Tumblr user foone:
god imagine how much ubi+guaranteed housing would do for mental health
how many people would leave the abusive situations they're stuck in and never look back?
Tumblr user samantha-asterisk:
How many people would simply never abuse their family or employees in the first place because they don't have the leverage of baseline survival economy?
How many people would no longer be fearful shutins unable to make basic human connections or if paranoia or being exploited for what little they have?
How many people would feel safe enough to risk their spare time creating our learning something new?
How many people would be saved from having to choose between crime, homelessness, or work that's even more dangerous?
How many queer/neurodiverse/disabled kids would be safe from parents who think that making a person means you own them? source
god imagine how much ubi+guaranteed housing would do for mental health
how many people would leave the abusive situations they're stuck in and never look back?
Tumblr user samantha-asterisk:
How many people would simply never abuse their family or employees in the first place because they don't have the leverage of baseline survival economy?
How many people would no longer be fearful shutins unable to make basic human connections or if paranoia or being exploited for what little they have?
How many people would feel safe enough to risk their spare time creating our learning something new?
How many people would be saved from having to choose between crime, homelessness, or work that's even more dangerous?
How many queer/neurodiverse/disabled kids would be safe from parents who think that making a person means you own them? source
Transcript: MarishaThisSide
"Men are quick to say "Not all men."
"Until...
- Their wife has a male best friend.
- Their girlfriend grabs lunch with a male coworker.
"- A man starts chatting with their teenage daughter at the mall.
- They have a baby girl and suddenly see the world differently.
"Then, all of a sudden, they know men. They know the risks. They know why women are cautious.
"Funny how that works." source
"Men are quick to say "Not all men."
"Until...
- Their wife has a male best friend.
- Their girlfriend grabs lunch with a male coworker.
"- A man starts chatting with their teenage daughter at the mall.
- They have a baby girl and suddenly see the world differently.
"Then, all of a sudden, they know men. They know the risks. They know why women are cautious.
"Funny how that works." source
This is one of our favorites!
Love it! What are your favorite calls to attention in the classroom? source
Love it! What are your favorite calls to attention in the classroom? source
Definitely not here to shame anyone for cancelling their monthly contributions to our survival/sustenance as an organization because times are tough for many of us, but I’m requesting that if someone sees this and can join at 5, 10, or 20/month through our BuyMeACoffee page, please do! (🔗•in•bi0)
Even if it is just for a year, or even just a one time love/supp0rt offering. Our sustainers are EVERYTHING and receiving notice of these cancellations (of which there have been several this year) is always hard and a little sad for me in my heart. (Again, not blaming anyone for needing to do this, but we hope that someone reading this can step in!) source
Even if it is just for a year, or even just a one time love/supp0rt offering. Our sustainers are EVERYTHING and receiving notice of these cancellations (of which there have been several this year) is always hard and a little sad for me in my heart. (Again, not blaming anyone for needing to do this, but we hope that someone reading this can step in!) source
Tumblr user queeranarchism:
One of my pet peeves is when people describe cave-dwelling homo sapiens or even late hunter-gatherers with only names like 'grug' and 'ogg'. They're homo sapiens! They have the same brains and mouth and vocal cords that we do.
The earliest name we know from oral history is an Egyptian king named Iry-Hor, the earliest name we have written down is a Sumerian accountant called Kushim. The earliest known author is a Sumerian priestess named Enheduanna. Another name we have from that period is Enmebaragesi. I probably forgot some other beautiful names in this directly-from-wikipedia list.
We can't look further back, but there is nothing to suggest that we were less capable of giving each other beautiful complex names. source
One of my pet peeves is when people describe cave-dwelling homo sapiens or even late hunter-gatherers with only names like 'grug' and 'ogg'. They're homo sapiens! They have the same brains and mouth and vocal cords that we do.
The earliest name we know from oral history is an Egyptian king named Iry-Hor, the earliest name we have written down is a Sumerian accountant called Kushim. The earliest known author is a Sumerian priestess named Enheduanna. Another name we have from that period is Enmebaragesi. I probably forgot some other beautiful names in this directly-from-wikipedia list.
We can't look further back, but there is nothing to suggest that we were less capable of giving each other beautiful complex names. source
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250822-youtube-is-using-ai-to-edit-videos-without-permission
Tumblr user evil-fact-checker:
1. What happened
YouTube admitted it’s been running AI processing on some Shorts — sharpening, denoising, smoothing — without asking permission. Creators noticed their own faces looked subtly “off,” like they were wearing AI makeup. And the altered version is what the audience sees.
2. Why this crosses a line
Ownership: Your video is your work. Your face is your image. When YouTube silently rewrites it, they are asserting that they—not you—own how you appear on their platform.
Trust: Creators like Rick Beato and Rhett Shull rely on authenticity. If the platform itself tampers with that, it erodes the bond between creator and audience.
Consent: On your phone, you can toggle filters. On YouTube, you aren’t asked. That’s the difference between a tool you control and a platform that controls you. source
Tumblr user evil-fact-checker:
1. What happened
YouTube admitted it’s been running AI processing on some Shorts — sharpening, denoising, smoothing — without asking permission. Creators noticed their own faces looked subtly “off,” like they were wearing AI makeup. And the altered version is what the audience sees.
2. Why this crosses a line
Ownership: Your video is your work. Your face is your image. When YouTube silently rewrites it, they are asserting that they—not you—own how you appear on their platform.
Trust: Creators like Rick Beato and Rhett Shull rely on authenticity. If the platform itself tampers with that, it erodes the bond between creator and audience.
Consent: On your phone, you can toggle filters. On YouTube, you aren’t asked. That’s the difference between a tool you control and a platform that controls you. source
Tumblr user alexanderwales:
"Yeah, never worn. No, nothing happened to the baby. Well so what if it sounds ominous? We bought two pairs of shoes for the baby and got another two from the baby shower, and honestly, there's not much of a reason for a baby to be wearing shoes. Well I mean she's either in the stroller, in the bassinet, or being carried by someone, she's not being put down on the floor. I'm saying that nothing happened to the baby. The baby is fine, she's just a toddler now, the shoes wouldn't fit her. I don't think you can do that, just ask people if their baby died. No, it wasn't a miscarriage. Look, are you interested in buying the shoes or not? I'm sorry that 'never worn' filled you with a sense of melancholy, but that's really not anything to do with me." source
"Yeah, never worn. No, nothing happened to the baby. Well so what if it sounds ominous? We bought two pairs of shoes for the baby and got another two from the baby shower, and honestly, there's not much of a reason for a baby to be wearing shoes. Well I mean she's either in the stroller, in the bassinet, or being carried by someone, she's not being put down on the floor. I'm saying that nothing happened to the baby. The baby is fine, she's just a toddler now, the shoes wouldn't fit her. I don't think you can do that, just ask people if their baby died. No, it wasn't a miscarriage. Look, are you interested in buying the shoes or not? I'm sorry that 'never worn' filled you with a sense of melancholy, but that's really not anything to do with me." source
Tumblr user directactionforhope:
Not only is having intergenerational friendships literally not creepy, imho it's actually essential. You NEED friends who are older to do things like help you when there's a problem with your taxes, and give you job advice, and relationship advice, and especially if you are part of a marginalized group, and especially if you're part of a marginalized group and don't have contact with a ton of other members of it, you need older friends to show you that there IS a future for you, for people like you, and what it looks like, and the way it doesn't even have to involve turning into your parents
Tumblr user hiccup-queen: source
Not only is having intergenerational friendships literally not creepy, imho it's actually essential. You NEED friends who are older to do things like help you when there's a problem with your taxes, and give you job advice, and relationship advice, and especially if you are part of a marginalized group, and especially if you're part of a marginalized group and don't have contact with a ton of other members of it, you need older friends to show you that there IS a future for you, for people like you, and what it looks like, and the way it doesn't even have to involve turning into your parents
Tumblr user hiccup-queen: source