Corporations use the illusion of convenience to convince us to hustle harder. To strip away everything actually enjoyable about any process. To condense and flatten our lives into a version they sell to us as a prepackaged sanitized version of happiness Fuck that bullshit You cannot automate joy

The answer to “not everyone has the time to be an artist,” isn’t AI. The answer to “not everyone has time to be an artist” is communism.

I cannot think of a single time where any version of "# I'm not like other girls" has ever actually been a positive thing for any girls I know early 00's trends are coming back buuuuuut can we just skip this one?

Ai apologists watch Erin Brockovich and think it's just a great Julia Roberts movie while sending their thoughts and prayers to Flint Michigan

To the men who follow me But especially the cis men Listen when women tell you about our experiences with patriarchy and misogyny Don't try to debate her Don't take it personally Don't dismiss what she says Hell you don't have to agree! Just listen

I do not think that all art needs to be realism IMO great and important things can be communicated through exaggeration and understated representations bc it can create emotion But I also know that surrounding yourself with unrealistic art of human bodies can start to warp your sense of self

I still hold out faith that if 1 million people do one 1 millionth of the effort needed for a better world that we will win. It doesn't have to be 50% of the population plus one. It can be so much smaller than that but you have to want it.

As grocery costs continue to go up Quick reminder that pork usually remains pretty cheap (it's often cheaper even than chicken) And there're a ton of amazing recipes for pork Americans sometimes struggle with eating pork bc it's seen as too fatty or unhealthy but truly it is a great meat

At this point I hope we can all agree that the electric meat teaching the sand to also be electric was a huge mistake

My wife: 🫩 "I'm so tired! I barely slept! Too bad I can never nap" Me: "uh huh... Why don't you just lay down in bed for a minute while I give you a little neck massage..." *Draws blackout curtains* *Pulls out soft piano music* *Gently strokes hair* ⏲️ Five minutes later ⏲️ Me wife: 😴😪💤 Me: 😁😁😁

"Craw" said the first crow, hopping around on the ground, looking for shiny bits. "Craw!" "That bit isn't funny any more, Clarence," said the second crow, now deeply irritated. "You have a master's degree and a good job, you need to stop this and go home to your family. They're *scared*, Clarence."

While I agree that we need to fully revolutionize the meat industry bc its unethical from every angle imaginable It is always a bit racist to say that there are no ethical ways to eat meat Also calling meat eaters...Carnists Is not doing what y'all seem think bc unfortunately it sounds pretty dope

You want to talk social contagions? Let's start with fatphobia, how 'bout, because that shit spreads faster than measles

I’d compare ai to asbestos due to the long term damage it’s doing to the testers and users and environment and in a decade we’ll have to be pulling bits of trash code etc out of everywhere but a case can be made for asbestos being actually useful

An example of how this can move like a contagion Person A: tries a weight loss drug and talks online about it but is careful to frame it as their personal choice bc of how deeply upset they are with their body Friend B (a day or so later): maybe I should try this? I see it over and over and over

I'd rather paint with my own vomit And title it "An Ode to Regurgitation" Than ever use AI Raw sewage has more value Bc at least that kind of shit Can be used as fertilizer

This👇. When I try to explain masking to others (even friends), I get a lot of “yeah, I get it—you don’t want to get sick.” I don’t want to get sick, but more importantly, I don’t want others to get sick & don’t want to be a part of a cycle of illness that makes a healthy life harder for everyone.

Look at the amazing and super cozy hat my wife got me!! LOOK AT IT 😍😍😍 #iamTheFinalPam #roachie #metalhusband

PSA: If you are exercising nearly everyday or have to exercise to maintain your body size... then that's not the natural size of your body Also it is worthwhile learning about orthorexia and anorexia athletica bc these types of eating disorders are far more common than we are willing to admit

On a similar line I think we've gotten too comfortable with telling our community online that we don't care about them or what hurts them Especially when we do it bc we don't think it should be such a big deal And obviously there are exceptions and people who weaponized their distress But also...

I think it's really important to always be reminding ourselves that we don't see the same Internet as other people So that when someone tells us "hey I see THIS THING over and over and it bothers me" We don't respond with "well I don't see it so it must not exist or be such a big deal"

The words you will hear before the space starts dying for good will be something along the lines of “I know it’s not okay behavior, but she’s an exception”

Takes like this always give me a multitude of feelings bc Yeah you have a government that demonstrates more care about gun laws and I am jealous But also you've managed to ignore the heart of the struggle for American gun control and use your country's tragedy to jab at us Which is a weird choice

It's shoe day!!! Don't forget to leave some crude oil out for George Bush!

Look I'm not trans so I don't really have the position to speak on this But a lot of y'all need to listen to my wife And Some of y'all need to learn how to stop reflexively getting defensive when someone calls you to defend the larger movement for trans rights HRT is a lifesaving treatment

Are you adding nuance???? Or perhaps Are you doing the intellectual equivalent of flexing your guns at the beach to impress the babes? Bc look I totally get wanting to impress the babes but there are better ways Ways that don't have the unfortunate side effect of making you look like a pompous ass

Say what you will... but it is an effective tactic Butch kryptonite is absolutely a beautiful Femme batting her eyes and pleading you to do the gross/heavy task I'd move mountains for my Femme Even mountains of trash😁😘

Another example of why it's important to advocate from a place of love and solidarity rather than hate and a desire to win The current system is fine with killing people it sees as subhuman It is never radical or revolutionary to only change the definition of who is seen as subhuman

I swear to the dear lords of Kobol I'm gonna make a "Did we solve it with semantics yet?" sticker Just for occasions like this

An adorable human at the pharmacy asked about my cool custom metal hat and I got to talk about @daughterofmercury.bsky.social and how absolutely amazing everything she makes is! So here's your reminder to go check her out and order yourself some amazing metal art to wear!

@warren.senate.gov there are nationally-recognized experts on topics like KOSA right here in Massachusetts, doing the relevant work a short walk from your own Boston office. Please, talk to us, do not ignore us - you co-sponsoring KOSA is a large mistake that will harm your constituents

Sadly, this continues to be deeply relevant

Part of being a good Butch is going out into the cold wintery day to find your Femme some lil treats just because 😉

Get back in your racist tree, tree man, do not bother us today with your racism

it's funny when people get indignant about someone else's reply settings. "The OP will NOT ALLOW ME to reply !" yeah man, you're not invited to every party. lmao grow up

My wife is making me the sweetest Christmas present (it's something I have struggled to do myself for a long time) and it really makes me feel really lucky to have someone who knows me and loves me so well

I think if you have no problem referencing/recreating AI generated images for art trends you’re not anti AI at all and find value in using it in your art

Forcing people to become a permanent underclass with zero worker protections, ways out, or viable economic alternatives is slavery, doesn't matter if it happens in an "economic opportunity zone" or whatever other bullshit quasi-libertarian label you slap on it before you attach it to a tech company

This is the source of a lot of my frustrations with how people conduct their activism online People are often more concerned with winning then how they win or what their tactics and strategies might be upholding Oppressive systems are highly adaptable Even in a revolution

Ok but since jobs are impossible to find what if I started a YouTube channel called "Does it Dyke?" And it's just me reviewing old and weird video games for levels of lesbianism Up first the entire Barbie adventure collection... Spoiler: it does in fact Dyke 😉 (this is a joke)

It's a very strange experience of grief to both want something so desperately and know without a doubt that now is not the right time It was maybe a mistake to look at pictures of puppies and yet I know it's a mistake I'll make again

I got that Vivaldi four seasonsal depression

This rules people.com/halle-berry-...

you must shake this idea that the destruction of our healthcare at the federal level isn’t going to hit you. ~it can’t happen to me~ doesn’t last long when it does; change your mindset. you’re no different than your neighbors, housed&unhoused—we are connected. mask up. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTHsoNSLbH...

Honestly I have less respect for this type of anti maskers than the straight up bigots Bc at least the bigots are clear they don't care about you or me This kind of anti masker does far more harm by presenting anti masking as if it can be part of an overall caring for the collective mindset

Here's part of what's tripping me up: this game has been hailed as "trans-friendly" because of the genital options. But for this particular trans women, all it does is offer representation for the parts of myself that I'm most dysphoric about, and none of the parts that I take euphoric joy in.

I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.

Seeing some conversations about eugenics today and just want to remind people That any time we start saying there are bad genes and good genes we are engaging in the foundational ideas of eugenics Even when people try to define "bad gene" as something that makes a person's life shorter or harder

All I want is to create characters who kinda look like me, and this generation of games utterly fails at that compared to the previous one. We had the tech for chubby bellies and low-end-of-medium sized boobs in 2015, what happened in the intervening decade?

I like cyberpunk so far but tbh it’s pretty telling that you can do mix and match genitals and body mods but can’t create an even slightly chubby character