Bedside Browsings

Mature Ancient British woman obsessing over Tatennant and various things on the BBC. On semi-hiatus while I'm away but I've left a queue running. Normal Service sort of resume.

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[batmanisagatewaydrug]

I see that "learned helplessness" is the hot new psychological term getting wildly misused. the phrase you're looking for is "weaponized incompetence," babes

[phoenixqueenwrites]

oh gooooood let's not do that please. "Learned helplessness" is a very serious designation for people (and animals) who have been placed in positions where they have no ability to choose for themselves and been stripped of their agency. It's literally usually the result of prolonged emotional abuse and restriction. I do not know in what context the people who are misusing are using it, but good lord, please stop.

[snoopylovessoup]

[noah-wyles]

it's a “SD Pitt Stop“ - a 'Where's Waldo' inspiration by artist Patrick Ballesteros

[noah-wyles]

approval ✔️

[fracturedmind]

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.-Charles Dickens

[thirstkanaphan]

[sheennxnt]

Crowle panic at the thought that they’d caught him reading the magic trick and adjusting his glasses, I love this demon supporting his little angel

[nicolagriffith]

I just found out about this Tube Map of Queer Authors put together by the Barbican and Community Libraries in London. As usual, SFF forms a closed loop unconnected to other fiction—but hey, bottom line? I'm sandwiched between Octavia and Arthur C. Clarke and on the bottom line with Sappho...

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[swagophile]

important reminder that most people you follow online are significantly lamer than you think they are including me. and if you feel insecure comparing yourself to someone online: DON'T. theyre probably also lame and weird. most people on the internet are

[most-sane-classicist]

reblog if you're also lame and weird.

[d1g1t4l-cr1ppl3]

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Happy disability pride month!!!!

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[green-is-gay]

i dont WANT pride months to be over,

on the other hand...

[eddie-redcliffe]

Everybody has been talking about the sniff moment or the inhale moment in the dance. Who do I need to thank for this stroke of genius? You need to thank Dónal for that. It was all him. (x)

[fluoresensitives]

Personally I hate AI because it uses slave labor, is killing the planet and is making people stupid, but that's just me. The soulless art aspect is just one little piece of my grander disdain.

[castrolle]

wait how does AI use slave labor? Do you mean the human works that are stolen and not credited or compensated? Because technically under capitalism everything is exploited but there are varying degrees

[postillfastill]

Aside from the scraping, AI tech companies, including openAI/chatGPT, have outsourced training their models to countries in the global south, specifically Kenya in openAI's case. These workers are working in sweatshop conditions for less than 2 bucks USD per hour. I'm on mobile, but if you search 'openAI Kenya slave labor' and related keywords, you can find multiple articles about it.

[almostdefinitelydying]

Kenyan workers with AI jobs thought they had tickets to the future until the grim reality set in

Training AI takes a heavy toll on Kenyan workers, who say they earned $2 an hour to label and sift through gruesome content for American com

[brightlotusmoon]

[fracturedmind]

Where your attention goes, your time goes-Idowu Koyenikan

[sircolinmorgan]

CATHERINE TATE as DONNA NOBLE in DOCTOR WHO.

[elena-gilbert]

VAN HELSING (2004) dir. Stephen Sommers

[achillesinhighheels]

"When Harlem Was" by Eric Bowman.