The current paradigm of "AI" encodes & recapitulates eugenicist, fascist, and generally bigoted tendencies— but previous paradigms did, too, & if these facts had been addressed, then, in the culture of technology specifically and our sociotechnical culture writ large, it might not still be like that

I love being able to find food from around the world. A cozy tea house/ coffee shop where I can overhear conversations in 4+ languages while I read is my happy/ safe space.

Remember when we were conjecturing that this is what would happen to that apartment building in Chicago?

That there were dealings behind the scenes and it would end up with the ICE raid being a very convenient alternative to eviction?

Here are the receipts:

Tonight of all nights I’m going to re-up my benediction for Chicago.

We are everything.

dansinker.com/posts/202…

Fuck that indeed

KOSA is now in red alert priority.

Please contact your representatives, dem and gop alike, and demand they oppose KOSA

We need to turn out in numbers against this!

Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!

Grim Reaper [ 2 ]
Part 5 or 5.

Some days I'm in awe of my students. That they, these brilliant, talented, creative beings trust me and think that I've got something worthwhile to say.
I work every day to live into that trust. It's part of smart keeps me working to learn constantly.

Everybody should read this. Gives you a really good idea of the types of questions trans people have to ask ourselves almost every day just to do normal things that others don’t even need to think about.

This whole section really.

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

Trump is asking us to start choosing groups we're willing to abandon, and the only way to make him stop is to be clear we're not fucking abandoning ANYONE.

Call your reps. Call your fucking reps. Especially in red states. Use the @5calls.org app, it's easy and free.

Fantastic essay by Roxane Gay: Civility Is a Fantasy. “Calling for civility is about exerting power. It is a way of reminding the powerless that they exist at the will of those in power and should act accordingly. It is a demand for control.” [nytimes.com]

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar

All this, also when censorship is on the rise, BIPOC and Queer work is being attacked, banned and erased, humanities programs are being shuttered.
And attacking is not like valid critique or social commentary.

You don't have to read things you don't like but you can read the room.

Visit... War-Ravaged Portland

It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.

Coming up online this Sunday! Tickets are compliments of the PLA, just RSVP.

Trans Requiem. It's beautiful, moving, and cathartic.

this is fucking epic, and i do not use that word lightly. holy shit. @sadqueer4life.bsky.social

May the roads be kind, your welcome warm, and landing be soft.
I was able to send a bit along.

We can actually confirm this. An anonymous (verified) Stripe employee told me last month that Stripe does not permit *any* sale of adult content, regardless of whether it is delisted.

Stripe explained this to Itch in August, while Itch was continuously misleading their community (and harassing us).