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Vim ☾ @vimlena.com · May 29
have decided to start fundraising for bottom surgery which is something I've needed for basically as long as I can remember, shares would be appreciated 💞

www.gofundme.com/f/help-veia-...
Donate to Help Veia Achieve Their Lifelong Dream , organized by Veia Kurman
Hey, my name is Veia Kurman (they/she) and I am a trans woman raising funds for bo… Veia Kurman needs your support for Help Veia Achieve Their Lifelong Dream
www.gofundme.com
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Thinking about Ken Thompson's 1984 Turing Award speech today. I feel like more people should realize that anything and everything is a potential security vulnerability with all the computers and devices out there connected to the internet especially tbh

www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487...
www.cs.cmu.edu
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Look, we all agree that Roman Polanski is a piece of shit horrible person who deserves nothing less than [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED].

That being said, if you ṱṍṟṝḝṇṯ his movies, you don't support him. And they're quite unfortunately very very good.
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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deeboom.bsky.social
The utter legend that is Sophie (@onlycans.bsky.social) is putting herself through the mill to run the Valencia marathon, and as if that wasn't impressive enough she's also fundraising to help @stargocks64.bsky.social and me to fund our voice surgery.

Incredible scenes of trans solidarity 🏳️‍⚧️🙏🏻🏳️‍⚧️🙏🏻🏳️‍⚧️
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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shenanigansen.bsky.social
Panel 1: Titled "Average Yuri Plot Beginning", and it's a girl sitting on a stone wall at a park on a sunny day, shaded partially by the leaves of the tree above, saying "th-there's this girl ... and she's ... annoying." She's got brown hair with straight bangs, and is wearing a red-and-yellow dolphin-logo t-shirt and high-waisted jean shorts. Panel 2: Titled "Average Yuri Plot Middle", and it's a massive meteor colliding with the Earth, lava-filled cracks meandering from the point of impact and lava and smoke rising from around the meteor. Panel 3: Title "Average Yuri Plot Ending", and it's two simply-drawn girls (one of whom is the girl from the first panel) standing next to each other, smiling, and holding hands with dumb little blank expressions. Confetti is falling around them. The other girl has her dark brown hair in a messy bun, has purple eyes, and is in a red-and-white athletic tank-top, black tights, and red leg warmers.
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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adopting Logged On Maoist Standard English (Thanksgiving → Thankkk$siving) as a bit
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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celechii.itch.io
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far

i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
comparison between apple's finder icon and mine. apple's is the split blue and white smiley face, mine is two blue and white anime girls making out comparison between discord's icon and mine. mine is like a screaming cat on a blue/purple slimy background comparison between celsys's clip studio paint icon and mine. mine is similar but rotated with some comic styling and pink and blue highlights comparison between mozilla's firefox icon and mine. mine is similar but looks closer to the old firefox icon and brings back the little arm and gives the fox a cute little smiley face
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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kieranhurley.bsky.social
incredible quote lol
When a doctor told me I’d come close to dying, and that the play had to stop using real knives, I remember thinking: “You just don’t understand theatre.”
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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For the first day in like 4 months, I didn't do any schoolwork or work-work yesterday. Was nice until I started going crazy because I couldn't stop thinking about deadlines so I just noted all of my end of semester due dates and assessments on my calendar. Reminding myself semester is over soon.
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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taliabhatt.itch.io
The biggest con in contemporary politics is Gender-Conservatives calling trans women perverts and rapists while constantly, and I mean constantly innovating new ways to sexually harass us on a mass scale.
jessothomson.co.uk Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d
Graham Linehan is a normal and well man.
A few hours later, he sends me an example of how he’s been using AI. It’s a “hidden role deduction” game he’s working on. At the top is the prompt he put into ChatGPT: “You are five blind lesbian adventurers out for a good night out. Slaying dragons and whatnot. But one of your number is a hulking great troll pretending to be a woman. Find the troll lesbian and then devise an amusing punishment without giving him an erection.
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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mightyatom.bsky.social
Suffice to say I’m looking for work so if you like what I do and had anything in mind, please hit me up at [email protected]
mightyatom.bsky.social max schwartz @mightyatom.bsky.social · 4d
Well, not only has my day job not paid me in over a calendar month, they’re also expecting me to be the singular employee on staff, both back and front of house, for a full service sit down restaurant that also does online orders. So I might need to quit before lining something else up.
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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the phrase "today we're going to the mall WET" is now firmly lodged in my mind
katie.bzky.team Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 3d
ken just sent me this and it made me so mad i had to start pacing. i'm a single issue voter on making this illegal. i want everyone involved in the production of this video tried in the highest court of law with capital punishment as a possible sentencing delivered via judgement from a jury of peers
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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all this to say: you don't have to post pre-trans photos. you can and that's fine if it's like something you're comfortable with the entire internet being able to access to and potentially using against you/defining you by, but cis people are notoriously weird about this stuff so idk your call
vimlena.com Vim ☾ @vimlena.com · 2d
not directed towards anyone specific but maybe we should question the drive to share before/after pics so publicly. I have my criticisms of her work but Serano notes some interesting parallels between sensationalized reality TV about plastic surgery/weight loss and really stark transition timelines
Screenshot of a section of Whipping Girl by Julia Serano from Chapter 3 “Before and After: Class and Body Transformations.” Shows depicting plastic surgery, gastric bypasses, and sex reassignments are designed (whether consciously or unconsciously) to single out and exaggerate the supposed “artificial” nature of these procedures, thus giving the audience the opportunity to enioy the spectacle of these dramatic transformations without ever bringing into question the authenticity of the class barrier that is being crossed. The more dramatic the change, the more “artificial” the whole process will inevitably seem. This is why plastic surgery shows rarely depict people who are conventionally attractive from the outset, even though such people certainly represent a significant portion of those who seek out plastic surgery. Nor do they follow subjects who merely want a nose job or a tummy tuck. Rather, these programs almost always depict people of either average or less-than-average attractiveness, and who undergo multiple procedures at once, thus creating the most dramatic and extensive physical change possible. Similarly, the subjects of sex reassignment programs rarely ever begin the process as very feminine males or as very masculine females, even though many pre-transition trans people fall into these categories. Showing such people transitioning to become trans women and trans men, respectively, would not only make their transformation seem less dramatic; it would give the impression that sex reassignment merely confirms the subject’s “natural” gender identity, as opposed to “artificially” altering that person’s biological sex. Continued. Perhaps for this reason, the most commonly depicted subject on these programs is a trans woman who starts out as a seemingly masculine male. In addition to the reasons for the media’s focus on trans women rather than trans men (which I discussed in chapter 2), there are additional physical reasons to account for this phenomenon. Trans women often have more difficulties “passing” as their identified sex than trans men do, not only because of limitations of the MTF transition process in reversing some of the irreparable effects of prolonged exposure to testosterone, but because people in our culture predominantly rely on male (rather than female) cues when determining the sex of other people. Therefore, some trans women require more procedures if they wish to be taken seriously as their identified sex. Sex reassignment TV programs I have seen havefollowed trans women not only through electrolysis, hormone replacement therapy, and bottom surgery (which are all fairly common), but also somewhat less common procedures, such as top surgery to increase the size of their breasts, tracheal shaves to reduce the size of their Adam’s apples, and voice lessons to overcome their deep voices. Such shows also frequently depict trans women working with movement coaches and fashion consultants, even though it is safe to say that the overwhelming majority of trans women never engage in such a step. Continued. These programs’ concentration on trans people who undergo multiple medical procedures, or who take lessons to help them “pass” as their identified sex, tends to make invisible the many trans men and women who “pass” rather easily after hormone replacement therapy alone, or who choose not to undergo all of the procedures commonly associated with transsexuality. Focusing primarily on those trans people whoundergo the most procedures during their transitions not only shows a more dramatic change—one that reinforces the idea that sex reassignment is “artificial”—but also fosters the audience’s assumption that trans people are merely mimicking or impersonating the other sex rather than expressing their natural gender identity or subconscious sex. Continued. Perhaps no element in these sex reassignment and plastic surgery shows helps confirm the audience’s assumptions about gender and attractiveness more than the before-and-after photos. These pictures are designed to overemphasize stereotypes. In the programs that feature plastic surgery and gastric bypass surgery, the subject is almost always wearing frumpy clothes and frowning in the “before” picture, and dressed smart and smiling in the “after” picture, adding to the perception that they have become more attractive. In the transsexual documentaries “before” photos of trans women almost always depict them in the most masculine of ways: playing sports as a young boy, with facial hair and wearing a wedding tuxedo or military uniform as a young man. Similarly, “before” shots of trans men often include pictures of them wearing birthday dresses as a child, or high school yearbook photos of them with long hair. The purpose for choosing these more stereotypically female and male images over other potential “before” pictures (for instance, ones where the subject looks more gender-variant or gender-neutral) is to emphasize the “naturalness” of the trans person's assigned sex, thereby exaggerating the “artificiality” of their identified sex.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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not directed towards anyone specific but maybe we should question the drive to share before/after pics so publicly. I have my criticisms of her work but Serano notes some interesting parallels between sensationalized reality TV about plastic surgery/weight loss and really stark transition timelines
Screenshot of a section of Whipping Girl by Julia Serano from Chapter 3 “Before and After: Class and Body Transformations.” Shows depicting plastic surgery, gastric bypasses, and sex reassignments are designed (whether consciously or unconsciously) to single out and exaggerate the supposed “artificial” nature of these procedures, thus giving the audience the opportunity to enioy the spectacle of these dramatic transformations without ever bringing into question the authenticity of the class barrier that is being crossed. The more dramatic the change, the more “artificial” the whole process will inevitably seem. This is why plastic surgery shows rarely depict people who are conventionally attractive from the outset, even though such people certainly represent a significant portion of those who seek out plastic surgery. Nor do they follow subjects who merely want a nose job or a tummy tuck. Rather, these programs almost always depict people of either average or less-than-average attractiveness, and who undergo multiple procedures at once, thus creating the most dramatic and extensive physical change possible. Similarly, the subjects of sex reassignment programs rarely ever begin the process as very feminine males or as very masculine females, even though many pre-transition trans people fall into these categories. Showing such people transitioning to become trans women and trans men, respectively, would not only make their transformation seem less dramatic; it would give the impression that sex reassignment merely confirms the subject’s “natural” gender identity, as opposed to “artificially” altering that person’s biological sex. Continued. Perhaps for this reason, the most commonly depicted subject on these programs is a trans woman who starts out as a seemingly masculine male. In addition to the reasons for the media’s focus on trans women rather than trans men (which I discussed in chapter 2), there are additional physical reasons to account for this phenomenon. Trans women often have more difficulties “passing” as their identified sex than trans men do, not only because of limitations of the MTF transition process in reversing some of the irreparable effects of prolonged exposure to testosterone, but because people in our culture predominantly rely on male (rather than female) cues when determining the sex of other people. Therefore, some trans women require more procedures if they wish to be taken seriously as their identified sex. Sex reassignment TV programs I have seen havefollowed trans women not only through electrolysis, hormone replacement therapy, and bottom surgery (which are all fairly common), but also somewhat less common procedures, such as top surgery to increase the size of their breasts, tracheal shaves to reduce the size of their Adam’s apples, and voice lessons to overcome their deep voices. Such shows also frequently depict trans women working with movement coaches and fashion consultants, even though it is safe to say that the overwhelming majority of trans women never engage in such a step. Continued. These programs’ concentration on trans people who undergo multiple medical procedures, or who take lessons to help them “pass” as their identified sex, tends to make invisible the many trans men and women who “pass” rather easily after hormone replacement therapy alone, or who choose not to undergo all of the procedures commonly associated with transsexuality. Focusing primarily on those trans people whoundergo the most procedures during their transitions not only shows a more dramatic change—one that reinforces the idea that sex reassignment is “artificial”—but also fosters the audience’s assumption that trans people are merely mimicking or impersonating the other sex rather than expressing their natural gender identity or subconscious sex. Continued. Perhaps no element in these sex reassignment and plastic surgery shows helps confirm the audience’s assumptions about gender and attractiveness more than the before-and-after photos. These pictures are designed to overemphasize stereotypes. In the programs that feature plastic surgery and gastric bypass surgery, the subject is almost always wearing frumpy clothes and frowning in the “before” picture, and dressed smart and smiling in the “after” picture, adding to the perception that they have become more attractive. In the transsexual documentaries “before” photos of trans women almost always depict them in the most masculine of ways: playing sports as a young boy, with facial hair and wearing a wedding tuxedo or military uniform as a young man. Similarly, “before” shots of trans men often include pictures of them wearing birthday dresses as a child, or high school yearbook photos of them with long hair. The purpose for choosing these more stereotypically female and male images over other potential “before” pictures (for instance, ones where the subject looks more gender-variant or gender-neutral) is to emphasize the “naturalness” of the trans person's assigned sex, thereby exaggerating the “artificiality” of their identified sex.
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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nocontexttrek1.bsky.social
Star Trek The Next Generation scene. Commander Data and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Beverly Crusher, both in uniform are in a brightly lit room. Windows are visible in the back as well as many palmed festive plants. They are dancing, ballroom style, and data has an exaggerated / trying too hard smile. Caption, "Act like you're enjoying yourself."
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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spacetwinks.bsky.social
was the same back on twitter. every time. always came up from comics/SFF/YA too. pirates, pirates, pirates, and the anger would come flowing. but whenever it came time to discussing how the publishers are damaging and exploiting these writers, everything got real quiet, real fast.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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cara.city
when I realized I was free to not post timelines,,, then i found true happiness
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Update: I bought Equity and Concourse. If you buy one of them and use your order number as a coupon code, you get the second one at a discount (if you're buying a license for 1 to 2 people)
vimlena.com Vim ☾ @vimlena.com · 3d
Thinking about buying one of Matthew Butterick's typefaces because I really like them, want to support him for how much use I've gotten from Practical Typography, and want to support him because he's leading basically all of the lawsuits against generative AI in the US right now. mbtype.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Thinking about buying one of Matthew Butterick's typefaces because I really like them, want to support him for how much use I've gotten from Practical Typography, and want to support him because he's leading basically all of the lawsuits against generative AI in the US right now. mbtype.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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one thing I appreciate about Rust is how much the community seems to lean into silly puns like calling Rust programmers Rustaceans and having the mascot (a crab) named Ferris, which is a homophone of ferrous and means "pertaining to/characterized by iron(II)" and thus, oxidized iron aka rust
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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alexsaysstuff.bsky.social
The original YouGov poll did, not sure why they're combined here:
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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docvivileandra.bsky.social
I've been saying this since LLMs first started gaining traction - their entire model of "intelligence" is based on outdated neurological theories which have BEEN outdated for a long time, and which they cling to despite their obvious falseness because they imply making AGI is easier than the reality
reckless.bsky.social nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 4d
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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whomst up crying to Sufjan Stevens
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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radiatoryang.bsky.social
"what's the most useless video game trivia you know" -- one of the sci-fi alien screen textures in half-life 2 just uses a screenshot from a (surprisingly OK) Star Trek 4x game called Birth of the Federation... the Combine Advisor is playing as the Romulans, on turn 363
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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blaze it
Screenshot of Vim's follower count in their blog at the number 420
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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kinda hate the word "wealthy" because it just feels like a euphemism for rich, something rich people don't like acknowledging because it means they're hoarding resources and exploiting people imo
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM