Tfw you can't move because you're stuck under a snoozing animal, only instead of a domesticated pet it is an eepy garden friend 🥹
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
Q: Why are there not more Black computer science grads? Or... any STEM grads for that matter?
A: Lots of systemic racism reasons, but one of the biggest ones is college sports. Changing the college sports model will increase Black college graduates by *millions* of people over 10 years. Seriously. It's one of the biggest levers for grad rates.
Let me explain why, and why I was part of the group that sponsored the California Name, Image, and Likeness bill.
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@AlJazeera @us-canada-news-AlJazeera Pretty sure that's their intent, yep.
...because they are sadists and generally just awful people who make themselves feel better by making others feel worse.
(I'd be surprised if that's news, but it seemed worth underscoring.)
Fuck yeah LGBTQIA.space Fam! Way to alt-text us into the #1 spot! ❤️🔥❤️🔥
Thank you all for making Fedi more accessible for everyone 💞
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@sjn I put "no difference" because it would depend a lot on the context and how I'm evaluating "quality" -- but I think in today's environment and in most contexts, I would tend to be significantly more leery of something where the maker thinks "made with AI" is a selling-point. If it was more, say, honesty in advertising (e.g. a future where this is a required disclosure), then my evaluation would depend much more on other factors (though for now, it's still a flag against).
@mungus That suggests to me that successfully rubbing their noses in their own failure will help foment the division we seek (yes, in this case we're being divisive! we bad) rather than increasing team unity in the face of a common enemy.
So, yeah -- make them look at their own shame and disgrace.
I think a key understanding here has to do with the nature of "truth". I've broken it down more here, but in this particular discussion I think it's key to understand the existence of what I'm calling "evidenced truth" -- our best (flawed) guess at what is true, based on all the evidence currently available, and with all of that evidence being documented.
When we use propaganda techniques to convince other people of this type of truth, we're helping (not exploiting) the audience:
Propaganda can get through emotional barriers that logic just bangs its head against -- while the fact that it's evidence-based always leaves room for similarly honest disagreement, once the audience gets far enough to start asking questions or even just disagreeing explicitly.
Disagreeing with evidenced truth is not, in itself, a problem; what is a problem is speaking as if you know it's wrong without ever confronting or even presenting the evidence that it's right.
Maybe I'm just rambling, or maybe that helps fill in some of the framework for this whole thing?
Hey everyone! I'm thinking of making stickers of some rabbits from my recent series and I'd love your input!
I know it's a lot to sift through, but if you've got time I'd love to know your favourites! You can name as few or as many as you want :> :tealheart:
Boosts appreciated :>!
View the rabbits here:
https://kokorobot.ca/site/punk_rabbits.html
@Xibanya Maybe take it as "this person has so much talent, it must not go to waste, I vow to harshly criticize until she is the best she can possibly be!" and/or "I hate this person because she is clearly much better than me; I will now proceed to throw shade until I feel slightly better".
the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey but instead of an old guy in bed looking at a Big Black Monolith, it's me on the couch working on my laptop
Welcome to our tiny furry computing clowder, @hanabiraochiru ! (Free wifi now available on all catbus routes!) :tootcat:
@artemis Maybe part of the goal can be just reminding them of who is betraying them (promising one set of things, delivering a very different set) -- towards the goal of directing their anger in more beneficial directions.
Somebody would like you to know what happens when you stop giving him scritches.
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Edit: better not to suggest anything specific & give free education on tactics, but I think there's a germ of something here.
Edit2: this is a thread about possible approaches, not me saying "we should do exactly this".
Idea for a poster to put up in areas with large ICE operations:
"Are you an ICE agent?
Do you have no way out?
Here are 5 easy ways to fuck things up from the inside:"
I dunno. Is that anything?
