Ethel Cain? Apparently no. Transphobia, yes.

Michelangelo's David, a very famous, and very nude, statue. This week online, the controversy is Ethel Cain and her choice to post her nude trans body (artfully done) in an Instagram post (you'll need to be logged into an adult profile to see it, otherwise it says the post isn't available). Notably, Ethel Cain is trans. James Factora, writing for…

http://gender-thoughts.com/2026/04/04/ethel-cain-apparently-no-transphobia-yes/

"I used AI. It worked. I hated it." by @mttaggart https://taggart-tech.com/reckoning/

This is a really good blogpost. And I"m sure it'll make some people unhappy to read whether they're pro or anti genAI. What's good about @mttaggart's blogpost is he talks honestly about how using Claude Code did actually solve the problem he set out to do. It needed various guardrails, but they were possible to set up, and the project worked. But the post is also completely clear and honest about how miserable it was:

- It removed the joy from the process
- If you aim to do the right thing and carefully evaluate the output, your job ends up eventually becoming "tapping the Y key"
- Ramifications on people learning things
- Plenty of other ethical analysis
- And the nagging wonder whether to use it next time, despite it being miserable.

I think this is important, because it *is* true that these tools are getting to the point where they can accomplish a lot of tasks, but the caveat space is very large (cotd)

doodling •ᴗ•)꜆𖤐

#art

hey all, ive alluded to the problems we’ve been having already, but a friend set up a gofundme for my friend rachel and i to cover the costs of an ER visit i had this week, as well us having to possibly move quickly or pay a shitton of additional rent while we try to find a place because of the issues going on with our housing

i really appreciate anyone who is able to help, whether it’s monetarily, sharing, or even well wishes

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-margot-rachel-stay-housed?attribution_id=sl:62e680b1-bdaf-4598-aeca-a6b298899bdc&lang=en_US&ts=1775179514

RE: https://social.ferrous-systems.com/@ferrous/116333635406627261

writing for a corporate blog was kinda fun actually. i like working on cool things :)

i did spend a disproportionate amount of time fixing up the CSS but that just means the next posts will take less time ^^