Notices by Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈⧖ (dgoldsmith@mastodon.social), page 2

From @juliaserano:

Dems throwing trans people under the bus is an own goal.

Not that I think that will stop them from doing it, since own goals are pretty much a Dem specialty.
https://juliaserano.substack.com/p/should-democrats-throw-trans-people

So, are going to keep changing the composition of Earth's atmosphere, so that fossil fuel investors can keep making money? Is this really the "easy" path forward?
https://det.social/@EikeLeidgens/113398487329913655

From @drvolts:

The uncomfortable parallels between the rise of fascism in Germany and where we are now.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1851683569384755572.html?utm_source=subscriptions_mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=real_time

@dansup Thank you for all your work! I see you're planning to support tvOS with the Pixelfed app—that will be fun!

From @ErinInTheMorn:

Now this is how to be an ally.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/tim-walz-defends-trans-people-at

In case anyone doubts that elimination of trans people altogether is the goal.
https://transsafety.network/posts/joyce-speech-plans-to-abolish-trans-rights/

This can't be repeated too many times. CCS is as likely to play a role in fighting the climate crisis as magic fairy dust.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@XLCChelt/113248716719347696

@dansup I loathe Meta and don't use any of their products. I also have zero problems with Meta joining the Fediverse or participating in technical standards discussions, or with anyone using any open source projects they produce, or with interoperating with them, as long as they continue to do all of those things properly, which they have, so far. Do the same people who oppose all this also oppose the U.N., or international scientific cooperation or technical standards?

@dansup Any updates on this?

Informative thread on some of the background of the two German states that voted for fascists.
https://gruene.social/@jon/113075250562980818

For some reason, the fascists have me on their donor snail mail list, and I occasionally get pleas for money accompanied by the usual propaganda and hate. Sometimes I get a special treat: a business reply envelope. When that happens I get to make a small negative donation to them.

This time I’m thinking of including a note, along the lines of:

Dear Inmate PO1135809,

Please enjoy your negative donation, preferably while taking a long walk off a short pier.

Cordially,
A transgender woman

You don’t find out this “zero-emissions” train runs on hydrogen made from fossil fuels until paragraph 16. The article claims that’s fine because the CO₂ emitted is “captured.”

#greenwashing
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-17/zero-emissions-passenger-train-debuts-in-san-bernardino?sfmc_id=6528232424b2ea18e68c734a&skey_id=d91997b319df1ba81b982bd4682bcb83bf84aa2c82ca11fa8669d404a257fd9b&utm_id=36539337&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NLTR-Email-List-Boiling%20Point&utm_term=Newsletter%20-%20Boiling%20Point

@drvolts again, with a good followup thread (I wish he was active here so I didn't have to do it this way, but…)

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1823412687747023278.htm
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If, despite your best efforts, friends wind up going to Bluesky or Threads instead of the Fediverse, encourage them to enable federation so you can still interact with them from here.

Bluesky: Instructions here: https://fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-get-started (TL;DR: follow @ap.brid.gy on Bluesky).
Threads: Turn on "Fediverse sharing" in your account.

#Federation

You will not enjoy reading this but you should anyway.
https://fediscience.org/@petergleick/112893737466005507

Thread on X from @esqueer:

“Twitter suspended the account that posted an alleged Twitter API leak showing a slur white-list for protected right wing accounts including libs of tiktok, end wokeness, and Andrew Tate.”
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1816235266451071199.html?utm_source=subscriptions_mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=real_time

I think the job description for most pundits isn't “journalist." It's "fanfic writer.”

@benjamingeer @coreyspowell Not really (if I did my math right). That corresponds to its clock running about 5.5s per year slower than an observer at rest. Still, they probably need to take it into account in the software.

From @e_urq at Assigned Media:

Contrary to what transphobes think, you can't "always tell” when someone is trans. This is the inevitable result.

Cis Mom Harassed by Transphobes After Winning Half-Marathon — Assigned https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/great-west-race-cis-woman-harassed-trans-women-banned

#transphobia #hate #fascism

@Gargron You were nearby to where I live and work!