martin-pêcheur

molecular biologist. mobile genes, life, arts, reality.
quiet personal semi-anon. algorithm sceptic.
likes & bookmarks in waters beyond the goldfish bowl

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

usually not here. mostly as a window or diary.
bookmarks, & shades of grey.
& dormant at https://t.co/LlMCquXtPC

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@afneil a US defeat would be for Saudi Arabia to reach Iranian levels of democracy, and Dubai to reach Gaza levels of broken windows.

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@afneil get thee to thy priors, Andrew. War didn’t go as you hoped, & no-one wants it to continue. Waste of lives & €$¥£ billions https://t.co/LARaNHK5QZ

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@academic_la Yes, but still a qualified victory for US citizens *if* war ends, & the blob don’t get what they want - endless war & sanctions on Iran if their sanguinary gamble on ‘total victory’ in Iran/Gaza/Lebanon fails.
War is negative sum game for real people; its end is victory for all.

[Paul Browning Photography @Paul__Browning_]

Barn Swallow making mid air manoeuvres 🔥✨✨✨

#WildlifePhotography

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@helensaxby11 Their ‘workable’ is: ‘causes no distress to those who pushed inclusion everywhere in defiance of law, sense & sanity’
Mine is: people realise ‘TWAW’ slogan never gave legal right-of-access to legal single-sex spaces (but if a group agrees to include a friend, sky won’t fall down)

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@academic_la Yes, but still a qualified victory for US citizens *if* war ends, & the blob don’t get what they want - endless war & sanctions on Iran if their sanguinary gamble on ‘total victory’ in Iran/Gaza/Lebanon fails.
War is negative sum game for real people; its end is victory for all.

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@sahouraxo peak levels of arrogance & impunity, thinking they can get away with this anywhere in Lebanon, and at scale. open & shut war crime. (only good news: glyphosate is broken down quite quickly in contact with soil; it kills most plants on contact, but thankfully shouldn't persist)

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@SVPhillimore absurd, yes
We 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 reality is real
We 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 sex is real, & it matters. we see it
We 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 we can look on planet Zog, to see if the fabled Zorgs exist
We 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 that shouting 'all zorgs R Zorgs' doesn't help
We 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 our approach is always better.

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@juliet_turner6 try the beautiful game?
[not a clue what this lot were up to (?); sources tell me corvids & canids moved the coloured balls (pre-AI)]

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@LeorSapir Best to ignore er now, methinks.
A deranged, discredited, de-registered ex-doctor.
Sadly reduced to trolling us, & clickbaiting low-intelligence 12-year-olds.

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@libisumbrae @dmf500 @speakoutsister unfair & untrue.
medical ethics 101: do no harm !
- can't use vaccine that gives perfect immunity to 90% but 10% are severely harmed.
- can't put kids on trans path if 90% get healthier &10% detransition (+ regrets/infertility) & but we can't foresee which ones.

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@FondOfBeetles thanks! (perfect antidote to infinite deluges of nonsense on this)

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@heavenly_otter @speakoutsister No, it wasn't symbolic. It was politics. And it was profoundly regressive to exclude L & G in that way.

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@heavenly_otter @speakoutsister No: untrue, defamatory & openly misogynistic
Withdraw or I block. serious.
I'm not captured by any ideology (except hoping the planet's still here in 10 years)
What the hell is an anti-trans agenda?
Like an anti-gravity ship?
gravity and trans exist in real world. get over it.

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@heavenly_otter @speakoutsister my understanding was UKgov was in trouble with ECHR because a trans person couldn't marry, & they had to create the legal fiction of sex change to avoid a same-sex marriage (years before MPs allowed that).
Much of the underlying logic & wording was always incoherent & rushed.

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@heavenly_otter @speakoutsister My viewpoint is nuanced & leftist.
'No debate' thing is destroying progressive politics, handing power to Trumpworld.
Pushing 'inclusive' W sport was absurd from day 1.
Obvious conflict of W & T rights
FWS sought clarity; SC was imho right.
Pure nonsense to call this anti-trans

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@heavenly_otter @speakoutsister look, I'm a molecular biologist.
I don't care what 'law' said on sex/gender before FWS: no-one changes sex, and we all switched genders to read Shakespeare at school, etc.
Ruling class lost the plot over this
Remember: reason for GRA was they didn't dare to legalize gay marriage

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@speakoutsister _ @droppingscien never said a word about disregarding anyone's feelings!!
you made it up.
unethical trolling & clickbaiting to use faked DSD talking points to push your regressive sexphobic agenda.

[wikipedia: CAIS is v rare: approx. 350-1750 total in UK]

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@heavenly_otter @speakoutsister both points would be disputed by FWS, & folk involved in EA/GRA.
eg. clear intention to protect single-sex sports.
Yes, men too, obviously (OP was on W rights)
Only those w GRC are legally 'acquired gender'. 'acquired sex' was always incoherent
Clear over-reach: Stonewall & EHRC

[martin-pêcheur @Csharp_yaffle]

@PardonMyPain @speakoutsister sadly familiar with 'ask and ask again' syndrome in NHS
important to say: for >>99% sex is unambiguous
-without any tests(!) - eg by 15y.
younger gen shouldn't 'mystify' this basic personal info.
the 'confusing' DSDs are rare; diagnosis, therapy & patient-centred care got better.