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Lately I've been providing support to people losing hope. Others often give platitudes, try to rekindle that hope, because many people think hope is a must. I've said a few times recently... in the story of Pandora's Box there's a reason hope is among the evils... It's not always good to have […]

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@lgbtqia Just had to tell a trans woman, on the run from family after violence, broke, on the streets, that I can't help. We're so far behind it's not even fair to her to do an intake interview. If you can help, we could use it. 2500 EUR would get us one person closer to her place in line […]

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ya know its kinda wild loosing bare minimum services you didnt even know you could loose. For example, being woken up by a thunder storm and having no way to know if theres a tornado, because last time there was, there wasnt even a tornado warning.

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I seriously recommend this video explaining that _We Do Not Know How AI Actually Works_ For all the people saying it's just "autocomplete" or throwing together chunks of other people's text, etc... This breaks down what we do know, and what we don't, and why we have so few safeguards on it […]

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Fiance has an internship opportunity in the Netherlands and was asking for advice on the work visa process?

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Cross posting because it's exciting!

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Keep the kettle on, rebels. I love you. #MayThe4th #TeaShop #SmallBusiness #WomanOwned #DisabledOwned #FandomTeas

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[us politics, bait and switch meme] for real if you suddenly accused china, north korea, russia etc of something we do every day in the US it would be some horrifying story that'd be national headlines #politics #shitpost

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"If I could begin to be, half of what you think of me, I could do about anything, I could even learn how to love... love me like you" Just feeling this song right now youtu.be/GDTD24KsdGc?si=aWwQdq…

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Pretty sure I've said this at some point before, but it still hasn't happened yet, so bears repeating: There really needs to be collabs between Nicholas Cage and Daniel Radcliffe. They're the same theatrical chaos goblin in different generations, just imagine what would happen putting them on […]

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Why do we have so many confusing identities and why should I remember them? To be honest, you don't need to remember them unless they're relevant to you or those in your life. The only real reason to remember large quantities of them is to help people in […] [Original post on foggyminds.com]

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One of the things that pisses me off the most is the people always saying "violence is not the answer". Do you know why Nazi punching is a thing? Why it goes beyond just "fuck nazis"? Let me break it down a little: Is violence in self defense okay when someone is attacking you? Obviously […]

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Nothing like a little bit of trauma release for your weekend... y'know, as a treat #MentalHealth

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As someone taking the opposite path from the below image: I navigated it most of my life by constantly and obsessively managing my threat presence. It felt like a constant battle with the toxicity of other men. I had my guard up not because there was some […] [Original post on foggyminds.com]

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This is fascinating to me... and addresses a lot of the nonsense people claim. pcgamer.com/software/ai/anthro… #ai #llm

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Personal hot-button: I _go off_ when presented with historical revisionism, even minor stuff with good intentions. Like people arguing that the modern definition of a word has always been and the old definition as false. Or my _favorites_ (sarcasm) that I see all the time is the expanded […]

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Random realization... Watching shows like Last Week Tonight are only like 10% for the news update... and 90% for the _Shared Trauma Processing_.

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I'm all for people having negative views of AI, there's _alot_ that's wrong. There's _alot_ that's debatable (albeit those debates are _painfully_ heated). What I am tired of is the misinformation, especially the "AI is useless and you're deluding yourself if you think it's had any positive […]

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OH MY FUCKING GOD! NEW DYSTOPIAN CORP-SPEAK JUST DROPPED: "Revenge Quitting" It's their term for quitting a toxic workplace... Link provided purely for receipts: forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson…

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Stepped out of the shower today and had a moment appreciating myself, most of all appreciating that I actually _like_ my hair now. I'm not conventionally attractive, but I don't think of myself as ugly any more.

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This past year has been intense, and especially these past few years... I look at the me from a decade ago and I barely recognize them. Hopes and dreams have changed, life upended _multiple_ times. Disowned my relatives and now I've adopted a large chosen family. Gone from alone to feeling […]

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#LGBT #trans #TransAllies #LGBTQIA

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<abstract>uspol, trans rights, texas</abstract> New horror just dropped in my state! chron.com/culture/article/texa… #lgbt #trans #lgbtqia

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I made a guide, it's clumsy and sloppy but it's something. This is for setting up GPG on Android for people who need secure communication that can't be shut down and doesn't rely on government services, especially trackable services. foggyminds.com/extra/OpenKeyCh… Tagging trans community […]

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I'm getting older and I hate it... aging with chronic pain sucks. The whole day has been a struggle, struggle to move, struggle to think, struggle to motivate. I've still lived my life, but it's moments like how hard it is getting out of bed from a nap, or just how hard it is to get myself to […]

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[uspol, danger, texas] Whelp... it didn't take long for them to pivot from "children" to "everyone". This is almost certain to pass and means that if I'm still in the state come September I lose access to my medication. legiscan.com/TX/text/HB3399/20… #lgbtqia #lgbt #trans #We'reFucked #uspol

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The brain drain is on purpose. The censorship is on purpose.

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The search engine I use, even wilder they just introduced an absurd business practice. You know how companies try to trap you in trials then hope you forget so they can charge you forever for something you don't use? They just announced that if you're not using it they'll stop charging you. If […]

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Something I felt like i should share, because I really don't think many realize... I don't say this to surrender, I say this to say how big the fight is and how important each and every one of you is to it. Do you know when the _vast_ majority of people realized how real the threat was of the […]

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Just this... youtube.com/shorts/NH2WzjOVDvA… #trans #lgbt #lgbtqia

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[Urgent USPOL Warnings] Urgent Update! Trans, Nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people may not be able to get back in the country after leaving, especially those with an X on their passport. Basically if you leave the country, don't plan on getting back in. They're already confiscating […]

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[uspol] I saw this coming, just expected it maybe year 3, not week one... cnbc.com/2025/01/23/trump-thir… #fascism #trump #USPol #USPolitics #USNews

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My life isn't some wargame where you can just talk "get guns" or "grab <insert espionage equipment for mid operation use>". What I'm looking for in support is people to actually build a web of trust... I want to know I can reach out to you safely and securely. Everyone is for quick simple […]

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Reminded yet again how I'm pissed at people surrendering and calling it victory... A reminder: if you're part of the "Block Bluesky/Threads By Default" crowd, you're just handing over victory. Enshittifying the fediverse because you're afraid of big corpos and think everyone who isn't already […]

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This is why I'm pissed at defederating threads just because it's meta, or the bluesky bridge, let alone people bullying the dev into crippling it with "opt-in" systems. RE: fosstodon.org/users/Greenheart…

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