unfortunate

crook. i barely exist here don't pay any attention to me.

[strangefingers]

i mostly use tumblr to reply to posts and rarely reblog anything. i also block a lot of people. if you dislike being replied to, you can let me know (or block me).

[havinganormalone]

Fanfiction is insane. You can write porn so good you make friends.

[zippy-cat]

squeaks of desperation

[zippy-cat]

[fallout-lou-begas]

it's finally that time of the year again for the clinically depressed newscaster describing february with disco elysium music

[fallout-lou-begas]

what is the single best line in this video

it's a month that doesn't hold up life any better than it really is

something great happened here but it's over with and that's the way february is

like the desperate flinging off of something that's not true anymore

the expedition is getting desperate. people are throwing things aside

this looks like a place where people who are being punished are sent

nobody is tap dancing or breaking into a rogers and hammerstein song

theyre just barely able to get across the street and hunker over a bowl of chili

most of the birds who can afford it have flown to florida

it's as if there's some awful truth out there in the trees

something that's been bothering you for a long time is out there. what is it?

to hide the bleakness of feb., man invented valentine's day. also mardi gras.

what other month can host a holiday designed to remind us we're all gonna die?

Voting ended onFeb 11

character limit forced me to paraphrase

[some-fuckin-werewolf]

Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit

A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation cr

so i'm no huge fan of rideshare and delivery apps, but this? this post?

completely fake. the article linked above thoroughly debunks it.

[kushblazer666]

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

OP: This is the first time I've seen the Yellow River's sediment discharge with my own eyes.

[jingyuanyuan]

There's a Chinese meme that the Yellow River doesn't need rituals to present sacrifices because if it's hungry it'll come onto the shore and eat the sacrifices itself.

[asmuchasidliketo]

#some netizens also say chinese people like unification because only a powerful unified dynasty can survive the yellow river and sometimes #also the chang jiang when they decide to flood and change directions and kill and displace millions #also only large dynasties have the resources to do hydroengineering to try and control the yellow river #yellow river be like: if you don't hydroengineer you die #but if you do you might also die heehee #“we call these our mother rivers not because they are gentle but because we are too scared” tags on above post

(source: Wikipedia)

[setnet]

@mikkeneko

[strangefingers]

YOUR KINKS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. CREATE PORN TO SAVE THE WORLD

[jpechacek]

AMA, I could use a distraction

[jpechacek]

The Space Needle (Robert Wun spring/summer 2024)

Columbia Center (Schiaparelli spring/summer 2024)

The Underground (Gareth Pugh spring 2008)

Central Library (Rahul Mishra spring 2024)

MoPOP (Maison Margiela fall 2020)

Fifth Avenue Theatre (Guo Pei spring 2019)

Smith Tower (Zuhair Murad spring 2023)

Rainier Tower (Viktor & Rolf autumn/winter 2022)

[jpechacek]

Cherry blossoms on the UW campus (Miss Sohee spring 2024)

The Pacific Science Center (Jean Paul Gaultier fall 2022)

Tahoma/Mt Rainier (Stéphane Rolland fall/winter 2024)

[jpechacek]

Elephant Car Wash (Valentino fall/winter 2021)

Gasworks Park (Xander Zhou fall 2024)

the Gum Wall (Moschino resort 2024)

[galileosballs]

I guess a more general version of the point is that in the last 50-ish years, everyday language has borrowed more and more of both the terminology and structural features of technical language. This happens for a lot of reasons. But I think it's mostly not a good thing. For one, being abstract and technical is not actually very useful in the messy real world, where concepts are fuzzy and vague and most things of importance are not quantifiable. For another, if natural language borrows too much of the authority of science and the law, it might find that there's not enough left afterwards for science and the law to do what we need them to do.

[galileosballs]

Why are you saying 'minor' when you mean 'child'?

Why are you saying 'they're a narcissist' when you mean 'they're being mean to me'?

Why are you saying 'hyperfixation' when you mean 'interest'?

Why are you saying 'gaslighting' when you mean 'lying'?

Why are you saying 'plagiarism' when you mean 'rip-off'?

Why are you saying 'war crime' when you mean 'immoral act'?

Are you so afraid of your own judgement that you need to borrow authority from a more objective domain? Does using a word from a technical language actually make what you're saying more objective? Or is it just a way of hiding behind the ever-diminishing authority of academia? Why are you too afraid to speak in your own voice?

[armengoldira]

[disarmd]

when talking about the use of AI in producing fic, aside from the environmental impact, which to me is reason enough to avoid/reduce the use of AI for any purpose, i think it suggests a misunderstanding that having an idea is the same as writing a story. having an idea is fun and easy and basically every single person has them frequently. typing a prompt into an generator isn't writing a story just like sending a message to a friend saying "i wish a story existed where xyz" isn't writing a story, because an idea isn't a story. a premise isn't a story. a prompt isn't a story. the act of taking an idea and figuring out how to convey it, making choices along the way about how and when to present information, using language to convey characterization and subtext, hearing a character's voice as you try to capture their speaking pattern, developing settling and plot, deciding where to incorporate canon and when to stray, engaging with or subverting fandom tropes or fannish conventions... that's where the communication between writer and reader happens. you can't opt out of the act of writing because writing is the thing that creates a story.

we all have more ideas than we have time/capacity/finger strength/brain power to write. that our creative output is bounded is part of what makes a story special. someone chose to dedicate their finite time and energy and creativity on that idea, they chose to write that story over all others. not all ideas will become stories, and that's a good thing. writing is an act of communication, and communication involves making choices.

and a choice i want to make is not to consume words generated by AI. i think it's fair that, at the very least, we create an expectation in fandom that people disclose when they're posting AI generated content so that people can make an informed decision about whether or not they wish to engage.

[sadhoc]

the pistachio food trend is soooo interesting because it's like. i've been following the californian pistachio water politics for years, as a californian with personal connections to agricultural workers but! basically there's been a big push in california agriculture over the last decade to pressure farmers to produce pistachios, because iran has dominated the global market in pistachios for decades, and the US government has been trying to weaken iran economically, so they want to make california pistachios a competitor. which is ridiculous, because california's agricultural infrastructure is suffering under a drought, and pistachios take insane amounts of water. so a ton of water is being redirected from the people in order to engage in a trade war with iran over fucking. pistachios.

anyway now that the US (i.e. california) is producing more pistachios than iran, the next step is to drive consumption of pistachios, so that the farmers who are producing these pistachios can continue to make money on them. ergo all the fancy pistachio coffees at starbucks and similar shit like suddenly being able to find pistachio butter in grocery stores when five years ago it was exclusively available at specialty stores and online, and the huge boom in pistachios foods in instagram and tiktok recipe content. like i watch a lot of instagram foodie reels (cooking/baking is one of my hobbies) and these get thrown onto everyone's feeds, to promote the purchasing of pistachios, so that the US can stick it to iran. it's. kind of incredible to watch this happen in real time, because it sounds like deranged conspiracy thought, but like. i've been watching this trend for the past decade and it's fucking real.

anyway one of the vegan recipe accounts i follow just posted like five pistachio-based recipes in a row and it makes me feel some kind of fucking way

[sadhoc]

it is extremely relevant that pistachios are so easy to acquire here, but acorns, which are an indigenous California food staple crop, are impossible to find even in the best stocked grocery stores, and knowing how to prepare them for consumption is a rarer skill than sourdough starter

[midiport]

[twospiritcomet]

Mexico Launches Emergency App, 'ConsulApp Contigo,' as Immigration Crackdown Intensifies in the US | BELatina

Mexico’s Foreign Minister, has introduced “ConsulApp Contigo”, a mobile application designed to provide immediate support in emergencies, in

Mexicans in the United States now have a direct line to consular assistance at their fingertips. Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez, Mexico’s Foreign Minister, has introduced “ConsulApp Contigo”, a mobile application designed to provide immediate support in emergencies, including detentions. The app connects users to consular services, offering legal guidance and critical resources in real time.

Los mexicanos en Estados Unidos ahora tienen a su disposición una línea directa de asistencia consular. Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de México, presentó "ConsulApp Contigo", una aplicación móvil diseñada para brindar apoyo inmediato en situaciones de emergencia, incluidas las detenciones. La aplicación conecta a los usuarios con los servicios consulares, ofreciendo orientación legal y recursos críticos en tiempo real.

ConsulApp Contigo - Apps on Google Play

We guide Mexican migrants about their rights and consular services.

[creepyscritches]

Banging on the walls chanting "OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR ACA THRU JAN 15" like some deranged town crier. Election results aside, you have options to access healthcare as a RIGHT through the ACA. NO one can dismantle the Affordable Care Act in less than 4 years, so SIGN UP! GET YOUR CARE! USE THE SYSTEM!

You have options RIGHT NOW that will be stable thru the next year, the one after that, and I'd be shocked to see them shrink even the year after that. That means RIGHT NOW you can get signed up for next year to gain 100% covered preventative care (your annual check ups, pap smears, dental cleaning, vision check). You have the option to get checked and screened as you need, do NOT be dissuaded from exploring ACA choices. They are SOLID, LEGISLATED, and WORK BEST WHEN PEOPLE USE THEM.

I can't change most things around me, BUT I CAN tell everyone I know that THEY CAN GET LIFE SAVING CARE. THEY CAN GET PRESCRIPTIONS. THEY CAN GET PREGNANCY CARE. THEY CAN GET CANCER CARE. AND THEY WILL GET THAT CARE!!!!!!

SIGN UP BY DECEMBER 15, 2024 FOR COVERAGE TO BEGIN ON JANUARY 1, 2025. ENROLLMENT AFTER 12/15/24 WILL HAVE COVERAGE BEGINNING FEBRUARY 1, 2025.

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