shello @shello@octodon.social

Hey everyone, me and my boyfriend @Stereoscopic need to replace our bed as soon as possible. We are both heavy so we need a sturdy, high end bed that will last us long and allow us to sleep well, as the poor quality of our sleep currently has a negative effect on our health and well-being.

We cannot afford such an expense by ourselves just now so we are making a PayPal pool if people want to help us. Please consider helping if you can!

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Boosts appreciated.

The high court has just outlawed puberty blockers for trans people undergoing puberty.

Presumably children with "precocious puberty" will still be allowed to access them - at least I hope so.

This has happened because terfs were able to groom a vulnerable de-transitioner and alarm her with medically unfounded fears about fertility.

The way forward passes through the ECHR, but also something needs to be done about terfs.

Also, people who de-transition need more and better support. Some of them are traumatised and vulnerable. I think it's on us to make sure that people have room to experiment and play with gender, but also to have support and safe landings if they decide they're cis after all. What this means in practice is not totally clear to me, but they need to at least be welcome in queer spaces. This is a tiny number of people, but they do need support and respect and, alas, if they get groomed by terfs, they can be weaponised in away that almost certainly doesn't benefit them, but undoubtedly makes things worse for trans people.

It is deeply frustrating that many trans kids will be subject to a known hazard so that a smaller number of people can avoid an imaginary hazard of something that's been demonstrated to be safe.

I don't know law, but it sounds like if the court thinks kids can't consent to stop a traumatising puberty, that means that importing blockers for them is also illegal,

Remember, you don't have to be "out" to be trans/enby/queer and worthy of love and pride. Do what's safest and right for you, and there will be folks out there supporting you.

Take care!

You rock, Elliot Page, and all you other awesome trans and enby folks out there.

#TransRights

So much love!

star of umbrella academy, inception and Juno comes out as trans.
All the support to Him
https://twitter.com/TheElliotPage/status/1333820783655837701

*Hugs spellbook*

Thinking of becoming a cop? Become a firefighter instead! You get to:

Protect lives before property.
Hang around the station eating snacks without anyone criticising you for it.
Drive a tank (of water!) through the streets.
See non-white people be really glad when you arrive, and not be terrified that you're going to shoot them.

https://plotter.vision converts 3D STL files to 2D SVG suitable for #plottertoots with interactive camera positioning, back-face culling, hidden-line removal, and coplanar-triangle merging.

Okay, serious question: How would you describe the smile in this emoji? 🙂

Time for another "I posted this on my old account and didn’t repost it here yet" post: this thing

Discovery Sunday returns! In 10 minutes I will be streaming a random selection of indie games from Steam and Itch.io

None of these games have been tested on my current setup so technical difficulties may be expected!

http://twitch.tv/RaccoonViolet

Brows – crows what are also bros

Spyro is Not Okay

we have a fortunes-off file so you can print offensive quotes at login time. No distro I know of comes with a fortunes-supportive file that lists encouraging, calming quotes.

You can make sudo(8) insult users when they type their passwords wrong ("Defaults insults" in sudoers). There's no option to make sudo be gentle and understanding when you mistype.

I grew up in free software circles and only really learned any emotional skills after growing out of them.