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It’s extremely clear transphobes don’t actually care about bathrooms, they want to eradicate trans people from public life in general.

Not only does Musk validate antisemitic conspiracy theories, but his power as Twitter CEO gives him terrifying influence over millions.

On Reddit and Its Federated Alternatives by Jessica Smith

As you may have heard, Reddit’s decided to pull a Twitter and start charging an extortionate amount of money for access to their previously-free API, in order to drive third-party clients like Apollo and RIF into extinction. Under Reddit’s proposed pricing, Apollo’s dev would have to pay USD$2...

No, ‘AI’ Will Not Fix Accessibility by Adrian Roselli

In recent years, a series of new technologies have provided better experiences and outcomes for disabled users. Collectively branded “Artificial Intelligence”, the two biggest breakthroughs have been in computer vision and large language models (LLM). The former, computer vision, allows a computer to describe an image based on extensive training…

Die Of Boils, Mr. Sparky Car. by David Simon

Leaving this up for a week as a pinned tweet before locking the account. It’s been a lovely little war, folks, and some good fun was had,  But until this platform gets better and more honorable management, fuck it, no.            D.S. A long decade ago, my assistant, a millennial of course, explained to me that there […]

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Content Warning: while I will not be describing any actual instances of sexual violence, this issue (and false accusations thereof) will be mentioned throughout this piece. Back in February, I wrote…

Most of Republicans' most popular companies endorse diversity or pride efforts.

The lie that raced around the world before the truth got its boots on.. “Ayyyyyy Eyeeeee” is published by Cory Doctorow.

Tech companies want us isolated and constantly staring at screens because it drives profit

But don't get it twisted, there's no such thing as a safe one, either

By Amy Castor and David Gerard ONE WEIRD TRICK they don’t want you to know: Send us money! Here’s Amy’s Patreon, and here’s David’s. Sign up today! Our patrons can also get a couple of “Bitcoin: It Can’t Be That Stupid” stickers just by messaging one of us and asking. David has signe...

For the past several years, lawmakers and bureaucrats around the country have been trying to solve a problem. They wanted…

The Bible has been removed from all elementary and junior high school libraries throughout the Davis School District after someone challenged its contents.

“Black children are not seen as innocent,” explains author Ebony Elizabeth Thomas.

How a liberal counter-mobilization is demanding an end to reactionary hysteria.

Josh Hawley exposes the inherent tensions in MAGA.

The worst of the industry is expensive and runs from useless to counterproductive.

Plus: A bipartisan victory.

In a country that treats disabled people like expensive burdens and that teaches people to hate and fear disabilities, activists argue that true bodily autonomy is not possible.