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harry dubois would end death note in one episode. he'd be unkillable bc he has no fucking idea what his name is and then he'd go drink driving and accidentally run light over and the killings would mysteriously stop

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For close to two years, life in Gaza has been forced to a stand-still. The plans which were laid out for the future, have been mercilessly disrupted and destroyed in this ongoing genocide. This is especially devastating for students, who have been waiting to complete their education and enter the work force.

Let this be a reminder that Gaza has one of the highest literacy rate in the world, and this threatens the settler state; the schools and universities, were the very first places to be targeted in the bombings. So please when you do see a fundraiser aimed to help the Gazan students continue on with their studies, pay attention. Right now I would like to appeal to you, on behalf of my friend Mohammad Ayesh, who is both a student and the founder of Ihyaa Foundation. As of now he needs your support to continue on with his university program. We have to raise £1108 by JUNE 7th.

About £200 has been raised. £900 is left to go.

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that quote like “god gave us transness for the same reason he made grapes but not wine; yeast but no loaves — so we may partake in the divine act of creation”

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From May 28th to June 1st! Check it out:

STARTING TOMORROW

Scientists in weather and climate are live streaming for 100 hours to make their case to the American public.

They are live streaming, but engagement is necessary for it to work. SHARE THIS WITH PEOPLE, RECORD THE STREAM, POST CLIPS OF IT THAT ARE FUNNY, if you can tune in, PLEASE DO!

This is something that has to be heard by as many people as possible. Put it on in the background! See if you can get other people to watch it! Do whatever you can do support those who are trying to be supported! Anything and everything helps!

TUNE IN HERE

article I posted screenshots of here

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#use wolfram alpha if you really need help

#it’s designed to do math AND it shows the work so that you can UNDERSTAND the math and not just have the answer right

Reblogging mostly because I'd forgotten that Wolfram Alpha existed, holy shit. (Though they are also using AI in a variety of ways, especially if you use the "Natural language" input instead of "Math input".)

nothing funnier to me than when AI does math wrong. like I get why it happens, it's a language model that's treating the numbers you feed it as words rather than integers and then giving you an answer based on how those words typically appear in a block of text instead of actually performing a calculation. but the one thing computers are genuinely incredible at. you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did, look at it it's got hallucinations

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A Future Beyond War Starts With You 💙

My name is Naser. In the blink of an eye, war took everything from me— my mother, my sister, my home, and the life I once knew.

In one devastating moment, everything changed. All that remains are memories and the unbearable weight of loss.

But even in the darkest of times, I refuse to give up. ✊ Because there is still something worth fighting for— my three younger brothers.

🔹 One dreams of becoming a doctor 🩺—to heal others and prevent them from suffering like we have. 🔹 Another wants to become an engineer 🏗️—to rebuild the broken world war has left behind. 🔹 And the youngest? He just wants to be a kid again 🧸—to play, to laugh, to live in peace.

🏡 We need a home. We need education. We need hope. Right now, we’re not just fighting to survive. We’re fighting for a future—a future where my brothers can dream again, a future where they can grow, learn, and be children once more.

We are fighting for the opportunity to rebuild.

💙 This is where you come in. I’m not asking for much—just a chance.

A chance to heal, to grow, to give my brothers the future they deserve. A chance to rebuild our lives, piece by piece.

Your support—whether through a donation, sharing our story, or simply standing by us—could make all the difference. Even the smallest act of kindness can spark change. ✨

Naser’s Hope: A Teen Survivor Trying to Begin Again

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🙏 Will you help us rebuild? Together, we can show that war doesn’t get the last word—hope does.

Thank you for being the light that keeps us going. 💙✨

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seems like black trans people are only thrown on the back burner until it's time to use our existence in an argument and then talk over us until we get hate-crimed and killed and then #saytheirname and cycle repeat!

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this happened to a 19 year old US citizen studying in Bulgaria. do yourself a favor and do not leave the country right now under any circumstances. and another reminder: do not under any circumstances give your electronic devices up to anyone who asks or allow your things to be searched without a signed warrant from a judge. you have a right to refuse any search and seizure that is unwarranted. you still have rights. do not comply in advance. they will use it to prosecute you for whatever they can.

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i hope every single one of you outlives these hateful fucks on the news right now. i hope each and every one of you is able to find joy and support throughout these tumultuous times and i hope you get to live so fiercely as yourself. i hope you wake up one day to news that you’ve outlived those pieces of absolute shit and whether that brings you joy or relief or hope or what have you, i hope you live to see that day

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design comm for a bug taxidermy mage

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may i offer you a crumb of nostalgia? or a refreshing sip of vinegar?

some friends & i ended up talking about animorphs a while ago. at some point in the conversation i was explaining andalites to my partner who never read the books, stopped & went ".........you know what i'm gonna do?" to which people responded with "make an andalite bjd?" and yes. they were absolutely correct.

this also finally motivated me to sculpt a centaur body with more joints. i'm very happy with the range of motion in this, especially how nicely it lies down. need to work a little bit on stability, but the poseability is where i want it.

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That's actually one of the things DeepSeek has been kind of revolutionary about! So of course, there's a Computerphile vid about that too:

nothing funnier to me than when AI does math wrong. like I get why it happens, it's a language model that's treating the numbers you feed it as words rather than integers and then giving you an answer based on how those words typically appear in a block of text instead of actually performing a calculation. but the one thing computers are genuinely incredible at. you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did, look at it it's got hallucinations

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Forgot to mention that most LLM AI is also incentivized to lie to you about doing math correctly, which you can learn more about here:

With some additional info on how devs are restricted in how they can "correct" an AI even when they find it "cheating":

Aka they need to be treated like insanely powerful teenagers who hate being told what to do.

nothing funnier to me than when AI does math wrong. like I get why it happens, it's a language model that's treating the numbers you feed it as words rather than integers and then giving you an answer based on how those words typically appear in a block of text instead of actually performing a calculation. but the one thing computers are genuinely incredible at. you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did, look at it it's got hallucinations

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Do you need help deciding what to donate to?

Link to mutual aid initiatives.

Recently I made some polls that would help me figure out who can afford to donate how much. I will base the following 'categories' based on the answers I received.

Preface: This is NOT a personal budgetting guide. This is just about telling you where you can donate what you've already decided you can afford to set aside for the month / week. Furthermore, if you have to struggle to scrape by, I strongly urge you to reconsider donating. There are others who can afford to donate and you should focus on urging them to do so and sharing fundraisers with them. You should also follow this guide on a dynamic basis. I.E. if you suddenly find yourself out of a job, don't keep donating weekly just because you used to. Likewise if you suddenly score a six figures, please consider increasing the amount / frequency you donate.

If you don't want to follow this guide, don't!! If you prefer donating differently, do so. This guide is exclusively for people who aren't sure what to do and need a little bit of a system but don't know how to start making one.

PS: please do not share what category you belong to in my notes or whatever. I don't need to know.

Those who can afford to donate daily:

According to the poll there's about 9 of you who can afford to donate daily. If you can afford to donate daily, it matches up with the amount of fundraisers for individual families that I queue to post on my blog per day. Please prioritize families that are struggling with difficult healthcare issues, or families who have one or more disabled members who need expensive specialized care. You can find fundraisers to donate to on the lists linked in my pinned post. I personally think this would be helpful because it provides these families in need with that extra help they need. Look out for the fundraisers that I post daily on my blog, or alternatively if you can't pick one you can consult gazafunds, which picks a fundraiser for you if you feel you can't choose one yourself. The people who run the website vet every fundraiser listed there as well.

Those who can afford to donate weekly:

There's far more of you who can donate weekly rather than daily ~ 40-50. I think most effectively it would be best to ask you to donate to mutual aid initiatives for 2 weeks in a row, and then to alternate on the 3rd week and donate to some of the individual fundraisers, prioritarily for people who are in need of medical aid. Having a large amount of people donating to mutual aid efforts every week helps make sure that people are fed through the week and allows for a steady stream of support over time. However it also helps to have people sustain the individual fundraisers with the little extra boost they need outside of the daily donators. This is why I think alternating between both would be most help.

Those who can afford to donate monthly & less often than monthly:

This is the largest donator group and for that reason I strongly urge you to donate to mutual aid groups. Because it consolidates a small amount of donations from hundreds of people and causes the most widespread positive effect. Mutual aid initiatives reach the people who cannot advocate for themselves online and who have no means to ask for donations themselves.

Here's some links to mutual aid efforts for those who will be donating.

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It's a little bit wild how much of a swerve the Moralist political alignment quest in Disco Elysium is. For most of its length the game is dunking on centrism for being pathetic and ineffectual, and the endings of all the other political alignment quests are just goofy or sad, but then you do the centrism quest and it's like "political centrism might actually, literally be the mask of a cosmic evil that's physically devouring the world, and also you have to fail this quest on purpose or you get a non-standard game over". Like, tell us how you really feel!

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We all considered Khaled to be like an older brother to Ahmad. He was close to all of us, but he held a special place in Maryam’s heart she loved him dearly, and he loved her just as much.

Exactly one month ago and on the morning of April 3rd, Maryam asked my father if she could go visit Khaled. She missed him and wanted to play with the children her age in his neighborhood.He agreed. She went on her way, and not even a few minutes had passed before a missile struck the area she had just headed to.

In that moment, nothing else mattered to us but one question screaming in our mind : “Where’s Maryam? Is she okay?”

My father says..

I ran as fast as I could toward the site of the strike, my heart pounding in fear and panic.

When I arrived, I was shocked by the scene. Dozens of men were rushing around, carrying injured children. All of them every single one had blood covering their faces and severe injuries. I began shouting at the top of my lungs, “Maryam! Maryam! MARYAM!” until I saw her...

But my heart still wasn’t at peace. I couldn’t leave. I ran again this time toward the place I feared Khaled might have been.

With every step closer, my dread grew. “No... it can’t be him...” But when I arrived, I found Khaled’s house two stories high destroyed.

Khaled was there. After a long struggle, we managed to pull him from the rubble... but it was too late. Khaled had passed away.

Khaled is gone... and the world no longer feels the same. The earth is emptier now without Khaled.

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