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any prns, 22

[ninepppppp]

all my deltarune reblogs are on @pianpian-ogg btw as well as any like future deltarune posting lol

rpf dm for my sideblog xP

[manga-and-stuff]

Source: Eden: It's an Endless World! エデン

by Hiroki Endo

[estrogenesis-evangelion]

hey. you should transition. you should transition.

[avantgarden-er]

cave guy: sorry i was out hunting a mammoth with gog

fujoshi cave wife: and how was it.

[estrogenesis-evangelion]

hey wait! i know you! we used to be chained next to each other in the cave! wow, so good to see you, how are ya? man. remember how we used to talk about the shadows on the wall together. gosh that was a long time ago. but hey. sure is one heck of a sun out here, right? it's good to see you.

[hippy-craic]

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

i wrote this post with happy tears in my eyes sitting in a parking lot after getting coffee for 3 hours with someone i did youth shakespeare with when we were teenagers and hadn't seen in 15 years, in which time we both transitioned, got into nerd shit, found a job that feels good, found people to spend our gay little lives with, and coincidentally moved to the same city. this is exactly how it felt. never ever ever kill yourself

[pinnipetal]

I do really think that the use of ChatGPT and genAI by students highlights the fundamental flaw of our education system focusing almost entirely on grades and test scores rather than generating curiosity and inquiry, which produces individuals who fundamentally do not understand that the purpose of an assignment is meant to be to learn *how* to do something, not simply to produce a product you can turn in to get an A+

[anarchistmemedistro]

[doomdoomofdoom]

that post with the yam experiments

[the-jaffster-official]

At the very start of the AI panic, one thing my Black History teacher said that really stuck with me was that AI being a problem in a classroom reflected on the teacher and the curriculum, not the students. If the most important thing for a student to do is bubble in correct answers, submit assignments at certain word counts before deadlines, etc., then AI certainly poses a threat to that teacher. If the class features the teacher genuinely interfacing with students in a way that lets them gauge their understanding of the course material, then they shouldn't need to worry about AI.

[anarchistmemedistro]

that is true and a good point. i would just add the caveat that many schools in many countries micromanage teachers to the extent that they have no control over the curriculum, the assessments, or the grading. ai poses a challenge to that system, and to teachers that have bought into the system that challenge will feel personal.

[geekwithsandwich]

Everyone should read Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich. and then some modern rebuttals to it bc it's from the seventies so it needs the update, but the core of it is still good.

Schooling as an institution has had this exact problem for a long time. it's just coming to a critical head right now.

[isuggestrevolution]

i have a suggestion

[anarchistmemedistro]

Deschooling Society

Ivan Illich Deschooling Society 1970 “Illich, Ivan — Deschooling Society (Marion Boyars, 1970)” was added by El Vagabundo Argelino.

[luulapants]

Story time:

In middle school biology, we did an experiment. We were given yams, which we would sprout in cups of water. We then had to make hypotheses about how the yams would grow, based on descriptions of yam plants in our books, and make notes of our observations as they grew.

Here’s what was supposed to happen: we were supposed to see that the actual growth of the plant did not resemble our hypotheses. We were then supposed to figure out that these were, in fact, sweet potatoes.

What actually happened was that every single student in every single class lied in their notes so that their observations perfectly matched their hypotheses. See, everyone assumed the mismatch meant they had done something wrong in the process of growing the plant or that they had misunderstood the dichotomous key or the plant identification terminology. And, thanks to the wonders of a public school education, everyone assumed the wrong results would get us a failing grade. We were trying to pass. We didn’t want to get bitched out by the teacher. Curiosity, learning, science - that had nothing to do with why we were sitting in that classroom. So we all lied.

The teacher was furious. She tried to fail every student, but the administration stepped in and told her she wasn’t allowed to because a 100% fail rate is recognized as a failure of the teacher, not the class. It wasn’t even her fault, really, though her being a notorious hard-ass didn’t help. It was a failure of the entire educational system.

So whenever I see crap like Elizabeth Holmes’s blood test scam or pharmaceutical trials which are unable to be replicated or industry-funded research that reaches wildly unscientific conclusions, I just remember those fucking sweet potatoes. I remember that curiosity dies when people are just trying to give their superiors the “right” answers, so they can get the grade, get the job, get the paycheck. It’s not about truth when it’s about paying rent. There’s no scientific integrity if you can’t control for human desperation.

[micro-usb-deactivated20230625]

[amazoogle]

this is nothing like a cage you guys. its a chain-link enclosure

[isuggestrevolution]

i have a desperate suggestion

[imiidiately-not-funny]

(Rouxls joins the island even though no one wanted that)

Jk I love him.

Gonna make either Mettaton or Queen next

[yyymmmrrr]

[auckie]

[paintedhen]

local mettaton woos divorced machines to make family vlog content with their kids #exposed

[dogpuppy]

[memorycycle]

now all the ladys on the floor start eroding ! *a harsh wind envelopes the club*

[butch-ramblings]

pussy understander so they call me cliterate

[minovskyy]

smiles serenely

[goatmilksoda]

A question I get asked a lot while working at a public library is "how do you deal with homeless people?"

And the answer is, we don't.

The unhoused people who come here seeking refuge 99% of the time understand that they will be kicked out if they misbehave.

The people you have to watch out for are Jessica, who only came because the kid she didn't want had to visit for a homework assignment and she just *needs* to yell at her child for asking to borrow two books or stay an extra five minutes, or Michael, who came in to look at porn on our computers for whatever fucking reason, or Karen who just wanted to come by to throw a fit that the particular book she wanted was checked out and harrass our staff about our collection being too limited.

99% of the time, the people we need to ban are middle to upper-middle class white people while the homeless and mentally ill/disabled people mind their own damn business and are honestly some of the best patrons we have.

[goatmilksoda]

I bring this up because today we had a man come in. He stopped at the desk, pulled up a chair and said "I'm newly homeless and was living in my car. I'm disabled. It was impounded. It's raining. I don't have a phone and I don't know where to go tonight."

And we did what we could to help. He was incredibly kind and patient despite his obvious anxiety and stress, more than most able bodied, housed patrons are to us under much less dire conditions. I liked knowing that we were the first place he came.

We have so many people like this who come in everyday. Many are quiet and keep to themselves, but sometimes they talk to us.

They tell us about how they're taking a few courses on a scholarship they applied for from our library's computer at the local community college to get their diploma. Or ask about a manga or dvd or book we might have to help them pass the time.

One woman, who comes in daily with her tattered walker always says hello to me and likes to work on the new jigsaw puzzle with me when we set one out.

So like, treat unhoused people like people. Treat disabled people like people. I don't want my library to feel like the only safe space in the world, but I'm glad it can be one of them.

I'm so sick of hearing about how "the homeless are ruining everything" when they are some of the kindest, most respectful people here. Sometimes they mutter, might not have had a place to shower, and might need a little extra space for their backpacks but that's FINE. It Doesn't Matter Actually. None of that is a problem or any of my business to care about (unless they request help/services), and I also don't think it's any of yours.

[dawntrailing]

"But now I know I'm not alone, not the only one for whom the flowers weep. I won't ask what you thought as you kneeled beside the Elpis or if you only did it at Meteion's insistence. Nevertheless, I thank you. To know that you, too, have experienced suffering… is a comfort."