Emelia
@thisismissem.social
Corruptress of protocols, working on trust & safety tech, open-source contributor. You've probably used tech I've contributed to. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🇩🇪
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· Apr 24
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So a not too well known thing about me: I'm the co-author of the Client ID Metadata Documents internet draft that Bluesky / AT Proto uses for OAuth.
This document came about due to my work on Mastodon's OAuth implementation.
If you'd like to support my work: support.thisismissem.social
This document came about due to my work on Mastodon's OAuth implementation.
If you'd like to support my work: support.thisismissem.social
Listening to Zolita and related artists has me feeling like what teen me (before I knew I was trans) felt listening to Tegan & Sara and (cringe now) Katy Perry.
February 20, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Listening to Zolita and related artists has me feeling like what teen me (before I knew I was trans) felt listening to Tegan & Sara and (cringe now) Katy Perry.
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I estimate around half of the trans people I know IRL are unemployed or underemployed. Probably a solid quarter of the trans people I know do subsistence sex work.
We are in crisis, and we're being utterly failed by this country's media and political establishment. Why is this not the narrative?
We are in crisis, and we're being utterly failed by this country's media and political establishment. Why is this not the narrative?
February 20, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I estimate around half of the trans people I know IRL are unemployed or underemployed. Probably a solid quarter of the trans people I know do subsistence sex work.
We are in crisis, and we're being utterly failed by this country's media and political establishment. Why is this not the narrative?
We are in crisis, and we're being utterly failed by this country's media and political establishment. Why is this not the narrative?
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Back before the GC movement had really gotten going 1 in 3 employers surveyed were very happy to say they would deliberately discriminate against a prospective trans employee and that was back when it was clearly illegal.
www.crosslandsolicitors.com/site/hr-hub/...
www.crosslandsolicitors.com/site/hr-hub/...
Transphobia rife among UK employers as 1 in 3 won't hire a transgender person - Crossland Employment Solicitors
Our shocking new report reveals a strong prejudice among UK employers towards transgender workers with 1 in 3 employers admitting they are less likely to hire a...
www.crosslandsolicitors.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Back before the GC movement had really gotten going 1 in 3 employers surveyed were very happy to say they would deliberately discriminate against a prospective trans employee and that was back when it was clearly illegal.
www.crosslandsolicitors.com/site/hr-hub/...
www.crosslandsolicitors.com/site/hr-hub/...
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It's really striking, how zero fucks about balance are given by the British media when comes to possibly letting a single trans person discuss how shit our lives are now
Nearly a year into many trans people in the UK being forced to use disabled toilets or asked to work from home pending legal advice and stuff and I haven't seen a single "Izzy's boss told her she has to use a disabled toilet, here's how she feels about it" piece in the papers.
February 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM
It's really striking, how zero fucks about balance are given by the British media when comes to possibly letting a single trans person discuss how shit our lives are now
Penny's gotta just be like: "damn, I forgot about *her*, she's weird"
No, I'm not. I wake up and fall back to sleep half the time. Also, according to local time, I only get up in the afternoon. Timezone magic ftw, not a morning person!
February 20, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Penny's gotta just be like: "damn, I forgot about *her*, she's weird"
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every time you cut off one atproto digest, two more grow in its place
February 20, 2026 at 2:12 AM
every time you cut off one atproto digest, two more grow in its place
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"She posted pictures of her and teammate Alysa Liu with their Olympics team skate gold medals on TikTok with the caption: “They hate to see two woke bitches winning."
[GOLD for Alysa!]
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
[GOLD for Alysa!]
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
For LGBTQ Winter Olympians, visibility matters just as much as medals
There's a record-breaking number of out LGBTQ+ athletes competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics, including medal winners for Team USA.
www.usatoday.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:03 PM
"She posted pictures of her and teammate Alysa Liu with their Olympics team skate gold medals on TikTok with the caption: “They hate to see two woke bitches winning."
[GOLD for Alysa!]
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
[GOLD for Alysa!]
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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Very happy to be given free reign on the conference site so I can put in "the Ms Boba touch" (a.k.a. totally unnecessary bits of fun, a.k.a. what building for the internet is all about).
My favorite silly one is the way the "where the conference is" heading changes if you select remote tickets.
My favorite silly one is the way the "where the conference is" heading changes if you select remote tickets.
February 19, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Very happy to be given free reign on the conference site so I can put in "the Ms Boba touch" (a.k.a. totally unnecessary bits of fun, a.k.a. what building for the internet is all about).
My favorite silly one is the way the "where the conference is" heading changes if you select remote tickets.
My favorite silly one is the way the "where the conference is" heading changes if you select remote tickets.
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Sounds like a great idea!!! Signal boost!!
*web frameworks klaxon*
If you work on a web framework then there is a w3c proposed community group: the Web Frameworks Community Group, a place for framework folk to feedback to browser vendors about what they want to see!
If you want this it needs your support!
www.w3.org/community/gr...
If you work on a web framework then there is a w3c proposed community group: the Web Frameworks Community Group, a place for framework folk to feedback to browser vendors about what they want to see!
If you want this it needs your support!
www.w3.org/community/gr...
Proposed Groups
www.w3.org
February 20, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Sounds like a great idea!!! Signal boost!!
That "AT Proto Digest" thing & it's operator just will not take a hint: this is now the third or fourth account of it that I've blocked & reported for spam.
February 20, 2026 at 7:41 AM
That "AT Proto Digest" thing & it's operator just will not take a hint: this is now the third or fourth account of it that I've blocked & reported for spam.
My tits feel oddly large tonight, and I've no idea why, but I'm here for it!
Breast development is weird af.
Breast development is weird af.
February 20, 2026 at 3:11 AM
My tits feel oddly large tonight, and I've no idea why, but I'm here for it!
Breast development is weird af.
Breast development is weird af.
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Deciduous telling the story of how it built itself notactuallytreyanastasio.github.io/deciduous/st...
How I Built Myself - The Deciduous Story
The complete chronicle of how Deciduous was built. A decision graph tool that documented its own creation through 1,175 decisions over 77 days.
notactuallytreyanastasio.github.io
February 20, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Deciduous telling the story of how it built itself notactuallytreyanastasio.github.io/deciduous/st...
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World Without Exploitation is a coalition of nonprofits, including many “sex trafficking awareness” orgs that are also anti-sex work. The movement to #standwithsurvivors cannot lead to meaningful change without also supporting sex workers’ labor rights. Solidarity is everything. #decrimnow
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
World Without Exploitation is a coalition of nonprofits, including many “sex trafficking awareness” orgs that are also anti-sex work. The movement to #standwithsurvivors cannot lead to meaningful change without also supporting sex workers’ labor rights. Solidarity is everything. #decrimnow
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Full Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnX5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnX5...
2026 Computer Science Predictions
YouTube video by LaurieWired
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Full Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnX5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnX5...
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She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.
She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.
Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.
She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.
Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.
February 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM
She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.
She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.
Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.
She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.
Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.
Who needs sex though when you could edge and goon and stay denied like a good little ...
Okay, I won't finish that but you get my point
Okay, I won't finish that but you get my point
The Free Press is discovering new levels of Telling On Yourself that scientists previously thought could not exist
February 20, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Who needs sex though when you could edge and goon and stay denied like a good little ...
Okay, I won't finish that but you get my point
Okay, I won't finish that but you get my point
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Ossoff: "If you live in a major democracy, and the nation's spy chief is showing up at raids on sensitive election sites, something has gone wrong."
February 19, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Ossoff: "If you live in a major democracy, and the nation's spy chief is showing up at raids on sensitive election sites, something has gone wrong."
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Almost! You don't need the tags. We should do a call so I can help you speed run this 🏎️
github.com/CondeNast/at...
Especially this path github.com/CondeNast/at... and www.inkandswitch.com/peritext/ (with the important addition, martinkl.notion.site/Block-elemen...) is maybe the required reading? 😅
github.com/CondeNast/at...
Especially this path github.com/CondeNast/at... and www.inkandswitch.com/peritext/ (with the important addition, martinkl.notion.site/Block-elemen...) is maybe the required reading? 😅
February 20, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Almost! You don't need the tags. We should do a call so I can help you speed run this 🏎️
github.com/CondeNast/at...
Especially this path github.com/CondeNast/at... and www.inkandswitch.com/peritext/ (with the important addition, martinkl.notion.site/Block-elemen...) is maybe the required reading? 😅
github.com/CondeNast/at...
Especially this path github.com/CondeNast/at... and www.inkandswitch.com/peritext/ (with the important addition, martinkl.notion.site/Block-elemen...) is maybe the required reading? 😅
Shit, I really want to attend AtmosphereConf, but damn, it's so so hard to want to spend €1400 on it, especially after my last conference travel attempt to FOSDEM which lost me like €600 because my body happened to collapse on me the week-of
I wish there was a way I could attend without that stress
I wish there was a way I could attend without that stress
February 19, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Shit, I really want to attend AtmosphereConf, but damn, it's so so hard to want to spend €1400 on it, especially after my last conference travel attempt to FOSDEM which lost me like €600 because my body happened to collapse on me the week-of
I wish there was a way I could attend without that stress
I wish there was a way I could attend without that stress
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Also shout out the fake ticket, which was very much a (angel/devil on my shoulders) "come on, you don't have time for this"/"yes, but when has that ever stopped you?".
I kept myself from trying to make it look like that same ticket itself "snags" on the header, so be proud of my restraint.
I kept myself from trying to make it look like that same ticket itself "snags" on the header, so be proud of my restraint.
February 19, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Also shout out the fake ticket, which was very much a (angel/devil on my shoulders) "come on, you don't have time for this"/"yes, but when has that ever stopped you?".
I kept myself from trying to make it look like that same ticket itself "snags" on the header, so be proud of my restraint.
I kept myself from trying to make it look like that same ticket itself "snags" on the header, so be proud of my restraint.
Finished writing something pretty significant for work, and I'm really pleased with it. Like, sometimes when I write down ideas I'm like "eeeh, I don't know if this communicates well enough" and spend ages um-ing and ah-ing about it.
February 19, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Finished writing something pretty significant for work, and I'm really pleased with it. Like, sometimes when I write down ideas I'm like "eeeh, I don't know if this communicates well enough" and spend ages um-ing and ah-ing about it.
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oh ok, glad that's settled
February 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
oh ok, glad that's settled
@matthieu.bsky.team this might be of interest: github.com/forwardemail...
GitHub - forwardemail/tangerine: Node.js DNS over HTTPS - Tangerine is the best drop-in replacement for dns.promises.Resolver using DNS over HTTPS ("DoH") via undici with built-in retries, timeouts, s...
Node.js DNS over HTTPS - :tangerine: Tangerine is the best drop-in replacement for dns.promises.Resolver using DNS over HTTPS ("DoH") via undici with built-in retries, timeouts, smart ser...
github.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
@matthieu.bsky.team this might be of interest: github.com/forwardemail...
Ooooh, new SQLite like database just dropped: stoolap.io/blog/2026/02...
Introducing @stoolap/node: A Native Node.js Driver That’s Surprisingly Fast
I’ve been working on Stoolap for a while now, an embedded SQL database written in pure Rust. It started as a Go project, grew into something much bigger, and recently hit a point where I thought: okay...
stoolap.io
February 19, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Ooooh, new SQLite like database just dropped: stoolap.io/blog/2026/02...
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“We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility.” presswatchers.org/2026/02/the-...
The inhumane treatment of immigration detainees requires more coverage | Press Watch
The glimpses we’ve gotten justify a lot more reporting
presswatchers.org
February 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
“We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility.” presswatchers.org/2026/02/the-...
