Notices by Tara :butterfly_trans: (tarajdactyl@tech.lgbt)

I'm a little frustrated that trans people and drag have become popularly conflated.

but also attacks on drag queens are attacks on us all and i will stand in high-heeled solidarity with my theatrical sisters.

trans is not drag. drag is not trans. but dammit, people should be able to present however they damn well please, at any time.

down with legislative heteronormativity.

down with heteronormativity of all kinds! ✊

a friend of mine is a truck driver and today he was training a new hire, who he described as "an old redneck dude". he said it was going alright until the old dude said "you know about them transgender folks?"

... uh oh

"yeah I'm thinking if them transgender folks can get such nice beards with testosterone maybe i should see if i can get it too, maybe finally get a nice beard growing in here..."

everything turned out better than expected!

gender affirming care for everyone!

@onepict @noracodes say it louder for the folks in back.

DON'T USE DMs for anything sensitive! they are not secure!

don't use email or SMS or discord either!

use signal or matrix.

fin.

@joeygibson it's owned by a corporation. corporations want to make money. people chatting costs money to host, but doesn't make money. ergo eventually they will do terrible things in an attempt to make money. yay capitalism

@fu @joeygibson and i am not on an instance run by them

@seldo i think it's very hard to tell how it works before you are in the fediverse, and it's hard to distinguish all these servers that seem kinda the same from the outside. it's hard to tell if there are any differences. so it's a potentially huge decision with very little to go on.

of course once you're here you realize you can talk to anyone anywhere and it's not that big a deal to switch instances anyway.

@mattl

PSA: if you ever have a top-loading washing machine add water during the spin cycle (thus leaving your clothes sopping wet), it's because the load is too uneven!

idk why they add water to try to fix this; it's never helped in my experience, but it is a super confounding problem if you don't know what's going on.

open it up, even it out; give it some spins with your hand and watch to make sure it stays pretty centered. adjust more as needed. once it seems even, do a "drain and spin" and watch/listen for it to be uneven again.

this had been a mystery for years until i learned very recently, so now I'm dedicated to raising awareness of this incredibly niche well-intentioned but infuriating feature-turned-bug.

I'm going to post a variation of this post every time i encounter this issue ?
#PSA

@rolle does it count as a "retro" console if i got it when it was new? ?

@clacke
@rolle

what's your favorite @somafm station?

i was going to make a poll, but how could i narrow it down to 4 choices!? heck, I'm not sure i can even narrow down my personal favorites to 4...