I am nonbinary, and I live in a country where nonbinary isn't legally accepted (but medically accepted, which differs from our neighbouring countries). I don't want a third legal gender, like an X.
Oh, it'd be a good second best, but I want something else. Do away with legal gender altogether. It's a remnant of a time where your gender could make it forbidden to do certain things like voting or join the military or have certain jobs. Leave it in the past. No legal gender marker needed.
SFLC.in has criticised the recent suspension of thousands of X accounts, saying that “censorship actions hinder access to credible information” rather than addressing misinformation, reported Newslaundry.
Read the full report here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/05/16/censorship-on-x-a-hurdle-to-information-doesnt-address-misinformation-digital-rights-advocacy-group
personal stuff
Specifically the petition to ban conversion therapy practices is lacking enough votes from:
- #germany (49.9%)
- #sweden (49.96%)
- #Netherlands (94%)
- #austria (25.5%)
- #Slovenia (83.14%)
- #portugal (24.46%)
If you're a citizen of these countries you can help advance a ban on conversion therapy practices by voting at:
@contrapunctus Newcomers are also welcome to use our guest portal to check it out without any commitment
https://chat.queer-spark.org/#/guest?join=lgbt@conference.queer-spark.org
Another public #Jabber / #XMPP channel I co-moderate is the #LGBT / #LGBTQ / #LGBTQIA channel.
https://invite.joinjabber.org/#lgbt@conference.queer-spark.org?join
@maskedwitch - one of the most compassionate people I know of - runs this server and co-moderates all channels on it.
If you're new to XMPP (e.g. coming from #WhatsApp #Matrix #IRC #Signal #Telegram etc), this guide has everything you need to get started -
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html
#BoostsAppreciated #Federated #FreedomRespecting #Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS
@georgepenney on our last day in Turin a few weeks ago we picked a nannybag close to the train station to leave our luggage for the day... BIG MISTAKE: it was an antiques shop.
I am now the proud owner of a very cute green Olivetti Studio 45, complete with carrying case and original user manual. It was... way too cheap to pass up
(Idle lawyers tend to become politicians, so there is a certain social value in keeping lawyers busy.)
please do not splice the content with interesting fun facts and anecdotes in the middle of content, I keeo getting way too interested in the tid bit and forget I was studying something, this is the fifh time today and oh god, I have to *study*.
Apologies for sharing Twitter screenshots, but this is the state of India, and it is hilarious is a dark, depressing way
(From Zubair (zoo_bear) on X)
https://disaster2life.neocities.org/
It'll be nice to go on some proper European trains. I hope the TGV will have sufficient wine on board.
War, Current South Asian Politics
I WILL NOT LET THE STATE'S BLOOD THIRST DICTATE MY LIFE, I WON'T LET THE MEDIA CREATED PANIC PUSH ME DOWN AND TAKE AWAY FROM MY REGULAR LIFE
![the "stop doing math" meme except it says "STOP DRIVING CARS". the meme reads:
* PEOPLE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ISOLATED IN CAGES
* YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for building ONE MORE LANE
* Wanted to travel large distances anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called "TRAINS"
* "Yes please give me NO GREENERY. Please give me INFINITE PAVEMENT" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged
LOOK at what Civil Engineers have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the concrete and asphalt we built for them
(This is REAL Civil Infrastructure, done by REAL Civil Engineers):
? [Image of the infamously hideous Breezewood truck stop]
?? [Image of a gigantic mega parking lot with thousands of cars]
??? [Image of the infamous I-405 gridlock photo with tens of thousands of cars not moving]
"Hello I would like [Image of a graph of global surface temperatures] climate please"
They have played us for absolute fools](https://mefisocial.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/114/447/832/610/117/574/original/e70dee41412b60ad.jpeg "the \"stop doing math\" meme except it says \"STOP DRIVING CARS\". the meme reads:
* PEOPLE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ISOLATED IN CAGES
* YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for building ONE MORE LANE
* Wanted to travel large distances anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called \"TRAINS\"
* \"Yes please give me NO GREENERY. Please give me INFINITE PAVEMENT\" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged
LOOK at what Civil Engineers have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the concrete and asphalt we built for them
(This is REAL Civil Infrastructure, done by REAL Civil Engineers):
? [Image of the infamously hideous Breezewood truck stop]
?? [Image of a gigantic mega parking lot with thousands of cars]
??? [Image of the infamous I-405 gridlock photo with tens of thousands of cars not moving]
\"Hello I would like [Image of a graph of global surface temperatures] climate please\"
They have played us for absolute fools")
"Never trust a politician"
Anti-electoral mural seen in Sydney