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Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.

"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog." - Glamorizes hustle culture - Speciest - Was taught to you in elementary school "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow." - Metal as fuck - Implies that you are a wizard - No one will know you are testing out a font

Puritanism

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

arstechnica.com

I rarely post my time lapses but i thought you folks might enjoy seeing one :>

"i hope this site doesn't end up like the last one :(" Hope has nothing to do with it--DO YOUR PART! Twitter & Truth Social are dying. Their users are used to farming outrage for engagement. Don't give them any! 🚫 Don't argue with them! 🚫 Don't quote them! ✅ #BlockAndMoveOn

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”? anyway that’s why these events are important

To be groovy - is a gift

A new study sheds light on why people with ME/CFS feel worse after activity. Findings reveal an immune system on edge, energy production that falters, and gut barrier leaks fueling inflammation. Read more: https://bit.ly/4q3i8sV #MECFS #PEM #Research

When the Body’s Alarm Won’t Turn Off

Blog Summary Imagine if a fire alarm kept ringing long after the smoke was gone. That’s similar to what happens in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), where the body seems…

bit.ly

The Portland thing has given me a lot of hope and happiness in life just being enjoyed and properly lived. What the world needs is "We need to stop having parties and start partying!"

know what, fuck it, putting some alt text on this 2 years later

Luis@loosf.bsky.social · 3y ago

absolute fucking obliteration

Sigh Fuck it Yeah as someone who experienced abuse when I was a kid I have been suppressing a blood boiling rage to grab some people by the shoulders and go "You really think what happened to me Happened to me Because of cartoons?" Absolute poison in my lungs.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hey, so, survivor of CSAM (child sexual abuse material) here—and a global survivor advocate, including policy work! Fictional material is not illegal. That’s actually why deepfakes are such a big issue for survivors too. That said, actual art should *not* be made illegal. Why? (Con’t)

Let's just keep it a buck. Pretty much all of the folks online that scream and shout about "inappropriate art" are in no way actually engaging with any real issues at hand. They only care abot that flash-in-the-pan moment of engagement they get when their little bait posts start doing numbers.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hey, so, survivor of CSAM (child sexual abuse material) here—and a global survivor advocate, including policy work! Fictional material is not illegal. That’s actually why deepfakes are such a big issue for survivors too. That said, actual art should *not* be made illegal. Why? (Con’t)

Partake in the joy of creation

Before we get septENMber started, a quick reminder: Porn is porn. Please don't be a jackass in real life. Find like-minded friends and establish boundaries and safety measures ahead of time. You can have a lot of fun without ruining someone else's day.

the thing about trans rights is that we fight the civil rights issues of our time. nazi chuds have made this the issue of our time. it's not more *important* than other civil rights issues, but it is the battleground of the moment, and we have to meet the moment to support everyone's rights.

Luke O'Neil@lukeoneil47.bsky.social · last yr.

Centrists bigots and right wingers have this all backward. YOU are the ones constantly bringing up trans issues. I would be happy to not think about this shit every day of my life unless I was talking to or reading something by one of my trans friends and thought of it in passing. SHUT THE FUCK UP

reposted this today because the inverse is also true: if you abandon trans people right now, you are abandoning civil rights period. if you can't stand up for trans people when it matters, no one should, or will, ever trust you when the bullseye moves to the next target.

Joshua Erlich@joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 12mo ago

the thing about trans rights is that we fight the civil rights issues of our time. nazi chuds have made this the issue of our time. it's not more *important* than other civil rights issues, but it is the battleground of the moment, and we have to meet the moment to support everyone's rights.

The unsavvy talk about furries like they're some hypersexual excretion of modernity, but drawing animal-people is one of the top 10 neolithic human activities. It's up there with collecting berries and producing clay figures of fat women.

HUGE NEWS FROM HELSINKI, FINLAND Helsinki, a city of 690 000 people, has now had a full year without any traffic fatalities. None. No pedestrian, cyclist, scooter user or car deaths. This is a huge achievement for a city of our size. 💪🏻 A little background 🧵 1/ yle.fi/a/74-20174831

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death

A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

yle.fi

I think this is one of the reasons why so many big corporate accounts haven't moved here. They can't monetize it, there's not even a way to pay for ads to get their stuff seen, and the algos will not help them (yay!). And if you are Adobe we will kick your teeth off.

Katie Croonenberghs Art@kamakru.bsky.social · last yr.

I saw a post of an author complaining that they weren't making any sales here and would leave if they couldn't. Here's the thing. No one's here to follow people who ONLY talk about and push sales. This is not a sales site. We're not here to be advertised to. This place is for community, first.

Tapping the sign.

If you still refer to yourself or others as a "degenerate", now is a great time to stop. Oh, you think you're a lesser person because you enjoy teeth on your neck? Get real. Rich fucks and worthless puritans will never experience even half the raw emotions you do. Be proud of that joy.

Toxic Masculinity is OUT! Ghost of Christmas Present Masculinity is IN! - Loud laughs - Roasted meats and spiced drinks - Hospitality to strangers - Living in the moment - Singing in public - Body positivity - Emotional generosity - Sick robes

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

Greek mythology sure has a lot of gay in it. Imagine if we learned in school how normal queerness used to be.

If we're sharing cultural artifacts from the Iraq war era with the youths, I am generationally required to share this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCpj...

The End of the World

YouTube video by AlbinoBlackSheep

youtube.com

Who is with me? Join your local crows today! #fishcrow #art

Oh and can't forget Senshi!