GaySteve🏳️‍🌈 / is on Nostr

Technologist, LGBT and HIV activist, baker, cat lover, and former biker and Queer Nation member.

Formerly: gaysteve@maston.social > gaysteve@mastodon.lol > gaysteve@tech.lgbt > Here, my own little akkoma on the range.

#Cybersecurity Practitioner

#Akkoma: ferral.cat

#Tor Exit-Node Op

#Matrix Op: @st3v3:matrix.l8x.cc

#Signal on request for mutuals

#Hamradio General license - call sign upon request

He/Him for convenience 🔻

Last Notes

2025-04-05 17:34:35

Autumn needed scritches this morning. She wishes you an attentive #caturday
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2025-03-28 23:59:17

Autumn came to visit
#catsofmastodon
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2025-03-21 04:35:30

This is supposed to be the most liberal court in the country, and they're happy to throw out the rights of trans people.
#lgbt
9th Circuit Upholds Bathroom Ban, Says Trans Students Violate Cis People's Privacy
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/9th-circuit-upholds-bathroom-ban

2025-03-11 21:55:06

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@nprofile…r5p9 Yes? You called....

2025-03-08 18:59:57

Autumn is eager to wish you a happy #caturday
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2025-02-27 20:04:41

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@nprofile…r5p9 the entire policing system is corrupt and relies on cops creating or identifying "criminals" to secure their funding.

2025-02-24 16:40:52

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@nprofile…ey0w "Fair or Not: Poland is annoying Hitler."

2025-02-08 21:46:03

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@nprofile…kvnh I'll just leave this here
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2025-02-08 16:46:14

They are erasing us. Making us more vulnerable to violence.
State Department erases LGBTQ victims from human trafficking report
"Massachusetts advocates point out that large percentages of human trafficking victims are queer, trans and non-binary. The organization for trafficked girls, My Life My Choice estimates that 51 percent of the survivors who pass through its doors are LGBTQ."
#LGBT #LGBTQ
https://www.wgbh.org/news/news-programs/2025-02-07/state-department-erases-lgbtq-victims-from-human-trafficking-report

2025-01-19 18:53:51

As predicted, the TikTok shutdown last night was all a PR stunt to fluff and pump Donald Trump. We're all supposed to forget that he was one of the first to call for their ban, and twice tried to order TikTok's shutdown.
We really do like in the dumbest timeline.
TikTok To Restore US Service, Credits Glorious Leader
#tiktok
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/01/tiktok-to-restore-us-service-credits-glorious-leader/

2025-01-18 17:20:14

Autumn is trying to have a flat #caturday and failing
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2025-01-03 23:40:50

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@nprofile…z6ey @nprofile…yuxy Google moving to 90 days was a bad idea. Moving to 6 days is insane. This is going to lead to users ultimately accepting questionable certs (which becomes a major security issue) or users not being able to access services.