2026-04-26T09:00:57Z https://yabu.me Theresa O’Connor https://yabu.me/npub17qjuuljsjtxk3sfmkars84x5awc8pwrtzpf4zq0q0r4wdjc4987q2zgfqk https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/019/226/original/8ef93c3fb0be5fd1.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/019/226/original/8ef93c3fb0be5fd1.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsynzvmzzdmz63dmzysf8ptg0jh85ju4cpd80r3t55mxn6u5jadn3czyrcztnn72zfv66xp8wm5wq756n4mqu9cdvg9x5gpupuw4ektz55lc0pdhw2 Somebody who engages in logging is a lumberjack. But somebody who engages in blogging is just a blogger. What a missed opportunity. 2025-04-26T00:58:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstc5wh7fhhrx3qg40gtp4gky7hxmdruj7rfqnrqkakjydnvn6w2hqzyrcztnn72zfv66xp8wm5wq756n4mqu9cdvg9x5gpupuw4ektz55lcmjylhv <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19ua0a9gu7ggm693nqm6knq3zutckcfde9p6ra7a8fu73xhvy3sgqz253cv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tim Bray</span> (<span class="italic">npub19ua…53cv</span>)</a></span> I’m on a train in Kyoto and the girl sitting opposite me has a sweatshirt that reads: “UNAVAILABLE ERR 451 PRIVATEREASONS”. 2025-03-25T06:12:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstyr7veqptas2t2j6weys89dkh224pud9a059yhwydjlfsdcsajpczyrcztnn72zfv66xp8wm5wq756n4mqu9cdvg9x5gpupuw4ektz55lclwl6k0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqdjux84yc7x3zawh0zvaqh0r0eax9fjaxdmy9rax635lgeaczguqttzl3q'>nevent1q…zl3q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The thing (well, one of the things) I keep coming back to is that human beings did this: someone who works in the passport office had to press the buttons, or if it was automated, a software engineer had to implement the &#34;business logic&#34; to enforce this.<br/><br/>Either way, someone had a choice: do I go along with this, do I help enforce this order, am I a willing instrument of this violence? Or do I refuse, resign, or otherwise resist? 2025-02-19T19:53:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqdjux84yc7x3zawh0zvaqh0r0eax9fjaxdmy9rax635lgeaczguqzyrcztnn72zfv66xp8wm5wq756n4mqu9cdvg9x5gpupuw4ektz55lcnr94gm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswzk5zg6rd644s8z8r2u0wvfddxsv5pf5v4gn8hgn7ztpen5uutngw4zmv0'>nevent1q…zmv0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So, the good news: I have a passport again. I can leave the country.<br/><br/>The bad news: They put an incorrect gender marker on it.<br/><br/>The name, photo, and gender marker on my passport no longer match each other. The gender marker on my passport no longer matches my legal gender, nor does it match the gender marker on all of my other identification.<br/><br/>Travel will unavoidably be less safe for me now, even in countries with relatively good track records re: the treatment of trans people. 2025-02-17T21:33:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswzk5zg6rd644s8z8r2u0wvfddxsv5pf5v4gn8hgn7ztpen5uutngzyrcztnn72zfv66xp8wm5wq756n4mqu9cdvg9x5gpupuw4ektz55lcpd0d8t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvgdmfhd6ygqfd4x9ea2ejpdd2gkp7x3pnedegg4f33l3e3x39tuc30uven'>nevent1q…uven</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>good thing my job doesn&#39;t require me to frequently travel internationally 2025-01-31T18:25:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvgdmfhd6ygqfd4x9ea2ejpdd2gkp7x3pnedegg4f33l3e3x39tuczyrcztnn72zfv66xp8wm5wq756n4mqu9cdvg9x5gpupuw4ektz55lca63jsx love love love to be in passport limbo<br/><br/>nothing makes me feel as safe and secure as being unable to escape^H^H^H^H^H^Hleave the country 2025-01-31T16:29:45Z