Brazilians recommending not to amplify right-wing talking points by dunking and quoting, as a winning strategy
Next day, my tl is full of people dunking on rfk jr
I literally would not have seen the bigotry if it wasn't for y'all repeating it. That's exactly what the Brazilians were on about!
It got to the point where I was seriously considering being done with the internet all together, and deleting all my accounts, but I didn't because there's people who I talk to on them in chats and whatnot.
It's that special time of year when they give the danger-kitties pumpkins to play with at The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, Minnesota.
A much-needed timeline cleanse. π―π
(π·: wildcatsanctuary.org)
The thing with radical organizing is that there arenβt really any shortcuts. Thereβs justβ¦the work. Itβs long and slow and often boring. But sometimes itβs beautiful.
From @/iharterickaβs post on IG.
Black woman who was a federal employee directly impacted by this regime. Dealing with disabilities & still trying to find work.
PayPal: unholyglee@gmail.com
Venmo: venmo.com/u/popinjay2
Cashapp: cash.me/$popinjay
Part of my literal job is to fly out to physical game studios to rescue and recover historical materials that might be endangered and put them in a permanent archive. @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is a 501(c)3 publicly funded to do that, my DMs are open, and I'm free for the next couple weeks...
I think that when artists wish for old DA, it's actually wishing for things to go back to before socials.
IDK if people remember, but in DA heyday, artists weren't all sold on the idea of monetizing everything. People joined DA because they wanted a fun & friendly community of other artists first -
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I think the thing that pisses me off more than an AI poster is an AI poster that someone tries to make look like a regular poster.
I see the little π¦ next to the words in the poster and heat just starts building inside me.
If you're going through the trouble to make it not look like AI because you know people don't like it, JUST MAKE A POSTER. Use terrible word art. Draw stick figures. Take a sharpie marker to some poster board and get to tagging. Do literally ANYTHING ELSE and it will look SO MUCH BETTER.
Reminder that there has never been a time when cozy, fluffy, noncontroversial trans stories outnumbered the edgy, grim, gritty ones. It factually did not happen. Stop claiming it did.
I actually have data on this from when I edited trans year's bests, and so do other people.
What are the 4 Horsemen of Today's Apocalypse?
So far I have Climate Change, AI, and War. I'm thinking the last one is probably Pandemic?
I thought Famine for a bit but I feel like that falls under Climate Change. Then I thought Fascism but I feel like that falls under War.
So... when they said they were getting rid of DEI they meant ALL forms of diversity.
One of those forms of diversity is diversity of thought, which is why they want you to believe it's better for the AI to think for you.
I've always thought of laying off workers while bragging about profits was a way to gaslight consumers and employees but honestly these companies don't think about employees and consumers as more than numbers. They're bragging to one another about these things and don't care that we can see.
Today I told someone my glasses glow in the dark and was asked if I was an adult who never lost their whimsy and honestly.... That's a good way to describe me.
That Cookie Monster article is great but as someone who has watched a LOT of Sesame Street because of my foster siblings, Oscar would never.
Also this is a great backstory as to why Cookie and Gonger started their food truck.
do think there's a danger of looking at extremely cool shit like a car driving upside down then doing a kickflip before landing, and convincing yourself it's actually lame because the guy funding it is a white supremacist
I actually have a list of activities that I'd be willing to try...
Swan diving off the roof of my house.
Taking a nap on the freeway.
Swimming in Lake Lanier.
Drinking the finest of bleach cocktails.
Deep throating a gun.
Eating a powdered donut covered in powdered glass
So when are we going to understand that the plan isn't just to strip her of citizenship. They are going to try and cause physical harm to this woman. People should be more concerned and should have been more concerned this entire time.
I made seven little ugly kimbaps today and it was WAY easier than I thought it would be. Now.... The easiness is probably why they're ugly, but I did it, and that is what matters. I can make them pretty with practice.
I DID send pictures to my Korean teacher and am excited for her to be both happy that I tried and also try not to point out that they're goofy looking.
One metal magazine of the 90s actually coined the phrase "Hetfield Effect" to describe the tendency of rockers to switch from "anti-war / anti-establishment" to "patriotic / conservative" pretty much the second they passed draft age