#Gatekeeping

Like @cfiesler, I've gotten a lot of "It's not the algorithm, it's the training data" explanations/responses over the years (including IRL when I give talks), and I want to explain
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In light of Astead’s tweet from earlier today, I’d like to share my thoughts on what ET means to me.ET captivates me because it teaches me something new every day.
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Alright, I've been off Twitter most of today, but since apparently this is a thing we are doing, lets talk about junior devs as "code janitors". Leaving aside the obvious
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An honest ranking of every Castiel version from worst to best (based on my personal opinion) 12. Whatever the fuck this even was 11. Attack dog spell Cas. I just
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this is absolutely dangerous on so many levels. diné people should not cosign or give space to folks who are anti-black. why do y'all still follow people who spew absolutely
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I'm thinking clearly enough right now after Rose's death and all the other deaths I've had to survive over the past mumble mumble years, to not want to scream in
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“Heteroromantic asexuals aren’t LGBT”Then with that logic bisexual people with hetero preferences aren’t LGBT either. If you say “no they belong,” then how come one sexuality with a “straight” preference
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been trying to get an album up on streaming platforms. the EP i made that was inspired by a series of videos that liam wong shot. it’s been up on
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curious about ppl who play gatekeeper around diagnoses (ADHD, ASD, OCD, etc.)it seems like self-isolation bc it’s not usually something I see in the context of actually managing a boundary
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I see @nationalpost has an article out about transition regret in young people. Because of course they do.As the parent of a young nonbinary person and someone who has worked
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Awards are an insidious type of gatekeeping.https://twitter.com/ThePodcastMines/status/1356688649895763974 Allow me to elaborate. Girl In Space has won awards because I have had access to things that most creators don't. >> Girl
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Thread.https://twitter.com/Hectorisfunny/status/1273102619117051911 Gatekeeping, trolling, and 'bag-holery have long been mainstays of nerd and geek cultures, from the macro to the minutiae. As soon as people find a place to belong, a
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Precarious indeed. To repeat myself - not all trans folk seek or have medical gender affirming assistance. This can be because of reasons relating to financial, religious, family, social, employment
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Just reported a tweet of some Star Wars/Marvel stan targeting two random accounts, fully visible to find, for saying negative things about the recent announcements as a rallying cry to
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A rant on queer identity So some chatter about gatekeeping in the queer community has me thinking a lot right now. I’m bisexual. But I have never felt “queer enough”
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never feel bad for not being able to read everything that’s out on the shelvesno matter how much trivia you know and how much you’ve read there’s always going to
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