Incomprehensible Bird Blog

My weird brain thinks a lot of incomprehensible thoughts, so I am using them to prove myself the clownliestclown. Also I'm 🏳️‍⚧️ happy trans awareness week

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hope is a skill

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hope is a weapon you are trained to wield

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New Study Once Again Shows Trans Women Have No Physical Advantage Over Cis Athletes

Researchers analyzed data from almost 3,000 trans women.

Body composition and physical fitness in transgender versus cisgender individuals: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Objective To compare body composition and physical fitness between transgender and cisgender individuals. Design Systematic review with met

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Just so you know, it's not just "a study", it's a systematic review. This is the most reliable kind of study and hardest evidence science can provide.

To somehow imply it's a scientific paper like any other is a gross understatement. This isn't the kind of paper you can just have some random "expert" come on tv to dismissively debunk, you'd need some serious work to put its credibility into question.

It just goes to show that transphobes and transmisogynists don't give a shit about science and evidence. They'll only care if it supports their agenda.

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I saw another reblog point out how the article says "claim" instead of "shows." Not only are they understressing the amount of reliability and accuracy of the paper, they're implying that it's an opinion. "Oh, they're just claiming that" the article says. The transphobia of this country is so deep seeded.

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these miis are driving me nuts

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Go my scarab

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Every racist MAGA/GOP/KKK slippery slope prediction is worthless.

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Whenever I hear someone say "the woke mob" I have to stop myself from laughing because even today all I can think of is this fucking tweet

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Happy Pride to the Woke Mob

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an old con gag that will always be funny is someone cosplaying spy from tf2 in a group of people and they've got a different cosplay taped to their face to blend in

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me with the. When she. When her. When the she her me

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Zohran Mamdani is using New York City to show the world how progressive policies work for everyone. #DemocraticSocialist

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I'm so glad that that truncated fucking ran-into-a-wall-at-speed tadpole-ass looking squirrel only lives in high altitude forests in Borneo bc this means I am extremely unlikely to encounter one in my day to day life. thank god

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Hello.

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DID YOU MAKE THIS BLOG SIMPLY TO TORMENT ME

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I can go upside down.

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WHERE IS THE REST OF YOU

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On related note, a few years ago, the Entomological Society of America officially discontinued the use of "gypsy moth" and "gyspy ant" as common names for Lymantria dispar and Aphaenogaster araneoides. L. Dispar is now known as the "spongy moth," so named for the appearance of their eggs, but I don't think a new common name has caught on for the ant species yet.

These changes we brought about, in large part, by the advocacy of Romani people in academia. You might not think that bug names are a very serious issue, but I believe that language matters. These species became known as "gypsies" because their attributes were likened to certain stereotypes and negative perceptions of actual Roma, so the continued use of those names reaffirmed those negative associations in the public consciousness. Slurs and pejoratives can never be truly decontexualized.

In my mind, one of the biggest obstacles that Romani people face when we are trying to advocate for ourselves is a lack of recognition as a marginalized group that deserves the necessary consideration. Even for seemingly trivial matters, like bugs or comic book characters, the way that people talk about us-- and talk down to us, when we get involved-- is telling. So, I always think that changes like this are a win, because it means that people are willing to learn and grant us the dignity we deserve. And there's nothing wrong with wanting to effect change in your own field, even arts and science.

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