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You need to move off of Google Docs!

I know some people have seen the news recently and may be doubtful of it. To the uninformed, Google Docs has started using AI to find "inappropriate" and "problematic" content, scraping your documents and deleting it. I know some people are unsure if this is real or think this is not going to affect them.

I regret to inform you that this is real.

As I was on a call with some writers and we were moving our documents as a precautionary measure, one person discovered entire pages missing that they did not delete themselves. This is happening to us, it's not a hoax or a rumor, it's happening right now. You need to move everything if you want to preserve it.

If you're a writer with writer mutuals, please reblog this so they know. I rarely write on Google Docs anymore, but I started my fanfics on there, and I would be devastated if I lost works more than ten years old because people decided marketing appeal is more important than creative freedom.

EDIT READ THIS: https://www.tumblr.com/bravehyde/790422701153157120/hi-can-we-have-any-sort-of-source-about-the

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daily affirmations:

i am kind

i am in control of my emotions

it does not bother me when someone is in the kitchen while i was planning to be in there alone

everyone in the house has the right to be in the kitchen

i am kind and in control of my emotions even when someone is in the kitchen while i was planning to be in there alone

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6 more grandma squares to go 💪

Small progress is still progress

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the symbiotic relationship between tumblr and AO3 should be studied in a lab

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My old crochet WIP that is finally making a further progress. Making a crochet case for my tablet. 10 more grandma squares to go.

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New project, actually a very very old idea I have in mind but never have the time and motivation to do

I'm going to make a bag for my tablet using a very old worn out pants

And this yt shorts is what inspired me about the design

I'm torn between flowers, milky way and Aurora borealis.

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Last batch, they smell amazing 😌

Second time making the White chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Wish me luck 🙏

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Fourth batch, I forgot to flatten it but taste the same as the third.

Second time making the White chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Wish me luck 🙏

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This is what the second batch looks like

It looks burnt, and much crunchier than the first batch

Now, this is the third batch

It looks a bit better, much chewier. Just better overall.

Second time making the White chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Wish me luck 🙏

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First batch done, they look good

Second batch in

Second time making the White chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Wish me luck 🙏

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Second time making the White chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Wish me luck 🙏

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The wait is almost over…THINKING ABOUT THINKING will be published next week! It features 128 pages of comics on impossible thoughts and complicated feelings.

Find it here or wherever you get your books:

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TW: Pedophilia

Teenagers are rarely taught the reason why they can't consent to sex with adults.

And that's because teaching them that would completely unravel our coercion-based society.

It can be difficult to explain in detail the exact reason and all the specifics in a way that they will understand. But the simplest way to phrase it is that in some cases, even when someone agrees to something and even when they appear enthusiastic about it, there's too much of a power imbalance that it's no different than forcing them. Also, having power and being abusive doesn't require a conscious expectation to be obeyed.

Imagine a world in which every teenager understood that and was easily able to call out anyone who tried to convince them otherwise.

They'd know that there's no such thing as an employee consenting to working for a poverty wage, working in unsafe conditions, working long hours, or working without taking breaks. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to paying a bank overdraft fee. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to student loan debt. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to medical bills. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to generating profit for banks or landlords in order to have a place to live and being evicted or foreclosed when you lose your source of income. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to a police search. They'd know that there's no such thing as a child who's okay with their parents spanking them. They'd know that being dependent on someone does not mean that you can never criticize them. They'd know that if it's considered abusive to simply play along when someone obeys, then it has to be much more abusive to actively expect to be obeyed, which many adults do to them.

And people who benefit from a society based on coercion masquerading as freedom wouldn't like that.

So instead, teenagers are taught something dismissive. They're taught that what they want doesn't matter. They're taught that they're too young to know what love is. They're taught "it's the law". They're taught things that are insulting to their intelligence, which they'll naturally rebel against.

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the thing about being nonbinary is that you really do start to forget that other people have such strict walls around what is and isn’t allowed for genders. i thought we all agreed that we made that up. could you climb out of the cave real quick and feel the sunshine for a minute.

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Bacon grease choc-chip cookies; 1953

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yippeee..

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