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Onto the intro:
But before I do. I forgot to mention that I do need to get this outta the way and be upfront bout it.
I do have an invisible disability, a learning disability mostly, (cognitive delay disability)
I do not understand at times so I do need direct communication as well as take time to process things. So patience is appreciated.
Although. If I fuck up on my behalf over the miscommunication/misunderstandings.
My apologies.
Any whooo
I do art as a hobby on my free time.
I'll post em every now an then (if I feel like it) as some of you seen my works you stumbled upon some are my best and some are my... cringiest works.
But better than slop anyways.
(I don't do that ai shit btw, what I do is handmade, ai is garbage that's is a fact.)
I draw, paint, do voice impressions and cosplay while obsessed over a few multi fandoms I'm into on my free time, and more so an activist in politics, for quite some years now.
(I'm progressive) I stand strongly in my beliefs as well as support the communities I align with.
What I strongly dislike:👇🏻
backwards ideology
Ai
Abelism
Homophobia/transphobia
Maga/cultists
Zoophiles,p0rn bots, art thief's, racists, bigots, hypocrites, fake people, creeps and pedos and trolls.
(Did I mention that I hate trump?)
I can't stand that kind of shit 👆🏻
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"Critical thinking starts, when you're challenged, and you're open to discussion, to new ideas.
Understanding you're not gonna be right about anything.
It does not do any good on pointless debates."
Those who seem to be fixated on the fact that "new ace flag centers love" seems to have forgotten that it was not made for them.
I understand that being a loveless is hard but chill. The flag is not a personal affront to your specific brand of loveless experience.
I also have issues with experiencing love and don't really need it in my life even tho I don't consider myself to be on aro spectrum, and yet I'm not going around and saying bs stuff just to somehow throw the new flag under the bus because it "doesn't fit me". No, some of us are mature enough to understand that not everything is for us and that creating a new flag doesn't mean we are forced to use it or that it tries to replace the old one. In fact the creator themselves said it's not meant to replace and is meant to be used alongside the old ace flag so the new ace flag basically functions in the same way as every micro label ace flag.
I really like the new flag tho. It's pretty. I'm happy that black people in our community have a flag that represents their unique experience.
If you happen to be aro and ace, you may have seen a new ace flag floating around:
This was made by Instagram Black ace activist _aceingrace_ (see their profile here). The yellow stripe specifically stands for intersectionality and multiculturalism (plus joy), something that I think would be a nice addition to the aromantic flag (or any flag that doesn't have that, for that matter).
If you're wondering what was wrong with the original flag, it's the white stripe, which stood for "allosexual partners and allies", something that didn't sit right with many aces for obvious reasons.
Something similar is going on with the white stripe in the aro flag: it's defined as such:
the ‘platonic’ stripe - friendship/platonic and aesthetic attraction/queerplatonic relationships/family, the importance and validity of all non-romantic relationships and feelings and non-romantic forms of love etc.
That doesn't sit right with me as, without any shoutout specifying it's not a universal aro value and experience, it leaves aplatonic and loveless aroa estranged from their own flag.
So I've made an attempt at a new aro flag. Here it is:
I wanted it to match the new ace flag so we finally have the same amount of stripes!
It is not meant to replace the original aro flag, but rather be displayed alongside it for those who find it meaningful.
I just need the community's feedback on what meanings to assign to each stripe! Please, if you're aro-spec, take a couple minutes to fill in the form.
If you're an ally please please please spread this around!
Hello, thank you for checking out this form!
This is a survey to assign meanings to a new aromantic flag inspired by Instagram Black ace ac
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My thoughts on the new ace flag as an aroace person
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I am going to preface this by saying I mean no hate to the creator, these are just my thoughts. I also know nothing about the process of creating pride flags or how any of this works, so if I get any of that wrong please (gently) correct me. I acknowledge that I am a flawed human being who is influenced by her experiences and biases. Please be civil and understanding. I am simply expressing my opinion, and if you don’t have anything nice to say, please don’t say anything at all.
I didn’t even know the meanings behind the stripes until today. Is it weird that 25% of the flag is dedicated to allies? Yes, that is undeniably odd, and I can understand why people would want to change it. But what I don’t understand is why we can’t just change the meanings of the stripes while keeping the original design. Again, I know nothing about the process behind creating pride flags, so if this isn’t possible then that’s fine, but it’s not like the colors have to mean the same thing. There are many pride flags that use the same colors with completely different meanings. Heck, all of the original colors’ meanings changed going from the old design to the new one. So if the meaning behind the stripes was the biggest reason for the change, then why can’t we just change the meaning and keep the design?
I personally don’t like the addition of the yellow. I like what it stands for, but to me personally it just feels like it looks too similar to the nonbinary flag. I also think the yellow clashes with the rest of the colors aesthetically. The black, grey, white, and purple all look good together (see the original flag) and the pink doesn’t feel too out of place because of the purple. If they had only added the pink I would probably like it more but the yellow throws the whole thing off for me.
These next few critiques don’t apply to everyone, I know not everyone who’s ace is aro and vice versa, but my opinion on the ace flag is going to be impacted by my identity as an aroace person.
Pink is my favorite color, always has been and probably always will be, and as much as I’d love to have it included in the flag for my sexuality, I don’t love what it stands for. Yes, love is important, but aromantic and asexual people so often have to “prove” that they aren’t broken because they don’t experience traditional feelings of love and attraction. Yes, love can be powerful. But love and sex are so central to our society that aromantics and asexuals are ostracized and treated as different. It’s the whole reason we’re queer! It also feels disrespectful to loveless aros, apltonics, afamilials, or other identities under the umbrella that don’t experience certain types of love. They are just as valid and important as those of us who DO experience love, in any way, shape, or form. And I understand that this isn’t an aromantic flag, but there is such a huge overlap and connection between these two identities as well as aspec identities as a whole. I like the way these people put it: this post in their tags, this post, and this post.
I also really love how the aromantic and asexual flags look together. I like the inverted design and the fact that they both consisted of black, grey, white, and one color (either two green stripes or one purple stripe). These flags have a history together, and people were combining them in various ways for years before we had the sunset aroace flag.
Just look how cool these two designs look!
I understand that may not be a very popular take, but it’s my opinion. The ace and aro communities are tied together, and it feels a bit like this new flag ignores that. Below is a comparison of the aro flag with the two versions of the ace flag. One compliments it WAY better. And this also shows how much the yellow stands out (at least to me).
You can make this same argument for other aspec flags. The agender flag has a similar color scheme and vibe as the aromantic flag, the afamilial flag looks like the original ace flag with a dark red stripe instead of people, and one of the aplatonic flags looks the same but with yellow (I found multiple aplatonic flags when googling but didn’t know which one was the most widely accepted so sorry if that flag is offensive, not used anymore, or anything like that).
While we’re talking about other aspec identities, what does this new flag mean for the micro labels within asexuality? So many acespec identities (aceflux, aegosexual, apothisexual, caedsexual, cupiosexual, demisexual, fictosexual, graysexual, myrsexual, etc.) have flags that are based on or include a similar color scheme to the original ace flag. Will they also get redesigned flags? What would those even look like? Who would be in charge of designing them? The people in those communities? Ashabi? Someone else?
If I didn’t have the original flag to compare it to, I would probably like the new flag well enough. But for so long, this flag has represented our community. The ace flag is so iconic and beloved, I don’t see why we needed to change it. We’re already a smaller queer identity that isn’t as recognizable as say lesbians or trans folks. I literally have to explain what asexual means when I come out to anyone over the age of like 25, and adding another flag is just going to confuse people.
Again, I mean no hate to the creator or anyone who prefers the new flag, people are allowed to have their opinions and disagree. I’ve even seen art incorporating the new color scheme that looked really cool. And who knows, maybe it will grow on me over time. But, for now, I’ll be sticking with the classic design.
To those of you who are defensive of the new design or the creator, please don’t assume anyone who voices a negative opinion of the flag is being racist or misogynistic because the flag was created by a black woman. There may be a minority who feel that way, and they should absolutely be called out and shamed for being bigots, but most of us don’t like it for completely innocent reasons or because we’re simply too attached to the old flag. People don’t like change. Let them adjust. I don’t think the old flag is going anywhere any time soon, and I think both flags can peacefully coexist.
Google Chrome is reaching into users’ machines and writing a 4GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking, Alexander Hanff writes.
Google Chrome is silently installing a 4GB AI model on each of our devices without consent, says Alexander Hanff, a prominent computer scientist and lawyer. According to him, that’s both illegal and extremely costly for the climate.
Hanff said on his blog he’s discovered that Chrome is “reaching into users’ machines and writing a 4GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking.”
The file is named weights.bin, and it lives in OptGuideOnDeviceModel. Essentially, it’s the weights for Gemini Nano, Google’s on-device large language model.
Moreover, the file appeared with no consent prompt, Hanff says. There is no checkbox in Chrome Settings labeled “download a 4GB AI model.”
The download triggers when Chrome’s AI features are active, and, of course, those features are active by default in recent Chrome versions.
(to give better understanding and context, i don't like her how she's written in the og show where she's bascially copy and paste of pepe, which is bland, but, her character in the reboot of tiny toons looniversity, is toned down and is much better imo)
i'm making gay name tags for me for work quite some time, since I started two years ago. And every June now. I love it, as well as making black history themed name tags to show respect to the historical figures/black fictional characters for February.
My job allows me to make name tags, as long as its appropriate to wear. And they're fine with it. I'v never been more happy in my life as a hobbiest.
"This week I discovered the same pattern, executed by Google. Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking."
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise t
