Posts by joelle@social.joelle.us
(DIR) Post #Ahydxu1yaPWMhGJzto by joelle@social.joelle.us
2024-05-02T17:24:38Z
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Property destruction isn’t usually violence.It *CAN* be. If you paint hate symbols clearly associated with violence towards an entire group on a place of religious worship, you’re sending a violent threat to the people who worship there. That threat of violence is significant.A broken window in a door at a university? That’s not “violence”. It’s not meant to be read as “I’m going to hurt you.” That’s the difference. And also why violence (police) is not the appropriate response.
(DIR) Post #Ahzv3M5Taq7TXU6X4q by joelle@social.joelle.us
2024-05-17T23:39:45Z
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@tomjennings In college, I learned the architecture of the PDP-8 and have loved it since, writing several emulators and even a hardware implementation in FPGA. The machine language is beautiful in the simplicity.
(DIR) Post #Ai12r4QoPB2w63hHCy by joelle@social.joelle.us
2024-05-06T01:19:07Z
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Why is it that the same people that think AI will somehow be a replacement for people thinking are the same people who think science proves you can't change gender...
(DIR) Post #Ai70UVbgATMgl7eaNE by joelle@social.joelle.us
2024-05-03T14:27:53Z
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Mississippi’s bathroom bill goes beyond Utah’s, with the exceptions Utah provides not present in Mississippi’s.https://legiscan.com/MS/text/SB2753/2024
(DIR) Post #AiAU2hzA89sz8rB3iK by joelle@social.joelle.us
2024-04-10T18:38:44Z
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If you supported the "right" to take horse pills for COVID, don't you dare tell me that trans medicine is unsupported by science.
(DIR) Post #AkF68xC4K0SNkVamYq by joelle@social.joelle.us
2024-07-23T23:46:52Z
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Here’s what parenting can look like.When I told my dad I was trans, my dad’s response was, “Oh! I can send you jewelry now!” (He was retired and made jewelry as a hobby).Two days latter, I had a letter in the mail addressed to Joelle, the first time “Joelle” ever got mail, with a necklace in it. Later he made me this one. He told me, “I hope I got the colors right, I looked it up online.”You don’t have to mourn a child transitioning. You can be the first to do so many affirming things.
(DIR) Post #AohMFMJympINXspwRc by joelle@social.joelle.us
2024-12-04T02:01:24Z
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Testosterone doesn't make men aggressive. Really.If a man is behaving badly, it ain't testosterone, it's something else. The association between T and aggression is weaker (MUCH weaker) than other factors associated with aggression.And, yes, this is a feminist issue -- because to imply that bodies with higher T have higher anti-social behavior is literally the definition of biological essentialism. It also implies men can't help it, which is also false.
(DIR) Post #AohMFOOf4OEFyz2i1I by joelle@social.joelle.us
2024-12-04T02:02:17Z
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Also almost all the trans men I know report that they became *LESS* aggressive on T. And frankly I think we should listen to them when they talk about the experience of being men.
(DIR) Post #AohaUejM1RP4LJtU92 by joelle@social.joelle.us
2024-07-12T18:05:25Z
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Reminder: puberty blockers are the compromise position.The right thing to do for kids who are clearly trans is to start them on HRT at puberty. But people panic that kids old enough to be required to carry a fetus to term in most states might make a mistake no matter how sure they seem. So instead we compromise and give these kids reversable puberry blockers until the adults can deal with their transphobia.
(DIR) Post #Ar10DLpcwwt8rwYr7A by joelle@social.joelle.us
2025-02-11T05:08:19Z
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Seriously, open source people, name one of your variables "transgender_marxism" and name one of your functions "green_new_deal".You don't want your software used in weapons? This will help ensure it isn't.
(DIR) Post #ArMF2fHHt7VBcv1IVk by joelle@social.joelle.us
2025-02-21T22:35:30Z
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US Techbro "growth ideas" for the last decade: * Cheaper (for now) unregulated services that replace regulated (for good reason) services, then when they put the regulated ones out of business charge more. * Mansplaining as a service. Automated bullshit engines, code/bug generators, etc. * Nobody wants to make an art. Let a computer steal your arts. * Forest-burning money-laundering drug currencies. Sometimes with racist monkeys. * More NazisUS tech is doomed.
(DIR) Post #As8fiCjPma0L8yIwm8 by joelle@social.joelle.us
2025-03-17T03:30:34Z
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Here's a message for parents: If your kid is autistic *TELL THEM*.I get so sad reading stories of people who struggled thinking they were morally broken until they found out they were different, only to discover that others had the word that explained things, but didn't want to share it.Nobody catches autism by being told they are autistic. It doesn't make you more autistic. It just lets you know you are different, not defective.
(DIR) Post #As9HWdirOvxTdcxRk8 by joelle@social.joelle.us
2025-03-17T14:10:51Z
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Learn about women's history.Learn about Black history.Learn about Latine history.Learn about queer history.Learn about Ukraine history.Learn about Palestinian history.Why? Simple: Trump and Elon don't want you to. That should be enough encouragement.
(DIR) Post #Asp1Bz4kHh02nX3J1U by joelle@social.joelle.us
2025-04-06T17:56:28Z
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A day in the life of America:Explaining to someone: "No, I can't fly American airlines to visit, they connect in places I can't pee."
(DIR) Post #AuJogOPsNZKdm4p864 by joelle@social.joelle.us
2025-05-21T05:05:39Z
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A project I'm working on is an open-source CART dictionary. CART (human captioners) often like to know the jargon and terminology ahead of time so they can pre-program their machnies and know what to expect.YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT FROM CART!If you know a particular subject area -- technical or non-technical, please consider contributing!I.E. do you know about engine repair? Add a page for those words. About Python? Add a page for that.https://github.com/jmaslak/cart-vocab
(DIR) Post #AvIdlQXemaOCrqmmsC by joelle@social.joelle.us
2025-06-19T18:13:51Z
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The reason Texas is part of the USA is that Mexico made slavery illegal.Remember the Alamo? A lot of white people don't know is that what the "brave" people in the Alamo were fighting for was slavery.That's also why it took two years after the civil war ended for enforcement of anti-slavery in Texas. (it wasn't because of slow communication, as is told in revisionist histories, it was because white people willfully defied the law).Freedom is always worth fighting for.
(DIR) Post #Axx1Xz2aZf7ri0uKPY by joelle@social.joelle.us
2025-09-07T03:07:38Z
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"AI is great for accessibility!"Also: Google's AI-based autocaptions won't transcribe "fuck".We are not all children. But, as @ireneista points out, even if we are children, accessibility requires the same rights for disabled people as non-disabled people.The lack of cussing, the lack of vocabulary for sex (beyond, if we are very lucky, clinical body part names, menstruation, and reporting abuse) and other "adult" things in our devices is infantilizing.https://adhd.irenes.space/@ireneista/statuses/01K4GZCAQVNQNBEJGX0Z91YZC4
(DIR) Post #Axx1Y0090ElSgiltEu by joelle@social.joelle.us
2025-09-07T03:10:08Z
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@ireneista IMHO, text to speech or speech to text used by disabled people should have "no" and "fuck" in the most minimal vocabulary option.What do you do if a kid hits "fuck" over and over and over again and laughs? Probably the same thing you'd do to a non-disabled kid who says fuck over and over again.The next most important thing on devices is privacy. Too many devices have logging modes that log communication without user consent. Disabled people (inc. kids) should have some privacy.
(DIR) Post #Axx1Y0fcW1wQlMB0t6 by joelle@social.joelle.us
2025-09-07T03:14:12Z
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@ireneista Ideally, a device will support a kid saying <description of sex assault>. Or "I am gay" without a potential abuser or unsafe person knowing. This is really important.The kid should also be able to say "fuck" to another kid and laugh at how naughty it is during recess out of teacher earshot.
(DIR) Post #Axx1Y1aL79JNbGiJIO by joelle@social.joelle.us
2025-09-07T03:16:56Z
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@ireneista And I mentioned "user consent" for logging. There *ARE* legitimate uses for language logging (an SLP that can help program vocabulary should be interested in what is missing in the language system, but you use). But an *obvious* indication should be visible at all times when recording, have a clear, VERY simple explanation, and have a one click way to turn it off that can't be disabled. It also should not log being turned off.