“Power does not corrupt, it reveals.” John Steinbeck

Now that you mention it…

The best way to get macro plastics into your blood stream

I have a Pixel, so I have considered switching to something like GrapheneOS, but historically (with other ROMs) that meant giving up on camera quality and features.

Search for Collectives e.g. trans collectives.

If you’re in the UK and want to join a trans collective, I can hook you up. I know someone with a big list of all of them.

Does a trans rights protest count? Big turnout today.

Good news! Tens of thousands of people showed up.

Including a cute dog

Well, that’s not necessarily true.

Some apps, alongside providing their core functionality, such as messaging, also collect a lot of information from all the permissions they are granted on your device.

Think for example constant location tracking or collecting your contacts, as I believe Facebook Messenger does.

It could be possible to provide a front-end that blocks certain requests or spoofs information.

Of course, that doesn’t stop them from collecting information you directly provide to them by using the service, such as profile information, direct messages, interactions etc.

I suppose you could use these services as a skulker which doesn’t have an account (or a semi-anonymous one) whilst denying all permissions and providing as little information as possible. It’s not wholy black and white.

That said, I do recommend not using these platforms at all if you can. Use alternative platforms that provide similar services. Lemmy vs Reddit is a good example.

It’s just not always practical advice for everyone, given that some people have jobs that require social media, or have no other means of contacting some relatives and friends.

There’s a trend at some workplaces to force trans people to use the accessible toilets, however those have their own problems.

Not only will you out yourself by using them, but also it takes capacity away from disabled people who already only have one toilet to share between them at times.

Protests are already being planned for this weekend.

A related good article from the Huffington Post:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/supreme-court-ruling-response_uk_6800fa33e4b0e7e6a3f52072

Before someone comes in here and says “trans women are making women uncomfortable in bathrooms”:

• Trans women have been using women’s bathrooms for decades, and people didn’t care or notice until now.
• If you force trans people to use bathrooms that match their birth gender, you advocate for putting hairy trans men with bald spots in with women in their bathrooms, I’m sure that will make those women more comfortable.
• You put trans women at real, proveable, risk by putting them in mens bathrooms. Assault and harassment against trans women is common, unlike trans women against women.
• As mentioned in the post, this is unenforceable. You CAN’T reliably tell if people are trans or not unobtrusively, and you will hurt both cis women and trans women by policing their bodies.

This conservative obsession with people’s genitalia is honestly kind of gross. Mind your own fucking business.

I use Mullvad for their privacy. Not sure if they would fit your needs.

I’ve genuinely spent over an hour sending silly emoji kitchen emojis back and forth with my brother before.

Is your driving instructor Yoda?

Nope. I complain when it affects me and disadvantaged people. Regardless of the party in power.

Politicians are not your friends and should be held accountable.

The rich and privileged don’t need or deserve more stuff, so I don’t feel bad for them if they are negatively impacted (within reason)

Now he just looks like everyone’s racist great-uncle.

Maybe it’s Donald Trump then?

No, wait, that’s Cuckoo Felon.

Make America checks notes Poor Again!

It’s a YouTube channel for toddlers.