@Aknorals Rebranding "willful ignorance" into ✨faith✨ has done untold damage to society, because it trains people to not operate on the basis of any evidence, but instead in direct opposition to all evidence.

Oye pues los veintipico años que ha durado internet sin ser una teletienda han estado guay.

havent seen anyone talking about how the whole point of all the "age"/identity verification stuff is to make it functionally impossible to communicate privately

this is a crackdown on communication
the thing the fascists, authoritarians, and neoliberals are scared of is you having a conversation with someone else and finding common ground

Edit: this conversation is getting muted these boosts are annoying the hell out of me

I have a lot of weird shit on my 2020s Bingo card at this point, but I did *not* have "Ashton Kutcher is the VC behind anti-encryption and mass surveillance efforts in Europe" on there.

Just didn't occur to me that the dumb mid-looking failed actor best known for fucking Demi Moore would go full evil.

We do live in the dumbest of times, tho. For sure.

@mullvadnet Wait, wait, wait. Ashton Kutcher, the airhead who defended rapist Danny Masterson, is now a Big Man behind internet sex abuse policies? We are so screwed in so many ways.

Today, the final negotiations on Chat Control 2.0 begin.

We hope the European Parliament stands firm against any wording that paves the way for mass surveillance and censorship. Cyprus, currently holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU, aims to conclude the negotiations by June.

A reminder of the corrupt backstory behind the Chat Control proposal and the involvement of Ashton Kutcher and his company Thorn: https://mullvad.net/why-privacy-matters/going-dark

Today's hearing will ultimately determine whether the criminal case against Abrego moves forward. https://theintercept.com/2026/02/24/trump-kilmar-abrego-garcia-vindictive-prosecution/

There is no evidence in an afterlife, and belief in one will actively harm your ability to make life choices.

All transgender Kansas people have had their licences suspended, along with other legal documents like birth certificates.

If it safe for you to do so, buy a gun. They want to kill all transgender people.

@CharlotteEowyn

It is ~2280 BCE. You are Enheduanna. You live in one of the largest cities of the world and are the highest clergy in service to Inanna, goddess of your society's greatest religion. You create one of the oldest pieces of world literature. Transitioning is normal and welcomed as part of religious practice.

@Willowbriar @CharlotteEowyn
It's 1779. You are the Chevalière d'Éon, spy, fencer, and veteran of the Seven Years War. King Louis XVI recognizes you as a woman. Transitioning is new and experimental.

@CharlotteEowyn It is 7th century BCE. You are mythological third-gendered entity Asu-shu-namir, created by the god Enki to rescue Innana after the goddess descended into the underworld to steal her sister Ereshkigal's power. You are impossibly beautiful, neither man or woman, and your goal is to seduce the Queen of the Netherworld and steal the waters of life to revive Inanna. Upon completing your task you are caught, and while Inanna escapes, you do not. You and others like you are cursed by Ereshkigal to suffer economic hardship and social ostracization unto eternity. Transitioning is new(?) and experimental(?).

@miriamrobern @CharlotteEowyn
You can always rely on the news to tell us that nobody wants to work anymore, kids are more disrespectful than they used to be, and trans people are new and scary.

It is 222 A.D. You are the transgender Empress Elagabalus, "call me not a man for I am a woman". Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 1776. You are "Public Universal Friend", a transmasculine nonbinary Quaker. Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 1906. You are Karl M. Baer, a trans man undergoing sex reassignment. Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 1930. You are Lili Elbe. Transitioning is new and experimental. (to be fair you did get a uterus transplant.)

It is 1966. You are in Compton's Cafeteria with a bunch of other trans people when the owners call the cops to throw you all out. You riot. Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 1969. You are Marsha "pay it no mind" Johnson. You are in a mob-run gay bar when the cops attack. You throw a brick. There is a bit of a scuffle. Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 2026. You are a transgender adult or child listening to the NYT and British Guardian claim this is the first generation anyone has tried transitioning in. Transitioning is new and experimental.

The details of the Prairieland case are wild. Detention guard is on the stand and said they saw 4 people instead instead of 20 like "his" written statement said. He said he never saw his written statement before.

Like, a key piece of the prostitution's evidence is fabricated.

Them: You know, those breasts aren't real.
Me: You're not real.

Pineapples, as seen in Minecraft.