springfest frye save me

octo sisters or whatever

Performative feminism is a most annoying aspect of our times.

God, even when they exist, I've lost track of how many times I've seen those services cut for lack of funding, turn out to be abuse schemes by some religious group, be in conflict with a law that means they can't actually help anyone...

Thinking about the food bank that gave out pallets of rotting grapes to families for Thanksgiving. And they actually were trying their best to get produce into the hands of people but they only could offer what they had been given and it was a shit ton of grapes that hadn't sold.

Thinking about Job training that actually turned out to be a sweatshop where you folded towels for 15 cents an hour.

This king about the mental health office that refused to send my prescription to my pharmacy, lied about it and then threatened to call "my parole officer" when I was upset because most of their patients were court mandated to go there but I was not one of them. They had simply forgotten that and decided to play the same games they did to those who had no choice. As soon as they realized I did not have a parole officer they stopped playing around and immediately sent the prescription.

Thinking about how Ebt pays out less money than the minimum amount the government says is needed to live by almost half. How there's so many tricks in the application to try to block you from getting aid you need.

Thinking about how many services are cut off from you if you have a criminal record and how being homeless is illegal in so many places.

Thinking about how the only job bank in my county shut down a decade ago in the middle of a recession.

Thinking about how rental assistance across the country have waiting lists years out.

Thinking about how employment resources is often getting someone to berate you while showing you the exact same Monster.com listing you could find online yourself and that's it.

Thinking about all the studies that showed giving people money outright with no strings attached was the most effective way to uplift people out of poverty...

top tier simpsons bit tbh

Pool # 27 -  Ann Goldberg , 2016.

Canadian , b. 1970s

Oil on canvas , 30 x 48 in.

OIL PAINTING.

I found lots more on the artist's website, and then came across Percy in the Pool, which almost did me in 🥺🧡

I don't necessarily agree with this but it has such a mathematical quality to it somehow

@boycritter

A single person is just the trivial polycule.

[Video Description: a lynx casually walks down a snow covered bank, onto a log and reaches a frozen river. The lynx takes two steps; the ice cracks loudly. Instantly the lynx stands still. It then looks around and then leaps. The lynx makes a landing on the other side of the river, a faint crack can be heard. It continues on its way unfazed. /End VD.]

That's a guy who's fallen through the ice before, lmao.

IMMACULATE REACTION

I think a lot of what pro-AI people are really wanting is stuff that already exists but they don't know it's out there like

can't format a work email? templates

don't know how to write a resume? templates

writing a thank you card or a condolences card or a wedding invitation? templates templates templates

not sure how to format your citations in MLA or whatever format? citationmachine.net

summary of something you're reading for school/work? cliffnotes.com

recipe based on ingredients in your fridge? whatsintherefrigerator.com

there's a million more like, guys, we don't need AI, we never needed generative AI

Important ideas to consider when creating characters who are black and indigenous people of color. (x)

I love Jimmy Solidarity as a character so much because he's so determined and ambitious. Man who the universe fucks over at every possible moment but who still has never backed down from a fight or challenge in his life. I know Jimmy has a reputation for being a bit pathetic, but I need people to understand that literally none of that comes from any sort of cowardice on his end. For better or worse, Jimmy Solidarity does not know what it means to give up or sit back.

voicepeak teto!!!!11!!1!1!1!

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Hey guys, with so much love, and as someone with an actual English degree:

Please just use Sparknotes if you're going to do this. I get it. I do. But chatgpt or other genAI shit doesn't actually know what's important for you to know, and in some cases it might fully make shit up. Use sparknotes. Failing that, talk to someone who did read it. I'm begging.

oh my god, there's whole books series that ALREADY do that. Have they never heard of the No Fear series published by Sparknotes? It puts a plain everyday english translation on the opposite page from the original text, plus character lists with descriptions and helpful commentary.

stop using AI for things that already exist!

does anyone have gifs of that girl from nikke but she’s all twitchy and visibly experiencing shellshock

Shit man, this shoujo war is fucked. I just saw a girl clap her hands together and say “10,000 years tunnel of love” or some similar shit, and every one around her got nosebleeds, had their pupils turn into beating hearts and then faint. The camera didn’t even go onto her, that’s how common shit like this is. My ass is using a stockless bullpup rifle and nothing else. I think I just heard “pretty beam:rapture” two groups over. I gotta get the fuck outta here.

People straight up do not realize that part of the reason manufacturing is not returning to the United States in massive waves is because we have things like “OSHA” and “environmental laws” and “minimum wages.”

It’s not even just about fair wages. It’s literally about the fact that you can’t dump industrial waste in a river here anymore.

Our cheap goods are so cheap because South American and Asians environments are being destroyed so you can buy a $40 pair of shoes every 3 months.

Cutting granite countertops has lead to a rapid increase in silicosis in the lungs out in California. All the working men and women in my family have died from pulmonary fibrosis. They were carpet layers, Post office workers, floor tilers. Staying safe in manufacturing jobs is annoying but also very, very expensive. Real manufacturing factories belch smoke and dust and grime that causes asthma and birth defects in surrounding communities. Everyone wants their manufacturing jobs back until they realize their kids are living directly under the Asthma Plant.

There will come a time when the workers in these countries rise up and demand better and things will start to even out, but if you want to honestly “do your part,” you gotta stop buying cheap shit for no reason.

Not every event needs to be celebrate with a baseball cap or a coozie or a t shirt or a keychain. Not every wall in the house has to have a picture or a cute phrase on it. The knickknacks are killing people.

Yep!

watch PearlMania500's response, that guy gets supply chain. I work in supply chain and that is exactly what everyone should be thinking about

But no, most people don't even know how their food gets to the grocery store