Lol, another $100m down the drain

Don’t care didn’t ask also fuck you MARK

Does this have anything to do with the most recent overstep by the US toward Brazil? Trump just imposed new tariffs & he explicitly said it was because they were prosecuting Bolsonaro

What I’m reading is I could cost openAI thousands of dollars just by sending 50 messages every day

I’m sure that this is because of a confluence of events, but I would presume as well that it has a lot to do with declining material conditions within the US as well. The way of buying a new computer/laptop/phone every couple years is becoming increasingly unfeasible, & Linux doesn’t enforce planned obsolescence & doesn’t force new features onto users. Especially over the past 15 years, it’s been a stalwart of stability compared with Mac/Windows & their deteriorating reputations.

Operating systems are, at the end of the day, public infrastructure & should absolutely be treated as such. I feel that open source is one way to implement that, & Linux, along with its wealth of distros, is doing a good job of it.

Public transit is severely lacking, especially with the rural sprawl that America has

Too little too late imo. This feels like more of a desperate ploy on behalf of Nvidia, as the US assumed their restrictions would set China back years. Maybe they did, but in the long run it was detrimental to Nvidia & other American companies.

FUN FACT if you call a conservative “liberal” they’ll have an aneurysm

I went to the sea last week, got an air conditioner finally, & commissioned a crop top shirt from my friend that says “DYKE”. I’m also gonna make a crop top out of an internet explorer shirt I got from a tech conference years ago that says “I have standards” lmao

صور جميل! بحب البحر، ذهبت الأسبوع الماضي

Woah. Big if true

Oh my, that’s a real quote 😭

https://web.archive.org/web/20250710153025/https://www.seattletimes.com/business/investors-snap-up-growing-share-of-us-homes-as-traditional-buyers-struggle-to-afford-one/

Is the “Marxism leninism democratic socialism” part two different entries?

Personally, I made a career change which is still in its infancy - but I’m excited about the prospects. I miss my tech salary, but was chronically underpaid in tech at the same time. I’m basically at the bottom, doing what is slightly above an entry level job (I started a bit over a year ago) but I feel so much better about my work.

I still take the time to teach my friends & community as many things as I can tech-wise & give them technical support when they need it, & have thought about teaching a community class based on tech literacy & more advanced concepts if there is an appetite for it. I was thinking about creating a sliding scale (down to free) for the class & using most of it for getting laptops for people who need it. I was also thinking about sending out a call for old computers/laptops & breathing in new life to them by installing Linux & making them run decently well again.

These are mostly just brainstorms, things I haven’t gone fully in on yet - but I feel like the exodus from tech can be a really strong force organizing the people against the state, and I feel these days that tech literacy/tech support from people who have the knowledge is a huge part of that.

What is the significance of this paper in the general discourse?

Listed in the article:

Owned by Zipoapps (they own like 70 apps):

• Collage Maker Photo Editor
• Instasquare Photo Editor: Neon
• Simple Gallery
• Bazaart

Android apps listed by Zipoapps

Apple apps listed by Zipoapps

Owned by Lightricks:

• Facetune

Apple apps listed by Lightricks

Android apps listed by Lightricks

Owned by Supersonic from Unity:

• Build a Queen
• Going Balls
• Bridge Race
• Trash Tycoon

Android apps listed by Supersonic Studios LTD

Apple apps listed by Supersonic Studios LTD

Owned by Crazy Labs:

• Phone Case DIY
• Miraculous Ladybug
• Cat Noir
• Sculpt People

Android apps listed by Crazy Labs

Apple apps listed by Crazy Labs

Individual entities:

• Moovit (very popular transit app)
• Call App (spam phone call screener)
• Gett (high end cab service)
• Fooducate

Edit: formatting

GC debates are thinly veiled transphobia lol, just like the saying “scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds”.

One more thing:

I believe you can doubt someone’s gender is ontologically important, without disrespecting their personhood

As a trans person, I am speaking from experience when I say no you can’t.

Wasn’t that asshole just on Joe Rogan for like the 5th time

On the other hand, there is growing interest in trans women menstruating. The cycle of hormones for women is a monthly cycle where certain hormones spike & others fall, the “period” itself being a spike in a certain hormone that induces sleepiness & more acute emotion. This, in my non-scientific experience is true - as I personally have a rule:

“If I hate everyone around me, I’m hungry. If I hate myself, it’s time to shower. And if neither works, I’m on my period.”

Mainly because trans women might not bleed, persay, but they do go through hormonal cycles & it’s hard to tell without the telltale sign, as well as the lack of awareness around it. This can result in a monthly window where they experience menstrual symptoms. This includes cramping and physical symptoms as well.

There are a few studies about menstruation in transmasc individuals, but only about 2 or 3 on transfemmes menstruating. But those studies affirm the experiences that I’ve been having, along with talking with other transfemmes in my community.

Links to studies:

The Bloodless Period: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1444&context=cehsdiss

Do Trans Women Have Periods?: https://www.transvitae.com/do-trans-women-have-periods-understanding-hormonal-cycles/

“Just Because I Don’t Bleed, Doesn’t Mean I Don’t Go Through It”: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8040688/

Edit: Spacing & initial wording