Melissa Ingle @mingle74

The amount of mental gymnastics required to invalidate the voices of 90,000 transgender Americans (4-5% of the trans population) of whom only 3% say they are unhappy with their transition would be laughable if they weren’t being performed by a man with such an enormous megaphone.

Jesse Singal @jessesingal

2 years ago

yeah this is sorta the bigger point, and an often neglected one. patients have all sorts of reasons to say they're satisfied with a procedure. that's why you need EBM principles to actually measure this stuff.

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

@theminoritygay Not even close!

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

If you’re curious about some of the X clones, or if you checked them out and didn’t like, give them a(nother) look. Both BSky and Threads have gotten much better recently. Both have gained more diverse users, and Threads figured out ppl don’t want to hear about brands.

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

@TheRealBeatnic So true, Jayne! ❤️

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

I used to drink a lot at Xmas because I thought it made things better. It actually made them so much worse. Not everyone needs sobriety, but I can personally attest I’m so much happier and healthier now. If booze just makes you miserable, please at least consider getting help.

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

@ChardonnayM @ekat2468 @ErinInTheMorn Yeah. I live in CA, when I came out the req was to file a motion to the court, get a date and pay a fee. I was strongly advised to buy 3 notarized copies of the order when granted, each for $40. The petition itself cost money and time off. If you’re poor you can’t do that.

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

@ChardonnayM @ekat2468 @ErinInTheMorn It’s states that don’t allow self-Id. CA allows it and is not approved.

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

@philmandelbaum I think the only author I really knew was Joy Buolamwini.

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

@philmandelbaum @safiyanoble @NYUpress Oh this is good. I may refer to some of these in my dissertation.

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

You’ll never guess which social media site is currently experiencing a raft of porn bots making the site difficult and annoying to navigate. That’s right: Threads. My tiny acct has gained at least 100 porn bot followers in the past week alone. Great job, Zuck!

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

@iRamona No worries!

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

Nov 2022: Musk blames transgender ppl for advertisers fleeing. techcrunch.com/2022/11/04/mus… Sept 2023: Musk blames Jewish ppl for advertisers fleeing. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/09/05… Nov 23: Musk blames advertisers for advertisers fleeing. Advises them to stay away. cnbc.com/amp/2023/11/29…

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

Musk, having challenged advertisers to a fight, lying bleeding and bruised in the school yard: And stay away!

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Melissa Ingle @mingle74

3 years ago

We are rushing headlong into an AI crisis and it’s not the ridiculous ‘rogue AGI’ theory Silicon Valley VCs claim to worry about. Instead, the robots are doing exactly what we tell them to. With terrifying precision.