LilahTovMoon

LilahTovMoon, 10 months ago to feminism

Utah is now asking for detailed menstrual information for girls looking to register for high school sports.

#gender #rights #feminism #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia #trans #transgender #misogyny #women #girls

LilahTovMoon, 1 year ago to random

When I was younger, I didn't know any trans people running Linux servers. They were all cis admins.

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to random

Why do so many trans women go into tech?

I think we heard that's where all the trans-sisters are.

LilahTovMoon, 1 year ago to random

Move over Eurovision, the true ranking of European nations is here: the cheese map of Europe!

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to random

Do I need a content warning on my thirst trap?

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to random

SCOTUS just struck down Biden's student loan forgiveness. Student loan payments will resume this fall.

In case you're unaware, there are lots of income-driven repayment plans. If you have student loans, you should look into them (Pay As You Earn, Revised Pay As You Earn, Income-Based Repayment, Income-Contingent Repayment).

While Biden's blanket forgiveness was struck down, student loans can be forgiven after 20-25 years of payments (or 10 years of public service work). Income driven repayment plans can lower your student loan payments to 10% of discretionary income. It's not perfect, but they can help a lot of people.

https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/repayment/plans/income-driven

#SCOTUS #StudentLoans #Biden

LilahTovMoon, 10 months ago to random

It's only Peace if it comes with Justice. Otherwise it's just sparkling oppression.

LilahTovMoon, 10 months ago to random

Elon's new plan for Twitter

LilahTovMoon, 10 months ago to bluesky

Billionaires are giving closed social networks a new hat!

Before people argue that #Bluesky is open, it's not open until there are many different servers that aren't controlled by Bluesky.

Before people argue that #Threads is open, it's not open until they implement ActivityPub (and in a fair way rather than embrace, extend, extinguish)

We've yet to see if they will actually be open.

#Mastodon, #Pixelfed, #Pleroma, #Misskey, #Calckey, and others in the #Fediverse are actually open today.

Simpsons episode "Lisa vs Malibu Stacy" with a kid pointing at a "new" Malibu Stacy. It's captioned, "They changed closed social networks that lock you in! They're better than ever!"
Simpsons episode "Lisa vs Malibu Stacy" with Lisa taking the hat off Malibu Stacy. It's captioned "Wait, don't be fooled! It's just a regular closed social network with a stupid new overlord."
Simpsons episode "Lisa vs Malibu Stacy" with Smithers pointing and saying "But it's got a new overlord!"

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to random

For those running iOS/macOS, Apple has released important security updates:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213813

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213814

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to random

I think the government is watching me. How do I get them to like and subscribe?

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to random

The average US President has been indicted on 1.54 felony counts.

Only one US President has ever been indicted for felonies, but you can't argue with averages, right?

#MisleadingMean

LilahTovMoon, 10 months ago to random

These bathroom choices are starting to get confusing!

LilahTovMoon, 10 months ago to random

Nebraska Mom Pleads Guilty to Giving Abortion Pills to Her Teen Daughter

Jessica Burgess faced eight years in prison for helping her then 17-year-old get abortion pills. A plea deal brought it down to two

https://jezebel.com/nebraska-mom-pleads-guilty-to-giving-abortion-pills-to-1850621217

This kinda sh*t is scary as F

LilahTovMoon, 1 year ago to random

England's pride parade today was rubbish! Who has a pride parade with only one queen?

#Coronation

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to random

Is this what a mid-life crisis looks like for cis people? Or just cis billionaires?

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65981876

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to trans

Massachusetts is launching a new tourism campaign emphasizing queer folks. I think our state has a lot to offer beyond tourism: a place for queer people and others to thrive with strong rights protections, great jobs, and wonderful people and communities.

One of the things that makes me sad is knowing every day some LGBT person decides they can't move to Massachusetts because housing is too expensive. They decide that they can't afford the rights, protections, and environment to thrive that Massachusetts offers.

I care so deeply about housing affordability because it's a crucial building block that lets people thrive. We need to make Massachusetts AFFORDABLE for us all!

#MAPoli #trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #abortion #queer #housing

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to apple

I think it's interesting that Apple's approach to AR is trying to make it a computer experience, not a metaverse experience. You're not seeing fake people in a fake room. You're seeing a normal teleconferencing interaction that has been elevated because you can turn your head and see different pieces of it and because you can show a large format of your presentation as if you had many screens that could hover anywhere in the room and spatial audio gives you better sound awareness.

The experience they're selling isn't "check out this new universe we've created." It's "look at what we can do when we can put displays anywhere and let you interact with computing in a new way." It's "what if you could be on an airplane with a 70 inch TV?"

#WWDC #WWDC23 #Apple

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to ai

The Center for AI Safety and OpenAI founder Sam Altman say that "Mitigating the risk of extinction from A.I. should be a global priority."

I'm more worried about Natural Intelligence. I'm afraid that Natural Intelligence might lead to a global catastrophe due to built-in dopamine reinforcement cycles pushing it to optimize for local minima around short-term rewards. This could lead to Natural Intelligence using environmental resources in an unsustainable manner bringing about climate change and destroying life on earth.

Or maybe I'm just a conspiracy nut and we should listen to the billionaires.

Possibly unrelated, here's some photos of New York City circa 2023.

Also, press that like button so I can get some short-term dopamine rewards!

#AQI #NewYorkCity #CanadaWildfires #Smoke #Wildfires #ClimateChange #AirQuality #NYC #AI

[The East River and Downtown Brooklyn as seen from Lower Manhattan on June 7, 2023. You can barely see through the orange haze. CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=132771644](https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/110/508/497/107/755/883/original/023a32d496e7f25e.jpeg)

LilahTovMoon, 10 months ago to random

"She's everything. He's Just Ken."

Barbie = { Everything }

Ken ∈ Everything

∴ Barbie is Ken

Given that Barbie is everything and that Ken is a member of the set Everything, we therefore know that Barbie is Ken.

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to random

"And you shall teach them to your children, discuss them at home and on the road, bind them to your person, and inscribe them on your home" [Deuteronomy 6:7-9 paraphrased]

Today in the United States, it's Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates when enslaved Black people in Texas were told they were free.

When right-wing people get angry about Juneteenth, critical race theory, LGBTQ+ awareness, etc., it's because what we teach our children is so important; what we discuss has power; being visible is meaningful. It isn't the end, but we are trying to teach our children better than the generations before us, talk about righteousness more openly, and be create a better world.

Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation's message finally getting through against those who tried to stop truth and righteousness from being heard.

We will teach righteousness to our children, talk about it at home and in our schools, bind it on our person, and inscribe it on our homes and businesses.

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to random

If someone in Frankfurt is aroused, are they Horny am Main?

LilahTovMoon, 10 months ago to random

Conservatives are always saying "beware of people with pronouns in BIOS". Jokes on them, my computer uses UEFI firmware!

LilahTovMoon, 11 months ago to apple

Tim Cook is often asked about privacy and part of me wonders if his internal monologue is screaming "I was gay in the South in the 70s! I did nothing wrong, but privacy was essential to my wellbeing!"

#WWDC #Apple

LilahTovMoon, 1 year ago to internet

I'm sad that #Reddit will be charging so much for API access that apps like #Apollo won't be possible (https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/).

It's really sad since #ApolloApp is so amazing - maybe my favorite app for its UX.

I understand it from Reddit's profit perspective. Facebook's average revenue per user is ~$23/mo in the US/Canada. Snap is making ~$2.75/mo in North Am, Central Am, and the Caribbean. Pinterest is making $2/mo in US/Can.

Christian Selig (author of Apollo) notes Reddit is looking for ~$2.50/mo/user for API calls. It seems like Reddit wants the ARPU it thinks it should be getting (despite Reddit's ARPU being rumored to be the lowest of the social apps). With Apollo being an iOS-only app, its user base is often what advertisers often pay more for.

I agree with people that there's a strong possibility this could backfire and it's sad to see another platform go this way. I guess that's what makes #fediverse feel special - no one person or company can pull the rug out from under us.