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Griffin @griffinberlste.in · 2d

I'm bad at self-promo but I am currently on the job market looking for industry gigs. If your team needs a compiler engineer, language developer, rust programmer, or language tools person, drop me a line! All my details are on my personal site.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · Jul 31

i am going to die in a world that is more antisemitic than the one i was born into and it will be entirely thanks to what the israeli state has done in the name of fighting antisemitism. i think about this constantly.

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Tal | TAFCON @starplanes.bsky.social · May 30

It's not just Sounds Profitable. Numerous networks/events continue to partner with TDW (like Podcast Movement). The podcast industry truly does not care for queer people (and ESPECIALLY does not care for trans people). This isn't an instance of one company making a bad decision, It's endemic.

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Tal | TAFCON @starplanes.bsky.social · May 30

It's not hard to know what TDW stands for. Look at Walsh. Look at Shapiro. Look at Peterson. Browse their socials for one minute. Tune into any of their talk shows.

I know Bryan and Sounds Profitable are aware. They're smart. They just don't care. Once again, money matters more than queer folks.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · May 24

British people are not any more transphobic than anyone else, "TERF Island" is just a statistical error. Transphobia Jo who lives in a cave and does 10,000 transphobias a day is an outlier and should not have been counted

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David J Bradley @davidjbradley.bsky.social · May 17

You simply should not buy the wizard game. You should give that money to trans people instead

Game Rant @gamerant.bsky.social · May 17

The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.

Hogwarts Legacy 2 Could Feature Characters from the Books and Movies

The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · May 15

Once again I am struck by how similar the language of Zionism is to the language of transphobia.

If you can't be human enough to care about Palestinian lives, at least recognize that manufacturing consent for their deaths means manufacturing consent for yours as well.

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Griffin @griffinberlste.in · May 13

I miss doing voice acting 😭

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · Apr 24

an entire people is being deliberately starved to death

Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · Apr 24

In Gaza, World Central Kitchen @wck.org is among the last organizations still able to cook meals. The IDF has shut all crossings to shipments, including humanitarian relief. We are now nearing the end of our supplies—and the limits of what’s possible.

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GAZA UPDATE | WCK among last organizations still cooking

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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · Apr 22

With the Oblivion remaster taking up the hype cycle, it's probably a good time to re-up that the Palestinian-led BDS movement has asked for a boycott of Microsoft's gaming products due to the company's ongoing and enthusiastic technical support for the IDF's ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · Apr 12

Games media can't ignore BDS Xbox boycott
aftermath.site/microsoft-bds-...

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · Apr 22

Hey you know how we've been saying for the past decade that it's really bad that there are centralized databases listing everyone who takes ADHD meds?

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · Apr 22

Between this and the wave of integration already happening in independent/private schools, no child and no educator is safe from the AI edtech grift. Gen Z and Gen Alpha are cooked.

Megan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social · Apr 22

"Federal agencies would be instructed to take steps to train students in using AI...The agencies would also be asked to partner with the private sector...All educators should undergo professional development to integrate AI into all subject areas, the draft order says."

Draft executive order outlines plan to integrate AI into K-12 schools

A policy under consideration by the White House and seen by The Post instructs federal agencies on how to incorporate artificial intelligence into classrooms.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Griffin @griffinberlste.in · Apr 18

Aww thanks!

Griffin @griffinberlste.in · Apr 18

Wrote another little something, this time it's the advice I find myself often giving new or prospective PhD students.

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Finding what matters | Griffin Berlstein

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404 Media @404media.co · Apr 17

Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People

🔗 www.404media.co/leaked-palan...

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Talia "AFAB" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · Apr 16

"She doesn't own the fandom, we made it our own--"

Fuck EVERY last one of you.

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · Nov 26

jk rowling funded a case going before the supreme court that argues it should be legal to discriminate against and persecute trans ppl.

yet still we have to listen to ‘centrists’ claiming she isn’t bigoted she just has ‘a difference of opinion’.

no trans ppl have a voice in these proceedings.

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HerRoyalBOO👻bies @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · Apr 16

And stop supporting anything to do with stupid Harry fucking Potter.

The gender critical campaign group For Women Scotland, which is backed financially by JK Rowling, said the

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · Apr 15

this shit's so terrifying i can barely function tbh

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Apr 15

1. I am raising the alarm: If you are a transgender adult, your care is under threat by President Trump.

You should prepare for severe supply disruptions and policies that amount to potential bans.

The latest CMS letter indicates an expansion to target adults.

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The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed

Many transgender adults have wondered when their care would be banned by the Trump administration. Now, we are seeing the first vectors to do so.

www.erininthemorning.com

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The Force Will Set Me Free 🏳️‍⚧️ ⚧️ @clearcutcontempt.bsky.social · Apr 15

Anyone that stops supporting us at the slightest amount of pressure was never supporting us in the first place.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Apr 8

There's a vast gulf between trans and cis understanding of what it means for a trans sex worker to say she needed to sell sex to pay for surgery.

We read that the same as if a diabetic said they needed to sell sex to pay for insulin. Cis people still see our medical needs as frivolous, a choice.

Alice In Wunderland @aliceinwunderl3.bsky.social · Apr 8

Oh this does not seem to demonstrate the claim made. The only way you could think that is if you're prejudiced against the woman you're interviewing.

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · Apr 2

As ever, I could be talking about trans rights, or I could be talking about psychiatry. In a sense, it doesn't matter; it's all the same: It's some small group of people who've decided what constitutes "normal" and that they therefore have power over whoever else, as regards our bodies and minds.

Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · Apr 2

Liberals have been complicit in enforcing this status quo. Liberal ignorance and distaste for direct address of impolite-seeming or tricky topics helps create a situation where conservatives can seed their own (evil) ideas relentlessly. (Whose ultimate goal is eugenicist, as is now again apparent.)