Recent posts by LGBTQ Allies and Advocates on Bluesky
Recent posts by LGBTQ Allies and Advocates community members. Updated hourly.
Nash
radiodeadair.comUnfortunately, endo put me on new meds and told me they might give me concentration issues while I adjust. Well, it's giving me concentration issues. Like, just "sit and stare" shit. I'm gonna try to ride it out and regroup for stream and Tech Q&A tomorrow. Bodies fucking suck.
Jessica Kant
jessdkant.bsky.socialInteresting to compare it to other keywords across time. Truly vile, but instructive. I would argue that the point of the term was to seem like a sanitized middle ground compared to the one they actually wanted to replace "gender-affirming care" in the public lexicon. github.com/jessicakay/g...
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Kiddieland started out as a small venture of Arthur Fritz, a local builder and contractor. In 1929, he purchased six ponies and offered rides to local children. Miniature gasoline-powered cars were added a few years later after Fritz learned that they were being given away to children by a Chicago newspaper as a subscription promotion. By the 1930s, Fritz was calling his collection of amusements Kiddieland; the attractions were primarily sized and geared towards younger children.
In 1940, Fritz added the German Carousel, two miniature steam locomotives, the Little Auto Ride, the Roto Whip and a Ferris wheel. The Roto Whip and Ferris wheel would remain as rides until the park's closing. The park saw its first major expansion in the 1950s with the addition of the Little Dipper and the merry-go-round. Fritz's adult children also became more involved in the park at this time. The 1960s saw bumper cars replace the original pony ride, as well as the unexpected death of Fritz in 1967.[2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:474ldquxwzrlcvjhhbbk2wte/bafkreiela44myjocsl6fx2l5wpck6dsboavym4lpuyzkfzcdg25zsa6we4@jpeg)
Jessica Kant
jessdkant.bsky.socialI would also argue that the point of the term was to seem like a sanitized middle ground compared to the one they actually wanted to replace "gender-affirming care" in the public lexicon. As a reminder, the term has *never appeared" in the entire library of medicine. github.com/jessicakay/g...
Put DEAD TEENAGERS on yr pull list by 2/23!
judedoyle.bsky.socialOK, having become unhappily familiar, my take on the Stencil Man is that he took a really important moment in American history, turned it into a weird PR redemption tour for his Internet bullshit, and is now successfully sucking up all the attention that should have gone to that moment in history.
Put DEAD TEENAGERS on yr pull list by 2/23!
judedoyle.bsky.socialOK, having become unhappily familiar, my take on the Stencil Man is that he tookta really important moment in American history, turned it into a weird PR redemption tour for his Internet bullshit, and is now successfully sucking up all the attention that should have gone to that moment in history.
Catbus
catbus.phdI assumed microplastics were just bc of our overwhelming devotion to plastic generally but reading 'Worn: A People's History of Clothing' I discovered the global garment industry's adoption of microfiber fabric generates vast amounts of plastic waste too small to be caught by filters 🙃
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Jessica Kant
jessdkant.bsky.socialThis. The right has been livestreaming their intentions forever. FRC’s Meg Kilgannon, now at US Dept of Ed, outlined the strategy of attacking top surgery as a way of delegitimizing trans people and “dividing the T from LGB”, back in 2017 at the Values Voter Summit to thousands, including lawmakers.
Commander Sterling
commandersterling.bsky.socialA backer of this adamantly but politely put it on my radar. I feel unwell after watching the trailer and I say that as a compliment. The gameplay loop is exactly the kind of horror structure I’ve always wanted to work with myself, so I’m interested in seeing how it turns out. I hope it gets done.
Emma Evans
trance.bsky.socialAnd lo, every single fucking thing Emma has said about LLMs and the psychological dangers has already come to pass. I am incandescent with rage about this. It'll get a lot worse, then slightly better as regulations get pushed, then much, much worse again. *sigh* And no, you're not immune.
Commander Sterling
commandersterling.bsky.socialDegenerative AI doesn’t do anything competently, isn’t in real demand, and requires an expensive network of support that was never needed by anything it’s replacing, but at least its forced adoption has made the things we actually want impossible to get!
Emma Evans
trance.bsky.socialOh I just did something I have to tell on myself for. I said I was lazy. When it's actually never laziness. It is a lot of things that makes me look lazy, but...I'm actually an unbelievable hard worker. I just have other issues. But when we call ourselves 'lazy' as a shortcut or to gloss over
Emma Evans
trance.bsky.socialSo this is the cpap spray I use since I've been asked now 5x This is the brand, I buy the bigger size. Also there's a couple of other brands...I haven't tried them. This one works great for me, and I would recommend it. Also I don't want referral monies so feel free www.amazon.com/CleanSmart-D...
Jessica Kant
jessdkant.bsky.socialThe best part is that at the very top is an update that this happened again: “Updated February 19 with details of a second AI-related data leak, this one adding 2 million photos and videos to the 1 billion IDs, email and phone numbers already exposed by an AI-powered identity verification service.”
