Single best description of AI I’ve ever read, from the great Ted Chiang.

i think there’s an effort to portray lesbians as antagonistic to trans women and vice versus so ppl don’t realize the rest of the lgbt community hates us both in a very misogynistic way

Having an LLM generate text for you isn't writing, and it's deeply ableist to say that disabled people can only make stories this way.

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We didn’t. Employers got scared they were losing control. Commercial real estate was buckling. The economy around commuting was crumbling and they were losing too much money.

NEW: Alabama is farming out incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. The state takes 40% of wages and often denies parole to keep people as cheap labor. Getting written up can lead to solitary confinement. This is modern day slavery.

Because too often it isn't. Just 8% of people in film and TV come from a working-class background compared to 60% from upper-middle-class backgrounds. Journalism has a similar problem. It means the stories of working-class communities are rarely accurately or adequately told.

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Tell all the under-36-but-still-age-appropriate lesbians where to find me

Journalism students: the reason you don’t do free stenography for cops is because the lede here should read “Police illegally imprison missing 13-yr old girl for weeks on suspected shoplifting charge”

wouldst thou like to live fergaliciously

imagine this happens to you and your school makes new rules specifically to shut you up

This is why supporting free healthcare is suicide prevention. Supporting free housing is suicide prevention. Supporting universal basic income is suicide prevention. Supporting all forms of social safety nets is suicide prevention.

"what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" oh it's ok you can just kill me next time

When I was a college admissions tutor, a lady paid me to assess whether her high school freshman daughter was on track to get into NYU. If so, she wanted to buy a penthouse that was currently on the market near campus for the kid to use in college. That is the median NYU student.

Autistic trans women take longer to come out because we masc so well

Yall, shame does not stop drug use or any behavior you deem bad or negative. It pushes people deeper into the shadows and causes more harm. You may not like it, but there are tried and true public health practices that save lives. We should embrace them.