CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@Aleums popeye is the perfect male sex mother

@jwildeboer i’m pretty sure the later nanos are a little worse to get open, but the 3g is a real pain. the classic should be easier so if you start with that one you’ll probably have a better time

@redravenspirit @jwildeboer the plastic faced ipods are quite easy to work on, but getting the aluminum ones open is way harder. Internally they are quite nice to repair

@jwildeboer oh yay, the two worst ones to open

> Specifically, eight female participants (out of a total of 3387) at these games were found to have the SRY gene. However, after further investigation of their genetic conditions, all these athletes were verified as female and allowed to compete.

in 1996 they tried this exact thing and only found false positives. Previously the barr body test was worse (because there’s more ways to get false positives and negatives)

this can end people’s sporting careers if there is a media circus around their gender testing process. it has done so in the past

I’ve seen the number of women with DSDs that would be ineligible as a 1:5000 rate. That is insanely common at population scales. DSDs tend to be over represented in athletics too

Trump’s executive order barred trans women from competing in women’s sport. The government has the luxury of not needing to actually implement the rules so they didn’t have to get into the sociomedical weeds on this issue. The IOC acquiesced to trump, reversing a 20 year old policy that has resulted in exactly 1 trans olympian ever, who did not medal. But instead of just saying “No trans people” they decided to simply test for SRY expression. there’s gonna be literally dozens of women who are caught up in trying to prove they are women for the first time in their life.

it’s always a bad day when the IOC announces new gender rules. fucking stupid assholes

the germans making fun of people for being hobbyless makes sense. they like their hobbies so much. you can go play unicycle hockey in a league with like 100 teams in germany and northern italy. i dont think that is true anywhere else in the world

seeing this image and feeling very over-30

@taylorlorenz I see a lot of good responses. One contextual element is who is asking, and I think there are good answers that fit more for organizations. You can build a media platform that no one can take away from you. If you share a link to your post, no one will see a login wall. If i were an org, news outlet, or something like a very socially engaged regional music collective, i think the robust control of your platform actually means something important.