Sophie-spouting-specific-sighs - Sophie's Spoutings

What's past is past. We create new karma by what we do from this point forward. Here and now is the turning point upon which our present and future existence revolves. Now is the border between samsara and nirvana.

— Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das

Once again, US tech bros totally misinterpret how much your regular EU politician, or citizen, cares about their products:

The Verge

OpenAI says it could ‘cease operating’ in the EU if it can’t comply with future regulation

OpenAI is trying to get ahead of AI regulation

Don't threat us with a good time, Sama.

nothing has been more important to my being queer than when i went to my first pride parade, got seperated from my group, had a panic attack about it and was sitting on the side of the road holding a tiny genderfluid flag and freaking out. then this six foot five drag queen in four inch heels appeared from literally nowhere and sat down next to me. i, this scared-shitless trans bi kid at pride for the first time, very nervously told her she looked pretty and i told her my name and that i got lost and didn't feel like i should be at pride and she held my hand and said "oh, honey, everybody deserves to be here, especially you. pride is for everybody who's ever gotten lost, who's been scared of who they are or where they are. you think we never been scared before? pride's for you, honey, because you're scared. you don't have to be proud right now, but you're gonna be one day, honey, i'm sure of it."

i found my group soon after that and i never saw that queen again but to this day i am convinced i met an angel.

so yeah. pride is for you. pride is for all of us.

oh so we’re at this part of the movie huh

Watching people get upset about pronouns in Starfield is funny

Don't let this distract you from the fact that a team just forced a trans woman to resign by holding her surgeries hostage. https://www.reddit.com/r/MtF/comments/14vjkrd/the_trans_experience_at_zenimax_bethesda/