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Chris Pook

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Biochemistry, mass spectrometry, metabolomics, chromatography, health, nutrition, physiology, chemoinformatics, computational mass spec. Personal account. #SexMatters #SexNotGender https://thepoliticalerasureofsex.org/ https://projectnettie.wordpress.com/

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'The NHS is pausing new referrals for masculinising or feminising hormone treatment for 16 and 17-year-olds after an in-depth review found there was insufficient evidence to support its continued use.'
Good.
About time too.

09.03.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

More excellent news for the welfare of confused children from #TERFIsland.

09.03.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Truth is intolerant.

07.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Green Party’s War On Reality: Why Biology Is Not A β€˜Fantasy’ - Heartlands How gender ideology, billionaire dark money, and authoritarian groupthink are tearing the Green Party apart...

'The Green Party has Β£540,000 committed to fighting the consequences of its own unlawfulness across a three-year period ... on maintaining an ideological position that its own lawyers have told it is indefensible in law.'
labourheartlands.com/the-green-pa...

06.03.2026 10:27 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Hmmmmm, maybe reflect on your own contributions to imported culture wars, Aaron.
Gender ideology, queer theory and critical race theory are all yours to own.

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Another of J. K. Rowling's absolute smash hits from The Other Twitter.
And another one which likes mysteriously disappear from. Look like Elon failed to adequately flush the Augean Stables.
#SingleSexSpacesAreAHumanRight
#SexNotGender
#ILoveJKR

07.03.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Researcher has a lot of opinions about basic maternal care. Calls it "intrusion", "gendered".
Refuses to use the word "woman".
RU ff-ing kidding?
It will take years to normalise the universities to the point that they don't produce this kind of crap.

06.03.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Today
Today's example of Microsoft #enshittification: when you use the shortcut alt+N+L to add a new comment to a word doc the cursor used to automatically jump into the comment box so you could immediately type your comment. Now you have to manually click in the text box before typing appears.

03.03.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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True this.

03.03.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

This is beautiful.

03.03.2026 10:50 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Diminutive Chicken Syndrome, or DCS.
This morning's sacrifice to the lab gods was clearly inadequately sized. Tomorrow consider stepping up to a good duck, or even a goose. Just to be sure.

03.03.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Project Nettie: Scientists and academics supporting the biological reality of sex The Project Nettie statement

"Attempts to recast biological sex as a social construct, which then becomes a matter of arbitrarily chosen individual identity, are wholly ideological, scientifically inaccurate and socially irresponsible."

03.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ Calling all our student members πŸ“£
Travel support is available for travel to international mass spectrometry conferences

Check the guidelines and application process here πŸ‘‰ www.anzsms.org/travel-suppo...

02.03.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blossom at Waimea, Hawaii #MacroMonday #Photography #Flora #Flowers #Hawaii #ColorADay #PinkMonday πŸ“·

03.03.2026 07:57 πŸ‘ 2007 πŸ” 184 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 4

Yes! Emma seems to have migrated it to Substack. Awesome. I will message her again.

03.03.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm afraid it seems to be inactive. I emailed Jenny and Emma last year to add my name and never got a reply.

03.03.2026 07:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health - Anthropogenic activities are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There is mounting experimental evidence that lifetime exposure...

Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

02.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Well. This isn't the greatest news to start the day with.
#ClimateChange
#HumanHealth

02.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eisenhower

02.03.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 15634 πŸ” 5852 πŸ’¬ 373 πŸ“Œ 335
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More controversy over the puberty blocker trial Should articulating a belief that it's wrong to allow men to self-identify into female sport disqualify a scientist from oversight of the clinical trials of puberty blockers?

'Does the MHRA’s decision mean scientists who one day hope they might play a role in medical regulation in the UK have to avoid publicly taking part in important democratic conversations in the future?'
Exactly.
The crux of the issue.
@sonia-sodha.bsky.social
soniasodha.substack.com/p/more-contr...

01.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Khamenei is dead though!

01.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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open.substack.com/pub/theminis...

28.02.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, guys. Love yous πŸ’œ

28.02.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today is #RareDiseaseDay

Through EB Research Partnership, families, scientists, and supporters are pushing research forward, pioneering progress in EB and helping reshape what’s possible for rare diseases.

It’s not a matter of if.
It’s a matter of time.

πŸ¦‹ Learn more: ebresearch.org

28.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 3983 πŸ” 1010 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 37
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I hope NZ government and oppostion unequivocally condemns this act

28.02.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Maybe you're just wrong On how replacing "no debate" with argument won't work if your arguments are rubbish

This is excellent.

open.substack.com/pub/glosswit...

27.02.2026 08:44 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Poe's Law. It is genuinely impossible to tell if someone online is being unutterably stupid, or maliciously dishonest.

26.02.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay, straight homophobia it is. Men can be feminine and that's okay. Stereotypes don't define who someone is. Goodbye.

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