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Cake day: June 16th, 2026

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  • I’m sorry, but what a trash study.

    4 universities got together and interviewed 31 people. Averaging 7.75 people each. 1 of the people they interviewed happened to be trans.

    The odds of that happening are about 15.86%.

    1−((179÷180)^31)

    The 4 universities interviewed 384 too few trans people to have any confidence that this trans person represents a majority of the population.

    I’m not saying the study is wrong, I just dont have confidence that its representative of anything. And it certainly isn’t newsworthy.

    Edit: I made this comment, and then realized that the article was more than the 4 paragraphs displayed here. Its been a day, I’m sorry. The article is actually really well written, and the combination of the studies IS newsworthy.

    I particularly like the study calling out the dog whistles that go unnoticed on LLMs. I’d be curious to see what the survey looked like and to see how much I’d identify.

    I’m glad to see a general trend of AI rejection from the trans community, and I do think its been a sentiment I’ve seen. I’ve noticed more so than any other artist that drag queens oppose AI. Musicians don’t seem to care as much, but they also represent a much more diverse population.