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simkim704

Any thoughts on AO3’s stance with AI?

dingdongyouarewrong

i haven’t really looked into it outside of skimming the occasional r/hobbydrama post. i think beyond it being difficult to actually enforce any ban on “AI writing” (how on earth do you expect to determine that if it’s not disclosed?) ao3 self-selects for quality and will therefore likely just kind of self-select out of anything written by AI ever getting big on the platform. i’ve read chatGPT or even just general openAI playground’s attempts to write fic; they’re not very good!!!

thesewordsfromdreams:

nekropsii:

nekropsii:

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You guys do know that transitioning doesn’t change your entire personality, right. It doesn’t fix you. It doesn’t magically solve all of your problems. And it sure as fuck doesn’t make it so that your sole character trait is your gender. You guys know that, right?

June isn’t magically going to become a cutesy hyperfeminine bimbo type just because she transitioned. You guys do know who Egbert is in the comic, right? Is this how you think women act?

speaking from personal experience (albeit in the opposite direction): transitioning is not instantaneous, nor is it a magic cure for dysphoria and negative mental health.

it’s a process that takes years, and while it gives you momentum, it’s not going to magically erase all of your trauma and maladaptive tendencies. self-realization, becoming the most comfortable, happy, and healthy version of yourself, is something that takes time and effort and therapy for anyone, especially someone who’s been through the level of bullshit that june has.

she doesn’t decide to transition and then magically become a maniac pixie dream girl with no depression or self-isolative tendencies to speak of. she grows her hair out into a mullet-esque mop cut and gets a skort to wear around the house and goes to therapy, and it’s hard.

it’s messy and she struggles, but she tries. she tries, and she puts herself out there to watch shitty movies with dave and jade and debate the semantics of magic and wizardry with rose and plays pranks on karkat and gets into shenanigans with terezi, and it all works out in the end.

the crescendo of her transition isn’t throwing out her cargo shorts or getting really good at makeup or whatever stereotypical bullshit is supposed to indicate “”femininity“”, it’s doing her eyeliner with sharpie because it’s more practical that way and booking herself a stand-up gig at a comedy club. her routine is absolutely atrocious, a total groaner, and she goes back the next week to do it again because she loves it.

being a woman doesn’t mean changing herself or her personality to fit in with some empty, corporate ideal of womanhood. it means finding the courage to express herself in a way that is true and comfortable to who she really is.

mist-the-wannabe-linguist:

lynxs-shitposting-inc:

peopleare-overrated:

epilepticsaints:

This sounds fun as hell.

fun fact, i thought jára cimrman was a real person until my mom told me when I was 13

Weakling.

I know people who were willing to argue that Cimrman was a real historical figure at their maturita exams.

arguing about Cimrman’s realness is actually a glorious way to fuck with many teachers, since almost the whole country is in on the joke that Cimrman was a real person, when you convincingly argue that Cimrman invented/wrote/discovered XY, the teacher is effectively trapped because either they have to accept your bullshit explanation or admit that Cimrman is not real and therefore break the joke and betray the national pride

many of my highschool teachers would preemptively inform us that they will not accept Cimrman as an answer (“we know, we know, he helped invent everything, write about the other people”) just to avoid this

dyke-on:

I don’t care if no new shows come out for 2 years, the sheer amount of media that exists couldn’t be watched in a million years. Go back and watch old movies and shows, YouTube videos, documentaries, read a book. Anyone acting like this writers strike is less important than their entertainment, you aren’t a leftist or an ally to the working class, you’re a spoiled bougie brat

transmasc-armand:

tikkunolamorgtfo:

lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers:

captainofthetidesbreath:

animentality:

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The WGA strike does not mean no scripted work can film; it means writers specifically are not working, but the rest of the production can continue if the studio orders it to move forward and if the location is not picketed.

Per the article linked in the tweet: the scripts have already been written, there are no writers on set and no more revisions, and Disney has issued a memo forcing the productions to go on and forcing hyphenate WGA members to return to work to do obligated non-writer duties (directing, acting, producing, etc.)—even if it potentially means that forcing hyphenates to do their obligated non-writing responsibilities skews close to or can be interpreted as performing struck work or scabbing.

Andor, like many scripted series filming in the UK that already have their scripts completed, is being ordered to go ahead and film specifically because the studios know that these locations are not picketed like US locations in LA and New York. The majority of the industry is not on strike, actually, and they are obligated to keep working if there is no picket line blocking entry. (Sidenote, late night was suspended because late night scripts are written very close to filming; they must immediately shut down because they have no scripts completed and writer-actors cannot write their own lines. Further sidenote, I do not know where the article got “most productions shut down in solidarity” because that’s not really true.)

Until there is a picket line denying entry to the UK studios and locations where Andor is filming, the production of Andor is obligated to continue on without its writers if Disney orders it to do so.

There’s something much worse going on here than “the people who created Andor are ignoring the strike and going ahead anyway.” It’s Disney the studio knows that the scripts are completed and is ordering the production to go ahead without on-set writers, and Disney knows what a hyphenate like a showrunner is and is not obligated to perform during the strike (yes producing, no writing) and is trying to pressure hyphenates like Gilroy to perform non-writing portions of their jobs in a way that may corner them into strikebreaking and get them in trouble with the guild.

Andor (and many other scripted series) that have completed scripts going ahead and filming without writers on set and without any further revisions that may arise as necessary isn’t necessarily thumbing their noses at the strike and the WGA, it’s working under the strains of capitalism and under pressure from companies to keep working.

The takeaway here is: the studios can order forward productions that have completed scripts and film them and this is perfectly allowed per the WGA strike rules, and the way to halt them is for people in the UK and other local locations to picket them.

Legally, in order to run a picket in the UK, you need at least one striking worker, or an officer of the union as an official picket, and you need a trained picket supervisor in the local area. You also need to inform the local police you are picketing. Then anyone can join the picket as a supporter (although only official pickets are *meant* to talk to workers who are crossing).

There’s a lot of legal rules around picketing in the UK, but once a picket is set up, it’s legal for anyone at the workplace to refuse to cross it.

If any members of the WGA want to organise pickets in the UK, please feel free to HMU for advice, and I can also put you in touch with trained picket supervisors and others who may be able to help.

To be clear I’m not suggesting one shouldn’t set up an illegal picket, but it wouldn’t offer the same legal protections for workers refusing to cross it.

Update:

I think people seeing “studios” as one entity is part of the problem. the creatives behind projects and the companies that invest in them are separate, and seeing them as such allows for individuals to be called out or appreciated for their work.

hiveswap:

one of these has to be above 90%. go.

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gendertrickster:

THE SELF DESIGNUS

(PRONOUNCED LIKE “DESIGNATION” NOT “DESIGN”)

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(here’s jane’s as an example. thank you jane)

It’s like your own little bio for your SYLLADEX! It includes facts both immutable (aspect, title, lunar sway) and malleable (name, gender ID, username), and you can even add icons to represent your various INTERESTS by adding CAPTCHALOGUE CARDS to the CHARACTER DECK!

Not only is it ENTIRELY CUSTOMIZABLE, it will also, through the power of WEIRD GAME ABSTRACTIONS, automatically CHANGE ALL WAYS TO WHICH YOU ARE REFERRED based on the information given.

Some lost media enthusiasts claim that this was planned to be released by SKAIANET as a third component to the SYLLADEX, but was cancelled after the company’s acquisition by CROCKERCORP…

starplanes:

Here’s a bunch of free tools I’ve used in the making of @sidequestingpod and other audio dramas!

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softlyfiercely:

DO NOT VOLUNTEER TO BE A CO-SIGNER OR GUARANTOR FOR SOMEONE ON TUMBLR.

I just saw a ‘mutual aid’ post going around where instead of asking for donations, the person was asking someone to be a “guarantor” - also known as a “co-signer” - for their rent.

DO NOT DO THIS.

I am all for mutual aid. I think credit scores are a scam designed to fuck poor people. I get it. I do. BUT. Being a guarantor/co-signer for someone basically means that if they don’t pay what they owe, for whatever reason, their landlord, bank, creditors, etc. can and will come after you for the full amount.

It seems like such an easy way to help someone. You don’t need to pay any money, just lend them your name and good reputation so they can get permission to borrow and spend their own money. It feels like you’re getting one over on the shitty capitalist system and using your privilege of good credit/income to help someone else.

But it is a HUGE risk. Do not do this. All it does is give that shitty system more ways to get their hooks into you and create tons of problems for you down the line.

You can really fuck yourself over in the long run by getting tangled up in a financial situation like this. Even co-signing for someone in your life who you trust, like a sibling or a parent, can be really risky. No matter how much you trust someone not to purposefully leave you holding the bag, now you’re on the hook if they end up with financial problems neither of you anticipated.

Do not co-sign for another person’s loan, car, rent, etc. unless you are able and prepared to pay the full amount or subject yourself to the mercy of whatever that person gets themselves into.

ESPECIALLY do not do this for someone on the internet, where scams are rife. Do not share your personal information with people online and NEVER allow someone else to use your personal information for their finances.

Here is an article with more information.

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capricorn-0mnikorn:

selfmeetssociety-blog:

“ILLINOIS is 1st STATE to BAN BOOK BANS! Per HB 2789, state funding ($62 millions) will not be awarded to public or school libraries that remove books from circulation and do not “adopt the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights.”



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So far, the bill is the only one of its kind in existence. Since being passed in the Illinois Senate, it is now being sent to Governor J.B. Pritzker to be signed. It’s expected to go into effect, as the democratic governor has already voiced his support for the measure.

haunthouse:

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if a crab was verified would it do it like this or like this

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