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Changing my pronouns to him/he

Okay so as far as I can tell, Australian election coverage consists of a nice man who looks at the augury bones (small percentage of the vote counted so far) and says what the future holds, and everybody trusts him very much

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Thinking about levels of personhood in Murderbot. SecUnits are property with no rights and very limited licence to carry out their will. We meet and hear about many people in various kinds of indentured servitude, selling their lives (and sometimes lineages) to buy back the right to eat and breathe. Then there's groups like Mensah's survey team, who for periods of time are crushed under a company's thumb while they pay for the privilege of having their privacy violated. And when their knowledge becomes too valuable, their lives are worth less than dirt except insofar as they can pay and play the game. And on the other end of the spectrum, the people living on Preservation who can afford to be appalled about every violation of rights (and still have time left in the day).

Levels and levels of what it means to have self determination, and what it looks like to have various pieces stripped away. People in each of these groups have solidarity but also distrust and misunderstanding, and the indignity of waiting for others to get up to speed is highlighted multiple times.

The way Murderbot always makes the distinction between humans and augmented humans; it's halfway organic, then there's human form bots, and bots that don't resemble humans at all.

Things with more of a face are afforded more permission, by the people with actual rights.

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The llm/genAI discussion has so much ableism in it. Not that I necessarily think it's a good tool for any particular use being discussed, but there's so much "how can somebody need xyz done for them?" "people should just use their brains" "they are so stupid they can't even..." "no one can xyz anymore, we're doomed". It sure makes me feel great as someone who needs help with a lot of really basic things 🙃

There are plenty of good critiques that don't throw disabled ppl under the bus. Like:

you don't have a good way to know if this information is true

why do you want a machine to do the fun part for you?

this is only giving you the illusion of experiencing a social connection, in lieu of talking to other people

is this actually a good tool to meet your need?

Think carefully before criticising someone's needs and abilities. It's not always inappropriate but a lot of the time it's straight ableism. There is a huge spectrum across people!

I do in fact need help writing emails and making phone calls. I need help choosing my food, and deciding what to do next. I need help understanding long texts. And sure, I'm Disabled™️, I've got the bag of diagnoses and laundry list of doctors to prove it. But if things are only okay after I show my second class citizen card, then they're not really okay are they.

If there's something wrong with the tools people are using to solve a problem, criticise the tools. Don't criticise them for having the problem.

#ittbs #llm #disability #discourse #ableism #stop doing 50 points of splash damage to hit your target for 5 #Your arguments will be more convincing too #Behind whatever surface motivations people have they are often trying to fulfill needs like connection fun ease rest #Telling them they're worth less for wanting those things will put them off listening to you

Interesting thinking about themes of passing in Murderbot. I've never been a minority in a culture so stratified; in a certain sense I can relate to the experience of needing to pass for safety (mostly in a disability context), but I've never had to rely on someone naive to not out me in a high stakes situation.

I suppose it's easier to know you should keep your mouth shut when someone's trying to pass as a full citizen, rather than playing their role as something less than a person since they can't hide their status.

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Stromae is releasing a new song for soothing the stomach - alors ondansetron

#ittbs #stromae #chronic illness #this one's for the intersection of french pop enthusiasts and tummy troubles gang

transphobia is a cistemic problem

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Narratively, Quincey doesn't really do much in Dracula. His only really impactful action in the plot is dying. (He gives Lucy blood, but it could have been easily written around if he wasn't there.) But he's a cool cowboy and he's part of the polycule and I enjoy the book more with him in it

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