Focus on Healing

She/Her. tme. Bi. 30's. Avatar by @cheriekisa. _Header is Yellow World by Suzanne Benton_ english y español. feminism = transfeminism.

[not-freyja]

Can everyone who makes video content do a Deaf bitch a favor? Watch your shit with the captions on and the sound off, and then do another round of editing to fix things including but not limited to:

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.

This post brought to you by the fifth video tutorial I could not follow because the bad, auto-generated captions covered what I was trying to watch today.

[esthermika]

this is annoying as hell yeah, but you can also move the captions, make the text and background transparent, or make it bigger., etc. youtube's caption ui settings are pretty comprehensive, but i feel like most people don't even know they exist. the only problem is I think they're pc/web only? idk i don't use youtube on my phone anymore.

[minotauri]

ocean sounds for those of you who need it

[creatingblackcharacters]

But seriously, I think if any of you want to do positive as an ally to end out this Black Girl Magic May, you should go see Is God Is if it's in your theaters. No, it's not about religion, but yes there is symbolism. As there is in many a story.

Complex Black and complex female characters? Isn't that what we all asked for? Black and female characters that are allowed to get angry, to make mistakes, to get emotional, to get dirty, to lash out and win?

I also think we should support a Black female playwright and director, Aleshea Harris. It's such a brilliantly written piece of work and I would like to support her creations. Especially because we know what happens whenever films by Black people and women "fail".

We have a chance to put our money where our mouths are- buy some candy and sneak it into the theater so you don't have to pay for treats, and support Black creation!

[murderbot-moodboard]

DeWanda Wise (the actress who plays NavBot in Murderbot S1) has been sharing info about this film on her Instagram, and it looks like a really good watch! Here's the Movie Insider page about it, which includes a trailer and other movie info without spoilers:

Is God Is Official Trailer #2 Video - Movie Insider

Is God Is Official Trailer #2 - In Is God Is, two sisters embark on an epic quest for revenge, confronting a charged family history

[fangorn-forest]

summer sufferers poll: would you rather have…

the ability to repel all bugs so they can’t touch/bite/sting you

the ability to always be at a comfortable temperature while outside

no chafing ever again

Remaining time: 5 days 11 hours

[krasnoarmeyets]

i bet it feels good as fuck to intend to do something and then actually do it

[vatio-nuked]

Donate to Justice for Cyrus Carmack-Belton, organized by Todd Rutherford

We have started this GoFundMe to help support the family of Cyrus Carmack-Belton and … Todd Rutherford needs your support for Justice for Cy

the upcoming civil case is going to be his family's next chance at legal justice, but the legal feels are going to become TREMENDOUS

[spankerella]

@ perfectunion

[worse-than-konstantin-levin]

Massachusetts Uber, Lyft drivers certify first statewide ride-hailing union amid automation fears

Drivers in Massachusetts for ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft have become the first in the nation to certify a union.

May 27th, 2026

[optical-trapping]

[wutheringheightsfilm]

every day it just concerns me how little compassion people have. no compassion for those living in the global south. no compassion for immigrants. no compassion for disabled ppl. no compassion for addicts. no compassion for prisoners. no compassion for children. like holy shit ...

[wutheringheightsfilm]

i made a separate post about this but actually there are plenty of people cough white people who care about animals more than they ever do human people . not what i'm talking about make your own post

[nourishedbytime]

[tlirsgender]

Does anybody know if you ever stop being 11 years old and lonely

[tlirsgender]

Like you can stop being 11 years old & you can stop being lonely but it seems being a lonely 11 year old might be a lifelong affliction

[ginger-in-a-fez]

Eleven by Sandra Cisneros

[depsidase]

[barkingbarghest]

Here is an article from NPR about it (May 22, 2026):

Carolina Milanesi, an independent technology analyst, said Google is trying to make its cash cow business — search — richer and more personalized, and it will make shopping easier. But there is a risk that users may have fewer choices about what to click. "Right now it's: I ask a question, I get a bunch of answers and I feel that I'm in control as to which answer I take, or if I'm looking for something, which product I'm going to end up buying. That is going to be less so going forward," she said. Milanesi envisions AI-enabled search and agents proposing products to consumers — perhaps even those they have requested — but with less clarity or choice around where it's coming from. "If you're going to say: 'I want a pair of Jordans, go find them,' you're not necessarily sure what steps have been taken and whether the AI has used a source or a store that was paid for and therefore came up in the search results," she said, "or if AI actually went and did their due diligence and picked the best for me as a customer."

And here's one from Time magazine (May 20, 2026):

While Google already has “AI Mode,” the company will now power the whole search bar through its new Gemini 3.5 Flash model.  Instead of the classic list of blue links, Google Search will now also generate a custom page with an AI-generated summary of what you’re searching about, which will then trigger a conversation with AI Mode on the main page, allowing users to ask follow-up questions—similar to the kind of layout you would see when opening ChatGPT.

And a little more from Time's article on how this may affect the websites that we are trying to search for:

When Google first started implementing AI-assisted results, news publishers warned of “catastrophic” impacts on the industry, much of which relies on Google search to drive users to their websites.  Last year, news websites saw significant traffic declines as chatbots increasingly replaced Google search as the primary way to find sites and ask questions.  Small businesses also noted drops in traffic to their sites from Google, which has traditionally delivered customers.   Lily Ray, vice president of SEO strategy & research at Amsive, a digital marketing agency, warned as early as last year that Google’s planned changes to search are “going to have a devastating impact on the Internet.”  “It will severely cut into the main source of revenue for most publishers and it will disincentivize content creators who rely on organic search traffic, which is millions of websites, maybe more,” she told Technology Magazine.  

[the-crying-bitch]

[cythraul]

This is you reminder that, even in Google's own Chrome, you can set the default search to DuckDuckGo.

[beautifulterriblequeen]

one tap to change

[waywardmillennial]

if you want to de-google your life (and imo you should as much as you can) this website is helpful for finding other options

https://alternativeto.net/

I recommend reading up on options like StartPage, Brave, & Ecosia for browsers/search engines

[bsaka7]

excerpts from erin in the morning's article on the ioc's ban on transgender women and sex testing policy

[imminentinertia]

Once again I recommend the book The Other Olympians.

[lovedripdrop]

[parkchanwoohoo]

[ghiacomo]

This pridemonth let's celebrate and uplift MAINLAND LATINE trans people just as much as the diaspora. Y'all love to talk about latinoamérica and transness here without having ever walked a kilometer in our shoes!!

Today's trans person of the day is Mariela Muñoz! The first trans woman to be given an ID matching her gender in Argentina. She was known for being an adoptive mother to 26 children and grandmother to 30.

Here are pictures of apearances of her on magazines and newspapers, as her case was very well known.

[datura-inoxia]

Mariela ❤️ ejemplo de lucha y de sacrificio. El trato que recibió de la prensa fue deshumanizante y espantoso pero ella nunca dejó de responder con altura y desde el corazón. Madraza y ejemplo.

[yourfaveisintersex]

what if I just made my profile picture a male calico cat or something. hurm

[icewingassasin]

Could I suggest a picture of Dawntreader Texas Calboy? He is a beautiful male calico cat who is a chimera. He's also somewhat controversial among some cat fancy associations since he is a male cat with female colors, and some people are strangely transphobic towards him, despite him being a cat? There was even a rule implemented to keep him from competing in a cat show. If you look up his name, he made a few news articles.

[yourfaveisintersex]

Oh my god?????

Yeah you're right about beautiful I'm squeezing him until he pops!!!!! I love this guy I think I'm going to make an edit real quickly Calboy I love you I'm so sorry people are calling you a freak??????

[yourfaveisintersex]

:)

[lagtrainzzz]

you're a genius

[cericertain]

[spectralhauntings]

#Cats are colored by sex???? Yep! Its called sex-linked traits/genes, in this case orange resides on the X chromosome as the O gene (also known as the orange locust). Dominant O (referred to by being capitalized going forwards) codes for orange/red and recessive o (referred to by being lowercase going forwards) codes for brown/black/cinnamon. Calicos are made when a cat has one X chromosome with an orange gene (O) and another X chromosome with a non-orange/black gene (o). Thus for a cat to be calico (or tortoiseshell as the difference is the amount of white which is separate) they must have at least two X chromosomes. In Calboy's case it's mentioned that he's a chimera so he has two sets of DNA, one is orange and one is black, so it's likely he had a sibling that he absorbed/fused with in the womb and can't pass down both orange and black genes at the same time like a standard calico could (assuming he's fertile at all idk). But another way to get a male calico would be a male cat being born with an extra X chromosome and having XXY also known as Klinefelter syndrome. This is also why female orange cats are "rare", most male orange cats only have to carry one copy of the orange gene due to usually being XY while most female orange cats have to carry two orange genes due to usually being XX (or else they'd become a calico instead of pure orange). Aka oranges cats must have all their X chromosomes containing dominant O genes while calicos must have one X chromosome with a dominant O gene and another with a recessive o gene. A calico is thus usually Oo (XX) and an orange cat is usually either O (XY) or OO (XX).

[curseworm]

the secret cheat code for women is realizing you dont have to date men

[curseworm]

this doesnt just go for lesbians it goes for bi women and straight women too. i cant even count how many times straight women have told me “i wish i was a lesbian so i didnt have to date men” but guess what … u Dont have to date men 

[curseworm]

to be clear this also isnt necessarily saying ‘go date women instead!!’ its just saying…. u dont have to date men. u dont have to be dating women in order to not date men! in fact if ur not attracted to women at all please dont date women just as a substitute for men. but if dating men isnt making u happy… u dont have to do that. u dont have to make a space in ur life for men

[curseworm]

im singlehandedly destroying every mans mental health by telling women its ok to not date them

[fadingsirenpuppet]

Insane take omg… why is it our fault that they’re sad no one wants to fuck them. I’m so happy to live in a time where women can be free of emotional labor and abuse, but it’s also so sad to live in a time where they let men post on social media. We really should do something about that it’s hurting my mental health