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i love illegal immigration like yes bitch get in here

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hey sorry not to be an asshole but I saw someone say that a sports team posting about pride month was "pandering" and I need you to log off and touch grass because now more than EVER it's important that large institutions (and especially those that could easily be right wing like sports teams) show the fuck up for queer and trans people. especially trans people. so no it is not "pandering" to take a stand for a marginalized group of people that are currently under attack for trying to play sports. be so fucking for real

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If you're in the US military or National Guard, and are given an illegal or unconstitutional order, the GI Rights hotline (1-877-447-4487) is there to help give you the support you need to do the right thing by refusing it. It would be good to think about this now before it becomes a live issue for you and it would be smart of you to memorize that number.

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Trans inclusion is incompatible with radical feminism.

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studio horseys once again

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Bystander Intervention Training

so, the US just attacked Iran, and that is fucking terrible. Something we all need to think about right now is how we can stop the harassment and violence against Muslims and Arabs in the US that got so much worse in the early 2000s from happening again to people now.

To that end, I wanted to share some resources on Bystander Intervention. One of the biggest things I learned from training like this is that there are many ways to intervene, and they don't all involve putting yourself in front of the person who may harm you or others. It's ok if you feel intimidated by that because there are more ways to help! And once you do the training, it might not be so scary.

Right to Be has Bystander trainings based on the 5Ds of Bystander Intervention (Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, and Direct). The trainings are free!! sign up here.

I took one of their trainings a few years ago (when the org was called Hollaback!) and it was really very good, they have trainings at multiple levels and focused on various topics. They also partner with other orgs to focus on specific issues (like anti-AAPI harassment and with CAIR Chicago for anti-Muslim harassment, etc.).

Here are a few more resources:

APA Bystander Intervention Tip Sheet

RAINN Practicing Bystander Intervention

I think I'll sign up for one as a refresher.

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All I'm saying is I think if we can make "The Slur Song" top the dance charts while we're here for the queers, I bet we could kick it up the same way for a couple great trans femme musical acts on bandcamp, what if we make it happen for:

ghostdaughter (from our very own tumblr)

and for:

She Killed Sheila (find em on youtube)

Don't make me tag a bunch of people

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someone should’ve introduced data to crochet. i think that would’ve been good for him.

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by @beetlemoses

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As , the United States, potentially heads into another forever war I can only think of this quote.

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@spookyshinyfancy is probably the nicest, chillest, least stressful of my sideblogs if you want to go look at cute animal pictures and funny memes and Halloween aesthetic stuff.

deleting all your posts after a few months is bananas

I'm at least a few years behind on that because of the tumblr update that shoots you to the top of your blog on desktop if you reblog something when you're scrolled down into your history.

I originally meant to use this blog as kind of a portfolio, which isn't really possible with thousands of posts.

The really bananas part is that I'm up to over 60 sideblogs that i reblog to when I'm sorting. Because i don't just delete them, i reblog them to the appropriate sideblog first so that i can go and look at them later.

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deleting all your posts after a few months is bananas

I'm at least a few years behind on that because of the tumblr update that shoots you to the top of your blog on desktop if you reblog something when you're scrolled down into your history.

I originally meant to use this blog as kind of a portfolio, which isn't really possible with thousands of posts.

The really bananas part is that I'm up to over 60 sideblogs that i reblog to when I'm sorting. Because i don't just delete them, i reblog them to the appropriate sideblog first so that i can go and look at them later.

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My inability to disengage from things like this is why I had to quit being a journalist.

This information is incorrect! It is obviously and provably incorrect! It is demonstrably incorrect! It is presented in a way that should raise serious doubts! There is correct information easily available! You must see that there is correct information available! Perhaps you don't see it! I will show you! I will show you! I will show you! You don't see it yet and it's right here so I will show you! I will show you! I will show you!

And it never works so I have to make myself stop before I make myself sick with impotent rage.

Seeing a thousand "fork found in kitchen" and "believe scientists" and "we all knew about AI" tags on a post with an AI incorrectly summarizing a preprint study advising thoughtful use of AI as "AI is making your brain weak and ineffective" was making me crazy i'm sorry i tried not reblogging it like four times and every time i didn't reblog it it had like an order of magnitude more notes

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There are *so many* people sneering about how stupid AI users in the comments who *so obviously* didn't even read the linked thread.

Seeing a thousand "fork found in kitchen" and "believe scientists" and "we all knew about AI" tags on a post with an AI incorrectly summarizing a preprint study advising thoughtful use of AI as "AI is making your brain weak and ineffective" was making me crazy i'm sorry i tried not reblogging it like four times and every time i didn't reblog it it had like an order of magnitude more notes

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One of the biggest known problems with "AI" tools (as noted in the study) is that they are unimaginative and formulaic.

Let's take a look at "Alex Vacca"

It's practically a poetic form

alexvacca fifteen to twenty syllable provocative statement on tech outlandish statement delivered as one-liner generic example to add context to absurd statement line that will be pulled as title of thread [emoji]

Seeing a thousand "fork found in kitchen" and "believe scientists" and "we all knew about AI" tags on a post with an AI incorrectly summarizing a preprint study advising thoughtful use of AI as "AI is making your brain weak and ineffective" was making me crazy i'm sorry i tried not reblogging it like four times and every time i didn't reblog it it had like an order of magnitude more notes