Don't let a minority of bigots and transphobes persecute those who need medical help. Please sign if you live in the UK.
Petition: Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/661601
Protonmail is cop friendly. Any reasonable privacy aware email provider would hash the secondary email, not store it as cleartext. I implemented secondary email hashing for Riseup to prevent exactly this thing, over a decade ago.
https://restoreprivacy.com/protonmail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain/
PSA for anyone using signal groups to organize during protests
tl;dr: please check that both options in settings > privacy > phone number are set to "nobody"
if "who can find me by my number" is "everyone" (the default), signal will reveal the association of your account and number to group members who already know your number, which, considering the possibility of schools collaborating with police and providing student info, may or may not be a plausible way to de-anonymize you!
"Before I introduced a screen time limit, there was too much watching of YouTube. We need rules!"
Idk, mate. Have you considered that screen time issues are related to the lack of spaces for kids and teens to do things? Because most kids I work with would love to have something to do that isn't "go to the mall and wander aimlessly every weekend," which is all they've got other than their phones or whatever.
These spaces were disappearing when *I* was a kid, and I'm almost 40. Hell, even as an adult, there aren't many places for me to go because they all fucking cost money just to find a "community." Not to mention how uncomfortable they all are.
You can change behaviours by creating a world where kids and teens can freely exist and stop ostracising them from society, among many other things.
If you're looking for an explanation of what's happening at Google with the current layoffs, just watch this video. Steve Jobs' reflections about what happened at Apple provide the best explanation. It's something you'll encounter in all corporate companies.
#google #stevejobs #layoffs
Liz Truss' new book is out, in which she claims to know how to "save" the West. However, THIS book is a FAR more accurate reflection of her abilities as a politician.
For the avoidance of doubt, yes, it's a BLANK notebook You can get one here >>> https://bit.ly/3UjTt5H
"A sickness known as hate. Not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ - but a sickness nonetheless, highly contagious, deadly in its effects. Don't look for it in the Twilight Zone - look for it in a mirror.
Look for it before the light goes out altogether." - Rod Serling, “The Twilight Zone”
#DeepThoughts
UK #Petition: Require #videogame publishers to keep #games they have sold in a working state.
medical science news re: HIV (independent.co.uk link)
"Researchers have eliminated HIV from cells in a laboratory, raising hopes of a cure."
"According to the researchers, their work represents proof of concept, and will not become a cure for HIV tomorrow."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/hiv-cure-cell-test-dna-b2515169.html
GERMANY HAS PASSED SELF-ID LAWS!
The Federal Republic joins 20 countries which have passed laws allowing people to declare their own legal gender. I hope someday this will apply across the whole EU.
On a more personal level, this means I can finally change my own legal gender to #nonbinary 🎉🏳️⚧️