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"America has been vaccinating people for fifty years. If vaccines caused autism, America would have trains, okay? We would have so many trains." - Jon Allen

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Having to force people to use the product they don’t want is surely the litmus test for knowing you’ve created something of value

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July is #DisabilityPrideMonth

Wait, disability ... pride? Why would someone be proud to be disabled?

One of the most important aspects of disability pride for me is to counter the shame. The shame of “being different,” the shame of “needing help,” the shame of “being a burden,” the shame from the humiliation and abuse I have experienced.

Disability pride gives me the chance to counter the shame by saying, “I am disabled, and I am proud to exist and be who I am.”

#JulyIsDisabilityPrideMonth

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Low-key lost it when I noticed the main image on the Wikipedia page for business casual attire is just an edit of the nude figures from the Pioneer plaque

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PNG is back!

programmax.net/articles/png-is

A new PNG spec was just released! […]

[…] After 20 years of stagnation, PNG is back with renewed vigor!

What's new?

* Proper HDR support (future‐proof, too!)

* Finally recognizes APNGs (animations!)

* Officially supports Exif data

* General tidying up—fixing errata, clarifications, etc.

#png

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Hey all y'all need to stop using "guys" in mixed company.

- My trans girlfriend is not a guy.
- My cis girlfriend is not a guy.
- I'm not a guy (or a girl, but that's not relevant here).

Misgendering is misgendering—even if "everyone's doing it".

Patriarchy shouldn't be the default.

#FuckThePatriarchy #Feminist #LGBTQ+ #Rant

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one adult: "I'd like one custom pornography, please, and consent to compensation for your efforts."

an adult artist: "I consent to this exchange. That'll be a non-zero amount of money please."

payment processors, breaching the fucking wall with explosives: "I don't consent, perverts! Hands in the air! Do it! Do it now!"

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Okay, it's borked.
Seems that something plastic got in the main drum area and melted when rubbing against the rubber, creating the smoke and dumping a lot of semi-molten rubber into the pump, causing that to fail too :(

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Ho hum... just sat here keeping an eye on our washing machine as it goes through an empty cycle to clean it, which is also serving as a test to see if I've found what made it get smokey inside the drum the last time it was used.
Only 45 minutes of sitting here to go... :/

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Any Discworld fans here? I suddenly had an image of Death coming to a newly transitioned trans person on Discworld just to collect their deadname.

BE AT EASE. IT IS NOT YET YOUR TIME. I'M ONLY HERE FOR THE NAME.

#trans #transgender #Discworld #TerryPratchett

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Post-vaginoplasty question regarding urination 

I have a question for trans women who have done a vaginoplasty. I had the catheter for urinating removed yesterday and since then I have a constant feeling of needing to pee. I am using the toilet every 90/120 minutes and the quantity seems normal to me, and I know that irregular urination is to be expected after the surgery, but this feels like too much. Given the changes to the urethra, is this a matter of "re-training" my urinary system? Should I try to avoid going so often so that my bladder gets used to a proper, less disruptive schedule, or does this go away with time?

Thank you for the answers, boosts are appreciated!

#Trans

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I think I'm getting old. Find myself irrationally grumpy at people asking for mutual aid because they don't have enough money to eat... AT FUCKING CONFUZZLED.

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GrapheneOS: Where Licenses Matter More Than People

GrapheneOS could have shipped real accessibility support. They had a screen reader. They had a libre speech engine — one they requested a feature from. They got that feature.

And then they said no.
Because the license was GPLv3.

They’ll ship sandboxed Google Play Services.
They’ll let you install GPLv3 software from their app store.
But a working screen reader for blind users?
Blocked. On principle.

This isn’t a technical limitation.
This is not a matter of priorities.
This is cruelty by ideology — and they’re proud of it.

So here it is. My full public dissection of the excuses, the hypocrisy, and the sheer contempt they’ve shown to the people who need privacy and security most: the disabled.

They chose licensing purity over basic humanity.
I chose to write this.

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/gra

#GrapheneOS #Accessibility #FOSS #Blind #DisabilityTech #Inclusion #GPLv3 #espeak #a11y #Security #FreeSoftware #DisabilityRights #Android #Rant #TechShame

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