Donna Judith Robinson
@djrobinson.bsky.social
Geologist at the Kentucky Geological Survey 🌎 | PhD student at the University of Kentucky 🐾 | Transbian 🏳️⚧️🌈 | Nerd 🧪 | Native Lexingtonian 🐴 | Free 🇵🇸
My views do not represent the UK/KGS.
My views do not represent the UK/KGS.
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The University of Kentucky and community partners are spreading the word about an odorless gas that can be deadly: radon.
University of Kentucky launches $2.6 million radon study
The University of Kentucky and community partners are spreading the word about an odorless gas that can be deadly: radon.
www.weku.org
I will be leading the investigation of geologic controls on radon occurrence in Kentucky for this project. 🔜🧪🔬
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So right when the regime is pushing to require ID like passports to be able to vote, they're limiting the places where you can get passports.
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Brooklyn Public Library ends passport services after State Department order • Brooklyn Paper
Last fall, the U.S. Department of State sent cease-and-desist letters to hundreds of nonprofit libraries across the country, telling them they were no longer
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February 28, 2026 at 3:31 AM
So right when the regime is pushing to require ID like passports to be able to vote, they're limiting the places where you can get passports.
www.brooklynpaper.com/brooklyn-pub...
www.brooklynpaper.com/brooklyn-pub...
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All session, we report on laws being passed and how they’ll impact Kentuckians. But just as important is looking to how those laws are (or arent) enforced
@joesonka.lpm.org and I investigated illegal cases of child marriage, despite a 2018 law that should stop them
www.lpm.org/news/2026-02...
@joesonka.lpm.org and I investigated illegal cases of child marriage, despite a 2018 law that should stop them
www.lpm.org/news/2026-02...
Kentucky banned child marriages in 2018. Here’s why they are still happening
Kentucky Public Radio investigated more than a dozen cases of illegal child marriages in the state, how it happened and who is trying to stop it.
www.lpm.org
February 27, 2026 at 11:13 AM
All session, we report on laws being passed and how they’ll impact Kentuckians. But just as important is looking to how those laws are (or arent) enforced
@joesonka.lpm.org and I investigated illegal cases of child marriage, despite a 2018 law that should stop them
www.lpm.org/news/2026-02...
@joesonka.lpm.org and I investigated illegal cases of child marriage, despite a 2018 law that should stop them
www.lpm.org/news/2026-02...
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He said he would be the peace candidate. He said he would stop endless wars. HE LIED.
The American people do not want war with Iran. Congress did not authorize war with Iran.
This president believes he is a dictator. He must be impeached.
The American people do not want war with Iran. Congress did not authorize war with Iran.
This president believes he is a dictator. He must be impeached.
February 28, 2026 at 1:22 PM
He said he would be the peace candidate. He said he would stop endless wars. HE LIED.
The American people do not want war with Iran. Congress did not authorize war with Iran.
This president believes he is a dictator. He must be impeached.
The American people do not want war with Iran. Congress did not authorize war with Iran.
This president believes he is a dictator. He must be impeached.
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Wake up babe. The United States and Israel just bombed schools and killed children.
February 28, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Wake up babe. The United States and Israel just bombed schools and killed children.
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Our city and our commonwealth are facing a historic housing crisis.
If we are to seriously address it, we must prioritize the basic needs of working Lexingtonians and Kentuckians over the greed of predatory landlords and corporations.
If we are to seriously address it, we must prioritize the basic needs of working Lexingtonians and Kentuckians over the greed of predatory landlords and corporations.
February 28, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Our city and our commonwealth are facing a historic housing crisis.
If we are to seriously address it, we must prioritize the basic needs of working Lexingtonians and Kentuckians over the greed of predatory landlords and corporations.
If we are to seriously address it, we must prioritize the basic needs of working Lexingtonians and Kentuckians over the greed of predatory landlords and corporations.
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After Tumbler Ridge shooting, false claims about trans people have proliferated online.
Claims about an 'epidemic' of trans shooters circulating on social media are false, expert says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Claims about an 'epidemic' of trans shooters circulating on social media are false, expert says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
After Tumbler Ridge shooting, false claims about trans people have spread online | CBC News
Anger and false claims are being directed at transgender people after Tuesday's mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that left nine people dead, including the suspected shooter, who RCMP identified a...
www.cbc.ca
February 13, 2026 at 10:17 PM
After Tumbler Ridge shooting, false claims about trans people have proliferated online.
Claims about an 'epidemic' of trans shooters circulating on social media are false, expert says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Claims about an 'epidemic' of trans shooters circulating on social media are false, expert says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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@andybeshearky.bsky.social is right—the conditions of our roads in Lexington are unacceptable.
This Councilwoman welcomes any and all assistance from the state government in getting our roads cleared ASAP.
Then we must make tangible changes to ensure this doesn’t happen again.
This Councilwoman welcomes any and all assistance from the state government in getting our roads cleared ASAP.
Then we must make tangible changes to ensure this doesn’t happen again.
Beshear blasts Lexington’s winter storm cleanup efforts as ‘unacceptable’
Thursday, Gov. Beshear said the city declined an offer for help from the state.
www.kentucky.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:02 PM
@andybeshearky.bsky.social is right—the conditions of our roads in Lexington are unacceptable.
This Councilwoman welcomes any and all assistance from the state government in getting our roads cleared ASAP.
Then we must make tangible changes to ensure this doesn’t happen again.
This Councilwoman welcomes any and all assistance from the state government in getting our roads cleared ASAP.
Then we must make tangible changes to ensure this doesn’t happen again.
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Rather than show one iota of respect for trans students, the University of Kentucky is choosing to throw them to the wolves.
These changes exceed state and federal requirements, pushing trans students off campus and accelerating the housing crisis in our city that UK helped create.
Truly shameful.
These changes exceed state and federal requirements, pushing trans students off campus and accelerating the housing crisis in our city that UK helped create.
Truly shameful.
UK will no longer offer gender-inclusive student housing under anti-DEI law
University of Kentucky also will no longer offer financial support or resources for identity-based groups or activities.
www.kentucky.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Rather than show one iota of respect for trans students, the University of Kentucky is choosing to throw them to the wolves.
These changes exceed state and federal requirements, pushing trans students off campus and accelerating the housing crisis in our city that UK helped create.
Truly shameful.
These changes exceed state and federal requirements, pushing trans students off campus and accelerating the housing crisis in our city that UK helped create.
Truly shameful.
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I’m honestly so tired of the BS around autism and ‘cause’.
I’m yet to see a single case where their motive behind ‘finding the cause of autism’ wasn’t embedded in eugenics.
If somebody goes on about finding the cause of autism, always ask why they are seeking it.
I’m yet to see a single case where their motive behind ‘finding the cause of autism’ wasn’t embedded in eugenics.
If somebody goes on about finding the cause of autism, always ask why they are seeking it.
September 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I’m honestly so tired of the BS around autism and ‘cause’.
I’m yet to see a single case where their motive behind ‘finding the cause of autism’ wasn’t embedded in eugenics.
If somebody goes on about finding the cause of autism, always ask why they are seeking it.
I’m yet to see a single case where their motive behind ‘finding the cause of autism’ wasn’t embedded in eugenics.
If somebody goes on about finding the cause of autism, always ask why they are seeking it.
Absolutely moronic. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
The Trump administration is expected to link autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy
President Trump and HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are expected to tie autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, and present a cancer drug as a possible treatment. There is little credible sc...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Absolutely moronic. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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10 out of 305 kids who they had data on (3% or about 1 in 30) went from trans to cis. Most changes were binary trans to gender diverse (nonbinary, genderfluid, etc.). (See table 16)
srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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September 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
10 out of 305 kids who they had data on (3% or about 1 in 30) went from trans to cis. Most changes were binary trans to gender diverse (nonbinary, genderfluid, etc.). (See table 16)
srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.
September 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.
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I am literally begging anyone who does any kind of journalism to spend an hour in an eviction courtroom every week for a month. Please.
The eviction crisis in this country is downplayed at best and ignored at worst. It's racialized state violence that hearkens back to the worst of Jim Crow,
The eviction crisis in this country is downplayed at best and ignored at worst. It's racialized state violence that hearkens back to the worst of Jim Crow,
August 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I am literally begging anyone who does any kind of journalism to spend an hour in an eviction courtroom every week for a month. Please.
The eviction crisis in this country is downplayed at best and ignored at worst. It's racialized state violence that hearkens back to the worst of Jim Crow,
The eviction crisis in this country is downplayed at best and ignored at worst. It's racialized state violence that hearkens back to the worst of Jim Crow,
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Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin.
You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰
#VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍
This is super important.
You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰
#VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍
This is super important.
March 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin.
You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰
#VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍
This is super important.
You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰
#VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍
This is super important.
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Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill that would have protected conversion therapy practices and denied Medicaid funds to pay for gender-affirming health care for trans Kentucky adults.
Don't expect it to last long, though, because the GOP-controlled legislature is back on Thursday.
Don't expect it to last long, though, because the GOP-controlled legislature is back on Thursday.
Beshear vetoes KY bill protecting conversion therapy, blocking some adults trans health care
House Bill 495 would have protected conversion therapy and denied Medicaid funds to pay for gender-affirming health care for transgender adults in Kentucky.
www.kentucky.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill that would have protected conversion therapy practices and denied Medicaid funds to pay for gender-affirming health care for trans Kentucky adults.
Don't expect it to last long, though, because the GOP-controlled legislature is back on Thursday.
Don't expect it to last long, though, because the GOP-controlled legislature is back on Thursday.
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This man is diagnosably, mentally ill.
March 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This man is diagnosably, mentally ill.
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We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation
The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
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"Tests executive power" Is one way for NPR to type "illegally ignoring a judge's orders."
March 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Tests executive power" Is one way for NPR to type "illegally ignoring a judge's orders."
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1. Yesterday, ten Democrats capitulated on an Republican budget, empowering the worst of Musk and Trump, and gutting medicaid.
It is a foreshadowing of LGBTQ+ and trans fights to come.
I ask: Where is the line which Dems will NOT vote for one of these bills?
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It is a foreshadowing of LGBTQ+ and trans fights to come.
I ask: Where is the line which Dems will NOT vote for one of these bills?
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Where Is The Line? Democratic Budget Capitulation Foreshadows LGBTQ+ Fights To Come
Yesterday, several Democrats excused a vote that will allow the Trump administration to gut Medicaid and empower Musk and Trump to consolidate power.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
1. Yesterday, ten Democrats capitulated on an Republican budget, empowering the worst of Musk and Trump, and gutting medicaid.
It is a foreshadowing of LGBTQ+ and trans fights to come.
I ask: Where is the line which Dems will NOT vote for one of these bills?
Subscribe to support my journalism.
It is a foreshadowing of LGBTQ+ and trans fights to come.
I ask: Where is the line which Dems will NOT vote for one of these bills?
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Tonight, in the last hour of the 2025 legislative session, Kentucky Republicans voted to strip tens of thousands of Kentuckians on Medicaid of their access to lifesaving medical care.
Their cruelty knows no bounds.
My full statement on the passage of HB495 below 👇
Their cruelty knows no bounds.
My full statement on the passage of HB495 below 👇
March 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Tonight, in the last hour of the 2025 legislative session, Kentucky Republicans voted to strip tens of thousands of Kentuckians on Medicaid of their access to lifesaving medical care.
Their cruelty knows no bounds.
My full statement on the passage of HB495 below 👇
Their cruelty knows no bounds.
My full statement on the passage of HB495 below 👇
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If you vote for this Republican Funding Bill, you are complicit in all that DOGE, President Elon, and Trump does.
March 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
If you vote for this Republican Funding Bill, you are complicit in all that DOGE, President Elon, and Trump does.
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Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper...
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
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Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper...
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
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Happy International Women's Day!
May every woman find their way into the room where their voice is most needed—whether that's a board room, a legislature, or a PTA meeting.
When we stand up and speak our values, women change the world!
May every woman find their way into the room where their voice is most needed—whether that's a board room, a legislature, or a PTA meeting.
When we stand up and speak our values, women change the world!
March 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy International Women's Day!
May every woman find their way into the room where their voice is most needed—whether that's a board room, a legislature, or a PTA meeting.
When we stand up and speak our values, women change the world!
May every woman find their way into the room where their voice is most needed—whether that's a board room, a legislature, or a PTA meeting.
When we stand up and speak our values, women change the world!
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What a photo.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
March 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What a photo.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
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This aged like fine wine
March 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This aged like fine wine