Today's epiphany from Issy: True stories are engaging for their chaos Fictional stories are engaging for their order

Turns out, Japan's first female PM is an anti-gay Margaret Thatcher lover who Donald Trump praises and who wants to return the country to traditional gender roles. www.them.us/story/sanae-...

In this society it doesn’t really matter what is ethical, fair, or accurate, but how you make people feel about themselves, how well you can engage in scripts that will generate fun and easy feelings. If you can’t/won’t do that, you’re gonna piss people off no matter the content of what you say.

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Twitch thinking about implementing AI clipping tool, this means yalls voice is gonna be scraped. You better vote against it. twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92471... #twitch

It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.

i am going to need money for bills & food , rent next month is $700 + food. headshots : $5 icon : $15 chibi full body : $20 paypal+ko-fi available as pay. DM me or discord 🫶🏻 sharing is also appreciated 🥹🫶🏻 #artcommissions #art #commissions #smallartist

SNAP benefits will not be renewed in two weeks. I've ever seen/or will see someone shoplifting food in my life, and neither have or will, you, got it?

First my Dad finds out he can't donate plasma this week due to surprise paperwork, now we're needing to pay an extra $300 on rent because of an error by our leasing office. We need $450 ASAP for rent. ko-fi.com/farronox/goa... farronox.carrd.co #MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕 #KoFi #Throne

I'm really in need of some help right now. If you can support financially, it's greatly appreciated, if you can't, please just share this. My sister and I aren't sure how we're going to feed ourselves due to not getting our EBT paid out possibly for the next two months. ko-fi.com/xxyanderelov...

They want you (yes, you 🫵) to create "content" so they can quantify your output, use metrics that pit it against everyone else's, and then pay you less no matter how well you stack up. Be unquantifiable. Be an artist. Your soul and your eccentricities are *fucking vital*, especially now.

man who tried to slash social security spending promises communism is coming if you just ignore the enormous job losses this year due to the technology he's developing for private profit

Whats crazy about this is these designs are cheap af and they are designs I’ve made which got a lot of heart put into them. These are worth way more than they’re being sold for so snatch them up while you can.

if you want a woman to have fat tiddies and a fat ass but can't handle the accompanying fat tummy, arms, and legs, you're a coward and your name will forever be forgotten

Thousands of people seized by ICE have been disappeared and the DOGE initiative killed more than 300,000 children. IDK I just feel like I have to keep saying that every now and then because it seems to get forgotten in between all the AI videos and remodelling.

Many years ago a white guy asked me why I rolled hard for issues affecting other marginal groups & I said: "If you live in a house with several roommates, and one of them is a serial killer, are you cool with them because they haven't killed ~you~, YET?"

"i use it for research" congratulations your research is now measurably worse and slower. all the parts you think are getting faster are just parts where you don't know what's being eluded and misconstrued.

literal actual fascists: we must eradicate transgenderism libs: you're not a real anti-fascist if you take a hardline on protecting trans rights

The Mom Hates Being Correct About Everything and Warns Everyone About It But Nobody Listens Fortune Orb continues to expand

I do not get why Twitter and Instagram is still used by artists ngl, esp for nsfw. Like Twitter you have the ENTIRE Europe who can't see your shit, Instagram you need an account to be able to actually visit the profile, it's fucking annoying aaaaaa

just one more terminology change sib I swear this time it's not going to become a coded way to be bioessentialist just one more terminology change this time people will actually use it correctly and not just as a synonym for "born male" and "natal wombyn" just one more term shift---

here's how you remove the AI from the latest Firefox update

Most of us who are covid conscious understand that widespread masking is not returning. But masking in healthcare facilities should be an easy ask. Getting folks to mask when they’re sick should be an easy ask. Cleaning the air should be an easy ask. It’s time we adapt!

i will never forgive sam altman. robot fucking was in theory supposed to be cool, cyberpunk, subversive, a question of what it means to be human, young jude law as gigolo joe, and instead he's gone and made it the most ethically, intellectually, emotionally and aesthetically repulsive thing

Community Kitchens & Gardens, Public Clinics, Political Education, Anti-ICE Vigilance Committees, Public Tool Libraries, Organizing groups (try the "Non-Violent Medicaid Army" for example)... We need more than a march every couple of weeks. And any of us would be happy to have you.✊ 🧵END of 7

This isn't to knock protesting. It's important. But it's only part of the puzzle. If you want to make a difference, the protests cant be your destination: they're just a first step. Put some of that fury towards getting involved locally. Find neighbors fighting the fight. Do the hard work. 🧵6 of 7

When folks only go to marches, reacting to whatever bad fascists do until they feel they've "done enough" & go home... all they've really done is burn themselves out shouting at politicians and fascists who werent listening in the first place. That is what we call "Disorganizing". 🧵5 of 7

Solidarity & organizing are hundred tasks in a trenchcoat. Folks tend to gravitate towards the bigger "sexy" tasks... like protests. But equally important work, like setting up vigilance committees, organizing political education, building community resilience... usually a tougher sell. 🧵4 of 7

-and one discussion I had stuck in my head. A retiree told me it was her "fourth rally, and she plans on being at another tomorrow!" that now that she was retired, she viewed it as her "full time job to be out there raising her voice". It struck me as both noble... and frustrating. 🧵3 of 7

That is a lot of the concern I hear in organizing circles about No Kings: it gets folks out, but then they don't really *do anything* after the march. And I share that concern. I remember when my organizing committee went to No Kings a few months back to talk with the community- 🧵2 of 7

I've been thinking about this topic Jessie has brought up a lot lately. A friend of mine in the Non-Violent Medicaid Army has a saying: "the only bad organizing is no organizing". That doesn't mean we can't make mistakes when organizing, but more that the goal is to KEEP going with intent. 🧵1 of 7

To exist until my benefits are transferred — I.e., buy food and afford gas to get to medical appointments 2 hours away — I need to raise at least $1000 more. I’m sorry. Please share? gofund.me/72b6e44c8

In 2 weeks I’ll no longer have SNAP benefits due to the government shutdown, meaning I’ll have no food beyond whatever I can brave the lines at the food pantry and scavenge for there, never mind that I have food intolerances, need higher amounts of protein due to GI surgery and can’t function

chuffed.org/project/1531... mohammed needs emergency surgery for the tumor growing in his right eye and much of his head! furthermore, the family is malnourished! donate what you can if you can as much as you can, and if you can't donate, share and boost with those who can donate!

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SNAP benefits are going to be paused on November 1. If you are able, now is a good time to give to food banks, food pantries, or local mutual aid groups.

AWS incident is why decentralization is more important than ever. Too much power. Too much concentration risk for humanity. Decentralize everything. Everything everything. Everything.

The PS2 truly is the best console ever because it is constantly becoming more powerful. Each time we say something "looks like a PS2 game" we're talking about a game of a higher fidelity than the last. What the PS2 is capable of in 2025 is so far beyond what it was capable of in 2003. That's amazing

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Something I try to articulate to folks is that AI isn't a heuristic, conscious entity; it will ONLY behave as programmed. The reason AI doesn't understand anything, gets everything wrong, and lies, is because it's MADE by people who don't understand anything, get everything wrong, and lie

As a side effect, it's making it harder for victims to discuss their trauma, forcing people who have triggers to either block common and completely unrelated words or get retraumatized, and it protects abusers by making it harder to educate people.

I know Steam will never do this because they are libertarian in the dumbest and most annoying way but the GenAI disclaimer should be at the top of the page in bright orange the same way it displays when you don't have a VR headset or failed a purchase or some shit. It should be unavoidable.

While likes are appreciated in posts there are some cases where reposts are much more needed. Examples: Someone who needs mutual aid, An artist trying to get recognized, Necessary News/Information, And more. BlueSky doesn't have an algorithm so if you truly want to help someone out, repost.

Don't mind me fLaSHin' MaH BiOS and sharing #MutualAid while I wait. Normalize helping others. Unless you're a billionaire, or sociopath, I'm pretty sure everyone needs help and a community they can rely on for support. Hug kittens, feed homeless, donate those odd few dollars, that's real wealth.

A public coffeeshop is not a place for your Zoom meeting. Do that shit at home or pay for a coworking space.

If you are affected by the government shutdown and your SNAP benefits will be paused, share your mutual aid links below. Everyone else, boost this post and help folks in the replies. No one deserves to starve. #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive #BIPOCMA #TransCrowdFund #MABoost 💸💕

I'm in.