"An (obviously) AI-assisted report ... tells us FOR SURE that field is being computed on send, but not checked on arrival which is a security risk!!!! ... [But] it is all an elaborate fiction built upon two words 'pfcksum' and 'PF_MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH'." #infosec #genai #llm

This is the Black woman who, in 1993, wrote the novel "The Parable of the Sower", set in a US Christian nationalist theocracy that developed after the 2024 election of a president who campaigned under the (Reagan) slogan "Make America Great Again": archive.is/RClfd #auspol

i'd like to suggest that Australia should also be moving away from software and companies which encourage or promote vendor lock-in, which ends up reducing competition and costing the Australian public. Particularly corporations under the jurisdiction of the US government. #auspol

#sexwork #sexworkiswork

Yep. We're taught our boundaries are somehow 'objectively wrong', and that others know what our boundaries 'should' be - and then we end up traumatised (cf. e.g. "Sensory Trauma" by Fulton et al), and blamed for poor interoception and "not listening to our bodies". #actuallyautistic #actuallyadhd

#reproductiverights #bodilyautonomy

The word 'clitoris' is obviously particularly problematic because it's about a body part that provides pleasure and isn't needed for sexual reproduction, which might lead to questions about whether afab people are actually human and not just incubators. #censorship #sexpositive #sexpositivity

*George Lakoff enters the chat* And here we again see the importance of frames.

I’ll help 🖤

"If you respect a woman's ability to choose for herself re. abortion, regardless of economic / social / cultural pressures, why don't you respect a woman's ability to choose for herself re. sex work?" -- flexibeast.space/thoughts.htm... #sexwork #sexworkiswork #auspol

"[M]eans determine ends—the use of horrifying means guarantees horrifying ends ... [U]rban guerillaism almost always leads to repression and little else—which makes it very difficult to engage in constructive political work such as organizing and education". #anarchism

#cnm #ra #bdsm #kink #nonmonogamy #relationships #anarchism

👍 Related, old blog post of mine:

Still very proud of the kink contract my former property and i created together. Spot the nod to Asimov. 🙂 #kink #bdsm #actuallyautistic

I would like to add "held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation" and "hastily deported along with his son" to the ever growing list of reasons why WE SHOULD NOT HAVE #ICM2026 IN THE USA Local organisers' "mitigating the risk" claim: hollow AMS + IMU declarations: cynical

Rex Heuermann-Gilgo Beach Killer-is pleading guilty to the murder of 7 women 15 yrs after the 1st body was found. He likely killed more. He was allowed to go on killing bec violence against sex workers is seen as their fault. I wrote abt it in @teenvogue.com in 2023 www.teenvogue.com/story/gilgo-...

"[A woman at a meeting] asserted that former sex workers should not be involved in support of current sex workers because the former are ‘broken’ and have Stockholm Syndrome. In other words: women's voices can't be trusted and shouldn't be listened to. And all this was somehow ‘feminist’." #sexwork

Anti-trafficking organizations love to frame themselves as progress. New language. New branding. New slogans about care, rescue, and restoration But when you follow the money - and the people harmed - the pattern remains stubbornly familiar. Arrest first, services later, accountability never.

Real "some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make" vibes. #sexwork #sexworkiswork #misogyny #violence

#wapol #auspol #sexwork #sexworkiswork

The 'end-demand' / 'Nordic' / 'Swedish' model is a great example of policy based on 'truthiness' - superficially it might sound reasonable, but evidence shows how problematic it is. Cf. decriminalizesex.work/why-decrimin... #sexwork #sexworkiswork [ h/t @dz-yenn.bsky.social ]

“Cognitive surrender” leads AI users to #abandon #logical #thinking, research finds Experiments show large majorities uncritically accepting “faulty” AI answers. arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/r...

#trans #transgender #suicide #mentalhealth #lgbtqi #lgbt

"[T]he rules set by payment intermediaries structure the industry in a way that prioritizes the interests of platforms over performers. These dynamics reinforce the already unequal labour relationship between platforms and performers". #sexwork #sexworkiswork #research

"Ultimately, BDSM communities offer members opportunities for personal growth, resistance against societal norms, and meaningful social engagement beyond kink-related activities." [ Full article paywalled. ] #bdsm #kink #sexuality #research

#sexwork #disability

#kink #bdsm

If, in 2026, you're unaware of words like 'crewed' or 'staffed' to use in place of 'manned', please return to 1955 as soon as possible.

#trans #transgender #lgbtqi #lgbt

This is a social media app, and I am indeed social on here. But just because I talk to you does not mean I want to see a picture of your penis, or go on a date with you. Thank you for your attention to this matter

#infosec #llm #genai #ai

"Red Flag Alert - Anti-Trans Genocide in the USA - #3", from the Lemkin Institute of Genocide Prevention: www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-ale... #trans #transgender #tgd #tdov #lgbtqi #lgbt

#trans #transgender #tgd #tdov #lgbtqi #lgbt #auspol

#kink #bdsm #polyam #polyamory #consensualnonmonogamy #cnm #relationshipanarchy #ra #relationships

"[W]e show that smoke signalling and telegraphy used empirical mathematics of symmetries, frequency coding, and understanding of fluid dynamics." [ abstract + link to PDF, 33pp ] #firstnations #indigenous #australia #maths #math

#trans #transgender #tgd #tdov #lgbtqi #lgbt #auspol

"A three-month specialist-to-specialist referral period does not reflect the long wait times that commonly exist, nor the slow-moving nature of complex care." #auspol #vicpol #mentalhealth #healthcare

I'm not a pedant. I won't (outwardly) judge or belittle you for these mistakes. But as someone who enjoys the art of precise communication, I notice these mistakes every time. I also notice: - "discrete" when you mean "discreet" - "dominate" when you mean "dominant" - "female" when you mean "woman"

I completely agree. My point was that if we are all fighting for the same thing then we shouldn't argue over tactics, we should use all the tools available to us for a common goal. If you throw marginalised folk under the bus then we're not actually fighting for the same thing.

So, they make a specialized unit to detect victims of human trafficking, and… they go and begin impersonating legitimate sex workers. … Is it just me or this completely breaks down the "johns are the guilty party" rhetoric, even assuming it actually was correct..?

Today, as I watch generative AI ruin my life and those of my students, I would just like every AI wonk who has never thought about the consequences of anything but their bank account to injure themselves slightly in some odd way, then get absolutely fucked advice from the chatbot they ask for help.

#MutualAid #SWMutualAid #Donations

Don’t mind me, I’m just shaving my urethra, making my urethra nice and smooth (and stubbly). Y’all understand how wrong that is, right? So why are folks saying shave their vagina? Do what you want with your pubes, but if you’re shaving your vagina, no you aren’t.

#auspol #media #journalism

Normally in my (kinky) social circles, people joke about use of the initialism 'CBT' since usually it's pretty obvious from context which expansion is meant. But when someone on Fet, discussing health issues, says "I do a lot of CBT" .... 🙂 #kink #bdsm

My job involves providing sexual services in exchange for payment. That doesn’t necessarily mean money. If, for example, I were to receive the equivalent of my fee from a tradesman, carpenter, gardener, baker or (organic) farmer, I would have absolutely no problem with bartering. 🤷🏻 #madame #sw101

Radfems be like: Wear makeup? You’re a brainwashed puppet of centuries of misogyny, and every lipstick tube you’ve ever bought directly funds the patriarchy. Enjoy heterosexual sex? Haha, no, you don’t, that’s just conditioning, and also you’ve personally erased 400 years of feminist progress.