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“Lesson #1 how far can humans see”

@deltatxt made this into a fanfic!! It’s awsome!! Go check it out!! Blinking in the starlight

Lesson #2

The older i get the more i understand why some people become obsessed with privacy, not because they’re hiding something, but because being constantly perceived starts to feel spiritually exhausting.

melyzard

Did you know that soda machines at restaurants and movie theaters spy on you? That most common new cars now record your sexual preferences and send it to the manufacturer (and also data about anyone who also gets in your car, walks by your car, and maybe happens to be within visual range of your car)? That grocery stores are trying to force customers to download an app to scan barcodes on shelves instead of putting up prices, so the app can scan the phone, decide how much that customer should be squeezed for, and adjust the price? That more and more innocent people are being sent to jail for crimes committed hundreds of miles away because an AI facial recognition algorithm spit their faces out and the cops didn't bother to do the most basic of checks?

I am not uptight about privacy because I'm hiding something. I'm uptight about it because the people who dismiss my right to privacy are dangerous to you and me and our families, personally, all the time.

And often, they are assholes, too.

#data security #big brother is watching #ai #capitalism

8syntheticanimal8

#therapy #mental health

penny-anna

The problem w writing fiction is that you'll be like tee-hee I'm going to write a story about a fucked up little scenario that's got nothing to do with anything in real life, just some pure messed up nonsense, and then you finish it and take a step back and go aw rats I made a metaphor again

Okay, this is actually funny

#music

everyday-cutephoto

#cats #animals are awesome

girlypopz123

"Being kind is punk" you need to learn to do good things without it being tied to a social status or subculture

#just be kind

natequarter

"terminally ill people should be allowed to choose to die if they feel it is the best decision for them" and "euthanasia can easily become eugenics" and "we should provide support for depressed and suicidal people" are statements that can come into conflict but should all be respected

transmalewife

also “offering euthanasia to people who can’t afford actual treatment is murder”

#terminal illness #euthanasia #eugenics #health care #mental health

galacticjonah

Fix your hearts or die.

You know how many of us joke that Pride month should be followed by Wrath? Well, this year I feel a deep, burning fury towards all who use transgender lives as political propaganda, bargaining chip or something to be debated and decided on without any of us in the room.

We are human beings. You cannot erase us.

Happy Pride. Trans liberation at any cost.

#knights #trans people #great art

dogpuppy

#snakes #humans and animals

careydraws

The Adventure Zone: Story and Song Graphic Novel is finally out in the world! You can snag one at theadventurezonecomic.com or wherever books are sold! Here's the second of the secret themed prints we gave out randomly to folks who attended the Brooklyn TAZGN7 launch event: Taakitz, end of book 7 edition!

If you've had a chance to read TAZGN7 already it would be a huge help if you're able to leave a review wherever you read book reviews! Recommending it in-person/ on socials and requesting that your local library stock a copy are also hugely helpful to the lifespan of the book.

First month sales are a huge boost to the book & our future careers-- that determines whether we make it onto the nyt big monthly graphic novel bestseller list, which is a big boost in pitching future books and in our publisher's decision about whether we get to make any future special editions/ boxed sets! Thank you so much for supporting TAZGN over the years; we never would've gotten to make all 7 without you!!

@mcelroyfamilystaff

#the adventure zone #taz: balance