Turns out, the existence of Mannish Women goes back far further than our modern discussions about gender. Starting in the mid 19th century, women not only dressed in masculine clothing, but acting, speaking, and living in mannish ways, became a concern. A growing trend to embrace the fashion styles of tailored suits brought...
Scientists are bearing the brunt of this, but it is very much everyone’s problem. The people being harassed are doing things we urgently need them to do. That includes things like warning us about about immediate dangers, telling us what precautions we need to take, and doing research that could lead to workarounds and solutions to the problems themselves.
We need to speak against this. We need to act against this. And we need to change the system to provide protections and remedies. Otherwise we are all going to suffer.
Scientists at the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction said that the world's average temperature had reached 17.01C on 3 July, breaking the previous record of 16.92C that had stood since August 2016.
A federal judge has struck down Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for minors. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody ruled Tuesday that the nation’s first ban on such care for children violates the U.S. Constitution. Moody in 2021 had temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban while he considered the challenge to the...
We hypothesized that autistic adults may be erroneously judged as deceptive or lacking credibility due to demonstrating unexpected and atypical behaviors. Thirty autistic and 29 neurotypical individuals participated in video-recorded interviews, and we measured their demonstration of gaze aversion, repetitive body movements,...
In 6 days time much of Reddit will go dark. Users will flood to Lemmy until that crashes. @ernest are you planning to put any temporary extra server resources in place to hoover up a few thousand users?...
150 years of Masc Women causing a Moral Panic (yewtu.be)
Turns out, the existence of Mannish Women goes back far further than our modern discussions about gender. Starting in the mid 19th century, women not only dressed in masculine clothing, but acting, speaking, and living in mannish ways, became a concern. A growing trend to embrace the fashion styles of tailored suits brought...
The revolt against reality: Harassment of scientists is escalating (onlysky.media)
From COVID-19 to climate change, scientists are facing a flood of hate mail, threats and harassment from conspiracy theorists.
World sees hottest day since records began (www.bbc.com)
Scientists at the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction said that the world's average temperature had reached 17.01C on 3 July, breaking the previous record of 16.92C that had stood since August 2016.
Fedi.Directory (fedi.directory)
Interesting accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse...
Judge strikes down Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors (apnews.com)
A federal judge has struck down Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for minors. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody ruled Tuesday that the nation’s first ban on such care for children violates the U.S. Constitution. Moody in 2021 had temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban while he considered the challenge to the...
A majority of Republicans now say same-sex relations are immoral after a year of 'groomer' attacks on the LGBTQ community (www.businessinsider.com)
Republican support for same-sex relations dropped 15% in the last year, according to a recent Gallup poll.
Window blinds don't survive in this house.
Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts (www.macrumors.com)
As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those...
Colossal asteroid the size of 99 narwhals to pass Earth Thursday - NASA (www.jpost.com)
OC My derpy lad Pepper
Nextcloud Hub 5 Released (nextcloud.com)
Nextcloud Hub 5: massive step forward into helping individuals, businesses and organizations achieve their digital sovereignty.
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OC Shibui, my one-eyed goofball
People aged over 65 among most sexually fluid in UK, study finds (www.thepinknews.com)
Research has found women over the age of 65 are amongst the most sexually fluid groups in the UK, challenging long-held ideas about fluidity.
Autistic Adults May Be Erroneously Perceived as Deceptive and Lacking Credibility - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (link.springer.com)
We hypothesized that autistic adults may be erroneously judged as deceptive or lacking credibility due to demonstrating unexpected and atypical behaviors. Thirty autistic and 29 neurotypical individuals participated in video-recorded interviews, and we measured their demonstration of gaze aversion, repetitive body movements,...
OC When Lemmy crashes will you be able to scale to pick up some users?
In 6 days time much of Reddit will go dark. Users will flood to Lemmy until that crashes. @ernest are you planning to put any temporary extra server resources in place to hoover up a few thousand users?...
‘Trance’ author teases sexy new comic, talks gay X-Men, & shares an exclusive preview (www.queerty.com)
A sexy, adult comics about magical queer heroes is hitting shelves just in time for Pride Month...
what web browser do you use and why?
I use geh Firefox forks mull and fennec, I occasionally use vanadium. I just like privacy but tor is overkill for me
NYPD Accidentally Paints ACAB on Their Pride Cop Cars (www.autostraddle.com)
Some people think this is an "innocent" "mistake" but I think it is a stroke of subversive artistic genius.
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Reddit is Dead, long live.. leddi- lemmy?
It really whips the llama's ass. Post says it all. Foreveralone. Take my upvote. Are we in post-social media yet or what?
Fake Debt Crisis Fueled Same Old Greed-Driven Agenda (www.commondreams.org)