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joelle, 7 hours ago to random

What is the biggest change since I transitioned?

I would fight for my life.

I wouldn’t have before transition. But now, if someone wants to harm me, they’ll have to put in the effort, and I’m not going to help them.

joelle, 5 days ago to random

If you think your computer storing screenshots of your usage is a bad idea (as I do), here's MS's page which includes how to turn the thing off:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/recall-and-your-data-d404f672-7647-41e5-886c-a3c59680af15

joelle, 5 days ago to random

You might think a STEM degree is cool, but can you say you're studying forbidden knowledge according the State of Florida? #GenderStudies

joelle, 7 days ago to random

The highlights of #PyConUS for me was the neurodivergent open space. I'd encourage anyone to do something similar at a conference that has open spaces: If you haven't found your people, but know they are there, reserve an open space for a bit for them to meet. They probably want to meet you as much as you want to meet them!

joelle, 7 days ago to random

“Infrastructure is a way we take care of each other at scale”

joelle, 8 days ago to random

Another #PyConUS accessibility thing that is HUGE but never seen as an accessibility thing:

SIGNAGE.

Having signs outside talks saying what talk was next, having signs directing you towards lunch or checkin, etc, is a big deal.

For anxious people, or people who have rejection sensitivity, or people who have social-related trauma, knowing the door you are about to open is the right door is a big deal.

PyConUS did pretty good here!

joelle, 8 days ago to random

Kelsey Vavasour's #PyConUS talk:
Mentions as just part of an amazing presentation linking fabric arts and programming -- the importance of child care if we actually want EVERYONE to be able to come to a conference.

What needs to happen to just do this at our technical conference? We need to just do it EVERYWHERE.

joelle, 8 days ago to random

Did you miss the Open Space for neurodivergent pythonistas at #PyConUS? If you do Python and consider yourself neurodivergent (self dx or formal dx is fine), join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/EkSrw23k

joelle, 8 days ago to random

The open captioning at #PyconUS is great — I hear fairly well but will miss about 10% of what is said. The captions fill in the blank for me, so i get as much out of the conference talks as someone without a disability. This should be the norm everywhere, but I am grateful it is the norm here!

joelle, 9 days ago to random

If you’re at #PyConUS, and you’re neurodivergent, I’ve scheduled an open space at 10:00 (well, just after the main session finishes, so probably more like 10:10 or however it takes to walk across the huge convention center) in 321 (the room furthest from the action, as best suited for neurodivergent folk!).

There’s no agenda, we’ll just get to meet with each other, exchange some contact info if desired, and talk (or type or whatever!).

I hope to see neurodivergent folk tomorrow!

joelle, 13 days ago to random

In the Pittsburgh airport, there was a cop walking around the baggage claim area with a long gun (just "patrolling" , there was nothing that justified a long gun in the terminal that I saw). That got me thinking.

I bet seeing a heavily armed police officer makes someone feel safer. Not me (among other things, I worry that if he shouted at me, I'd misunderstand due to my disability -- and that could be deadly).

Whose feelings of safety are enhanced? I bet that says a lot about power.

williampietri, 14 days ago to random

A study comes along to confirm something obvious to everybody except tech execs: if you make working conditions worse, some will leave. And who's most able to leave? Your best employees. (gift link) https://wapo.st/4btMo8Z

joelle, 21 days ago to random

Does anyone in the USA not disable their phone’s amber alert feature? And has a phone alert ever actually been the key thing that located a child?

joelle, 21 days ago to random

Why is it that the same people that think AI will somehow be a replacement for people thinking are the same people who think science proves you can't change gender...

joelle, 24 days ago to random

Just sharing the Utah State Auditor’s web form that people can fill out if they suspect there is a trans person in a public bathroom.

I would never suggest anyone submit false information to a government agency that is implementing a transphobic law, of course.

https://ut-sao-special-prod.web.app/sex_basis_complaint.html

joelle, 26 days ago to random

I’m curious: What was the stupidest thing you got in trouble for at school?

For me, it was writing in cursive before I was taught it. I was pissed off enough about this injustice that I haven’t written anything in cursive since that 3rd grade class.

tanepiper, 1 month ago to random

Why does America have to have weird moral panics about everything? https://newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-forgotten-war-on-beepers

joelle, 1 month ago to random

Women will die.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2024/04/09/arizona-abortion-law-state-supreme-court-upholds-near-total-ban/73251148007/

(Arizona bans all abortion with very narrow exceptions)

joelle, 1 month ago to random

As someone in the gender studies academic field, I seriously question the usefulness of theory that is not communicated in ways that the majority of the community it talks about can understand. So much feminist theory is impossible for someone without a post-grad degree to understand.

I get academic jargon has purpose. But our task is to combat oppression, making tools available to all of the oppressed. Not just academics.

Unless the only oppressed people we care about are academics...

joelle, 2 months ago to random

Still sending good thoughts to the countries in west Africa without most internet access right now (due to cable cuts). Millions of people are cut off from much of the world right now.

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Internet-outage-All-subsea-cables-from-Ghana-to-Europe-still-out-of-service-NCA-explains-1921694

joelle, 2 months ago to random

There are more people who regret cancer treatment than who regret transitioning.

There are more people who regret calling the police as a victim of crime than who regret transitioning.

There are more people who regret going to college than who regret transitioning.

joelle, 2 months ago to random

There are more people who regret formerly voting Republican than who regret transitioning.

There are more people who regret formerly being an Evangelical Christian than regret transitioning.

There are more people who regret having had children than regret transitioning.

Yet, strangely, none of these things are banned.

joelle, 3 months ago to random

I went to UW when Matthew Shepard was murdered for being a gay.

It’s the same shit with Nex’s murder today: people doing everything to deny it had to do with queerness.

With Mr. Shepard, it was “the murderers have AIDS”, “The victim and murders were doing meth together,” and even “it was just a robbery, nothing about his sexuality.” These are bullshit.

We see the similar happening with Mx. Benedict’s murder. All that is missing is an article in the Gaurdian by Bindle. But give that time.

joelle, 3 months ago to random

In my programming career, I've mostly used vim.

VS Code people: Tell me why I should switch. (NOTE: AI / CoPilot is not desired)

joelle, 3 months ago to random

Oh FFS, we’re (America) still on about the bullshit misogynistic, racist, homophobic, transphobic theory that Michelle Obama is a trans woman?

(The reason is to feminize Barak Obama [misogyny assumes women are inferior] because he’s supposedly gay [there’s the homophobia], because Michelle is a trans woman and thus a man in their eyes [the transphobia], which is easy to do in the eyes of a lot of racist whites because of racist tropes that Black women are “masculine” [racism here]).