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original sin (insider trading)

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Hey, look at me. Look at me. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: you need to condition yourself to being okay with being inconvenienced by things. The first time I spoke about this I meant it in a mental health way- it is good to go out to the store and see people versus just ordering alone at home- but there is another more pressing societal issue you should be more concerned about as well.

Any service you rely on for convenience can be weaponized against you the moment you begin to rely on it. Streaming used to be a cheap and convenient way to see movies at home. It is now exorbitantly expensive, you need multiple accounts just to get what you want, and any of those movies can be taken from you at any time. And unless you have gotten used to going through the “inconvenience” of owning physical media, you can do nothing about it. Same goes for buying things on Amazon. Same goes for any service like DoorDash etc. These companies WANT you to be reliant on them for convenience so they can do whatever they want to you because, well, what else are you gonna do?

Same thing goes for the uptick in AI. If you train yourself to become reliant on AI for doing basic things, you will be taken advantage of. It is only a matter of a couple years before there are no free AI services. Not only that, but in the usage of AI’s case, it is robbing you of valuable skills that you need to curate that you will be helpless without the moment the AI companies drive in the knife the way they have done with streaming. Delivery. Cable. Internet. Etc. It will happen to AI too. And if you are not practicing skills such as. Writing. You are not only going to be at the mercy of AI companies in the digital world, but you are going to be extremely easy to take advantage of in real life too.

I am begging you to let go of learned helplessness. I am begging you to stop letting these companies TEACH you helplessness. Do something like learn to pirate. It is way more inconvenient at the beginning, but once you know how, it is one less way companies can take advantage of you. Garden. Go to the thrift store (older clothes hold up better anyway). These things take more time and effort, yes, but using time and effort are muscles you need to stretch to keep yourself from being flattened under the weight of our capitalist hellscape.

Inconvenience yourself. Please. Start with only the ways you are able. Do a little bit at a time. But do something.

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This made me bust out laughing

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done with the "came back wrong" trope. what about came back American

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It feels like this every time I write a fic

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As Elon Musk cements his place in history as a fascist tech overlord and the rest of the world looks at us in horror, I really do want to reiterate what I feel will be lost to the history books

Nearly everyone in america has thought and continues to think that Elon is very cringe.

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These men just stole the personal information of everyone in America AND control the Treasury. Link to article.

Akash Bobba

Edward Coristine

Luke Farritor

Gautier Cole Killian

Gavin Kliger

Ethan Shaotran

Spread their names!

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there’s wip (active development) and wip (stuck in development hell) and wip (oh you’re not even getting funding for this one)

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i do write for attention, actually, because that's a normal reason to create art

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Civil servant here: this is 100% true. Trump also illegally fired 15+ Inspectors General. IGs are independent watchdogs inside federal departments and agencies, who are mandated to root out 'fraud, waste, and abuse.' They're also the main place where whistleblower complaints are taken -- and they provide protection from whistleblower retaliation.

While some IGs *can* be fired by the President, he must give Congress 30 days notice, and a compelling reason to do so. Trump did neither.

This isn't about efficiency. It isn't about saving money. If it was, he wouldn't fire Inspectors General.

This is about replacing independent watchdogs with loyalists so he can weaponize their investigative capabilities against federal employees.

I've seen a lot of comparisons being made this week: McCarthyism, The Red Scare, I was even directly told to 'operate under Don't Ask, Don't Tell' rules. I can say with grim certainty that this is much, much, much worse.

Look up 'Night of the Long Knives.' You won't be able to unsee it. Fellow feds: Pay attention, stick together, stay safe. Stay in the fight.

If you’re an American federal employee and got an email saying “it’s ok to quit your job.” Do not, for the love of everything, quit your job. This is purely a scare tactic to get rid of as many people as possible without legal consequences.

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“Be curious about what you’re writing about” is not stock Common Writing Advice but it really, really should be. There are a lot of written works that fail due to the authors just being obviously incurious about what they are writing about.

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today i wrote zero words! but i did think about my story twice in passing. that probably counts for something

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Reblog if you hate Trump and want to buy girl scout cookies from Trans scouts!!

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me every day without fail: I'll do [chore] when I get home

me when I get home: