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Hey guys, the Macedonian queer community/pride parade organizers are trying to crowdfund some money since this year we had some sponsors pull out due to the parade also doubling as a protest for a free Palestine (which like. Good riddance to those guys)

The first pride parade here was held in 2019 so we haven't even gotten to have them for very long (with the pandemic happening the very next year and all). These parades are often the first time people in the queer community get to experience queer joy, and it gives us a space to be ourselves

It'd mean a lot if you donated or shared this around

Here's the crowdfund link- I'm not sure if it'd translate for you guys but basically you click the big red button on that page to donate. You can donate up to 6000 denars aka 113 USD per day, with the given options being 100 (2 USD), 300 (6 USD), 500 (10 USD), 1000 (19 USD), 2000 (38 USD), and 5000 (95 USD). There's a box bellow those prices where you can input a custom amount if you want, but as I said the limit per day is 6000 denars.

The goal is 120k denars (2269 USD) and we are 23% of the way there at time of posting

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A batch of minis of my friends OCs! Comm'd by @spekkalcola

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“Slopsquatting” in a nutshell:

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal, that’s how you get math packages and stuff but

2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but

3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So

4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_code_suggestions_sabotage_supply_chain/

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Gender essentialism is still cringe if it is directed against cis people btw. Ive basically had someone say to me that cis people are biologically incapable of understanding less normalized gender identities because "their brains work differently". If anyone has this opinion please come forward now so i can block you thank you. The reason cis people dont understand gender in the same way trans people do is because trans people are naturally more exposed to the discussion about gender because we have to think about it a lot. Cis people, who have never doubted their identity, obviously dont think about it as much, if at all.

Cis people arent inherently more stupid than us, or less capable of talking about gender on a biological level. What would that even look like???

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Ohhh he's pathetic. Awesome

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Before you look at this picture you need to know that this is Mayhem's "extremely happy" face. Her favorite thing is when I make her a little blanket cave to be in where she can make biscuits and bite the lapel of my housecoat.

It's not her fault she's got a nefarious face.

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"Why is it a problem if students use AI to get through college"

Because if you demonstrate to me that you're willing to set aside concern for truth, evidence, and verifying things with your own eyes whenever it happens to be inconvenient for you, I have a solemn responsibility to make sure you don't get into medical school.

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cubit design slight updates

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Genuinely I think repeatedly making "I'm so brave for (doing mildly uncomfortable thing)" jokes is actually really building my resilience, because when I accomplish an actually difficult task I'm then suddenly euphoric and then chasing the high of accomplishing more tasks.

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art will save you, being unreasonably passionate about something niche will save you, letting past sources of joy show you the way back to yourself will save you, earnestness over composure will save you, the natural world will save you, caring for something bigger than yourself will save you, daring to be seen will save you, kindness not as a whim but a principle will save you, appreciation as a practice will save you, daring to try something new will save you, grounding will save you, love will save you, one good nights sleep will save you

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yall have to stop insulting your own art in the caption and preemptively pointing out mistakes 90% of people probably won't notice. allow things to not be perfect. allow yourself some grace

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throws second life opabinia avatar at you like the eminem rat image

textures are placeholder but pretty satisfied with the mesh/plane work, this was a niche request for a player we had a very nice convo with inworld. will be compatible with other plaything kits, no idea when it'll come out but it's cute to share.

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A sudden, terrifying thought

When you see an animal with its eyes set to the front, like wolves, or humans, that’s usually a predator animal.

If you see an animal with its eyes set farther back, though—to the side—that animal is prey.

Now look at this dragon.

See those eyes?

They’re to the SIDE.

This raises an interesting—and terrifying—question.

What in the name of Lovecraft led evolution to consider DRAGONS…

As PREY?

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i think we should be talking about the semi-recent advancements in cystic fibrosis treatment like all the time every day. there hasn’t been a drug like this since AZT medications for HIV infection it is truly fucking miraculous and very important

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I don't have the context for this anymore but you know what I don't think there ever WAS context. So thank you for this. I love lil dudes being overdramatic.