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7 votes
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Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda, id Software, Arkane Studios, and more
44 votes -
Arsenal sign goalkeeper Alex Rúnarsson from Dijon on four-year deal – Iceland international expected to deputise for first-choice goalkeeper Bernd Leno
6 votes -
On the use of a life
14 votes -
Can we please have a highlight showing where a topic's title has been edited in the topic log?
It could look like Wikipedia, where green shows what was added in the bottom section and red shows what was removed in the top section. Maybe orange and blue for coloblind people. Useful for typos...
It could look like Wikipedia, where green shows what was added in the bottom section and red shows what was removed in the top section. Maybe orange and blue for coloblind people. Useful for typos or small title tweaks, not so much bigger changes
I can never tell how it is currently without reading through the titles at least twice if it's a typo.
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What's something you have always wanted to know about being LGBT (but were maybe afraid to ask)?
Introduction Gender and sexuality are complex, personal topics, and asking questions about them can often feel invasive or even offensive. Discussions about them can be tough to navigate,...
Introduction
Gender and sexuality are complex, personal topics, and asking questions about them can often feel invasive or even offensive. Discussions about them can be tough to navigate, especially online, where people's guards are often up and hostility and harassment are common.
In order to help clear the air and provide a safe space for honest and genuine dialogue, we have assembled a cross-section of Tildes' LGBT community to whom you can ask questions. These volunteers have agreed to open up about their experiences, identities, and knowledge.
In this thread, you will be able to ask our panelists questions regarding anything you've ever wanted to know about being LGBT. Our goal is to provide you with meaningful answers, not judge you for your questions! For the purposes of this thread, LGBT refers to the umbrella term under which all minority gender and sexual identities fall.
Guidelines for Participation
Asking Questions
- Questions will be afforded the principle of charity. Ask any questions you've ever wanted to know, especially those you might feel are "not okay" to ask elsewhere.
- Feel free to ask informational questions (e.g. "What does 'pansexual' mean?"), experiential questions (e.g. "Are you out to your family? If so, how did they respond to you coming out?"), and opinion questions (e.g. "What are your thoughts on the various LGBT acronyms?").
- You can ask questions to the whole panel or to specific members. If asking specific members, please ping them using an
@username
mention in your comment. - Follow-up questions are allowed and encouraged.
- Not all questions have to be serious! It's totally okay to ask fun, non-serious stuff too.
Giving Answers
- Panelists have the right to pass on any question they do not want to answer. While they might give a reason for passing, they are not required to do so.
- Similarly, not all questions will receive answers from all panelists. We have a large group and don't want to overwhelm everyone with 10+ responses to every question.
- Each panelist is speaking from their own experience and perspective, so you might find conflicting information in responses to a question, and that's okay! We're a diverse group of different people, not a unified monoculture!
Additional Notes
- The panel's make-up is based entirely on who volunteered and is not meant to be representative of all identities under the LGBT umbrella.
- Similarly, any one panelist's voice should not be taken as representative of the opinion of all those who share their identity.
- Please remember that these panelists are choosing to share intimate and often difficult personal information. Please respect their disclosure in your responses -- they are putting themselves out there for you!
- If you do not wish to see or participate in this thread for whatever reason, use Tildes' ignore topic feature to hide it from your feed.
Panelists
Here are the users who will be answering your questions:
@Algernon_Asimov
@CALICO
@Cleb
@emdash
@Gaywallet
@kfwyre
@patience_limited
@reifyresonance
@ShilohMizook
@Silbern
@tindall
@WhomYou can get more information on each in their bios below:
Full Panelist Bios
Name Identity Preferred Pronouns Bio @Algernon_Asimov Gay man I'm "Algernon". I'm a middle-aged gay man living in Australia. I came of age during the 1980s, when "gay" meant "Got AIDS Yet?". @CALICO Pan & Poly, Male-shaped, Agender, Non-transitioning Trans None/No-preference Late-20's, military brat, former military, current gov't contractor. Historically lived all over the US; in the past 18-months I've lived in three states and two non-US countries—currently Afghanistan. Out where it matters, closeted where it doesn't. Unmarried—probably forever—in a LT/LDR currently with just one person. Shameless hippie, hobbyist, & aspiring author. @Cleb Genderfluid (Agender & Femme, also fine with just Non-Binary) They/Them, She/Her Early 20s, American, white, closeted in real life. Grew up in very conservative & religious area, still live here. Can talk about growing up like that, my struggle with fluidity/internalized transphobia/gender as a whole, things relating to trans culture on the internet, and any of the other standard fare trans and gender-nonconforming person questions. @emdash. If you wanted to find my real name and social media profiles, you probably could, but keep it to yourself and don't be a dick, okay? Gay cis-male He/him Early 20s (wow there's a theme emerging) guy living in New Zealand. Software engineering degree, but I hate the industry, so working on my own business and studying to be a pilot instead (aka the backup plan). I also fly a paraglider for fun. I've always lived in New Zealand, but would love to live overseas. Have the Tinder/Taimi profile tuned to a fine fucking art (IMHO). Out to friends, family aren't informed since I'm not particularly close to them anyway. @Gaywallet pan, poly, enby (nonbinary) they/them Early 30s, lived in California my whole life. Currently have 5 partners and feeling quite polysaturated. Big into raving, psychedelics, and general hippy stuff but with a queer focus. Out to friends and family, but not fully flying my flag at work (work in progress to happen this year). @kfwyre gay cis male he/him/they/them Teacher. Happily married. Living in the US, and grew up in a very conservative Christian area. Came out in my 20s and dealt with severe depression and fallout with family. @patience_limited Queer; intersex non-binary they/them/she/her Mainly in the sidebar. US, 50's, raised near a university town, married. White(ish). @reifyresonance transfemme, queer, poly she/they 19, living in the southern US. Studied in China for a year and did a field research project on marginalized queer identities in Shanghai nightlife (talked to people in gay bars), so if anyone wants to hear my (white, American) thoughts on that, I'm game :). I also got to help start an LGBT organization at my school there! Spent the last six months or so doing computer programming, and was part of the workplace LGBT affinity group. (Also, general transgender questions.) @ShilohMizook (Shiloh) Bisexual, lean mostly towards guys. Cis male. He, Him. 17, I go to a Catholic school in Florida, but the people there are pretty accepting, so I'm out to everyone. My parents try to avoid the subject. I've never actually met another non-straight guy in real life, which has kind of frustrated me, but it's okay. @Silbern Gay male He/him I'm an early 20's white guy with Asperger's Syndrome studying Computer Science. I come from a military family, so I've traveled a lot and lived in many places that were across the spectrum in gay friendliness. I currently live in Hawaii, which might be relevant both for my answers as well as possible time zone limitations. @tindall bisexual transgender female she/her Software engineer just getting out of college and into my first long-term full-time gig, at a company making cancer screening software. Grew up all over the place (East Coast, then Texas, then California) and I'm now in the Midwest. I care a lot about making the world a gentler and more supportive place for everyone, and I try to apply my skills to do that. @Whom (...and Scarlett) Trans lesbian She Early 20s, raised in the rural US (Wisconsin) studying English Education. Oh, and white. That's the important bits for context. I'm very familiar with current youth trans culture on the internet (which is so pervasive within the community that it's necessary for understanding what it's like being young and trans), so I'm well-equipped to answer questions relating to that or, of course, the trans experience as I see it. I might also be a decent resource to ask about how mental illness (particularly depression, severe anxiety, and light dissociation) fits into the whole picture.
The door is open. Ask away!
80 votes -
Freedom Fighters to be re-released on GOG, Steam and Epic Games Store
7 votes -
The battle over dyslexia: It was once a widely accepted way of explaining why some children struggled to read and write. But some experts have begun to question the existence of dyslexia itself.
19 votes -
The NASA team that kills spacecraft
6 votes -
The supply of disinformation will soon be infinite: Disinformation campaigns used to require a lot of human effort to be effective, but now artificial intelligence could take them to a whole new level
9 votes -
Fake authenticity
10 votes -
What did you do this weekend?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
13 votes -
Here are the browsers iOS 14 now lets you set as default
13 votes -
Nikola: How to parlay an ocean of lies into a partnership with the largest auto OEM in America
14 votes -
The human genome is full of viruses
8 votes -
How law enforcement taught me to dehumanize
3 votes -
Everything we know so far about the mysterious and confusing deal between TikTok, Oracle, and Walmart
4 votes -
Aeronexus & MASKED - Cosmic Calamity (2020)
3 votes -
Joseph Goldberger’s filth parties: A crusading doctor’s stomach-churning efforts to beat back pellagra in the American South
9 votes -
What is something you hated as a youngster but now like as an adult?
With age, I found that many things that seemed boring and pointless became interesting and purposeful. Did that happen with you? What is something you used to hate, but now enjoy as an adult?
17 votes -
What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
11 votes -
Eight ways to know that it’s time to hire a new QA tester
3 votes -
At this point, 5G is a bad joke
16 votes -
Starlink starts to deliver on its satellite internet promise
8 votes -
Thomas Frank on the podcast "Useful Idiots"
3 votes -
What sort of software do you want to see?
Devs make things they feel like making, or things they think the world needs. What kind of an app (web, desktop, or mobile) would you want to see? What is something you wanted or needed for a long...
Devs make things they feel like making, or things they think the world needs.
What kind of an app (web, desktop, or mobile) would you want to see? What is something you wanted or needed for a long time that simply isn't there, or there but so bad with X that you can't use it?
Alternatively, what is a common problem that could be solved with software but hasn't been yet, or at least not effectively?
Leaving this vague on purpose, to let Tilderinos express themselves.
28 votes -
Rameses B & Veela - One Day (2020)
5 votes -
Which podcast is your go-to recommendation to others?
I listen to quite a few, from ones related to my industry to ones related to my hobbies, to some just related to history or storytelling. Most of my choices have been at the recommendation of...
I listen to quite a few, from ones related to my industry to ones related to my hobbies, to some just related to history or storytelling. Most of my choices have been at the recommendation of others, so I'm looking to add some to this week's lineup.
Queued up for my upcoming week:
- Citations Needed
- Darknet Diaries
- Reply All
- Rev Left Radio
If you don't know of a good recommendation, what podcasts do you have queued up for this week?
19 votes -
Putting different software on a Smart Speaker
Does anyone know about flashing a Google mini or amazon alexa or similar device with some other firmware to make it run funky custom stuff and not phone home or is that kinda just impossible? I...
Does anyone know about flashing a Google mini or amazon alexa or similar device with some other firmware to make it run funky custom stuff and not phone home or is that kinda just impossible?
I tried searching for this on the general Internet but there was too much clutter from the manufacturers to find anything.
4 votes -
Parents who work in childcare are trapped in an unsustainable system
8 votes -
Which is arguably the best phone for ROMs?
This post is born from another discussion we have currently on tildes about the benefits of LineageOS. Please, check it out if you wanna discuss about the benefits of the custom ROM scene. Here,...
This post is born from another discussion we have currently on tildes about the benefits of LineageOS. Please, check it out if you wanna discuss about the benefits of the custom ROM scene.
Here, instead, I ask primarily about hardware, not about software. Although, as always, they later intersect.My question comes from my search for a new phone, I have been rocking a Moto G5 Plus since 2018 (it was released in 2017 and I bought it second-hand) and my experience has been great overall. I knew that I could root this phone so that I did in September 2018 and from there I haven't gone back to stock ever since. Mistakes aside, the experience has been great overall and has nourish my interest in computing. But, this phone is 3 and a half years old and I definitely notice it. One, due to the wear and second the 2GB of RAM my model had (XT1680). I'm in no hurry in a change though, I think I could use it for some more years and I can say that thanks to an amazing community that still supports this phone. (Seriously, I am using Android 10 with the latest patch, unthinkable!).
Nevertheless, as a thought experiment, or as a backup plan, or useful for anyone interested in being part of custom ROMs, I would like to ask you guys which do you think are the most dev-friendly phone in the market right now?
The criteria would be:
- It has a unlockable bootloader.
- The kernel has been released and is available.
- Has a community that constantly supports it.
It doesn't have 2GB of RAM
Please, write any phone you have the idea that has a modding scene. I'm afraid that some will not be available in my country, but I want to make it as international possible so I insist, write any phone that has that criteria. And feedback for the english will also be appreciated.
10 votes -
How the QAnon conspiracy is growing in the UK and spilling over into anti-vaccine and 5G protests
13 votes -
WandaVision | Official trailer
5 votes -
British Columbia’s wines are improbably being embraced by wine snobs around the world. But legal restrictions, and regional biases, are getting in the way at home
9 votes -
Virtual book events, Monday Sept 21st - Saturday Sept 26th
3 votes -
Roku and Comcast reach agreement to carry Peacock on Roku
5 votes -
We don’t know our potential
10 votes -
The Buzz Aldrin Fallacy
20 votes -
Ammonia on route to fuel ships and planes
8 votes -
"I barely have anything left to give": For parents of kids with autism, the unique challenges presented by the isolation of the coronavirus pandemic have sometimes been overwhelming
7 votes -
In 2005, Helios flight 522 crashed into a Greek hillside. Was it because one man forgot to flip a switch?
6 votes -
Golden Dawn Arkestra - Allo Allo Boom (2019)
3 votes -
"What could possibly go wrong?": Chris Anderson, the supervisor of elections in Seminole County, Florida, on the risks of running a presidential election in a pandemic
4 votes -
The Beths - You Are a Beam of Light (2020)
4 votes -
A new browser extension developed by Mozilla will allow YouTube users to record and upload information about harmful videos recommended by the site, as well as the route they took to get there
14 votes -
Donald Trump accused of sexual assault by former model Amy Dorris
17 votes -
Top dog: An oral history of "Wishbone"
6 votes -
The spread of the "coffee rust" fungus is going to ruin your morning
7 votes -
Why is your pet the best pet?
I’m pretty sure every dog owner thinks their dog is the best most unique dog in the world, and the same is true about cat owners, snake owners, etc! So make your best case: why is your animal...
I’m pretty sure every dog owner thinks their dog is the best most unique dog in the world, and the same is true about cat owners, snake owners, etc!
So make your best case: why is your animal companion the coolest in the whole world?
13 votes -
The age of electric cars is dawning ahead of schedule
6 votes