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[staticnoisesss]

how you can help palestine

*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*

Donations

donations currently reaching gaza:

‼️ help buy e-sims for people in gaza

donate to get food packages to gaza - care for gaza

donate direct aid to gaza - ehab rida (longtime activist and volunteer, has been carrying out donations and humanitarian projects in gaza since 2021)

palestine children's relief fund

world food programme

aid to gaza - taawon/bank of palestine

help gaza’s children

female hygiene kits for gaza - pious project

donate to UNRWA

urgent humanitarian aid to palestinians - anera

medical aid for palestinians

urgent support for medical professionals in gaza

donate to ahmed (@/90-ghost on tumblr)

he is born, raised and based in gaza. please help him reach his goal of $50K to get his family to safety across the rafah border into egypt. as of right now… it’s $7.5K per person to evacuate gaza.

help journalist yousef escape gaza to treat his cancer

help mohamed evacuate gaza to get treatment for himself and his daughter

support palestinians: buy a keffiyeh from the last and only factory in palestine - hirbawi

secondary donations:

click to donate - arab.org

emergency relief for gaza - pious projects

palestine red crescent society

save palestine - islamic relief canada

send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association

help bring down israel's weapon trade - palaction

donate for the recovery of hisham awartani

one of the three palestinian students shot by a racist in vermont for wearing kufiyas and speaking arabic. hisham’s injuries have left him paralysed from below the chest.

Petitions

‼️ urge icj to invite gazan journalists to testify

international cultural workers to strike from german cultural institutions for their complicity in oppressing palestinians and promoting genocide - strike germany

petition to investigate war crimes committed by israeli military

demand ceasefire - amnesty international

open call for immediate ceasefire

american government call for immediate ceasefire

american government to stop funding israeli military

ceasefire and increase humanitarian assistance - oxfam au

petition to get canva to address their pro-israel stance

invoke the genocide convention to call for ceasefire in gaza - world beyond war

suspend israel from international sports - diem25

UK to expel israeli ambassador - change.org

gaza healthcare workers for nobel peace prize - change.org

teachers around the world demand ceasefire - teachers for palestine

president whitten: reinstate samia halaby retrospective NOW - action network

demand the immediate release of mansour shouman

location specific petitions

gaza call for lasting ceasefire - oxfam (UK)

end israeli occupation - parliament uk (UK)

email your MP - medical aid for palestine (UK)

protect gaza civilians - islamic relief (UK)

stop fuelling genocide - action network (USA)

@ biden: call for ceasefire now - move on (USA)

ceasefirenow.com - jewishvoiceofpeace (USA)

call congress and demand a ceasefire - uscpr (USA - they provide a script of what you should say, so don't worry about it)

note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.

no forced displacement! - action network

australia call on israel to stop attacking palestinians - apan (AUS)

immediate ceasefire and increase in humanitarian aid in gaza - actionaid (AUS)

email your MPs - stand with palestine (AUS)

‼️ australian senate to investigate australian citizens in the IDF for war crimes allegations - fpm (AUS)

‼️ arms embargo on israel - cjpme (CANADA)

sign to send letter to MP for ceasefire - nccm (CANADA)

ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)

call on your local mayor and council to demand ceasefire - LeadNow (CANADA)

cessez-le-feu et un couloir humanitaire - le mouvement (FRANCE)

écrivez aux député-es et sénateurs-trices - association france palestine solidarité (FRANCE)

write to your député - assemblée nationale (FRANCE)

skydda civilbefolkningen i gaza! - mittskifte (SWEDEN)

singaporeans call for immediate ceasefire (SIN)

contact your elected reps and demand a ceasefire (GERMANY)

write to the EU demanding a ceasefire (EUROPE)

template of letters you can send (EU)

guide on how to contact your MPs in EU

p.s. if the template is outdated, just use it as a guide and add a few sentences here and there that reflect the current situation. i can’t find any recent templates so :/ at least this is something

multiple actions you can take to help palestine - plant een olifbloom (NETHERLANDS)

includes: links for donations, emails to MP, emails to media, links to petitions and demonstrations

den haag, maak nú werk van vrede in israël/Palestina - the right forum (NETHERLANDS)

māori call for palestine - ourActionStation (NZ)

deem israeli actions as war crimes - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)

basta ao genocídio em Gaza! - awaaz (BRAZIL)

globo e grande mídia, parem de desumanizar civis palestinos - the intercept (BRAZIL)

manifesto ao governo brasileiro - petição pública (BRAZIL)

Campaigns

‼️ justice for palestine

reach out to countries to back up south africa’s invoke genocide convention at the ICJ

‼️ international criminal court

submit evidences of israeli war crimes

friends of al-aqsa

❥ UK-specific

urge your MP to speak up for palestine

hands off al-aqsa

stop administrative detention

petition for UK to stop arming israel

❥ International

boycott puma — email them to end their partnership with israel

boycott coca-cola

islamic relief canada

urge your MP to rally for ceasefire

decolonise palestine

poster campaign to raise awareness on the war crimes being committed against palestinians

text/call campaign for people living in USA

text RESIST @ 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103–a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel

download 5Calls app to contact members of your congress | (more info)

fax campaign for people in the USA

go on this website to send 5 free faxes per day

here’s a link to a pre-written fax copy you can download to send (the first link on the linktree)

here’s a video that explains how to fax your senator (it’s very easy and all you need is a valid email address)

‼️ BDS movement

get involved in boycotting companies associated with israel

palestine diaspora network

global strike guide - join the global strike!

please let me know if you have any more links. i will add them in. and please reblog the original post!!

UPCOMING PROTESTS

PALESTINIAN LITERATURE READING LIST

PALESTINIAN BUSINESSES

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[onethirdofimpossible]

Hello friends, there's a dogwhistle I've seen used a couple times on tumblr that I want to discuss.

Fellow neurodivergents especially, please listen-- towards the end of this post I describe how some in our community have been using it without knowing what it means.

A fairly common antisemitic dogwhistle used amongst alt-right circles on the internet is being a "noticer," "noticing patterns," "pattern noticer," etc. I've seen this from a couple Tumblr blogs I follow reblogging memes and such that use this term but don't provide any context about what sorts of "things" they may be noticing.

Here's the meme that I saw a blog I'm following reblog last night.

Seems pretty harmless, right? It's a meme with a cute cat.

In alt-right circles, what they are referring to "noticing" is the conspiracy theory that Jews control the world/"noticing" evidence of an imagined globalist (read: Jewish) world order/etc. If you see a meme that uses terms like "noticing patterns" that doesn't elaborate what those supposed patterns are-- just leaves you to fill in the blank yourself-- take a look at the types of things OP might be posting. The alt-right has an idea that it's forbidden to talk about who might be behind the "conspiracies" they talk about (again, the target is frequently Jewish people) so lack of context is often a red flag.

I sent the blog who reblogged this an ask informing them that the meme was a dogwhistle. If you see someone reblog something like this, check what they've been posting. If this seems like an isolated incident, the person probably reblogged it not knowing what the term actually meant. That's why dogwhistles are so effective-- to the average person they look harmless if you don't know what to watch out for!

Let's take a look at how alt-righters use this term.

Here's an alt-right definition of it from Urban Dictionary.

Oh boy, this one gets a bigotry bingo for all the dogwhistles used here. If I miss any, feel free to comment. Here are the ones I found:

-Noseticing: Noticing plus nose, based on the stereotype for Jewish people to have large noses.

-"those who cannot be named"/skirting around saying Jew: again the idea that it's forbidden to talk about who they think is behind their conspiracy theories.

-"world events and agendas": idea that Jewish people have a Globalist agenda etc etc

-Degeneracy: Nazi term to describe the behaviors/people they find undesirable.

-Early life: refers to the section in a person's Wikipedia page. If a person was brought up Jewish, it'll usually say so there.

-Oy vey: a Jewish exclamation of exasperation that Nazis have unfortunately co-opted when talking about Jewish people.

Here's probably the most obviously antisemitic meme I found.

The title and first bullet point include the "noticer" term. This meme also talks about a "group" who controls wealth. Who might the poster be referring to here?

Here's a Twitter account with many similar alt-right terms. Explicitly identifies as a Nazi and ethno-nationalist, etc etc.

A couple other pages. I clicked on them to see if I could find any more examples but the first seemed pretty blank and the second... Well, I don't have a twitter so I couldn't view.

Let's unpack these a little. The first one has "13 outta 52," a statistic used among white supremacists to depict Black people (especially African-Americans) as "savage": 13 referring to the percentage of America that is Black and 52 referring to the alleged percentage of murders in the U.S. that are committed by Black people. "109 countries" refers to the idea that Jewish people have been expelled from 109 countries during history. (Which isn't entirely true. Some "countries" in this count are actually cities, regions, etc.) Some white supremacists may use the number 110 instead to suggest that it should happen again.

The second one has a blurb alleging a global sterilization effort and concerns of fertility. This is likely in connection to pro-natalism for white people. If Nazis want a so-called "Aryan nation," they're going to want white people to populate it, and so they encourage white people to have babies for their cause. Nazi Germany employed this tactic as well, even awarding "Aryan" German women who had four or more children for their contributions to the Nazi cause.

The reason why I'm emphasizing that context matters is that some neurodivergent people have seen this and co-opted it into neurodivergent circles. As a person who is Jewish and autistic, this is pretty alarming to me. I'll show a couple examples from Tumblr:

And

I've left out the URLs of the OPs because I want to give the benefit of the doubt-- they both explicitly refer to being a "pattern noticer" in terms of neurodivergence. And it's easy to see why introducing this term to ND folks would be an easy way to get a dogwhistle passed off as harmless! Since autistic people often have analytical minds, we often make connections that others might not be able to see. But unfortunately, using terms like this only makes it much easier for antisemites to fly under the radar.

Stay safe and let's keep Tumblr free of this shit.

[nertheborg]

TLDR: Dog Whistles that use Nervo-diversity to hide antisemitism. "A Pattern Noticer"

[brightlotusmoon]

[ruffboi-mags]

#fucking hate that this is another thing co opted by Nazis #bc i AM good at seeing patterns #like. linguistic patterns etc#it's what made me an excellent copy editor #probably better at copy editing than any other editing tbh #and it has NOTHING to do with seeing a jewish threat where none exists #the only 'pattern' I've 'noticed' about jewish people #is the way my fellow goyim #esp the conspiracy minded #will tie jews into literally every conspiracy theory #even when you could swear that there's no reason for it #any silly or fun-sounding conspiracy theory #– there could be one that says idk the world is secretly made of chocolate if we resonate the right frequency with our auras – #and you'd think how wonderfully absurd! #but if you go read about it then it's ALWAYS ultimately about jewish people

The nice thing is at least, that they decided to call it "pattern noticing", which means that "I have good pattern recognition!" is still a perfectly reasonable thing to say about yourself if you do in fact have good pattern recognition.

[thatchaoticace]

hey anyone who's read 'Family Business' & 'Thirteen Storeys' by jonathan sims wanna yap about it? cause i just finished thirteen storeys and yearn to yap about them with someone or some people.

[ayeforscotland]

If you, for whatever reason, need extra motivation to vote tomorrow, 7th of May, then please know that racists and bigots are absolutely going to turn out and vote.

[loudestcloud]

I (British) have had 7 letters, 5 leaflets and a PHONE CALL from Reform UK. I had one Conservative leaflet, one from Restore Britain* and only today did I get given a Green party leaflet and I've already voted so if I didn't know who to vote for then that'd have been useless. Nothing from the other 2. Reform voters KNOW and are VERY informed and hyped up about the voting this time around and I have a feeling that is the same for whoever is the equivalent in Scotland and Wales. The political climate is tense rn and the racist and bigots have been pushed towards action via spam posting. You need to vote too

*that is basically the same as Reform UK, I'm pretty sure it's just full of the rejected ones. They came door knocking today, saw the t shirts, but skipped our house because of our small pride flag in a plant pot.

[ayeforscotland]

Restore Britain and Reform are two cheeks of the same rotten arse.

They know this is their chance to consolidate power in council areas, and there’s a high chance they’ll overtake the Tories and Labour here.

There’s a genuine risk they’ll become the opposition in Scotland - I honestly cannot suggest anyone voting Labour or LibDem up here. It’s a waste of your time.

[psychotic-gerard]

There has been a recall of SERTRALINE 100mg tablets batch number V2500425.

The regulator said 81,872 packs are included in the recall. Please check if you are on Sertraline. Thank you.

[wormthe]

Precautionary recall of antidepressant medication due to manufacturing error

The MHRA has advised healthcare professionals to stop supplying the affected batch of Sertraline 100mg and return all remaining stock to the

From what i've found it seems to be UK specific, but still worth a check. If you have Sertraline 100mg tablets, It might actually be Citalopram 40mg! Check the info on the box and on the blister strip containing the tablets.

[eisenkrahe]

Last year JK Rowling personally funded a group called Sex Matters to amend UK law so that trans women *overnight* went from legally women to legally men. This has resulted in mass exclusion of the trans community from numerous organizations, along with ongoing violent assaults on both trans and cis women alike.

With the new Harry Potter series she will be making a reported $20 million per-season renewal + other performance dependent royalties. She has been open across multiple interviews regarding her intentions to use said funds to push forth even more trans targeted legislation in the years to come.

This isn’t a “she gets paid no matter what” situation. The more eyeballs on this show the more money she has to actively harm vulnerable communities. By engaging with it you are directly supporting this and otherwise making a conscious choice to consume HP over doing the literal very least possible to not destroy the lives of trans people across the world.

If my stating the objective facts above upsets you then feel free to unfriend and move along. Your nostalgia-goggles feelings for a tired, problematic franchise mean nothing to me compared to the welfare of my trans friends and loved ones."

If you care more about badly written children's books and imaginary wizards more than you do about real people in the real world do it far the fuck away from me.

Don't try to be in my life.

In fact, you are cordially invited to eat shit and die.

[writingdose]

I am once again begging people to realize that AI checker doesn’t work. it’s never worked. it’s notoriously known to have flagged human-made works as AI and AI-generated works as human-made. and by feeding it people’s works, you are feeding more works to AI, because apparently the machine itself is AI.

the only thing AI checker does is harm genuine artists and people in general too.

[the-beard-of-edward-teach]

Hawaiʻi is currently in the midst of a natural disaster if you didnt know

Apparently there isn’t much news coverage of this outside of the islands

Towns are flooded, homes destroyed and collapsed, roads collapsed, lives at risk, gas leaks from the flood damage

Haleiwa and Waialua are currently evacuated because the 120 year old dam is at risk of bursting

Mind you that damn is owned by Dole. Theyve known about it needing to be fixed for years and years and years. Despite having more than enough money they refuse

The state has been trying to buy it out from them for years so they can fix it, but the sale hasn’t gone through

Keep in mind that the Dole family were the ones who illegally imprisoned Queen Liliuʻokalani and illegally overthrew the monarchy.

If I see another goddamn person say how sad this is for the tourists whose “trips were ruined” and compare a messed up vacation to people losing their homes, belongings, and livelihoods, I’m going to lose my mind

I am so lucky that my family or friend’s are safe and the few whose houses flooded didnt have it too bad, but so so so many were not as fortunate

If you haven’t heard anything about this until now, I suggest looking into it

The sirens didn’t go off until the flood had been going on for hours. Our state government is spending so much money on a fucking monorail we don’t need rather than fixing the infrastructure.

It’s been the locals and Kanaka doing the most to help get people to safety from the start

I don’t really know how to end this

I just need to know people are aware

I need to know people are seeing whats happening

[elodieunderglass]

Thousands evacuated as Hawaii faces worst flooding in 20 years

"Don't take this storm lightly," Hawaii Governor Josh Green warned on Saturday, as more rain is expected on Oahu and Maui.

[luminescentlama]

QSMP 2 ARG - the terminal saga detour: a weird google doc

For this it definitely makes more sense to look at my other post first since I don't provide context here.

Secure access terminal for QSMP platform

Visit Original Link

Decoding this was a struggle because at first, there's a lot of numbers and then some symbols which are just complete jibberish despite seeming like normal symbols. But eventually @thatchaoticace and I figured it out.

If you listen to the very tail part of it, you hear the morse for "SPTTH"......... WELL WELL WELL. This lead me to realize you have to reverse the whole thing (the fun part is H, T, P and S reversed are still the same morse code). If you reverse the whole audio and then decode again, it gives you another link:

Untitled document

Index 01… Tik Tak 02… ???? 03… ???? 04… ???? 05… FILE 0 — “THE DESCENT” I. The destination that never existed Some know it by a curious

This google doc has white text (which I almost missed, lmao but luckily Ace caught it) which reads:

Index  01… Tik Tak 02… ???? 03… ???? 04… ???? 05…  FILE 0 — “THE DESCENT” I. The destination that never existed Some know it by a curious name. Others only call it “the fall.”  You can’t get there on foot. You get there by sliding. It has no visible entrance. The first scene feels irrelevant. The second feels familiar. The third already knows you. II. The pieces Nothing was ever complete. Only fragments. Each one lasted just long enough to decide: Stay Repeat Some fragments copied gestures that already existed. Others waited, as if missing something. Seen alone, they meant nothing. Those who moved forward saved them, compared them, and tried to fit them together. III. The invisible marks Some inhabitants never spoke. They left signs instead: a repeated motion, a pause too long to be accidental. These marks fed the place. They were never opinions. They were never personal. IV. The Observer Is it a person? It understands very little, but it notices everything: duration, frequency, insistence, abandonment. It does not choose what is good. It follows what already happened before. V. The trick Imitation. Repetition. Some believed they had learned the pattern. Others realized too late that the pattern was learning them. The prize was never to stay. The prize is not to disappear. Most ask how to leave. The better question is this: When did you stop looking… and start being looked at?

Now........ what the hell does that mean? Ace suggested the fifth stanza (?) might be about the codes who imitate the eggs and do it over and over again. Maybe the second stanza is about the eggs?

But honestly... no idea of what to make of this. Any interpretation is welcome! :D

Masterpost for all my qsmp 2 theories / analyses

[luminescentlama]

I need help decoding morse!

Yup, we're BACK! QSMP 2!!!!!!

After @thatchaoticace found how to open the terminal (see this post) on qsmp.co, I found a bunch more stuff. I'm preparing a REALLY long post about this, but for now, I need help figuring out some morse that's played. Please have a listen and decrypt it for yourself if you can, I need as many opinions as possible to figure out the actual version!

You can listen to the original here.

I have a filtered version which will hopefully make it easier to understand:

Visit Original Link

Here is the waveform, a visual representation of the loudness of a tone (the bigger the curve, the louder it is) which I think can help too:

This is so COOL

[luminescentlama]

The morse code has been deciphered! Check the masterpost (which I will be writing like asap and then pin on my acc) for an explanation!

[luminescentlama]

I need help decoding morse!

Yup, we're BACK! QSMP 2!!!!!!

After @thatchaoticace (the @ doesn't work, sorry!) found how to open the terminal (see this post) on qsmp.co, I found a bunch more stuff. I'm preparing a REALLY long post about this, but for now, I need help figuring out some morse that's played. Please have a listen and decrypt it for yourself if you can, I need as many opinions as possible to figure out the actual version!

You can listen to the original here.

I have a filtered version which will hopefully make it easier to understand:

Visit Original Link

Here is the waveform, a visual representation of the loudness of a tone (the bigger the curve, the louder it is) which I think can help too:

This is so COOL

[thatchaoticace]

HOLY SHIT!!!

this is honestly so thrilling. i'll get on decoding this once i'm on my laptop

[thatchaoticace]

QSMP Terminal stuff

so along with the binary code stuff post by QSMP info, there's also now a "terminal". i only found out about the terminal via @luminescentlama's post.

i was out of the house when i saw the post, so when i got home, i decided to look into it.

when entering your email into this section here

you'll recieve an email from a qsmp no reply titled "is this a secure line?"

(funnily i first read some1's name as "somel" so i honestly might keep referring them as that, it's got a nice charm to it)

you'd then proceed to put the "ST4RT" in the access code section.

now i've not been able to do this since anytime i try to put in the code with my email (non-personal) it says that the email doesn't exist (i've tried it with my other emails & same result). even though it clearly does or else i wouldn't have gotten the code email in the first place.

if someone else could try this out & see what pops up, let me know!

i do have thoughts on what this could be, possibly someone on the inside of the federation trying to get information out. what kind of info? idk but it's interesting.

[diversehighfantasy]

How White People Handle Diversity Training in the Workplace

As a former professor and current facilitator and consultant, I am in a position to give white people feedback on how their unintentional racism is manifesting itself. In this position, I have observed countless enactments of white fragility.

One of the white participants left the session and went back to her desk, upset at receiving (what appeared to the training team as) sensitive and diplomatic feedback on how some of her statements had impacted several of the people of color in the room. […] [Later] her friends wanted to alert us to the fact that she was in poor health and “might be having a heart attack.” Upon questioning from us, they clarified that they meant this literally. These co-workers were sincere in their fear that the young woman might actually die as a result of the feedback. 

All of this is going to feel very familiar to anyone who’s blogged about racism in fandom.

[theotheryongbok]

“White fragility functions as a form of bullying: ‘I am going to make it so miserable for you to confront me — no matter how diplomatically you try to do so — that you will simply back off, give up, and never raise the issue again.’ White fragility keeps people of color in line and “in their place.” In this way, it is a powerful form of white racial control. Social power is not fixed; it is constantly challenged and needs to be maintained.”

[givememypeanut-butter]

It’s a good article. For anyone who wants to read without the paywall:

How White People Handle Diversity Training in the Workplace | by Robi…

How White People Handle Diversity Training in the Workplace | by Robi…

[whitebisexual]

The concept of being 4 months clean from ai...

[sleepytabbycat]

idc what you guys think I'm proud of him

[astronomical-bagel]

Several AI services (chatbots 🫩) are purposely addictive, the same way people can become addicted to gambling or shopping. We’ve literally seen in real time how ChatGPT has caused psychosis and delusions in people; it can have a huge affect on someones’s mental stability. Just because it isn’t substance-based doesn’t mean that doesn’t count as an addiction, and shaming people who are trying to move on and improve themselves is counterproductive. Im proud of that dude and his 4 month mark!

[astronomical-bagel]

Hidden Mental Health Dangers of Artificial Intelligence Chatbots

AI chatbots can fuel emotional dependence and blur boundaries. Emerging research highlights significant mental health risks. Here are import

The reality of chatbot-induced delusions

Large language models often prioritise agreeability over truthfulness to the detriment of users

AI addiction includes the overuse of AI chatbots and companions, often leading to adverse psychological effects.

Some articles to back my statements, and this isn’t even mentioning about the predatory chatbots who do this on purpose

[transhuman-priestess]

Getting Global Age Assurance Right: What We Got Wrong and What's Changing

Discord's CTO addresses community concerns about age assurance: no mass ID collection, new vendor transparency commitments, and a delayed gl

Oh they're not happy.

Tl;DR they're not canceling age verification but they're 'delaying' it til later this year. Do not stop the pressure.

[transhuman-priestess]

DO NOT RESUBSCRIBE TO NITRO

CANCEL IT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY

[Don't forget to cancel boosts too!]

[voidsentprinces]

[arliedraws]

Dude, I almost cried yesterday because of AI. I can’t grade anymore without getting upset because of how much kids are using generative AI. How can I assess their ability to think critically when they aren't thinking critically? One kid admitted he used ChatGPT on an assignment, and he was like, "So? Is my answer right?" And I was like, first of all, whether or not it's "correct" is not the problem, and ALSO, it was INCORRECT. Like...majorly so!

They can’t fucking think for themselves (or rather, they’re losing the ability). This is not “ooooh technology scary” -- this is a fundamental, they can't fucking answer questions when I ask them to their faces. I fucking HATE when my colleagues roll their eyes and say, "Well, this is how we felt about phones! Just accept it!" First of all, it's different. And TWO! We're FUCKING FIGHTING PHONES every day! We've literally banned all cell phone use during class in my district because letting kids use their phones and not fighting their use in class FUCKED US OVER, and now we have to FIX IT.

Okay, but also, kudos to Tumblr, the weirdo website, and our anti-AI stance here because my weirdo queer kids are the ONLY ONES who are STAUNCHLY against gen AI; they're the only ones reliably not using AI. Dear children of Tumblr, thank you for being little weirdos who give a shit.

[grungekitty-77]

It was a slightly different situation, but it's translatable. This became a stable for me.

I asked my students if it's nice/helpful/good/acceptable/normal to help someone else lift something really heavy they were struggling with. Of course they agree! Then I asked them if it would still be (or explain to them that it isn't) nice/helpful/good/acceptable/normal to help someone lift heavy weights if they are working out at the gym. The answer is no! Because the POINT is that it's hard to do alone! That's why it makes you stronger! (Plus it gives the kids a very funny and therefore memorable visual for the concept. You can play into it and have a laugh with the kids at how weird someone would be if they did that!)

I often used "Don't lift their weights!" as a shorthand when a student was trying to give another kid the right answer.

Anyways, AI is lifting your weights for you. If you go to gym everyday and have a robot lift the weights for you, are you going to get any stronger? Even if you are going to the gym and "lifting weights" everyday? Even if the robot was really good at it? School is the gym for your mind. It's hard for the same reason gym weights are heavy.