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with the bsky ToS changes potentially taking this place downhill, here's my mastodon just in case @sinewave@mastodon.dragoncave.dev

if Big Math doesn't want people with dyscalculia to harbor a lifelong hatred & resentment of math then they should be teaching it with visuals instead of stupid fucking digits that might as well be Minecraft enchantment runes for how much they mean to my brain

yoooooo

you can tell cops are just fundamentally pieces of shit from (among other things) how none of them seem to question if they're on the right side of history even when like half the country is pelting them with rocks and shit like in france recently

the only thing that is worse than a computer is 4 computers

you what

"I've come to the conclusion that the only way to combat the four year headstart we've given the fascists in shaping and controlling this technology is to continue giving them totally unopposed control over how it is used and designed."

as a compromise with the people worried about "men who pretend to be trans," men who enter the women's restrooms should be punished by being forced to take estrogen.

That means, at best, that it was considered strongly and someone got the wrong memo.

Lmao cmon

platforms like itchio and cohost and bandcamp show us conclusively what rentseeking middlemen want us to believe is non-obvious... if you let people support the people they want to support and get out of the way with your ads and your algos and your bullshit they will do it bsky.app/profile/joew...

You know what Bluesky wouldn’t be able to easily block on your profile? That’s right, a link to your website that then happens to have a link to somewhere else they find icky.

Anyone know a good onlyfans alternative because onlyfans donates to aipac and I don’t feel comfortable supporting that

As a former sex worker, the fact that this app allows adult content, but doesn't allow sex workers to redirect to their paid content is disgusting. Links to adult streaming sites (that often repost independent paid content) are permitted. The app wants porn, but doesn't want to support creators

hopefully the PHP thing finally motivates at least some to stop using PHP already

I appreciate Wikipedia, always but especially in this era of AI generated misinformation everywhere, but with that said: their policy on neopronouns is just plainly transphobic dogshit that needs to change

And I thought this story stank before. This isn't just "accused", this is "here's the email where you gave them time off for the spy work".

My girlfriend's HRT for about a year has been a big tub of estrogen gel she bought in Thailand which she just sort of globs on as and when she feels the urge and I think everyone should have the freedom to enjoy that beautiful experience.

because i'm well-adjusted and extremely cheap i'm actually floating around the possibility of writing a custom vocal synth for use in game projects

economists have only just started noticing that we are in a bubble this week so i wouldn't be surprised

its a good thing the economy is ending soon so all the economists will have to get real jobs

People don't realize how necessary cheap rent is to the arts.

Nothing makes me go from “we have to crush these fascists” to “you know what, fuck you, too” faster than some cis guy talking about purity politics.

Are there any game dev/journalism folks who want to help raise the issue of paid in-game name/gender change being used to extort trans players? I have a name in an MMORPG that could out & doxx me and the game's devs just tell me to pay up instead. I doubt I'm alone in this. Reskeets appreciated 🙏

time and money will go into enforcing, fighting, and litigating these bans that could instead go towards programs that stop actual abuse. and this is because people interested in banning porn do not actually do so out of a desire to help victims. they do so out of a desire to punish those they hate.

ppl are more concerned about having their disgust validated than they are about discussing and combating the erosion of your right to privacy that porn bans are actually about. that is how absurd legislation like "2-5 yrs prison for incest roleplay porn" gets passed.

Elon is just sticking with the proud historical tradition of fascists desperately wanting to be killed in violent car accidents

When I see someone driving a tesla

i normally think that the general ai backlash is a little silly but i understand concerns about, like, jobs and economic welfare at the bare minimum. what i'm having trouble wrapping my head around is the decompilation panic. it's the same code in the end! byte-identical! why do you care?

oh hey i could finally switch to my account on PC again

also on the note of local vampire*, i have a new haircut chosen by her and as a result i now look like a different (somewhat) fictional lesbian y'all probably know which if you know who she actually is

æugh browser bsky got stuck on the local vampire*'s account again functional website