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Were it a "curious, socratic style question" you wouldn't have framed your question with loaded terminology designed to make trans people sound unreasonable and fake.

Someone eating a sauce I've never heard of, at a restaurant I barely go to, and posting about it on a social media platform I don't use! They absolutely should do this

It's chromium based now, and as bad as firefox's direction is, I don't really want to hand google based engines an even bigger portion of the internet.

Friends was probably the wrong word. What I was really referring to is community and social events. My good friends are still there in my life, but the broader queer community is now harder to connect with, and lots of social events and meetups that are happening in my city happen without me even knowing.

Are you happy? Is your partner happy?

There's your answer

I experienced this when I got rid of facebook (or more accurately, when I wouldn't provide them with my ID to get my account unlocked).

But the other side of it is that a lot of the social groups that I was involved with, and a lot of my contact with my friends, was done through facebook, and my real world social life has been impacted by losing facebook.

I still wouldn't go back, but it's a first hand example of just how wide the facebook network effect can reach.

Feishin. It's a navidrome/jellyfin player.

I love it, because it has smart playlists that are actually smart! It lets me create "random" playlists from my music collection, in a way that works for me.

I grew up as a closeted queer kid in rural Australia, before the internet was widely available. I had zero connection with other queer kids, and no way to develop the language or connections that I needed to help me understand what was going on.

Social media gives that to queer kids. It lets them find their peers and know that they're not alone. It gives them people to talk to and support them when they're bullied (which they will be, even without social media).

This "protects" some vulnerable kids by throwing other vulnerable kids under the bus. Whilst at the same time, setting the way for legislation like this https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-search-engines/105516256, which is what it's really about.

https://aussie.zone/post/27246692

Roller derby (another form of skating) is also one of the few sports out there to take a principled approach on trans inclusion. I mean, look at this https://resources.wftda.org/membership/diversity-and-inclusion/wftda-statement-about-gender/. There's also a league suing a local governement in New York County, for denying them access to public parks whilst they includes trans women.

If more sports did this, and pushed back in some form or another, it would mean the world.

Bird-Pi

Another problem is that cosmic expansion affects the wire itself.

Not if its mithril :P