To understand this war against the Islamic Republic of Iran, you must understand Twelver Shiism—an apocalyptic ideology that sees Israel’s destruction as divine prophecy. 🧵 Twelver Shiism teaches that a messianic figure—the Hidden Imam, or Mahdi—will return at the end of days.

He will emerge from Jamkaran, Iran.
He will conquer Jerusalem, purifying the world under Islamic rule.
He is often depicted riding a white horse.

An examination of 18 supposedly ‘trans animals’ disproves activist claims that we all live on a non-binary gender ‘spectrum.’

Written by developmental biologist @FondOfBeetles and @jonkay 👇

1. Clownfish (the protagonist in the 'trans animal' debate)

Some male clownfish (typically, the most dominant specimens within a school) change their sex to female. We know they’ve switched sex because they’ve change their gonad tissue, and so start making eggs instead of sperm (which is to say that their gonads are now ovaries instead of testes). As with humans, there are only two gonad types in clownfish, and two gamete types—one male and one female—and nothing in between.

Sexes? Two.

Sex change? Yes, because clownfish are sequential hermaphrodites.

Could I be a hermaphodite trapped in a mammalian body? Very doubtful.

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