This makes me wonder about the cosmetic part of buliding cyborg bodies in Ghost In the Shell.
Are there people who specialize in buttcheeks? I mean, seriously.. crafting the human-like parts of high-end prosthetic bodies has got to be a really important thing, with great attention to detail. Careful sculpting. Picking the right formulations of synthetic skin for different parts of the body depending upon how they wear through normal use (joints that flex a lot, joints that flex once in a while, parts of the body where skin stretches, and so forth) has to be a thing.
Which means that there are artisans who spend incredible amounts of time designing, modelling, sculpting, and stress testing the visible components of buttcheeks.
i am being informed that there is an actual iOS update today addressing a zero-day: 14.7.1
URGENT PDX housing request, boosts appreciated!!
HEY SO UH
i have less than a week before i'm supposed to be out of my current place (homeowner is selling it in August) and I STILL do not have a place lined up so if anyone has a room, or heck. even a couch in the PDX area (or Beaverton) PLEASE let me know ASAP because I don't know what I'm gonna do otherwise!!
thank you so much in advance. i'm sorry for asking you guys this over twice now but i just need all the help i can get...
new blog post!
# Software From Another World
> We undermine not only unions, but every aspect of the worker's life: AirBnB spikes rents, Uber disenfranchises drivers, a thousand streaming services reinvent cable, Amazon fucks everybody, and so on. Despite any niche expertise, these are companies made possible by software, by the lending of software labor to capitalist ends. We can choose to deny them, if we stand together.
https://garbados.github.io/my-blog/software_from_another_world.html
Congratulations to those in São Paulo who burned the statue of Borba Gato, a 17th-century perpetrator of colonial violence.
To quote our comrades in Brazil, "If monuments still honor slavers and rapists, it is because the system they built is still standing." Let's take it down.
I have a few reflections and advice on the 5-year anniversary of coming out as transgender:
1. The best piece of advice I got: "Your transition belongs to you." There are no true rules in this. You don't even have to transition, and you certainly don't have to transition to anything established, or understandable to anyone else.
There are no objective body schedules or social milestones. You are free to make up WHATEVER you want. And you are free to push for your standards to be respected and assisted. Transition belongs to you.
Outside of hard-and-fast medical numbers and safety guidelines (real physical safety, not gatekeeping bullshit), you'll encounter invisible rails attempting to direct your experience. It's alright to oppose this, and to call them out. But the core of your experience is your own, and that can't be taken away.
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(boosts of this thread are ok)
fuck it, I'm releasing my databending drum machine TONIGHT
make drum loops with percussive samples procedurally generated from opus codec glitches!~ 🥁💥💻
Domain Block
eveningzoo.club
Edgelord, Soapbox-using paedo, can get in the fucking sea until they're at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.
trans, getting letters
A list of mental health professionals in the United States who will provide a letter of support for transgender services on first visit
(as given to me by one of the professionals on the list)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mQo2vls2x1FeCihQmQ0FftY9x5jEvbHykZUWEijSRYQ/edit
Boosts very okay
food recall (baby carrots), 6abc.com link
https://6abc.com/carrot-recall-baby-carrots-bunny-luv-o-organics/10903819/
"Grimmway Farms is voluntarily recalling bagged carrots sold at grocery stores across the country because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.
The recall includes carrots sold under the brand names Bunny Luv, Cal-Organic, O Organics and Grimmway Farms' own brand. All the retail products recalled have a nine-character lot code beginning with 195, 196 or 197 and ending in BF or SP.
The company said the recall is a result of a routine internal test. So far, no illnesses have been linked to the recall.
In addition to the carrots sold at retail stores, Grimmway Farms said it also recalled carrots that went to food manufacturers and food service distributors.
Anyone who has the recalled product in their possession should not consume it and should destroy or discard it."
yeah i'm moving over to chitter.xyz now. Soooo go there! I'm there now.