Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es

@julia
Egg: "Am I trans?"
Elder: "If you were presented with a button that would instantly make you a <gender>, would you press it?"
"Well, yeah, of course!"
: "Congrats, you're trans!"
"So...where's the button?"
"There isn't one. Welcome to second puberty. It lasts 2 eternities. Here's your blåhaj We'll be here if you need us. Good luck!

#Trans #Transgender

So transness exists in many animals and not just humans. It's been observed but I'm going to give you a personal story from my personal life. My exwife was a wildlife rehabilitator. She went to school for it with a specialization in Raptors. That's birds of prey. Not Jurrassic Park.

They rehabilitate most birds but some just can't be released. If they can get along with people they become educational ambassadors. IE birds they take out to the public to educate on wildlife conservation and eliminate misconceptions etc etc.

Well they have a mated for life Golden Eagle duo. The boy is a little big but not so large that he's in lady eagle territory. In Raptors sexual dimorphism is reversed. It's important for later.

He has a wife. Golden Eagles mate for life. They do all the parnter things. Guard eggs. Have s3x. Normal stuff. but zero viable young. No young at all. They think maybe it's just a biproduct of the lady having West Nile virus. Organs move around and change in birds with west nile. It wouldn't be strange if she were infertile.

Because these birds are generally traumatized, and sexing of birds is prone to error they just don't do it. He acts like a guy. He is a guy. His lady love loves him very much. Well he dies of old age. It happens. It's sad.

So they do an autopsy. Also routine. Also for science. What is it they find in autopsy? Ovaries. No testes. No intersex condition. This eagle is a big masculine boy with ovaries. They had a married heterosexual couple with a trans guy and a cis gal ... if birds could be referred to by such terms.

Being trans isn't new. It's not a fad or a woke mind virus. It's not the Democrats or the Greens or the Hippies. It is observed in most animals capable of actually making advanced neural pathways. Some of the smartest creatures on earth are actually birds of prey. So guess where much transness is found? That's right Eagles, Hawks and owls. It's not weird. It's not unnatural. It's part of the normal distribution of thinking species. #Trans #lgbt #raptors #science #wildlife

Folks with ADHD, how did you feel when the acronyms shifted, and instead of having #ADD and #ADHD, now the "correct" term is ADHD?

When I was diagnosed in 2000, it was largely because they'd finally discovered that ADD without hyperactivity was a thing, and that girls/women presented as inattentive more often than hyperactive (thus why they were often overlooked). It still feels inaccurate every time I write "ADHD" in reference to myself (yet often get corrected if I use "ADD").

Devs left with tough choices as Warner Bros. ends all Adult Swim Games downloads

Some can relist games on Steam or consoles—but without reviews or fan content.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/03/devs-left-with-tough-choices-as-warner-bros-ends-all-adult-swim-games-downloads/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Apple’s treatment of Epic Games draws the eye of EU regulators

Apple could face massive fines if it's found in violation of new rules.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/03/apples-treatment-of-epic-games-draws-the-eye-of-eu-regulators/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

It turns out that Odysseus landed on the Moon without any altimetry data

"Hours after we got off the launch pad, we almost lost the spacecraft."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/it-turns-out-that-odysseus-landed-on-the-moon-without-any-altimetry-data/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social