Rich people see us doing nice things for each other and think that means they aren’t charging us enough just to survive, so then they jack up the price.

Another thing I resent about the strategical divestment and reframing of mutual aid. The goal post shifts and suddenly all aid is supposed to be a crisis intervention instead of a prevention mechanism, a intentional safety net.

Xodanix3@xodanix3.bsky.social · 3h ago

In general we're seeing so many social disparities tying back to the intentional divestment of public health and ready-ness.

Rich ppl "luxury" is often just taking resources from Indigenous territories to subsidize white glamping and safaris.

Xodanix3@xodanix3.bsky.social · 3h ago

"The resort's water system pumps Colorado River water through a treatment plant to 260 people, per the report. 180 of them are tourists."

Back in the late 90's I was a kiddo and official Pokemon merch was too expensive to justify asking mom for so i hand drew my own series of Pokemon posters for my bedroom. :) Never stop making your own stuff. I love seeing these now. You can see my composition skills growing here. Wow. #art

If you'd like a good lesson in how capitalism works, Elon promised a mars colony by 2025 and in 2026 he is just crashing rockets into the moon.

it was a big night no matter what the dorks and the losers say

Democratic Socialists of America@demsocialists.bsky.social · 4h ago

Congratulations to Donavan McKinney on winning his congressional primary, unseating a millionaire AIPAC stooge! Donavan is a former union member fighting to get money out of politics, a green new deal, and union jobs. @donavanmckinney.bsky.social @detroitdsa.bsky.social

Quick reminder that the five love languages are white, coercive, religious nonsense invented by a white, coercive, religious man. That shit is not real. 

$330/450 Only $120 more we are SO close guys! We have until 8/16 to prevent Eli from losing his car & housing. Can anyone spare $120?? Eli is a Black disabled man taking care of his Mom & 2 dogs all by himself. He can’t lose his car and home please 🥹 #BIPOCMA #mutualaid #helpsky

八瀬🌻🎸@slumflower.bsky.social · 7d ago

0/$450 Hey guys. I haven’t made a mutual aid post in a while but now I have to make one for my friend Eli who is Black, disabled and whom I had to support in the past to keep housing and his car. He’s caring for himself, his mom & two dogs. If you can help in any way pls DM me. #BIPOCMA #emergency

People who use genAI for everything as much as possible are as incapable of thinking creatively as Emmet was at the start of the first Lego Movie. We could argue that movie predicted this genAI crap destroying critical thinking in millions. Emmet liked the same song everyone else did, always bought

"Are you reeeeally prepared to handle a world without AI?" Brother do you think I'm 6 years old or something? For the *vast majority of my life* AI hadn't existed. Yes dipshit somehow I'll manage without it. Christ

If you use genAI, you're not a fucking creator. You made nothing. Piss off.

I'm not sure why we're posting about ai but I don't use AI in my writing, in my cover art, etc. I've had every feature that could automatically modify text in Word turned off for decades, and AI is just more of the same. Every edit lovingly done by hand.

this is sociologically interesting. people who haven't acquired skills through education or experience now think they're *indispensible* compared to those who have.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 9h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

Furries need to get a lot more normal about disability real fucking fast. Also, charging extra to add mobility aids to commissions is ableist. Why the fuck should disabled people have to pay extra for our fursonas to be drawn accurately. Also, if you can’t draw wheelchairs, you need to learn to

laser 🍩 paints @ EF@laserpaints.com · 8mo ago

give me your hottest furry take

Related hot take but about art in general: If you can’t draw a wheelchair, or moreso if you refuse to even try to learn, you are not skilled enough to take commissions. Excluding disabled people from your customer base is unacceptable.

i think, now, more than ever its really important to interact with people who like your art and vice versa, and cultivate more community and trust among artists and commissioners and followers in general. its not a perfect system by any means but i think building trust between everyone will help

Fuzzikayu@fuzzikayu.bsky.social · 15h ago

This is what people mean by AI is theft. Someone I know later found out an artist (16k followers) they got a commision from uses AI and now they don't have funds to commish me or another artist they like. Not only does the slop machine steal art, these scammers directly steal work from real artists

There might more student athletes in Wyoming than known trans school athletes in the entire US.

It's weird because as @laurentheisen.bsky.social wrote, the anti-trans people have created a situation where they can stoke anti-trans sentiment and anger without there even needing to be an actual trans athlete involved. defector.com/the-right-ha...

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Expect my magic school book to feature sudden violent situations that are about as bizarre as many JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures situations are.

Holy, I am going through looking at the Velora CEO's webpage and whatnot, and it's just genAI all the way down. He is selling his Tweets on Amazon. He is selling genAI colouring books. His album covers look to be genAI. Their Bsky feed has a ton of genAI. Genuinely, Velora.tv is NOT the site.

If you need ammo to fight back against ai crap look no further than this zine i worked hard af on. Every 5 dollar sale of this huge zine could help me pay 105 to my therapist i owe for a missed appointment i only missed due to burnout from working 9 days straight

orion fern 🌿📚@ovaettr.gay · 2d ago

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Maybe someone hasnt read my zines. Collect them all for dirt freaking cheap at 1 dollar per zine in my digital ALL MY ZINES mega pack Im trying to pay 105 to my therapist she charged me 3 TIMES WHAT I PAY NORMALLY for missing due to burnout from working 9 days STRAIGHT

orion fern 🌿📚@ovaettr.gay · 2d ago

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Cisgender men who harrass and put a trans woman in danger applauded and given trans rights award basically for *checks notes* bullying a trans woman and letting her get ripped into by the internet and basically getting her doxxed by cis media? Fuck you Them and fuck you Ken Jennings

Them@them.us · 2d ago

The ‘Jeopardy!’ host made it absolutely clear where he stands once again.

My offers are still on the table. Donate any amount and send me proof via my DMs and I will draw you a fullbody artwork by hand or a character description for one of your OCs. Donate $100 or more and I will get you a free ebook of my upcoming book and write you a up to 5,000 word long short story.

Possibly, someone out there might like Chloe & i's Fox comic. I am trying to earn 105 to pay my therapist for missing an appointment. This charge is 3 times my regular rate for therapy for 0 reason other than forcing me to suffer and go without therapy.

orion fern 🌿📚@ovaettr.gay · 2d ago

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Thread of stuff in my shop so maybe I can pay for my therapy missed appointment fee of 105. Absurd its that much, but I'm locked out of therapy til i can pay it off. Sorry again for being in hell when it comes to debt and bills. I know its majorly annoying and makes people not like me. #HelpSky

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Never judge unhoused folk. You don't know what tragedy got them there. You don't know what suffering they endure. All you can be sure of is one thing: our society cares more about not having to look at them than doing something to help them. That's not on them. That's on us.

Apparently we’re suppose to suffer in every capacity just for being poor

lumpenpoledancer@daturabombs333.bsky.social · 4d ago

You often hear people complain about unhoused folks eating fast food, DoorDashing, or hitting cheap restaurants. What a lot of people don’t get: many of us are disabled, have no way to cook, and are just exhausted. Sometimes those really are the only options. Also it’s often the most filling option