So... I'm not sure where to start. You ever feel like even though the world is moving, you don't? It might be silly, but lately I feel like everything is not enough and too much, all at the same time, moving to fast for me to keep up, and yet standing still. Something's come up and then you blink and just like that it's suddenly... gone. Is a long life still ahead of me or am I too late already? Have I done enough? Am I enough? I don't know. Honestly, I'm not sure anyone can answer that. I suppose we'll have to see, won't we?
Just a casual reminder that posting on the internet about how you would want to do physical harm to members of the US government is something that they can (and will) detain you over, so just be careful what you say in public spaces like, uh, on Tumblr.
this is your semi-regular reminder that tumblr has cooperated with the fbi to hand over user information in a very public way at least once. and that's not the only way the feds can collect information on you either
Connecting with the internet, unless you have gone through extreme lengths to hide this information, inherently means that you are giving a private company information about where your computer is. Those private companies have absolutely no columns about handing that information over to police/government. Some will require a warrant, some will answer to just a request. While never posting personal information or pictures of yourself is a good policy because it protects you from being doxed, it does not protect you from the cops/government.
If the cops ask Tumblr who a user is, Tumblr gives them your ISP information. If you are using a VPN, then the cops will ask your VPN provider, and (unless you chose your VPN specifically because it doesn't comply with US warrants, and have kept a close eye on if it's changed policy/ownership) your VPN will then give your information to the cops, sometimes including all of the sites you've accessed through the VPN if your VPN provider keeps logs.
Your access to the internet is not anonymous and it is important to me that you know that. Ditto your text messages and messages through (most) other messaging platforms.
this gag NEVER fails to make me laugh. watching them all file in one by one and collectively laugh harder every time the next guy walks inâŠi could watch videos of this practical joke all day
whenever people say âitâs just a prankâ about minor cruelty, remember: the people laughing hardest here are the people being pranked. youâll notice that they arenât hurt, or upset. theyâre enjoying it. they feel loved and included.
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Seeing people I know and like using AI is making me understand the protagonists of those old time sci fi dystopia's.
"Oh I don't normally use AI, I just wanted it to plan my trip"
You lived on this planet for decades, you know what you like, there are hundreds of websites where you can type into any search engine " things to do in [area]" and have at least a hundred different options.
"Oh I only use it so I can figure out what to make during the week with what I have"
The most popular website as you type in "recipes" into google have sections where you click dinner- quick and easy and those usually rely on staples + 1 or 2 items. I found 30 recipes on chicken alone.
"I had a writing idea, so I typed a few sentences into Chat GPT and I was able to write 20 pages with it."
genAI companies are now buying up rare and antique books so they can scan them and use them to train their AI. then they're destroying the books afterward.
AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.
they've had to face settlements against stealing from current authors, so they'll just go for the old books now. they're also doing this so they have the only copies of rare books.
they're taking water, power, natural resources for their data centers. they steal. they're book burning, essentially. i'm just so angry, i'm at a loss right now.
