Alyssa the Kate

selecting the "this is a gift" box at checkout gets you halfway there

Another instance of the “one weird trick” proceduralist idiocy of the American legal system.

The women's category is not to be sullied by men 🙄

Those trans women would have competed in the open category of chess and so they're not embarrassed to have a woman's name there

World chess just placed restrictions on both trans women and trans men The International Chess Federation will stop allowing transgender women to participate in women's tournaments. The group said changing genders has a "significant impact" on a player's status.

All you need to know about transphobes/terfs/gender critical people is that they think trans people have an unfair advantage in chess.

I find this bit especially baffling.

This is good, but I would also really like to see these same AGs put pressure on schools and hospitals that are violating state laws by capitulating to Trump threats and throwing trans people under the bus.

A long time ago Google's CEO told us that 'Enough revenue solves all known problems'.

I guess once you have enough revenue, ethics is no longer a problem.

Lee, S., Byrne, M. P., Loikith, P. C., & O’Dell, C. W. (2024). Zonal contrasts of the tropical Pacific climate predicted by a global constraint. Climate Dynamics, 62(1–2), 229–246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-023-06741-7

Lots of interesting stuff buried in the DOE report.

For example, here's a reference that doesn't exist:

The media is completely ignoring that Brown University just agreed to a full bathroom ban and defining trans people out of existence. Even worse, when they mention it, they're describing it as a sports ban. This is not just a sports ban.

The media is hiding what's happening here.

Just tested the same timespan - 100% to 80% over 10h. Maybe a config issue with fedora upgrades? Or I need to RMA

If I let it sleep for 2 days, I'm lucky if it's alive on the other end

Reddit is already censoring LGBTQ content because they simplistically don't handle NSFW tags and ban whole subs for being "possibly 18"

Alt text: A section from a government memorandum titled "Segregation Based on Protected Characteristics" under the header "What Constitutes Unlawful Segregation?" It explains that segregation by federally funded entities based on characteristics like race or sex is generally unlawful, even if intended to promote inclusion. Highlighted text focuses on concerns regarding allowing males, including those who identify as women, access to female-only spaces such as bathrooms, locker rooms, and athletic events. The memo claims this compromises women's safety, privacy, and equal opportunity, potentially violating Title IX, and advocates for sex-based boundaries based on biological differences.

DOJ put out a memo stating that all recipients of federal funding must ban trans people from bathrooms.

www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...

I am a pro-trinket individual

fedora 42, closing the lid (or suspend through a menu/systemctl, I've not noticed a difference)

I've got pretty abysmal suspend power usage on AMD fw 13 and 16

maybe I’ll get pilloried for like “not getting the joke” or whatever, but this is absolutely how, like, a comfortable percentage of Cool People think the dynamics of housing costs work and it fucking sucks

I understand this is infuriating, but this is a case that could’ve happened under any administration in the last 35 years.

The above has been the law since the 1980s, by the way. It's absolutely screwed up, it's insane to consider deporting someone who's been here legally since they were a kid for smoking a joint, but that's what the War on Drugs and the war on "criminal aliens" has produced.

it’s almost as if—as some have long maintained—substack has a nazi problem.

This is no accident. The groups behind age-verification laws have been explicit that they regard "gender ideology" and nearly any representation of LGBTQ+ existence as pornography

AV is government censorship. Platforms are either designating LGBTQ+ content NSFW or removing it all together.

he's old but not particularly guard

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

Anyways, AIDS is going to be gone soon, this is a generic with FDA full approval.

When you strip away humanity

One of the most frustrating parts of this anti trans backlash is that we're missing out on valuable research time about real trans medical issues because we devote all our time, money, and effort into trying to convince people who are paid to never be convinced that our normal care should be allowed

I saw this so now you have to

Johns Hopkins Press will license its books to train AI models Authors at the Johns Hopkins University Press will be able to opt out of the AI licensing agreement until the end of August; if they do not, their work will be used to train AI models.

“Authors have until the end of August to opt out of the licensing agreement. If they do not, their work will be used to help train AI models.”

Part of the job as a cybersecurity professional is in fact arguing to purge and not log information about your customers.

Data is not oil. It's risk.

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Kaiser to halt gender-affirming surgery for patients 19 and under across the US, including Oregon and Washington Kaiser is the latest health system to announce it is ending some services for transgender children and young adults, as the Trump administration increases legal and regulatory pressure on providers.

Kaiser Permanente will no longer provide surgical treatments for gender dysphoria at its hospitals and surgical centers for patients under the age of 19. It cited the federal government’s campaign against gender-affirming care for minors.

photo of a guy with a slightly noticeable bulge in his jeans = fine

photo of a girl with a dress that hangs smoothly = fine

photo of a girl with a dress that has a slightly noticeable bulge = we are sorry, but our payment processor has deemed this image to be pornographic