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that it's not 'important' work and can generally be ignored by people who feel they shouldn't have to deal with it. Which can indeed feel like a woman running a household with three kids being treated as not _actually_ working, unlike her husband, who does _actual_ work at the steel factory. 😛 /3

Over my >30 years of activism, i've noticed that there's a definite tendency towards assuming that background logistical support - the support that allows others to do the 'real' political work - somehow just magically 'happens', that there's no (or only minimal) work involved, /2

Years ago, at a fundraising event i'd helped organise - one of many - someone said to me "Every time I see you, you're doing dishes!" Well, yeah, because (a) i don't consider myself 'above' doing such work, and anyway, (b) i wasn't sufficiently skilled to do the 'main' work of glad-handing etc. /1

Obscene content: policing queer media, erotica, and fan creations in Australia Australia has an extensive, and prolific, history of censorship. Laws concerning obscenity, particularly the Customs Act 1901, carry severe penalties, yet are inconsistently applied across state an...

"[T]he laws disproportionately restrict content that is queer in nature or intended for a female audience, and reinforce heterosexual, patriarchal norms."
#queer #lgbtqi #lgbt #fanfic #auspol

Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco - Final Results - English Collective of Prostitutes The research findings of the Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco (GCISF) pilot were made public November 12, 2025 on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco. The event had a strong turnout, including...

"GCISF presumed that mothers deserve payment for the hard and vital work of caring for children; they have earned it. Research has established the economic value of the caregiving work of mothers to be over $145,000 a year."
#poverty #income

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Surely it's fine for them to be sinking funds into TRUMP?

"[T]he Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention [assessed] in June 2025 that the UK’s current policies towards trans and intersex people meet the ninth pattern of genocide."
#trans #transgender #lgbtqi #lgbt

*snortle* Well played.

And using 'AI' to kill people on My Aged Care.
#auspol

Indeed. Also:
"I'm confident in the code being committed, because I have tests in place."
"Who wrote the tests?"
"The AI."
"..."
"It's okay, I've had AI review the tests."

🔥Hot take🖤

Don’t apologise because you feel awkward/ as a fawn response/ got caught

Apologise when you’ve actually figured out why you did the thing & what you’re going to do so it doesn’t happen again

Otherwise it's a meaningless reflex & reflexes aren’t accountability

#BDSM #Kink #MILF

Wherfor ys the lake that you say was once so large and beautiful now todaye nothinge but a drye and bakinge expanse wyth a fewe small puddles left?

Well, you see, my childe, a lot of people reallye needed their emayles summarized.

Also, many, many museums and research libraries have digitized historic collections and have free images available for download for many (even all) purposes.

Don't wreck the planet and participate in training surveillance capitalism systems. There's no excuse.

As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...

"I don’t want to code. I want to make things. Coding was a means to an end, to have a product. If there is a better way, then I’m using it."
Oh okay.
"I don't want to learn human physiology. I want to perform surgery. Learning human physiology was a means to an end."
#ai #genai #llm

Caring about the consequences of your actions is _definitely_ woke. 😛

Who better than a fox to check what's going on in the henhouse?

"I don’t want to code. I want to make things. Coding was a means to an end, to have a product. If there is a better way, then I’m using it."
So, your aim is to have a product regardless of not-necessarily-immediately-evident bugs and security issues you'll foist on users?

Further to the below, a while back i wrote an intro, "mdoc(7): a language for writing man pages". The mdoc(7) macros can be used on both Linux and BSDs - whether via groff+man-db or mandoc - and, unlike the man(7) macros typically used in Linux man pages, are semantics-oriented.
#documentation

Just shared this with my possession; she said: "Yup. So much that."

😢

If you're not already aware of them, you might also be interested in:

* "Critically appraising the cass report: methodological flaws and unsupported claims" - link.springer.com/article/10.1...
* "I Have Referred Dr Hilary Cass to the GMC" - www.helenwebberley.com/p/i-have-ref...

Meanwhile, in the Wiley journal "Ecology Letters":

Photography by Soren Jahan

"What is the best form of aftercare, when a scene is finished?" asks someone.
My answer: The best form of aftercare is what works best for that bottom/sub. There's no one-size-fits-all answer. For example: some people love to be held; others don't want to be touched at all.
#kink #bdsm #aftercare

This seems so weird to me. Vulvae (and all associated parts of the anatomy) are amazing! You'd think anyone who makes it their profession would WANT to be enthusiastic about it... 🍑

Heh. 🙂 i've started following the Berliner Morgenpost to start trying to improve my German, and i must say, i was initially a bit thrown by 'Wahlkampf' in the context of election stuff (e.g. in BW) ....
How do you feel about 'FLINTA'?

'We've reached a breaking point': Is it time to tax older Australians more? Some Australians are richer than ever, while younger cohorts are struggling. Experts say it's time for change.

"Generous tax arrangements have also allowed older Australians to accumulate significant wealth and income linked to their real estate and superannuation assets.
"Despite this growing wealth, the tax system has not adjusted, instead providing increased support for older generations".
#auspol