nachdem hier ein Haus für Feuerwehrautos 🚒 gebaut wurde, in das diese am Ende nicht hineinfahren konnten, weil die Garageneinfahrten zu klein, wundere ich mich nur noch selten. Ich glaube ein Problem ist, dass Aufträge ausgeschrieben werden und man dann angehalten ist, den billigsten Anbietern zu wählen, nicht den kompetentesten. Das erklärt auch, warum solche Sachen im Nachhinein immer teurer werden als (schön) gerechnet.
Migration in der Steinzeit - Warum wir (fast) alle anatolische Wurzeln haben
Egal, für wie "deutsch" wir uns halten: Im Erbgut der meisten Europäer stecken Spuren von drei frühen Einwanderungswellen – aus Afrika, aus Anatolien und aus der russisch-ukrainischen Steppe. Diesen Migranten verdanken wir Landwirtschaft und Viehhaltung – und die indoeuropäische Sprache.
@GaborPaal spricht mit dem Populationsgenetiker Joachim Burger
Die passende Strasse wäre eine Sackgasse in einer Industriebrache. Jedenfalls habe ich die Kohl-Ära so erlebt, die von Schröder und Merkel dann fortgeführt wurde.
Mit Kohl begann der Umschwung von Aufbau und sozialem Fortschritt hin zu Verbrauch von Infrastruktur, staatlichen Systemen, Schulen, Medizin, Bahn und „Privatisierung“.
Die „deutsche Einheit“ fiel Kohl in den Schoss und auch da hat er gelogen und betrogen. Treuhand, „blühende Landschaften“ und so weiter. squeet.me/display/962c3e10-71e…
Junge Menschen protestieren auf der ganzen Welt gegen Korruption, Ungleichheit und Machtmissbrauch. Sie alle sind digital vernetzt, kreativ und entschlossen.
Nepal, Serbien, Madagaskar, Peru - junge Menschen gehen weltweit gegen Korruption, Ungleichheit und Machtmissbrauch auf die Straße. Sie sind wütend, mutig, entschlossen - ihr Symbol ist eine besondere Piratenflagge.
AOL hatte ich nie, aber „Mailboxen“ mit Akustikkoppler (Dataphon S21-23 anyone? Hab ich noch im Lager…) und dann Modem. UUCP mit DOS und Batchfiles. Usenet mit Waffle. Das ist „erst“ 30 Jahre her.
ich hab die Geräte nicht mehr, aber ja, AOL hatte ich nie, DatenKlo hatte ich auch und dann ein Zyxel-Modem, was für ein Geschwindigkeitsrausch... Trotzdem gingen bis zum Rechner in den USA manche Steuersequenzen verloren... 🤓
@LilaHexe Bei MS365 geht es nicht um Support, sondern dass sie kein Brief- bzw Mailgeheimnis garantieren. Ebenso wie Google.
Alles was MS & Co in die Finger kriegen wird erstens für „Optimierung“, „UX“ usw benutzt und steht zweitens allen US-Diensten zur Verfügung. Ich möchte aber grundsätzlich nicht, dass irgendwelche Tech-Konzerne meine Mails durchwühlen.
In meinen Mailkonten laufen auch vertrauliche Nachrichten aus meinen Ehrenämtern. Ich will nicht verantworten, dass Menschen, die mir vertrauen, dann bei ihren nächsten Reisen Probleme bekommen oder ihre Daten zur Profilbildung genutzt werden.
Der gleiche Grund, weshalb Firmen wie Meta und Telegram nicht vertrauenswürdig sind.
Ich kann nicht einerseits gegen Chatkontrolle argumentieren und andererseits meine Mails auf dem SIlbertablett servieren.
Hey DTC I can understand how the alt text culture around here might feel a bit wild, especially when you make these great comics with like sixteen panes and tons of text. Yeah, writing the text for those is a lot of work.
But also when you add that text you unlock a massive new audience. I was a bit perplexed years ago but now it's one of my favorite things about "fedi culture"
IDK I was worried you might feel singled out. Please don't.
I do agree with putting an alt under every image and if my brain cannot brain there is a chance that I will not. However, I am willing to use an AI tool to assist so one can use this: imagedescriber.online/ (not affiliated with it, just mentioning it) See further down regarding privacy. /IF/ they really stick to their policy of course.
So it can be brief:
The image is a black and white cartoon. It shows a simple stick figure sitting in front of a computer. Above the computer screen, there's an icon that looks like the Mastodon logo saying "No alt text. No boost."
But you can also make it really detailed:
A minimalist comic depicts a sad person at a computer, with a Mastodon logo saying "No alt text. No boost."
The image is a single-panel comic with a simple, black-and-white, hand-drawn style. It is contained within a square border. A stick figure person sits at a desk, facing a computer. The person has a round head with two small, sad eyes. They are seated in a chai
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I do agree with putting an alt under every image and if my brain cannot brain there is a chance that I will not. However, I am willing to use an AI tool to assist so one can use this: imagedescriber.online/ (not affiliated with it, just mentioning it) See further down regarding privacy. /IF/ they really stick to their policy of course.
So it can be brief:
The image is a black and white cartoon. It shows a simple stick figure sitting in front of a computer. Above the computer screen, there's an icon that looks like the Mastodon logo saying "No alt text. No boost."
But you can also make it really detailed:
A minimalist comic depicts a sad person at a computer, with a Mastodon logo saying "No alt text. No boost."
The image is a single-panel comic with a simple, black-and-white, hand-drawn style. It is contained within a square border. A stick figure person sits at a desk, facing a computer. The person has a round head with two small, sad eyes. They are seated in a chair. The computer screen is large and black, with a stand. At the top of the screen, attached to a small stand, is the Mastodon logo. A speech bubble extends from the logo with the text "No alt text. No boost." The scene has a humorous yet slightly melancholic mood, highlighting the importance of accessibility and engagement within the Mastodon community.
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The privacy part: User-Generated Content:
The App allows you to upload images for processing. We will only store uploaded images and generated content if you explicitly provide consent. Without your consent, the images and generated content are processed temporarily and will not be stored on our servers.
4. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information with:
[standard stuff] and Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your information may be transferred as part of the transaction. We will notify you of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
AI Image Describer is a tool to Describe image or picture online. It can be used as Image Description & Caption generator. Also, Image To Prompt and Text Extraction from photo are supported.
Falls es jemanden in den Kommentaren interessiert: Als ich 2016/17 meinen Gerichtsprozess zur Personenstandsänderung hatte, war das seit fünf Jahren nicht mehr erlaubt einzufordern. Stattdessen durften RichterInnen aufgrund der Aussetzung des Gesetzes nach eigenem Gewissen entscheiden wie sie mögen. Meine hat mich unterschreiben lassen, dass ich keine Kinder haben möchte und bekommen werde. Erst dann wollte sie zustimmen. Dazu die Drohung, dass falls ich im Laufe des Verfahrens schwanger werde, sie das als Betrug wertet und ablehnt. Sie sah sich vollständig im Recht und war hier vor Ort bereits eine der transfreundlichen RichterInnen.
Interessanter, als dass die AfD ihre Bundesgeschäftsräume nach einem Gerichtsurteil räumen muss, fände ich, wenn sie den Bundestag nach einem Gerichtsurteil räumen muss. 👀
Juhu! Rekordwachstum! Die finanziellen Vermögenswerte sind in DE um 7,1% gewachsen!
Aber Moment: unsere Wirtschaft ist 2024 eigentlich um 0,2% geschrumpft. Wie kann das sein?
Wer Aktien besitzt, wird auf dem Papier reicher. Wer arbeitet, nicht.
Vermögens- und Wirtschaftswachstum entkoppeln sich. Das hat auch mit Politik zu tun.
Eine Politik, die Kapitalerträge, Vermögen und Erbschaften weniger besteuert als Arbeit. Ist es fair, dass Arbeit höher besteuert wird als Investieren und Erben?
man kann das vereinfacht so betrachten: wenn in einem Wirtschaftssystem mit einer fixen Geldmenge jemand mehr geld hat, hat er das von wem anders bekommen.
Wenn also leute reicher werden, was durchaus die Absicht von dem #Libertären #Union, #FDP, #AfD ist, damit deren reichtum nach unten durchsickern kann (#TrickleDown) und du vergisst dabei die netto geldmenge in deinem system zu erhöhen (neue #Staatsschulden, weniger #Import, mehr #Export) dann kann das nicht klappen.
Das ist der Unterschied zwischen selber arbeiten (mit viel Verantwortung / Risiko belastet bei wenig entlastendem Lohn) und arbeiten lassen (das Geld, oder eben andere Menschen, auf die viel Verantwortung für die Arbeitsleistung abgeschoben wird, bei viel zusätzlich selbstentlastendem, risikoarmen Lohn). 🤷♂️
das schlimme ist, dass man als Arbeitnehmer quasi gezwungen ist zu investieren für die Altersvorsorge. Kenne niemanden unter meinen Kollegen, der nicht irgendwie in ETFs oder Aktien investiert.
Zinsen gibt es 2% (bei einigen Banken), Inflation ist gefühlt deutlich höher (auch wenn die Rate wohl gerade um den Dreh ist). Also alles was man einfach auf dem Girokonto liegen hat wird mit der Zeit einfach weniger wert.
Rente sichert einfach nicht ab. Gerade ein Video gesehen zu Renten vs Pension (von der Anstalt)...es ist einfach lächerlich.
Studie des Umweltbundesamtes zu #Nachhaltigkeit im #Onlinehandel ist ernüchternd: Statt Nachhaltigkeit bestimmen Preis, Komfort und schnelle Verfügbarkeit die meisten Kaufentscheidungen. Was Internetplattformen und die Politik dagegen tun sollten: umweltbundesamt.de/presse/pres…
"Who would have predicted this?" - Black women did. - Trans people did. - The *entire* disability community did. - The anarchists did. - Post-Evangelicals did. "Well why didn't I hear them." You did. But you disregarded us as "extremists" and "alarmists". And you are still calling us that.
Informationen zu den aktuellen neuen Erkenntnissen & dem Aufruf der Deutschen Meteorologischen Gesellschaft und der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft (die wissenschaftliche Perspektive). Das ist diesmal ein etwas längerer Post. Weil die Lage ernst ist.
2050 bin ich 75, falls ich so lange lebe. Und ich gehe sehr davon aus, daß der Kollaps des Industriezeitalters von niemandem mehr aufgehalten werden wird.
Yeah I mean obviously re-use and forbidding the construction of non-durable products would be better than recycling which is wasteful in energy and in materials. Recycling is the propaganda used as diversion to keep producing more trash "it's not a problem because RECYCLING".
No recycling is 100% and most recycling is about producing sub-par material not-that-useful stuff which the society would pay... When it's the producer who should pay for the trash they produce.
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@mkj Thank you for checking and reporting! I forgot I edited the speechbubble after writing the script for something shorter and more efficient! Fixed in framagit.org/peppercarrot/webc…
(but I'll probably not edit the post, it would renotify everyone who already interacted with it for a minor change that I couldn't explain unless adding a long "edit: fixed a typo in the alt").
Prelude Language allows humans to imagine impossible things and sometimes this possibility becomes unbearable. Or rather: the impossibility to talk something into existence. Instead, the world is m…
@yuki2501 @TeaandInk I confirm this an attempt at painting a quick logo of The Onion, in reference to this article theonion.com/geologists-recomm… , responsible for the famous answer of Google about eating rocks (that was reused 1:1 in the part 1)
BERKELEY, CA—Calling the average American diet “severely lacking” in the proper amount of sediment, Geologists at UC Berkeley recommended Tuesday eating at least one small rock per day.
Thank you for the feedback, but I don't think there is any guarantee of image sorting on the various Fediverse clients. Also, thumbnails of pictures are in 16:9 by default on Mastodon, not adapted for this format.
My current format is supposed to be able to be read without a zoom/click/interaction on the post. This episode probably has a too high density of details that breaks this rules (eg. compare to ep.16, "Cookie") and forced you to zoom. Sorry for the discomfort of reading.
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thank you for the elaborate response. But I think there is a bit of a misunderstanding. I have no problem with zooming in general. The problem is, I have good peripheral vision and am kind of trained to take in my surroundings in an instant (which may not be quite normal ...), so being presented the whole story at once can ruin the punchline for me. That's why I actually intentionally directly zoom in and then pan in Z order, to enjoy the story in sequence. But that's kind of annoying - I would rather just swipe. But the thing with the non-guaranteed order and 16:9 thumbnails is of course bad. For the record, I use the Mastodon app Tusky on a 6 inch phone.
Can you please explain the last panel? I understand that people in general don't like to hear facts that are inconvenient, but I was wondering if this was in reference to anything specific?
@sin The wizards in this comic strip are an allegory for the large companies that own significant AI models (LLMs).
This comic strip illustrates that, even if an LLM's response to a prompt is correct, it may be rejected if it does not align with the company's political views.
In fact, reports suggest that LLMs are increasingly being tweaked to be 'less woke' and more politically aligned with the alt-right, in order to comply with those in power.
@sarah_trichet_allaire @sin Yes. Accurate, and let's also put all capitalism in it. That makes me think also that my most recent illustration is an allegory much much larger, and could be titled: "capitalism right now" 🤣 framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/1157…
Starten wir doch mal eine andere Art Partner*innensuche im Fediverse. Ich rufe auf zu #FediKinksters.
Wenn ihr Partner*innen für kinky Spielchen sucht, nutzt den Tag #FediKinksters und nutzt zusätzlich einen Hashtag mit eurem Gender und eurem gesuchten Gender.
Ich gebe hier bewusst keine Vorgaben. Nutzt die Form „# EuerGender Sucht DasGesuchteGender“ (zum Beispiel # FrauSuchtFrau oder # MannSuchtCatgirl etc.)
Ihr könnt natürlich auch „Alle“ nutzen wenn euch das Gender egal ist.
Achtet bitte auf Screenreader-unterstützte Hashtags in Groß-/Kleinschreibung.
Schreibt dazu noch, was ihr genau sucht (z.B. #FreundschaftPlus oder #OneNightStand o.ä.) und seid offen für Replies. Ich empfehle auch, ein gut gepflegtes Profil zu haben.
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. For the state to recognise this I had to submit to standards of "care" which were humiliating, degrading and which placed me at risk of violence.
But I did it "by the book"
As I did it "by the book", the NHS agreed to reregister me as female, which makes sense because my anatomy now is.
In 2007 I had sex reassignment surgery. This had to be signed off by two mental health professionals, "by the book", and it was.
In 2008 I applied for gender recognition. This involved signing a statutory obligation, stating that I promised, BY LAW, to live fully as female for the rest of my life. As this was done, "by the book", the government promised that it would treat me as such.
Its first act as treating me as female was to annul our marriage because it was a same sex marriage and those were not allowed.
The state then reissued my birth certificate, correcting the "mistake" it had ori
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. For the state to recognise this I had to submit to standards of "care" which were humiliating, degrading and which placed me at risk of violence.
But I did it "by the book"
As I did it "by the book", the NHS agreed to reregister me as female, which makes sense because my anatomy now is.
In 2007 I had sex reassignment surgery. This had to be signed off by two mental health professionals, "by the book", and it was.
In 2008 I applied for gender recognition. This involved signing a statutory obligation, stating that I promised, BY LAW, to live fully as female for the rest of my life. As this was done, "by the book", the government promised that it would treat me as such.
Its first act as treating me as female was to annul our marriage because it was a same sex marriage and those were not allowed.
The state then reissued my birth certificate, correcting the "mistake" it had originally made when it recorded me as male, "by the book".
In 2009 Sylvia and I married for the second time, in a same sex civil partnership, which was done "by the book", because the state regarded me as female and I was bound by law to be female.
In 2013 we married again, because the state decided that same sex marriage was in fact allowed after all. This was done, "by the book". Despite having been married for 12 years, we had to submit ourselves to individual questioning to prove our relationship was genuine, "by the book".
In April of 2025 the state turned round and told me that I had been mistaken. That it never regarded me as female. That I was male the whole time. That the marriage it annulled because it was a same sex marriage was never a same sex marriage (but it stays annulled). That the civil partnership in 2009 never really happened because "opposite sex" civil partnerships were not allowed in 2009.
And that the legal obligation I have to live as female for the rest of my life, which I signed and gave up my marriage for, is still in effect but also if I keep following it, I am breaking the law and subject to arrest. As it's still valid, presumably if I don't keep following it, I am also breaking the law and subject to arrest.
The law of the land simultaneously requires me to be both a man and a woman and if I do either then I am breaking the law and subject to arrest.
At every stage I did what the state asked me to, even though it was humiliating, degrading and cruel.
And it kept moving the goalposts, and reneging on the agreements it made, whilst continuing to hold me to them even when they are now mutually contradictory.
Apparently this is "all my fault" and I should have known that this would be the consequences of my actions when I started medical transition 2 decades ago.
Cis followers: please read this. It is important. I have no CW for cis people on this one.
CW trans folk: transphobia, enraging catch-22, massive anger surge
Great post by the OP, needs more people reading it. This is how they want their gentleman's genocide to go, literally. Make life legally impossible for trans people, and when despair hits hard enough, you get your goal achieved without any messy bullets, or gas, or any other method that looks like you did anything wrong, so you can become Sir Kid Starver CBE, and shake your coiffed hair to show your deep sadness about how your carefully designed policy arrived at this expected result.
Cis followers: please read this. It is important. I have no CW for cis people on this one.
CW trans folk: transphobia, enraging catch-22, massive anger surge
Great post by the OP, needs more people reading it. This is how they want their gentleman's genocide to go, literally. Make life legally impossible for trans people, and when despair hits hard enough, you get your goal achieved without any messy bullets, or gas, or any other method that looks like you did anything wrong, so you can become Sir Kid Starver CBE, and shake your coiffed hair to show your deep sadness about how your carefully designed policy arrived at this expected result.
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. For the state to recognise this I had to submit to standards of "care" which were humiliating, degrading and which placed me at risk of violence.
But I did it "by the book"
As I did it "by the book", the NHS agreed to reregister me as female, which makes sense because my anatomy now is.
In 2007 I had sex reassignment surgery. This had to be signed off by two mental health professionals, "by the book", and it was.
In 2008 I applied for gender recognition. This involved signing a statutory obligation, stating that I promised, BY LAW, to live fully as female for the rest of my life. As this was done, "by the book", the government promised that it would treat me as such.
Its first act as treating me as female was to annul our marriage because it was a same sex marriage and those were not allowed.
The state then reissued my birth certificate, correcting the "mistake" it had originally made when it recorded me as male, "by the book".
In 2009 Sylvia and I married for the second time, in a same sex civil partnership, which was done "by the book", because the state regarded me as female and I was bound by law to be female.
In 2013 we married again, because the state decided that same sex marriage was in fact allowed after all. This was done, "by the book". Despite having been married for 12 years, we had to submit ourselves to individual questioning to prove our relationship was genuine, "by the book".
In April of 2025 the state turned round and told me that I had been mistaken. That it never regarded me as female. That I was male the whole time. That the marriage it annulled because it was a same sex marriage was never a same sex marriage (but it stays annulled). That the civil partnership in 2009 never really happened because "opposite sex" civil partnerships were not allowed in 2009.
And that the legal obligation I have to live as female for the rest of my life, which I signed and gave up my marriage for, is still in effect but also if I keep following it, I am breaking the law and subject to arrest. As it's still valid, presumably if I don't keep following it, I am also breaking the law and subject to arrest.
The law of the land simultaneously requires me to be both a man and a woman and if I do either then I am breaking the law and subject to arrest.
At every stage I did what the state asked me to, even though it was humiliating, degrading and cruel.
And it kept moving the goalposts, and reneging on the agreements it made, whilst continuing to hold me to them even when they are now mutually contradictory.
Apparently this is "all my fault" and I should have known that this would be the consequences of my actions when I started medical transition 2 decades ago.
Really well said. We did everything they asked for, followed every single stupid gatekeeping step, all the teams of paperwork, the humiliating and offensive assessments by perverted psychiatrists.
And in April they pulled the rug from under us, making the GRC I put so much effort into obtaining more or less useless.
I met my obligations that they enforced on me, I did my part and followed all the rules. But no, they can now decide to go back on it and “for all purposes” now becomes “but not really tho, lol”.
I’m angry, I’m upset, I’m frustrated. I have so much fear over what the future holds - we have updated guidance being published any day now and will be law within the next 2 months.
We already have businesses and organisations complying in advance, and no chance of any legal resolution via the ECtHR for probably 5 years. The NHS is transphobic and putting us at risk with dog-whistle questions on NHS Direct and by using incorrect guidelines that ignore our actual biology. The judiciary is set up in such a way tha
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Really well said. We did everything they asked for, followed every single stupid gatekeeping step, all the teams of paperwork, the humiliating and offensive assessments by perverted psychiatrists.
And in April they pulled the rug from under us, making the GRC I put so much effort into obtaining more or less useless.
I met my obligations that they enforced on me, I did my part and followed all the rules. But no, they can now decide to go back on it and “for all purposes” now becomes “but not really tho, lol”.
I’m angry, I’m upset, I’m frustrated. I have so much fear over what the future holds - we have updated guidance being published any day now and will be law within the next 2 months.
We already have businesses and organisations complying in advance, and no chance of any legal resolution via the ECtHR for probably 5 years. The NHS is transphobic and putting us at risk with dog-whistle questions on NHS Direct and by using incorrect guidelines that ignore our actual biology. The judiciary is set up in such a way that if we do ever complain legally about discrimination or get involved in tribunals then we will be outted and monstered in the press.
Trans healthcare is almost impossible to access now, there’s another inquiry on the horizon that will decimate care for under 25s and maybe adult care. Healthcare for under 18s is literally banned now and the Government are consulting on banning legal prescriptions from other countries. In Northern Ireland it was revealed today that under 18s possessing puberty blockers (maybe from treatment in IE) are breaking the law and may be prosecuted.
What is the way out here? No one in Government is against this and they’re actively pushing this hostile transphobic environment.
I’m lucky, I’m in a position of privilege in that if things get really bad I can get a visa and leave for another country, or move to Ireland under the CTA - but I shouldn’t have to; and what about those who aren’t in a position to do this?
I’m angry. I’m scared. I’m concerned for friends and family. All I can do right now is be here for those I love and support them through everything. I think in the future we’re going to have to rely on more mutual support because it’s clear the establishment are set against us.
@mintopia Ireland is not much better. The GRS (official health service here) has a 10 year waiting list and the worst kind of creepy gatekeeping. But there's hope that our government will be replacing it with something more fit for purpose.
@Natasha_Jay @mintopia At the big Trans Pride march in Dublin this year (on the 12th of July), some people were shouting "Death death death, to the NGS".
@kianryan ☑️🐙🏳️🌈 The UK Supreme Court decided that women like me had always actually been men.
A number of members of the government, who themselves had voted for the 2004 law that requires me to live as female, agreed with it, presumably because they have some sort of memory lapse.
Cait (she/her/elle) Why is that? I'm just a trans girl who got old.
Friend: Because that rarely happens
Cait (she/her/elle) Not true at all. There are plenty out there. But when we transitioned, the rule - like, if you break it you're out of the clinic entirely - was that you MUST be stealth. It was strongly recommended that you move cities, and cut ties with everyone you knew.
So we did what we had to. We hid from the world. We pretended to be cis women. Some of us married men, and adopted kids because we were infertile cis women. And never told them our past.
And they got old. But they're still stealth, only now they have a second life built up. They have spouses and kids and friends and jobs and everything. And if they come out, they fear losing it all, as they already did once. Believe me, having lost it all? I would never do it again, for anyone.
They're not "not there". They just can't afford to be out. Some few of us can, for various reasons. I have been for
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A Conversation About Trans People Getting Old
Friend: You're amazing
Cait (she/her/elle) Why is that? I'm just a trans girl who got old.
Friend: Because that rarely happens
Cait (she/her/elle) Not true at all. There are plenty out there. But when we transitioned, the rule - like, if you break it you're out of the clinic entirely - was that you MUST be stealth. It was strongly recommended that you move cities, and cut ties with everyone you knew.
So we did what we had to. We hid from the world. We pretended to be cis women. Some of us married men, and adopted kids because we were infertile cis women. And never told them our past.
And they got old. But they're still stealth, only now they have a second life built up. They have spouses and kids and friends and jobs and everything. And if they come out, they fear losing it all, as they already did once. Believe me, having lost it all? I would never do it again, for anyone.
They're not "not there". They just can't afford to be out. Some few of us can, for various reasons. I have been for 20-odd years. But it's not been easy, and I pay for it. I can't resent my sisters who choose not to pay a second time.
So we exist. There are many of us. I know a few, a very few. And they're super careful about even talking to me, the green-haired widely-known activist trans woman. We talk on Signal only, and they use burner phones. I'm their only contact with trans community, because they're terrified.
We exist. We just can't all be out about it. So I try extra hard to be super out. To help make up for their necessary absence.
We do get old, dear. You will too. The present bullshit will pass, in time, and we will live openly and happily again. It has before, and it will again. That's why we fight against it, those of us who can. Because we know we can and will win, in the end. We have before.
If you're reading this post in the recent zombie-raising of it, HI!
Quick rundown of the year since this post.
Michael and I are coming up on three full years together, and it only gets better, day by day. T4T only now, me.
I met an older trans man, about five years older than me, with an INCREDIBLE story, that I hope to pull out of him over time. He's become a friend, but stealth has been...fraught for him, and he's fairly careful about his public-facingness.
And I wrote a post here that I really liked getting to write, about 6 or 7 weeks ago. Mmm, more than 9, actually. I'm old. Time gets weird when you're not working every day.
It's a 3-post thread, and it's all personal and 100% true. Sex is mentioned, but not graphically described - it's there only because it's relevant to the posts about me.
Feel free to drop comments if you want. I have a few threads that get a revivification from t
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If you're reading this post in the recent zombie-raising of it, HI!
Quick rundown of the year since this post.
Michael and I are coming up on three full years together, and it only gets better, day by day. T4T only now, me.
I met an older trans man, about five years older than me, with an INCREDIBLE story, that I hope to pull out of him over time. He's become a friend, but stealth has been...fraught for him, and he's fairly careful about his public-facingness.
And I wrote a post here that I really liked getting to write, about 6 or 7 weeks ago. Mmm, more than 9, actually. I'm old. Time gets weird when you're not working every day.
It's a 3-post thread, and it's all personal and 100% true. Sex is mentioned, but not graphically described - it's there only because it's relevant to the posts about me.
Feel free to drop comments if you want. I have a few threads that get a revivification from time to time. :)
Also, forgive me one more thing: this is my blog. It's a bit quiet right now, because it's a bit tricky to keep pushing away at it when I'm getting zero response at all by comment or post or even emoji.
If I had a few people I knew were actually reading them, it'd be a huge boost to make me want to carry on. There's no lack of things I can talk about, and generally will at the drop of a virtual hat.
Toxic masculinity is a global phenomenon, but nowhere is it more virulent than in this hypermodern, connected society. What can other countries learn from this ‘ground zero’ of misogyny?
Der Sinn „die AntiFa“ zu verbieten ist es übrigens nicht „die AntiFa“ zu verbieten, sondern Mittel in die Hand zu bekommen gegen jede einzelne Person, die einem nicht passt, vorzugehen mit der Behauptung sie sei Teil „der AntiFa“.
Dieses Tattoo soll auf das Thema Stammzellenspende aufmerksam machen: das "Twin-Win"-Symbol. Entworfen hat es der Osnabrücker Jers Laubinger. Nach einer schweren Erkrankung seiner Tochter hat er eine bundesweite Tattoo-Aktion ins Leben gerufen.
If you are NOT on Tumblr, if you don't live in the USA, and *especially* if you haven't heard of the Gender Census, would you consider filling in my very short demographic survey with lots of ticky-boxes, and maybe sharing it with someone else who is also not on Tumblr?
Actually people who use Tumblr are also very welcome to participate, they're just VERY overrepresented in the survey so I'm trying to drag in basically anyone else as well!
understandable. I might need to read more into it, but last time i studied biology was in the 10th grade 3 years ago, so i'm a little scared.
All i studied were classification of animals/plants and difference between plant families. Ah and school program with cell structure and hormones, but that was easy, but anatomy seems too complex
Thank you everyone for the boosts and survey participation on this, I really appreciate it!
There are 1,236 participants so far, 693 of whom haven't heard of the Gender Census or who aren't sure if they have. About 22% of participants are from Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. :)
I wrote a profile of Russell Vought for @ZEITONLINE:
A deep dive into the radicalization of the conservative movement he embodies and the ideological justifications for Trumpist extremism he propagates. As America nears a tipping point, Vought desires “counter-revolution” (in German):
Er organisiert vom Weißen Haus aus den Umbau der USA. Russell Vought ist Spitzenjurist, christlicher Nationalist – und die subtile Kampfmaschine im Auftrag von Trump.
Deutsche Athlet:innen stammen überproportional häufig aus privilegierten Verhältnissen. Für Arbeiterkinder gibt es kaum ein Bewusstsein. taz.de/!6111219
Es könnte auch eine Kostenfrage sein. Irgendwann beginntt die Reiserei zu den Wettkämpfen. Je exotischer der Sport destso weiter. Muss man sich leisten können. Geld, Kraft und Zeit.
@andreas_tengicki ist definitiv ne Geldfrage. Ausrüstung, Trainerstunden, Wettbewerbskleidung (zb Kürkleider im Eiskunstlauf), die Meldegebühren, Fahrten, Übernachtungen, die Zeit allein, Kinder von a nach b nach c für alles zu bringen - nichts davon kann eine Familie aufbringen, die nach Miete und Essen halt grade noch Geld für den Mitgliedsbeitrag im Verein hat.
@JaneraTiciano@animexx.de @Andreas Tengicki @taz Die Vokabel, die im Artikel nicht vorkommt heisst Klassismus.
Die damit zusammenhängenden Privilegien sind Geld, bessere Wohngegenden mit „gehobenen“ Vereinen und Möglichkeiten, Netzwerke „wer kennt wen“, bessere Mobilität und so weiter.
Charlie Kirk und sein Attentäter wurden in einem Onlineparalleluniversum sozialisiert. Dort fließen Gewalt und rechtsextreme Ideologien ineinander. taz.de/!6114235
@reticuleena German Translation: Frühe Warnzeichen des Faschismus • Mächtiger und anhaltender Nationalismus • Verachtung für Menschenrechte • Identifikation von Feindbildern als einigendes Ziel • Vorherrschaft des Militärs • Weitverbreiteter Sexismus • Gesteuerte Massenmedien • Besessenheit von nationaler Sicherheit • Verflechtung von Religion und Regierung • Geschützte Konzernmacht • Unterdrückung der Arbeiterschaft • Verachtung für Intellektuelle und Kunst • Besessenheit von Kriminalität und Bestrafung • Weitverbreitete Vetternwirtschaft und Korruption • Manipulierte Wahlen
Zu „Entwicklungshilfe“ sollte immer gesagt werden, dass der Großteil des Geldes direkt oder indirekt deutschen Firmen zugute kommt, bzw in Deutschland ausgegeben wird…
Die „wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit“, wie die Entwicklungshilfe ja genannt wird, ist also vor allem eine Subventionspolitik. squeet.me/display/962c3e10-b81…
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Als Antwort auf Michael U • • •What Jupiter's moons cannot show us, is the role of social acceptance. For that, there is left-handedness.
Yes, this is still about autism. And transsexuality.
Jaddy mag das.
Jaddy hat dies geteilt.