Mastodawn

Madagascar_Sky 5h ago

Jenny List 7h ago

Main side gig has just cratered. No worries, no hard feelings, is wot it is.

So I am looking for side gigs to keep the wolf from the door. Ideally ongoing ones, I need security.

So. High-end English language technical writer/editor/documenter seeks gainful part time work.

Madagascar_Sky 1d ago

Joelle 1d ago

Trans folks who have flown recently or soon:

I'm creating a list of experiences of trans travelers with airport security, because there is a lot of scary stuff out there, and it's hard for people to know what the "ground truth" is. Please add your experiences when you go through security!

PLEASE boost & share!

The form is here to provide anonymous airport security experiences: https://forms.gle/Ui2jq8u8qEGEfCMw6

You can see the responses as I approve them (can take days) here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12IHWmQgBww2rW7Smi-wQxYTpE0FacE2A7KRvJzL1x4M/edit?usp=sharing

Trans+ Airport Security Experience Form

Please provide your experience as a trans person traveling through airport security. If you went through airport security at multiple locations along your journey, please submit additional forms for each security checkpoint you went through (for instance, if you flew from Dallas, connected in Toronto but had to also go through security there, and continued onto a third destination, you would complete one of these for Dallas and one for Toronto).

Google Docs

Madagascar_Sky 1d ago

Steve Herman 1d ago

Any remaining semblance of presidential decorum was shattered on this Easter Sunday, leading to the justifiable collapse of the final media filter on vulgarity. https://youtu.be/6vS_6XEfsEY?si=8vJW8TdeG_0NNwNI

Madagascar_Sky 1d ago

Adrianna Tan 2d ago

In many Chinese families it’s pretty common for people to talk to each other in completely different languages. My New York aunt speaks to me in Mandarin / Hokkien. She speaks to her husband in Toishanese. They speak Cantonese to other people. We all sort of understand each other when we are speaking different languages, but respond in our own language. From time to time we might dip into another language to illustrate a point.

My grandma used to call this ‘chicken and duck talk’

#Languages #Chinese

Madagascar_Sky 1d ago

Chu 朱 2d ago

So much I love about this story.

Dudes crying about their rights to harass women....

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/sexual-harassment-billboard-9.7152106

When an airport rejected this sexual harassment lawyer's small ad, she sued. Now she has a giant billboard | CBC Radio

A New York airport authority rejected sexual harassment lawyer Megan Thomas's ad copy and asked her to tone it down, so she filed a free speech lawsuit. The judge took her side, and now she has two massive ads on full display.

CBC

Madagascar_Sky 1d ago

Electronic Frontier Foundation 2d ago

New legislation could spell the end for the creative open-source community that has grown around 3D printing. From medical equipment to cat toys, we can't let innovation be stifled by state mandated censorware. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/print-blocking-anti-consumer-permission-print-part-1

Print Blocking is Anti-Consumer - Permission to Print Part 1

When legislators give companies an excuse to write untouchable code, it’s a disaster for everyone. This time, 3D printers are in the crosshairs across a growing number of states. Even if you’ve never used one, you’ve benefited from the open commons these devices have created—which is now under threat. We need to roundly reject these onerous restraints on creation.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Madagascar_Sky 2d ago

Gavin Volure’s Peanut Butter 2d ago

“A prisoner has been removed from public record.
Their location is being withheld.
Contact has been cut off.
And the state is refusing to explain why.
Under international human rights standards, this pattern has a name: enforced disappearance. The detention of a person followed by a refusal to disclose their fate or whereabouts. It is a practice historically associated with authoritarian regimes and political repression.”
Oregon DOC Appears to Have Disappeared Malik Muhammad https://www.wewillfreeus.org/oregon-doc-appears-to-have-disappeared-portland-protester-malik-muhammad/