Blue
@thecolourblue.bsky.social
Tech + global health in my day job. Pole dance + circus in my spare time. Brussels / DC based. Trans. Queer. Tired.
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first man to get disowned by both his physical and digital children
August 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
first man to get disowned by both his physical and digital children
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Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”
Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”
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1. A transgender woman let legislators know she intended to use the bathroom in the Florida Capitol.
A contingent of officers waited for her, and stood outside the door.
When she stepped in, she was arrested and sent to a men's jail.
The latest from S. Baum.
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A contingent of officers waited for her, and stood outside the door.
When she stepped in, she was arrested and sent to a men's jail.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Trans Woman Arrested, Sent to Men’s Jail For Entering Florida Capitol Bathroom
“I’m not a political activist,” she maintained. “I’m just a normal college student who thinks this law is wrong.”
www.erininthemorning.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
1. A transgender woman let legislators know she intended to use the bathroom in the Florida Capitol.
A contingent of officers waited for her, and stood outside the door.
When she stepped in, she was arrested and sent to a men's jail.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
A contingent of officers waited for her, and stood outside the door.
When she stepped in, she was arrested and sent to a men's jail.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
April 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
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I truly do not agree with the decision. It’s cowardice. The namesake of Whitman walker openly accepted trans people even when it was dangerous.
Fight. You’re literally an LGBTQ org.
Fight. You’re literally an LGBTQ org.
February 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I truly do not agree with the decision. It’s cowardice. The namesake of Whitman walker openly accepted trans people even when it was dangerous.
Fight. You’re literally an LGBTQ org.
Fight. You’re literally an LGBTQ org.
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What is a 'memecoin' anyway? Ryan Broderick in the Garbage Day newsletter describes it succinctly:
"Crypto firms want to monetize the very concept of a meme. Which is as insidious as it is extremely lame."
(Garbage Day newsletter and content here
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"Crypto firms want to monetize the very concept of a meme. Which is as insidious as it is extremely lame."
(Garbage Day newsletter and content here
www.garbageday.email/subscribe?re...)
Garbage Day
A newsletter about having fun online
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January 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What is a 'memecoin' anyway? Ryan Broderick in the Garbage Day newsletter describes it succinctly:
"Crypto firms want to monetize the very concept of a meme. Which is as insidious as it is extremely lame."
(Garbage Day newsletter and content here
www.garbageday.email/subscribe?re...)
"Crypto firms want to monetize the very concept of a meme. Which is as insidious as it is extremely lame."
(Garbage Day newsletter and content here
www.garbageday.email/subscribe?re...)
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Imagine for a moment that you decided to dig deep into the question “what happens when a human presses a key on a keyboard”
The full FULL complexity of that is beyond human comprehension. It’s multiple libraries of information.
Everything. Every little bit of software. It’s all like that. Infinite
The full FULL complexity of that is beyond human comprehension. It’s multiple libraries of information.
Everything. Every little bit of software. It’s all like that. Infinite
(finishing a book writing session) hey do you guys ever think about the fact that comprehending software engineering is beyond the scope of any single individual and trying to wrap your arms around it is akin to trying to hug the sun or
December 4, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Imagine for a moment that you decided to dig deep into the question “what happens when a human presses a key on a keyboard”
The full FULL complexity of that is beyond human comprehension. It’s multiple libraries of information.
Everything. Every little bit of software. It’s all like that. Infinite
The full FULL complexity of that is beyond human comprehension. It’s multiple libraries of information.
Everything. Every little bit of software. It’s all like that. Infinite
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Nancy Mace has introduced a federal bathroom ban which would ban trans people from bathrooms in DCA and Dulles airports, national park bathrooms, museum bathrooms, and all federal building bathrooms.
November 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Nancy Mace has introduced a federal bathroom ban which would ban trans people from bathrooms in DCA and Dulles airports, national park bathrooms, museum bathrooms, and all federal building bathrooms.
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1. The Republican Party's panic over Sarah McBride in a bathroom shows it was never about sports or kids.
They cannot help but to indulge in its cruelest impulses when a transgender person becomes an equal.
Now, Dems have an opportunity to flip the script.
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They cannot help but to indulge in its cruelest impulses when a transgender person becomes an equal.
Now, Dems have an opportunity to flip the script.
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Opinion: Republican Bathroom Panic Over McBride Shows It Was Never About Sports Or Kids
Republicans are in a frenzy over trans Congresswoman Sarah McBride, following a debate among Democrats about compromising on trans rights. Today’s events make clear the folly of such a decision.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:43 PM
1. The Republican Party's panic over Sarah McBride in a bathroom shows it was never about sports or kids.
They cannot help but to indulge in its cruelest impulses when a transgender person becomes an equal.
Now, Dems have an opportunity to flip the script.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
They cannot help but to indulge in its cruelest impulses when a transgender person becomes an equal.
Now, Dems have an opportunity to flip the script.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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My new article for @wearequeeraf.com this week is about Dora Richter, and the amazing discovery through an independent historian's painstaking archival research that Dora survived the Nazi raid on the Institute of Sexology, and lived a full life.
Historians thought this trans woman was murdered by the Nazis, but she escaped and lived to be 74
We've always been here, and even in the darkest times - we will survive through them. We'll always be here
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:21 PM
My new article for @wearequeeraf.com this week is about Dora Richter, and the amazing discovery through an independent historian's painstaking archival research that Dora survived the Nazi raid on the Institute of Sexology, and lived a full life.
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1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️
November 16, 2024 at 10:40 AM
1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️
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The Neo-Nazis are indeed emboldened since the election.
This is the second time in ~two weeks that Neo-Nazis have gathered around Michigan cities and it’s not surprising that they also gathered in Columbus, Ohio this weekend. Their presence in liberal, college cities and towns suggests they’re emboldened and …
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
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Group holds ‘White Lives Matter’ signs in demonstration outside Michigan Stadium
The demonstration appeared to involve less than a dozen people and unfolded Saturday afternoon near the closed gates of the Big House in Ann Arbor.
www.mlive.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:42 PM
The Neo-Nazis are indeed emboldened since the election.
Real ones remember when it was millennials destroying the economy with avocado toast.
November 18, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Real ones remember when it was millennials destroying the economy with avocado toast.
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“We kept dismissing Musk, the ne plus ultra of this trend, as a kook or a one-off. He wasn’t. He was emblematic of a bigger realignment in tech. And unless you were looking … as closely as I was, it was easy to be fooled by the hard-to-grasp and obscure labels these people attached to themselves.”
How the Media Missed the Rise of the New Tech Right
In 2022, I got a tip about Elon Musk, who even as recently as that was misunderstood—and underestimated—by the media: He had embarked on a mission to singlehandedly try to repopulate the Earth with hi...
www.theinformation.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:34 PM
“We kept dismissing Musk, the ne plus ultra of this trend, as a kook or a one-off. He wasn’t. He was emblematic of a bigger realignment in tech. And unless you were looking … as closely as I was, it was easy to be fooled by the hard-to-grasp and obscure labels these people attached to themselves.”