#nsfw Masturbation is good for you, both physically 'n mentally! It's good for your heart, helps you get to know yourself better, feels good, lowers cancer risk <3 anyone shaming others for masturbating is stupid and has more anti-sexual christian nonsense in their head than they might think!!

If you’re at risk of any level of violence based solely on your identity, you’re not accepted by society. The levels in which you are tolerated are less important than the fact we’re all in the same boat.

a furry declaration on pornography (draft), or: Freak power! alyaza.neocities.org/essays/Furry...

"You can’t persistently mislead children about social expectations and then punish them for believing you. "Only, when it comes to autistic kids, obviously you can." @epballou.bsky.social on Autistic Social Experience & the Sally-Anne Test: chavisory.wordpress.com/2023/04/07/a... #neurodiversity

People keep framing the question around separating art from artist, but the real issue is you can’t separate this artist from *commerce.* If you continue to buy her product, knowing what she has expressly stated she does with that money, that is a choice. Rarely is it so direct.

whenever folks talk about harry potter and separating artist from art they always have this indignant 'OH SO IM A BAD FOR BUYING THESE BOOKS?' but thats not the real issue. the reality is that many will BELIEVE you are bad, and that is VALID. its not your choice what others think of you

There was something unexpected that popped up during the launch today, would you be willing to share what (apparently) popped up out of the flame trench today @rocketlabcorp.com ?

I wanted to make my computer in a heater so the only reasonable options was cycles rendering of the very not finished avatar. Was very fun re-figuring out animation from the one other time I did it.

its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

"more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice"

In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.

How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…

very good tumblr post about why to make a fursona, and in the replies, a couple followups on how to make a fursona

Because when autistic behavior = bad behavior... Autistic people = bad people. That's how the world sees us. And it needs to change.

"Autism is not an excuse for bad behavior" This is true. It isn't. Because autism doesn't cause bad behavior. It causes *autistic* behavior.

Let's do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...

Additionally: If you do not feel safe or comfortable around family and are not at risk of being harmed by refusing, you dont have to go. You dont have to be near harmful people just because its a 'family holiday' or some bs.

idk man I just think anyone who believes "petplay = you want to fuck dogs" and "ABDL = you're a pedophile" and so on is simply not old enough to be on the internet at large. go back to club penguin

Add it to the list...

It is said that you must pick your battles, but often they are picked for you. You should not give in just because you did not choose the fight. No, you must respond with all your determination and ferocity, and show your enemy they picked the wrong battle, with the wrong warrior.

Once again, I feel the need to state: If purchase isn't ownership, Then Piracy isn't theft.

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

Stand up on No Kings Day

When you're presented with a problem and someone immediately suggests to ask AI.

BUT HEY! THAT'S JUST A Segway to remind you that the FNAF creator/this movie's screenwriter, Scott Cawthon, donates the money he makes from FNAF stuff to far right politicians, many of whom are currently trying to make things worse for everyone, specifically trans people. Don't support this film.

From D. L. Mayfield:

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.

This is called murder

Both of the following statements are true: Murder is wrong, including the murder of Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk was a truly evil human being who called for political violence against minority groups in public for many years, and called for the murder of all LGBTQ people in public.

There's a word for the kind of society you're in when every single institution demands that you cry in mourning over a guy who repeatedly and explicitly called for your death at the hands of the state and vigilante mobs

a society that treats anyone horrified by a genocide as an extremist and demands that public figures eulogize a nazi, is a fascist society. that's where we live

The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program. We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful. The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs. www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...

we have a social struggle between people who say, "i was treated that way and want to ensure that nobody else is" and the people who say, "i was treated that way, and i need others to be treated the same way so i don't have to think about what could have been if i were treated right"

Tapping the sign.

A really good (and scary) point from @erininthemorning.com... for trans rights, a President Gavin Newsom could be *more* harmful than a Republican would be. www.erininthemorning.com/p/why-transg...

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.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine that dramatically BOOSTS the immune system’s ability to fight tumors- even WITHOUT targeting a SPECIFIC cancer type. It has the potential to do away with chemotherapy, surgery AND radiation treatment.

'A NSFW ban won't negatively affect me, I don't draw or post porn!' You sure? Here's how it went down when tumblr did it:

the desire to mass censor by parents is honestly often less about the safety of children and more avoiding the struggle of parenting and the loss of control as a child gains knowledge

"If you could be told of what you can see or read Then it follows that you can be told what to say or think" Boards of Canada, 1998