Happy to announce my first piece for the #trans publication @assignedmedia.org, which focuses on trans and #nonbinary @wikipedia editors handling the onslaught of #transphobia from the #Trump administration. Includes insights from awesome #Wikipedia editors @tamzin and @TheTranarchist (@yfns-wikipedia.bsky.social). Also shout-out to awesome Wikipedian and crypto critic @molly0xfff who I linked to for an editing tutorial and an interview.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/trans-issues-wikipedia-bulwark-against-disinformation

#USPol

In today's post on @medium, I discuss why I canceled my #Disney+ subscription in 2024.

Shout-out to @pluralistic for a couple of posts on enshittification I linked to.

Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall:

https://funcrunch.medium.com/breaking-up-with-disney-bf89b4762456?sk=c62054d385bcd83ad4109577f995f4ba

#DisneyPlus

@brewsterkahle @via

WIRED had a fun feature on following a #Waymo for a day in SF recently:

https://www.wired.com/story/waymo-robotaxi-driverless-future/

My #NintendoSwitch2024 Year in Review is slightly more surprising than my Steam replay. I hadn't realized I played so much #PuyoPuyoTetris2, as I prefer Tetris Effect. I think I slowed down on the latter because of issues with lag and crashes.

#SuikaGame was highly addictive for awhile, but I think I'm over it. For now...

I don't play #DreamlightValley anymore as I'm divesting from #Disney products in general; will blog about that at some point.

#gaming #Nintendo

I blogged on @medium about #DreamlightValley earlier this year, although the lack of Black representation is not the primary reason I ultimately quit playing and canceled my #DisneyPlus subscription. It was because of disgust with #Disney lawyers (details on that in the blog to come).

Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall: https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/im-the-only-black-resident-of-disney-dreamlight-valley-5fedc58c8943?sk=5f41aa204138610ac6f29a50b1e779f1

Speaking of #Disney lawyers, check out this post by @pluralistic on the creative works that will be released into the #PublicDomain on January 1, no thanks to Disney:

https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2024-12-17-dastar-dly-deeds-roast-in-piss-sonny-bono-29a229aa67e6

#PublicDomainDay #copyright

@Mikal @lindih

The article has extended protection now, so that will probably end the hijinks

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Kissinger&diff=prev&oldid=1187582816

@mekkaokereke

Great actor. He starred in my favorite Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "The Visitor": https://reactormag.com/star-trek-deep-space-nine-rewatch-the-visitor/

In the past week, the U.S. executed two Black men, each of whom might have been innocent of their alleged crimes. Five more executions are slated to follow. In this post on @medium, I write about the man executed last Friday and why we should honor his name, Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah.

Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall:

https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/respect-for-our-names-should-be-unconditional-261d4964d608?sk=9284f865e93d1993d3014fcd76451153

#BlackMastodon #BlackLivesMatter #DeathPenalty #CapitalPunishment #CriminalJustice

I'm #Black, #trans, have a uterus, and am in a same-sex marriage. I'm well aware of the threats that #Trump and the #Republicans pose to marginalized people.

I still don't support the #Democrats, and will not vote for #KamalaHarris.

You're welcome to disagree with my stance, but shaming me or other progressives for abstaining or voting for third-party candidates is not helpful.

(Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall)

https://funcrunch.medium.com/my-gender-is-not-binary-and-neither-are-my-politics-e872c131f66e?sk=7b2e5f3f259405fb51f51b3c1950b39c

#USPol #BlackMastodon

In today's story on @medium, I discuss the decision of U.S. sprinter #NoahLyles to compete while infected with #COVID19.

Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall:

https://funcrunch.medium.com/be-like-biles-not-like-lyles-75e0383be69e?sk=9364172ba2f079a332ff8d46cf386aa3

#Olympics

In my latest story on @medium, I reflect on the song “Tennessee” by Arrested Development in advance of the upcoming #Juneteenth holiday.

Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall:

https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/tennessee-and-the-legacy-of-lynching-3fed8dd7f242?sk=b96e7f258e75baab512bf741cd48438a

#BlackMastodon #racism

#Black #bus driver evacuates all children from a burning #SchoolBus just before it explodes. She is rewarded for her heroics with... a drug test. 🤦🏾♂️

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/18/new-orleans-bus-explosion-children-saved

#BlackMastodon #racism #NewOrleans

@molly0xfff

I think #POSSE is a good way to go for anyone who has the technical skill to do it, or the resources to hire someone else to do it for them 🙂

Shameful treatment of #Black #Deaf employee #JalonHall by #Google. This company has more money than God; they can afford to provide world-class #accessibility and #accommodations. Not doing (under the excuse of "confidentiality") is a deliberate choice.

https://www.wired.com/story/google-black-deaf-worker-diversity-suing-discrimination/

#BlackMastodon

Great article (as usual) by @pluralistic on "bestselling" books, botshit, and bezzles:

https://doctorow.medium.com/how-a-billionaires-mediocre-pump-and-dump-book-became-a-bestseller-2ed7a8c472d7

(Paywall-free link)

#books #crypto #ChrisDixon #ReadWriteOwn #NYTBestSeller

Sharing this not to endorse #KatiePorter (or any other candidate), but because I LOL'd at the start of the lead sentence:

"Whatever remaining cryptocurrency moguls who are not looking at prison time have coalesced around a common enemy in Senate candidate Katie Porter, as money from Ron Conway and Andreessen Horowitz just bought $2 million worth of attack ads against her."

https://sfist.com/2024/02/13/new-crypto-bro-pac-spending-millions-on-ads-to-defeat-katie-porter-in-california-senate-race/

#crypto #California

@molly0xfff

No, I got the impression that he's leaving it up to his audience, instead of following his own moral compass.

@molly0xfff

I'm also disappointed in Casey Newton's post on this where he literally asks his audience if Substack's pathetic response is good enough for him to keep supporting their platform. Several commenters who clearly didn't read beyond the headline said it was great news. Or maybe they just don't care.

Regardless, I'm not sharing his post for that reason. I'll wait for a news article or blog post *not* hosted on a Nazi Lite platform.

More #Substack writers with large subscription bases are leaving or considering leaving the platform:

"They’re not just OK with, but in principle supportive of, having loads of out-and-out #Nazis on their platform"
- @swordsjew, The Sword and the Sandwich

"It is our hope that Substack will reverse course and remove all pro-Nazi material under its existing anti-hate policies. If it chooses not to, we will plan to leave the platform."
- @caseynewton, Platformer

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/03/substack-user-revolt-anti-censorship-stance-neo-nazis