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30 | They/Them AMAB (Assigned Mystery At Birth) Genderless Void Jay is my name

[starlightxraven]

Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google

Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

[appalachian-werewolf]

"Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry."

It fucking better.

[mrsjdavis]

Like to charge, reblog to cast?

[newbarktownalumni]

[hikes-and-moans]

UNPOPULAR OPINION: A lot of "mental health issues" disappear when bills are paid, rent is secure, and the fridge is full. Peace is expensive. And pretending money doesn't affect mental health is privilege.

[bigboysdrinkmilk]

Why is there a diarrhea parasite outbreak in America?

Because Donald Trump and his Republican allies cut funding to disease prevention and control.

Why is measles back in America?

Because Donald Trump and his Republican allies, including RFK Jr, cut vaccine and measles prevention funding and programs.

Why is the New World Screwworm infecting cattle in Texas, when it had previously been eliminated from the area?

Because Donald Trump and his Republican allies, including Elon Musk, cut USAID funding, which in part worked to monitor and prevent screwworm outbreaks.

Why was there a flu outbreak in our armed forces?

Because Donald Trump and his Republican allies, including Pete Hegseth, cut vaccination requirements for our armed forces, putting all of them at risk alongside our military readiness.

What contributed to the Covid outbreak?

Donald Trump and his Republican allies cut funding to a pandemic prevention program in his first term because Barack Obama had created it.

“America first” sends its regards. Trump voters, please learn your lesson. And if you don’t, it’ll be taught to you again with yet another diarrhea outbreak.

[bigboysdrinkmilk]

[gaystation4]

[a-sentient-cup]

[birdandmoon]

What to do if you find a baby bunny.

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[melongifts]

If you have baby bunnies in your yard where you let your dogs loose, you can put a laundry basket over the nest while your dogs are outside! Mama normally feeds her kids at dawn and dusk, so you won't be preventing her from accessing her babies. Don't move a nest!! mama is stupid!

[lastoneout]

Here's my real tip for anyone moving out on their own for the first time; when you buy a set of measuring cups or spoons buy ones that have the measurement engraved into the cup/spoon and do NOT buy ones where it's just printed on. Because that ink/paint/ect. can rub off and then you'll have a bunch of useless little spoons and cups you have to get rid of bcs they no longer say what size they are. Don't ask me how I know, just trust me that you wanna buy engraved ones.

[the-future-is-chrome]

repeat after me. humans are not inherently evil humans are not like a virus on this earth humans do not “deserve” to go extinct or anything like that. we are living breathing animals that deserve space just like every other creature on this planet. there’s just a tiny amount of us that have a fuck ton of money and power and they really suck

[faggotette]

ecofascist rhetoric getting popular again and i don’t like it one bit

[redstonedust]

the whole "insulting someone based on their appearance is bad because it could indirectly hurt people you like who share that feature" is a good start for unlearning body shaming but i do think we need to go further and remind people that even if there was some physical trait that was magically 10000% exclusive to conservatives and creeps and nobody else ever had it, we still shouldnt be insulting them based on that. because the problem with them is not their appearance its their ideology and actions. by insulting their appearance you arent just indirectly insulting others who look like that, youre literally not making the correct point. stay on topic ya know.

[redstonedust]

also to be clear bc some people have mentioned it, theres already aspects of peoples appearance that are 10000% exclusive to a specific ideology (a tattoo of a fascist symbol, for example) but i really dont think you can count that as insulting someone based on their appearance because the appearance isn't the problem. idc if the tattoo looks good or bad i care that this person is broadcasting their fascist views to the world. i hope the difference is obvious,

[i-am-a-stupid-robot]

[bitchesgetriches]

Everything Is Becoming a Bank

Most major corporations — from airlines to social media platforms — now aspire to become unregulated banks. Bankification today accounts for

[apatosaurus]

This is a long read, but worth it. Some takeaways:

-Don’t use “buy now pay later.” The fine print isn’t what it seems.

-The fine print on medical financing, store credit cards, and contactless payment is also not what it seems.

-Payday loans are still predatory, even when offered by your employer

-Rewards programs are an income stream for the companies that run them. The points systems are manipulated so that the house always wins. They depend on people leaving money in rewards accounts and not in interest-bearing traditional bank accounts.

-Electronic payment apps like VenMo are not banks. You don’t earn interest. Your money is not protected.

-Your financial information is not private if your money is not kept in a regulated bank.

-None of this is regulated by the FDIC. Your money is not protected if it is held by a non-bank doing banking business. Our economy is not protected from the collapse of financial institutions that are not banks.

-The Biden administration was making progress in increasing accountability for non-banks operating as predatory financial services providers. The current administration is reversing those protections to favor corporations.

[mierac]

Oh boy.

 A third of younger Americans hold their savings on nonbank tech platforms like Venmo

PEOPLE! DO NOT LEAVE YOUR MONEY IN VENMO OR APPLE PAY OR ANY OF THIS SHIT. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GO FIND A REAL BANK OR A CREDIT UNION.

If Venmo were to close tomorrow all your money would vanish. There's no insurance or guarantee on any of these things. I know banks aren't great but legit banks will have the "FDIC insured" logo on their doors and websites, which means if my bank goes under tomorrow I still get my money back. Also I guarantee you there is a credit union somewhere in your town, go find it.

You can leave some money in Venmo or Apple pay or whatever, but NOT ALL OF IT for the love of God.

[jenniferdub]

FYI this is what the logo looks like and Apple Cash is FDIC insured.

[idroolinmysleep]

No, it's misleading. Go to Green Dot's T&Cs, search for "FDIC," and you'll come across this:

your funds are insured up to $250,000 by the FDIC in the event Green Dot Bank fails

In the event Green Dot Bank fails. Meaning the only time your money is protected is if Green Dot goes under. Not if Apple goes under (unlikely, granted). Or if Apple changes its terms (entirely possible). Or if you got scammed. Or if Apple freezes your account because they think you're the one scamming. Or any of the other countless mishaps your money could suffer. Green Dot is insured, but Apple Cash is not.

This is the disclaimer (highlighted) you see before you set up Apple Cash:

[heywriters]

I really need my followers, especially younger ones, to read this.

And DO NOT get store credit cards, they are money sucks and difficult to cancel.

[julevanwilde]

As someone who's worked in the industry for a decade now, here's a quick rundown (US specific,) of what your schools and parents didn't teach you:

For the love of god get an account at a federally insured institution. Look for FDIC (banks) or NCUA (credit unions) insured and regulated financial institution. They are legally required to have this status publicly available and accessible so it's not hard to find.

The FDIC and/or NCUA will insure your accounts up to $250,000 PER AUTHORIZED SIGNER and per account type. These are factors to max your coverage to even higher than $250k but the key point is that if something happens to your bank or accounts there, that first $250k of your money is secured anyway.

Banks are for profit. Credit Unions are exactly what it sounds like: unions. They are not for profit and member owned.

Bigger institutions have more money and resources at their disposal; they have the fancier apps, 24/7 phone banking and more locations. But watch out! They are no different than any other large corporation you've heard of when it comes to ethics. Smaller institutions have more limitations, and lesser size is not an indicator of morality, but it's something to consider when choosing where to keep your money.

These institutions, regardless of what kind you choose, will offer interest bearing accounts. Money Market Savings and Time Accounts (also called Certificates of Deposit,) are popular choices to put the money you already have to work for you. You can earn money just for having your money in an interest bearing account type.

All financial institutions charge fees of one sort or another. They are offering products and services, after all. Nothing is free! They will also disclose options to avoid paying those fees, usually based around meeting specific criteria such as minimum balances or direct deposits.

Take this information and do your own research so that you can make an informed decision. Now you know what to look for! Don't be taken advantage of!

[mioxenoblade]

Captions shouldn't be censored. If the video says fuck or cum or cunt the captions should say the fucking word.

[dancing-jestress]

Unless it's a slur! No one needs to see that.

[mioxenoblade]

If they say a slur in the video, the captions should reflect it. The disabled are not little babies who have to have life sanitized for them.

[sunbummonkey]

okay but I feel like ur forgetting that slurs don't just apply to the disabled... children don't need to be seeing the n-word or other racial slurs??

[mioxenoblade]

but children DO need to be hearing it? are you actually reading the post here?

[pixelartpeach]

Here's how it works when subtitles are done properly:

Audio: Let's BEEP go! Subtitle: Let's (censor tone) go!

Audio: Let's fucking go! Subtitle: Let's fucking go!

Removing swears and slurs from the subtitles without removing it from the audio is implying that deaf/HoH people need babying, unlike their hearing friends and family sitting right next to them. Which is frustrating.

The point of subtitles is to give the same experience to everyone watching, regardless of ability—not to be a more palatable version of what's being said.

[fandomsandfeminism]

The purpose of subtitles/captions is to be accurate, that's all.

[firjii]

I did caption editing for awhile.

The company policy was to include all words in the audio whenever we could hear them, period. If the project was designated a "clean read" file instead of verbatim, we were allowed to omit excessive instances of non-essential word filler ("um," "like," etc). But there were NO situations where we censored/omitted offensive language on our own initiative if we could hear the word to transcribe (a client could request censoring/omission, but that never happened to me, not even once).

I sometimes even told QA to recheck something if I was in doubt about a word due to accent, sound quality, etc and this kind of thing was treated with the same seriousness as any other request. It didn't matter if it was a slur or swear or whatever. If you could hear it, you included it in the transcript.

Their point was to include as much information as possible from the audio, period. There were also detailed rules about describing sound effects - so yes, it was totally conceivable that you might need to type out words for bodily functions. It's just part of the work.

The only time we censored a transcript was if the audio actually had a censor noise/deletion that obscured a word.

[qqchurch]

[human-pet-they]

DUDE GRINDR IS AWESOME

[namelessenbytime]

literally 1984

[curlicuecal]

sounds like time to start taking morning and midday and afternoon clown walks

[awesome-bluehair-universe]

In case you writers ever wondered. Made by Carrie Patrick on Facebook.

[saybyebus]

The object comparisons are things of an equivalent weight, not things you can cut with the swords. Just saying so to preemptively stop cursed comments.

[grandgobbobarb]

Like a claymore it takes two hands to properly wield a baby

[fansplaining]

African countries remain largely absent from [K-pop] world-tour schedules. “It’s something we as fans in Nigeria constantly question,” Yusuf told me. “The fan base and the community is getting bigger and bigger in Africa, but every year we don’t get listed for concerts. We don’t really know the reason behind it.” Yusuf’s frustration echoes a wider sentiment expressed by fans online across Reddit and Facebook. “I guess Africa is not part of the world,” one Facebook fan wrote in a discussion about the lack of K-pop concerts in the continent. “It's not that we don't have the infrastructure, but it comes across as ‘Thank you for supporting us, but the company/organisers say we shouldn't tour you guys,’” Reddit user Tiny_Ad6695 posted on the kpop_uncensored subreddit last year. 

In our latest, Tabby Kibugi reports on K-pop fandom in Kenya, Nigeria, and other African nations. As fannish interest skyrockets and fan-led gatherings are popping up at a rapid pace, the industry continues to ignore African fans, rarely scheduling concerts or official events there.

Read the whole piece or listen to an audio version:

African K-Pop Fans Are Building Their Own Spaces

While the K-pop industry largely ignores them, fans in Kenya and Nigeria create K-pop communities for themselves.

[leander-ligo]

Some of you are so young… You weren’t here for Dashcon… Mishapocalypse… That fateful day when Pizza was deleted… There is much history you do not know children. Be grateful you’ll never have to live those horrors. Be grateful…

[dumbdumbbubblegumbitch]

“I like your shoelaces”

[salty-red-mage]

[leander-ligo]

Happy belated 10th birthday to this post