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Them: inclusive language isn't hard.Me: years of psychological trauma induced by a society hell bent on policing my failures at recognizing normative gender pronouns has given me a complex over what amounts to an issue of language rigidity in autism.Them: You're a bad person.
We live in a society where people get real mad if you misgender their dog. Dog please, I misgender myself.I look in a mirror and don't recognize me. If I am shaved w/ long hair, I refer to myself in my culturally imbued femme pronouns.Fuck language. https://t.co/bbA6QaNeaz
At least on twitter I can spend the time to look up people's pronouns and edit my text after the fact so that gendered language is transformed into "they" and "them" as much as possible. But I've been trying to unlearn similar grammatical mistakes since 4th grade with no luck.
Is there a chrome plugin I can run that highlights problematic gendered language so I don't have to experience this reoccurring anxiety and trauma over what I call everyone? I'm sick of feeling dredd every-time I have to activate part of my brain that deals w/ gendered language.
Them: this shit is easy, even a baby could do it. You're just refusing to because you're a monster.Me: check your allistic privilege."We linguists believe that a normal person implicitly computes this stuff in their heads, without thinking about it"https://t.co/OeobYpiFq5
I hate this discourse because so often it boils down to "you're lazy" or "you're just tring to excuse youself for being an asshole".I understand that, some people are being an asshole. Even w/ my lack of sarcasm skills, even I could see people being assholes over trans people.
Even then, I overlook swaths of sarcastic ire being thrown at people. Heck, I didn't realize Charlie and The Chocolate Factory was full of sarcasm until the condescending wonka meme. & I played as charlie in a play!If I come off as sarcastic, 98% of time I'm just a naive fool.
jUsT bE yOuR sElFthey saidiT'lL bE fInEthey saidI'm putting this in my bio because this is what I identify with.subject-pronoun/reflexivehttps://t.co/imA9W531MO
it/itself isn't even right for me.The set of people who put "attack helicopter" in gender field to lampoon it; they reject gender identity deviation. The set of people who put in 'attack helicopter' because they reject the notion that we ought to even ask it.
"It can be especially difficult if you feel your gender is non-binary, because there is no template for you to follow."https://t.co/48emPshWzP
I use a trick to generate random numbers: I look at the clock and do a quick modulus of the seconds. Going to start training myself to randomize what genders I tell people I am. I hope they fight about misgendering me when they see another person calling me a different gender.
I suspect the chaos about this will particularly troublesome to members of groups who use power games to police each other over language. If you have any suggestions on how to minimize the impact of this on trans folk, let me know. I'm open to changing my habits if I can.
I am so bad at trolling that this often happens, but in this case, I wouldn't even be mad.https://t.co/78MNMEHVle
Those whom shall not be gendered.The Prince(ss) who would prefer to not have a name and gender identity.The nothing as a metaphor about the chaos and decline of society if you don't institute and perpetuate your religious and ritualized naming norms. https://t.co/M23CMp2jVR
Trolling myself.https://t.co/MvvrcnoFO4
I want to put my gender pronouns in my twitter bio.I genuinely think of myself an "it/them", but people see it as a form of harassment because "it" is often used to dehumanize trans people.All pronouns are valid? But I am not valid. My very essence is is rooted in hatespeech.
Ya'll afraid of molecules like me?https://t.co/fVnSKb1yXm
I can't update my twitter profile anymore because it literally thinks my pronouns are invalid.I wanted to add Varð-lokkur, but it doesn't seem to be the 'eth' character. Any changes breaks it.Can't make this shit up. https://t.co/9L4W19yFis
We should just call people by their names, that seems like the most respectful way to handle things. I'm pro-names.Sadly, the state wouldn't let me change my last name when I got married unless I paid. We seem to give that 'privilege' only to those assigned femme at birth.
Heaven forbid somebody violate a cultural naming convention.No literally, this is treated as taboo +affront to god.I wanna change my name formerly to 'ape', but everybody IRL throws a fit.I want my name to be [ ] like what Odysseus told the cyclops to anger Poseidon.
It turns out Gibberelic Acid can make Female Cannabis Plants hermaphroditic."There are a number of solutions that can be sprayed on female plants to create male pollen sacs"https://t.co/VLJadvtLAS
…assume plant's gender?"In good years and also in older, larger plants, inflorescence are produced that are both male and female. If the plants are less stressed and large enough, more energy can be allocated to seed production"https://t.co/QQ8hbdfhELhttps://t.co/CSv7ioYazU
What gender is an ant colony?No.What proportion of an ant colony's alates are flying sperm machines, and what proportion are reproductive MCVs. And does that differ in ant species with gamergates (reproductive workers)? And does it vary thru thru time?https://t.co/OJs3WG3mmj
That's just plants right? Imagine thinking that an external viral contagion could impact the gender expression of a mammal. Gotta be some kind of crazy person to think that kind of thing up. /shttps://t.co/cgyBd8bQko
You,vs the gender non-conforming cyborg plant bear they warned you about. https://t.co/9jqJXP2ote
https://t.co/dWssw2bjLD https://t.co/Zmx0w6Qdu7
I'm going to grow some plants soon.https://t.co/smrKLGXTs6
I wonder if you can vape tobacco.https://t.co/9lvRC2qsXa
You can synthesize nicotine by growing tobacco in a small bin. Seems to be legal for personal use in most states (IANAL)https://t.co/dEpEPnf6Mz
I am not certain, but I bet since they are similar to tomatoes, might be easy to grow via diy 'topsy-turvy' designs.https://t.co/grrGInmMLRTho might not work well inside unless you have other plants below it to catch any water drips.
This looks like it might be a fairly complete series on growing your own. Haven't watched the whole thing yet, but shows how to modify the growing method for flower pots. https://t.co/hQQSYNErs6
I wanna listen to plants"Although Khait and his colleagues only looked at tomato and tobacco plants, they believe other plants may make sounds when stressed too. In a preliminary study, they also recorded ultrasonic sounds from a spiny pincushion cactus"https://t.co/BNEdHDaInn
Do tomato plants scream in pain when their leaves are being eaten? Does this attract parasitic wasps? Does the chemical signals released by hornworms cause them to feel pleasure instead?https://t.co/kq3PXkLhwLDo you wonder about wire-heading plants?https://t.co/kkds7Xmlr4
I knew grass let off toxins you can smell when the grass is cut. I have been trying to find a way to track this scent to minimize harm on grass from mowing so you get less rebound growth from grazing responses. Its why I knew about digital noses.https://t.co/nTlqVZcMIS
But thinking that they also scream and attract parasites is fascinating."We further show that the parasitoids are capable of distinguishing the damaged host plant from the non-host plant of the leafminers."https://t.co/AGLv2bt0fj
The idea of a parasite manipulating the host using hormones that impact it's behavior isn't entirely unfounded.A species of wasp have a larval life cycle that involves triggering spider molting behavior via injection.https://t.co/yqr1hrCTz6
Somewhere out there is a transgender computer nerd who's going to become a cyborg plant mom after reading this thread and it makes me happy.https://t.co/dTusZdo8UU
"In this review, the role of different species of Rosa in the prevention of treatment of various disorders related to oxidative stress, is examined, focusing on new therapeutic approaches from a molecular point of view."https://t.co/zbre88Yr9D
Linked-In thinks my pronouns are invalid. https://t.co/14hZnEJ1m7
I support trans people. I'm sorry if this thread comes off snarky. I genuinely feel for those who have health issues and are being over looked by the medical system.https://t.co/DVQZNLtIIM
All of my research into immune system issues tied to autism suggest gender hormones weirdness and extreme depression overlap. I can't speak on gender dysphoria, but there is no doubt in my mind that working on these hormones helps many people feel better.https://t.co/40x05giKb8
So I'm a 'cis male' trying to be more masculine to fight off estrogen's role in auto-immune disorders. Please don't consider me an ally. But don't want people to keep suffering. Too many of friends and twitter mutual have died because of depression. https://t.co/57Y4X9wYXu
I don't really get gender. This whole thread is a sort of protest about it. It feels meaningless to me. I don't care about it. In fact undermining how we perceive gender is something I actively subvert, normative or otherwise.https://t.co/kjUy6hMdiA
I don't believe in gender. But if someone is suffering because of this stuff, that matters to me. That is real, and tangible, and meaningful to me.That is what matters. Let a thousand genders bloom if it means people suffer less.https://t.co/UfrvRBaLPX
If we turn gender constructs into a fluid identity based caste system instead of using to prop up mid 18th century reproductive roles, we will be able to raise children in surrogate wombs to perpetuate the species in space. This is why I gravitate toward xenofeminism ideas.
"This review provides possible biological explanation vs psychological explanation (direct effect vs indirect effect) for the hormonal treatment-induced better mental well-being." https://t.co/qHC8prP6GjNeat.
"Some might say that denying people estrogen because they have a condition which studies suggest estrogen can successfully treat is a bit, I don’t know, crazy and evil, but I guess people get really weird around this stuff."https://t.co/Gk9cp0xqjf
I know a lot about hormone adjusting drugs because of exploring issues related to Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Which I even predicted I had some genes for.https://t.co/QIZtGUh7xy
Did you know that gender selection might actually be driven by genetics? 😈https://t.co/MuhlsCZBh9
"Our study is the first to demonstrate a biological function of a testis-specific lncRNA in male reproduction, providing new insights into sex chromosome gene expression and offspring sex-ratio regulation"https://t.co/zZ5bPmklEk🥱https://t.co/41XNzTvnhi
I know how to make the frogs gay.I have the documents.I'm kinda retarded.https://t.co/IMN0LG7Pco
You can learn a lot about gender by exploring TRP and their function.Why do immune related steroids (testosterones, estrogens) seem to lead to different pain tolerances / vary along acute/chronic pain.https://t.co/7nR5HE0mQHShit gets real sometimes.https://t.co/N8JRUUk9GN
People talk to me about gender, and all I can think about is how their poop tunnels work + how it impacts their politics.https://t.co/mRiYXmHpxr
I have no idea what I am doing.https://t.co/WssloRghBO https://t.co/ofINrKoNQh
I think I figured out why those help, and it suggests my hormonal/immune system autism idea (an alternative to the male brained theory of autism) might hold weight. This is coinciding with a huge hit against the extreme male brain theory was just publish. https://t.co/xIVS2MTGkK
"work toward filtering for more tolerant people."https://t.co/iGH4hx2Apn
I now lean into sexual metaphor & vulgarity of language to drive away people who don't have an appetite for it. If I'm going to be framed as a deviant anyway, might as well use it as a shield & work toward filtering for more tolerant people.https://t.co/3nAbAhD0l6
Can you imagine being so misguided in your sense of how life works that you point at a tree and ask "is this a gender?" Good thread.https://t.co/jzsaWZEIP8 https://t.co/N10lS83Y8r
I can literally use Ancient Sumerian and emoji as my twitter name, but still can't add Varð-lokkur to my bio because I'm an invalid character. https://t.co/PypLpWuS74
I think its funny that I inadvertently trolled myself using pronouns in bio, and have technically weaponized it into confusing people about what to call me.https://t.co/uGtAhlLfsZ
Achromobacter might be able to metabolize hydrazine https://t.co/3PKUEQqc3D which suggests it could destableize a parasitic co-fungi that steal nitrogens away from plants from standard ammonia pathways via Anammox capable species https://t.co/gwGpVeZDGs 😇
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteriahttps://t.co/aSo4ufoeFg
"existence [...] first predicted in the 1970s on the basis of thermodynamic calculations. Anammox bacteria oxidize ammonium to nitrogen gas using nitrite as an electron accepter under anoxic conditions, and their growth occurs by carbon dioxide fixation" https://t.co/v82BJ0qdLU
Hydrazine appears to be one of the suspected carcinogens in tobacco. https://t.co/myjwRMQzGq
Interestingly smokeless tobacco appears to have no trace of this chemical?https://t.co/xUcYl9vv4y
I am not sure why that is. There is speculation that the hydrazine is actually not in the tobacco it self, but a byproduct of the fermentation process contaminate.There is a lot of variability here. https://t.co/JfWng76VAQ
If the hydrazine is acting as a food source for a co-fungus, then it's possible that the fermentation process could be infected with a fungus in unsanitary environments. Given this is a farmed product that is harvested outside in the environment, that doesn't seem far fetched.
This is speculation, but we might expect in normal conditions that the tobacco fermentation is removing stuff like hydrazine as part of normal microbial/fungal metabolisms. If this is the case, then cutting corners here may explain why it shows up on occasion.
Fungal contaminates aren't unheard of in fermented products. Aflatoxins from problematic storage have shown up in tobacco from Egypt.https://t.co/cGFWUF6wL0Likely other sources have this problem.
Aflatoxin has also been found in Aspergillus infected coffee beans. As coffee is a fermented product as part of it's production, it is similarly an ideal environment. https://t.co/Lwilvws2ju
Given that the existing literature on hydrozine entering the tobacco plant is implicated as coming from azotobacter chrococum's production of it in the soil, there seems to already be a source of hydrazine available for fungus to potentially steal nitrogens from.
Tho it's worth noting that aspergillus strain that makes aflatoxin is an aerobic type, but the kind that cooperate with the ananamox are *anaerobic*.So we would have to look into what kind of toxins the anaerobic variety can produce, to learn what to look for.
Given lack of research on anaerobic fungus in the gut, and their products, I would expect these are understudied in general. https://t.co/w88aoGzvn1
We would expect coffee to normally be anareobic, given lactic acid bacteria are involved.https://t.co/cTiutoLgj8
Some varieties appear to be properly fermented after, and according to this it specifically uses a process that specifically releases ammonia. https://t.co/bk3ikBfNBlThat could potentially cause hydrazine via anammox...
It also looks like we may be able to do artificial fermentations somehow? That's wild.https://t.co/ofH30NDOXfI have no clue what that might lead to, but I suspect it would be much more controlled.
Long story short... the typical soil bacteria used to provide nitrogen for Tobacco might be putting a toxic chemical in the plant. There is also a potential that it isn't the bacteria itself, but the fermentation. Care should perhaps be taken if growing this yourself.
You may wanna takes steps to avoid accidentally extracting and concentrating hydrazine if you are using tobacco as a pharmaceutical source. Wither via extracting nicotine directly, or using a variety intended to produce other chemicals.https://t.co/9IBe1uW5qI
And for the budding research scientist who actulaly has a lab to study these things, would you mind taking a look at Achromobacter and similar hydrazine metabolizing bacteria/fungus to see if there may be other ways to avoid accidentally spiking our food with CNS poisons?
"sustainable crops production and N nutrition has been an important biotechnological challenging interest. This is a growing and promising market and currently the focus should be on developing innovative and competitive Azotobacter based biofertilizers"https://t.co/XMgHTA5YTf
Did you know Jack Parsons is indirectly responsible for figuring out hydrazine is useful for rocket fuel?I think we could twist this process around and use bioreactors to make it without poisoning everyone like aerojet may have. https://t.co/iDNxOUREszhttps://t.co/Pnlj81tfLi https://t.co/vSLrc9vUgR
Rocket fuel is very dangerous.There's a suspicion that gulf war syndrome and various cancers may be a result of hydrazine and nitric acids from SCUD missiles.https://t.co/7e1jYsYNVv https://t.co/HDMWvvSpPW
If we had multiple stages of bioreactors, with the hydrazine being metabolized away into less toxic sources of nitrogen, we might be able to make fertilizers in a way that actually sequesters CO2 https://t.co/xdyDbTpv9O
"existence [...] first predicted in the 1970s on the basis of thermodynamic calculations. Anammox bacteria oxidize ammonium to nitrogen gas using nitrite as an electron accepter under anoxic conditions, and their growth occurs by carbon dioxide fixation" https://t.co/v82BJ0qdLU
At least if you used the achromobacter based process combined with the azotobacter one.I'm just guessing here, but anammox process fixing carbon dioxide is probably related to why existing ammonia based fertilizer production systems produce so much CO2. https://t.co/6TiOuC9bEr
I think it's funny that I can just find videos online about how to produce rocket fuel. This looks extremely unsafe.https://t.co/07qVdf0Blv
"it's actually the precursor to a lot of pharmaceuticals"https://t.co/37rRVs1u5C
"combines dimethylhydrazine with dinotrogen tetroxide to show how hypergolic mixtures fire rockets into space."https://t.co/MIrrORHHqw
I made this joke a while back.I only just learned that literal rocket fuel chemicals are precursors to some pharmaceuticals from that NileRed video.https://t.co/8tKK3tmEWR
The devil's venom."With the reprinting of the classic book 'Ignition, And Informal History Of Liquid Rocket Propellants' I thought it would be fun to talk about the most dangerous substances ever tested in rocket fuels."https://t.co/dSoPC9PTWd https://t.co/uJoQpZ9AxT
Implies there is something in gut that can neutralize it."Toxicity was more severe in germ-free rats compared with conventional rats for equivalent exposures indicating that bacterial presence altered the nature or extent of response to hydrazine" [2009]https://t.co/TwRcYvb3Sq
Another interesting cancer causing toxic chemical (associated with pharmaceuticals) can also be neutralized by bacteria.https://t.co/WCFu9o2tNJ
Notably, that chemical is produced by Hydrazine from a common water sterilizing technique (ozonization)."N-Nitrosodimethylamine Formation from Hydrazine Compounds on Ozonation"https://t.co/0MJLAckqCH
I also saw that ozonization can make bromine into bromate. Various Bromines are common product of a number of potential bacterial contaminants.https://t.co/0vkUqroxQT
I find it vary curious that it's so common to treat waste water with ozone to sterilize it... and there are odd often unexplained contaminations of pharmaceutical products that consist of stuff that ozone reactions can produce.https://t.co/n69ZYa3T18
NDMA has already been implicated as potentially coming from bacterial precursors and wastewater."NDMA precursors are widespread throughout theenvironment, occurring in plants, fish, algae, urine, andfaeces"https://t.co/jczG88yNCh
If this is a hydrazine ozonization related contaminant, it suggests that we might be able to use basic distillation techniques to evaporate out the hydrazine from water. (Tho that doesn't actually solve the hydrazine, it just puts it into the environment.)https://t.co/Txkt5XCTQV
In much the same way as how boiling mushrooms is used to remove Gyromitrin by converting and boiling off the resulting hydrazine.Maybe there is a better way?https://t.co/nGyASAuMKk
@halvorz I was thinking about fermentation?Looking it up, This also mentions the ALS study and goes into more details. This says Gyromitrin is metabolized into monomethylhydrazine, so there might be others that work on same pathway. Maybe B6 would also help?https://t.co/MOQ6kw5cHm
I never thought a thread about gendering plants would get me into exploring rocket fuel, explosives, poisons, strong acids, and bacterial contaminates.There's a huge gap between learning about it and doing it. Don't play with rocket fuel unless you know what you're doing.
"Chemistry is dangerous."If you don't know why nitric acid is scary AF, watch this video showing how it literally catches safety gloves on fire.https://t.co/D7g6XdUVDf
After watching that video, check out this review of his old filming area in his parent's garage (while learning about aforementioned bormine)See how many of those lab safety steps you can count even in that small space of his. https://t.co/Pwka3Zil7D
I can recognize the storage bins he's using on sight, even the model number of that gasketed Sterilite container on the floor (its an 80 quart bin).https://t.co/isauAr4znyYou can't get 19384304 easily anymore. https://t.co/S97twW4RR0
huh."But strategically, gas attacks accomplished little. Both sides began to manufacture gas masks by the thousands. In a pinch, soldiers could also urinate on their handkerchiefs and hold them over their noses for protection."https://t.co/suEuPQzlZx
"hydrazine is a horrific substance to work with. I mean it's a rocket fuel so of course it has lots of energy in it. But it's also corrosive, carcinogenic, and straight-up toxic to humans. In tiny quantities, it will attack the nervous system, the liver…"https://t.co/n28aBHHDsm
I had to take the pronouns of of my bio.https://t.co/lMoxgj5FQO https://t.co/AAkTypGFT3
I have no identity, don't refer to me.https://t.co/uYL33xv1jF
Wanted to faces in my mind's eye.To sing, and see the ancestors from my youth.Now I am haunted by them.https://t.co/kpj6J4Icnu
I am pretending everyone I know is smiling at me.It's a very good feeling. https://t.co/JTIwNcu2yX
*snickers*Good job Ikari, now you're cursed with the third eye.https://t.co/uGEN6kuFr0
rekindle. reignite. reawaken. https://t.co/8X2ooeh5Nz
Tired: Shape rotatingWired: Face remembering.https://t.co/GE2qBxOwLo
"However, it cannot legally be deemed “potable” until it undergoes “advanced oxidation.” The district is seeking to upgrade the purification center and install the technology."https://t.co/VA8XqBqHWW
"Raw water acolytes argue that drinking water directly from nature, without the chemicals found in tap water—chlorine for disinfecting, and fluoride to prevent tooth decay—contributes to superior health."https://t.co/cG7gdIS26u
Methemoglobinemia, now with no added nitrates.https://t.co/6aZN0L88Yo
"journal article claims that there is a correlation (which is not causation, as the saying goes) between the skin-regenerating effects of topical application of water from Italy’s Comano spring and the presence of nonpathogenic bacteria in the water." 🤔https://t.co/b7QdaYUjr2