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saying "we should discriminate against trans people but not because of you, but because cis people might pretend to be you" is still transphobia

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“For two weeks, three reporters knocked on more than 200 doors in four boroughs and interviewed more than 100 people. In some buildings, the majority of the people we spoke with said their signatures had been forged.”

If you have friends who are job hunting, the most meaningful way to help is by making introductions and opening doors for them. Don't try and give advice because unless you’ve searched for a job in the last couple of years, it’s hard to grasp how drastically AI has upended the market.

It's Bandcamp Friday!!! This is the magical day when artists get *100 percent* of the profit from anything you purchase on Bandcamp. That's right, it all goes to the artists. It's a wonderful day to buy some music and I just spent (checks notes) a small fortune.

Here are some recommendations!

This statement tells me a few things:

1) They are scared. You don't acknowledge something like the current movement unless you have to.

2) Whomever wrote this and approved it is disconnected from whomever made the initial decision. Wild misalignment here.

3) They are lying. Outright.

It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”

I realized I was nonbinary at 18, I realized I was a nonbinary woman at 22, I started on HRT at 24, I realized I had been experiencing dysphoria at 25. The problem with "youre only trans if you experience dysphoria" is that its really hard to realize that youre experiencing it once you stop.

You don’t need HRT to be trans but—counterpoint—you don’t need to be trans to HRT. Genderfuck yourself today! YOLO, right?

I feel it's no coincidence that a mammogram machine is exceptionally uncomfortable among medical devices, and is a test that's hardly ever experienced by men.

So many small changes could make it more comfortable (rounded platform corners, gel padded edges, heater, something to lean on) but no...😩

By far Gene Roddenberry's most outlandish idea about the future was that workplaces would be essentially frictionless meritocracies where upper management is both totally competent and humbly willing to accept feedback. Makes warp travel seem realistic.

welcome to the "public health questions you were afraid to ask" thread! ask your questions, no matter how silly! i will do my best to help or point you in the right direction.

It is not indicative of real diversity but it does signal that they’re not immediately bending over for the Nazis.

I will say that I have gone VERY quickly from “corporate advertising diversity is not indicative of real diversity” to “oh thank fuck my health insurance sent over a graphic that has people with lots of skin tones and one with a wheelchair.”

The industry would be far better off if people could accept that it's okay to cordially dislike someone who hasn't really done anything harmful but who just annoys you personally. It should be fine to just not get along with someone without that meaning "and therefore their life should be ruined."

I'm not a marketing expert, but I am pretty sure that word of mouth sells books. Social media CAN be a good way to spread word of mouth, but you have to use it to find community and be some approximation of a genuine person instead of a self-promo bot

whats manipulative is when men get told "hey i cannot be the only person in your life you speak to about your problems" and crash out over women getting cold or toxic or whatever. sorry, men, but we do actually expect you to have friends that you hang out with independently of us

Holy fucking shit this is SO violent. My god. Absolutely evil and vile.

my existence is perceived as bias. ask me how i know.

The threat of having to submit your ID to speak online is chilling, especially as we’re watching ideological capture and capitulation play out across traditional media and institutions. And it’s particularly gutting that sex workers and digital rights activists have been sounding alarms for years

The problem with using Google Translate is that the Mishnah is not only very old, but uses extremely terse and technical language that makes it absolutely hell for machine translation.

I have to appreciate the chutzpah of “calling BS” on a translation of the Mishnah when you’re relying on Google Translate. Bonus points for saying the Jastrow says nothing after a screenshot of the exact relevant entry was posted.

"i'm afraid to start HRT because it might be taken away"

they've already taken it away from you by making you afraid they will

make the appointment

Disability Pride Against Censorship We’re Disabled and Queer — Itch.io and the Payment Processors Are Starving Us.

We're disabled and queer. 🏳️🌈 We sell our writing to eat.

We launched two book sales — each has 20 books for $30. Itch bowed to conservative pressure, and hid them without warning.

Do you agree this is bullshit? Then help us make them pay.

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#MakeCensorshipCost #BookSky

A lot of 12 year olds are going to learn the phrase "op sec" in the next few years.

"Are those burner shoes?"
"I didn't think --"
"You're not SUPPOSED to fucking THINK, Skylar, you're supposed to follow FUCKING PROTOCOL."

Last 8 hours for the bundle 💜

I would legitimately use an AI tool to look at a spreadsheet of Help Center articles and help me put them in categories and ours couldn't even do that.

I legitimately would use an AI tool for taking my words and automatically formatting them into a set of OK-looking PowerPoint slides *without changing any of the words*

and it feels very telling that this is somehow hard to find, while tools that will *alter your personal voice* are everywhere

a man with long hair and a mustache says " i must know " Alt: a man with long hair and a mustache says " i must know "

I want to check out more TTRPG writers and designers!

Can you shout out your favourite trans and non binary creators below! Bonus points if you tell me about one of their games!

Especially creators with less than 800 followers!

5: I want picture books where someone has to take medicine and there’s some troubleshooting needed to figure out how to make that work.

And/or that describes the *process* of taking medicine, not just the reasons.