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knoppix

Age verification laws are pushing platforms to collect sensitive data like facial scans & official IDs, compromising #privacy for everyone.

These measures not only risk #identity theft and stalking but also fail to protect children effectively.

We need smarter solutions, not invasive surveillance.

@privacyguides

privacyguides.org/articles/202

www.privacyguides.org · Age Verification Wants Your Face, and Your Privacy
More from Em :official_verified:
#PrivacyMatters#Technology#Tech
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Prism & Pen

It wasn’t attraction — not really. It was something closer to validation. I’ve written before about how, for a certain period of my life, being desired became a stand-in for self-worth. Most of the time, it didn’t even matter who the desire came from.
medium.com/prismnpen/yes-i-am-

Prism & Pen · Yes, I Am a Trans Lesbian | by Dayna Ellis | Medium | Prism & PenBy Dayna A. Ellis
#LGBTQ#Transgender#Lesbian
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Nishant Kaushik

My #RSAC2025 headline: #AI is everywhere, but trust & control haven’t caught up.
- Agent memory is a new attack surface.
- #Identity is fragmenting.
- #Security budgets aren't ready for AI costs.
We’re not securing users anymore - we’re securing decisions.
Check out my full thoughts below.
blog.talkingidentity.com/2025/

blog.talkingidentity.comRSAC 2025: AI is Everywhere. Trust? Not So Much. – Talking Identity
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Coach Pāṇini ®

@nberlat.bsky.social @CosmicTraveler

“Hayden declared himself, at considerable cost in popularity, an #American #poet rather than a Black poet, when for a time there was posited an unreconcilable difference between the two roles. There is scarcely a line of his which is not identifiable as an experience of Black America, but he would not relinquish the title of American writer for any narrower #identity.”

poets.org/poet/robert-hayden

Robert Hayden's poetry, which explored his concerns about race and African-American history, gained international recognition in the 1960s, and Hayden eventually became the first Black American to be appointed as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress. 
Poets.orgRobert HaydenRobert Hayden's poetry, which explored his concerns about race and African-American history, gained international recognition in the 1960s, and Hayden eventually became the first Black American to be appointed as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress. 
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Michela

Promiscuità.
Una parola che spaventa più chi la dice che chi la vive.
C’è chi sceglie.
C’è chi si lascia andare.
E c’è chi non deve spiegare niente.

Chi decide cosa sei?

Assoli notturni è online.
Buonanotte 🌌

#assolinotturni #promiscuità #identità #desideri #corpo  #notte #promiscuity #identity #desire #body  #michiyospace  #nightthoughts #music #musica

michiyospace.altervista.org/22

LandEscape · - LandEscape🌺 If you’re looking for the English version, it’s just after the music 🌺 Chi ha deciso che desiderare più corpi, più emozioni, più connessioni… debba per forza essere “troppo”?Chi ha messo il confine tra amore e disordine, tra libertà e diagnosi? Perché se un uomo lo fa è virile, se una donna lo fa
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IKOB - Museum

Orlando is a classic of feminist literature because Virginia Woolf radically questions the boundaries of gender, identity, and social expectations, and creates a literary utopia of self-determination and freedom that continues to resonate today. This self-determination and freedom are current issues—not only for women, but also for men and non-binary people.
#gender #identity #freedom #feminism #IKOB #Eupen

The image shows the cover of a german version of Virgina Woolfs "Orlando"
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Dan Q

"Trans former judge plans to challenge gender ruling at European court": bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qw21

Representation matters. That we HAVE a trans former-judge, somebody both well-equipped AND motivated to escalate this important challenge to the ECHR, is hugely fortunate.

We need more representation (of trans people specifically, but many other groups too, and perhaps particularly in the intersections) in positions of power, expertise, and authority. To defend the human rights of all of us.

Wishing you luck, Victoria McCloud.

#note #gender #trans #identity #laws #news #uk #europe

Via: 🔗 danq.me/2025/04/29/trans-forme

BBC NewsTrans former judge to challenge Supreme Court's gender rulingVictoria McCloud, who stepped down last year, said the judgement had violated her human rights.
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Prism & Pen

Even before I had a name for it, I knew I was different. I’d flip through magazines and feel a tug in my chest when I saw certain women, TV presenters, actresses, models. It wasn’t jealousy or admiration the way I told myself it was. It was something deeper. Something unspoken.
medium.com/prismnpen/the-momen

Prism & Pen · The Moments of Realisation: Quiet Truths From My ChildhoodBy Simi khan
#LGBTQ#Queer#Identity
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Michela

Affrontare la verità non è romantico. Non è eroico. È sporco. Fa male.
Ma è l'unico modo per non tradirsi.

Non piacerà a tutti.
Non deve piacere.
Perché la verità non chiede il permesso, ti scava dentro.

Grazie 🦔

#consapevolezza  #riflessione #verita #identity
#michiyospace

michiyospace.altervista.org/la

LandEscape · La verità è una lama silenziosa - LandEscapeLa verità non consola.Non è una carezza, non è un abbraccio.Non arriva per renderti migliore o più forte. La verità lacera,toglie tutto quello che credevi di sapere di te stessoe ti lascia nudo, indifeso, incapace di fingere ancora. È questo il motivo per cui così pochi la cercano davvero.Non perché siano deboli, non perché siano
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The BadgeFed Project

Hey Fediverse! 👋
Two weeks have passed and here we have another update from the BadgeFed burrow! Here’s what’s new, brewing, and how you can jump in if you’re feeling adventurous.

Early Bits of Decentralization

We’ve started the very first steps toward decentralization! 🛰️ Right now, we’re planning to add two more test instances to push federation further.

That said—there are still no controls for blocking, defederating, moderating, or deleting yet. So we’re not opening it up publicly just yet (BadgeFed isn’t ready for the wild west).

BUT—if you’re comfortable around SQL and servers, don’t mind losing data, and want to help us test the early messy bits, let us know! We’d love to have more fearless testers on board.

OpenBadges Export is Live! 🎉

Big milestone: you can now export your badges to OpenBadges format!

This is a huge step toward real portability. Right now, you can only export badges tied to profile URLs (think Mastodon profiles, etc.), not emails yet.

That means you can’t directly import them into platforms like Badgr or Credly (unless they someday support URL-based verification).
We’re going to push for that—because identity shouldn’t be chained to an email address.

Also: we have zero interest in storing emails. Privacy first. Always.

UX/UI Improvements + Search 🔍

A few small but mighty improvements:

  • New search page! Now you can search your past badges easily.
  • Badges are now an attachment to a regular ActivityPub note, instead of a separate document type.
    • We tried doing a new document type, but… Mastodon just ignored it.
    • Like it or not, we need to be Mastodon-compatible to reach people. But attachments are a fine way to extend the ActivityPub spec.

Little things, but they add up to a smoother experience.

Follow Other Issuers! (and Bridgefed!)

Issuers can now follow other issuers!
We think this is a critical building block for decentralization. 🛠️

Plus, if you follow Bridgy Fed, it will bridge to Bluesky!

Lots of Other Nerdy Bits

Under the hood:

  • Tons of minor improvements and cleanups
  • More internal support for federating badges across different servers
  • Prepping groundwork for instance-level controls later

Wanna Test With Us? 🧪

If you’re comfortable with:

  • Raw SQL
  • Servers crashing
  • Maybe losing everything 😅

…and want to help shape early decentralized BadgeFed, message us!

(Seriously, it’ll be messy but fun.)

👉 GitHub Repo

Let’s make federated badges a reality. 🚀

—Maho


You can read the article "BadgeFed: Early Decentralization Experiments + OpenBadges Export! - Second April 2025 Update" by @mapache here as well.

#activitypub #badgefed #fediverse #dotnet #decentralization #open-source #openbadges #identity #roadmap
GitHubGitHub - tryvocalcat/badgefed: ActivityPub Badges ImplementationActivityPub Badges Implementation. Contribute to tryvocalcat/badgefed development by creating an account on GitHub.
#opensource#roadmap
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Nishant Kaushik

As RSA Conference kicks off, it’s cool to see #identity management get highlighted in this CSO Online article as a topic that will “dominate” the agenda, as well as a callout that the #passwordless (re)evolution is finally here. Attendees should definitely check out the talks in the Identity track because there’s a little bit of everything in there: from best practices, technical solutions, and top concerns for those tackling today’s problems, to interesting developments that could shape tomorrow’s digital experiences.
#IAM #RSAC2025
csoonline.com/article/3965415/

CSO Online10 key questions security leaders must ask at RSA 2025Agentic AI, platform hype, identity management, and economic uncertainty will dominate the RSA agenda. But discussions with fellow attendees will provide the real payoff.
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