Sex is rooted in reality, but the boundaries are socially constructed.

Similarly, Pluto is no longer a planet because "planet" is a socially constructed category. It doesn't mean that it's not rooted in tangible, factual reality, just that we culturally decide what characteristics are required to fall into the categories we created.

Ada's comment can be found here

And ya, if it's true that Ada was the one dealing with the the reports, I'm not really sure what the mod team was even doing (other than making unpopular decisions without community input)

I've seen a lot of talk about how this move changes the admins the community will be under, but very little about how this will change the randos that pass through. The mods keep saying this won't change anything, that the moderation will stay the same, etc, but the reason this community is the way it is is that there are a lot of locals that find it. When the new community shows up on l.w's local page, it will bring in a far different crowd. Their posts, comments, and up/down votes will change the community, and there's no amount of moderation that will fix that.

Mods, this is why people are mad you made this change without asking anyone. Many of us do not want an influx of .world users into this space because we know what kind of politics and biases they'll bring with them and that, even if you moderate the bigots, the normies will still likely overpower the queer voices this community is known for.

Even if you disbelieve drag's identity, they are NOT the reason transphobia exists. TRANSPHOBES are the reason transphobia exists.

Every marginalized group has some faction that is willing the throw another smaller or more marginalized group under the bus. There are gays trying to claim legitimacy by fighting trans rights, and binary trans folks are saying we'd be a lot farther if nbs didn't exist. This is just pandering to people who already hate us in the hopes that we can distract them from ourselves for a little while. It doesn't work and it hurts people who should be our allies.

You mention the kitty litter thing, but you know that was fully a lie, right? It was there in case of an active shooter situation, and the people upset about it weren't gesturing to people like drag, but to furries, most of whom (in reality) are just enjoying playing pretend. They will make up lies and people to get mad about with or without those people, so how could drag possibly be making this worse?

To be clear, the 3 seasons of the animated series "avatar: the last airbender".

There are unrelated blue people movies, live action remakes, and a sequel series ("legend of korra"), but when people recommend avatar (as they should - it's fantastic) they mean the original cartoon version.

They really know their audience with that bait and switch on the training arc. I was fully ready for them to spend all season getting into different kinds of trouble while practicing for their big race, since that's the Jump formula, but I guess we don't have time for that. I think it bodes well for how much escalation we'll get by the end, lol.

Also, I'm wondering if Granny's hairdo has a practical purpose. When I saw it I couldn't help but remember the thing about focusing your spiritual power out of the top of your head and I wonder if her hair helps her do that or if there's even something hidden in there.

This was absolutely stunning to look at and it was very easy to get invested in the characters and their relationship. The way it's shot and animated gave everything a very vibrant and wacky energy that set the tone very well.

.... However. Momo's scene with the aliens was extremely uncomfortable to watch. Ken's side of the plot where his "weenie" is stolen (or just possessed?) by the granny ghost is only better in that they didn't show that to us. I really want to like this, but it just feels too based in sexual assault of minors ?? Can someone familiar with the source material let me know if this is a show about weird sex stuff (no judgement, just not for me) or if that was a bit of a one-off that will get toned down or left behind going forward?

The point is never that we need more democrats. The point is always that we need fewer Republicans. Democrats refuse to make things better, but they typically block things from getting worse, which is a better starting point than anything the GOP would give us.

So please, organize, protest, do whatever activism you can do, but on voting day take the little bit of time and effort to block Republicans from undoing all that hard work, even if it means voting strategically for a pile of shit.

The left will always be fighting against the administration to some extent, and through voting we get to pick our enemy, and the dems are going to be an easier fight and on fewer fronts.

It's not explicitly trans (like atkion said), but it is hosted on blahaj.zone, an explicitly trans instance.

OP is implying gender transition. Do you know where you are right now?

The problem with calling these tools AI is not really an argument from definitions. The argument at its core is saying that the general public brings a lot of assumptions to something that's being called "AI", which aren't true but benefit investors.

Like, all those stories of chatgpt citing fake studies and fake case law blew people's minds. If you know what chatgpt is (a fancy predictive text algorithm) these are pretty unsurprising events, but a lot of people had heard "AI" and applied their own associations onto its perceived capabilities, which was exactly the point of calling it "AI" instead of "LLM"