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funcrunch

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#Queer, #Black, #trans (#agender / #nonbinary / #transmasculine), #vegan, #atheist, #pacifist. Longtime #Wikipedia editor, #blogger, #photographer, and #SanFrancisco resident. Pronouns: they/them/their.

Profile photo: Me (medium-brown skin, brown eyes, beard stubble) wearing tinted glasses, faded black AIDS Walk cap, and purple hoodie, standing next to a pole with white, pink, and blue stripes.

#wikipedian #wikimedian

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funcrunch, to trans
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The proclaiming that people can be baptized and serve as godparents is absolutely not a "major step for trans inclusion". However "progressive" appears to be, the church is still an oppressive institution.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/09/trans-people-can-be-baptised-in-church-and-be-godparents-says-vatican

funcrunch,
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I still question why anyone who considers themself progressive would want to remain a member of the church.

https://funcrunch.medium.com/progressive-catholics-please-explain-yourselves-1ec9adc4fc67?sk=cdaa9645e434596425093f277467546d

(Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall.)

molly0xfff, to cryptocurrency
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SBF is front page news, even on Wikipedia. Fun fact: I uploaded that photo!

funcrunch,
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@molly0xfff

I was just checking the commons category to see if there were any more freely-available photos. No mug shots I guess? (I remember the brouhaha over trying to upload Trump's and the others from the Jan 6 trial...)

annaleen, to random
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While I'm whining about stupid things demanded by online forms, today I filled out an online HR form that demanded that I choose a "legal gender" (male or female) as well as a "gender identity" (where I am allowed to be nonbinary). I'm not filling in the legal gender field because just fuck off. They have all my PII -- no need to know my "legal" gender to identify me.

funcrunch,
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@annaleen

I really hate pointless demands for gender on forms like that.

jwz, to random
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"Roger, Roger."

Pilot indicted for threatening to shoot captain who tried to divert a commercial flight for medical emergency:

Dunn, who was the crew's first officer, "told the Captain they would be shot multiple times" after a disagreement regarding...
https://jwz.org/b/ykFn

funcrunch,
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@jspath55 @jwz

I too love the Otto cameo here

molly0xfff, to random
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happy halloween from Batlas

Atlas, a large black pit bull/german shepherd/husky mix, sits on some grass while wearing a pair of black bat wings. He's facing away from the camera and looking ahead. His normally tall pointy ears are tucked back.
Atlas, a large black pit bull/german shepherd/husky mix with tall pointy ears, is walking while wearing a pair of black bat wings. His shadow shows the bat wings and his tall ears

funcrunch,
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@molly0xfff

The shadow photo is especially great!

wikipedia, to random
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No Halloween plans? Watch the 1968 indie horror film Night of the Living Dead, conveniently available on the main page of English Wikipedia today!

funcrunch,
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@wikipedia

No longer on the main page as of 5 p.m. PDT (midnight UTC). Maybe post a bit earlier next time? 🙂

timbray, to random
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Microsoft Word’s 40th birthday last week: https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-word-turns-40

In connection with my current sideline working as an Expert Witness for Uncle Sam in a big litigation - https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2023/07/24/Workin-for-the-Man - I spend many hours every week writing, reviewing, and editing huge densely-structured 100+-page Word docs. And, you know, it’s basically good software. (Am I ever going to get flamed for saying that.)

Of course, you first have to teach it the core Emacs navigation control-key shortcuts.

funcrunch,
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@timbray

Forty years? Wow, I feel old. The first word processor I used, during high school, ran off floppy disks on the family Commodore 64...

Nowadays, I avoid Word and other Microsoft products whenever possible. But to each their own.

wikipedia, (edited ) to random
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in 1983, "The War of the Worlds," a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air which was directed and narrated by Orson Welles was performed and broadcast live over the CBS Radio Network.

The episode is famous for inciting a panic by convincing some members of the listening audience that a Martian invasion was taking place.

funcrunch,
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@wikipedia

When you (hopefully?) edit the post to correct the typo, why not add a link to the Wikipedia article?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)

taylorlorenz, to random
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Ok grandpa let’s get you to bed

Musk saying cis is a slur

funcrunch,
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@taylorlorenz

Elon is still spewing his ignorance about what "cis" means? Pathetic...

https://funcrunch.medium.com/cisgender-definitions-2eeabe065fc8?sk=bf204855013c4244c9ad70f3197a3e1c

GovTrack, to random
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🔜 H.Res. 807 by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene [R-GA14]: Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for antisemitic activity, sympathizing with terrorist organizations, and leading an insurrection at the United States Capitol Complex. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hres807 🏛️

funcrunch,
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@GovTrack

This is rich coming from a white supremacist like Greene. I had to look up the source of one of her many lies:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rashida-tlaib-holocaust-warm-feeling/

funcrunch, to random
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We have so many in the U.S. that @wikipedia has lists of them broken down by year.

The six in this screenshot are from just the past 24 hours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2023

luckytran, to random
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If you think a ceasefire is an extremist position, then you might want to check what famously radical organizations like the United Nations, World Health Organization, UNICEF, and Doctors Without Borders are saying.

funcrunch,
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@luckytran

I long to live in a world where waging war against anyone is considered morally unacceptable.

https://funcrunch.medium.com/children-and-war-crimes-3e2ab24e974f?sk=b0e4a9f1429c0e17350017b521b0c2b5

funcrunch, to Christianity
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In today's story on @medium, I write about the bigotry of House Speaker and the Party members who elected him.

Here's a friends link to bypass the paywall:

https://funcrunch.medium.com/house-speaker-election-continues-americas-slide-into-theocracy-999298f59c96?sk=d90f94dde5439f9d12f22afae93d3750

juliaserano, to random
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while Mike Johnson seems like the worst (or one of the worst) possible house speaker candidates to have won, at least I can take a tiny itty bitty solace in the fact that I will no longer be barraged by "GOP can't agree on a new speaker" news stories. for now, at least...

funcrunch,
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@juliaserano

I didn't pay much attention to those news stories to be honest. But I am paying more attention now, because Johnson and the Republicans who voted him in are greasing this country's slide into theocracy.

https://funcrunch.medium.com/house-speaker-election-continues-americas-slide-into-theocracy-999298f59c96?sk=d90f94dde5439f9d12f22afae93d3750

annaleen, to random
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Trust and safety in social media is a public health issue. I'm starting to think that social media workers and companies should take an oath to do no harm, just like many healthcare workers do with the Hippocratic oath.

funcrunch,
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@annaleen

Nice idea in theory. Can't imagine X or Meta adhering to it in reality.

thomasfuchs, to random
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3%.

That's how many people of the US population got the new COVID booster so far.

For the love of Carl Sagan's turtleneck sweater, get your fucking COVID booster shot.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/24/covid-flu-vaccine-cdc-director-mandy-cohen-00123268

funcrunch,
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@thomasfuchs

Just got mine this morning!

gcluley, to random
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I'm thinking of blocking access to content on my site to anyone not running an ad blocker.

Thoughts?

funcrunch,
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@gcluley

I don't use ad blockers, but I use Firefox with its default security settings. This apparently causes many sites to think I'm running an ad blocker, based on the alerts I've been getting from them.

medium, to random
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We've made updates to our Partner Program to better balance incentives. Plus: preventing fraud, responding to AI-generated content, and expanding to more countries.

https://blog.medium.com/october-partner-program-update-e1914fa30d1a

funcrunch,
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@medium

As I commented on this post, I'm glad Medium is explicitly saying that writers should not expect to earn a full-time living writing on spec for this site.

funcrunch, to golf
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I'm rooting for the "scruffy porcine invaders" on this one

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/24/arizona-javelina-pig-destroy-golf-course

kepano, to random
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People saying there should be fewer manifestos — I disagree, there should be far more manifestos. Everyone should have a manifesto.

Try to write down the 5-10 things you truly believe in. At minimum it's a good exercise.

funcrunch,
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@kepano

I wrote my manifesto a few years ago; it's to rid the world of all firearms.

https://funcrunch.medium.com/dare-to-disarm-29add7b6cc4a?sk=97a86f01eb9ca427063774ff79704dd2

coachtony, to random
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What would you say are the Great Libraries of the current Internet? Wikipedia, obviously.

Any from the Web 1.0 era? I feel like WebMD was one.

funcrunch,
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@coachtony

@internetarchive, obviously 🙂

funcrunch, to SanFrancisco
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Giving the even more power is the last thing (or any U.S. city) needs. Voting against dangerous ballot measures like this is the main reason I still go to the polls in every election.

https://sfist.com/2023/10/17/mayor-london-breed-announces-ballot-measure/

skinnylatte, to random
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I’ve learned, against my desires, that many straight men who have sleep apnea refuse to use a CPAP machine because ‘they are not weak’. I know this from real life people (and online people). First of all, what the hell is that toxic idea? Second, you all need to lean into it, like this guy https://laughingsquid.com/alien-facehugger-cpap-mask/

(I use a CPAP. Proudly! It keeps me.. alive!)

funcrunch,
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@skinnylatte

I use a CPAP too. But I use noseplugs (euphemistically referred to as "nasal pillows") rather than an Alien facehugger mask.

Guys who think using a CPAP makes them weak should realize that untreated sleep apnea can lead to heart problems, which will literally make them weak (if not dead).

w7voa, to twitter
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The platform formerly known as will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet, reply, quote, repost, like, bookmark, and create list, reports Fortune.
https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/

funcrunch,
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@w7voa

I can't read this paywalled article, but I think it would be funny if affected users attempted to pay the annual fee by mailing envelopes full of pennies to Twitter/X HQ.

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