PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off
giving white women (including a lot of white lesbians) a framework to justify bigotry as feminism because it was packaged and sold by a voice widely considered unimpeachably trustworthy on matters regarding the welfare of women and children is one of the greatest evils I’ve seen in my lifetime
part of why I will never shut up about how JKR is a uniquely dangerous hatemonger who should have been banned from social media in 2021 when Trump was is because of exactly this phenomenon: normalizing the idea that there is a left case for transphobia, which in the US generally comes from the right
There's a lot of dialogue about Bluesky being a progressive echo chamber or whatever. But to me, a reporter who's neither racist nor insane, it's currently the best Twitter replacement because Twitter serves me nonstop racist and insane stuff and Threads won't do breaking news. Truly that simple.
So all the workers he laid off were "less educated"? And tactic of consistently reiterating that they were contractors implies it's normal to discard them at will— they were always already disposable. And now AI creates sentences for courses, decides acceptable translations and reviews errors.
Paramount, I need you to fucking look me in the eye and understand that I only have your streaming service for fucking Star Trek. Don't lay anyone the fuck off from that franchise.
Currently reading The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn (edited by @marymcauliffe.bsky.social and Harriet Wheelock), which I'd definitely recommend! It's a really interesting perspective on some major events in Irish history. And I like learning more about Dr. Lynn, I wish I had learned about her in school!
So, not COVID related BUT, this is REALLY exciting news. Interim data shows Moderna’s solid tumor vaccine candidate mRNA-4359, has shown early signs of efficacy AND activated key proteins to trigger an immune response for cancer killing cells. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
