BC SOCIETY
Saved by @Mollyycolllinss

@_Miatonin @AOC There is no no differences in strength between men and women are seen when normalized for muscle cross-sectional

 @LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC It is reductionist (and wrong) to suggest the performance gap is all about biology (e.g. testosterone).
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Based on the present evidence, it is reasonable to suggest that biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors contribute to the range of gender gaps observed across sports.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Men and women exhibit similar relative responses to resistance training, with no gender-specific responses noted after 10-weeks of resistance training.
https://t.co/LpI1KiE70c
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC A number of other gender-‘independent’ factors contribute to the regulation of adult muscle mass, including genetics, race, adiposity, training, diet, and birth order.
https://t.co/qlYh39uwUl
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC For example, data from twin studies suggests up to 50% to 60% of the difference in muscle mass and strength may be due to genetic factors without clear gender influences.

https://t.co/OxpjyGRX5R
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Said differently, the amount of muscle mass and strength displayed by an individual may be influenced by ‘non-sex’ genetics to a level that rivals or exceeds the influence of gender.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Muscular power can be defined as high-velocity force production. As described above, men tend to be taller, heavier, and carry more muscle and less body fat than women. Despite men having more muscle mass however,..
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC there does not appear to be any difference in average muscle fiber type composition (e.g. Type I- and Type II fibers) between genders.

https://t.co/0qhYEqrhiB
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Type I muscle fibers are classically referred to as “slow-twitch” muscle fibers and tend to produce low amounts of force for long periods of time, e.g. they are very fatigue resistant. In contrast,..
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Type II muscle fibers, or “fast-twitch” muscle fibers, tend to produce high levels of force for short periods of time and are tend to fatigue quickly.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Interestingly, muscle fiber type composition seems to be more strongly correlated with training history and athlete caliber than gender.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC For example, women who compete in Olympic weightlifting at the World or Olympic level were found to have 71% fast-twitch type IIa fibers compared to the 63% seen in men competing at the National level.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC While absolute power output appears to be greater in men in general, when we normalize existing power data for fat-free mass and...
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC fat-free cross-sectional area (approximating the amount of skeletal muscle mass) there are few, if any, gender-specific differences in power.

https://t.co/QpnFskuaQf
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC For example, Slawinski et al. looked at peak acceleration after 1 second in 100 world-class sprinters (50 women and 50 men). After normalizing for body mass, men and women had approximately the same peak acceleration power.
https://t.co/qPYPQ0RDaj
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Additional evidence from researchers in Spain provides insight here: 155 college-aged,  untrained individuals (123 men and 32 women)tested their anaerobic power output using a Wingate cycling test,..
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC ..which showed no differences between men and women when normalized for fat-free mass.
https://t.co/U2HlVL3nTp
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Athletes caught up in the IAAF/IOC policy on hyperandrogenism were required in order to partake in sport  to undergo surgical and/or hormonal interventions unrelated to their health status.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC These procedures have been called into question as invasively counterproductive to the wellbeing of those women.

https://t.co/2PaxipfIte
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC It might be presumed that, by comparison, trans female athletes have no similar health concerns with their overarching requirement is to keep serum testosterone levels below 10 nmol/L, and they must submit to hormone tests as evidence of that.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC However, a ten-year struggle by (now-retired) Canadian cyclist Kristen Worley suggests this may not be a simple journey. The intricacies of her story have been deftly summarised by Andy Brown 
https://t.co/EOH5dSHrxI
and 
Pierre-Jean Vazel.

https://t.co/9rjHAMoRqc
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC In essence, Worley underwent gender reassignment via surgery in 2001 and attempted to re-enter the world of sport. 
But when she applied for a (TUE) for testosterone (which is a vital hormone for women, as well as men), approval took ten months instead of days or weeks.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC This put Worley into a “severe post-menopausal state”. It not only impacted on her health, but it prevented her from training as an elite cyclist.
https://t.co/EOH5dSHrxI
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Ultimately, when Worley was permitted a TUE under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code, the allowable: levels of synthetic testosterone were not enough to support her basic health let alone compete in sport at any level.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Fairness in sport, particularly on the issue of gender, has been a point of confusion and contention for as long as governing bodies have been making the rules for athletic contests.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Increasing awareness and visibility of individuals who do not neatly fall into men’s or women’s divisions have exacerbated these concerns.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Particular scrutiny has been applied to those who wish to compete as women the men’s divisions have been spared this level of examination and controversy.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC There has never been a “golden age” when this was simple. In the past, women were simply excluded from sport. 

 We do not, nor have we ever, had an agreed-upon definition of what defines a man or a woman that can be applied to all humans.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC There is no specific biological characteristic, nor set of characteristics, including genital structures, reproductive organs, or chromosomal arrangement, that can adequately answer this question.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC While most humans can be comfortably grouped into either the men’s or women’s divisions, there are others that cannot.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Given that participation in sport is a widely shared and enjoyable undertaking with multiple biological, psychological, and social benefits, finding ways to maximize inclusion while preserving fairness is challenging.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Alas, there are no clear answers. Lacking a consistent way to define men and women hamstrings the proceedings from the outset. When examining the performance differences between men’s and women’s divisions, confounders in the data abound.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Teasing out the physiological and psychosocial components of the differences we observe is not yet possible.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Even the role of testosterone, which is one of the mostly widely utilized performance enhancing drugs and thought to be the primary arbiter of the gender gap in sports, becomes less clear when looking at the research.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC A scientific consensus does not yet exist regarding the differences between genders, let alone how to define those genders.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Because of this uncertainty, rules and policies that encourage inclusion of transgender athletes represent the best balance among the imperfect choices available.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Specifically, allowing male-to-female transgender athletes to compete in the division of their choice within sport should be not be considered prima facie disadvantageous to other women competitors.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC This situation could potentially change or be clarified with further research and we would adjust our recommendations if such findings became available. For now, allowing transgender athletes to compete in their chosen division is prudent.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC Even after receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy, women and girls who are transgender have “an absolute advantage” over non-transgender girls. This assertion is based on speculation and inferences that have not been borne out by any evidence.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC First, these arguments overlook the population of transgender girls and women who, as a result of puberty blockers at the start of puberty and gender affirming hormone therapy afterward, never go through a typical male puberty at all.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC These girls never experience the effects of high levels of testosterone and accompanying physiological changes. They go through puberty with the same levels of hormones as other girls and develop typically female physiological characteristics, including muscle and bone structure.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC A trans woman who has not gone through a typical male puberty is similarly situated to a woman with XY chromosomes who has complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, & it has long-been recognized that women with CAIS have no advantage simply by virtue of having XY chromosomes.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC See, Handelsman DJ, et al. Circulating testosterone as the hormonal basis of sex differences in athletic performance. Endocrine Reviews 2018; summarizing evidence rejecting hypothesis that physiological characteristics are driven by Y chromosome).
https://t.co/bOPXZcmGaS
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @worldrugby suggests that “benefits that natural testosterone provides to male athletes is not diminished through the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. This is not true.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby Puberty blocking treatment completely blocks the production of testosterone and someone who has undergone both puberty blocking treatment and then gender affirming hormone therapy to initiate puberty consistent with gender identity would have none of the impacts of testosterone
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby on the body that would be typical for a non- transgender male.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby It is also not true that gender-affirming therapy – even for those who have not undergone puberty blocking treatment – does nothing to minimize the impact of T on the body. In fact, consistent use of testosterone blockers and estrogen has a significant impact on the body.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby Those that advocate against trans athletes argue that Men generally have ‘denser, stronger bones, tendons, and ligaments’ and ‘larger hearts, greater lung volume per body mass, a higher red blood cell count, and higher hemoglobin” and suggest that such characteristics lead ...
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby to athletic advantage and cannot be altered by sustained gender-affirming hormone therapy.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby However, the noted higher red blood cell count and higher hemoglobin are both testosterone dependent. They are both reduced as part of sustained gender-affirming hormone therapy.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby And there is currently no evidence that the remaining noted physiological characteristics actually are advantages when not accompanied by high levels of testosterone and corresponding skeletal muscle.
https://t.co/7DlaFvjSSf
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby The only study examining the effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy on the athletic performance of transgender female athletes is a small study of eight long-distance runners.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby The study showed that after undergoing gender- affirming interventions, which included lowering their testosterone levels, the athletes’ performance had reduced so that relative to non-transgender women their performance was now proportionally the same as it had ...
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby been relative to non- transgender men prior to any medical treatment. 
as the best performer among women of that age after transition. See Harper J. Race times for transgender athletes. 
https://t.co/YbxZMslW2R
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby In fact, it may be that some of the body changes from endogenous puberty result in poorer net performance for transgender women relative to cisgender women.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby For example, the fact that transgender women who go through typically male puberty will tend to have larger bones than non-transgender women may actually be a disadvantage.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby Having larger bones without corresponding levels of testosterone and muscle mass would mean that a runner has a bigger body to propel with less power to propel it.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby Similarly, in a sport where athletes compete in different weight classes (e.g. weight lifting), the fact that a transgender woman may have bigger bones may be a disadvantage because her ratio of muscle-to-bone will be much lower ....
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby than the ratio for other women in her weight class who have smaller bones.
Even if it could be demonstrated that larger bones or lungs can slightly enhance the athletic performance of TW even after they lower their level of T, that finding would have to be placed in context.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby Larger lungs and hearts generally correlate to a person’s size, so there are significant intra-sex variations of heart and lung size even among women who are not transgender.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby There are also myriad genetic variations among athletes that can enhance athletic performance. In the academic literature these are referred to as ....
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby performance enhancing polymorphisms” or “PEPs.” A PEP is a variation in the DNA sequence that is associated with improved athletic performance.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby For example, variations in mitrochondrial DNA have been associated with greater endurance capacity and greater mitochondrial density in muscles. Other PEPs are associated with blood flow or muscle structure.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby See Ostrander EA, et al. Genetics of athletic performance. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 2009; 
https://t.co/LHvWYGk5J5
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby These variations have proven to have a significant impact on athletic ability, unlike bone or lung size in transgender women.
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby After a transgender woman lowers her level of testosterone, there is no inherent reason why her physiological characteristics related to athletic performance should be treated differently from the physiological characteristics of a non-transgender woman.
https://t.co/fMTheOU4bY
@LaurenMurphyMMA @_Miatonin @AOC @WorldRugby @threadreaderapp please unroll

More from Kirsti Miller

Kirsti Miller
Kirsti Miller
@KirstiMiller30
Female athletes are still subjected to the equivalent of a sex test, based on whether they appear feminine.


Dutee Chand in her successful appeal against the validity of the IAAF’s hyperandrogegism regulations, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) originally began investigating her after complaints that she “ran like a boy”.

Chand was banned in 2014 after the AFI decided that her androgen (testosterone) levels were above the 10 nmol/L permitted by the IAAF’s hyperandrogegism regulations, resulting in her missing the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.


Androgens, including testosterone, are naturally produced in significant – but varying – levels by both men and women.

Endocrine profiles in 693 elite athletes in the post-competition setting’, found that 16.5% of the ‘male’ athletes had low testosterone levels, and 13.7% of the ‘females’ had high testosterone levels, ‘with complete overlap between the
SPORT
Kirsti Miller
Kirsti Miller
@KirstiMiller30
I have a passion to help &  educate other trans athletes about their own bodies. I suffer many adverse health conditions from not understanding my own post surgery endocrine system early enough before it had damaged my health.
1-

This article shows the consequences to health when trans girls experience low T. This is important to educate everyone because in this conversation those against us compare men's performance versus women.
2-


This article also shows trans girls have very different endocrine systems to a healthy male and as such they should not be compared to men when talking about sports

The only comparison you can make between a trans female athlete and a male would be to compare the trans girl to a male that has either been surgically or chemically sterilized.
4-

You won't even find men competing in elite sports in this health state without being prescribed T replacement therapy which is not available to a trans woman like me in sports.
5-
SOCIETY
Advertisement
Kirsti Miller
Kirsti Miller
@KirstiMiller30
There is no other story that incites more hate then a story about a transgender person participating in sport, with the exception of stories relating to transgender bathroom use or in President Trumps World his hate for transgender people serving in the military.
1-

Let’s remove the words transgender, Laurel, Hannah or Mack Beggs out of the conversation for a minute and let’s look at some of the medical consequences that occur when an XY male suffers low levels of testosterone.
2-


When a man has low testosterone, or hypogonadism, he may experience:
-Reduced sex drive
-Erectile dysfunction
-Low sperm count
-Enlarged or swollen breast tissue
3-


Over time, these symptoms may develop in the following ways:
-Loss of body hair
-Loss of muscle bulk
-Loss of strength
-Increased body fat
Chronic, or ongoing, low testosterone may lead to osteoporosis, mood swings, reduced energy, and testicular shrinkage.
4-

None of these medical consequences are performance enhancing. No castrated XY male has ever broken a world record or even competed at the elite level of sports.
5-
TRANSGENDER
Kirsti Miller
Kirsti Miller
@KirstiMiller30
During my career as a prison boss if I could of implemented a safe injecting room I could have saved many lives & minimised the spreading of communicable diseases such as Hepatitis C virus (HCV) where the prevalence in NSW prisons is 20-30 times higher than in the community.


Criminalisation of drug use results in the mass incarceration of people who use drugs. Illicit drug offences represent the second most common offence for custodial sentences in Australia.

There are currently no needle and syringe programs (NSPs)operating in any Australian prisons. This is despite a growing body of international research clearly demonstrating that NSPs have been shown to be safe, beneficial and cost-effective within a variety of prison settings.

Australia cannot afford to continue to avoid the serious implications of not implementing prison-based NSPs, both to protect prisoners’ health and human rights, and to limit the spread of BBVs as individuals are released back into the community.

The vast majority of injecting episodes inside prisons occur with shared injecting equipment – a practice identified to be one of the most effective ways to transmit HIV and HCV.12. I have found needles that have been used by multiple inmates for months on end.
GOVERNMENT
Kirsti Miller
Kirsti Miller
@KirstiMiller30
Would having the testosterone limit for transgender women at 10nmol/L (5-10 times what’s considered “typical” for women) give them a massive advantage over their cisgender opponents?


Absolutely not, is recognized an XY chromosome body is seen as unhealthy <12nmol/L or less. A XY female as they lose the ability to produce natural occurring testosterone, falls into a range of 0.4nmol/L.

Which we know too, the individual falls into menopause at 9.6nmol/L, and due to complete androgen deprivation eventually into the position of that would equate a XX female = who had had a complete hysterectomy including her gonads.

We can be assured, one this is extremely unhealthy – Moreover, and most important, we can be assured that there are no women either XX and or XY competing internationally like this.

This is not for anyone a desired state and for the participation high performance sport eventually impossible to participate longterm.
SOCIETY

More from Society

AFP news agency
AFP news agency
@AFP
Hong Kong protester equipment list:
- respirator (dubbed "pig snouts" in Cantonese)
- helmet
- eye mask
- heat-proof gloves
- water bottle
- cling wrap
- saline
- traffic cones
- pots and pans

Demonstrators find creative methods to battle police tear gas
https://t.co/kPeUTu9iFh


AFP graphic charting Hong Kong's main socio-economic indicators and opinion polls on press freedom and government performance

@AFPgraphics


AFP graphic showing the main equipment used by hardcore pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong to battle police tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets

@AFPgraphics


Frontline first aid.

Nurses, doctors, medical students and ordinary citizens with first aid training have clamoured to join a small volunteer corps helping treat people involved in the Hong Kong protests

@AFP's Yan Zhao reports: https://t.co/uDfYkMeZJf

📸 Anthony Wallace


Pro-democracy activists kick off three days of rallies at Hong Kong airport.

Protesters hope to win international support from arriving passengers. The last demonstration at the airport on July 26 passed off peacefully without causing flight disruptions
https://t.co/jmVqtEd4M2
SOCIETY
RadioChinar
RadioChinar
@RadioChinar
Demystifying Ghazwa-e-Hind. A #thread.

A recent video of Shoaid Akhter surfaced in social media creating a lot of controversy where the #Pakistani Cricketer can be seen suggesting invasion of India by using the term Ghazwa-e-Hind.
Radicalization of sportsmen seen off late
(1/10)


Some radical Islamic preachers believes that Ghazwa-e-Hind means a “Holy War against India”. As per this irrational & profane concept, there will be a fierce battle to secure victory over #India.
#Kashmir
(2/10)


#Pakistan-based terror groups, like JeM have been using Ghazwa-e-Hind as a Hadith to recruit, fund and justify its terror strikes as a religious holy war against #India.
#Kashmir
(3/10)


Some machiavellian people claim it is a prophecy that Muslim warriors will wage war against the #India.
Jaish & others falsely propagate that Jihad against India is considered holy in Islam & that those participating in it will be granted an easy entry into paradise.
(4/10)


However prolific scholars says that this is a made-up interpretation of some verse in The Holy Quran to mislead the gullible youth of #Pakistan into picking up arms and fighting its Army's personal battle against #India.
#Kashmir
(5/10)
SOCIETY
Advertisement
Brittany Packnett
Brittany Packnett
@MsPackyetti
We should stop confusing what someone was doing when we became aware of them with all they are capable of, interested in, or ever hope to be

Let folks have their many talents, interests and gifts. Life is far more fun with variety, loves.

A lot of folks have come to know me as an activist & I’m grateful that folks care to know me at all.

But I wasn’t born in 2014. I was a whole teacher, executive, policy person, speaker, arts and culture lover, reader, writer, woman of faith, fashion and more before 4 yrs ago 🤷🏾‍♀️

We rightfully complain that marginalized people are not allowed to be fully human.

But we internalize and transfer our oppression daily. It’s a smog. We all breathe it in & act it out.

And then tell WoC “girl ain’t you supposed to be a _______? Why you doing ____?”

Can I live?

And don’t go reading anything personal into this-this isn’t about me necessarily and it’s no subtweet (I try hard not to do that.)

I’ve just been observing that behavior more and more lately. Especially when it comes to marginalized folks.

Evolution should be our aspiration.

“Can’t knock the hustle” should be our anthem.

As long as someone isn’t bringing active and continual harm, why can’t they explore their many sides?
SOCIETY
Rob Ford
Rob Ford
@robfordmancs
Two things can be true at once:
1. There is an issue with hostility some academics have faced on some issues
2. Another academic who himself uses threats of legal action to bully colleagues into silence is not a good faith champion of the free speech cause


I have kept quiet about Matthew's recent outpourings on here but as my estwhile co-author has now seen fit to portray me as an enabler of oppression I think I have a right to reply. So I will.

I consider Matthew to be a colleague and a friend, and we had a longstanding agreement not to engage in disputes on twitter. I disagree with much in the article @UOzkirimli wrote on his research in @openDemocracy but I strongly support his right to express such critical views

I therefore find it outrageous that Matthew saw fit to bully @openDemocracy with legal threats, seeking it seems to stifle criticism of his own work. Such behaviour is simply wrong, and completely inconsistent with an academic commitment to free speech.

I am not embroiling myself in the various other cases Matt lists because, unlike him, I think attention to the detail matters and I don't have time to research each of these cases in detail.
SOCIETY
@AdamSmithWorks
@AdamSmithWorks
@adamsmithworks
It's been a whole day since we tweeted Part 2 of this chapter, so let us remind you: #AdamSmith just said that the colonies got nothing that helped them succeed from the mother country. (IV.vii.c) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets

So these two opening sentences are pretty heckin’ sarcastic:
Now we've seen the great advantages the colonies got (they got nothing!) (IV.vii.c.1)
So what have been the great advantages to Europe! (IV.vii.c.2)

Seems like there’s a...tone there. #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets


Europeans buy goods from America, and Americans buy European goods as well. Even countries that don’t trade directly with America have benefited. (IV.vii.c.3–8) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets

The mother countries restrict colonial trade (esp the exclusive right to buy from or sell to their colonies). That's a dead weight on the increase of the wealth of nations. Everything is more expensive, everyone enjoys less of it. (IV.vii.c.9) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets

Maybe European countries get added security? In ancient times, empires expected military support and revenue from their colonies, and they got it.
18thC colonies? Not so much. (IV.vii.c.11–13) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
SOCIETY

You May Also Like

Anu Satheesh
Anu Satheesh
@AnuSatheesh5
Puthucode Annapoorneshwari Temple,
Palakkad, Kerala 🚩
#keralatemples
अन्नपूर्णे सदापूर्णे शङ्करप्राणवल्लभे 
ज्ञानवैराग्यसिद्ध्यर्थं भिक्षां देहि च पार्वति 

Temple is also called Puthukode Bhaghavathy Kshetram
Parasurama did Prathishta of Devi here. Temple is one amoung 👇


108 Durga temples
Navarathri festival is celebrated in a grant manner here. Annadanam is done daily on these days. The Idichu pizhinja payasam/ Chathachatayam is the main nivedyam in Annapoorneswari temple during Navarathri.
In the mornings, Devi Mahatmyam and Sundarakandam are


recited here daily.
Sri Godavarma Raja gifted lots of rice fields for the maintenance of the temple.
Annapoorneshwari holds Shanku and Chakra in her hands. Puthucode Annapoorneswari Temple is managed by the Naduvil Madom Devaswom.
🙏🕉🙏
ALL
Simon DeDeo
Simon DeDeo
@SimonDeDeo
This is a pretty valiant attempt to defend the "Feminist Glaciology" article, which says conventional wisdom is wrong, and this is a solid piece of scholarship. I'll beg to differ, because I think Jeffery, here, is confusing scholarship with "saying things that seem right".


The article is, at heart, deeply weird, even essentialist. Here, for example, is the claim that proposing climate engineering is a "man" thing. Also a "man" thing: attempting to get distance from a topic, approaching it in a disinterested fashion.


Also a "man" thing—physical courage. (I guess, not quite: physical courage "co-constitutes" masculinist glaciology along with nationalism and colonialism.)


There's criticism of a New York Times article that talks about glaciology adventures, which makes a similar point.


At the heart of this chunk is the claim that glaciology excludes women because of a narrative of scientific objectivity and physical adventure. This is a strong claim! It's not enough to say, hey, sure, sounds good. Is it true?
ALL
Advertisement
Panic! in the Discord
Panic! in the Discord
@discord__panic
Neo-nazi group #PatriotFront held a photo op in #Chicago last weekend & is currently marching around #DC so it's as good time as any to compile a list of their identified members for folks to watch for

Who are these chuds?

Patriot Front broke away from white nationalist org Vanguard America following #unitetheright in #charlottesville after James Alex Fields was seen with a VA shield before driving his car into a crowd, murdering Heather Heyer & injuring dozens of others

Syed Robbie Javid a.k.a. Sayed Robbie Javid or Robbie Javid of Alexandria,


Antoine Bernard Renard (a.k.a. “Charlemagne MD” on Discord) from Rockville, MD.

https://t.co/ykEjdZFDi6


Brandon Troy Higgs, 25, from Reisterstown,
EXTREMISM
Brian Cates
Brian Cates
@drawandstrike
Trump is gonna let the Mueller investigation end all on it's own. It's obvious. All the hysteria of the past 2 weeks about his supposed impending firing of Mueller was a distraction. He was never going to fire Mueller and he's not going to


Mueller's officially end his investigation all on his own and he's gonna say he found no evidence of Trump campaign/Russian collusion during the 2016 election.

Democrats & DNC Media are going to LITERALLY have nothing coherent to say in response to that.

Mueller's team was 100% partisan.

That's why it's brilliant. NOBODY will be able to claim this team of partisan Democrats didn't go the EXTRA 20 MILES looking for ANY evidence they could find of Trump campaign/Russian collusion during the 2016 election

They looked high.

They looked low.

They looked underneath every rock, behind every tree, into every bush.

And they found...NOTHING.

Those saying Mueller will file obstruction charges against Trump: laughable.

What documents did Trump tell the Mueller team it couldn't have? What witnesses were withheld and never interviewed?

THERE WEREN'T ANY.

Mueller got full 100% cooperation as the record will show.
POLITICS
Brian Armstrong
Brian Armstrong
@brian_armstrong
1/ Productivity tip: when I keep procrastinating on something I often trick myself by saying, "ok just work on it for the next 20 minutes" or some short period of time, "and then you can chill/relax guilt free" and give myself some treat (sugar, netflix, etc)

2/ Usually at the 20 minute mark (sometimes I set a timer) I'm so engrossed in what I'm doing that I don't want want to stop and end up working on it for the next hour or two. But getting started seems to be the hardest part.

3/ Key to this: you have to actually be ok with stopping after 20 minutes and being guilt free if that's how you feel. So it's not a trick, i have the option every time, I just often don't want to use it once i'm in the zone.
PRODUCTIVITY