Ellium!
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(He/They) 33. Sometimes draws big things. 18+. NO MINORS.
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IQ is a measure of how good you are at IQ tests, which is something informed by how familiar you are with taking academic tests (& thus the quality of your school, which is in part determined by your parents' wealth, etc). there's nothing in particular that makes them a good test of intelligence
I saw this ad on the train and I’m curious how yall feel about it… I’m very much in the center, but slightly more towards than against…
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
IQ is a measure of how good you are at IQ tests, which is something informed by how familiar you are with taking academic tests (& thus the quality of your school, which is in part determined by your parents' wealth, etc). there's nothing in particular that makes them a good test of intelligence
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On Black Friday, Starbucks workers expanded their ULP strike to 85+ cities.
Now, just 6 days later, the strike is growing AGAIN.
Hundreds of baristas are joining the Red Cup Rebellion today, alongside thousands already striking in 105+ cities!
Now, just 6 days later, the strike is growing AGAIN.
Hundreds of baristas are joining the Red Cup Rebellion today, alongside thousands already striking in 105+ cities!
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
On Black Friday, Starbucks workers expanded their ULP strike to 85+ cities.
Now, just 6 days later, the strike is growing AGAIN.
Hundreds of baristas are joining the Red Cup Rebellion today, alongside thousands already striking in 105+ cities!
Now, just 6 days later, the strike is growing AGAIN.
Hundreds of baristas are joining the Red Cup Rebellion today, alongside thousands already striking in 105+ cities!
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Three weeks in and the Starbucks strike has grown to 3,000 workers.
On Black Friday, Starbucks workers expanded their ULP strike to 85+ cities.
Now, just 6 days later, the strike is growing AGAIN.
Hundreds of baristas are joining the Red Cup Rebellion today, alongside thousands already striking in 105+ cities!
Now, just 6 days later, the strike is growing AGAIN.
Hundreds of baristas are joining the Red Cup Rebellion today, alongside thousands already striking in 105+ cities!
December 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Three weeks in and the Starbucks strike has grown to 3,000 workers.
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Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
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Existing disability services are deeply underfunded, aggressively audited, means-tested constantly, and can be labyrinthine to even access or maintain without assistance. As someone who spent two decades as a cog in that system, concerns about fraud are overblown compared to the real existing need.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Existing disability services are deeply underfunded, aggressively audited, means-tested constantly, and can be labyrinthine to even access or maintain without assistance. As someone who spent two decades as a cog in that system, concerns about fraud are overblown compared to the real existing need.
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If you've ever worked in anime localization/dubbing then you would know that the client needs to be aware of EVERY decision by the studio. They have final say on everything; even casting choices. Amazon doing this without their knowledge is HUGE. At the very least it would endanger their license.
Kadokawa stated that it did not approve of an AI dub, and Sentai stated that it wasn't aware of the dub beforehand.
Amazon Streamed AI English Dubs on Banana Fish, 'No Game, No Life Zero,' Vinland Saga, Pet Anime
Voice actors speak out against AI dubs, Kadokawa & Sentai Filmworks respond
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If you've ever worked in anime localization/dubbing then you would know that the client needs to be aware of EVERY decision by the studio. They have final say on everything; even casting choices. Amazon doing this without their knowledge is HUGE. At the very least it would endanger their license.
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Please for the love of god call your reps and tell them to vote no to KOSA and other bad internet bills otherwise we lose everything we have
You need to do it now, today is the day
You need to do it now, today is the day
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Please for the love of god call your reps and tell them to vote no to KOSA and other bad internet bills otherwise we lose everything we have
You need to do it now, today is the day
You need to do it now, today is the day
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A fellow furry has been kidnapped by ICE thugs. Ardwoof's family are fighting to get her released. Please help in any way you can. Share, repost, donate! Free Johanna!
@opalmutt.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/help-johan...
@opalmutt.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/help-johan...
November 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A fellow furry has been kidnapped by ICE thugs. Ardwoof's family are fighting to get her released. Please help in any way you can. Share, repost, donate! Free Johanna!
@opalmutt.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/help-johan...
@opalmutt.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/help-johan...
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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Corruption first. Not business first.
The Trump administration’s business-first approach is rewriting the rules of peacemaking, for better or for worse, Adam Day writes.
The New Art of the Peace Deal
The Trump administration’s business-first approach is rewriting the rules of peacemaking, for better or for worse.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Corruption first. Not business first.
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So at what point can people start defending their community from data centers?
Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages | The Verge share.google/tFiz2i2UJeJ7...
Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages
Amazon data centers might be adding to a public health crisis in Morrow County, Oregon.
share.google
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
So at what point can people start defending their community from data centers?
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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The reason why this hurts so much is because every dubbing studio in the Los Angeles area has been hit with at least one wave of layoffs or a significant reduction in the amount of contractors that have been hired.
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The reason why this hurts so much is because every dubbing studio in the Los Angeles area has been hit with at least one wave of layoffs or a significant reduction in the amount of contractors that have been hired.
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
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Boycotts work. Keep going.
November 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Boycotts work. Keep going.
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Hey friends!
I’ve partnered with Etsy this year to be apart of their Black Friday savings & have increased my sale! 🫶🏽
This has been a unique opportunity, and having just hit 80 sales in my first 2 months open has truly been wonderful.
Happy Holidays & Thank You!
pyixus.etsy.com
#Shopstuff
I’ve partnered with Etsy this year to be apart of their Black Friday savings & have increased my sale! 🫶🏽
This has been a unique opportunity, and having just hit 80 sales in my first 2 months open has truly been wonderful.
Happy Holidays & Thank You!
pyixus.etsy.com
#Shopstuff
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hey friends!
I’ve partnered with Etsy this year to be apart of their Black Friday savings & have increased my sale! 🫶🏽
This has been a unique opportunity, and having just hit 80 sales in my first 2 months open has truly been wonderful.
Happy Holidays & Thank You!
pyixus.etsy.com
#Shopstuff
I’ve partnered with Etsy this year to be apart of their Black Friday savings & have increased my sale! 🫶🏽
This has been a unique opportunity, and having just hit 80 sales in my first 2 months open has truly been wonderful.
Happy Holidays & Thank You!
pyixus.etsy.com
#Shopstuff
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This artist just got their paypal nuked, please support them! ❤️
Hey friends!
I’ve partnered with Etsy this year to be apart of their Black Friday savings & have increased my sale! 🫶🏽
This has been a unique opportunity, and having just hit 80 sales in my first 2 months open has truly been wonderful.
Happy Holidays & Thank You!
pyixus.etsy.com
#Shopstuff
I’ve partnered with Etsy this year to be apart of their Black Friday savings & have increased my sale! 🫶🏽
This has been a unique opportunity, and having just hit 80 sales in my first 2 months open has truly been wonderful.
Happy Holidays & Thank You!
pyixus.etsy.com
#Shopstuff
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This artist just got their paypal nuked, please support them! ❤️
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I’ve heard you can literally, physically see the strain on these call center workers between shifts while they’re out and about. Cannot stress enough that this call campaign is way more effective than some people realize. Please be kind when you call. (3)
November 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’ve heard you can literally, physically see the strain on these call center workers between shifts while they’re out and about. Cannot stress enough that this call campaign is way more effective than some people realize. Please be kind when you call. (3)
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Agents need these jobs for medical insurance. A lot of them are sympathetic to your concerns. MC global (upper level of corporate, above regional corporate) is hounding bosses to end this and bosses are snapping at workers as a result. Please be kind when you call, they’re getting slammed (2)
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Agents need these jobs for medical insurance. A lot of them are sympathetic to your concerns. MC global (upper level of corporate, above regional corporate) is hounding bosses to end this and bosses are snapping at workers as a result. Please be kind when you call, they’re getting slammed (2)
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Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
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Just so you know...
Art directors, Art enjoyers, Art buyers and Artists talk with each other. Nobody wants AI slop, specially when there is real art out there as an alternative. You can totally get blacklisted, not only on the industry, but inside fandoms for defending AI precarization and theft.
Art directors, Art enjoyers, Art buyers and Artists talk with each other. Nobody wants AI slop, specially when there is real art out there as an alternative. You can totally get blacklisted, not only on the industry, but inside fandoms for defending AI precarization and theft.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just so you know...
Art directors, Art enjoyers, Art buyers and Artists talk with each other. Nobody wants AI slop, specially when there is real art out there as an alternative. You can totally get blacklisted, not only on the industry, but inside fandoms for defending AI precarization and theft.
Art directors, Art enjoyers, Art buyers and Artists talk with each other. Nobody wants AI slop, specially when there is real art out there as an alternative. You can totally get blacklisted, not only on the industry, but inside fandoms for defending AI precarization and theft.