Peer review of the Cass report;

"Using the ROBIS tool, we identified a high risk of bias in each of the systematic reviews driven by unexplained protocol deviations, ambiguous eligibility criteria, inadequate study identification, and the failure to integrate consideration of these limitations into the conclusions derived from the evidence syntheses."

"The Cass report’s recommendations, given its methodological flaws and misrepresentation of evidence, warrant critical scrutiny to ensure ethical and effective support for gender-diverse youth."

Unsurprised face 😒

https://bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12874-025-02581-7

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Critically appraising the cass report: methodological flaws and unsupported claims - BMC Medical Research Methodology

Background The Cass Review aimed to provide recommendations for the delivery of services for gender diverse children and young people in England. The final product of this project, the Cass report, relied on commissioned research output, including quantitative and qualitative primary research as well as seven systematic reviews, to inform its recommendations and conclusions. Methods We critically evaluated the Cass report and the research that was commissioned to inform it. To evaluate the Risk of Bias within the seven systematic reviews commissioned by the Cass Review, we applied the ROBIS tool – a domain-based assessment of risk of bias within systematic reviews. It focuses on four domains (i) study eligibility criteria, (ii) identification and selection of studies, (iii) data collection and study appraisal, and (iv) synthesis and findings. To maintain rigour, the ROBIS tool was applied to each systematic review by two independent assessors, within Covidence, with conflicts resolved by an additional two independent assessors. We also conducted a detailed critical evaluation of the methods used in the survey of gender services for young people in Europe, the two quantitative studies of health records, and the qualitative study on the experience of gender dysphoria among young people and the claims made in the Cass report based on these studies. Results Using the ROBIS tool, we identified a high risk of bias in each of the systematic reviews driven by unexplained protocol deviations, ambiguous eligibility criteria, inadequate study identification, and the failure to integrate consideration of these limitations into the conclusions derived from the evidence syntheses. We also identified methodological flaws and unsubstantiated claims in the primary research that suggest a double standard in the quality of evidence produced for the Cass report compared to quality appraisal in the systematic reviews. Conclusions We discuss these issues in relation to how evidence regarding gender affirming care is framed, the wider political context, and the future for gender affirming care. The Cass report’s recommendations, given its methodological flaws and misrepresentation of evidence, warrant critical scrutiny to ensure ethical and effective support for gender-diverse youth.

BioMed Central

“The United States has withdrawn from the Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP), a multi-billion-dollar initiative launched in 2021 to help emerging economies move away from coal and other non-renewable energy sources.

Other partners, including France, Germany, the European Union, the UK, the Netherlands, and Denmark, remain committed to the program.

The US exit will strongly affects South Africa and Indonesia, which are among the beneficiaries of the program.”

This is yet another consequence of pro-apartheid assholes in the White House 😒

https://www.dw.com/en/us-exits-93-billion-climate-deal-with-developing-nations/a-71847744

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US exits $9.3 billion climate deal with developing nations

The United States has exited JETP, a massive climate deal designed to help South Africa, Indonesia and other developing nations transition to clean energy.

Deutsche Welle

For the 1488th post in this thread, I’ll simply remind you of what that number stands for, in white supremacist numerology;

https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/1488

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words

Fuck Nazis. Fuck white supremacists. Fuck everyone who aids or appeases them.

Our fight is for all, and for equal rights for all, in all its intersections. Black lives, trans rights, informed enthusiastic consent, accessibility, the works.

No one is safe until all of us are safe.

PUNCH NAZIS 👊🏻

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#MyBodyMyChoice #AbortionIsHealthcare #SexWorkIsWork #Reparations

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From February 2nd, 2025;

“A criminal campaign which saw over 270 car exhausts stuffed with expanding construction foam is suspected to have been Russian sabotage aimed at discrediting the Green Party, according to German authorities.”

”Stickers were then left on the damaged cars depicting Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck, the Green Party's chancellor candidate in the upcoming federal election, and bearing the message: ‘Be greener!’”

Organised, affiliated fuckers.

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-police-suspect-russia-behind-car-vandalism/a-71517942

Related coverage;

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/02/05/niet-de-groene-activisten-maar-de-russen-zaten-achter-duitse-uitlaten-vol-schuim-a4882088

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Germany: Police suspect Russia behind car vandalism

A criminal campaign which saw over 270 car exhausts stuffed with expanding construction foam is suspected to have been Russian sabotage aimed at discrediting the Green Party, according to German authorities.

Deutsche Welle

From February 4th, 2025;

"The UK’s chief auditor has said he is open to learning from Elon Musk’s US ‘department of government efficiency’, as he gave a speech warning that the NHS and special educational needs funding systems are becoming unsustainable.”

"Gareth Davies, who leads parliament’s National Audit Office (NAO), said his organisation was looking at international comparisons as it examined spending in Whitehall departments.”

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/04/uk-chief-auditor-elon-musk-nhs-sen-funding

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UK chief auditor ‘open to learning’ from Musk

NAO’s Gareth Davies says healthcare and special educational needs systems are becoming unsustainable

The Guardian

From February 3rd, 2025;

"The updates, shown in Github commits, are to a database for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Head Start program. They show a project called ‘Remove-DEI’, which reveal some of the back-and-forth that is happening behind the scenes to align federal agencies with Donald Trump’s executive orders that forbid almost anything having to do with race or gender within federal agencies.”

It's a purging of existence, and they don't care who sees them do it 😒

https://www.404media.co/forbidden-words-github-reveals-how-software-engineers-are-purging-federal-databases/

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‘Forbidden Words’: Github Reveals How Software Engineers Are Purging Federal Databases

A project called "Remove-DEI" shows the tweaks used to remove "forbidden words" from a database about childhood school readiness.

404 Media

From February 2nd, 2025;

"Radical right-wing movements like Germany's AfD party are on the rise worldwide. They are united by nationalism, populism and the fight against immigration. Their network is becoming increasingly transnational.”

"Strategies and successes in one country are soon adopted by other movements, according to political scientist Thomas Greven from Berlin's Free University. He considers the extent of the radical right's networking to be historically unprecedented.”

Organised, affiliated fuckers. Like we've been saying for almost a decade now.

https://www.dw.com/en/how-the-far-right-is-expanding-its-international-network/a-71530393

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How the far right is expanding its international network

Radical right-wing movements like Germany's AfD party are on the rise worldwide. They are united by nationalism, populism and the fight against immigration. Their network is becoming increasingly transnational.

Deutsche Welle

From January 30th, 2025;

"Transgender women incarcerated in federal prisons have been placed in isolation, told they will be transferred to men’s prisons and advised they will lose access to gender-affirming medical treatments in response to Donald Trump’s executive order […], according to civil rights advocates and people behind bars.”

“‘Prison staff are clearly emboldened by the transphobia of the administration’, Beaty said.”

Always among the first, sigh.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/30/trans-people-federal-prisons

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Trans people in US federal prisons face brutal crackdown under Trump order

Advocates report harassment and loss of gender-affirming care as trans women face transfers to men’s prisons

The Guardian

“The Trump administration’s evisceration of US overseas aid has been presided over by [Peter Marocco,] a campaign ally who sowed a trail of enmity at multiple agencies during the first Trump presidency and has been publicly identified as allegedly having been present at the January 6 insurrection when rioters stormed the US Capitol.”

“’He is not a disruptor. He’s a destroyer’, said a former USAid official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Marocco.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/01/peter-marocco-trump-usaid

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Trump ally Peter Marocco behind evisceration of USAid: ‘He’s a destroyer’

Campaign ally sowed trail of enmity during first Trump presidency and allegedly was present at January 6 riot

The Guardian

“Reform UK is growing faster than anyone expected. Our new MRP polling shows that if a General Election were held tomorrow, they could win up to 76 seats—potentially surging to 169 if they gain just 3% more support.

We cannot afford to underestimate this threat. If their rise continues, this ends with Nigel Farage in Downing Street.”

Pay attention, people.

https://hopenothate.org.uk/stop-reform/

https://hopenothate.org.uk/reform-polling-jan-2025/

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