When i was a guy, i was often assumed to be like 5 years older than I was, and often treated as more mature and knowledgable than I actually was. I was seen as an absent-minded professor type, and given grace in my mistakes and treated as very credible (the persuasiveness of confident white man voice is dangerous).
As a woman, i am often assumed to be roughly 10 years younger than i am (estrogenated vampire skin!), and people assume I am inexperienced or don't know how to do a lot of things. Meanwhile, now, I have over a decade and a half of nonprofit management and community engagement experience, I am a published trans studies scholar who teaches queer and trans studies, I run a program serving hundreds of trans youth across the country, and more. I've lived in 5 radically different countries and speak 3 languages. And like...I'm now often talked down too and seen as inexperienced and discounted as probably not knowing much.
💥👀 According to Luhansk residents, several S-300/400 launchers, radars for it, and command posts for air defence systems were based in the area of the arrival in Luhansk.
P.S. It’s unconfirmed of course, so let’s wait for satellite images!
"Howdy folks. 'Tis the season to watch yer aphid herd right close. Beware of them dastardly aphid rustlers lurking 'mongst the leaves. They go by the name of lacewings, but ain't nothin' delicate 'bout 'em. They'll try to fool ya by masqueradin' as harmless lichen. Wicked! spits"
-Ant leaning on a tiny barbwire fence tipping her 10mL hat at you
I'm switching from dark mode to light mode on a lot of my devices for a while.
Sometimes, it's a bit too hard to read non-white text on non-black background. Some sites and programs have pretty poor contrast when it comes to dark mode (at least, even moreso compared to their light mode).
For the time being, devices with OLED screens will stay in dark mode, as apps for iOS seem to have slightly better contrast. Reading mode helps for sites have just fail on text/background contrast.