2026-04-29T21:25:27Z https://yabu.me Joelle https://yabu.me/npub1pnd3faqm6uppcw7ucq8tvj0na3ehrzcr4wy3jh0qdsptmhk73n8qrtw40l https://social.joelle.us/system/accounts/avatars/108/206/948/780/290/667/original/36e622d9ba24eb18.jpg https://social.joelle.us/system/accounts/avatars/108/206/948/780/290/667/original/36e622d9ba24eb18.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2zaxcf38w6j4hzg7le92flscvkw2jc9jac0x4jrmunfpmrqlwd8qzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuf9w7s6 The *entire* selling point to investors of LLMs is &#34;we won&#39;t need to employ people.&#34;<br/><br/>That&#39;s it. That&#39;s all. That&#39;s why &#34;AI&#34; is worth trillions of dollars. No pesky humans to bother with.<br/><br/>It&#39;s not &#34;the workers will be more creative&#34; or &#34;we&#39;ll help the disabled.&#34; There&#39;s no investment money for that. A company is what the worst investors are. 2026-04-27T15:54:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqc6anxplrk59peyyu7xa5wmp8ce27heszumhj038vxt34u7avtnczyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuhufn77 Trans folks who have flown recently or soon:<br/><br/>I&#39;m creating a list of experiences of trans travelers with airport security, because there is a lot of scary stuff out there, and it&#39;s hard for people to know what the &#34;ground truth&#34; is. Please add your experiences when you go through security!<br/><br/>PLEASE boost &amp; share!<br/><br/>The form is here to provide anonymous airport security experiences: <a href="https://forms.gle/Ui2jq8u8qEGEfCMw6">https://forms.gle/Ui2jq8u8qEGEfCMw6</a><br/><br/>You can see the responses as I approve them (can take days) here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12IHWmQgBww2rW7Smi-wQxYTpE0FacE2A7KRvJzL1x4M/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12IHWmQgBww2rW7Smi-wQxYTpE0FacE2A7KRvJzL1x4M/edit?usp=sharing</a> 2026-04-06T04:03:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrc85j3eq5phgzr2ugqvp965u226tktgy5v9hdvfp2nyc3a7gztsgzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuv6c929 #Python folks, let&#39;s say I want to configure a CI build (perhaps a Github action) that uses the *MINIMUM* version of Python and dependencies specified in a pyproject.toml file for the test. I.E. to ensure that features not present in those versions aren&#39;t used in new code added to a library.<br/><br/>Is there already an easy way to do this? 2025-12-14T19:02:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0u9u8pl38f2juj6p9kc20e0trfh684ckn6g8zh8lgs9pjdt9ww6qzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvupc2uk6 I Don’t Need a Microphone, I’ll Speak Up!<br/><br/>Have you ever said this? If you have, I want you to rethink. You probably think you&#39;re a decent person (and you probably are!), but you are being rude by saying this. Huh, you might ask? I also put some microphone tips in this essay!<br/><br/><a href="http://gender-thoughts.com/2025/11/30/i-dont-need-a-microphone-ill-speak-up/">http://gender-thoughts.com/2025/11/30/i-dont-need-a-microphone-ill-speak-up/</a> 2025-11-30T22:57:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2hpvnytucp5v4tfdx4ngtgfz5sd90aeh88rl4f40dkcld4skldpszyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvu7fwl5h I&#39;m interested in working with a trans voice coach who understands autism/dyspraxia/auditory processing issues. Anyone have suggestions? 2025-10-23T04:29:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgmpgs5cvhjvs08ydzjv22sv2jcfdelxex8caaptn33njz5292hgszyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuprhv3u HATE MEASURED IN INCHES - My current project.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been printing out every long-form article that comes my direction about trans folk. I am not seeking these articles, but they are coming to me by people talking about them in my social media feed and the like.<br/><br/>I then categorize them into either a pile of joy or a pile of sadness, based on whether they give hope/joy or they give sadness.<br/><br/>This is Aug 1, 2025 - Sep 30, 2025.<br/><br/>THIS IS WHAT TRANS PEOPLE ARE EXPOSED TO.<br/><br/>Just two months.<br/> <img src="https://social.joelle.us/system/media_attachments/files/115/308/062/697/576/288/original/dbbd0682d4938f6b.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://social.joelle.us/system/media_attachments/files/115/308/062/691/261/647/original/e34de71c2b3f0724.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-03T03:18:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdqmzv3ec0d70crujwqqj6ck9gxvclj0qapann93fsgspdxm77kvgzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvu5fsv34 Privilege:<br/>Not being blamed for what someone else does.<br/><br/>For instance, if a white cis dude does something bad, that in no way impacts all other white cis dudes. But if a trans person does something wrong, all other trans people have rights restricted as a result.<br/><br/>Hell, in some cases a cis dude does something bad and trans people get their rights restricted.<br/><br/>This is how privilege functions. 2025-09-12T19:54:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszkv0q876w6jd6lge79sd7rpl2w5uw4uv3ha080f34rj5je3u8xlszyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvud0luk6 &#34;AI is great for accessibility!&#34;<br/><br/>Also: Google&#39;s AI-based autocaptions won&#39;t transcribe &#34;fuck&#34;.<br/><br/>We are not all children. But, as <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z6r6gqugxh9y6ex4xpjrlvcrdm99p4jzcxvlkja0qfx3kkj20pwqn9y8kp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Irenes (many)</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z6r…y8kp</span>)</a></span> points out, even if we are children, accessibility requires the same rights for disabled people as non-disabled people.<br/><br/>The lack of cussing, the lack of vocabulary for sex (beyond, if we are very lucky, clinical body part names, menstruation, and reporting abuse) and other &#34;adult&#34; things in our devices is infantilizing.<br/><br/><a href="https://adhd.irenes.space/@ireneista/statuses/01K4GZCAQVNQNBEJGX0Z91YZC4">https://adhd.irenes.space/@ireneista/statuses/01K4GZCAQVNQNBEJGX0Z91YZC4</a> 2025-09-07T03:07:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw29tp44p7njnz7jx3udfcptemaym6fmr7c9067ajy5d6ekvl98wqzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuq3cfmv If there is one thing I wish I could take from Perl and give to the current hot languages, it&#39;s the importance of not breaking shit when you release new versions of stuff. If someone&#39;s code worked yesterday with your library, it should also work today after you add a new feature.<br/><br/>Yet, apparently, this is not the way we do code. We expect every developer to be so devoted to a random library that they keep track of all the breaking changes and are excited about them.<br/><br/>Please stop that. 2025-08-12T02:48:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8pt3ftmysjgttthvp2z3d5mgrr9yxgh0r5mc8zp7puzrg32vlxxszyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvudlc52n Old Voight-Kampff test: &#34;Tell me about your mother.&#34;<br/><br/>Improved Voight-Kampff test: &#34;Say a swear word, any swear word.&#34;<br/><br/>That&#39;ll catch AI nearly every time. 2025-06-29T21:12:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxe8vd8rkjed9ld0f7ct3as69cnuws9ycqrhcpkpjgkap2agnu7lczyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvu0m0wdc The reason Texas is part of the USA is that Mexico made slavery illegal.<br/><br/>Remember the Alamo? A lot of white people don&#39;t know is that what the &#34;brave&#34; people in the Alamo were fighting for was slavery.<br/><br/>That&#39;s also why it took two years after the civil war ended for enforcement of anti-slavery in Texas. (it wasn&#39;t because of slow communication, as is told in revisionist histories, it was because white people willfully defied the law).<br/><br/>Freedom is always worth fighting for. 2025-06-19T18:13:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs99apam75wu9f3jkttvj3cqyt9zg2zev259pzymd2jaq50zvalytszyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuy87xku I will also note that hearing #PyConUS speakers, from the stage, support trans folks is life giving right now. More bravery at this non-profit tech conference than the majority of Fortune 500 companies with billions of dollars of resources right now. 2025-05-18T21:37:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvjyehxs7ksg9ttrz9f9fjftmgs52lgape2yqpjsguh4cdtt6nf7szyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuvjdlaa I very much appreciate that the reason for <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1782rt00mq9k8awpvrx45sz0sdzummycgnnc22f8nmfse0djlxlls5uqmhv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Daisy Leigh</span> (<span class="italic">npub1782…qmhv</span>)</a></span> being unable to accept her (deserved) award in person at #PyConUS was mentioned from the stage: the United States&#39; governmental transphobic policies. 2025-05-18T21:34:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspr999gwgv2wlpasa2n0nk08lxykml2244w9rsp9f0n7ydyr42hqszyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuaznjcg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsynfesmfzygzr6jsmcg0evmg36wxvtzv7he6zv3h2txwxxerjs5rs3lajzg'>nevent1q…ajzg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some other things I did as an autistic:<br/><br/>- Spent my first week at Uni not eating because I was too anxious to ask anyone where the cafeteria was<br/>- As an adult, weighed 105 lbs. (I&#39;m 5&#39;8&#34;) because I couldn&#39;t feed myself.<br/>- Flunked most of my HS courses. Graduated in bottom 25% of class with exceptions to requirements allow me to graduate.<br/>- Lost count of the number of times I&#39;ve misread situations and been attacked.<br/>- I still panic in crowds<br/><br/>You see autism is complex. 2025-04-17T04:09:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsynfesmfzygzr6jsmcg0evmg36wxvtzv7he6zv3h2txwxxerjs5rszyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvug9pnwm Some things this autistic has done:<br/><br/>- Traveled<br/>- Working at the job she dreamed of as a little girl<br/>- Happy 16+ year marriage<br/>- Dozens of patents<br/>- Co-author of *actual* autism peer-reviewed health research<br/>- Have a CS degree and will have a Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies degree next month<br/>- Built community spaces for people like me<br/>- Yelled at fucking David Greier &amp; other quacks<br/><br/>But NONE of this makes me more of a person than anyone else.<br/><br/>Still autistic. #ActuallyAutistic 2025-04-17T04:03:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdnt0fcgu5jv0af0zxnc0f7q5hltjdk0unyj077fpql72yj2ckegszyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuf2hrqh A day in the life of America:<br/><br/>Explaining to someone: &#34;No, I can&#39;t fly American airlines to visit, they connect in places I can&#39;t pee.&#34; 2025-04-06T17:56:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs88wz26l6rz40gmucg6g6la77lp4utyyguf4xz3yac9yr6fwmtw4szyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuv9t6fa Here&#39;s a message for parents: If your kid is autistic *TELL THEM*.<br/><br/>I get so sad reading stories of people who struggled thinking they were morally broken until they found out they were different, only to discover that others had the word that explained things, but didn&#39;t want to share it.<br/><br/>Nobody catches autism by being told they are autistic. It doesn&#39;t make you more autistic. It just lets you know you are different, not defective. 2025-03-17T03:30:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs985kx3h9p2zeygpeumfwrnvpk3chvnc4wjgshh9g0fyclceewwagzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuycfq98 One can schedule a Tesla test drive online.<br/><br/>Just posting info for Tesla lovers. I would never suggest people book appointments that will fill up the Tesla calendar and then not show and/or that will make salespeople wait around for nobody.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.tesla.com/drive">https://www.tesla.com/drive</a> 2025-03-09T01:50:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdt44yppu46cuvzmffegq77h9l6ncm48mqnkj9gcsvv2j0l482qwqzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuqggy6a Today, the Black feminist I’m honoring is Maya Angelou. She did so much, it’s hard to pick what to share about her.<br/><br/>But in these evil times, it’s good to be reminded of how she saw struggle as a Black woman: <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise</a> 2025-02-20T14:40:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfkpc6lh9kgm53t7j3cy2dc8yqtsz3ma9he3jzgha3u5x9sx80acczyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvut4tc4h Today’s Black Feminist is Marsha P. Johnson, a trans woman who often spoke up for all women.<br/><br/>“History isn&#39;t something you look back at and say it was inevitable, it happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities.” 2025-02-13T16:21:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqp29h79ykxxc5s0nfs96j20ugju4ag60x4pvldu33w5zt5wq2emqzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvut964el Seriously, open source people, name one of your variables &#34;transgender_marxism&#34; and name one of your functions &#34;green_new_deal&#34;.<br/><br/>You don&#39;t want your software used in weapons? This will help ensure it isn&#39;t. 2025-02-11T05:08:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9qr4ktffr9nxlmv2xhjecpvet8nn55rqacglj2wpqu3j22gh4r0szyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvu4tfw88 I&#39;m going to make sure all my open source software has one of the banned DEI words in it somewhere. Other nations will be able to use it, but not the US government. I don&#39;t even need to change from an open language--the USA will self-police. 2025-02-11T04:45:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfuhtghvpyy85d8n2c6hs72cfnvlccwxx9yp5v4mf2ea5rkfd3mxszyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuwe5m3j Reminder: When GOP talks about getting rid of “DEI” they don’t mean getting rid of stupid contrived training that does no good. They mean getting rid of Black people, women, trans folk, and others that don’t fit their ideal of a white ethnostate. They mean getting rid of *PEOPLE*. Not programs. 2025-02-06T15:30:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyjjd2vmtx6gs7shkvkat4r38x5k0keuqts7yv0e7wfzmuw5y6exszyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvu8lpyan I want my legislators to care 1/10th as much about my human rights as they care about asking me for another $5. 2025-02-04T02:42:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyamrcx9hnjje6r8ud9za0w7w99snuz2tqtxa3jt6dtnt784msutszyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuq99z4m It is ethical to disobey an unethical law.<br/><br/>And sometimes it is ethically required to disobey an unethical law. Sometimes courage has a cost.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t just not comply in advance. Consider not complying period. Again, sometimes that is the ONLY ethical choice. 2025-01-31T02:53:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0m7jh9nt9sltqdas57mgsf5ppcn39pc5gxh9yna2knr3vuw7scxszyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvu429jqn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2q2qtfqc80dn9azwq2wmkhw3jn5zkpc9w6ahmzg6lz8ht2f8cdgzpyur6'>nevent1q…yur6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This happened in South Africa -- residents complaining about bad health due to a cell phone tower. The only problem: the tower was off.<br/><br/><a href="https://mybroadband.co.za/news/wireless/11099-massive-revelation-in-iburst-tower-battle.html">https://mybroadband.co.za/news/wireless/11099-massive-revelation-in-iburst-tower-battle.html</a> 2024-12-30T03:02:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszk668rd6e5m274s2g2jcr43wmgjnz8s2gesy6s2skvhqg52dj2mqzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvu3a7an2 These feel increasingly needy and desperate, as in &#34;Please date me! I&#39;m lonely!&#34;<br/><br/>In this case, I suspect it&#39;s &#34;We need to show we have growth in the number of users using AI, or our shareholders will wonder why we&#39;re spending so much money to destroy the planet&#39;s environment on our automated bullshit generators!&#34;<br/> <img src="https://social.joelle.us/system/media_attachments/files/113/675/651/608/387/461/original/61b44a59285aee41.png"> <br/> 2024-12-18T20:13:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs836cmp22mvuczcxe0gqtlug7knktkqn8glfvysakeeeztq2qaqnczyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuznyr7d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszd78hacrrwrldlfymk5q0cuym2my5ddwc3dpucfdm23ang8jlfmqn48u64'>nevent1q…8u64</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also almost all the trans men I know report that they became *LESS* aggressive on T. And frankly I think we should listen to them when they talk about the experience of being men. 2024-12-04T02:02:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszd78hacrrwrldlfymk5q0cuym2my5ddwc3dpucfdm23ang8jlfmqzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuje69j9 Testosterone doesn&#39;t make men aggressive. Really.<br/><br/>If a man is behaving badly, it ain&#39;t testosterone, it&#39;s something else. The association between T and aggression is weaker (MUCH weaker) than other factors associated with aggression.<br/><br/>And, yes, this is a feminist issue -- because to imply that bodies with higher T have higher anti-social behavior is literally the definition of biological essentialism. It also implies men can&#39;t help it, which is also false. 2024-12-04T02:01:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstgmfpyexwd0szwlplpr7ru9r6z5dgwurq4cdqk6ppuaq79fywh8qzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvu0q2559 I see a lot of people confusing authoritarianism and fascism.<br/><br/>They are different. Fascism is, to simplify it, authoritarianism + nationalism/racism. But just having a asshole leader who uses power to enforce bullshit is not enough to be fascism.<br/><br/>But what is fascism: Something like “America First” 2024-11-08T16:19:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz22rjqltftlr0z0fsacqw4eq3kzdczrenxqwmr5h2rs5ns8fe65szyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuc0k37a So much of the justification for ignoring precautions about COVID is all-or-nothing thinking.<br/><br/>Just because you inhale one COVID virus particle doesn’t mean you’ll get COVID. Your precautions won’t be perfect, but that doesn’t mean they are useless. The more particles you inhale, the more chance of getting it, and every particle you block lowers your chances of getting it. Even partial precautions help. It’s not all or nothing. It’s degrees of risk. 2024-09-25T00:28:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqvvc6v4jgzc2amrmyhj8ep5xwutcjr577h6ae60v948zfmgpggvqzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvuq3xqal So the North Carolina GOP candidate for Governor is a Nazi transphobe who likes trans porn. Because that’s all on-brand for the GOP.<br/><br/>If there is one thing I wish I could explain to the GOP, it’s “Just because the thought of us makes your dick hard, that doesn’t mean we’re the problem.” 2024-09-20T05:34:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ude2aamprsy07qhwuw3mhs4n6annv4f5d3gtzdfsq6qhuawvmaqzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvus64xet My career hack: I avoid preventable diseases. This gives me more time for my family, hobbies, education, and career, which translates into more time living the life I want to live.<br/><br/>#MaskUp 2024-09-14T16:25:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrngtkvcff6t2au407xg4l33dxrp2vluz0c4cs7urut5dukr3ae2szyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvucaaaf9 Medical care is not a reward for good behavior.<br/><br/>That&#39;s true whether it&#39;s a hip replacement, blood pressure drug, or gender reassignment surgery.<br/><br/>Medical care is a basic human right, and denying it is cruel and unusual punishment. Period. 2024-09-11T00:59:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfmrnlutz7ejue04w3sv9hmzappxx9lms6uyv6t0l758fxruzjp3qzyqxdk985r0tsy8pmmnqqadjf70k8xuvtqw4cjx2aupkq90w7m6xvu3hmts5 Just sharing the Utah State Auditor’s web form that people can fill out if they suspect there is a trans person in a public bathroom.<br/><br/>I would never suggest anyone submit false information to a government agency that is implementing a transphobic law, of course.<br/><br/><a href="https://ut-sao-special-prod.web.app/sex_basis_complaint.html">https://ut-sao-special-prod.web.app/sex_basis_complaint.html</a> 2024-05-02T13:58:46Z