Brenda Teese

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Stephanie Turner took a knee in protest after standing on the piste before her bout against Redmond Sullivan at the University of Maryland. She was shown a black card and informed she would not be allowed to continue in the women's foil tournament.

U.S.A. Fencing was the first to post a new policy for transgender athletes. An uncomfortable spotlight this year when a female fencer declined to compete against her transgender opponent at a mid-level meet and led to a congressional hearing, nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/…

"the anti-corruption agencies have been a nuisance for the political elite. They investigated Zelensky party lawmakers and Zelensky friends. Deputy PM Oleksiy Chernyshov, a suspect in a land grab case. There is talk of other friends of Zelensky detectives were investigating."

"President Zelensky is making a choice to undermine Ukrainian democratic institutions in pursuit of expanding his personal power." @KyivIndependent kyivindependent.com/editorial-dark…

the resistance in Israel #IsraelPalestine #Gaza

food for thought getpocket.com/explore/item/f…

Our findings show that hospitals allowed the organ procurement process to begin when patients showed signs of life, and this is horrifying. The organ procurement organizations that coordinate access to transplants will be held accountable. The entire system must be fixed to…

Stanford U historian on ancient Rome demography “The life span of humans hasn’t changed much at all. It may have been a little less in ancient Rome because you didn't have invasive medicine at end of life that prolongs life a little bit but not much." getpocket.com/explore/item/d…

"the law signed by Zelensky effectively strips independence from Ukraine’s National Anticorruption Bureau, which was established in 2015 under pressure from the U.S. and other Western countries." this is why Ukraine was not admitted to EU the West tried to clean it up but nada☹️

President Zelensky signed a law gutting the country’s anticorruption agency despite protests urging him not to do so and criticism that it would silence dissent and concentrate power @WSJ wsj.com/world/europe/u…

the protest outside the president’s office in central Kyiv included civilians and soldiers; the most significant fracture so far in the national unity “My husband is in the trenches and this is not what they are fighting for,” said Kateryna Amelina, 31. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/wor…

President Zelensky signed the highly controversial bill into law on Tuesday that effectively guts the country’s top anti-corruption organizations of their power to investigate independently kyivpost.com/post/56777

"most IQ tests, which were only ever designed for testing schoolchildren, don't include the rich depth of knowledge we acquire only after extensive etc. etc. " Scott Barry Kaufman PhD, professor at Columbia University (and obviously an old crank like myself 😄)

after adjusting for covariates, purpose in life acted as a protective factor against cognitive decline "When does intelligence peak?" is actually a rather meaningless question @sbkaufman getpocket.com/explore/item/w…

"also, the top Biden people were protecting their own access & reputations, and their families. Donilon, Reed, and Ricchetti all had relatives on the administration payroll, including all four of Ricchetti’s children. They would not get to keep those jobs if Biden stepped down."

nothing mattered more to the Democrats than defeating Trump. He was considered an existential threat to American democracy so any action incl lying to the American people about the president’s condition was justified if done in the cause of defeating Trump commentary.org/articles/tevi-…

hoisted by his own petard the amazing thing is that Brennan wrote about this encounter with McConnell "completely gobsmacked," how dare you, sir!

in 1982 when the country still had a sense of humor youtube.com/watch?v=1Evt6A…

"Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vocal about the association between sugary beverages and health issues including cancer. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said Coca-Cola will start being made with cane sugar rather than corn syrup in the U.S." nbcnews.com/health/health-…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former China hawk "Marco is turning that upside down. He's saying, 'We have our interests. What are yours?' And if there's mutual benefit, let's do it," "Ambassadors are lining up for this, 'Thank God you're not telling us what to do.'"