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20 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
People’s Republic of Liverchester? Manpool? I’m no longer fussy.
I’ve even got a Yorkshire husband willing to pledge allegiance to the dark side of it’s against ‘The South’.
Give us a couple of weeks and I reckon we’ll have Nottingham as well.
Right. Strategy.

Immediate and huge (and perhaps retrospective?) customs duty charges on any of the Smiths LPs.

That’ll learn ‘em.

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15 Oct
‘There is no scientific evidence to support World Rugby’s position in exclusion of transwomen from contact rugby’.

Here is the evidence cited by the IOC in 2003, when they first proposed that inclusion of transwomen in female sport is fair.
Here is the evidence cited by the IOC in 2015 when they adjusted their criteria for fair inclusion.
Here is the evidence cited by England Rugby @EnglandRugby in support of fair inclusion of transwomen.
Read 8 tweets
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14 Oct
That England Rugby @EnglandRugby have affirmed inclusion of transwomen in female contact rugby, despite the scientific analysis from their governing body @WorldRugby highlighting extreme safety risks, is disappointing but not surprising.

There will be more.
The calls for ‘further research’ are a smokescreen to kick tough decisions down the road.

What might happen in the mean time is now on them.
What do they expect further research to show?

That athletes become inexplicably weaker than couch potatoes, and thus hold a smaller or no advantage over females?

That is truly irrational.
Read 5 tweets
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14 Oct
@GMB The World Rugby argument is really quite simple.

1. Forces generated in tackles by males on females present an unacceptably high risk of head injury for females.
Evidence: Extensive modelling of head/neck forces when two weights collide, basic physics.
@GMB 2. That risk is amplified when you factor in the premise that male weight is accompanied by superior strength and superior speed.
Evidence: again, basic physics.
@GMB 3. When they suppress testosterone in accordance with sports fed rules, transwomen lose only small amounts of strength, and there is no change to their bone structure.
Evidence: 11 published cohorts (800+ transwomen) tracked for muscle/strength changes over at least one year.
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11 Oct
@Lux48098905 @JulietLine @ChardonnayM @CStaffordSmith Wiik et al 2020 studied mass/strength in 11 TW, before and after intervention, all well within IOC T limits.

Wiik et al 2020 is one of 11 longitudinal studies of mass/strength in TW (some covering over 200 subjects), before and after intervention, all well within IOC limits.
@Lux48098905 @JulietLine @ChardonnayM @CStaffordSmith In total, those 11 studies cover measurements of mass and/or strength in more than 800 TW, before and after 1-3 years of treatment, all well within IOC limits.

Please don’t tell me you’ve been fooled by the coincidence of 11 studies, one of which contains 11 participants. 😂
@Lux48098905 @JulietLine @ChardonnayM @CStaffordSmith Oh my god, you have, haven’t you?

What is the source of this error? Because this is seriously embarrassing.
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1 Oct
Superstretchy tights can get in the sea.

All they do is leave me with stripes/patchy legs. I cannot, for the life of me, get them onto my legs in any semblance of uniformity.
Tights need some resistance to ensure the weave lies evenly and springs back when you rub them or pick off a bit of fluff.
I am unable to fashion a suitable Tubigrip applicator shape with my hands, so am currently sporting vertical stripes on my calves, pale patches on my shins and horizontal stripes on my thighs.
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20 Sep
Three years ago, the Conservative government launched a consultation on a somewhat esoteric piece of legislation concerning the rights of trans people to alter their birth certificate and legal sex.
The proposed changes included ‘self ID’, a radical departure from the current system of careful assessment and mindful transition for those suffering dysphoria.
Self ID would have allowed acquisition of legal sex based on no more than a sworn declaration. But, in reality, the sworn declaration was lip service.
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