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Be the Dancing Fox

Tap dance all over that canon, my friends.

Tap with JOY and ABANDON and, if it’s all you’ve got right now, do it with SPITE.

Stomp, if you must. And when you're ready, stomp with LOVE and HOPE and ENTHUSIASM for all these amazing characters that are YOURS forever.

TAP TAP AWAY!

#be the dancing fox #this is my new fanfic mantra #you can't take the sky from me #or the shield #you're gonna get sick of this fox well before I get sick of it #I LOVE IT SO MUCH #look at those happy tappy feet

twistedingenue

Not to be former Catholic-blogging on main but Chicago Pope can WRITE, y'all

Breaking the chains of new forms of slavery 173. This distorted view of the human person is reflected today in various forms of servitude directly linked to the digital economy. Nothing in the world of AI is immaterial or magical. Every seemingly immediate and flawless response is the result of a long chain of mediation, involving vast networks of natural resources, energy infrastructure and, above all, people. A significant part of the digital economy’s functioning relies on the silent work of millions of people engaged in essential yet largely unseen activities, such as data labeling, model training and content moderation, often involving disturbing material. In many cases, these workers are young people, predominantly women, working under demanding conditions for minimal wages. Added to this invisible labor is the even harsher work of extracting the resources required for the production of the devices and microprocessors on which AI depends. In some regions of the world, children and adolescents work in dangerous conditions, crushing the materials from which rare earth elements are extracted. The bodies of these people are scarred, injured and worn down so that computational flow may continue uninterruptedly. Furthermore, criminal networks use online platforms, messaging systems, anonymous payment methods and profiling techniques in order to recruit, control and transport victims of trafficking — very often minors — reducing men and women to “data” to be tracked and “packages” to be moved around within the same digital circuits that support much of the global economy. This reality deeply challenges the moral conscience of our time. It is not enough to invoke efficiency, nor to celebrate the benefits of innovation, if they are built on a chain of exploitation that remains deliberately hidden. If technology promises emancipation, yet produces new forms of global subordination, it stands in contradiction to the fundamental principle of human dignity.

MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

cardigarden

Bob From Chicago, y'all

#I'm not religious at all because reasons #but I had a lot of respect for Pope Francis #and this new Pope Leo seems promising

pronouncingitwang

at some point in your life you will be boiling fruit, water, sugar, and lemon juice in a pot to make a syrup or jam. the instructions will tell you to simmer for a certain amt of time. your timer will go off and you will look at the pot and go, "hm, this doesn't look thick enough. maybe i'll let it go for another 10 minutes." this is the devil speaking. it's only so liquid right now because it is at boiling point. it will thicken when it cools down. learn from the follies of my youth and do not let this happen to you

yokowan

at some point in your life you will be making a sauce or a stew in which you need to add cornstarch to thicken it. and you will prepare a slurry of starch in cold water and think "this looks like way too little starch to thicken this amount of liquid." this is the devil speaking. cornstarch instantly polymerizes at 95°C and if you add too much it will turn into an impossibly thick goop.

le-jardin-inculte

at some point in your life you will be making some sort of cream based dessert that requires gelatin to thicken it. and you will soak some gelatin sheets in water and think "this is too few gelatin sheets for this amount of cream." this is the devil speaking. it will thicken in the fridge and if you add too much you will end up with milk jelly

shithowdy

at some point in your life you will be baking cookies. you will take the sheet out after twelve minutes as the recipe instructs and the cookies will still be glistening and soft. "these don't seem cooked enough," you will think to yourself, "i should place them back into the oven until their edges are nice and golden." this is the devil talking. this is how you get dry, overdone cookies. the cookies will continue to bake on the warm sheet for several more minutes and then harden up after sitting on a rack for a while. trust the process. trust the process.

#I have done all of these things #sigh #learning is also a process

A coworker who has zero social media at all told me they liked my shoelaces yesterday.

I stared at them and quite gleefully said, “Thanks. I stole them from the President.”

Of course then I had to explain what was an absolutely insane response and they’d never even heard of Tumblr.

But still! I got to say it!

#been waiting years to be able to say it

Like to charge, reblog to cast

meanbuddhist

i have got to give up the desire to be understood. lol

unofficial-autism-post

Unofficial Autism Post

bigsciencybrain

The desire may go away eventually.

I reached a point where I consciously decided that the inner workings of my soul were no one else’s goddamn business. If I could go back in time, I would adopt that attitude as soon as developmentally possible.

If asked a question about how I think or feel, I answer honestly and transparently, but I don’t offer that information otherwise. People rarely ask.

Sure, people assume wrong things about me sometimes. That’s Their Problem, not mine, and I’m not going to carry the weight of their assumptions on my shoulders.

#not quite actively hostile to the mortification of being known #but close enough

So, I have 7 cats.

The rescue that I got one of my cats from put out a plea for fosters. One of their long term volunteers was going into assisted living. She had 7 cats.

You can see where this is going.

I now have 13 cats. 6 are technically foster cats.

I had 14 for a few days before my precious Sushi succumbed to heart failure and I lost her at the emergency vet.

King Arthur, my once and future King, was so frail when I got him that I expected to lose him but I've brought him back from the edge. He won't have long but I think it'll be measured in years or months instead of days.

I don't know how I'll be able to give up the foster cats...they're my kitties now and I'm getting used to sleeping with 20 lbs of black floof on top of me.

But I also don't want to look like a crazy cat hoarder to the rescue.

I mean...I'm not technically hoarding?...they are the most spoiled cats ever. They have robot vacuums, robot litter boxes, robot feeders, a licensed pet sitter who comes 2x a day when I travel, they go to the vet or the ER vet for anything I can't manage myself. My entire life revolves around these cats.

13 is the perfect number, right?

#life with a bigsciencybrain

bigsciencybrain

It's like they don't even understand the concept of consent...

Rumor mill went crazy at work recently after a coworker's mug shot was posted online by the jail. He was charged with sexual assault and sexual battery.

Some coworkers were the ones to bail him out of jail.

Some coworkers were outraged that they found out via Facebook rather than being told by Management and thought he should be fired.

There was a lot of drama.

I was honestly amazed just to know what was going on because I'm always oblivious to that kind of thing. Like...I'm working here; I have shit to do. Never really liked him all that much, honestly. Two different women have upended their lives and moved states away when they left him, and in both cases emptied out their belongings from their shared home while he was out and without telling him, which is...suggestive of their mental state, to say the least. I miss both of them; they're awesome ladies.

Anyway, I go into the break room with my teapot and box of tea leaves. Clearly I'm making tea. Mugshot!Coworker is there. After some silence in which I'm attempting to get wet tea leaves out of my tea strainer, he starts talking.

He knows the rumor mill has been talking about him. He knows people have been saying stuff about him.

I tell him that it's really none of my business. I'm just there to make tea.

He keeps talking. They were false accusations. Someone out to get him.

At this point, I'm forcefully repeating that it is none of my business. I'm just trying to make tea.

He. Keeps. Talking.

My dude, if you expected me to believe those accusations were false, I sure as hell don't believe that NOW.

bigsciencybrain

Update on The Tea...

Coworker was acquitted because his lawyer got all the evidence disqualified on technicalities.

Technicalities like...he didn't know you were going to hand over the text messages of him admitting to what he did to the police so those aren't admissible in court.

Color me not surprised at all because...62 million...

Coworker followed me halfway across the building trying to talk to me and I'm like...my dude...I sat on a jury where half of the jurors wanted to acquit the guy who left a woman to bleed to death in a parking lot and I fought for three fucking 20-hr days to get justice for her...I am not your friend.

#I got her 21 years of peace and some money #wish I could've done more for her

thevastnessof

it’s actually quite easy to take over a small local government group if you really want to, bc if you volunteer consistently people will just put you in charge of whatever. I’m now one of like three people at a nature preserve making official decisions about trails, events, putting in a prairie, and designing a series of illustrations for a storybook trail etc., and it’s just because last summer I started coming over once a week to help the naturalist out for a couple hours. Mine now. you too can steal an organization and shape it to your will 🫵

#I'm literally reshaping how my entire organization functions in my area #because I wanted to #and no one else was going to do it #which means no one is going to stop me either #people are so grateful for anyone who cares and can make decisions about anything

vehder

i miss u so much (pre ai internet)

#esme rose #I feel this in my soul #Youtube

avadaniels

project hail mary has it all. amnesia trope. petty academics. platonic soulmates. narratively justified retro-futurism. red string of fate. a bird may love a fish, but where will they live / then I shall have to make you wings. also a competent woman committing so many crimes in order to save the world and bringing the protagonist with her everywhere because he is her AND I QUOTE "little science lapdog". book of all time

bigsciencybrain

this is the only review that ever made me want to read this book

Anti-anxiety medication has been life altering.

I had to have literal organs surgically removed for a Medical Professional to think that I needed them.

#US healthcare is a hellscape