@JohnCornyn All of your tweet sounds desperate. The hits are soft, the conviction doesn’t exist. It’s not confidence—it reads as panic. Might be time for a new social team.
@horrorvisuals https://t.co/L4i7wqbfdJ
If life is niche to the conditions that exist on Earth, it makes sense that if those conditions exist elsewhere – life might be remarkably similar to what we see here.
@EWErickson One critical difference you aren't addressing is that killing keystone XL destroyed *potential* and temporary construction jobs -- not actual positions that were filled & people were already reliant on.
@RLHeinrichs@RyanLEllis Sorry, I am not trying to lecture you. I am glad your girls will not be impacted in an unfair competition. I think the dialogue around this is overblown and the actions being taken are intended to be hurtful & politically opportunistic rather than productive.
@RyanLEllis@RLHeinrichs Here's my thoughts in more words. No one is demanding males be on girls sports. Merely pointing out that the controversy and outrage is largely manufactured at the expense of real human beings.
@RyanLEllis@RLHeinrichs It should be up to the independent sports body who plays, not the govt. The rancor around this is so overblown, and the harm it is causing to an already vulnerable population is beyond cruel. The right is manipulating people into toxic and hateful behaviors against fellow humans
@RyanLEllis@RLHeinrichs I am not arguing against her point. I am just saying it's not based in any reality. It is a message that has been successfully propagated by the right. The general population has become susceptible to it because it is easy to "grasp", even though it is empirically wrong. It's sad
@Coolio_Art I disagree with the notion they've jumped the shark with this particular thing. More so it is with the Disney-ification of the world building & dialogue in the "Jurassic World" series. Michael Crichton was very interested in genetic experimentation & all the horrors that entails.
@FrankLuntz@JasmineForUS I don't disagree but it is truly unfortunate that dems can't call it like it is, but republicans can use the nastiest, most hurtful tactics to attack the smallest minorities without repercussion from voters. There is a sickness in our society.
@emzanotti@steve_uhlir Anyway, the odds are closer to 1/50,000 that you have multiple trans kids. That makes at least 6,680+ families in the USA. Suppose we find one day there is some genetic precondition to this, it makes sense for there to be more amongst certain relatives.
@emzanotti@steve_uhlir Where is your math from? Studies put the odds at 0.5-1%
The odds of identical twins are 0.4% - my mom had two sets without fertility drugs (which don't help with identical).
My mom also has a trans daughter. And one set of twins are gay (me).
Beating the odds I suppose.
Problem w/ twitter is people can just post blatant misinfo without repercussion. Odds are 0.5-1% you're trans. Higher odds than identical twins (0.4%), of which my mom had two sets + a trans daughter + one set of twins are gay (me!).