Tim HuttonMy son left this for me to find tonight. How!?
He says he saw it on the internet.
@berdario
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Btw, I also have a profile on RedNote:
https://xhslink.com/m/7qWVVna0KxQ
A quick note about my previous post: I should've written "global north" instead of "west" (I think the former describes Australia better), but I had the character limit to contend with 😬
I don't have much time for social media, and I probably won't engage a lot... But that's also precisely one of the problems with splitting audiences too much 😞
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@paulbiggar/115971872356685240
I'm less than ecstatic about putting more eggs in a private, western, non-federated basket...
But I joined nonetheless: https://share.upscrolled.com/en/user/b8fdfc6a-b7cc-4067-83bc-30d8d454c9b5/
Perfect is the enemy of good, and if Upscrolled can decrease the reliance that mainstream folks have on imperialist social media, that's still a win. Also, in their FAQ they explicitly mention the possibility of federating with open standards, and of moving away from hosting (and HQ) based in the west, so that would take care of 2/3 of my concerns.
Lynnesbian 
sometimes when i feel my code has too many confusing states, i like to stop, take a deep breath, and open the MSDN page for the MsoTrioState enum.
MsoTrioState is "a tri-state Boolean value". it has five possible values. only two of them are supported.
the only supported values are true and false.
Red_Scare [he/him]Michael Parenti (1933-2026)
Ryan Castellucci (they/them) 
I sued the UK to be legally recognised as nonbinary about two years ago. The original hearing was a year ago, and unfortunately the judges ruled against me, but I was granted permission to appeal.
My lawyers filed the "skeleton argument" (basically a summary) for the appeal on Friday.
If you're not familiar with my case, there's a few key pieces:
- UK law does not have any explicit enumeration of what genders can be legally recognised.
- The Gender Recognition Act, under certain circumstances, allows "legal gender" to be established based on foreign law.
The primary legal argument is that by the letter of the law, I'm entitled to have a Gender Recognition Certificate issued that matches my birth certificate which lists me as "nonbinary". Some points have also been raised under human rights laws, but they're secondary.
This case is eye-wateringly expensive. I've already spent about £100k of my own money on top of what's been donated. Between my legal fees and the government's, I currently owe at least another £100k.
I work in tech, and have done well for myself, but I am not independently wealthy.
I need help with my costs.
I have CrowdJustice (money goes directly to my lawyers) and GoFundMe (money goes to me) pages, both of which can accept international donations (e.g. USD).
Please boost this, and share elsewhere as much as you can.
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/non-binary-recognition/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/legalise-nonbinary-uk-help-cover-ryans-legal-costs
> These folks will encourage all of your weakest habits and celebrate your frailty. Your WhatsApp group with your influential rich pals becomes a radicalization chamber; Anil Dash called it “VC QAnon”
> You become detached from reality.
> [...] rich and powerful people tend to seek the company of other, similarly brain-addled, rich and powerful people. On some level this is natural – you want to spend time with people who can relate to your experiences. But you can’t get strong hanging out with people who celebrate weakness.
> Weakness breeds weakness.
https://okayfail.com/2025/in-praise-of-dhh.html
I think these couple of paragraphs are genius: they subvert the macho narrative of many rich and powerful people, and point out that they're not actually an example to emulate:
> If you eliminate all resistance, if you cannot tolerate dissent, if no one dares to give you negative feedback – then you will become frail, and weak. Spending all day talking to smart, brilliant people, who are afraid of ever contradicting you is a recipe for melting your brain.
Evan Hahn"I'm literally calling on Rails committers to be brave, to talk to their like-minded friends, and to make a plan to fork the thing, and take their labour to a namespace [DHH] doesn't control. With great power comes great responsibility, etc, but I acknowledge that it's a big ask." by @phillmv https://okayfail.com/2025/in-praise-of-dhh.html