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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 8h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 11h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 8h

To be fair, theres like... 3 sites that meaningfully handle video and all of them are terrible xD. I wish there was better alternatives

Twitter has been replicated so much even some furry sites tried to be twitter. So theres less of an excuse x3

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 8h

Bigger number better person

Follower count here smaller, worse person

Twitter count bigger, better person

Also people will stick to a place even if they hate it in hopes it gets better one day. Thats why people still play lol

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 8h

And no youre not forced to use twitter you just dont want to regain audiences elsewhere

If you wanted to gain reach without uploading all your art youd make ads that go elsewhere while corrupting the image a bit so the database wouldn't get your style without scrapping other places

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 8h

Also if youre an artist who uses twitter to gain reach while also hating ai

Guess what database your uploading to so grok can make dumb shit :')

Just mentioning it for anyone saying "I would never!" while on twitter cause THE UPLOAD BUTTON UPLOADS IT SOMEWHERE. WHERE DO YOU THINK IT GOES!!!

PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 8h

I've made videos on AI being an issue of capitalism rather than the tech itself aka its fine for people to find meaning in it

But I'll be honest. If an artist you commissioned is against ai, secretly using ai by uploading the image to a server is adding said art to the database

Aka: that's bad ->

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 8h

Also please don't comment that you are one of the people that does hate ai unless you've watched my videos

I barely talk to the people I want to, I have no desire to reiterate all the points to some angry rando who probably agrees with me but doesnt realize cause they didn't care to listen

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 8h

Artist don't actually hate ai ( usually ) they just don't want to be exploited and they're really bad at explaining that

Showing an artist you made an ai video with the new misinformation ai that made comm move proves you wouldn't stand up against that exploitation... cause you added to it

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 8h

But it is more reasonable to boycott all ai then to think privacy in the info/tech age means other humans can't see you

Its like when people have voice activation on their phone and think "it can only hear me if I say the command" HOW DO YOU THINK IT HEARD THE COMMAND??? ->

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 8h

If your framework is the really silly version where all AI is bad publically but ok privately, then youre gonna have to learn how to actually make private instances of it

If your belief is AI is bad all the time no exceptions, watch this your kind silly too youtu.be/8tGnVWjI-z4 ->

Is AI Art Ruining Furry Fandom Artists? ➡ TLDR

YouTube video by PureKoor

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 8h

I get its a nuanced topic no one wants to listen to, but it is important when people are clearly using ai while boasting that they don't due to social pressure

Unless you have an ai setup offline on your hardware, "private" is not a thing. There's a reason you UPLOAD or SEND info in the prompts ->

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 8h

I've made videos on AI being an issue of capitalism rather than the tech itself aka its fine for people to find meaning in it

But I'll be honest. If an artist you commissioned is against ai, secretly using ai by uploading the image to a server is adding said art to the database

Aka: that's bad ->

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

Premium increases notices will soon arrive in the mailboxes of Americans all over the US.

The average increase? 114%.

For some, the numbers are even higher:

A couple making $129,000 with two adult children at home in Savannah, GA, will pay $3,150 more per month for insurance.

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Bulldog @harpua.bsky.social · 1d

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo humorously criticizes Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, leading to laughter from CNN's Boris Sanchez.

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 2d

Primarily referring to the idealogy more than the person. But if the person has that ideology then they're probably doing harm

PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 2d

State agencies for our current system. The block feature is a way to help users but a block does not alert anyone to the criminal happenings

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · May 6

Really tho, what's the point of them even being in the #furry fandom??? Let's discuss ⬇⬇⬇

Please share the video, it helps greatly! ʕ •`ᴥ•´ʔ✨
#video #youtube #vtuber #furryfandom
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This Group does NOTHING for the Furry Fandom!

Really tho, what's the point of them even being in the fandom??? Let's discuss ⬇⬇⬇Check out more videos: ➡ Let's Ban NSFW from Furry Conventions? → https:/...

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 2d

systems are used for ill and there no proactive way to stop it (at least that most people are willing to do)

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 2d

Mastodon can have built in features to better alert people using the software for nasty stuff. If they have such features they do not show them easily or well. Decentralization is good but it does need to be accompanied with other support systems like education. Cause it is still bad when ->

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 2d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 2d

Oh hey look at that the piece of shit that everyone keeps saying is a piece of shit does a thing that only pieces of shit would do yet the ppl in charge who deeply wanna push that he isn’t a piece of shit keep insisting that somehow he isn’t a piece of shit even though he’s blatantly a piece of shit

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 3d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 3d

Gavin Newsom sucks so much. Californians, why do you representatives suck so much

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 3d

That's generous

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