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you're going to drag me into zhuangzi no matter what, huh

besides, the act of forming social structures is baked deeply into our species, so the axes are less separable than one might think

("utopian" in quotes because I don't believe in utopias: in fiction, they are uniformly defined by who they exclude)

gender dysphoria has social, psychological, and neurobiological components. not every trans person experiences dysphoria along all of these axes. but before transitioning, I did along all three, for over a decade. even if the first disappeared in a "utopian" society, the latter two would still exist

keep having to explain to people that gender dysphoria is a condition of the body just as it is of the mind, and that altering your body addresses it

"Chat,"

estrogen would have fixed half the people on Silicon Valley

Orban was a cornerstone of the international anti-trans movements. Hungarian trans people were among the early targets of his authoritarian regime.

It'll take a long time to come back from it all but I hope Hungarian trans people sleep slightly better tonight.

full length fare gates significantly reduce disorder on public transit infrastructure, quickly paying for themselves and allowing transit agencies to reallocate funds to improving service in the long term

evergreen Aphex Twin

the days of expecting pitchfork to pitchfork are certainly coming to a middle

interesting!

No, I mean selectively talking about bits of what you believe without laying out your full thoughts. A thesis is public so doesnt quite count here, I think

separately, do you view the act of doing such a thing as dishonest or manipulative?

are there topics on which you've (a) written up a document describing your full views; (b) will never share it with anyone, other than maybe a very small group of trusted people; and (c) will pick and choose parts of the document to "project out" when talking to people, as necessary?

Yellow Loveless - Wikipedia

hey, did i ever mention there's a cover album of 'loveless' by a bunch of different japanese noise/rock bands

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_...

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I.

I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee

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basically the only prediction I've ever got correct was that rust would take off in a big way

I've generally found myself to be very bad at predicting the future, unfortunately

「TACO＝トランプはいつもビビって逃げる」って本当？イラン巡り発言が二転三転　停戦交渉期限を何度も延長するワケ（2026年04月08日） YouTube video by FNNプライムオンライン

full segment. don't miss the stylized angry trump

(for the record, as horrifying as what's going on actually is, I'm relieved it isn't worse)

Japanese newscaster standing in front of an explainer spelling out that "TACO" means "Trump Always Chickens Out", where "Chickens" doesn't have a Japanese translation next to it but rather "Out" has a translation of the phrasal verb "chickens out" next to it

this is why "Chickens" doesn't have a translation next to it

phrasal verbs are one of the prettier parts of English

reminder that the Nordics are backwards countries with regressive cultures that have ritualized child sexual abuse in their so-called medical system

I was reading about this movie yesterday, completely coincidentally!

who called it a "bibliography" and not "appendicitis"

I mean having an end-to-end workflow on windows without any unix emulation or virtualization layers involved

I don't actually doubt the capability here, just the marginal impact