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Laurie Voss @seldo.alpaca.gold.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Carry yourself with the boldness and confidence of this flower shop's marketing email trying to convince me that Halloween bouquets are a thing.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18/10/2026

This would be bad enough, but we are beyond even this now. We have entire blue states enacting anti-trans policy, and entire State Democratic Parties censoring their LGBTQ+ caucus from criticizing candidates on trans issues.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

I think I'm getting the hang of using lip stain. Out celebrating my 5th coming out in public anniversary.

A woman with long, silver hair, glasses, red lipstick, turquoise eye shadow, and a patterned blue scarf around her neck, wearing a black dress.

Cheesecake de guayaba. With blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and a flower on top.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Mollie was at the airport in Seattle and there were too few staff, plus they were being rude, and the woman next to her said: “Alguien escupo en el café de la señora allá.” She burst out laughing. Which startled the woman who clearly didn't expect anyone outside of her family to understand. So […]

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Jef Poskanzer @jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

"As smoking makes a comeback among Silicon Valley founders and engineers, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar says some AI researchers are lighting up to signal their belief that the technology will cure cancer, calling it a form of 'mass psychosis.'" […]

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

5 years ago today I went out dressed as a woman for the first time. (I had my therapist take the picture. :) I shared the event and photo on twitter and it went minorly viral (1000+ shares and lots of congrats), but the most touching reply was someone who sent me a drawing commemorating it!

A woman with long gray hair, wearing a black mask, white blouse, black skirt, and black shoes, poses for a photo. Their skirt is caught on a couch, which makes it flare out like it was an action photo.

A drawing of a woman with long, gray hair wearing a white blouse, dark skirt, and black shoes, standing against a plain gray background.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/10/2026

Rather than cover the cost of gender affirming care for trans youth under medicaid, Colorado is voluntarily enacting the republican "taper and detransition" policy for youth on medicaid and dropping coverage. WTF.

Ironically, the first known violation of that law is now coming from the state itself. On September 18th, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) informed providers that “certain Physician-Administered Drug (PAD) services for the purposes of gender-affirming care will no longer be covered benefits for members under 18 years of age.” Two weeks later, HCPF released its full policy surrounding its updated coverage, and it somehow manages to be worse than the policies enacted by Arizona and Virginia. As Transitics reported last week, the federal rule allows for a 6-month ‘tapering’ period for youth currently receiving gender-affirming care where federal funds can still be used. And although HCPF does mention that stipulation in its policy, it also introduced a strange exception:

“Effective October 13, 2026, claims payment for GnRH/LHRH agents prescribed for gender-affirming care therapy for members under the age of 18 will not be allowed… Prior authorization for testosterone, estrogen, progesterone or medroxyprogesterone therapy for members under the age of 18,” the policy reads, “who are receiving and stabilized on therapy for gender-affirming care prior to October 13, 2026, may receive approval to allow for tapering and discontinuation of therapy.”

The exclusion of puberty blockers in the tapering policy isn’t accidental. The state’s prior authorization guidance that was updated the same day mirrors the policy and once again does not allow for a tapering period for trans kids receiving puberty blockers. And like Arizona and Virginia, Colorado has provided no indication that it has notified patients and their families. In doing so, Colorado is going far beyond what even the Trump administration intended—immediately cutting many trans kids’ care and leaving them scrambling for options.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

@seldo I once went to an ice cream place (JP Licks, in Boston) that had chile mango lime ice cream. It's based on a Mexican snack which is very spicy. They mandated that anyone who bought it had a taste first.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Normally, temperature and humidity would be equally interesting. But we have some unusual cold and wet weather here in Guanajuato. It's actually not that different than it was when I left Seattle.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Traveling with Aranet CO2 meter from sea level to 6000 feet can be amusing to watch on the PSI graph.

The graph shows a psi of about 14.7 up until it gets on the plane (in cargo). Then it drops to below 11.5. It bounces around a bit, but when we arrive it settles down to around 11.6.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

@futurebird This is very true. I've seen it happen to people who marry into that wealth too. It's the wealth disparity as much the total amount. I see it here in Mexico with the gringos who move here too...although it's aided by a healthy dose of white supremacy. I think the paranoia that […]

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

TFW the guy at the baggage checkin tries to give your passport back to some random guy because he doesn't think it could be yours. I mean, I'd rather have my current look and gender on it. But I'll take the wins where I find them. Also, he agreed that changing it wasn't happening "in this […]

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

@jef My father worked at two sites in Rhode Island when he was in the army. I have a few pictures.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Third night in a row when I've had a repeating dream that keeps waking me up suddenly. All of them are in Spanish. I did not have this problem in Mexico. Fortunately, I'm going back to Mexico on Friday.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

@erininthemorning.com I had a similar chain of communication the other day. I was getting very frustrated and about to give up with the AI when it finally agreed to hand me to a person. The good news is that the first thing the person did was read my conversation with the Chatbot. At which point […]

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

It would really be nice if every interaction I had with a doctor or the government had the correct gender on it. But my wife spent far too many years studying authoritarian governments and she's very much in the "don't call attention to yourself" camp. And I do respect that expertise.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

There once was a kid with bad dreams Who in nightmares had pants split their seams But when they transitioned Their fears repositioned And now missing tops cause the screams. #trans #poetry #limericks

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

If you told me twenty five years ago that 2026 would feel like if douglas adams wrote cyberpunk i would think i’d be enjoying it more

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

@i0null @grumpybozo I'm pretty sure that's one happy expression and two sad expressions.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

There really ought to be some sort of prize for these lyrics. Every line is a gem. Elenore, gee, I think you're swell And you really do me well You're my pride and joy, et cetera Elenore, can I take the time To ask you to speak your mind? Tell me that you love me better And of course they […]

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

@futurebird It really bugs me when someone I respect technically is a big AI fan. But "programming" AI is really a form of hacking. You're trying to persuade an LLM to produce the right output. And hacking is really addictive. It's way more fun than project plans, and groups of people working […]

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

The other day I was speculating on why we use "try TO something" vs. "try AND something". Because I realized I often use the latter, but consider it incorrect. And then yesterday evening when I was writing something, I realized that actually, I use them in different contexts. I wrote "try and" […]

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Dr Pulaski hating Data for no apparent reason gets more relatable every year

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josh buermann @buermann.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@buermann/113206030… Happy #StanislavPetrov Day to all those who celebrate, live it like it's your last. I guess I could observe this year's #Ramadoom by refusing to use LLMs but you'd have to make me in the first place. Like the one where the Catholic gives […]

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/

Image: A graph with lots of red dots clustered together in a curve. The are all looking upwards at a single red dot wearing sunglasses.

Caption: Mike was an outlier and would probably be excluded from the study, but all the other data points secretly thought he was really cool.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

When ants fight they don't always fight to the death. Sometimes they see which ant has longer legs by standing as tall as they can next to each other. Sometimes two ants who enjoy boating will get into such a fight near the water. This is called "The pair of docks of taller ants"

Meat ants engaged in ritualized fighting. They do not know how to operate boats. That was just for the bit.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

@hannah So _that's_ what the Finch app has been pushing this month as its promo-adventure. I had no idea.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Is there any way to persuade #Neovimto treat the visual onscreen line as a line for operations, rather than the block of text that ends in a newline? I have j and k mapped to do that, but I'd love to do it with all of the commands. E.g. “4dd” should delete the four visual lines I see on the […]

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026

Holy shit. Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined. "I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports." This is getting out of control.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

They rule they link to is the deminimus regulation from June. www.federalregister.gov/documents/2… That goes into effect in October and it makes a passing reference to […]

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

The U.S. is cracking down on grey market meds. That takes the cost of one of our meds from <$200/month to $700/month. Ironically, this is going to hit the conservative retirement states hard.but irony is dead. From: administrator@canadapharmacyonline.com Date: Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 13:21 Subject […]

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Reading up on this and learned (1) that this was the only book ever published in this goofy ass script until someone tried to revive it in 2012 and (2) shaw didnt even invent it but instead did the much funnier thing of dying and putting in his will that whoever made up the coolest alphabet won […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

There is something about LinkIN that reminds me of Tumblr, but in the alternate universe where everyone has a goatee.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026

In an incredible move, Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada has announced a gender-affirming care clinic for trans youth, asserting tribal sovereignty and defying the region's ban. It is one of the biggest cross-movement solidarity moments in Canada. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban

“This is about more than one health service,” officials wrote. “It is about Indigenous sovereignty. It is about our responsibility to care for one another.”

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026

If these dems are allowed to win and take power, the Democratic Party WILL get worse on this issue. So much worse. Yes, not as bad as Republicans, but we will lose the ability to right the ship when Dems win, because they will work like a ratchet... rights only lost, then paused.

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Jef Poskanzer @jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

There are a bunch of science fiction stories where the bad guys scoop out your brain, scan the neurons, and upload you to the cloud so you can live forever in virtual paradise, whether you want to or not. The Stone Canal, Iron Sunrise, Jury Service, Software. We are now getting an idea of what […]

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/09/2026

Josh Turek in Iowa now takes the strongest anti-trans stance of any Democrat yet. “Josh opposes taxpayer-funded sex changes, and anyone who says otherwise is lying,” said Hannah Goss, a spokeswoman for the Turek campaign. This would include Medicaid and adult care.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

@futurebird My theory is that one rich person looking around and trying to justify how they earned their money, comes up with the idea that they're smart. And that kind of works until they start trying to apply their knowledge to areas outside their expertise. (Which nowadays doesn't take very […]

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Jef Poskanzer @jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

I turned off ACME News today. It was a web-based discussion system that I wrote back in 1997, similar to The WeLL and YAPP. It never had a whole lot of users but was nice to have around in case I ever needed it. Unfortunately, a script kiddie has recently decided to try breaking into it […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Story Concept: In a far future with the virtual and real worlds are often seamlessly blended our protagonist is excited about her new job with much better pay. She shops for new work clothes, sets up her new apartment, buys some nice food, but most of all she keeps talking to her high school […]

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

@MonaApp Something I've never figured out about Mona. I have my mastodon account configured to let me generate HTML using markdown. It works great. I write a post and mark down. It appears on the website in lovely formatted HTML. Why does Mona turn it back to plain text? I didn't even get the […]

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