total fangirling

down-sizing-redux:

s-n-arly:

aichu-dechu:

Apparently my favorite picture books as a child were written by queer authors.  This brings me joy.

Look, most of the queer people I know, myself included, had pretty rough childhoods (for a variety of reasons, but being recognizably queer was part of it) and as a result, we are fiercely protective of kids. Not protecting kids in a walled-garden sense the way conservatives want, but celebrating the wonder and whimsy and weirdness of being a child, and treating children as people - people who might need more supervision and care, but people with opinions and thoughts that really do matter. So of course the most beloved children’s books of the last 40 years are written by queer folx. It makes perfect sense.

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punkitt-is-here:

ALT

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scriptmedic:

athingofvikings:

tookas-have-teeth:

tookas-have-teeth:

Y’all “critical thinking” does not equal “criticism”.

I am very tired of saying positive things about characters and getting told I need to do some critical thinking (so that I’ll see the characters are actually bad). No. That’s not how that works. I already did some critical thinking and came to the conclusions that these characters are wonderful. Criticism or straight up character bashing is not more enlightened and is not how critical thinking works. “Critical thinking” is not “thinking about all the bad or problematic aspects of something.” It’s looking objectively at evidence, looking at context, recognizing and examining personal biases and assumptions, considering what assumptions and biases are being used in a given argument by other people, etc. Sometimes this process brings up criticisms, yes, but sometimes it also leads to the conclusion that something is actually good despite it being made out to be bad. 

Critical Thinking means making room for nuance and shades of gray. Not criticize stuff I don’t like.

Also, it’s okay to find something you absolutely detest and still recognize the craft and genius in it.

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tomatotext:

the thing is. art crime always has the goofiest, pink panther-esque plots. like mini chainsaws? a ladder that may or may not be part of it? riding away on scooters? like I know it’s a serious thing “stealing is bad” blah blah blah but if they wanted me to be stoic about it, they should stop having heists that are like an episode of looney tunes coming to life.

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podcastwizard:

some royal jewels were stolen from the louvre which is unfortunate for historical reasons but you gotta appreciate a classic crime. so many crimes are online these days it’s nice to see heist culture is still alive

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dragon-in-a-fez:

definitelynot-darcy:

dragon-in-a-fez:

do bugs get muscle cramps? do fish get tension headaches? how big and complicated does a body have to get before it’ll just fuck itself up for no reason?

Horses have plenty to share on the matter

this question was definitely not being asked about horses. getting fucked up for no reason is the core truth of being a horse

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autisticbiologistmess:

fuwanek0:

I love that the ibuprofen knows where to go

@nightreader133 you dropped the best commentary in the tags, here u go

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scaryorganmusic:

hello child born between the end of the 1990s and beggining of the 2000s, welcome to my saw trap. in front of you is a computer, you can learn to code and guarantee yourself the only career that will be available in a couple of decades, or you can play around on ms paint and develop a beautiful creative mind that will starve to death forever, you have a few years to choose but by the time you do it’ll be too late

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snakefashion:

the thing is depression was never destigmatized the narrative just switched from “no one has depression you’re just using it as an excuse” to “everyone has depression you’re just using it as an excuse”

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mctreeleth:

aqueerkettleofish:

lailah-tov:

pragnificent:

Just in case anyone hasn’t caught on -

The reason AI programs like Gemini are programmed to encourage you to let it make basic life choices for you like what restaurant you should eat at is because they intend to monetize your patronage.

It’s just a matter of time before the AI stops offering you the most highly rated option in the area or whatever aligns most closely to what you requested (If it’s even doing that now) and instead only recommends restaurants that have paid the company for that privilege.

Restaurants that won’t pay Google to recommend them to AI users are going to become functionally invisible, whereas those who are willing to purchase what amounts to targeted advertisements laundered through an AI “friend” will get new customers regardless of their quality.

Basic rule: If you aren’t paying for something, that means you’re the product.

Google Maps already does this, preferring more distant sponsored results over closer non-sponsored ones. All the claims that these algorithms make the same choices you would make if you just had the time and energy to research them are totally false. They make the choices that lead to profitable results for the companies that program them, with a user interface that gaslights you into thinking it was your idea all along.

You can see this at work already in Google Play store– you search for an app, and the only time the app you’re looking for is the top result is when the company behind the app has paid for the privilege– in which case you’ll see it twice.

You can also see this at work on Amazon, when searching by exact product name can sometimes put your result on the second or third page, while you scroll through alternatives that Amazon wants to sell you.

Etsy is also deeply terrible for this

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