'i don't want to be part of a world where being kind is a weakness.' @sphrog.bsky.social's gender-irrelevant goblin prince hedge witch, keeper of books, epilepsy 'pacifism is not passivity. it's the active protection of all living things' ai-free zone
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Texture is a really difficult one to rely on, if we are thinking about the same thing. I have seen some very anti AI artists get accused of using AI because they were playing with a new style and just didn't do a great job combining brushes and texture layers/opacity, etc.
Given the number of times I've been mistaken for being "a man in a women's only space" - most recently 2 weeks ago - this kind of "speech" IS incitement. I'm not even publicly "out" as nonbinary but I am AFAB & present femme. People in doubt NEED to understand the danger this puts even cis women in.
If he were magically transmuted into Jesus Christ himself I don't think it'd repair his public image
Or the fact that more than half the people in the world who speak French live in Africa. I'm sure that just happened organically and colonialism had nothing to do with that at all, lol
Lol, no problem. If you DM me your username, I'll add you in a bit, I'm about to go do some gardening since it's not a bajillion degrees with 5000% humidity for once
PCOS is losing 40 pounds and still having to wear the same pants because your hip measurements are the fricking same as before
Would love to talk regardless! I am on tumblr but infrequently enough these days that I may as well not be. Do you use Discord? I am kind of a hermit but most likely to be chatty there. :)
I understand, but that's not ultimately what my initial thread was trying to express.
Unfortunately what I am talking about happening across this social media platform is not an ethnicity-isolated issue.
See, it would be one thing if it were a discussion of *an* option. What it actually is is a quick turn into "This is your duty and if you disagree with any point you are complicit with the fascists." People don't want to look complicit, so they follow along. They don't see what is happening.
I absolutely cannot be in an environment that has been poisoned and turned violent this quickly, one that leaves no room for nuance or discussion. This place is being deliberately turned into a training ground for the civil war the right wants, and people are walking straight into it.
Today a political commentator I really looked up to started talking about how it is our civic duty to both country and family to buy firearms for everyone you know old enough to use one. He had NEVER posted anything like that before. And the replies were a horror show - *agreeing* with him
I have simply found that loneliness and isolation are better than being surrounded by people telling me that I'm a fascist-enabling pussy because I am "letting my epilepsy" keep me from engaging in blac bloc tier violent protests
This was nice, for a time. I should have seen this as an inevitability. None of this happened organically. The bad actors just poisoned this platform more quickly because they already knew how to do it after years of trial and error on Xitter. Fix your hearts, AND your ids, or we will all die.
This sucks, and hungry as I am for connection I won't stay if it keeps going down this road. It's unhealthy, it's vicious, and it's easily manipulated by bad-faith actors. I've already seen level-headed people become violently radicalized and hateful toward their own friends for trying to intervene.
Over the last month I've watched BlueSky turn from a place of mutual aid and good-faith snark into an unforgiving and howling vortex - the exact kind of ouroboros of reactionary rhetoric & unwillingness to listen to others that made Twitter such a miserable place in the months before Musk took over.
I haven't looked over the last few days because I have enough to be mad about, but when I saw Jamie Raskin's social media accounts start posting that kind of all-caps horseshit I actually made a phone call scolding him for forgetting that he's one of the few adults left in the proverbial room
"Autistic? What to you mean? Doesn't everyone in their late 30s get up and pace around frantically while loudly delivering a multi-tangential impromptu 20 minute lecture about the significance of gem placements of Pearls belonging to Diamonds and non-Diamond Homeworld Gems in Steven Universe??"
Well, dx at 39, but apparently ...
Oh I'm pretty confident that's the case, and that is one of the reasons I'm hoping he falls into a well
Every autistic friend I've ever had who has asked me, "Are you *quite sure* you're not autistic?" and who has received a dismissive (albeit increasingly unsure) chuckle and a "Nawwww" and then has encouraged me to get assessed all just lookin at me now that I HAVE gotten assessed like
As someone who lived and worked in DC for years and has always lived fairly close to the city, I think it should be wider knowledge how many de facto sundown towns and formally tracked hate groups there are within an hour's drive of the nation's capital
How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording
I swear to god if the latecomers from Xitter make every god damn conversation here an argument for NO reason other than acting like a self-righteous bitch I'm going to set fire to every device capable of running a social media platform within a five mile radius
The Chesapeake is a complex ecosystem that is wildly out of balance because of human activity. Pretty much every animal and plant here is unprotected, and the only thing that legally can't be touched are the eagles. Eagles have massively outgrown the area. It is, in fact, a problem. Don't be an ass.
"How sad for you"? I'm sorry, is there a reason for the bitchiness? There's a documented issue that there are too many of them in the Chesapeake region and they can't find space along waterways to breed. They are starving because there's not enough food and are eating garbage now.
The response I got when I said I was going to start studying to work in public libraries was "Why on earth would you want a job that pays nothing"
Most of them already got federal subsidies, but the distribution of said subsidies changed to favor massive industrial farms under the budget bill, and now small farmers (who grow a lot of soybeans) are just not getting any money at all
I am absolutely RABID for pan flag dancer's outfit
There are so many bald eagles in my area it's an actual environmental problem, in fact
When your MAGA neighbors have been particularly het up, hickish, and rowdy lately, then get a new dog and name it Laken
💯 and he should've been drummed out of the industry after what he did with Anne Frank in AHS. I'm appalled that the actors involved in those scenes even agreed to do them. He also hires objectively terrible people (like Amazon Eve). But I guess he's a big enough name that it just doesn't matter
Yep. I am also seeing it used to refer to actual human beings who use any kind of AI whatsoever, are into crypto, and in a few cases just people who work in IT or with robotics. I have also seen people blending the word with existing slurs, so they know exactly what they're doing.
Yeah I believe it was his left eye that drooped, although they might have flipped this for the poster composition. I won't know for sure, because I won't be watching! 8D (Also lmao at the reference)
Yeaaah, the National Guard largely did not sign up for this. Most wanted to help with things like natural disasters. The ones who are clearly laughing or look downright miserable probably have sudden mystery diarrhea when they're "needed" or are doing useful things like trash pickup.
I do believe that the way they are dispensed should be taken more seriously (for ex., being more careful with early monitoring to make sure a dopamine imbalance isn't being treated with serotonin medications) but that is about improving treatments, not manufacturing reasons to get rid of them.
My deepest condolences for the loss of your daughter. I know so many people whose lives have been improved by antidepressants of all sorts. I myself have been on them for decades and I don't even like being mean to pixel people in video games. These folks need a lesson in correlation vs causation.
I have never gotten over the fact that the internet seemed to collectively agree to forget that he was a big voice in gamergate
RFK is, in fact, looking into how antidepressants are causing school shootings.
Did you know that George Takei grew up in an American concentration camp in the 1940s, in an Arkansas swamp surrounded by barbed wire? Yeah, we've done this before.
What's weirdest about Murphy's portrayal of Ramirez is that he made him look way more like Rodney Alcala, who was a different serial killer entirely?? I think the only reason he did that is he admires his killcount but couldn't get away with making a 10 ep series about the things Alcala actually did
He wasn't even a serial killer. He killed two people, serial killer requires three. He was primarily a grave robber (and absolutely did not have a chainsaw). It is grotesque that this is being advertised as truth while using serial killer imagery from movies loosely inspired by *rumors* about him
Gein was sensationalized in movies like Psycho and Silence of the Lambs, which is why "Man Who Hates Women Because He Wants To Be Pretty Like One" is a horror move trope. So it'll be transphobia this time. Because that's what we need more of at this specific point in time.
This one is particularly weird because Gein himself looked like if you turned Wisconsin into a person. The one that really got to me was how hot Murphy made Ramirez in AHS 1984, whose personal hygiene was by all accounts so bad it was hard to be in the same room with him.
Two of the promo posters I've seen for this are references to Norman Bates. All of the promo material consists of references to horror movies loosely based on rumors and sensationalism about Ed Gein, because the actual person wasn't "charismatic enough" for screen and wasn't even a serial killer
I'm the only person reliably taking care of my 89 year old grandmother. I'm 39. She has been living with lymphoma for decades and there are signs it may have finally spread. I am getting that vaccine even if I get in trouble for it later.
Thing is that cryptocurrency is also bad, and we shouldn't abandon one set of principles when we could adhere to both.
Gonna have to disagree that the design of that 'zilla is hokey! I'm totally cool not considering it Godzilla especially given the lack of messaging, but I've always loooved that monster design. I was absolutely obsessed with it when I was a kid. BIG FEET, BIG CHOMPER, RAAAA
Thank you. 💜 I am the kind of person who stands in between attackers and targets, which given I am non-violent I think only works because I'm built like a freight train. It does definitely feel much easier to go through a world this scary knowing that there is somebody who would do that for *you*
I miss simply being perplexed and uncomfortable when people used slurs toward me for an ethnicity of which I am not a part. Now it's just terrifying
I can tell you I'm never using a convenience store bathroom without company again I can tell you that much
Love doing a full beat to pick up ear wash for my dog in this rural hell, because after the incident last week it's a matter of time til someone acts on suspicions that I'm a trans woman (I'm AFAB NB) or Latine (I'm dark Welsh). Might as well be sparkly while being hate crimed or disappeared yanno
Already is gross given that the imagery in the promo material is borrowed from horror films that were loosely inspired by Ed Gein, who killed two people, which does not meet the criteria for a serial killer. He was a primarily a grave robber. This sucks.
He wasn't even a serial killer. What even is this
I don't even know what this is about specifically but not gonna disagree Upsetting art NEEDS to exist. Likewise for art w/o purpose or message. Then there's shit like what is done to Anne Frank in AHS. The right to make Upsetting Nothing Art is vital, but I'm still gonna think you're a POS for it
Please tag me too, if you think about it? Something has really felt Not Right about this - you know, even beyond the ONA and Atomwaffen connections. I've watched some of their videos and read the note and there are SO many inconsistencies. It reeks of methodical ONA manipulation.
Yeah. They basically took every absurd and extreme image and talking point out of the Satanic Panic, and used it to construct an aesthetic and faux ideology to scare people as much as possible. Manipulative, sadistic, truly evil group.
He's definitely going to cause problems with this and he managed to take advantage of a scenario with every malicious cell in his body. But, yes - while there are people with direct connections to the admin calling for crackdowns, this guy is not one.
YESSS oh my god he is such an embarrassment
This shooter was also a member of a radicalization group (Order of Nine Angles, or ONA) that targets/grooms people who are easily manipulated to commit acts like this. ONA is closely affiliated with (as in, provides propaganda materials to) Atomwaffen, and also has ties with ... ugh ... "Big Balls."
No problem. This stuff is already so scary that it's important to try to know exactly who is the most immediate threat.
(When I say he is an inept troll I mean that he has been caught forgetting to switch accounts while posting inflammatory things while posing as people in vulnerable demographics)
It is important to separate out this particular screenshot because he is a known (and honestly really inept) troll and agitator with no real influence. Still an important example of rhetoric, but this one is causing panic and he is NOT an official.
Again, I know it is going to make things worse. People need to see the rhetoric being posted by a troll masquerading as official and being believed as such. But for the sake of your mental health, please know that it is NOT a post from an elected official. This is not happening today.
This is not to minimize it, and he's going to stir up shit from hateful people looking for an excuse to cause harm. Hell, someone came after me at a gas station bathroom last week because he thought I was a trans woman. But it is important to know that this post is NOT AN OFFICIAL CALL TO ACTION.
For friends who are seeing That Xitter Screenshot of an official-looking account calling for trans people to be reported, detained, interned, & studied: That guy is a troll and agitator with no connections or real influence (I hate having to say "for now" but we have to deal with stuff day to day)
I am deep in said chaos and have *a* pepperball pistol and *a* taser. I know how I react in emergencies and I wouldn't be able to shoot someone. Also I have really awful depression. Unlike most of these people, I recognize that mental illness and guns don't mix, even if I'd be the only one at risk.
Same regarding college requirements, but I know my "mom" was constantly sneaking past rules so I am not sure, so I just told the pharmacist that my parent was an antivaxxer and he just said "Say no more"
"Rainbow MAGA"? The homophobia and transphobia Newsom has flushed out of the underbrush of the Democrat party is pretty abhorrent.
I am on a higher dose than usual because my form of epilepsy is rather rare and usually only seen in children. I have to get a new prior authorization almost every fill. Even on a higher than usual dose it is absolutely not addictive. The only thing I feel is No Seizures.
They do this with my epilepsy medication. It is a medication that is not a controlled substance in any country except the United States. It is controlled here under the category of "habit forming." Yes I would say that remaining alive and not in a coma is a habit I have formed over time
The thing is that even w/ billionaires like Gov. Pritzker who generally understand basic social programs, it's ultimately self-serving. People need to be alive to buy stuff. Also, Bill Gates, known philanthropist, just met with Trump & stopped giving money to Dems. Billionaires can't be trusted.
Did you watch the video in the comment you are replying to because it's not even very long
I was taught to just pinch off the stem end and suck it out like a straw, do people do it from the other end?? lol
So, no, you're not going to bother educating yourself about how the US has been deliberately overtaken over the course of about 50 years. Normally I'd just mute you so other people could see that list and educate themselves, but you are an absolutely intolerable, repugnant person.
#1 Don't EVER make a comment like that. I've lived through domestic violence. Screw you. #2 Look up gerrymandering and voter suppression #3 Look up the Electoral College and its history #4 Look up Citizens United, the Heritage Foundation, and Project 2025 #5 Go straight to hell
....Doing this to ourselves? You think anyone with a net worth under a billion dollars had any say? Christ almighty nobody understands what an oligarchy is
Yes.
<-(Studied to be a Chaplain) For the last couple decades there haven't been requirements for leaders of "non-denominational" Protestant Evangelicals to have ANY theological education. It's almost preferred. So the Trinity doesn't even exist. It's just whatever version of Jesus suits their purposes.
Thing is, it'll be fine for large global corporations. This is just going to destroy small businesses both here and overseas. I think the flaw is that the leaders of those countries may still be under the impression that US leadership cares about small businesses
(Belated, but it's because they're running low on food and there are too many of them, just like honey bees who get REAL cranky in August. It's still baffling to hear what sounds like a small army of helicopters smacking themselves repeatedly against the windows and light fixtures)
If what you want is a bunch of people screaming at each other and playing games, I suggest having a chat with your id.
It makes him look like a child. We need people to demonstrate that they understand that people are being hurt, killed, threatened, terrified, and stripped of their homes and legal status. I do not and will not ever trust someone who acts like a child and not a ranking member of Congress.
Also, it is the Whip's job to do the firing up. Raskin already has a lot of assignments to focus on. Go after Katherine Clark.
Again, I don't know what news you've been watching where you think he hasn't been doing more than one person should everbe expected to do. But I do assure you, screaming on social media like he's participating in a schoolyard game like Newsom isn't the way to accomplish anything meaningful.
Thank you. I'm usually really proud Raskin, and a big part of that pride is that he is maintaining a sense of maturity. We need leadership who demonstrates that they take their jobs seriously. Whoever is running Raskin's social media needs to stop this.
Honestly if you think Raskin of all people has been sitting on his hands, I don't know what news you've been watching. He's been doing more than most of the House put together.
If it goes much further they've got a really hard lesson coming about the voting demographics of St Mary's, Calvert, most of Charles, half of Anne Arundel, and the panhandle counties
I can't imagine this being anyone other than a 19 yo intern seeing the center libs going bonkers over that jackass Newsom, Raskin is one of the few with a remaining sense of dignity and I hope this doesn't happen again
(Honestly, Maryland is usually held up as one of the worst examples of gerrymandering, what redistricting could you do that wouldn't give the GOP more seats, my guy)
I'm usually pretty proud of Raskin but I'm wondering whether whatever stupidity got into Moore with the redistricting nonsense might have leaked into Raskins team
He's a House Representative for District 8, which is the area just north of DC. He and Senator Van Hollen make a great team, though.
Walking manifestations of the Overton Window
So, you're just Republicans trying to get Dem votes. We see you for what you are.
Late August, or: Why Are All These Fuckin Hornets Attacking My Porch Lights Season
I have always bought so many holiday gifts from small creators overseas. It breaks my heart to think I won't be able to do so this year. I very much hope that the de minimis exemption will be reinstated soon. But if not, I will likely be throwing money at creators anyway to help offset lost income.
Lol. Showing your entire ass here.
But he does agree with rising superstar Gavin Newsom on plenty, which I believe a lot of people seeing this need to be aware of while mocking Kirk, and perhaps reconsider who to support from here on out
These are the kinds of statements people obsessed with Gavin Newsom need to see, since he likes to hang out with Kirk on podcasts and agrees with him on so much