Jost Migenda

If that’s the level of polish of your quick throwaway posts, I’m seriously impressed. 😅

(Just a pet peeve: Please don’t set an upper limit for requires-python in pyproject.toml! It’s discouraged, may cause serious problems for users and is—ironically—ignored by uv: docs.astral.sh/uv/reference...)

Q: What do you get if you cross a mood ring with a pronoun pin?

A: My latest design at canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4376...

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Title: Gender Census 2025. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Illustration: Two boxes, each with photos of relevant dictionary pages.

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!

survey.gendercensus.com

It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

Last time I tried to kiss two boys at the same time was a few years ago. I’m happy to report that they’re both girls now.

future archaeologists will know you were (not) a boy
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You’ll probably see this screenshot floating around a lot but it really was wonderful to see Lynch put a scene in Twin Peaks: The Return where he has his character literally stare at the camera and say that you should either support trans people or die. I needed to hear that in 2017

Now that Germany’s new gender self-ID law is in effect, I’ve corrected my gender marker and just received a new birth certificate in the mail! 🥰😍🏳️‍⚧️🎉

the whole thread is super interesting but i think this is one of my favorite examples of the semiotic drift of the "x" graph as denoting something about gender (compare amigx, but also womxn, folx)
#linguistics

Hi, I’m Jost (they/them) 👋

PhD in astroparticle physics, now Senior Research Software Engineer at King’s College London. I help researchers write better code to do better research.

🇬🇧 resident, 🇩🇪 passport, 🇪🇺 in ❤️ & 🧠.

Pretty queer. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I enjoy outreach, learning Japanese, many podcasts, puns.

I’m SNEWS, the SuperNova Early Warning System. I consist of neutrino detectors around the world, all looking out for a galactic supernova. When they detect it, we’ll alert astronomers and the multimessenger community.

Questions? Ask me anything or read this paper: arxiv.org/abs/2011.00035