Sin - Staying Masked (she/her)
@quollhorreur.bsky.social
scientist (MPH). nerd. cook. cis. vaxxed. feminist. immigrant. typo legend. pinko scum. bolshie af.
Can be found somewhere in the Great Northern Reaches of Canukistan on any given day.
Home is on unceded Qayqayt country.
Can be found somewhere in the Great Northern Reaches of Canukistan on any given day.
Home is on unceded Qayqayt country.
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Practice resource‐focused revision: Standardized pedigree nomenclature update centered on sex and gender inclusivity: A practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors
This focused revision builds on the expert opinions from the original publications of ‘Recommendations for human standardized pedigree nomenclature’ published in 1995 and updated in 2008. Our review ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Oh, my bad: here's the full text article onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Slate published an op-ed by Hanna Stotland about the Cornell rape case.
Stotland is a consultant who has built her career on rehabilitating reputations of students found responsible for SA in Title IX cases, helping them transfer to new schools. She’s a rapist re-homer.
Fuck Slate.
Stotland is a consultant who has built her career on rehabilitating reputations of students found responsible for SA in Title IX cases, helping them transfer to new schools. She’s a rapist re-homer.
Fuck Slate.
October 6, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Slate published an op-ed by Hanna Stotland about the Cornell rape case.
Stotland is a consultant who has built her career on rehabilitating reputations of students found responsible for SA in Title IX cases, helping them transfer to new schools. She’s a rapist re-homer.
Fuck Slate.
Stotland is a consultant who has built her career on rehabilitating reputations of students found responsible for SA in Title IX cases, helping them transfer to new schools. She’s a rapist re-homer.
Fuck Slate.
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Every Republican voter voted for this
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.”
www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
www.cnn.com
October 5, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Every Republican voter voted for this
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This is great more of this please
Some details on the new tax on people making more than a million a year if the NDP is re-elected.
Would also increase taxes on anyone making more than $190,000.
Would also increase taxes on anyone making more than $190,000.
October 5, 2026 at 4:54 AM
This is great more of this please
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Every decade or so, we go through this. Waves & waves of women sharing their stories of sexual assault & harassment after an especially horrific case hits the headlines, such as the Cornell 7. And every decade or so, what changes besides collective retraumatisation? open.substack.com/pub/feminist...
Essay: #IBeatMyAssaulter
On “Optimal Violence” and Trickle-Up Retribution
open.substack.com
October 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Every decade or so, we go through this. Waves & waves of women sharing their stories of sexual assault & harassment after an especially horrific case hits the headlines, such as the Cornell 7. And every decade or so, what changes besides collective retraumatisation? open.substack.com/pub/feminist...
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The mind that boggles at this phenomenon—the inevitable result of putting violent xenophobic assholes in power and letting them run amok—is probably reeling at all sorts of basic cause and effect situations.
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year.
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
October 1, 2026 at 5:01 AM
The mind that boggles at this phenomenon—the inevitable result of putting violent xenophobic assholes in power and letting them run amok—is probably reeling at all sorts of basic cause and effect situations.
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Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and Canada has a lot of work to do.
In some ways, we’re actually backsliding right now -- from residential school denial to rights-busting "national building projects."
We gotta do a better job of defending and respecting Indigenous rights:
In some ways, we’re actually backsliding right now -- from residential school denial to rights-busting "national building projects."
We gotta do a better job of defending and respecting Indigenous rights:
October 1, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and Canada has a lot of work to do.
In some ways, we’re actually backsliding right now -- from residential school denial to rights-busting "national building projects."
We gotta do a better job of defending and respecting Indigenous rights:
In some ways, we’re actually backsliding right now -- from residential school denial to rights-busting "national building projects."
We gotta do a better job of defending and respecting Indigenous rights:
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extraordinary written and visual reporting.
How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.
www.wired.com
September 30, 2026 at 8:21 PM
extraordinary written and visual reporting.
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The investigation at Kamloops began from the discovery of a child's tooth and juvenile rib bone. There was already a list of over 50 children who were confirmed to have died there from a combination of Church police hospital and government records.
You can see their names: nctr.ca/residential-...
You can see their names: nctr.ca/residential-...
September 30, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The investigation at Kamloops began from the discovery of a child's tooth and juvenile rib bone. There was already a list of over 50 children who were confirmed to have died there from a combination of Church police hospital and government records.
You can see their names: nctr.ca/residential-...
You can see their names: nctr.ca/residential-...
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Several people are mad about this so I will briefly clarify!
No, I’m not saying a novel is comparable to a real-life assault in any way.
No, I’m not saying the author is bad or responsible for bad things.
I am saying I’ve seen real bad stuff come from “consensual” student-faculty relationships.
No, I’m not saying a novel is comparable to a real-life assault in any way.
No, I’m not saying the author is bad or responsible for bad things.
I am saying I’ve seen real bad stuff come from “consensual” student-faculty relationships.
I'm thinking about this partly because of the Cornell news but also partly because of The Love Hypothesis, which is being pitched as a cute romance but is personally horrifying to read / watch as a woman in STEM. (I know the author is also a woman in STEM and honestly I don't get that at all.)
September 30, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Several people are mad about this so I will briefly clarify!
No, I’m not saying a novel is comparable to a real-life assault in any way.
No, I’m not saying the author is bad or responsible for bad things.
I am saying I’ve seen real bad stuff come from “consensual” student-faculty relationships.
No, I’m not saying a novel is comparable to a real-life assault in any way.
No, I’m not saying the author is bad or responsible for bad things.
I am saying I’ve seen real bad stuff come from “consensual” student-faculty relationships.
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oh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2026 at 4:37 PM
oh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system
September 30, 2026 at 2:21 AM
A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system
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The way I absolutely *hate* that I have to tell students I am a mandatory reporter when this happens. I understand why I have to disclose this, but it breaks my heart.
I had avoided learning too much about the Cornell case but finally read Kate Manne's piece. I haven't taught in a college classroom in eight years but it all came back so vividly. So many women asking if they could close the door, they wanted to tell me something.
September 30, 2026 at 12:27 PM
The way I absolutely *hate* that I have to tell students I am a mandatory reporter when this happens. I understand why I have to disclose this, but it breaks my heart.
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Let’s keep these good vibes going!!!
TMZ reports that Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, has been fired from his job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation
Cornell Student Diego Sarabia Loses Wells Fargo Job Amid Alleged Sexual Assault Case
Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, is suddenly out of a job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation of the alleged 2024 incident ... TMZ has learned...
www.tmz.com
September 29, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Let’s keep these good vibes going!!!
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The Heritage Foundation laid out how they were going to rescind Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, by first targeting trans people's participation in sport. Capitulating on the human rights of transgender people is catastrophically falling at the first hurdle.
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
September 20, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The Heritage Foundation laid out how they were going to rescind Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, by first targeting trans people's participation in sport. Capitulating on the human rights of transgender people is catastrophically falling at the first hurdle.
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Fellow GenXers: remember how often we were bombarded with images of late-period USSR? Old, decrepit men in charge, clinging to an ossified ideology. Political repression, nakedly false propaganda, empty shelves, food shortages, inadequate health care, deep-seated cynicism, crumbling infrastructure
Ironic Star Wars Moment
Alt: A smirking emperor palpatine says "ironic."
static.klipy.com
September 28, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Fellow GenXers: remember how often we were bombarded with images of late-period USSR? Old, decrepit men in charge, clinging to an ossified ideology. Political repression, nakedly false propaganda, empty shelves, food shortages, inadequate health care, deep-seated cynicism, crumbling infrastructure
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In 2014, I interviewed a Columbia University student who went from class to class carrying the mattress she was raped on—a protest performance piece to remind college administrators what they put on her shoulders.
Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.
Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.
Carrying That Weight—Again
I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case
jessica.substack.com
September 28, 2026 at 10:52 PM
In 2014, I interviewed a Columbia University student who went from class to class carrying the mattress she was raped on—a protest performance piece to remind college administrators what they put on her shoulders.
Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.
Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.
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At 10:05am today, 2 hours from now, the Sun will cross the celestial equator on its journey to its southern most point -- the September Equinox!
This time of year, Himawari satellites see the Sun sneaking behind the Earth in these vids.
Officially spring here in the South, and Autumn in the North!
This time of year, Himawari satellites see the Sun sneaking behind the Earth in these vids.
Officially spring here in the South, and Autumn in the North!
September 22, 2026 at 10:06 PM
At 10:05am today, 2 hours from now, the Sun will cross the celestial equator on its journey to its southern most point -- the September Equinox!
This time of year, Himawari satellites see the Sun sneaking behind the Earth in these vids.
Officially spring here in the South, and Autumn in the North!
This time of year, Himawari satellites see the Sun sneaking behind the Earth in these vids.
Officially spring here in the South, and Autumn in the North!
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Penny is concerned about Australian Jobs, Mr Milner. Why do you hate Australian jobs? Nitrocellulose is only lethal when it’s stockpiled by Muslims you see
Here's me.
'Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?'
'Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?'
Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”? - The Shot
Like Macklemore and Ed Sheeran, and Ed Sheeran’s band and Ed Sheeran, relations between Penny Wong and myself are “complicated”....
theshot.net.au
September 20, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Penny is concerned about Australian Jobs, Mr Milner. Why do you hate Australian jobs? Nitrocellulose is only lethal when it’s stockpiled by Muslims you see
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If the nitrocellulose is Judeo-Christian it’s non lethal
September 20, 2026 at 12:58 AM
If the nitrocellulose is Judeo-Christian it’s non lethal
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50,000 frontline staff to receive a jab for a different Ebola strain, with 20,000 enrolled in a one-year clinical trial.
DR Congo rolls out Ebola vaccine for health workers as death toll rises
50,000 frontline staff to receive a jab for a different Ebola strain, with 20,000 enrolled in a one-year clinical trial.
www.aljazeera.com
September 20, 2026 at 1:00 AM
50,000 frontline staff to receive a jab for a different Ebola strain, with 20,000 enrolled in a one-year clinical trial.
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Lebanon: Among the living and the dead.
September 19, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Lebanon: Among the living and the dead.