AI overall? Generally pro. LLMs and generative AI, though, I’m “against”, mostly meaning that I think it’s misused.

Not sure what the answer is, tbh. Reigning in corporations would be good.

I do think we as a society need to radically alter our relationship to IP law. Right now we ‘enforce’ IP law in a way that benefits corporations but not individuals. We should either get rid of IP law altogether (which would protect people from corporations abusing the laws) or we should enforce it more strictly, and actually hold corporations accountable for breaking it.

If we fixed that, I think gen AI would be fine. But we aren’t doing that.

Nah kids food is just that popular, because we don’t feed schoolchildren.

See also: Lunchables

The mechanisms of narcissism and of cults are remarkably similar.

Something like 1/3 of people who vote for Democrats are probably progressives.

But how many more potential progressives don’t vote at all?

There are a lot of people who feel like the government is just going to screw them over no matter who is elected (which is true!) They may not be familiar with the language of academic socialism, but if you start saying it in plain English I think they’ll be pretty much on board.

Fighting corruption, making the rich pay their fair share, free healthcare, and fuck landlords are all pretty popular ideas

USians become aware of how unpopular the US is, now that they agree with that sentiment

Edit: It me, I hate it here

Progressives have the numbers, I think, so perhaps it’s time for a progressive party. Faith in dems has never been lower.

We don’t need to convince the old guard. If we can get center members of the party to split off (folks like Buttigeg and Walz) and convince a good chunk of the non-voters to show up, I think it would be doable to supplant the Dems entirely.

I don’t want to be political, but the government decided that me existing should be illegal. So now me posting about fashion or makeup or whatever is automatically political now.

They were just bigots?

🔫 Always have been

In the US? I’d say it’s pretty safe to be a little gender nonconforming unless you’re really out in the sticks. If you were properly nonbinary I would be a little more careful, but still most people will live and let live.

As a trans person, we have a lot more to fear from the federal government than from our neighbors, at least in ~80% of the country.

Judging others by your ability,is neither fair or productive, it is also a recipe for continuous disappointment.

I’m not so much judging them as bemoaning my own loneliness. To be fair, I’ve also done a good amount of judging, but that isn’t what I’m referring to here.

I’m just talking about companionship. Stimulation. Someone to play board games with, or argue about whether water is wet with.

I had a real group of peers in college. I was surrounded by people smarter than me, and it was great. I actually had to work hard to win games against them, had to actually apply myself to avoid failing my classes, and they would actually debate like they knew what they were doing. I miss it.

I find most people boring. Even people who are initially interesting can become boring once I spend a lot of time with them.

Most people also don’t seem to realize just how royally fucked we are (USA). In this case I think ignorance would be bliss, since I can’t do much to make things better.

Bad. Do not recommend.

This has got to be some kind of protest bill. Otherwise, why would it specifically call out ‘use of contraceptives’ as an exception?

Boy do I feel this. Dissociate, panic, dissociate, panic…

I haven’t, but I could maybe see myself doing that

Don’t worry, if my baeic needs are met I’ll happily entertain you for free

Play video games. Bake bread. Learn to code. Create music. Maybe create a game of my own some day. Release it 100% for free because all my needs are met.

… oh, and sex. Lots of sex. But I think that goes without saying

Um? I’m making more than twice that and I can just barely afford rent, food, etc. I’d hesitate to call anything below $15/hr even remotely livable, and that’s out in the sticks.

Only if you can read

CECOT is the American gulag