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this collective dunk lmaooooo GET HER ASS
This post is about lesbophobia shut the fuck up
i donāt know why youāre being a bitch when it would actually be great for lesbians (and everyone ) if people (like the woman in the op) realized they donāt have to date and can be happy/fulfilled alone. like thatās kind of the solutionā¦ instead of trying to sub in women that they arenāt for real into because they donāt enjoy dating men, they can justā¦ opt to not date.
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My job had a training on AI and I was surprised how honest it was about AIās limitations and problems, and we spent our activity time finding errors and issues with responses made by AI. But it did beg the question, why would I use this
The trainer was like, think of AI as an intern, student worker, or new coworker! They can do tasks for you, but be sure to carefully check their work.
We just established that this ānew coworkerā is racist, sexist, and canāt do math - why would I ask for their help??
I also recently had to do a training module on AI. It was something my entire institution had to do. I work in the medical field, and I just... it was honestly horrifying to do that module.
The big focus was that AI could be such a great help, but we needed to make sure that we checked our work! Because we were responsible for anything we decide to use AI for. And in my mind, I'm like: "...ok, great. I will take full responsibility for anything I use AI for. I will not use AI at all."
Besides all of the existing issues with it (theft of intellectual property to train the models, pollution, climate change, cost to the everyday person, the inaccuracies, etc), the main thing the module was trying to sell me on was was something I could already do. In the time it would take to look over something generated for notation, for example, I could have done it myself.
In a previous job, we'd made templates to copy/paste each time we had a call, and blank spots (usually with ____ ) to easily double-click to fill in the actual information. In a job that was already watching my speed per call, having to proofread/edit what GenAI makes would take me longer than just writing it myself.
Also there was a whole section in the module about how AI could hallucinate (they actually used hallucinate!), and I had one of those profound moments where I wondered if I was living in a simulation. Because it was so insanely stupid that I'm being told it's a good idea to use something that might just hallucinate data that doesn't even exist.
I feel like I'm living in an episode of Captain Planet. So cartoonishly evil and ridiculous but somehow is real.
BREAKING NEWS: screenshots from your phone not an appropriate format for submitting work in college classes.
my partner was a TA for an intro-to-subject course in grad school. finals week rolls around and the students are required to submit this big module assignment they've had like a month to do for a decent chunk of their grade. if you've submitted everything, you'll see a summary screen with a star beside each module name showing it's been completed.
an hour before the assignment deadline, he receives an email from a student claiming they completed the assignment, but the system is not allowing them to submit. there's an image attached to the email. partner goes to open what he assumes is a screenshot of that summary page.
instead, he sees that the student has taken a photo of their laptop from about 2 feet away, with that page open. strange, but it wouldn't be the first time a college freshman has lacked the tech literacy to take a screenshot. he almost doesn't look twice at it, but he realizes something about it just feels a little bit...off. so he zooms in.
the student had CUT STARS OUT OF CONSTRUCTION PAPER and TAPED THEM TO THEIR LAPTOP SCREEN BESIDE EACH MODULE NAME. you could see where they actually had completed the first couple of modules, but the stars for all the subsequent ones were like, double the size of the first two and exactly as uneven/irregular as you'd expect if you were freehanding them with scissors.
probably would've been quicker and easier to just photoshop them in but no, this student took a refreshingly creative, arts-and-crafts approach to getting an academic misconduct case
The one thing I will say for AI is that it's made me much more appreciative of homebrewed bullshit
Always embarrassing realizing you don't know basic facts about your friends. Like yeah hey, here's this person I love dearly, I've known them for 23 years, we've been through so much together. They're currently working in a lab.... developing... medicine? and also getting a PhD. I think. Don't ask me what subject.
you have to consciously unlearn racism and continue to watch for it because it will come out without realizing. because so much of society is structured around it. shrugging and going "i dont care" or "i dont know how else to say it" means you are okay with being racist and hurting other people with how much you dont give a shit about them.
at my local thrift warehouse where nothingās priced and you make an offer on all the stuff you find. well i told the person at the register iām on a budget and didnāt know if i could afford a rug i wanted and asked what theyād take for it and without missing even half a beat they said āhow about a cup of blood?ā then they started hopping up and down like a cheerleader and said ācup! of! blood!ā
we settled on seventeen dollars cash.
I think we need to kill the sentiment that people lose their right to personhood once they do something bad enough
I don't know who needs to hear this but you need to stop dehumanising people even if those people are "abusers" or "creeps" because you need to understand that you are not immune to doing something equally as bad
Abusers and creeps are not some species of especially heinous animal or alien or monster wearing the face of a human. They're people. And you NEED to drill it into your head that they are people because you NEED to remember that people are capable of doingn heinous shit. And you are a person. And your loved ones are people.
By emotionally classifying people who have done heinous things as subhuman filth incapable of thinking and feeling and acting just like you and me, and by using that emotional dehumanization as a reason to deny those people any compassion or support on a systemic level, you risk becoming blind to abuse/violence perpetrated by someone close to you or even yourself. Because if "abusers don't deserve rights", then you won't ever want to admit or accept that you or a loved one is perpetrating abuse, and that makes stopping the abuse or preventing further abuse much harder. This is how you end up excuaing abusive behaviour on the grounds that, since you don't see someone as a disgusting subhuman pile of garbage therefore they can't possibly be An Abuser, Trademark
And here'a the even harder pill to swallow: since the world isn't split into "abusers" and "good people", in the same way you or someone you love can inflict abuse/violence on others, the people who HAVE inflicted abuse/violence on others can, in fact, change and become better people
There is no bottomless chasm of moral uncleanliness that someone can run off and fall into and get stuck in forever. People can do better. Yes, even those people. You HAVE to accept this. Otherwise not only is there no motivation for anyone to try and do better (which is when people become stuck in a cycle of violence and abuse they don't want to escape), but your idea of a perfect justice system doesn't look any different from Literal Christian Hell. And I HOPE you understand that Literal Christian Hell is, to put it very lightly, not a good justice system.
hey, don't cry. fictional character in dire & perilous situations. ok?
pick up that non-fiction book
not all of us can live in fantasy 100% the time like i see some people on here do and it's refreshing to learn something new. its been philosophy, essays, and history for me and i feel much more at home on planet Earth for it knowing that people have been struggling and wishing similarly for millenia.
its not that fiction doesnt have its place, its important and healthy to exercise the imagination, but non-fiction can do so much to boost and supplement that. if not for yourself, for your art or for the people you're around
"representation matters!" but you wont read or engage with non-fiction works about any demographic outside your own
this version of the post doesnt seem to be getting much traction but this is arguably the most important reason why we should be reading nonfiction in addition to fiction
Thereās a really good book all about this.
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This was while William Still, one of the leaders of the Underground Railroad who helped former slaves adjust to free life, kept such detailed notes of all he helped, in an effort to possibly aid families in reuniting later on (he of course kept the notes very well hidden while slavery was still legal). He started doing this when one of his brothers, Peter, who unlike him was born enslaved, came to the Philadelphia Antislavery Society for aid after buying his freedom and initially they had no idea they were even related. Williamās parents hadnāt been able to bring their two oldest sons with them when the successfully escaped with their younger children, and William was born after. None of his parentsā attempts to free his brothers had worked, and theyād lost track of them when they were sold out of Maryland.
Williamās notes were turned into a book he published in 1872, in an effort to help families reunite. The book has records of over six hundred enslaved people.
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Why is it revolutionary to know a person?
Someone I have worked with for a decade is retiring. He and I have been close- weāve traveled together, shared meals, talked about our families and our hobbies, spent time. We text. We talk. Weāve know each other for ten years.
I went looking for a gift for his retirement, and found a watch that relates to the specific kind of car that he works on as a hobby. I bought it, and then invited people to chip in if they wanted.
My coworkers are acting like this is miraculous?
āHow did you think of that?ā I knew he had a hobby and I googled it?
āHow did you know he works on those?ā I listen to people when they talk.
āHow do you always buy such good gifts?ā I listen when people talk to me. Most people are dying to talk about their interests. You just have to give them an in. If your memory sucks, start a note in your phone and write down what people express interest in. Look at it every so often before you hang out to refresh your memory.
āI never would have thought of that.ā I didnāt, really. I just spent 20 minutes looking at eBay and Etsy and a few subreddits. Itās easy if you try.
Honestly, if you want to make connections with people, express interest in their passions. Itās easy if you practice it.
https://twitter.com/coff33detective/status/1271463582312673281
āmake yourselves impossible to ignore. 10,000 signatures on twitter is a lot but 10 unique personal emails is enough to derail an entire council session.ā
I was in a city council meeting last week about defunding the police and one of the council members mentioned multiple times that sheād been inundated with calls and emails all that day saying to defund the police.
[ID: Two screenshots of a twitter thread by alex flanigan, anti-fascist @Coff33Detective from June 12, 2020 beginning at 11:25 AM that reads: hi! i work in local government and community management, and iām here to tell you a secret: it is like, really, really easy to overwhelm the people who work in your local government. especially right now. especially on things they can actionably do or impact.
you may not know this, but i bet your city or town or municipality has a website. i bet that website has some contact forms or email addresses on it. i bet you can use them to put together a message in about 5 minutes! i bet itās almost as easy as signing a national petition.
which is to say: iām noticing, like most other people, that the national level discussion on really important and long overdue issues is flagging. but the internet and news cycle is not the only battleground, and you will be pleasantly surprised by how easy it is toā
āfight those battles at home, on your own turf, with much more immediate impact, and they are so, so important.
I am begging you: make my job, and the jobs of people like me, difficult right now. flood us with demands. make yourselves impossible to ignore. 10,000 signatures on twitter is a lot but 10 unique personal emails is enough to derail an entire council session. End ID]
Iāve been a city council observer with the League of Women Voters for nearly a year, and I have witnessed the following:
A few guys voicing their anxiety about speeding on a street where their children play and suggesting a radar speed sign. Despite catching all of two meetings where this was mentioned, I walked back home one day andāyepāthere was a radar speed sign up.
A persistent force of 3-5ish loud residents coming to zoning and council meetings because they did not want a drive through style restaurant moving into a particular area where there were already major issues with traffic congestion and safety. This eventually resulted in a Chik-fil-a having its planning proposal shot down by council such that the lot is now likely to house an Aldi. I am getting low cost groceries instead of bigotry chicken in my neighborhood because of a D&D partyās worth of regular speakers.
A turnout of residents shouting down an attempt to reduce the amount of funding for the community Juneteenth celebration until Council backed down. One meeting. Roughly a dozen people + their kids speaking about the significance of the holiday. The celebration ended up having its full funding restored.
In my experience, it is incredibly easy to bully local politicians and get some sort of results, especially in small municipalities. If you have something that you want to see happen at the local level, seriously try to contact your local officials and see what you can make happen.
I single-handedly got them to double the number of chickens you are allowed to keep in my former town.
I used to cover town meetings for a local online news site, and the number of town issues that went essentially uncontested was a little astonishing. The Select Board would invite public comment on something, and 9/10 times the room would be either empty, or have a half-dozen people present for something else.
It took like 1 ACLU rep to stall out Automated License Plate Readers in town for the two years I was there with simple questions about how the data was used and stored. The Local PD has a grant for the cameras that they never used.
In the like 13 years since, apparently one local realty company in a rich part of town got some Flock cameras, and people are trying to get them removed. It was a big local issue, and it took just a few people reaching out to the ACLU about it.
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Strategy - Violet Fiend vs Valley Master (they are both definitely cheating..)
