🧵Thread: The New Yorker publishes the wild tale of how an affluent liberal town’s school district imploded after numerous intersectional pile-ups over race and gender identity.

Details below. 1/ Amherst is a very liberal town, with the stereotypical In This House… signs everywhere. The local high school newspaper published an article about the “life or death” nature of “the failure to protect trans kids.” 2/

🧵: NYT published a long article today about detransitioners and how the “always affirm” model has destroyed the bodies and lives of many confused children.

Some notable details below. The piece begins with a common example of an ROGD teen: bullied, felt out of place, and immediately gravitated towards transitioning as a way to alleviate her problems. No one during the transition suggested that she may not be trans.

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NYTimes reports that colleges have been dropping standardized tests simply because the results produce disparities some are uncomfortable with. But lowered standards actually make things worse for everyone.

1/ By eliminating test score requirements, colleges are taking away the best predictor of future academic success.

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It’s tough to swallow, but for those that doubted the ideological takeover of the sciences, the chickens have come home to roost. This didn’t happen on a lark: top science orgs all have parroted the same woke ideology for years. Grouse about it all you want, but if actual science-minded people can’t recapture these institutions, they will go the way of the dodo.
This may prove to be the canary in the coal mine for the life sciences in general. Don't let others henpeck you into complying with their demands, and always call out fowl play when you see it.