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Łorϊ J. Williams🧋

@ringtheory.bsky.social

Ex Google SWE, neurospicy, + many other things that fuel me to endure, defend, and call out during the US autocracy. Self care is a form of resistance, especially among queer and BIPOCs. People don't want us to exist and yet we do. No LGB without the T

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Łorϊ J. Williams🧋@ringtheory.bsky.social · last wk.

Google Docs annoyance: * You can't choose a footer unless you have the doc in pages. * Docs don't start in Pages; they start in Pageless Solution: always offer footers in "Insert" and then ask user if they want to change to Pages format.

Łorϊ J. Williams🧋@ringtheory.bsky.social · 3w ago

Was in SF this evening while masked and I heard a man's voice from somewhere saying, "Make sure to enjoy the fresh air!" Twice. Didn't know where it was from; wasn't interested in giving them the attention they so desperately sought. Started crossing the street... (1/2)

tami lam@cuppy.bsky.social · last mo.

I don’t want this point to be lost in the discourse. Going digital-only means inequity for people who cannot afford internet or constantly purchasing new games. Libraries provide opportunities for people to experience games they otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford, and that will be lost.

ErikT@erik45824291.bsky.social · last mo.

My child loves going to the library and checking out a new video game every week. Going digital only eliminates libraries as a way people can access games.

Łorϊ J. Williams🧋@ringtheory.bsky.social · last mo.

I've lost a significant amount of weight recently due to health issues. I've never weighed this low since before high school. I'm at a healthy weight but have been experiencing body dysmorphia. That's started to change since I became more dorito shaped due to garden work.

Cecilia Lei@cecilialei.bsky.social · last mo.

Before Pride weekend ends, sharing my latest for @coyotemedia.org where I visited a new museum in SF Chinatown that’s telling queer Chinese stories while honoring, and reimagining, tradition. 🌈 (Fun fact I learned: Hu Tianbao, or The 🐰 God, is a folk deity who blesses relationships b/w men!)

A Home for Queer Chinese Stories Opens in Chinatown

‘It’s rare to see Chinese LGBT people or to hear their stories.’ Lesbian artist Xiangchi Chen shares the origin story of the OUT Museum in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

coyotemedia.org

Łorϊ J. Williams🧋@ringtheory.bsky.social · last mo.

Was feeling too femme presenting today so I pulled my hair back in the style of my profile picture. (that's how my gender fluidity works: some days I *am* femme. Some days I'm not. Soapbox to normalize asking one's pronouns)

Łorϊ J. Williams🧋@ringtheory.bsky.social · last mo.

31 minutes left on the washer. 31 minutes for me to strip the bed and get it ready to be the next wash. 31 minutes for me to put away the current clothes in the basket. 31 minutes to maybe enjoy a bit of my masala chai and coffee (2 separate mugs) and my donut. The crow visitors distracted me...

Łorϊ J. Williams🧋@ringtheory.bsky.social · last mo.

My eldest saw Benedict Cumberbatch first in Dr. Strange. I would frequently mention how dissonant I found him having an American accent because I saw him first in Sherlock. I recently showed eldest Sherlock. Then a Marvel movie again. Eldest now agrees that Sherlock is his canonical identity. 😁🕵️

Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats@wolven.blacksky.app · last mo.

Hot damn and hell yes. Thus is an amazing start on making sure all trans youth and adults in NYC have the information, options, and access they need. Want to see this become a model for every major city in the country. www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

Standing Up for Trans New Yorkers: Mayor Mamdani Launches $15 Million Plan to Expand Access to Gender-Affirming Care

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talia jane@taliajane.bsky.social · last mo.

Mamdani announces $15M for trans healthcare, includes launching a call/text resource support line. Notes city Law Dept filed an amicus brief against subpoenas for medical records. Hospitals suspended care to trans youth following a Trump EO. This seems to try working around that, doesn’t mention it

NEW YORK - Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced three major new initiatives to safeguard and expand access to gender-affirming care for youth and adults across New York City. The initiatives represent a proactive $15 million investment at a time of growing uncertainty and escalating attacks from the federal government. To safeguard access to gender-affirming care, Mayor Mamdani's administration will: • Establish a direct care access fund for providers of youth gender-affirming care to help ensure that New Yorkers can continue to access medically necessary care. • Launch a call and text line connecting New Yorkers with care, services, information, resources and support related to gender-affirming care. • Fund research to identify gaps in health care access and outcomes for transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers. As the federal government retreats from supporting this critical research, New York City will invest in better understanding and meeting the needs of LGBTQ+ community. Earlier this month, the City's Law Department submitted an amicus brief supporting a legal challenge brought on behalf of transgender youth and young adults opposing federal grand jury subpoenas seeking the medical records of patients who have received gender-affirming care. On Wednesday, a federal judge granted the injunction, blocking the U.S. Department of Justice from using subpoenas to access sensitive medical records of transgender patients. Mayor Mamdani has directed the Law Department to be ready to respond, including potentially litigate, threats to end gender-affirming care for youth and adults from the federal government.
Pat Savage@patrickesavage.bsky.social · last mo.

People keep saying “we can just fix hallucinated references”. They don’t understand that genAI hallucinates EVERYTHING: data, quotes, figures, you name it. References are just the easiest to catch. Friends don’t let friends write with genAI.

Richard Van Noorden@richvn.bsky.social · last mo.

Is the map of global bat distribution in this paper (Nov 2025, ‘Sustainability’ journal) AI nonsense? Comments from experts on LinkedIn are suggesting so. www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17... LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/alice-...

Łorϊ J. Williams🧋@ringtheory.bsky.social · last mo.

Setting the record straight: crissakentavr bsky social blocked me so I returned in kind. She unblocked, saw I had, then said I was the one that orphaned my thread. It was already isolated the moment she blocked. She also gendered me without asking and should know better as a trans person.

Receipts of being blocked, peeked at, then being blocked again. Text: "Yesterday at 3:43 PM @crissakentavr.bsky.social has blocked you Today at 2:10 PM @crissakentavr.bsky.social has blocked you" Note that it is now 3:40 PM and their second post came between 1 and 2 complaining I blocked them.Text: "[Hidden ableist post] Crissa @crissakentavr.bsky.social Little bit of column A, a little bit of column B... Why is this thread continuing? 12:24 PM Jun 25, 2026 [Hidden post complaining that their ableism was pointed out] Crissa @crissakentavr.bsky.social 2h Like, Lori blocked me and orphaned her thread." Nope buddy, you're continuing to lie like you were earlier in the thread because you blocked me first and thus orphaned *your* thread.
Mekka Okereke@mekka.mekka-tech.com · last mo.

You're still talking about the trauma of ICE raids at schools. But many school districts deploy cops *inside* of elementary and middle schools. They brutalize and arrest thousands of Black students a year, and don't decrease crime, but these trauma causing cops do lower Black graduation rates.

Cracked Lemonade@crackedlemonade.bsky.social · last mo.

This was the logical endpoint. You cannot vibe your way through germs spreading. Especially in basic training where they already treat you like shit and put you through shit to mentally break you to follow orders

Julia Raifman, ScD@juliaraifman.bsky.social · last mo.

The bootcamp flu outbreak illustrates the importance of public health policies, including how policies amount to more than the sum of individual decisions Policy decisions also involve trade-offs. Few policies are fully costless Glad troops will return to an evidence-based policy with much benefit