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By MaeBe · Posted
I read the postulation as: “what if <insert social media company> was charged by government agencies or congress to create algorithms to identify, collect information on, and for reporting on LGBTQ+ people? So as to target them for “reasons”.” This would be infringement of a few protections in the Constitution & Bill of Rights, but given government’s history with shady surveillance practices we wouldn’t know anything about it until it was likely in use. Probably in the realm of a suspense novel, but we know algorithms used for suggesting content already can identify people’s proclivities—even when they don’t have a clue themselves. So the tech is there, it’s just the dark room conspiracy that would be missing. -
By MaeBe · Posted
How insidious would it be for them to take it easy on the LGB as a strategy to try to create a fracture between the TQ+? There’s enough of the “drop the T” nonsense out there that they could leverage. I’m happy the FLA folx are getting some reprieve though! -
By Carolyn Marie · Posted
I note that most of the "backing off" touted in the article concerns Gay and Lesbian rights. Nothing so far about the anti-trans laws and regulations that DeSantis and his ilk have gotten approved. The only saving graces for our community in Florida have been in the courts. So, as the saying goes, I'll believe it when I see it. Carolyn Marie -
By Vidanjali · Posted
It's kind of like the very slow recovery after a devastating hurricane (which mercifully I've not lived through). Rainbows do tend to appear post-storm. About the Don't Say Gay settlement. Teachers are now allowed to talk about LGBTQIA+ stuff & to be LGBTQIA+, as long as it's not part of the curriculum. So still no formalized education allowed. The overall impression on the culture of Florida and its influence on US and world culture has had its effect. I do consider myself an optimist and a realist, and do not mean to seem pessimistic. It is good that DeSantis has cooled his jets to whatever extent he has. But the collateral damage here (and by extension elsewhere) is palpable. Yes, people rejoice - we can gather once more and celebrate pride. But it seems to require more guts than just a few years ago bc so many h8ers have been enabled and empowered by policies and demonizing rhetoric over the last few years. The wonderful thing about hurricane recovery, returning to that comparison, is that it often brings out the very best virtues in people such as compassion, kindness, generosity, and a deeper sense of fellowship and goodwill. -
By VickySGV · Posted
Seems like they caught him pumping gasoline onto a political fire for sure. I do think that for the time being he has been cooled down a bit. -
By Davie · Posted
It was Fran Jeffery, manager of The Animals, who signed Jimi Hendrix and brought him to England—launching the career of the best guitarist of all time. -
By VickySGV · Posted
I am not completely sure what you mean here. To be "held responsible" means that they have been investigated and brought to justice by any number of legal and financial means. That would be a good thing, and has been done recently in a case for slander and libel where the organization agreed to pay its victims many millions of dollars. In that case the victims were NOT Trans, but the platform was "held responsible". If you mean simply "found to be responsible" by evidence obtained from various credible sources, then of course there are options for the victims to pursue to "hold them responsible" in monetary or terms of personal freedom of the officers. There are many such organizations that do foster hatred of our community and we have taken different forms of action which includes exposing their hatred and intentions to other public media. It is not a "what if" the groups do this, it is done regularly. As long as they are deemed to be private and not government supported, the best we can do is avoid such places. If the site is Government Supported, then there is a chain of legal events that one or many legal organizations that support the Trans Community can bring actions to have corrected via the Courts or other agencies as dictated by law. -
By Davie · Posted
RIP, Doug Ingle, front man of rock band Iron Butterfly, dies aged 78. Singer and organist wrote 17-minute classic In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, -
By Davie · Posted
Florida’s LGBTQ+ residents relieved after easing of DeSantis’s anti-gay laws Past 12 months show evidence of radical change in political climate, starting with judge again allowing children at drag shows. Leaders of Florida’s much-embattled LGBTQ+ communities say the worst of Governor Ron DeSantis’s three-year onslaught against them may be over, with the official start of Pride month celebrations only days away. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/27/florida-lgbt-law-ron-desantis -
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By KymmieL · Posted
Happy Memorial day. As a veteran of the armed forces. I know the sacrifice that has been given by others like me. Each and every service member signs the check up to and including my life, payable to the Untied States of America. Some have had this check cashed, either in battle or because of it. Today we honor those men and woman. It is sad that some people just think it is a extra day off to raise hell and get drunk. Today I honor my father and brother in law, two uncles, and all of those I have met while in uniform, who have passed. Hugs to all. Kymmie -
By April Marie · Posted
I always hated wearing hats but am finding some new love for them now, especially with longer hair to try to control. -
By Ivy · Posted
Hats can be fun. A nice sun hat with a wide brim. You gotta watch out in the wind though. -
By Ivy · Posted
Goodness, that could never happen. Maybe you're just being a little paranoid? -
By Mirrabooka · Posted
The tornados made our news here. Death toll 18 so far? Yikes. It seems like the USA is infamous for them, unfortunately. Stay safe, y'all. Public holidays to revere our veterans and war dead are sacred. Our equivalent is ANZAC Day on April 25th each year. To those who served, THANK YOU.
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