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Reyna 🏳️‍⚧️

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Reyna 🏳️‍⚧️ @qvworks.bsky.social · Aug 25

gonna assemble a slowly growing thread of Gender Moments, things that I remember that are (hopefully) funny looking back on since realizing I'm trans

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may @maysuser.name · 4h

I know that hormones can be intimidating, but trust me when I say that you can just take the estrogen and you might just feel better for it

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Spheal Posting @sphealposting.bsky.social · 4h

Pokemon rumble spheal next to a transmission tower/pylon/hydrotower/whatever you want to call it wearing the hat from pokemon legends za with the text "i love paris", as if unaware that spheals are banned in lumiose and is not really looking at the eiffel tower/prism tower

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Evi 🌼 @evenlyevi.bsky.social · 1d

Marsh Labrador Tea 🌿 #art #illustration

A digital illustration of Labrador tea, a species of wildflower. The image features clusters of small white flowers against a dark backdrop. A light illuminates the foreground, giving the plants a soft glow.

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cynthia... @lesbiats.bsky.social · 16h

the goal of hrt is not to feminize you, it is to allow you to live a long, happy, and healthy life. feminization is the most important component of that, but we cannot discount the importance of your long-term health. this is why we call it trans healthcare instead of GAC or whatever.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

“Fuck you, Greg Bovino. You’re the scum of the earth.”

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

I will never vote for Newsom even if he's the nominee.

Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 2d

gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

www.404media.co

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Florence, Queen of Being Absolutely Fucking Done With This Site @spookyflo.bsky.social · 21h

Guys I'm starting to think these people are racists.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

The anti trans hysteria is killing male veterans with cancer.

www.propublica.org/article/vete...

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage

A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

www.propublica.org

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 1d

I agree, adding that I’m very concerned about its effects on adult brains too. I think it’s much more psychologically dangerous to interact with an LLM designed to reflect your own ideas back flatteringly than to post on social media, where someone will always be ready to call you a c***

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 7d

I personally am significantly more worried about the effects of LLMs and AI video slop on children’s brain development than I am about even social media. I am very worried that our school systems and laws are pushing kids toward AI artificial “friends” while banning social apps.

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah I think there are going to be more families who do the equivalent of “we don’t own a TV, we simply all sing madrigals around the piano by candlelight for entertainment” during these next decades. There isn’t a safe amount of AI slop for kids to be exposed to. So if a platform has it: then no.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

This case underscores how SCOTUS made it impossible to hold immigration cops accountable for the abuses you see in all those videos.

A federal task force cop manufactured evidence to put an innocent woman behind bars for two years. Because of SCOTUS-conferred immunity, the case never got to a jury.

Minnesota cop who fabricated a sex-trafficking ring won't be held accountable

The officer made up information and lied multiple times under oath but the government says she has federal immunity.

reason.com

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Emily @emilyonhere.gay · 1d

the older i get the more i become exactly like ron swanson specifically when he threw his whole computer in the dumpster

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · Sep 18

IF IT AINT MY COMPUTER IT SHOULDNT HAVE A COMPUTER IN IT - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKELTON "DESTROY ALL SMART DEVICES" - "I NEED TO USE YOU'RE WIFI NO REASON - PLEASE UPDATE THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE TO CONTINUE MOWING YOUR FUCKIN LAWN , FRIDGE WILL OPEN IN 30 SECOND'S SKIP ADD FOR 0.99 OR SKIP 10 AD'S FOR 7.99 BEST DEAL "DONT WORRY ABOUT IT " LIGHT BULB WILL TURN OFF AFTER 30 MINTUES WATCH THIS BEEF ADVERTISEMENT TO KEEP LIGHT BULB ON FOR UP TO 4 HOURS , TIRES OF WAITING 15 SECOND'S FOR TOILET FLUSH? SAY MCDONALDS FOR 1 FREE INSTANT FLUSH, I NEED TO CONTACT MY MANUFACTURER NO REASON, DO YOU AGREE TO TERMS OF SERCICE FOR CAR? NO REASON DONT WORRY ABOUT IT . NO REASON " - ------
ANY COMPUTER IN A DEVICE WHICH IS NOT A COMPUTER WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU!!! THE COMPUTERS SERVE THE INVESTORS THEY DO NOT SERVE YOU!!! ANY APPLIANCE WHICH HAS A DIGITAL SCREEN FOR NO REASON WILL BE USED TO SELL YOU PRODUCTS OR SHOW YOU ADS - ANY APPLIANCE WHICH NEEDS TO CONNECT TO WIFI WILL COLLECT INFORMATION AND RECORD WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN YOUR HOUSE AND SEND IT BACK TO THE MANUFACTRER - THIS CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHT'S AND MUST BE DENIED ENTRY TO YOUR HOUSE AT ALL TIMES!!! NO DEVICE MAY CONNECT TO MY WI FI UNLESS IT IS MY HOLY COMPUTER OR PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I PLEDGE TO DENY THE INVESTOR'S MY DATA AND MY ATTENTION AND ACCESS TO MY LIVING ROOM - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Simon Gane @simonjgane.bsky.social · 1d

Nausicaä.

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Melo @letitmelo.bsky.social · 1d

I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.

Ethan Evans, former Amazon VP

As VP of Prime Gaming at Amazon, we failed multiple times to disrupt the game platform Steam. We were at least 250x bigger, and we tried everything. But ultimately, Goliath lost. Here's why:

The 15+ year long attempt to challenge Steam started before I was VP of Prime Gaming, but we never cracked the code. Not under my leadership or anyone else's.

The first way we tried to enter the online-game-store market was through acquisition. We acquired Reflexive Entertainment (a small PC game store) and tried to scale it. It went nowhere.

Then, after buying Twitch, we created our own PC games store. Our assumption was that gamers would naturally buy from us because they were already using Twitch. Wrong.

Finally, we built "Luna," a game streaming service that let people play without a high-end PC. Around the same time, Google tried the same thing with their
product "Stadia." Neither gained significant traction. The whole time, Steam dominated despite being a relatively small company (compared to Amazon and Google).

The mistake was that we underestimated what made consumers use Steam

It was a store, a social network, a library, and a trophy case all in one. And it worked well.

At Amazon, we assumed that size and visibility would be enough to attract customers, but we underestimated the power of existing user habits We never validated our core assumptions before investing heavily in solutions. The truth is that gamers already had the solution to their problems and they weren't going to switch platforms just because a new one was available

We needed to build something dramatically better, but we failed to do so. And we needed to validate our assumptions about our customers before starting to build. But we never really did that either.

Just because you are big enough to build something doesn't mean people will use it

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 2d

alas, i was not the hottest transsexual at the transsexual medical clinic. but in my defense: have some of you bitches fucking *seen* yourselves‽

emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 3d

every so often i still see someone imply or outright state that trans care is too easy to access & as i set out for a 14-hour round trip & spend $500 on hoteling for a 15-30 minute checkup that, if i don’t go, voids the warranty on my vagina if something ever goes wrong…no. it isn’t too easy, bitch.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 2d

Brilliant news.

Queensland’s transphobic & controversial puberty blocker ban overturned by supreme court.

A great day for trans kids, so proud of our trans sibling and their parents ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Queensland’s controversial puberty blocker ban overturned by supreme court

Parent of transgender child successfully challenged decision by Crisafulli government to halt treatment for under 18s

www.theguardian.com

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Reyna 🏳️‍⚧️ @qvworks.bsky.social · 2d

I will never vote for this monster.

Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 2d

gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 3d

In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
goodlaw.social/ncfw

‘Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe

YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK

goodlaw.social

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chelsea bridge 🏳️‍⚧️🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · Jun 26

are you telling me a hormone replaced this therapy

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

despite all the fear mongering about trans people and the attempts to abandon and actively harm us from both political parties in the US, transitioning is still the greatest decision i’ve ever made, only regret i have is not doing it younger, and that it has only made my life infinitely better

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jun 19

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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