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@CharlieWalsham_ What has caused the widespread medicalisation of children? What is the root? What is trans dignity actually? Please lay out the “middle ground.”Schools, after-school clubs, media, publishing, the arts, public services, private companies, NGOs and government: this is very serious #Medicalisation #TransDignity #ChildWellbeing #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.

PPC Energie has officially launched its national campaign, "Photovoltaic Panels for Schools, Energy for You." This initiative turns invoice digitalization into renewable energy for schools across Romania. Run in partnership with the Association for Values in Education (AVE), the project guarantees the installation of solar panels and storage batteries in at least 15 public schools, a number that could scale up to 20 depending on customer participation.https://infoenergynews.blogspot.com/2026/09/green-energy-for-schools-ppc-energie.html

Green Energy for Schools: PPC Energie Launches National Campaign Offering Prizes for Customers

Knowledge Day is a reminder that every child and adult has the right to learn in safety. But for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, that right is under attack. Russia’s brutal war of aggression is in its fifth year. Ukrainian schools have been destroyed, millions of books https://t.co/0gGcaY7ZlH #KnowledgeDay #StandWithUkraine #EducationForAll #UA #RU

Knowledge Day is a reminder that every child and adult has the right to learn in safety. But for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, that right is under attack. Russia’s brutal war of aggression is in its fifth year. Ukrainian schools have been destroyed, millions of books https://t.co/QZ7kAYLj53 #KnowledgeDay #StandWithUkraine #RightToLearn #UA #RU

🇦🇹 YES — I SUPPORT AUSTRIA’S HEADSCARF BAN FOR GIRLS UNDER 14 IN SCHOOLS. This is not a ban on Islam. This is not a ban on adult Muslim women wearing the hijab. It is about one simple principle: Children must have the freedom to grow up before adults impose religious dress codes #Austria #HeadscarfBan #ChildrensRights #AT

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The Great Feminization, Measured Seventy-two percent of men under thirty hold a positive view of women; among women under thirty, 50% (a 22-point gap). Among women under twenty-five, the share is 35% (a 37-point gap). Where the manosphere and “toxic masculinity” dominate headlines, the data points elsewhere: young women increasingly sort men into the enemy column. The class divide is sharp. Among working-class young women, 61% view men positively; among professional-class women, 36%—a 25-point gap tied to exposure to universities, HR departments, media organizations, and NGOs. The pattern runs through institutional conditioning. Helen Andrews argued this in 2020: between 2015 and 2020 many Western institutions became majority-female, including the New York Times newsroom (2018), law schools (2016), medical schools and the college-educated workforce (2019). Affirmative-action mandates, discrimination settlements, and diversity requirements helped drive the shift. As institutions changed, so did missions: justice increasingly focused on protecting “oppressed” minorities; newsrooms shifted from reporting toward narrative enforcement; universities moved from arguing to “safe spaces.” The result is a “daycare governance model”: infants to be protected (the oppressed), caregivers to provide protection (the allies), and predators to be removed (the dissenters). Research shows the same frame in speech: FIRE’s 2026 college speech rankings found women less tolerant than men across ideologies, including less tolerance for their allies. A woman entering kindergarten in 2005 has spent twenty years inside this system—she didn’t invent it, she inherited it. The 35% figure suggests sorting into victim, ally, and predator, with no grey zones. Working-class women, less conditioned by these pipelines, still view men positively (61–36). None of this is entirely new; Gustave Le Bon described the mechanism in 1895.

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How Feminism Turned Government Into a Daycare For decades, we heard “the future is female.” That future is here—if not in the way people expected. The slogan surfaced in the 1970s among feminist and lesbian activists, resurfaced in 2015 after designer Rachel Burks rediscovered a 1975 photo, and then spread through merchandise and mainstream politics. By 2016 it was used by Hillary Clinton supporters; after her loss, Clinton embraced it. But the real story isn’t the phrase—it’s the institutional shift. Helen Andrews, in “The Great Feminization,” notes that feminism is often framed as progress through votes, universities, or jobs. Yet the decisive tipping point came later, especially from 2015 to 2020, when whole institutions began turning female. The numbers show it: in 1974, women were 10% of New York Times reporters; now they’re about 55%. The Atlantic’s editorial staff shifted from 53% male in 2013 to 36% male in 2024. This reaches beyond journalism: medical schools became majority-female in 2019; women formed the majority of the college-educated workforce that year, became a majority of college instructors by 2023, and now make up about 46% of managers. This isn’t just individuals moving into male-coded fields. It’s institutions changing with their demographics—shifting preferences, priorities, and norms. In many ways, feminism has already won access; now the question is what happens when institutions are increasingly shaped by women. We haven’t studied this before. We’re the experiment.

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The Victimhood Economy: Why Young People Prefer Socialism Western civilization is increasingly shaped by entitlement and a culture that rewards displays of victimhood. At elite universities, disability claims have risen: 18% of male and 22% of female undergraduates report a disability, and 54% of non-binary students, with higher rates at some wealthy schools than at community colleges. The issue isn’t genuine disability; it’s what happens when accommodations become status and advantage. Extra time, separate housing, and exemptions can turn diagnosis into leverage. When weakness is rewarded, some will learn to perform it. This matters because today’s students become tomorrow’s institutional elites. If grievance produces rewards, the lesson may spread into journalism, government, HR, academia, and business, letting beneficiaries inherit the power to expand the system. Research on victimhood signaling raises uncomfortable questions: people who habitually emphasize victim status, on average, show higher narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy—not to say genuinely suffering people are manipulative, but that systems rewarding victimhood create incentives for manipulators to exploit the category. Rob Henderson describes this as a status game: in elite institutions, grievance can become the currency of virtue signaling. For some, the rational strategy is to manufacture grievance and convert it into status. Nietzsche similarly argued that displays of helplessness can become covert power, while pity can create moral superiority for the caregiver. The danger isn’t compassion; it’s a culture that turns suffering into currency and teaches ambitious people that the easiest route to power is to claim they are powerless.

Hungary’s new government is reopening schools to gender activist NGOs previously kept out of classrooms. Among them are Amnesty International Hungary, Labrisz Lesbian Association and Háttér Society, two of Hungary’s leading LGBTQ and gender advocacy organisations, as well as https://t.co/HbKbiT26nF #Hungary #LGBTQ #GenderEquality #HU

This is the author of the book in Irish schools that Children’s Minister Norma Foley pretended not to know anything about. #IrishSchools #ChildrensMinister #BookDiscussion #IE

US pro-gun groups dramatically increase their political spending after fatal school shootings, raising their aggressive tactics to a new level https://t.co/GOfdt5teiR #GunControl #SchoolShooting #PoliticalSpending #US

35 years of independence for Ukraine 🇺🇦 We stand firmly by Ukraine's side with concrete actions: 🇪🇺 Over €220 billion in overall support. 🇪🇺 Protection granted to over 4 million people. 🇪🇺 Emergency equipment delivered to keep power grids, schools, and hospitals running. https://t.co/h4lFfbmxzz #StandWithUkraine #SupportUkraine #IndependenceDay #UA #EU

Back-to-school season fills me with optimism. Because schools open doors to brighter futures. Wishing all students a great school year ahead. Investing in education today builds stronger economies tomorrow. https://t.co/QPFbkFMiND #BackToSchool #InvestInEducation #BrighterFutures #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.