New at The Barbed Wire for #Trans Day Of Visibility: After meeting at #SXSW, I interviewed #nonbinary assistant teacher Indigo Giles about special #education and how to be out and proud when they're not even allowed, under #Texas law, to discuss their pronouns with students. https://thebarbedwire.com/2026/03/31/what-its-like-to-be-a-nonbinary-educator-in-texas-right-now/

#LGBTQIA #TDOV #Transgender #politics #USpol #schools

Over the course of filming two documentaries about the fathers of #transgender and nonbinary children, Luchina Fisher has watched these families’ rights rapidly erode.

“In [2023], we thought things were bad: we were having conversations around safety for our children,” she told the @TexasObserver “This is another level that we haven’t ever seen before.”

Fisher’s latest documentary, The Dads, which premiered in #Austin at this year’s #SXSW film festival, follows over a dozen fathers on a series of camping trips together where they bond over their shared hopes and fears for their gender-diverse children.

Read my latest: https://www.texasobserver.org/fathers-trans-nonbinary-kids/

#documentary #film #movies #LGBTQIA #trans #nonbinary #culture #news #politics #USpol #Texas #Trump #fascism

“We just want what everyone else has, which is just regular, mundane lives.”

New from me @TexasObserver: Fathers of #trans and #nonbinary kids gather to share their pride, and fight for a better future in this new #documentary that premiered at #SXSW, as a feature length expansion of an Emmy-winning short film: https://www.texasobserver.org/fathers-trans-nonbinary-kids/

#film #movies #culture #LGBTQIA #politics #USpol #news #Texas

“In [2023], we thought things were bad: we were having conversations around safety for our children. This is another level that we haven’t ever seen before.”

New from Kit @oconnell: Fathers gather together to protect their #trans and nonbinary kids from the culture wars in this doc that premiered at #SXSW. https://www.texasobserver.org/fathers-trans-nonbinary-kids/

#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #culture #documentary #film #Texas #fascism #nonbinary #transgender #children

When the Internet Spits You Out – Mac Geek Gab 1135 with @PilotPete @maccast and @DaveHamilton

World Backup Day prep, smarter email, NAS health, VPN tricks, movie playback, and more Mac tips so your tech stays running and you Don’t Get Caught when the internet spits you out.

https://www.macgeekgab.com/episode/1135/

#SXSW

Weekly output: Most Innovative Companies, Serve Robotics, Android 17, United Airlines’ ambitions, Polymarket’s pop-up bar

CHICAGO–This is one of my favorite cities in the U.S., but it doesn’t show up in my work travel as often as I’d like. So I’m delighted that the Online News Association decided to move its annual conference from late summer to early spring and then stage this year’s event here–in a hotel that should be familiar to everybody who’s seen The Fugitive.

Patreon readers got a bonus post that I’d meant to have written weeks earlier: a recap of MWC Barcelona in which I also gave away a global eSIM to the first reader to ask for it.

3/24/2026: The most innovative robotics and engineering companies of 2026, Fast Company

This list, the product of months of research and editorial back-and-forth, finally emerged online this week. And then we had to run a quick correction after one of the companies honored said that we’d mentioned an achievement that they did not want disclosed.

3/25/2026: Delivery Robots Have a Mapping Problem, PCMag

I sat down in a hotel lobby in Austin during SXSW with MJ Burk Chun, co-founder and vice president of product and design at Serve Robotics, to talk about the issues that company is working to address as it tries to scale up having four-wheeled robots cart food deliveries to customers.

3/27/2026: Google Ships Latest Android 17 Beta. Here’s What’s New, PCMag

In between having so many longer stories to write, I was happy to get one that I could bang out in an hour or so.

3/28/2026: United’s New Upgrades Aim to Keep You Online and Fully Charged at 35,000 Feet, PCMag

My week started with me flying to another one of United’s hubs–with the airline covering my airfare and lodging–for its United Elevated event at LAX. In addition to looping me into UA’s ambitions for its onboard product, this event doubled as a reunion with some of the avgeek journalists I met at Cranky Dorkfest in September and with my former Washington Post colleague Lori Aratani, who interviewed United CEO Scott Kirby onstage Tuesday morning.

3/29/2026: Pints meet prop bets: Polymarket’s “Situation Room” pop-up bar in DC, Ars Technica

I thought I saw an opportunity to write for this occasional client for the first time since the summer of 2023; fortunately, my editor then and now agreed.

‘The Last Critic’ Review: A Captivating Portrait of Robert Christgau, the Brilliant Mad Professor of Rock Critics, and How He Made the Grade
#Variety #Reviews #RobertChristgau #SXSW #TheLastCritic

https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/the-last-critic-review-robert-christgau-1236701916/

Uma Thurman Reveals Whether She Prefers Playing the Villain or Good Person in Movies (Exclusive)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://people.com/uma-thurman-reveals-if-she-prefers-playing-villain-movies-exclusive-11935361