Lup Yuen Lee 李立源 @lupyuen@qoto.org

@lupyuen
Wow. Some fascinating research. I do wish humans as a species would get out collective heads around concepts like universal social justice and responsibility towards all life before pushing ahead with major technological breakthroughs like this first though. Otherwise we're just going to end up with this leading to a quantum bomb that wipes out all reality or something similar.

"SOQIR (pronounced So Queer; Study on Queer Intimate Relationships) is an IRB-approved and NIH- and Columbia University-funded study designed to learn more about same-sex, same-gender, and trans relationships. While we occasionally see study data come out about queer folks’ relational experiences, it’s often designed as a comparison point to straight and cis relationships. SOQIR is different; its team of researchers all ID as queer, trans, and/or non-binary; they’re focused on our community exclusively, and want to learn more about the unique challenges, stressors and strengths of women (trans and cis), nonbinary people and trans men in relationships with each other."

"Who’s eligible to participate?

People who:

* Identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, nonbinary, or are same-sex or same-gender attracted;

* Are currently in a relationship with someone who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, nonbinary, or who is same-sex or same-gender attracted.

* Are 18 or over."

"Participants in the survey can expect to spend 35-50 minutes answering questions; some who take it may also be contacted about an additional face-to-face interview along with their partner, which will be compensated, and also may include an exclusive opportunity to meet Maizie, the leading feline member of the SOQIR team."

https://www.autostraddle.com/soqir-is-here-queer-and-wants-to-shake-up-how-our-communities-get-surveyed/

Direct link to the survey:

http://www.soqir.org/

'Irreconcilable Differences' by me

https://asininetech.com/2021/07/31/irreconcilable-differences/

My thoughts on the Mastodon iOS app and the frustrations within with a side of our long standing problems with Gargron.