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Hi,
You're probably here because I liked one of your posts.
This isn't actually my main blog. It is my first blog. Because I didn't know how tumblr worked I made a themed blog first and I'm too far gone to switch it all around.
This one is for science and STEM related subjects and since I'm not in uni anymore, I barely post here. For all of my usual stuff, come follow me on @pipotato. Follow me at @cutedex for pokemon stuff and @hairthingies for trans and gender stuff.
My love life in a chemical reaction :(
Please Help Save the Gender Wiki
Hello, Tumblr. I've never posted here, only lurked. But this is one of the most important things in the world to me, and I honestly need to ask you for help. Please reblog if you can.
This will be a long post. It will be summarized with a TLDR at the end, including ways that you can help.
With over 9,200 pages, we are the biggest collection of gender identities on the Internet, especially the biggest source that is readily available. We are a community that has existed since 2009, and has taken off in terms of growth in the last few years.
Today, Fandom decided to close the Gender Wiki. We were given absolutely no warning, and they've only given us a two-week deadline to move the entire wiki to a new host, which we are utterly unprepared to do. The download would also not include any of the 17,000+ images on the Gender Wiki, many of which do not exist anywhere else on the Internet.
Here is a link to the post Fandom staff gave us today, and a paraphrased summary of it below:
https://gender.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000132176
Fandom staff says that they won't continue to host our wiki because it "spreads harmful misinformation". They believe we have gone too far in "positioning everything as a gender identity", referring to xenogenders. They mention pages with xenogenders referring to suicide/self-harm and violence --- which we, the staff members, were /already/ in the process of deleting before this notice was given to us. They decided that the best solution was not to ask us to delete those pages, or even delete the pages themselves, but instead to remove our entire database.
There are many other wikis on Fandom with much worse references to violence than the Gender Wiki, which Fandom appears to have no problem with whatsoever.
I cannot express enough that this is erasure, and it will absolutely negatively affect the LGBTQ+ community to not have this treasure trove of information readily available.
I am an admin on the Gender Wiki, and I can assure you that our entire staff team is already trying to appeal to Fandom staff. I'll add any updates if they decide to respond to us, but they have no yet given staff any more information than the above
PLEASE help in any way you can. Reblog, spread awareness, or sign this petition if you have a Fandom account. Archive any Gender Wiki pages, especially ones that don't have pages elsewhere, with the Wayback Machine or alternatively archive.is, or even write posts about them here or on other sites. Please help us save this information. It can't possibly be done this quickly without help.
TLDR: Fandom staff decided that, in two weeks, they will close the Gender Wiki, the biggest gender resource on the Internet. They gave us no warning. It will be impossible to save all of the information on the wiki. Please reblog or sign this petition if you have a Fandom account. Help save the data by archiving pages here or here. Post about this. Help spread awareness.
I can't help, but I'll spread it around.
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oh trans twins you scientific GOLDMINE... absolute blessing to the world of medical research on a level that is barely comprehendible... the same age and same genes and can be tested in the same experiment conditions simultaneously? one independent hormonal variable? absolutely magical oh my goodness gracious
huge news for trans women - estrogen does not lead to an increased cardiovascular risk!
AbstractBackground and Aims. Despite favourable effects of oestradiol on cardiovascular risk factors, previous studies found higher risks of
This retrospective cohort study included transgender women and transgender men using gender-affirming hormone therapy between 1972 and 2018 at the Amsterdam gender clinic. Medical diagnoses were registered from 2012 to 2022 by a national data registry. Standardized incidence ratios for myocardial infarction, ischaemic cerebrovascular accident, and venous thromboembolism were computed using general population incidence rates adjusted for socioeconomic status, estimated by education, employment, and income. Lifestyle (body mass index, smoking, and alcohol consumption) was analysed by age group.
Gender-affirming hormone therapy is not associated with increased cardiovascular risk in transgender women but is in transgender men. This aligns with known effects of oestradiol and testosterone on cardiovascular risk factors.
i have a folder dedicated to "bad math memes" i made on mspaint in 2022. a friend of mine said tumblr would eat them up? but you know... i'll post one just to test the waters
a lot of people have started begging and offering their lives to me to post the rest but im not convinced y—
oh oh ok hang on i gotta i need to go get my laptop gimme a hot second
So I've started Symphogear...
Tumblr, what were you doing 14 hours ago?
Because you were UP TO SOMETHING
Also, while I am here - it's 5am in the UK, which is the quietest hour for our annual gender survey's circadian rhythm. Greetings, distant timezones!
Do you feel like the gender binary doesn't really fit your experience of yourself and your gender? If so, perhaps I can interest you in a quick survey? It takes most people about 5 minutes, it has lots of checkboxes, it closes on 30th August 2025, and there have been almost 35,000 responses so far!
Click here to participate!
INFORMATION ABOUT QUEER/ADULT CONTENT BEING DELISTED
Hey, I'm sure you've heard by now that several online retailers have blanket delisted queer/adult content. Information seems sporadic, so I want to create a masterpost of what happened, why it matters, and what you can do about it.
WHAT HAPPENED
You've probably heard that Steam and Itch.io have removed all of their adult/queer content from listings. Itch has even gone so far as to prevent creators from being able to get their payouts.
This is not Steam/Itch's fault. Mastercard and Visa have pressured them to remove their adult content. Visa and Mastercard collectively hold over 90% of the market share in payment processing. Unfortunately, if they cut you off, you pretty much lose over 90% of your gross income, which is a death sentence for basically any company.
This is also not just localized to Steam and Itch. Several anime/manga retailers have also been affected, and more companies are likely to follow. I would not be surprised if Patreon cracked down again soon, so if you have adult/queer content on there, I suggest you prepare accordingly.
The reason for this happening is not a response to the current US political climate, or these payment processors randomly deciding to force their puritanical views. It is a concerted effort by a group called Collective Shout, an anti-porn group masquerading as a feminist liberation org. (Look up the meaning of the word SWERF.)
Collective Shout has, allegedly, sent over 1,000 letters to Visa and Mastercard urging them to take action against certain digital retailers selling adult content. Which, thankfully gives us an avenue to respond. More on that in the third section.
WHY THIS MATTERS
For some of you, I don't need to explain why you should care. For others, let me explain to you why this is a massive cocern for everyone, not just adult content creators.
First of all, we've already seen perfectly sfw queer content catching strays from this. You should already be well aware that adult content and queer content are often conflated, and the two are pretty inextricably linked to each other. If you try to ban one, you will, inevitably, end up banning the other as well.
Secondly, this sets a precedent for "concerned citizens" to be able to pressure payment processors into removing whatever content they don't like from the internet. Even if you don't partake in adult content. Even if you're not queer. Even if this doesn't currently affect you or anyone you know right now, it will. They managed to do this with only 1,000 letters. If they get away with it, it'll only be the beginning.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Remember when I said they sent 1,000 letters to make this happen? I bet we can get more.
I wrote a form letter for Mastercard and for Visa. Fill in your name. Print them. Sign them. Mail them out. The addresses for the respective companies are at the top. It shouldn't cost much. Even international postage shouldn't be prohibitively expensive for most people.
Some people are sharing phone numbers and emails. That's fine, but I prefer a physical footprint. You can't see 1,000 phone calls. 1,000 emails don't take up physical volume. If you get 1,000 letters about something, you can see how much people care about it. That means something in this day and age.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE US there is a bill being introduced right now that stops payment processors from being able to control what people can and cannot purchase. Call your representatives. Right now. Even if you don't think they'll support it. Here's a script I wrote. And trust me when I say it'll help. I used to talk to politicians for a living. I know what I'm talking about.
SHARE THIS POST. Reblog it. Reblog it multiple times a day. Send it to everyone you know. Seriously. Everyone. Even if they're not on Tumblr. Get the word out. The most successful advertising is word of mouth. So use your voice and make sure people hear it. We've beaten this shit in the past and we'll do it again, but we still need to put in the work.
Yeah okay Ill reblog that!
Not a scholar at first, but the guy who wrote Jaws hated that people used it to justify hating sharks so much he dedicated the rest of his life to shark research and advocacy.
The woman who popularized gender reveals wishes she hadn't, afaik.
The inventor of K-Cups has a big regret: that he invented them.
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Aza Raskin, the guy who invented infinite scrolling, hates what his invention has done to people
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The creator of 8chan regrets what he did
Brennan no longer has control of 8chan, which has been run by U.S. Army veteran Jim Watkins since 2015.
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Richard "Ric" O’Barry was dolphin trainer on the Flipper tv show and did a full 180°. He's still an activist for marine life.
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The term "incel" and the concept of "involuntary celibacy" was coined in the late 1990s by a teenage girl who made a forum for lonely people of all genders and sexualities to support and encourage each other to find love and happiness. She only learned what the concept had evolved into when reading a feminist magazine that had an article about mass murdering incel Eliot Rodger.
When Alana started a website for lonely people struggling to find love, she had no idea where it would lead.
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John Larson, the inventor of the Polygraph test, also called it a "Frankensteins Monster" and spent the rest of his career advocating against its usage, especially in law enforcement.
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Donald Currey. He was the guy who had Prometheus the oldest tree ever recorded cut down after his core sampler got stuck. He was so upset he switched professions and started studying geology. He was giving an interview on salt flats when the interviewer went "hey are you the Currey who killed the oldest tree?" and he quite literally ran away.
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Anna Jarvis created “Mother’s Day” to commemorate her own mother’s death, and was understandably furious when it became commercialised and used as an excuse to inflate prices. She spent a lot of her own money trying to copyright the holiday and stop marketers using the term to make a profit.
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The bloke who created chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) reportedly invented them to make up for the fact that he'd previously invented leaded petrol.
Before CFCs, air conditioning and refrigeration used chemicals like ammonia, methyl formate and sulfur dioxide as coolants - which were highly toxic, flammable and/or explosive.
Poor bloke thought he was doing a good thing.
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Inventor of modern chemical fertilizer spent rest of life campaigning against them
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The man who created plastic bags thought people would reuse them and is horrified by what he's created
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Do you hate having to change your password multiple times per year and weird complexity rules?
The guy who put that in US Government guidelines (which are copied by everyone else) has apologized. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.4240252/man-who-made-passwords-hard-to-remember-regrets-rules-that-drive-people-crazy-1.4240255
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As well as
The guy who invented cubicles
The guy who invented K-cups
The guy who invented dynamite (the same guy who established the Nobel Pesce Prize)
The guy who invented emoticons/emojis
The woman that invented "Mother's Day"
The guy that created the "Comic Sans" font
The guy that created "Flappy Bird"
The guy that invented the World Wide Web
The guy that created pepper spray
The guy that invented television
The co-inventor of the polygraph machine
The guy that invented radar
Both Einstein and Oppenheimer, who regetted their involvement of the creation of atomic bombs (though Einstein was never directly involved; just his scientific work)
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The woman who popularized gender reveal parties specifically had hers bc she had a history of miscarriages and that was her first pregnancy to make it to the point you could identify the sex of the baby.
Said child is now GNC and she has several other kids, but yeah she hates what they've become.
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Nobel literally created the Nobel Prizes as an attempt to apologize for the harm done by his invention of TNT
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The scientist (Dave Mech) who wrote the book that popularized the idea of alpha and omega wolves has since come out and said that his observations were based on a flawed study of the behavior of unrelated captive wolves. Wild wolf packs are typically family units, composed of one breeding pair and their multiple litters of varying ages. Some larger wolf packs may occasionally have more than one breeding female if one or more of the original pair's daughters have a liaison with a wandering male or some similar situation occurs. Point being, wild wolf pack dynamics are more complicated than "weak omegas follow the strong alphas," but also a big part of the reason the non breeding members of the pack follow the breeding pair is because that's their mom and dad! And when they want to make their own pack, they leave!
i completely understand & agree with the backlash against students using chatgpt to get degrees but some of you are out here saying "getting a degree in xyz means pulling multiple consecutive all-nighters and writing essays through debilitating migraines and having severe back pain from constantly studying at your desk and chugging energy drinks until you get a kidney stone and waking up wishing you were dead every day, and that's just part of the natural process of learning!!!" and like. umm. i don't think that any of us should have had to endure that either. like maybe the solution for stopping students from using anti-learning software depends on college institutions making the process of learning actually sustainable on the human body & mind rather than a grueling health-destroying soul-crushing endeavor
Education could adapt to this anyways by changing essays to more in person testing methods like presentations, where you will also be judged by how you answer questions. An AI generated presentation will present questions you will need to handle. Adapting AI generated content to make sense in itself also requires skill.
In general, encouraging original ideas is something that should've been done before AI and moreso after.
THEY MIGHT HAVE FIGURED OUT WHATS CAUSING LONG COVID?!?!???
In this study, the critical role of the epipharynx in managing long-term coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and in particular, how residua
SUICIDE POSTPONED INDEFINITELY !!!!!
Genuinely the only good news I got in WEEKS
Also, from the notes:
(spacerockband linked to some studies in the notes too.)
Verified: Microsoft 365 gets massive 45% price hike — and it's all to do with AI tools (Tom's Guide - January 17, 2025)
oopsie i tripped and spilled my link to archive dot org's downloadable copy of Microsoft office suite for 2007, which features no AI tools and is a powerful word processor that still holds up just fine on windows 10!
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Five Things I Wish I Knew Before Attending College
Have you ever seen a flavor of ice cream and thought, “that looks good, I want that,” but when you bite into it, it’s not exactly what you expected? Now, let’s shift that application to college majors. Not all college majors are the same, with some ranging from too sweet to too tart and others downright unpleasant. Understand, I am not here to bash on any major, and I truly believe in following your passions. However, here are five things I wish I had known before attending college.
One is the realization that going to college is to help get a job. That should have been obvious, but because I lived in a bubble, it never occurred to me. I was, and sometimes am, one of those people who can be utterly oblivious to my surroundings, so picking a major never connected to a job until my senior year.
Two, follow your passion intelligently. It is okay to follow your passions and dreams, but it is also good to guide that passion with intelligence. Planning out each step and creating short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals separates blind passion from stable passion. It is incredibly easy to dream big, but much harder to apply without a plan. I jumped into English without a plan and am still trying to figure everything out. I am speaking from experience; you must have a plan in place.
Three, understand that the road you choose will not always be sunshine and rainbows. As with everything in life, there will always be some adversity that will try to drive you away from your passions. When choosing any path, one needs to weigh and consider the risks involved and develop strategies to handle such difficulties. I’ve read that the most successful people will intentionally find ways to fail so that they can learn.
Fourth, find ways to minimize your debt ratio. When I attended college, my understanding of money was minimal. I’m almost forty and have a mountain of debt to pay off. Understand that Pell Grants are usually the better method for college expenses, but if one needs to take out a loan, please understand that it is money you must pay back. For example, suppose you borrow money from a friend. In that case, you will eventually repay that person unless you don’t want a good credit score and be labeled a mooch. Okay, that last part is subjective, but your credit score will take a hit if the loan is not paid back on time. Many resources can help you minimize your debt, such as the FAFSA, which is government money designed to help students pay for college.
Five, the most important tip of all is while in college, find a job in your field and work there to gain hands-on experience. In 2025, education alone is not enough to secure you a job or a career. Gaining real-world experience is crucial to landing that killer job you want upon graduating from college. This was something I wished I had focused more on. Still, thankfully, through practice, I am gaining the experience necessary to compete. It is essential to acquire the skills while still in school.
Source: Five Things I Wish I Knew Before Attending College
