dyedgrey @dyedgrey@qoto.org

I always have mixed feelings about trans awareness week and trans day of visibility, because most cis people who talk about it go exclusively for the "you are valid" angle instead of the "trans healthcare has collapsed entirely and we need to do something about that" angle. Like I appreciate the first one, don't get me wrong, but sometimes it reads as a little shallow when you don't also talk about the second. You get me?

You can just be a girl if you want. It’s okay. Or a boy, or something else, or no gender at all. You’re not too old, or too young, or too much, or not enough, or trespassing, or appropriating, or causing trouble. It’s okay. Really.

But the important thing is: do what you want, not what you think you’re allowed. Find the joy and follow that. You can experiment and you can change your mind. That’s okay too.

#TransAwarenessWeek

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This holiday season Twitter fires 4K workers, Amazon fires 10K workers, & Facebook fires 11K workers—all while US Billionaire pandemic wealth increased an absurd $1.7T.😳

A reminder that billionaires don’t create jobs—they exploit workers. Tax billionaires. Unionize workers.

To further subtoot: There’s been heated debate the last few years about separating the art from the artist, and allowing for the 'peccadilloes of the gifted,' etc. Speaking for myself, and many I know in the entertainment industry, working with abusers, bigots and raging jerks is a drag and not worth it for their presumed 'artistry.' The job is hard enough as it is and there are plenty of talented artists who aren't terrible human beings and/or a nightmare to work with.

Software engineering is "programming over time." (Says the flamingo book.)

This is pretty similar to what I used to say: programming is "type something" (sounds easy enough), software engineering is "deal with the existence of what was typed" (it depends, but this can be a lot harder than typing.)

#degrees #employers #employees #salaries

Normalize giving introverts time to think and process before, during, and after conversations - sometimes rapid discourse needs to be slowed down and deepened.🥰💖🦄

#intovert #introversion #normalize #time #conversation #process

To this extent I'm really interested to know how the age breakdown of people on the #Fediverse. On one hand it would seem to make sense to me that most people here remember the "old internet" before the centralization and they're here to rekindle that flame of independence. On the other hand the youths are generally pretty up on this whole technology thing. I grew up on the internet and since then smartphones have become even more ubiquitous.

(Please boost for reach)

This news doesn't lack a hint of irony:
Former Twitter workers create their own instance on Mastodon https://macaw.social/about

#Mastodon

#MastoPrompt #restore #SmallPoems

Says Bird App "we want MORE"
And Zuck App "your data, we implore"
No more I will linger
I give them the finger
And come to Masto, my peace to restore.

Them: But if we actually tax billionaires fairly, they will leave America.

Me: And your point is?

This would get me swarmed on Twitter but I’m just gonna say it. Democrats, can we please just stick with Joe Biden? Do you think I don’t want a female president? Of course! But can we please learn from the other side for once. Stick with our guy! And unlike them, we actually do get to stick with a winner! NO DEM PREZ PRIMARY!