A Part of Bee
mastodon 4.7.2Geeky, politically lefty, queer, sometimes occultist, roleplayer, unix sysadmin type woman.
Alleged cat girl and occasional werewolf.
(Account is only locked to filter bots and miscreants - feel free to send a follow request)
"investigation into how Meta Platforms built a multi-channel influence operation to pass age verification laws that shift regulatory burden from social media platforms onto Apple and Google's app stores." A tale of lobbying, astroterfing, and millions of dollars.
https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings
HOW TO FIND A CAREER THAT LOVES YOU BACK — An Award-Winning Trans-Made Short Film
Broadly as part of the situation with Living East posting about body mod stuff on /r/mtf it came out that one of the mods there (ranshin-da-anarchist) has a past conviction for "Sexual Exploitation of Minors".
The head mod Cedarwolf knew and was suggesting ranshin should make a new account to hide.
In the aftermath Reduxx got ahold of the information and was signal boosted by Musk.
Happy International Women's Day to all women and cis women
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eWsk6r6_Ns Andrew Rakich of Atun-Shei Films seems to be making an indie vampire film sort of investigating / hunting vampires in New Orleans?
Anyway made me want to ask @anthracite@dragon.style and anyone else familiar with the area for an opinion about if this looks cheesy/cool as fuck for the vibe of the place as it seems.