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@Siph https://f.codl.fr/2111/In_a_Nonbinary_Pronoun,_France_Sees_a_U.S._Attack_on_the_Republic_-_The_New_York_Times.pdf?v=1

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/world/europe/france-nonbinary-pronoun.html
if you wanted to hear about the state of non-binary acceptance outside anglophone countries

cw for state fascism by so-called universalist liberals, queerphobia, racism

Mort à l'Académie Française

A few years ago, a site called "This Person Does Not Exist" (https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/) has popped up, using a neural network called StyleGAN to serve a new image of an AI-generated picture of a person’s face after every refresh.

People online have started taking pictures from this site with malicious intent in order to look more legit to perform scams, harassment or other type of deception.

However the generated pictures are not perfect, in this thread I will show a few telling signs with illustrations that might indicate a picture has been lifted straight from TPDNE. Keep in mind that people doing this might not be taking the most egregious examples and that these are only pointers, not an exact science!

what did just happen. what did *just happen*. #51WWG

"Luna, faz figura de parva enquanto a gente se transforma!"

a queer non binary instagram mutual of mine is a brain cancer patient. they've recently had a scan and multiple new tumours have been found. they're looking at surgeries, however their partner is pregnant so it'll mean they're both out of work during the recovery period and need financial help. pls give if you can and share either way
https://www.gofundme.com/f/saxons-cancer-is-back-help-their-growing-family?member=15086567&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

BandCamp Friday is tomorrow!

If you have music for sale, reply and I'll boost!

If you have recommendations of any sort, I'd love to hear them!

Germany would like to donate 150 Mio (!) vaccine doses to COVAX before they expire, lacking domestic demand.

But clauses in contracts with producers leave the latter a right to veto. And they demand additional compensation. So the doses may be trashed.

https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/kontraste/vernichtung-impfstoff-103.html

Huge win for privacy: European Parliament calls for a ban on biometric mass surveillance: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/ban-biometric-mass-surveillance-europe

"Before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a bus. She’s still on probation."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/26/claudette-colvin-alabama-bus-arrest-probation/

(She's still on probation, in 2021, for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white woman in March 1955.)

https://going-medieval.com/2021/10/28/on-looking-in-the-past-for-a-better-future%ef%bf%bc/

Leftist medieval historian describes two times that free peasants formed self-sufficient communes with no class hierarchy, one of which lasted longer than the United States has existed. Both only failed when the landlord class decided it wasn't right for there to be land with no lords and invaded with armies, and even then one of the collectives held out for a very, very long time.

@oddtail eng lang source:
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/polish-parliament-examine-anti-lgbt-legislative-proposal-80834330

This is also not the only anti lgbtq proposal thats been considered lately it appears, a very similar bill was considered in November of last year (also in response to a petition: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/11/poland-lgbt-pride-ban-gay-life-family-foundation/ ) and the polish government has announced plans to ban queer people from adopting children: https://www.them.us/story/poland-planning-lgbtq-adoption-ban

* talking about LGBT ppl/issues in schools;
* Pride marches and any other LGBT-related public events;
* public endorsement of same-sex marriage or rights;

You read that right. If you say "I think gay people should get to be married" in a public setting, the new law states that you'd be committing a crime.

I know not everyone is equally passionate about LGBT activism, but this is actual insanity.

(Reposted from Birdside, thread)

Today, the Polish parliament will read a proposed law that makes it illegal to "promote homosexuality", including - I am not exaggerating - pretty much ANY positive talk of LGBT+ people and their rights in public settings.

And foreign media seem almost entirely silent on this.

The law was drafted a while ago, but didn't get into the Parliament for procedural reasons.

It EXPLICITLY bans e.g.: