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We are starting with one 12-month fellowship; applications are open through April 20.
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rant, trans rights bill amendment
I WISH EVERY ONE OF YOU BURN TO DEATH IN THE MOST PAINFUL WAY POSSIBLE YOU PIECE OF ABSOLUTE FUCKING SHIT. YOU DESERVE NOTHING LESS THAN DEATH.
I WISH ALL OF YOUR LOVED ONES TRANSITION WHILE YOU WATCH THEIR DELIGHT AND EUPHORIA WITH EXCRUCIATING PAIN.
FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. DIE YOU FATHERFUCKERS AND MOTHERFUCKERS. GET FUCKED.
re: ranting, trans rights
ranting, trans rights
transgender rights bill amendment 2026
Ah yes, another scene in the farce of “representative” democracies.
Where people who aren’t affected by a problem and don’t understand the first thing about it, get to pass laws about it.
And where people who are affected and do understand the problem, can only write to their “representatives”, and hope these callous, privileged, out-of-touch, ignorant, and/or uneducated fucks will listen.
See you in the next one.
#MiniDebConf #Kanpur #Debian #India #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Linux
While not therapy, talking to literally anyone is better than talking to an LLM.
Texting a Random Stranger Better for Loneliness Than Talking to a Chatbot, Study Shows
https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-loneliness-study-college-students-random-strangers-texting/
- solidarity with 
Goodbye 🇨🇳 China, hello 🇷🇺 Russia !
The Bank of China told me it'd take two more hours to exchange currency so I had to leave without. Idk, I always thought currency conversation was strictly regulated in Europe but in China this seems to be an even more restricted business.
I arrived at the station 25 minutes before the departure of my 
🤝🏽 
353Ь train hopefully bringing me to 🇷🇺 Irkutsk.
I say "hopefully" because I don't have a ticket. My cross-border ticket is literally just for the 25 minutes ride between 🇨🇳 Manzhouli and 🇷🇺 Zabaikalsk whereas there hopefully is an electronic reservation for the rest of the journey stored with my passport number. Fingers crossed 🤞🏽.
In any case, it stays interesting - may the journey behind the enemy's line go safe 😇.
🌈✊🏽
SILICON VALLEY: I'm buzzing with a new idea
EVERYONE: New idea or just crimes again?
SILICON VALLEY: ... Crimes again
EVERYONE: well at least this time it wasn't reinventing buses
but seriously: companies should be forced to unlock hardware after they drop support. Stop making guaranteed e-waste. At least let people clean up your junk and re-use it.