At least, we have reason to hope that the Skydance era of Paramount won't last long: AFAIK Skydance is underwritten by the Ellison's family fortune, but that is by now deeply entangled with the AI bubble, because David's father, Larry Ellison, has invested so much in it. If the AI bubble bursts, it remains to be seen how much longer the Ellison family can keep control over the Skydance conglomerate. Of course, it would not serve Paramount well if it had to change owners yet again.

Making accusations against a now dead man in the style of "he was no angel" is inherently racist and has no place on Ghazi.

Call me cynical, but the corpos have a vested interest to keep the Fediverse around - as a fig leaf to point to when people complain about the mall-ification of the internet and the big platforms' control of what speech is allowed on the internet. Mind, that does not mean they want it to thrive or easily accessible...

A good start is the accompanying wiki.

Yes, and - of course - the launcher is vibe-coded too. They even proudly say so on the announcement page:

Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look.

You know... The French Revolution of 1789 (!) decriminalized homosexuality in all of its terrorities, including its colonies. While the UK kept forcing its homophobic laws on its colonies and did not decriminalized homosexuality until 1992/1994. Meanwhile many states of the US still have sodomy laws on its books. Mock the French, but maybe not for that one.

Well, not really, but... *wearily gestures at the state of the world*

Yes, the title is deliberately ironic.

Yes, but when his health bar is depleted, new music sets in and he transforms into this guy...

My personal experience was not very different from yours and the feelings you describe prevented me from pursuing a transition for far too long. One of the final cracks in my egg was the realization: If I want feminization so badly, why do I not take the steps to make it happen?

Even after I started with HRT these feelings persisted, but by now, I do no longer question who and what I am. I am very much wondering how I was even able to hold on to a male identity for so long.

So my doubts and desires came first, settling into a female identity came later. And this is not an uncommon feeling, therefore I can only recommend this essay of someone describing a similar trajectory. It contains this powerful line:

In retrospect, refusing to begin a gender transition because I didn’t already feel like a woman was like refusing to take flying lessons because I didn’t already feel like a pilot.

Not so fun fact: There is an actual condition which leads to the inability to recognize objects, called visual agnosia. People who suffer from it often adapt by analyzing the abstract shapes around them in order to cope.

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