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“Why is Israel and Australia part of Eurovision? They aren't even in Europe!”

Because Europe is a project, not a place.

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The best possible expression to have when seeking a vasectomy

From Informed Consent by Rafiki

#QueerGames #TransGames #RPGMakerGame #BodilyAutonomy

Old anime doctor: "I read here in your file that your doctor prescribed you a vasectomy. Is that correct?"
Brash and confident anime protagonist, grinning with eager determination: "That's correct."

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This is one of the really cool things about online community, actually. You are whoever you say you are.

Your profile says poledancer42? Do you know how to dance? Do you even own a pole? Does it matter? You're poledancer42. That's what I know you as and that's how I'll interact with you.

Show up as a guy named James? Okay. Hi, James. Nice to meet you. We're you AFAB? Were you AMAB but named Ashley? I don't know and I don't care. You're James to me.

There's a reason so many of us trans folks come out online first. We can dip our feet into social transition without the risk that coming out to in-person friends and family often entails.

It's also why conservatives are so often focused on "real" identities online. They want to take away that safety and bring all the risk of in-person interactions to the Internet. They think that will make them (conservatives) safe because they can be all threatening and shit if they know your legal identity. They are often also weirdly obsessed with the idea that people have a single true identity and it's the one they were assigned by their parents.

But none of that's true. We are all of us different people in different contexts. The anonymity of the Internet simply allows that separation to be more complete.

And I think that's a good thing. If you're James in my discord then you're James to me. Why should I go hunting for other identities when you clearly want to be James to me?

@dbat Pale Moon's lead dev is now based in Sweden, so...
or ressurect KHTML for Konqueror.
or switch to ELinks.

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📚Timeless literature that shaped ideas and inspired generations. #ebook
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hey! you should see if you can get free frequent STI testing from your primary care facility, and take advantage of that if you can! you should also consider looking into PREP, which is kind of a miracle drug!

also keep wearing a damn mask in public lol

we can and should be proactive about community health :)

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The existence of Norway implies the existence of Nandway.

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Public figures will post the most fascist shit and cop media will write that their “social media activity has been controversial”

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From Fantagraphics "Nancy Loves Sluggo."

#Nancy #ErnieBushmiller #NancyComics

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So anyways I'm back on mastodon.gamedev.place, hello again @aras !

Migrating back and forth between mastodon instances is surprisingly weird? In case anyone else finds this useful (from a Reddit post)

I'd previously redirected (from A to B), and wanted to change back (from B to A). I found it worked this way:

On A, cancel the redirect to B

On B, delete the old alias of A

On A, set up an alias of B

On B, set up the redirect to A

The one issue I saw is that B started moving my followers, and a Rate Limit error showed up on A for a few minutes. After a short period it stopped complaining, and seems to have done it okay.

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May 22, 2025- “A study by researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering finds that neutrophils—the most abundant type of white blood cells in humans—may be altered by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to cease their normal function of destroying pathogens in the body and, instead, significantly inhibit other immune cells critical for fighting the virus.” - https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-covid-virus-reprograms-infection-fighters.html

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If your conference doesn't enforce masking, why would I attend?

If your conference isn't accessible, why would anyone attend?

If your conference doesn't have remote attendance, why should I care about your conference?

If conference organizers don't give a damn about the attendees and presenters, don't give them your eyeballs, your time, your presence, or your money.

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learning "St" is not short for "St(reet)" but is an abbreviation of "S(tree)t" is making me irrationally angry

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People argue that Nottoway burning is a tragedy because of the loss of history, and that's a disingenuous argument but for just one moment we'll pretend it's a real belief actual people really hold and not a cynical tactic.

Nottoway was a wedding venue. It was used for parties and celebrations. People took "cute" couples photos there. Tell me what the historical knowledge being imparted here is.

Either they had their wedding at that cathedral to human suffering in spite of the history or *because* of it.

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