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Instead of a posting strike, I think we should all change our profile pictures to something that reflects our anger and outrage over the changes to the Bluesky community guidelines. A suggestion:

We noticed something grim/funny: there have been so many cases of people spiraling into severe mental health issues after prolonged ChatGPT use that OpenAI is now just copy-pasting the exact same statement every time there's a new report: futurism.com/openai-respo...

Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.

Another concern about itch capitulating is, okay see this? What if someone decides one day that 'no ICE in California' is hate speech and pressures Itch to ban a bundle named like this and withhold the money?

You don’t have to like, approve of, or engage with porn and nsfw work to see how right wing extremists are using fear and stigma around smut to ban queer people from public life, define “good” sex as only between married people for procreation, and otherwise further force white supremacy on everyone

Let’s change gears. Do some good Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

72 hour work week

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

Just found out thanks to the latest update that Firefox has "AI" features. Here's how to switch them off.

AI CHATBOTS PRODUCE STATISTICAL PREDICTIONS OF WHAT A HUMAN MIGHT SAY, THEY DO NOT THINK IT IS NOT ANXIOUS, IT IS PREDICTING THAT A HUMAN MIGHT RESPOND IN A WAY THAT SHOWS SIGNS OF ANXIETY IN THIS SITUATION AND REPLICATING THOSE SIGNS OF ANXIETY

A major part of me says that this is a misrepresentation, or at least a simplification of the arguments surrounding the statement, ultimately overlooking both the problems with the education system and the role teachers play in it.

good morning bluesky just remember you can blame literally any modern issue on ronald reagan and you will almost certainly be correct

You’d think “rooting out diversity initiatives” is the kind of phrasing they’d only use to sugarcoat instating bigoted *hiring* practices, not straight up *firing* everyone who isn’t a cishet white guy from all positions of authority. And yet here we are.

The author's request for comment went to spam and this was published without it. When I replied, the author was out of office. So in the interest of saving time, here is my full response:

Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.

this is a decent summary of the new executive order putting everything under Trump's control www.reddit.com/r/law/s/MFHa...

War is coming.

So, I have no clue if this will even reach anyone who would know enough about this to help me with this and is not really anything that I previously posted, but I want a second opinion on this. Writing a fic, so I want to know if having Wenduag and Edelgard in a relationship would make sense/work.

always a timely message but especially right now

Reasons you should put your pronouns in your bluesky bio 1. The more cis people do it the more it gives cover to trans people 2. Your avatar is a tree or a bird or something? I actually don't know what to call u 3. The Government is trying to make it illegal and that makes it extremely punk rock

antivaxxer weirdos are urging their pals to flood their senators’ phone lines with support for rfk will there be a similar wave of movement urging people to assert opposition?

hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes—a big step to something making trump’s executive order federal law, which is much harder to undo. short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️. if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵 
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

Big Tech divestment checklist (quote your progress) ✅Meta-Deleted all accounts I know I have ✅Twitter-Deleted months ago ❌Microsoft-Need OS for work, use LibreOffice ✅Apple-Never used, bar Macs in workplace ✅Amazon-Been using alternatives for years now ❌Google-Still use gmail, but use Firefox

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Trump’s flood of Executive Orders is a cheap spectacle intended to distract us while his administration moves to gut our health care and SNAP benefits. Immigrant families aren’t the reason we can’t afford eggs or prescription drugs. Billionaire CEOs like Trump and his people are.

Survive Out Of Spite

In light of recent happenings, never forget: Carry onwards and keep living

reposting this for no reason btw 🏳️‍⚧️

FUCK YOU

Remember this: It’s okay to hope and it’s okay to despair. Your emotional system has its own intelligence and you feel what you do for a reason. If you have hope in something, it’s okay to believe in that. If you can’t find hope right now, you don’t have to make yourself.

Correct. There's a lot of ugly and awful things coming our way, and there are a lot of different ways to handle that, but please do not forget to add: Everything bad is the fault of Trump and Republicans. Everything. They promised they'd fix it but haven't. Blame, blame, blame, blame. It works.

I stand with all transsexuals now and forever. I stand with all trans and intersex people now and forever.

This was a point I made in our live chat earlier.

Share this far and wide - From "On Tyranny", at your library here: share.libbyapp.com/title/3108868 shorter version: snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

And again, this piece of mine feels incredibly fitting for today of all days. 💀 🇺🇸 #USA #illustration

If you're discriminated against or arrested for being trans in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].

We need help. Real help. Not some bullshit platitudes, or walking on eggshells worried you’ll say the wrong thing. Actual support and community.

Bookmarking this for the next time someone tells me trans activism in the US is too confrontational

Hey bumping this again really in need of some money rn for vet payments and other things so if ya wanna commission me DMs are open! Or just spreading the word helps a lot too!

hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes that matches what passed the house & they'd love a bill for trump to sign day one. short call scripts for democratic & GOP senators follow. if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵 
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

I had a walk today and thought about the relationship between civility, discomfort, and abuse. Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.