mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Applied and translational sensory scientist. Advocate for bodily autonomy. Nonbinary feminist killjoy. Anti-segregationist.
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“Everything You Think You Know About Circumcision is Probably Wrong” - Dr. Andrew Freedman, M.D., Cedars-Sinai Grand Rounds Presentation, March 2026
A key member of the AAP's 2012 Taskforce on Circumcision has identified 10 myths that Americans believe about circumcision. 🧵
A person committing war crimes doesn't want to be blamed for war crimes. They want to deflect the blame.
If you are blaming a piece of software for war crimes, you are helping the people who did the war crimes shift the blame away from themselves.
Hey let's not bully trans people. What if we tried that?
I'm nonbinary.
My nonbinary gender is like a zipper. Metaphorically, of course. Not a literal zipper.
Hope that clears all this "gender" mess up once and for all.
Trauma is not a moral education. You do not teach someone empathy by traumatizing them. Please everyone get real.