FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

not a lot of things can get better by corporate top-down decree but "scrub every instance of master and slave in all of our documents" is one of them

i'm also partial to "scrub every instance of male and female in all of our documents", though that's probably a few years away yet

My lawsuit seeking legal recognition as nonbinary is on going, and extremely expensive. I'm trying to crowdfund as much as possible - all donations go directly to my lawyers.

https://enby.org.uk/

The UK has removed every state, territory and country that allows transgender people to correct their legal gender on a "self-id" basis from the list that they offer streamlined gender recognition to.

25 US states (+DC), 4 Australian territories, and 25 entire countries have been cut.

Nobody has even been accused of abusing the process. The changes were spearheaded by Kemi Badenoch for the sole purpose of hurting transgender people.

I appear to have been specifically targeted. In April of 2022, I was the first person to apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) as nonbinary in the UK. Though my application for was granted, my GRC was never issued. I filed a lawsuit on 15 November 2022.

Kemi Badenoch was made a defendant in her capacity as the Minister for Women and Equalities. She put out a statement on 6 January 2023 that she was going to update the list.

On 4 December 2023, details were leaked to The Daily Mail. They ran an article giving my state of birth, California, as a prominent example of places on the chopping block.

Legislation was introduced two days later, which even included a comment that in no circumstance would anyone be able to apply as nonbinary based on foreign recognition.

Of course, this is all circumstantial. 😠

Folks living in the UK who qualify under the old list have about two weeks to apply for a GRC before the change takes effect.

The UK's standard process is so burdensome that less than 5% of transgender individuals in the UK have been able to obtain a GRC.

These overly strict rules do not make anyone safer.

I have written up some more details here:

https://rya.nc/activism/uk-slashes-foreign-gender-recognition.html

(I keep forgetting hashtags)

#trans #transgender #nonbinary #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia #uk

robot girl stands next to you
– stand-by mode activated
– that’s not what “stand-by” me-
– stand-by mode activated
it grabs your hand

fact: 90% of musicians give up on increasing the gain right before their song is peak!!

seeing a lot of bad advice out there for musicians. if the "peak" indicator isn't lit then this means your song still isn't good enough. ideally it should be lit for the entire duration of the song, this indicates peak compositional excellence

my games are still on sale on itch and steam for the next 3 days. we're struggling to reach the end of kitsune tails development (a mario-like platformer with a very gay story) without running out of money, so any support would be greatly appreciated

itch.io: https://eniko.itch.io/
steam: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15673/Kitsune_Games_Complete_Pack/

apparently the kiosks/POS dervices used a java-based system that involved connecting to a remote server and doing CRC32 (!) file hash matches to prevent hacking and/or apply hotpatch updates

excited to announce a 20 billion dollar investment from the state of california into research into room-temperature semiconductors

@pikhq

Good morning, have a great Sunday!