Rainbow Wool from gay sheep
Did you know that about 1 in 12 sheep is gay? And we are not just talking about rams. According to scientists, same-sex behaviour has been documented in over 1500 species. You see, queerness is quite prevalent on planet Earth. But sadly, there are still many people that have a problem with it. The shocking truth is: 62 countries still criminalize same-sex relationships – that’s right, it’s illegal to be gay in one third of the world! And even where it is not illegal, cases of queer hostility are increasing – including in Germany. This is why we are getting the help from a gay flock of rams in a small town in Germany: We are using their wool to create fashion products that support projects for the queer community.
Hiya everyone! I am running into a fun issue with BundID no longer functioning correctly for me due to the Dutch government having shared unwanted information regarding my transition.
I am looking for a lawyer from whom I might be able to get some advice / who might be willing to represent me in a case against the German federal government or the Dutch government.
Do any of you know a lawyer or legal expert who'd be willing to help or give their two cents on this?
extremely angry rant about puritans
Bose recently did an unambiguously good thing, by publishing the API for the audio hardware they were originally going to brick: https://www.theverge.com/news/858501/bose-soundtouch-smart-speakers-open-source
However, I've seen some people say "don't praise Bose for this, they didn't do this until there was backlash".
SHUT UP. Shut the FUCK UP. I'm DONE living in a society where you get dragged through hell if you make a mistake, EVEN AFTER YOU CORRECT THE MISTAKE. I'm so fucking tired of hearing stupid excuses for this kind of puritanism like "they should've known better" NOBODY KNOWS BETTER UNTIL *AFTER THEY MAKE THE MISTAKE*. THAT'S HOW LEARNING *WORKS*.
And before you say "Companies aren't your friend" PUNISHING THEM FOR FIXING THEIR MISTAKES WON'T MAKE THEM DO THE RIGHT THING EITHER. If other people, or companies, see someone get punished for both messing up AND fixing the mistake, they just won't bother at all!
People HAVE to be allowed to make mistakes. They HAVE to be given a chance to improve.
Study finds women use gen AI less than men not due to gaps in skill, but bc they view it as harmful to mental health, employment, privacy & the environment. This is not misplaced: AI has significant energy demands and risks of bias and misinformation.
https://www.unite.ai/research-finds-women-use-generative-ai-less-due-to-moral-concerns/
In einem immer rechter werdenden Deutschland ein zentrales Register von trans und nicht-binären Personen anlegen?
Das will unsere Regierung. 😱
Wenn dir das auch unheimlich vorkommt:
Es fehlen noch 4̶0̶0̶0̶ 3000 Stimmen für die Bundestagspetition dagegen:
https://epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_2025/_07/_14/Petition_183950.$$$.a.u.html
Du zählst, und wenn du andere auch noch überzeugst und informierst, auch offline und außerhalb des Fediversums, noch viel mehr!
Danke dir!
Edit: Zahl fehlender Stimmen upgedatet. Ihr seid super!
Die zentrale Forderung aus dem Umfeld des #CCC bleibt unverändert: eine unabhängige und belastbare Bewertung der Sicherheitsrisiken, transparente Kommunikation gegenüber den Betroffenen und ein offener Entwicklungsprozess über den gesamten Lebenszyklus der #ePA.
https://www.heise.de/news/39C3-Weiterhin-ePA-Experimente-am-lebenden-Buerger-11125835.html?wt_mc=nl.red.ho.ho-nl-newsticker.2025-12-30.link.link
#Datenschutz #Digitalisierung #eHealth
In den Niederlanden wird unkontrolliertes individuelles Böllern 2026 verboten. Diesen Weg sollte Deutschland auch gehen.
https://taz.de/!6141558
Rule of thumb, whenever you are about to type in that people should "just" do something, step away from the keyboard and read up on the situation. If it were a "just" thing it would've happened by now. I know I'm a broken record on this subject, but you can really improve your thinking by just (lol) treating "just" as a signal word you are likely not seeing the whole picture.
Just found this on Reddit. This is the info we currently need at #39c3, I guess.
Ignore AI upscaled YouTube videos with yt-dlp: https://alexwlchan.net/til/2025/ignore-ai-scaled-videos/?ref=mastodon
YouTube have started upscaling videos using AI. If you don’t want to download those versions, you can skip them by passing a --format option to yt-dlp.
Memes zum Frühstück?? Und das an Weihnachten???
taz zahl ich macht's möglich, und ihr macht taz zahl ich möglich – a christmas miracle!
Just so we’re clear, this isn’t an apology, there is no accountability, he will not acknowledge the fact he only questioned me because I am a Black woman, and the fact that he questions whether *I* would do something in good faith while he sat here and questioned my personal experience in blatant bad faith is insane. And his echo chamber is echoing. This is continued disrespect.
This delusional behavior is why no one likes mastodon.
Innerhalb weniger Tage kündigen Sparkasse Göttingen und GLS-Bank alle Konten der Rote Hilfe e.V. Der Grund: US-Druck über SWIFT. Auch DKP, ABC und weitere linke Organisationen sind betroffen. Das ist kein Einzelfall. Das ist politisch. Jetzt ist Solidarität gefragt. https://rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/kontokuendigung-wegen-antifa-banken-vollstrecken-us-politik-deutschland
oh they're actually doing research on the link between climate change and migraines and they're finding it does increase migraines
which is what i've suspected for a long time. so i guess that's great. i can now confidently say that climate change has made my migraines much worse to the point of disability. how cool
I’m going to get real specific, and with good reason.
Remember when @ai6yr and his randofollowing of assholes called me a liar, and chose to believe a right wing/leaning snopes rather than believe a Black woman who saw the tow truck alliance happening first hand? Then they harassed me, calling me a fake for about two weeks?
So here’s the follow up. Turns out the first tow truck company owner beat all federal charges yesterday.
Will I get an apology? Probably not.
(he/him)
Leute, mal ernsthaft, wo bleiben die Allys? Unterschreibt das Ding, pusht es unter euren Freunden und Familien!
Die Weitergabe des ursprünglichen Vornamens bei einer Namensänderung an die Behörden mag harmlos und auf den ersten Blick vielleicht sinnvoll für die Strafverfolgung klingen.
Aber wenn Dobrindt damit durchkommt, dann schenken wir einer zukünftigen faschistischen Regierung eine Liste aller Transpersonen! Soweit darf es nicht kommen ❤️
https://epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_2025/_07/_14/Petition_183950.$$$.a.u.html