I want to see an otherwise boring binary trans person apply for a GRC with a note that says "since the GRP cannot rely on medical evidence in decision making, I believe that the requirement to provide it violates my right to privacy".
This press release undersells the judgement.
The court made it clear that the Gender Recognition Act does not require any medical treatment at all beyond a diagnosis of gender dysphoria to get a Gender Recognition Certificate, and that the Gender Recognition Panel cannot use any medical treatment or lack thereof against the applicant.
This brings up the question - if no medical treatment is required, and the gender recognition panel cannot use information about it against the applicant, why is it required?
Also, a strictly binary identity is not required to be eligible for a Gender Recognition Certificate.
"Establishing that AI training requires a copyright license will not stop AI from being used to erode the wages and working conditions of creative workers. ... Our path to better working conditions lies through organizing and striking, not through helping our bosses sue other giant multinational corporations for the right to bleed us out." –
@pluralistic
The EU enacted a new law a while ago that all bottle caps should remain attached to the bottle, to combat plastic trash.
All the bottle and packaging makers, from massive multinationals like Coca Cola and fucking Nestlé to small local producers invested in the development of new caps, changing their production lines, and shipping the new caps. Today, a month before the law goes into effect, it's basically impossible to find a bottle without an attached cap.
I don't know, I thought this story was weirdly relevant right now with Apple being a whiny bitch. Imagine being worse than Coca Cola and motherfucking Nestlé.
here's some more music i made https://soundcloud.com/hikari_no_yume/listless-daydream
Deep dive in the change in technology between Inside Out and Inside Out 2: https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/inside-out-2-redefining-the-magic-with-new-technology/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR206lnZWCwWVDM0KLKc0rUdzksfYLajTU8NSbehrJHzcq5pPmb96dSsWKs_aem_Zejkt1s69lTKETmDRoCp9A It's hard to grok that only nine years separate the two movies.
I think I remember Dolly Parton talking about why she kept all her publishing rights and saying something like ...
I was in my 20s and I didn't know much at all about the music business but by then I had learned a thing or two about men and I realized I needed to be in charge of anything a certain kind of man told me "don't worry your pretty little head about that" and that has served me well over the years
Trans woman, bisexual, someone's fiancée, forever a programmer, poly, and former total mess