Tam J Guy (they/them)
@tamjguy.bsky.social
Trans on Transit
Urban Planning doc student -- UCLA
Just a neurospicy trans masc genderqueer out here trying to leave things better than they were awhile ago.
Urban Planning doc student -- UCLA
Just a neurospicy trans masc genderqueer out here trying to leave things better than they were awhile ago.
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The lack of empirical evidence in the “anti-conservative bias in higher education” panic is really striking.
We’ve had more than a decade of elite consternation about this so-called crisis based on a handful of anecdotes.
We’ve had more than a decade of elite consternation about this so-called crisis based on a handful of anecdotes.
Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
December 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The lack of empirical evidence in the “anti-conservative bias in higher education” panic is really striking.
We’ve had more than a decade of elite consternation about this so-called crisis based on a handful of anecdotes.
We’ve had more than a decade of elite consternation about this so-called crisis based on a handful of anecdotes.
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This sentiment/argument was then repeated in the SCOTUS decision upholding state level bans on gender affirming care for youth, citing the NYT as its citation.
The nyt’s first story on the Cass report didn’t come out until the next day, when it portrayed the document, falsely, as part of a movement in Europe to restrict care. No such movement existed. France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria were taking positions in opposition to Cass and in line w doctors
December 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This sentiment/argument was then repeated in the SCOTUS decision upholding state level bans on gender affirming care for youth, citing the NYT as its citation.
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There’s a reason why “It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up” is a famous saying. #EpsteinFiles
December 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
There’s a reason why “It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up” is a famous saying. #EpsteinFiles
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Yep, my sense is that Vance is the figurehead for the less-obviously-Nazi wing to push ethnonationalism into the mainstream.
Takes halfway through this article to get there but, yeah its not just Fuentes preaching blood and soil politics, the most prominent person doing that, quite explicitly, is JD Vance (like Vivek, a Peter Thiel protegee) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Ramaswamy Challenges Conservatives on Surging Bigotry on the Right
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yep, my sense is that Vance is the figurehead for the less-obviously-Nazi wing to push ethnonationalism into the mainstream.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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A good thread.
IME, when a (former) employer threatened to challenge my copyright of a published work, the eventual decision was that the reputational damage far outweighed their willingness to enforce their rights. Today is a different day.
IME, when a (former) employer threatened to challenge my copyright of a published work, the eventual decision was that the reputational damage far outweighed their willingness to enforce their rights. Today is a different day.
In the wake of this news from UNC, I'm seeing some talk about copyright ownership and faculty scholarship.
If you're interested in the topic, here's a good explainer from from @authorsalliance.bsky.social:
If you're interested in the topic, here's a good explainer from from @authorsalliance.bsky.social:
December 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A good thread.
IME, when a (former) employer threatened to challenge my copyright of a published work, the eventual decision was that the reputational damage far outweighed their willingness to enforce their rights. Today is a different day.
IME, when a (former) employer threatened to challenge my copyright of a published work, the eventual decision was that the reputational damage far outweighed their willingness to enforce their rights. Today is a different day.
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Matt Yglesias has been a morally bankrupt hack since he was a cheerleader for the invasion of Iraq as a college student. The fact that I still have to hear about his opinions more than two decades later is as a damning indictment of our information environment as I can imagine.
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Matt Yglesias has been a morally bankrupt hack since he was a cheerleader for the invasion of Iraq as a college student. The fact that I still have to hear about his opinions more than two decades later is as a damning indictment of our information environment as I can imagine.
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everyone talks about tortured identity language on the left but... "heritage American"?
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
everyone talks about tortured identity language on the left but... "heritage American"?
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This threatened military action directly contradicts what Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth told my Senate colleagues and I today about the mission and goals of their operations in the Caribbean. 1/2
December 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This threatened military action directly contradicts what Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth told my Senate colleagues and I today about the mission and goals of their operations in the Caribbean. 1/2
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We just murdered eight more people in boats.
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We just murdered eight more people in boats.
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The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.
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"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, was one of two people killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
We're a nation with this...this lackluster no account "leadership" subbing in for actual governance.
"...this was a school problem. They had their own guards. They had their own police. They had their own everything. But you'd have to ask that question really to the school, not to the FBI. We came in after the fact and the FBI will do a good job, but they came in after the fact."
Q: Has Kash Patel told you why it's been so difficult for the FBI to identify who the shooter is?
TRUMP: It's always difficult. So far we're done a very good job of it with Charlie, with the various times this has happened. You'll have to ask the school about that.
TRUMP: It's always difficult. So far we're done a very good job of it with Charlie, with the various times this has happened. You'll have to ask the school about that.
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We're a nation with this...this lackluster no account "leadership" subbing in for actual governance.
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A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
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MORE OF THIS EVERYWHERE PLEASE
We know that real time information is important to our riders. The new e-paper screens we are piloting allow riders to check bus arrival times without using their personal devices.
December 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
MORE OF THIS EVERYWHERE PLEASE
It's almost like something can be done when horrific things happen.
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It's almost like something can be done when horrific things happen.
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Interested in learning more about how #LandUse and transportation strategies can improve #RoadSafety by reducing exposure to systemic risk? Join tomorrow's ITE webinar to explore examples from SafeTREC's Julia Griswold,
Caltrans' Rachel Carpenter, & @wsdot.wa.gov's John Milton ⬇️ #SafeSystem
Caltrans' Rachel Carpenter, & @wsdot.wa.gov's John Milton ⬇️ #SafeSystem
Register now for the 12/16 ITE webinar "Land Use as a Fundamental Safety Strategy" w/SafeTREC's Julia Griswold,
Caltrans' Rachel Carpenter, @wsdot.wa.gov John Milton, moderated by ITE's Luana Broshears: pathlms.com/ite/courses/... #LandUse #TransportationSafety #SafeSystem
Caltrans' Rachel Carpenter, @wsdot.wa.gov John Milton, moderated by ITE's Luana Broshears: pathlms.com/ite/courses/... #LandUse #TransportationSafety #SafeSystem
December 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Interested in learning more about how #LandUse and transportation strategies can improve #RoadSafety by reducing exposure to systemic risk? Join tomorrow's ITE webinar to explore examples from SafeTREC's Julia Griswold,
Caltrans' Rachel Carpenter, & @wsdot.wa.gov's John Milton ⬇️ #SafeSystem
Caltrans' Rachel Carpenter, & @wsdot.wa.gov's John Milton ⬇️ #SafeSystem
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“Permit holders are allowed to carry in classrooms. Faculty members may not impose a ban on concealed handguns in their classrooms.”
www.utexas.edu/campus-carry
www.utexas.edu/campus-carry
General Information on Campus Carry | University of Texas at Austin
www.utexas.edu
December 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“Permit holders are allowed to carry in classrooms. Faculty members may not impose a ban on concealed handguns in their classrooms.”
www.utexas.edu/campus-carry
www.utexas.edu/campus-carry
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“Under the changes in HB 128, which went into effect on May 7, individuals who are 18 years old or older and have a current Utah concealed weapon permit (CWP) may carry a weapon on campus, including in an “open” fashion.”
publicsafety.utah.edu/home-safety-...
publicsafety.utah.edu/home-safety-...
New rules for firearms on campus - University Department of Public Safety
In order to carry a firearm on campus, a person must obtain a Concealed Carry Permit (CCP) from the state of Utah.
publicsafety.utah.edu
December 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“Under the changes in HB 128, which went into effect on May 7, individuals who are 18 years old or older and have a current Utah concealed weapon permit (CWP) may carry a weapon on campus, including in an “open” fashion.”
publicsafety.utah.edu/home-safety-...
publicsafety.utah.edu/home-safety-...
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Tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting. My heart aches for the Brown University community.
BREAKING: Brown University says no one is in custody, correcting earlier statement, as police respond to an active shooter on campus.
Police respond to active shooter situation at Brown University in Rhode Island
Authorities say police have responded to an active shooter situation at Brown University near an engineering building on the campus in Providence, Rhode Island.
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting. My heart aches for the Brown University community.
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AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
Longer statement from Brown University:
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
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Gunshot/school shooting survivor @miatretta.bsky.social sent me this photo of us taken after the 13th national vigil for all victims of gun violence- just this morning. Now she is in lockdown at Brown University. Please 🙏 for her & commit to joining the fight to end this madness!
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Gunshot/school shooting survivor @miatretta.bsky.social sent me this photo of us taken after the 13th national vigil for all victims of gun violence- just this morning. Now she is in lockdown at Brown University. Please 🙏 for her & commit to joining the fight to end this madness!
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Every disturbing news report about a wrongful deportation or military-style raid of an apartment building should come as a reminder that the US government is using its prosecutorial discretion—it is choosing—to normalize casual cruelty and overt racism.
A year of hell for immigrants
In the first Trump administration, cruelty was the point. Now, it is the norm.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Every disturbing news report about a wrongful deportation or military-style raid of an apartment building should come as a reminder that the US government is using its prosecutorial discretion—it is choosing—to normalize casual cruelty and overt racism.
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I haven't looked via my library yet, but has anyone done similar work on the California speed camera pilots? @calbike.bsky.social I know you are supporting a new bill on this right? Can you please point me to any evals you've seen? Working on a grant app related to speed, speeding, and attitudes
December 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I haven't looked via my library yet, but has anyone done similar work on the California speed camera pilots? @calbike.bsky.social I know you are supporting a new bill on this right? Can you please point me to any evals you've seen? Working on a grant app related to speed, speeding, and attitudes