"I, a rando, who has never heard of you nor interacted with you until this very moment, would like to surface one post in a threaded story you've just posted and use it to infer you are saying something you are not saying, because it makes me feel virtuous." ::Detach quote:: WHAT A USEFUL FEATURE!
People *love* to talk about the "slippery slope" of ostracizing bigots. Nobody wants to talk about the *observable and measurable* cost of *not* ostracizing them, of normalizing their shit, even though there's orders of magnitude more historical examples and genuine harm on that side of the scale.
So a SFF writer has shared a trans-hostile diatribe. I'm not reading it. I will continue to accept, respect and support trans people, who should have the same civil and legal rights as me. I know who I am better than anyone else and I expect people to believe me. I extend that courtesy to others.
This is what trans folks mean when we say "let us tell our stories". Will Ferrell used his clout and brand to get this made which obviously is being focused on him but the actual doc is very much Harper's story and most often in her own words. If folks won't give us a seat, pull out a chair.
Why Will Ferrell wanted a doc about his friendship with a trans woman to release before the election: cnn.it/4dsG2H1
Will Ferrell is excited about his candid and enlightening new documentary “Will & Harper,” and has hopes that it can affect real change.
KIRK: "Being a starfleet captain plays havoc with my hair. That's why I use Brylcream. KIRK: "Here comes the science bit." SPOCK: "Captain I have repeatedly asked you not to refer to me in that way."
This beautiful crowdfunded Unbound book just arrived in the post, with beautiful illustrations by @slipperyjack.bsky.social .
Here's a new piece from ex-Copyright Office GC Jacqueline Charlesworth that generative AI proponents will hate, laying out a straightforward case for courts to rule against fair use for LLM training. Not a prediction or agreement, but I'd be unsurprised if the Second Circuit adopted ~this reasoning.
Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13. Vaccines are incredible.
In a large Scottish study, no cases of cervical cancer were found among women who received HPV vaccines before they turned 14.
KIRK: "Being a starfleet captain plays havoc with my hair. That's why I use Brylcream. KIRK: "Here comes the science bit." SPOCK: "Captain I have repeatedly asked you not to refer to me in that way."