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"Its face is splendid. I heard my retainers say of it, "last night, this kitten did a splendid job catching mice bigger than it." I shall care for it very well. Its collar is likewise very fashionable and makes it look even more splendid. I would like to see you in person to offer my thanks."
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"Its face is splendid. I heard my retainers say of it, "last night, this kitten did a splendid job catching mice bigger than it." I shall care for it very well. Its collar is likewise very fashionable and makes it look even more splendid. I would like to see you in person to offer my thanks."
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TIL that Date Masamune once received a kitten as a present from a Shogunate official and wrote the following letter (translation mine)
"I have received this kitten you sent..." (cont'd)
"I have received this kitten you sent..." (cont'd)
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
TIL that Date Masamune once received a kitten as a present from a Shogunate official and wrote the following letter (translation mine)
"I have received this kitten you sent..." (cont'd)
"I have received this kitten you sent..." (cont'd)
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“What is a teenage girl to the patriarchy?
Why, something that must become a woman, of course.
Same as a teenage boy must become a man—and be punished if he doesn't.”
Why, something that must become a woman, of course.
Same as a teenage boy must become a man—and be punished if he doesn't.”
!["Adolescents are far less likely to have had actual sex than the women of my generation were at their age .... _ Many of the adolescent girls who adopt a transgender identity have never had a single sexual or romantic experience. [...] What they lack in life experience, they make up for with a sex-studded vocabulary and avant-garde gender theory. _ "
In the eleventh and final chapter of Irreversible Damage, Shrier concludes:
"Far be it from me to advocate teenage sex. But in the course of writing this book, I've come to view this monster differently [.]. There's something horribly sad about teenagers who aren't even interested. [...] for many teens suddenly identifying (as trans], it very often seems to be a sad cult of asexuality."
What is a child—a teenage child, to keep it limited - to Shrier? She does not believe in some sort of precocious development. No, Shrier rather subscribes to the popular misinterpretation of a study, claiming that the prefrontal cortex "does not complete development" until the age of twenty-five.
She utilises this claim to infantilise university-age adults. She does not believe children to be adult-like; she believes them incapable of making decisions, in fact; those should be ceded to parents.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o7przuqcfra3ugsiqzwbb5dl/bafkreibbx7twfun43nfk7gntrfhwali2db3bz5rux6bhxptbja2hu3ue3i@jpeg)
![What is a teenage girl to the patriarchy?
Why, something that must become a woman, of course. Same as a teenage boy must become a man— and be punished if he doesn't. And we all know how society punishes both the sissy and the dyke.
In Chapter Eight, discussing why a girl might be beset by such madness as to transition, Shrier writes (emphasis mine):
"Intersectional language denies all _ [girls'] biological specialness. _ [...] The gifts and presumptions of this culture make it hard to imagine why anyone should want to be a girl."
In her advice to parents in her last chapter, Shrier writes:
"Tell [your daughter] also that a woman's most unique capacity-childbirth-is perhaps life's greatest blessing."
In other words: no girl would want to be a woman if she's allowed to think about it for too long (such as being on the internet). Becoming a woman, naturally, entails being fucked and knocked up. That is her patriarchal purpose. Therefore: teenage girls must sexed-up and fucked quickly enough that they don't get funny ideas.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o7przuqcfra3ugsiqzwbb5dl/bafkreickcjv3sfb5fzdzyif47h2iy742hcg3k2u6qbezcfx6k5b673f3eu@jpeg)
December 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“What is a teenage girl to the patriarchy?
Why, something that must become a woman, of course.
Same as a teenage boy must become a man—and be punished if he doesn't.”
Why, something that must become a woman, of course.
Same as a teenage boy must become a man—and be punished if he doesn't.”
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"It is empirically evident to me that enforcement constitutes a murder of any personal truth, eternal or transient. A self—and therefore its gender—can only be developed by one’s own initiative."
An autobiographical essay about anti-trans child conversion therapy and the place of queer children under patriarchy.
open.substack.com/pub/dolphind...
open.substack.com/pub/dolphind...
December 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"It is empirically evident to me that enforcement constitutes a murder of any personal truth, eternal or transient. A self—and therefore its gender—can only be developed by one’s own initiative."
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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So weird that Firefox rose up as an open source alternative to Explorer, and now people are migrating to an open source alternative to Firefox (Waterfox)
Time is a flat circle, die a hero etc etc
Time is a flat circle, die a hero etc etc
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
So weird that Firefox rose up as an open source alternative to Explorer, and now people are migrating to an open source alternative to Firefox (Waterfox)
Time is a flat circle, die a hero etc etc
Time is a flat circle, die a hero etc etc
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Like man, my career only exists in the way that it does now because a production designer was googling "realistic pokemon" and found me. If he could have just had a machine spit that out, I never would have gotten a job. This is a major issue hitting artist discoverability.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Like man, my career only exists in the way that it does now because a production designer was googling "realistic pokemon" and found me. If he could have just had a machine spit that out, I never would have gotten a job. This is a major issue hitting artist discoverability.
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The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
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I am an old man, @mozilla.org, and I was happy to sit in my rocking chair and use Firefox until sunset. But if you insist on choking this browser with GenAI bloat, I will face God and walk backwards into Linux.
@mozilla.org I have been using Firefox for YEARS. Not sure what the new CEO is hoping to achieve by "AI everything now" but if the hope is to drive people like me off your browser, you will surely succeed.
December 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I am an old man, @mozilla.org, and I was happy to sit in my rocking chair and use Firefox until sunset. But if you insist on choking this browser with GenAI bloat, I will face God and walk backwards into Linux.
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The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
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In one of my classes I teach how to write abstracts. Students *always* say that the experience of writing an abstract forces them to know their work differently, to see it anew & understand its contribution.
Like so much AI, the product isn’t the point. Struggling & learning to make a thing is key.
Like so much AI, the product isn’t the point. Struggling & learning to make a thing is key.
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
In one of my classes I teach how to write abstracts. Students *always* say that the experience of writing an abstract forces them to know their work differently, to see it anew & understand its contribution.
Like so much AI, the product isn’t the point. Struggling & learning to make a thing is key.
Like so much AI, the product isn’t the point. Struggling & learning to make a thing is key.
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When Trump dies-- could be at any point, who knows -- we get Vance.
They'll blame a lot of stuff on Trump AND try to fast-track an even uglier Christofascism.
We must be preparing for this now & organizing accordingly.
Grassroots activism, coalitions. Dissent. Sand in gears. GOTV.
Every angle.
They'll blame a lot of stuff on Trump AND try to fast-track an even uglier Christofascism.
We must be preparing for this now & organizing accordingly.
Grassroots activism, coalitions. Dissent. Sand in gears. GOTV.
Every angle.
December 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
When Trump dies-- could be at any point, who knows -- we get Vance.
They'll blame a lot of stuff on Trump AND try to fast-track an even uglier Christofascism.
We must be preparing for this now & organizing accordingly.
Grassroots activism, coalitions. Dissent. Sand in gears. GOTV.
Every angle.
They'll blame a lot of stuff on Trump AND try to fast-track an even uglier Christofascism.
We must be preparing for this now & organizing accordingly.
Grassroots activism, coalitions. Dissent. Sand in gears. GOTV.
Every angle.
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The full text tells us that the following exceptions to the immigrant visa restrictions on the travel bans have now been eliminated:
- Immediate relatives (children under 21, spouses, parents) of US citizens
- International adoptions
- Afghan Special Immigrant Visas
- Immediate relatives (children under 21, spouses, parents) of US citizens
- International adoptions
- Afghan Special Immigrant Visas
December 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The full text tells us that the following exceptions to the immigrant visa restrictions on the travel bans have now been eliminated:
- Immediate relatives (children under 21, spouses, parents) of US citizens
- International adoptions
- Afghan Special Immigrant Visas
- Immediate relatives (children under 21, spouses, parents) of US citizens
- International adoptions
- Afghan Special Immigrant Visas
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It appears we now have the full text of the expanded proclamation.
As before, the big remaining question will be whether USCIS expands the "pause" on adjudications to nationals of the 20 new countries (plus the Palestinian Authority). My guess is yes.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
As before, the big remaining question will be whether USCIS expands the "pause" on adjudications to nationals of the 20 new countries (plus the Palestinian Authority). My guess is yes.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States
During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States to prevent national security and public Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where ...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It appears we now have the full text of the expanded proclamation.
As before, the big remaining question will be whether USCIS expands the "pause" on adjudications to nationals of the 20 new countries (plus the Palestinian Authority). My guess is yes.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
As before, the big remaining question will be whether USCIS expands the "pause" on adjudications to nationals of the 20 new countries (plus the Palestinian Authority). My guess is yes.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Out of the 39, Nigeria is also the country most heavily impacted by the ban on non-immigrant visas. Excluding the COVID years, from FY 2015 to 2024 an average of 128,000 Nigerians were granted nonimmigrant visas each year. These were primarily tourist and student visas, which are now barred.
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Out of the 39, Nigeria is also the country most heavily impacted by the ban on non-immigrant visas. Excluding the COVID years, from FY 2015 to 2024 an average of 128,000 Nigerians were granted nonimmigrant visas each year. These were primarily tourist and student visas, which are now barred.
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For sense of scale of how the immigrant visa ban may impact people, here is a count of green cards issued in Fiscal Year 2023 (the most recent data we have) by country of origin.
Of the newly-added countries, Nigeria has the largest immigrant population (over 15,000 green cards issued in FY 2023).
Of the newly-added countries, Nigeria has the largest immigrant population (over 15,000 green cards issued in FY 2023).
December 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
For sense of scale of how the immigrant visa ban may impact people, here is a count of green cards issued in Fiscal Year 2023 (the most recent data we have) by country of origin.
Of the newly-added countries, Nigeria has the largest immigrant population (over 15,000 green cards issued in FY 2023).
Of the newly-added countries, Nigeria has the largest immigrant population (over 15,000 green cards issued in FY 2023).
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No, not necessarily. For example, an immigrant comes to the United States on a green card on their own, then becomes a U.S. citizen, and files to bring their child over. The child would enter with a green card.
Children only derive naturalization if they're already here with green cards.
Children only derive naturalization if they're already here with green cards.
Children of US citizens, otherwise known as US citizens.
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
No, not necessarily. For example, an immigrant comes to the United States on a green card on their own, then becomes a U.S. citizen, and files to bring their child over. The child would enter with a green card.
Children only derive naturalization if they're already here with green cards.
Children only derive naturalization if they're already here with green cards.
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Yes. As with the first travel ban, this one also appears to exempt any athletes, coaches, and their families traveling for the World Cup.
However, fans are not exempted, so if they don't have tourist visas already (current visa-holders may still enter on a valid visa) they are just out of luck.
However, fans are not exempted, so if they don't have tourist visas already (current visa-holders may still enter on a valid visa) they are just out of luck.
Aren't like 5 of these countries in the World Cup?
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Yes. As with the first travel ban, this one also appears to exempt any athletes, coaches, and their families traveling for the World Cup.
However, fans are not exempted, so if they don't have tourist visas already (current visa-holders may still enter on a valid visa) they are just out of luck.
However, fans are not exempted, so if they don't have tourist visas already (current visa-holders may still enter on a valid visa) they are just out of luck.
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There are still open questions, such as whether the admin will now expand a USCIS pause on adjudication of immigration benefits to nationals of the 20 new countries.
In the meantime, check out our (soon-to-be-updated) explainer on the travel ban. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/trump...
In the meantime, check out our (soon-to-be-updated) explainer on the travel ban. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/trump...
Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban: Who Is Affected and What It Could Cost the U.S. Economy - American Immigration Council
The Trump administration announced a new travel ban targeting 19 countries. This marks a significant expansion of the travel bans President Trump issued during his first term.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
There are still open questions, such as whether the admin will now expand a USCIS pause on adjudication of immigration benefits to nationals of the 20 new countries.
In the meantime, check out our (soon-to-be-updated) explainer on the travel ban. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/trump...
In the meantime, check out our (soon-to-be-updated) explainer on the travel ban. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/trump...
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Here is a map of the affected countries (excluding Tonga), to give you a sense of how much this new ban restricts immigration from Africa in particular.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Here is a map of the affected countries (excluding Tonga), to give you a sense of how much this new ban restricts immigration from Africa in particular.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
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Under the expanded ban:
- 19 countries are subject to near-total bars on immigrant or non-immigrant visas.
- 19 countries are subject to near-total bars on immigrant visas and a bar on tourist, student, and exchange visitor visas.
- Turkmenistan is subject to a near-total bar on immigrant visas.
- 19 countries are subject to near-total bars on immigrant or non-immigrant visas.
- 19 countries are subject to near-total bars on immigrant visas and a bar on tourist, student, and exchange visitor visas.
- Turkmenistan is subject to a near-total bar on immigrant visas.
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Under the expanded ban:
- 19 countries are subject to near-total bars on immigrant or non-immigrant visas.
- 19 countries are subject to near-total bars on immigrant visas and a bar on tourist, student, and exchange visitor visas.
- Turkmenistan is subject to a near-total bar on immigrant visas.
- 19 countries are subject to near-total bars on immigrant or non-immigrant visas.
- 19 countries are subject to near-total bars on immigrant visas and a bar on tourist, student, and exchange visitor visas.
- Turkmenistan is subject to a near-total bar on immigrant visas.
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
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there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
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Per @usatoday.com: It would appear that an* "An Appeal to Heaven" flag is hanging outside the office of a Department of Education official: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Flag linked to Christian nationalism, Jan. 6 hung at Education Dept.
The flag, which depicts a pine tree and the words "An Appeal to Heaven," was seen hanging outside the office of a top Education Department official.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per @usatoday.com: It would appear that an* "An Appeal to Heaven" flag is hanging outside the office of a Department of Education official: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
