed lawyers to sue back at the same rate as they seem to litigate against us....
(I read the link: it must have been an awful meeting to sit through. We're going to kill you. Sorry if you mind. I know it's hard.)
(I read the link: it must have been an awful meeting to sit through. We're going to kill you. Sorry if you mind. I know it's hard.)
I wonder if they have all been tested to make sure they don't carry some awful gene that guarantees an early death? Or even care.
December 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I wonder if they have all been tested to make sure they don't carry some awful gene that guarantees an early death? Or even care.
Oh, it's worse! It's for giving birth *To Their Children*.
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Oh, it's worse! It's for giving birth *To Their Children*.
Their original women's editors and coverage were very good, but they just chose the TERF route -- they have been anti-trans for a very long time. When I was in the news in 1997, they broke solidly for Germaine Greer. And IIRC there was some interchange of ppl bw them and Radio 4 Women's Hour.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Their original women's editors and coverage were very good, but they just chose the TERF route -- they have been anti-trans for a very long time. When I was in the news in 1997, they broke solidly for Germaine Greer. And IIRC there was some interchange of ppl bw them and Radio 4 Women's Hour.
So, I'm an astrophysicist, and partly bc of that and partly bc I love his voice, I've always thought I ought to fancy him. But I didn't... in total ignorance of his politics. Somehow this doesn't surprise me, although *all* I've ever known of me is about his media work. Academic envy maybe? Meah.
December 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So, I'm an astrophysicist, and partly bc of that and partly bc I love his voice, I've always thought I ought to fancy him. But I didn't... in total ignorance of his politics. Somehow this doesn't surprise me, although *all* I've ever known of me is about his media work. Academic envy maybe? Meah.
And is the same for some men, which is why the "mispresentation as to sex" thing. Except in that case they have a deeply subconcious fear of finding they have emasculated themselves by doing something "gay".
Just too much of a blow to their conservative ordered world-view I guess.
Just too much of a blow to their conservative ordered world-view I guess.
December 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
And is the same for some men, which is why the "mispresentation as to sex" thing. Except in that case they have a deeply subconcious fear of finding they have emasculated themselves by doing something "gay".
Just too much of a blow to their conservative ordered world-view I guess.
Just too much of a blow to their conservative ordered world-view I guess.
In a sense, you have to admire their clarity, ambition and sense of purpose. They have identified the levers of power, and gone after them single-mindedly.
Our problem, unfortunately, is that *we* are trans,and those in power are predisposed to be less receptive.
No idea how to solve this.
Our problem, unfortunately, is that *we* are trans,and those in power are predisposed to be less receptive.
No idea how to solve this.
December 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In a sense, you have to admire their clarity, ambition and sense of purpose. They have identified the levers of power, and gone after them single-mindedly.
Our problem, unfortunately, is that *we* are trans,and those in power are predisposed to be less receptive.
No idea how to solve this.
Our problem, unfortunately, is that *we* are trans,and those in power are predisposed to be less receptive.
No idea how to solve this.
Not for our good: for theirs.
December 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Not for our good: for theirs.
And if womb transplants for trans women become a thing in his lifetime, he'll add riders, or find another determinant. Because He Knows.
December 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
And if womb transplants for trans women become a thing in his lifetime, he'll add riders, or find another determinant. Because He Knows.
They are desperate to prevent access to any treatment that helps trans people pass, because it would mean they might end up sharing space with a trans person AND NOT KNOW.
What IS the logic? Are they worried about contamination by SRY cooties?
What IS the logic? Are they worried about contamination by SRY cooties?
December 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
They are desperate to prevent access to any treatment that helps trans people pass, because it would mean they might end up sharing space with a trans person AND NOT KNOW.
What IS the logic? Are they worried about contamination by SRY cooties?
What IS the logic? Are they worried about contamination by SRY cooties?
It's amazing that transphobes are so nervous they don't even want to run a trial which has been rigged from the outset to provide the answer they want, but only in 3 years time (by when hundreds of trans kids will have had to go through an unwanted wrong-sex puberty....)
December 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's amazing that transphobes are so nervous they don't even want to run a trial which has been rigged from the outset to provide the answer they want, but only in 3 years time (by when hundreds of trans kids will have had to go through an unwanted wrong-sex puberty....)
Sometimes I think DT writers must be reading my mind....
I do believe myself to be neurotypical -- more or less -- but every so often I wonder....
I do believe myself to be neurotypical -- more or less -- but every so often I wonder....
December 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sometimes I think DT writers must be reading my mind....
I do believe myself to be neurotypical -- more or less -- but every so often I wonder....
I do believe myself to be neurotypical -- more or less -- but every so often I wonder....
2/2
What I don't know is how to get an audience for some "trans leadership" (TransActual, TransLucent, GLP...) with some of them to plan a campaign of questions and events.
But that is surely what is needed.
What I don't know is how to get an audience for some "trans leadership" (TransActual, TransLucent, GLP...) with some of them to plan a campaign of questions and events.
But that is surely what is needed.
December 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
2/2
What I don't know is how to get an audience for some "trans leadership" (TransActual, TransLucent, GLP...) with some of them to plan a campaign of questions and events.
But that is surely what is needed.
What I don't know is how to get an audience for some "trans leadership" (TransActual, TransLucent, GLP...) with some of them to plan a campaign of questions and events.
But that is surely what is needed.
I really don't think he hasn't followed procedure. So much of modern govt is effectively use of powers delegated in primary legislation.
But he *is* still responsible to Parliament for what he does.
We know a 100-odd Labour MPs signed a letter to Phillipson over the Interim Update. .../2
But he *is* still responsible to Parliament for what he does.
We know a 100-odd Labour MPs signed a letter to Phillipson over the Interim Update. .../2
December 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I really don't think he hasn't followed procedure. So much of modern govt is effectively use of powers delegated in primary legislation.
But he *is* still responsible to Parliament for what he does.
We know a 100-odd Labour MPs signed a letter to Phillipson over the Interim Update. .../2
But he *is* still responsible to Parliament for what he does.
We know a 100-odd Labour MPs signed a letter to Phillipson over the Interim Update. .../2
Ministers get to do huge amounts from their offices...
Only democratic oversight *is* by making them face Parliament at "Questions". And only MPs can do that.
If they want to. Or indeed, dare to.
Only democratic oversight *is* by making them face Parliament at "Questions". And only MPs can do that.
If they want to. Or indeed, dare to.
December 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Ministers get to do huge amounts from their offices...
Only democratic oversight *is* by making them face Parliament at "Questions". And only MPs can do that.
If they want to. Or indeed, dare to.
Only democratic oversight *is* by making them face Parliament at "Questions". And only MPs can do that.
If they want to. Or indeed, dare to.
Yeah. I really wish I knew how to engage with those people.
Seems like Health (and Social Care) questions are every 5 weeks on a Monday, for an hour.
But I can see that immediate issues (e.g. doctors strikes, flu, etc) may well get all the attention.
Seems like Health (and Social Care) questions are every 5 weeks on a Monday, for an hour.
But I can see that immediate issues (e.g. doctors strikes, flu, etc) may well get all the attention.
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yeah. I really wish I knew how to engage with those people.
Seems like Health (and Social Care) questions are every 5 weeks on a Monday, for an hour.
But I can see that immediate issues (e.g. doctors strikes, flu, etc) may well get all the attention.
Seems like Health (and Social Care) questions are every 5 weeks on a Monday, for an hour.
But I can see that immediate issues (e.g. doctors strikes, flu, etc) may well get all the attention.
I put it all down to HRT, FFS and No7.
But thank you anyway!
But thank you anyway!
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I put it all down to HRT, FFS and No7.
But thank you anyway!
But thank you anyway!
Oh, I knew about the endorsement.
I'm hoping someone will do something similar for Wes, now he has admitted he is making policy but knows nothing about the science.
I'm hoping someone will do something similar for Wes, now he has admitted he is making policy but knows nothing about the science.
December 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Oh, I knew about the endorsement.
I'm hoping someone will do something similar for Wes, now he has admitted he is making policy but knows nothing about the science.
I'm hoping someone will do something similar for Wes, now he has admitted he is making policy but knows nothing about the science.
I'm not defending him. Just pointing out that I know nothing about his position. I didn't know about his spouse, and will have to look them up.
December 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I'm not defending him. Just pointing out that I know nothing about his position. I didn't know about his spouse, and will have to look them up.
I don't think Wes is giving them many opportuntiies... he orders anti-trans actions from his office, but has not been initiating much via Parliament.
I suppose there *must* be a "Health questions" occasionally, but we never seem to hear about them.
Who do we have on side that we could prime?
I suppose there *must* be a "Health questions" occasionally, but we never seem to hear about them.
Who do we have on side that we could prime?
December 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I don't think Wes is giving them many opportuntiies... he orders anti-trans actions from his office, but has not been initiating much via Parliament.
I suppose there *must* be a "Health questions" occasionally, but we never seem to hear about them.
Who do we have on side that we could prime?
I suppose there *must* be a "Health questions" occasionally, but we never seem to hear about them.
Who do we have on side that we could prime?
One door closes, another opens...
Thank you for your humanity and integrity.
Thank you for your humanity and integrity.
December 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
One door closes, another opens...
Thank you for your humanity and integrity.
Thank you for your humanity and integrity.
Or doesn't express them, anyway.
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Or doesn't express them, anyway.
Actually, now I think about it, the black stuff is probably absorber. You are not letting us see the circuit underneath, which would give it away. Some combination of directional couplers to give sum and difference, or in-phase and quadrature components.
(Going to be really wrong!)
(Going to be really wrong!)
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Actually, now I think about it, the black stuff is probably absorber. You are not letting us see the circuit underneath, which would give it away. Some combination of directional couplers to give sum and difference, or in-phase and quadrature components.
(Going to be really wrong!)
(Going to be really wrong!)
They look like SMA connectors, guessing 3 ports in and 3 ports out, probably designed to be used at cryogenic temperatures.
And I guess the black material is ferrite.
But now I'm stuck. If just 3 ports, I'd say a circulator. I don't recall anything quite like this from when I used to do this...
And I guess the black material is ferrite.
But now I'm stuck. If just 3 ports, I'd say a circulator. I don't recall anything quite like this from when I used to do this...
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
They look like SMA connectors, guessing 3 ports in and 3 ports out, probably designed to be used at cryogenic temperatures.
And I guess the black material is ferrite.
But now I'm stuck. If just 3 ports, I'd say a circulator. I don't recall anything quite like this from when I used to do this...
And I guess the black material is ferrite.
But now I'm stuck. If just 3 ports, I'd say a circulator. I don't recall anything quite like this from when I used to do this...