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Mom, former blogger, IT business analyst, D&D hobbyist.

Every study ever: Overworked employees are less productive. Employees who work from home are just as productive as employees who work in the office. The evidence is indisputable.

Managers: I see. But I have a hunch that the complete opposite is true.

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Stephen King: submitted for the approval of the
Elon Musk: [emerging from bushes] eyyyyy stephano king!
Musk: you still no paya $8 for X?
King: no elon i'm
King: wait
King: $8 for what?
The first piece of advice I'd give to trans people just coming out or starting their transitions would be to try to love trans people, both as a community and individually. Don't focus on ways an individual person might fall short or let you down or is embarassing, look for the good in us. It's much easier to like yourself if you've got a genuine liking for other trans people.
'Refugees in the USA': Transgender care bans cause families to pull up stakes

In a year that saw polarized policymaking around gender care access, MPR News and KUER teamed up to tell the story of how gender-affirming care bans and care shields are affecting access in Minnesota and Utah.

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Threads is interesting because so many people are going there. It is inferior in every way I care about to Mastodon. Except that one.
UPS, the shipping company, not the thing that keeps your computer running after the power goes out, is based near where I live. There is a labor dispute between the UPS drivers and UPS the company. The local news coverage is… interesting. The news visited a bunch of local stores trying to (seemingly) get them to say that a strike would hurt their business. And most did, but every one of them also said “and we think what the drivers are asking for is reasonable and we’ll find a way to get through it”
Care about punk music, trans history or both? You need to know Venus DeMars

DeMars, 63, formed her first band and came out as trans in the ‘80s. She’s full of stories and wisdom from more than three decades as an out trans rock star in Minnesota.

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Twitter is increasingly toxic. The cool kids keep telling me bluesky is better, but I can't get in there without an invite. Substack is about subscribing to people but also social - i don't honestly get substack. This is getting exhausting.

a brand new essay, many weeks in the making: "Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental: A Timeline and Compilation of Studies." no-paywall link, 15 min read + over 100 references – please share & give it "claps"!
https://juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affirming-care-for-trans-youth-is-neither-new-nor-experimental-a-timeline-and-compilation-b4bb8375d797?sk=bc6099a519dff7fdeecc2b2038b0f2fb

#trans #transgender #LGBTQ #science #psychology #children

The great problem with Democrats on trans rights is many are transphobic themselves. Not loudly or virulently. But they feel there's something "bad" or "wrong" about being trans, that people should only transition as a last resort, that most of us could stop it we really wanted to (or were forced to), and therefore, despite the horror stories from trans kids turned trans adults like me, trans kids and even adults should be held back "just in case."

That's why they're not loudly defending us.