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...but not illegal to say, "god, i want it to happen." because that's its own sentence. it's an incomplete sentence, but it may have nothing to do with the sentence before that, so, that's perfectly fine. perfectly legal.
August 30, 2025 at 4:28 AM
...but not illegal to say, "god, i want it to happen." because that's its own sentence. it's an incomplete sentence, but it may have nothing to do with the sentence before that, so, that's perfectly fine. perfectly legal.
I'm back for a moment to check if he's dead
August 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I'm back for a moment to check if he's dead
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they want worldwide jim crow
1/ The Trump Administration is seeking to force foreign companies worldwide to ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes within their firms if they want to do business with the US government. It's an aggressive expansion of its anti-DEI crusade. ⬇️
March 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
they want worldwide jim crow
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Gonna break this down a little more to show that Kindle Unlimited is not a loss leader.
In January, the payout per page read was $0.004091.
If you read an entire 400-page book normally priced at $9.99, the author gets $1.63. The author will need 7 other people to read their book to equal 1 sale.
In January, the payout per page read was $0.004091.
If you read an entire 400-page book normally priced at $9.99, the author gets $1.63. The author will need 7 other people to read their book to equal 1 sale.
Another misconception I've talked about before but I see going around:
"Kindle Unlimited is a loss leader."
Technically, correct. But it's not a loss-leader for *Amazon.*
Amazon ALWAYS takes their cut before distributing to their KU / Amazon exclusive authors. It's a loss-leader for the authors.
"Kindle Unlimited is a loss leader."
Technically, correct. But it's not a loss-leader for *Amazon.*
Amazon ALWAYS takes their cut before distributing to their KU / Amazon exclusive authors. It's a loss-leader for the authors.
March 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Gonna break this down a little more to show that Kindle Unlimited is not a loss leader.
In January, the payout per page read was $0.004091.
If you read an entire 400-page book normally priced at $9.99, the author gets $1.63. The author will need 7 other people to read their book to equal 1 sale.
In January, the payout per page read was $0.004091.
If you read an entire 400-page book normally priced at $9.99, the author gets $1.63. The author will need 7 other people to read their book to equal 1 sale.
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Revolutionary Nahuatl for 3/3/25.
Intla ahhuel yecnemih in altepetlacah, macamo cemelleh nemican intepachohcahuan.
"If there is no justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government."
—Emiliano Zapata
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intla = if
ahhuel = it's impossible that
yecnemih = they live justly
1/
Intla ahhuel yecnemih in altepetlacah, macamo cemelleh nemican intepachohcahuan.
"If there is no justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government."
—Emiliano Zapata
———————
intla = if
ahhuel = it's impossible that
yecnemih = they live justly
1/
March 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Revolutionary Nahuatl for 3/3/25.
Intla ahhuel yecnemih in altepetlacah, macamo cemelleh nemican intepachohcahuan.
"If there is no justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government."
—Emiliano Zapata
———————
intla = if
ahhuel = it's impossible that
yecnemih = they live justly
1/
Intla ahhuel yecnemih in altepetlacah, macamo cemelleh nemican intepachohcahuan.
"If there is no justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government."
—Emiliano Zapata
———————
intla = if
ahhuel = it's impossible that
yecnemih = they live justly
1/
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It is so 2025 that a film with a trans storyline that the trans community fucking despises wins some of the most prestigious film awards in the world and the cisgender winners don’t even mention what’s happening to the trans community in the very country they’re accepting the awards in
March 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It is so 2025 that a film with a trans storyline that the trans community fucking despises wins some of the most prestigious film awards in the world and the cisgender winners don’t even mention what’s happening to the trans community in the very country they’re accepting the awards in
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Ok. I like my thing better because I think Nazis should be killed
February 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Ok. I like my thing better because I think Nazis should be killed
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Fascism is, among many things, the concept of the abusive family patriarch applied to the nation-state, everything they do to you is about forcing compliance and terrified recognition of their power.
I genuinely don't think it's "crazy".
The consistent rationale is one of valuing death if it helps create enough trauma to be exploited further.
The consistent rationale is one of valuing death if it helps create enough trauma to be exploited further.
If you think the right wing birthrate fanatics are crazy now just wait until 1 out of every 4 kids starts dying before their 5th birthday
January 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Fascism is, among many things, the concept of the abusive family patriarch applied to the nation-state, everything they do to you is about forcing compliance and terrified recognition of their power.
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I think the regimes that mandate this are just trying to get trans girls killed by throwing us to the wolves.
Hinging care on a hazing ritual whereby trans girls are required to mark ourselves in a way that registers to cissexist society as "deviant" is asking us to commit social suicide.
Hinging care on a hazing ritual whereby trans girls are required to mark ourselves in a way that registers to cissexist society as "deviant" is asking us to commit social suicide.
The debate about HRT as a vital to transition—and to be clear, it ISN'T for everyone—is hard for me to engage with calmly sometimes.
Socially transitioning as a trans woman without any medical transition is an extremely scary, vulnerable experience. And it was my life for 15 years.
Socially transitioning as a trans woman without any medical transition is an extremely scary, vulnerable experience. And it was my life for 15 years.
January 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I think the regimes that mandate this are just trying to get trans girls killed by throwing us to the wolves.
Hinging care on a hazing ritual whereby trans girls are required to mark ourselves in a way that registers to cissexist society as "deviant" is asking us to commit social suicide.
Hinging care on a hazing ritual whereby trans girls are required to mark ourselves in a way that registers to cissexist society as "deviant" is asking us to commit social suicide.
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my feelings are pretty much the same as the last paragraph of @goddessblade.bsky.social’s excellent essay “I did not consent to my body” -
January 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
my feelings are pretty much the same as the last paragraph of @goddessblade.bsky.social’s excellent essay “I did not consent to my body” -
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Can queer people shut UP about the hijra and stop using a community under siege by a theocratic fascist regime as your validity inspo porn?
How about "you don't need HRT to be valid, so crowdfund for the hijra who do want and need it"? Let's try that punchy slogan you lazy orientalist fucks.
How about "you don't need HRT to be valid, so crowdfund for the hijra who do want and need it"? Let's try that punchy slogan you lazy orientalist fucks.
January 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Can queer people shut UP about the hijra and stop using a community under siege by a theocratic fascist regime as your validity inspo porn?
How about "you don't need HRT to be valid, so crowdfund for the hijra who do want and need it"? Let's try that punchy slogan you lazy orientalist fucks.
How about "you don't need HRT to be valid, so crowdfund for the hijra who do want and need it"? Let's try that punchy slogan you lazy orientalist fucks.
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While I'm here, can y'all just stop using the word "hijra" altogether?
It's a slur. It's always been a fucking slur. It's levied at men with the intent to humiliate them, and levied at transfeminized women with the intent of degendering and third-sexing them.
"Transfeminized women" is fine.
It's a slur. It's always been a fucking slur. It's levied at men with the intent to humiliate them, and levied at transfeminized women with the intent of degendering and third-sexing them.
"Transfeminized women" is fine.
Can queer people shut UP about the hijra and stop using a community under siege by a theocratic fascist regime as your validity inspo porn?
How about "you don't need HRT to be valid, so crowdfund for the hijra who do want and need it"? Let's try that punchy slogan you lazy orientalist fucks.
How about "you don't need HRT to be valid, so crowdfund for the hijra who do want and need it"? Let's try that punchy slogan you lazy orientalist fucks.
January 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
While I'm here, can y'all just stop using the word "hijra" altogether?
It's a slur. It's always been a fucking slur. It's levied at men with the intent to humiliate them, and levied at transfeminized women with the intent of degendering and third-sexing them.
"Transfeminized women" is fine.
It's a slur. It's always been a fucking slur. It's levied at men with the intent to humiliate them, and levied at transfeminized women with the intent of degendering and third-sexing them.
"Transfeminized women" is fine.
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i think it’s unfair to expect regular people to know precisely how journalism works so i will say the answer to “why did they sit on that story for so long” is often “because of lawyers”
January 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
i think it’s unfair to expect regular people to know precisely how journalism works so i will say the answer to “why did they sit on that story for so long” is often “because of lawyers”
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lawyers fact checkers and carefully carefully treading on other people's trauma. gaiman is a rich man and a lot of his weapons are lawyers. i'm glad this was reported, but something like this is a huge endeavor that takes a big, resourced and courageous team.
i think it’s unfair to expect regular people to know precisely how journalism works so i will say the answer to “why did they sit on that story for so long” is often “because of lawyers”
January 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
lawyers fact checkers and carefully carefully treading on other people's trauma. gaiman is a rich man and a lot of his weapons are lawyers. i'm glad this was reported, but something like this is a huge endeavor that takes a big, resourced and courageous team.
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update: here is the AI policy i wrote for my doc seminar this term (i have already located the typo and fixed it, which tbh is like 60% of the point of posting it in public)
January 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
update: here is the AI policy i wrote for my doc seminar this term (i have already located the typo and fixed it, which tbh is like 60% of the point of posting it in public)
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I feel a deep sense of revulsion at this. I am serious when I say that this should be illegal: the idea that a corporation can take a core part of your identity and just turn it into a series of assets you have no control over should be incredibly fucking alarming.
New: Days after Meta had to kill its AI-generated profiles due to backlash, some Instagram users are now being shown AI-generated images of themselves that are being automatically created by Instagram and put in their feeds
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Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves
Meta AI put a Redditor into "an endless maze of mirrors" as part of a new AI feature it is testing.
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January 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I feel a deep sense of revulsion at this. I am serious when I say that this should be illegal: the idea that a corporation can take a core part of your identity and just turn it into a series of assets you have no control over should be incredibly fucking alarming.
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dutch wasn’t originally all cutesy like “weer petten de leetel raabbet”, but they changed it so they could i’m-just-a-little-guy their way out of being in trouble for the east india company
January 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
dutch wasn’t originally all cutesy like “weer petten de leetel raabbet”, but they changed it so they could i’m-just-a-little-guy their way out of being in trouble for the east india company
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2019.
Acrylic paint.
Untitled splash painting.
Acrylic paint.
Untitled splash painting.
January 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
2019.
Acrylic paint.
Untitled splash painting.
Acrylic paint.
Untitled splash painting.
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sometimes i feel so insulated within lesbian and trans spaces that i get genuinely bewildered hearing the shit that is commonplace in cishet relationships. like what the hell do you mean the man controls who the woman talks to and does with her time??? and she accepts that???? misogyny is so fucked.
January 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
sometimes i feel so insulated within lesbian and trans spaces that i get genuinely bewildered hearing the shit that is commonplace in cishet relationships. like what the hell do you mean the man controls who the woman talks to and does with her time??? and she accepts that???? misogyny is so fucked.
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Its impossible to be a trans ally and be in Labour, because a trans ally would quit Labour. Good on you Zoe
Exeter councillor Zoe Hughes has left Labour, criticising its indefinite ban on puberty blockers for under-18s, calling it harmful to the transgender community.
January 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Its impossible to be a trans ally and be in Labour, because a trans ally would quit Labour. Good on you Zoe
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I know academics who use AI regularly, for work and play, and I'd really like them, and universities, to tell me how they contend with AI's bottomless appetites for power and water.
Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?
Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?
December 23, 2024 at 2:45 PM
I know academics who use AI regularly, for work and play, and I'd really like them, and universities, to tell me how they contend with AI's bottomless appetites for power and water.
Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?
Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?
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Things to think about when you're 'just playing around with' Chat GPT and those other tools.
I know academics who use AI regularly, for work and play, and I'd really like them, and universities, to tell me how they contend with AI's bottomless appetites for power and water.
Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?
Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?
January 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Things to think about when you're 'just playing around with' Chat GPT and those other tools.