It surely feels good to see a fascist lose. That’s enough for me these days.

It should not be copyright-able, but I guess tech giants like Google which are so heavily invested in AI are not keen on upholding that part of the law.

I can relate a lot to your posting, but instead of repeating what others already said, allow me to add something else.

These “gender feelings” that you describe will not go away. You had them for20-odd years already and they won’t go away in the next 20-odd years either. I don’t write this because I want to scare you, but because it is something that you should seriously consider whether you decide to transition, decide against it or find an entirely different way.

Nonetheless these feelings are a part of who you are and you have to face them in order to be at peace with yourself. Because at the moment, you very obviously are not. Nobody can fight that fight for you and while you may fear the consequences of it, also consider the famous adage: “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”

So you may find your answer if you ask yourself what path you would walk, if fear did not hold you back.

Godspeed, friend!

Falls Du Musik machen möchtest, um Geld zu verdienen, dann ist die Antwort leider klar: Nein, es lohnt sich nicht.

DIe Künstlersozialkasse (KSK) über die die meisten Künstler’innen und Musiker’innen ihre Sozialversicherung abrechnen, gibt jedes Jahr die harten Zahlen zu den Einnahmen der bei ihr Versicherten heraus. Musiker’innen sind dabei die Berufsgruppe, die im Jahr am wenigsten verdient, und zwar zwischen 14.143 (Frauen) und 19.434 (Männer). Wohl gemerkt: Das sind Durchschnittswerte, dh. Musiker’innen müssen damit rechnen deutlich weniger zu verdienen.

Während AI natürlich zusätzlichen Druck macht, sind diese Werte nicht erst seit kurzem so schlecht. Es ist bereits seit Jahrzehnten der Normalzustand. Sicherlich gibt es außerordentlich gut verdienende Künstler’innen/Musiker’innen, aber diese sind die Ausnahme und man kann nicht damit rechnen zu ihnen zu gehören.

Man muss natürlich noch erwähnen, dass die KSK nur die selbstständigen/freischaffenden Musiker’innen versichert und es noch fest angestellte Musiker’innen gibt, etwa in Orchestern oder in Ensembles. Diese Karrieren bahnen sich aber langfristig an, etwa durch Teilnahme an Jugendorchestern oder Förderprogramme. Die meisten dieser Wege schließen sich irgendwann, wenn man älter wird.

Ich weiß, dass das eine sehr ernüchternde Antwort ist, aber ich wollte hier Deine Frage geradeheraus beantworten und hoffe, dass Du Dir davon und den anderen Antworten ausgehend selber ein Bild wirst machen können.

Wo es Dich auch immer hinführen mag: Viel Erfolg!

There are some responses already, but I will offer yet a different one: From a technical viewpoint, middle-middle is best. The seat in the middle of the middle row.

The reason is because movie theatres need to get calibrated: The sound and the picture get adjusted for the best possible viewing/sound experience. This calibration process usually targets the middle of the room, because this ensures that even the edges will at least have a decent sound and a decent picture. Nonetheless the middle-middle position will be where sound and picture are optimal. You sit at the centre of the area targeted by the sound system and where are at an optimal distance from the screen for the sharpest picture.

Of course, that is theoretical. Specific movie theatres may have a variety of reasons to go for a calibration that favours different spots and whether people want to sit in the middle-middle is a wholly different question.

They don’t have to write correctly. Nobody will dare to correct them. The burden to decipher what they mean is entirely on you. You - on the other hand - may lose your job if your sloppily written email ends up in the wrong inbox.

Thanks, but fortunately it is gone for now. A change in my HRT also seems to have had a positive effect, besides the cream and proper care.

One of the articles you posted contains this bit:

According to Fuentes, who could not be reached for comment, Kent told him “I love what you’re doing.” Fuentes said he and his organization — as well as his social media following — boosted Kent’s message.
“We retweeted his stuff, we showed his stuff on Gab, we got his social media up off the ground,” Fuentes said in the three-and-a-half-hour livestream. “That was part of that call.”

So whether you believe Fuentes or rather Kent’s denial, Fuentes was at one time convinced that they are working together. That’s “ties” to me. YMMV

The two of them may not like each other all that much, but all of these articles affirm their connections and their past interactions with each other. And whether they Fuentes and Kent are amicable towards each other or not, they run with the same crowd of white supremacists and neo-nazis.

Joe Kent is a white supremacist with ties to Nick Fuentes and Fuentes has publicly denounced Trump for fighting Iran at Netanyahu’s behest.

The catch: He is a white supremacist with ties to Nick Fuentes and his motivations may rather be rooted in hatred for Israel and him disapproving of Trump fighting a war at Netanyahu’s behest.

We shall think of them when we assemble the guillotines.

This is - unfortunately - not surprising. Niantic has always been in the business of selling/using user data for profit, they were a spin-off from Google after all. Their first big game, Ingress, was used to train Google Maps.

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Yes, I had it too. I got it under control with an anti-fungal cream and gentle cleaning. It still took a while before it was entirely gone though, partially because I did not get the “gentle” part of the cleaning right at first.

Oh, absolutely. Still probably everyone of us will remember one or several occasions when a union abandoned its stance in order to reach some sort of “deal” to the detriment of its members. I am 100% in favor of unions big and small, but I also don’t harbor any illusions about them being able to *not cave under pressure.

I am also not particularly optimistic that it will change much, but nonetheless I respect the union and its member standing up for their principles.

I added an archived version.

Ah yes, Midgar from Final Fantasy 7!

My pleathure!