Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
I was sorry to hear that Bob Mackie had died today, surely the designer with the most sparkling of legacies. Here is just one of the countless dazzling garments worn by Cher in the late #1970s #JuliensAuctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
can those of you mad because you think trans whining on microblogs will depress support for dem politicians please imagine for one second how dem politicians spouting transphobia on enormous mainstream platforms depresses support for trans people
I was falling asleep on the couch, thanks for waking me up, Blue Jays
Hey American friends, help spread the word: Canada has an immigration stream for HC workers. "For Tyson, the targeted recruitment worked. It took him just 3 months to get his B.C. nursing licence through a fast-track process, and 8 days to receive a provincial nomination for permanent residence."
I took myself out for coffee because the temperature is nice but I did not plan for the humidity and now I have regrets.
how has it been nine months and my phone still thinks "pool" should come after "heated"
if galen weston can afford a drone show advertisement then we’re paying too much for groceries
setting my 850 song playlist to loop in case I accidentally stay up for 50 hours straight listening to it
My brain is so cooked that I immediately was like “this is just a sneak attack to make it discriminatory not to use their products” lol
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d agoCan chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rights
I need fashion influencers to stop referring to themselves as "mid-size" as if they're a comfortable family sedan
The Ontario municipal elections signs that started popping up reminded me: A) Pay attention to your choices* for school board trustee B) Especially pay attention for the dog whistles *assuming the Provincial government hasn't already decided for you
You don't need a doorbell camera. People should be able to walk past your house without getting recorded.
An extremely good day to you all from this Pachycephalosaurus statue - which was located in a park in an actual town called Dinosaur, in Colorado (Pop. 243) (Photo from 1991, part of the John Margolies Roadside America photo archive, www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...)
trying to buy yarn but the website I'm on lists everything by brand then the yarn name instead of by weight and I ask: whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
listening to both types of Canadian folk music: - I am from Ontario or Newfoundland [wistful] - I am from Ontario or Newfoundland [derogatory]
NEW: Saddle Lake Cree Nation calls Alberta trans health-care laws a violation of Treaty rights, announces path to work around the legislation
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
Take all these Anthropic and OpenAI resignations and op-eds and put them in a spreadsheet with a column that shows the exact date when the author's final tranche of options vested. I just want to see something
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 6d agoThe last few days is like a DDOS attack from these companies 🙄 I just finished drafting an op-ed and then see another OMG Machine god is going to kill everyone 😱 post Ok walk me through the step by step action this super intelligent chatbot takes to render everyone us extinct?
"Job postings and interviews with senior security officials at Anthropic show that the frontier AI lab is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of artificial intelligence."
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d agoI’m old enough to remember people calling them the ethical ai company.
dear god.. a flavor scientist at the Cheetos factory has published a blog post saying no one is prepared for how "dangerously cheesy" they are
Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · last wk.OpenAI’s top scientist, in a blog post on Sunday, warns that artificial intelligence is evolving so rapidly that it is becoming increasingly difficult for humans to understand and control it. Here is the post: openai.com/index/an-ali... And a couple of small excerpts--clear warnings.
“By that standard, any medical recommendation becomes ‘authoritarian’. Any standard set by any licensing board becomes ‘authoritarian’,” said Craig Konnoth, calling it a "broadside attack on the scientific establishment more generally -- and trans rights are being used as the vehicle to do this.”
‘Nakedly political’: US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new health department report
HHS releases report linking ‘gender ideology’ to political violence – a study scientists say was poorly conducted
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