[–] 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

here's one.

if you can't see how "forced genital inspections" is blatantly anti-trans i'm not really sure how to help you. this is going to result in the tiny number of transgender girls in sports being kicked or shamed off their teams, while simultaneously making things very uncomfortable for all the cis girls who will also be forced to undergo regular genital inspections. and for what?

the fact that these passed, in supposedly "woke" states, is not only awful in and of itself, but also sets a terrifying precedent for things to come.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago

    "many people are saying this"

    was clearly not meant to be self-referential, but i do, in fact, know many people who say this line regularly, so it is indisputably accurate

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    yeah well it finally happened, i got lazy. if my nails are painted, the first thing i do when getting home is clean em off... but last night i was tired and figured i could just do it in the morning. well, of course that backfired immediately - first thing that happens when i leave my room this morning is my dad seeing me heading into the bathroom with bright blue sparkly nails and a bag of cosmetics. he didn't say anything immediately, but has been weirdly sigh-y all day, and just now stuck his head in my room saying he "wants to chat" later today (extremely out-of-character) while being extremely cryptic and evasive about what exactly he wants to talk about.

    (for context, although i live in switzerland, my parents are hardcore USA-an tradcaths (the kind who hate the "woke" pope). my dad has voted for trump the last 3 consecutive US elections and will do so again, has trump merch proudly on display in his room, immediately started voting for the far-right immigrant party as soon as he got his swiss citizenship, regularly goes on unprovoked angry diatribes about how much gay people disgust him, etc. you get the picture; he's pretty much the stereotype of the "far right religious nutjob". my mom is almost aggressively unopinionated about most things, and certainly doesn't make any effort to rein my dad ever)

    anyway, i'm looking forward to talking with him this evening, i'm sure it'll be great fun! ಠ_ಠ

    update: have managed to defer talk until "later"; we'll see where this goes (but i am prepping for a quick exit if necessary). will update again if anything interesting happens

    submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by to c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
     

    i've noticed a number of accounts which were fairly active in this community suddenly go dark recently:

    1. @kivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zone deleted their account about 6 days ago
    2. @katiecakes@lemmy.blahaj.zone deleted her account about 7 hours ago (less than a day after a friendly back-and-forth comment chain with me)
    3. @applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone deleted pretty much her entire post/comment history from the past six months at some point within the last 24 hours, consisting mostly of posts and comments here and on !trans_joy@lemmy.blahaj.zone.
    4. @erinmeow@piefed.blahaj.zone seems to have also wiped most of her comments and posts at some point in the last 6 days
    5. @NerdyNeko90@lemmy.blahaj.zone deleted all her posts and comments

    these are only the ones i've noticed, perhaps there are even more?

    i was willing to accept a possible coincidence with the first two, but three fairly active accounts going dark in a week, two of which on the same day, is setting off alarm bells. does anyone know if these people are alright, and what the heck is going on?

    (if you'd rather not disclose it publicly, please shoot me a DM on lemmy, @daporkchop:daporkchop.net on matrix, daporkchop_ on discord or daporkchop_.42 on signal)

    UPDATE (2026.10.16 06:30 UTC): @applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone has confirmed that she's going through some shit but is still with us, her account purge appears to be unrelated to the others
    UPDATE (2026.10.16 09:52 UTC): added #4 (@erinmeow@piefed.blahaj.zone)
    UPDATE (2026.10.17 14:06 UTC): @kivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zone have confirmed that they're safe, and have essentially decided to move on from lemmy to go touch grass. honestly? good for them :3
    UPDATE (2026.10.20 20:59 UTC): added #5 (@NerdyNeko90@lemmy.blahaj.zone)
    UPDATE (2026.10.20 21:00 UTC): @NerdyNeko90@lemmy.blahaj.zone has confirmed that she deleted her posts/comments intentionally and appears to be doing okay now

    previous versioni was redacting applebusch's account because it was still up, but in retrospect that only really makes it harder to know what's going on, especially now that there are multiple accounts which appear to have done that. for posterity, here is the old version of this post:

    i've noticed a number of accounts which were fairly active in this community suddenly go dark recently:

    1. @kivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zone deleted their account about 6 days ago
    2. @katiecakes@lemmy.blahaj.zone deleted her account about 7 hours ago (less than a day after a friendly back-and-forth comment chain with me)
    3. at some point in the last 24 hours, another formerly very active user deleted pretty much her entire post/comment history from the past six months, which was mostly posts and comments here and on !trans_joy@lemmy.blahaj.zone . (not tagging here because her account is still up, even if mostly blank, and i don't know her reason for quietly deleting everything)
      EDIT: to be clear, i am NOT referring to Miisha, who has apparently also deleted her account within the past hour or so.
      EDIT: the account in question is @applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone, she has revealed herself in the comments.

    these are only the ones i've noticed, perhaps there are even more?

    i was willing to accept a possible coincidence with the first two, but three fairly active accounts going dark in a week, two of which on the same day, is setting off alarm bells. does anyone know if these people are alright, and what the heck is going on?

    (if you'd rather not disclose it publicly, please shoot me a DM on lemmy or at @daporkchop:daporkchop.net on matrix)

    UPDATE (2026.10.16 06:30 UTC): @applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone has confirmed that she's going through some shit but is still with us, her account purge appears to be unrelated to the others

    i use debian btw (thelemmy.club)
    submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by to c/unixsocks@lemmy.blahaj.zone
     

    the GNU/Linux distribution for lesbians™

    the computer itself is on my rack, which is on the other side of the wall. i ended up drilling a hole through the wall and running 20m long USB and DisplayPort cables through it, then there's a DisplayPort MST hub which splits it up to drive the three separate monitors and a whole bunch of USB hubs for all the peripherals. adds a bit of complexity, but it's worth it because the fans are so damn loud, and it's also more fun :3

    the huge tree of USB hubs

    John S. Rackhe is under construction and also a very good boy :3

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