Mastodawn

looking at the epstein ballroom that Microsoft "donated" money to and thinking back on how they used to get salty at me, a lone engineer, when I took too long to do my annual "compliance" training which involved watching a video and taking a quiz about how it's wrong and against company policy to bribe public officials for preferential treatment in business.

Steve Portigal Oct 1, 2025

And now some personal news! My book Occupied Minds is for sale on Amazon!

I hope you’ll check it out. It’s only $2.99!

On a quiet and humid night, good-hearted county employee Bubba Montgomery meets a strange visitor who needs his assistance. When Bubba agrees to help, he soon discovers that his decision will impact not only his fate but the fates of his girlfriend Mitzi, his fellow residents of Hubberton, and ultimately the entire planet and indeed the human race!

https://www.amazon.com/Occupied-Minds-Steve-Portigal-ebook/dp/B0FT69J3PD/r

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Steve Portigal Aug 26, 2025

You can also boost this on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/steveportigal_linkedin-has-removed-hate-speech-protections-activity-7366128047286120448-M4Nv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAABzABRg-9YIij_C2K1Kqkppemt4Cu9Mw

LinkedIn has removed hate speech protections for transgender individuals and no longer lists “misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” as prohibited conduct. This is unacceptable… | Steve Portigal

LinkedIn has removed hate speech protections for transgender individuals and no longer lists “misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” as prohibited conduct. This is unacceptable. Stand up against corporate complying-in-advance at the link in the comments, which includes an open letter you can sign, links to this graphic that you can share here and elsewhere, and other suggestions.

Steve Portigal Aug 26, 2025

LinkedIn has removed hate speech protections for transgender individuals and no longer lists “misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” as prohibited conduct. This is unacceptable. Stand up against corporate complying-in-advance - see an open letter you can sign, and other suggestions.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JOQNfj8l2Cb_z1dSjU5GtFB3n8IVf-D06pUIZlE2cnk/edit?usp=sharing

Open Letter to LinkedIn, re: banning offensive treatment of trans people

LinkedIn has removed hate speech protections for transgender individuals. The platform no longer lists “misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” as examples of prohibited conduct. While “content that attacks, denigrates, intimidates, dehumanizes, incites or threatens hatred, viole...

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Steve Portigal Jun 11, 2025

RIP Brian Wilson

Steve Portigal Jun 9, 2025

RIP Sly Stone

Steve Portigal Jun 3, 2025

Tell your senators: Stop the House's reckless and dangerous "No Contempt Clause."

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Steve Portigal Jun 3, 2025

Nonilex Jun 3, 2025

The federal Bureau of #Prisons must continue providing hormone therapy & social accommodations to hundreds of #transgender inmates following an EO signed by #Trump that led to a disruption in #medical treatment, a federal judge ruled Tues.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278186/gov.uscourts.dcd.278186.67.0_1.pdf

Judge Royce Lamberth said a federal #law prohibits prison ofcls from arbitrarily depriving inmates of medications & other lifestyle accommodations that its own medical staff has deemed to be appropriate.

#law #transphobia #LGBTQ

Steve Portigal May 31, 2025

RIP Alf Clausen

Steve Portigal May 30, 2025

RIP Loretta Swit

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