Ree Mellema

After several years of interested but not knowing which server to pick, I'm now also part of the #TwitterMigration and have made a #Mastodon account. You can find it at @rmellema" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mastodon.social/@rmellema

@spacermase I moved to Mastodon, and that seems to work out well

A lot of people who say they want "free speech" actually just want to be the one in charge of which speech is free.

One of the most pernicious misconceptions that the tech industry has about human psychology is a strong belief in essentialist, deterministic, "born with it" personality traits that map cleanly onto homogenous, quantity-stable productivity outputs.

Self-ID? Not an issue in Belgium, India, Pakistan, France, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Argentina, Brazil, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, New Zealand, Chile, Luxembourg etc, etc. Saying #NoToSelfID is morally indefensible. Say NO to the haters and defend #HumanRights!

Sinds wanneer heeft men trouwens een paspoort nodig om een kleedkamer in te mogen?

It's striking how many of the fights that matter most now--for trans justice, for reproductive justice, for non-whites, fat folx, and women--are for the simple, crucial recognition that a person's body is for them, and nobody else to fuck with, police, coerce, control, or exploit

@BordeKock Het is haast alsof het ze niet om feiten gaat, maar gewoon om mensen onderdrukken of hun wereldbeeld niet willen bijstellen. Lijkt bijna zo.

Nieuws van het debat van gisteren nalezen is erg zorgwekkend. Van sommige partijen had ik niet anders verwacht, maar de “bezwaren” die worden opgeworpen zijn allemaal vrij standaard en hebben we elders eerder gezien (en weerlegd) Erg hardnekkige mythes

Linkshandigheid nam tussen 1900 en 1960 toe. Niet omdat links-zijn trendy was maar omdat linkshandigheid niet langer werd afgestraft. De huidige groei van het aantal transpersonen komt niet omdat het trendy is maar omdat er meer ruimte is voor transpersonen om zichzelf te zijn.

** transgender niet omdat ik anders wil zijn maar omdat ik mezelf wil zijn ** #transgenderwet #loesje

Over the past week I also made a Twitter list with social simulation people. However, I’m sure to have missed some, so also feel free to send me more additions twitter.com/i/lists/155092…

I was looking at the public transport map at the tram stop this morning, and then this friendly Italian asked me where I need to go. He then shows me a route half en hour faster than what the official route planner gave me ☺️

We mourn the passing but celebrate the life and achievements of Saul Aaron Kripke (Nov. 13, 1940–Sep. 15, 2022). His family and friends ask for privacy at this time.

i am not immediately finding other stuff by this guy and i really like the idea that he just was like “well. why not change sex??” in Newsweek in 1976 and then just carried on with other activities

I had not expected to hear a talk on relativistic space time so we can model interactions with alien societies, but it’s actually an interesting exercise on modelling assumptions #SSC2022

That took a while, but I think I voted. Here’s hoping I made no mistakes

This is the longest I’ve ever had to queue to vote (~20 min) and I’m almost at the official start of the queue. Wondering how long the full wait will be