lol

i started to read your response, and then i remembered i can’t trust the degree to which you authored it.

i’m not interested.

“authorship is when i make a few edits and sign my name to slop”

if you have willingly handed over your primary writing tool to a machine (for which there is no real meaning, association, appreciation, or delight in words), it is difficult for me to take your commitment to writing or “authorship” seriously.

that’s bullshit.

you know, the price of oil directly impacts the price of electricity where i am. so assuming i could take on a payment equal or more to the cost of my electric bill to even purchase such a vehicle, i would also be sending my electric bill through the roof, plus increased insurance. i literally cannot afford this any better than higher gas, so i keep my fingers crossed that my 15 year old car lasts awhile yet.

capitalists have nickled and dimed a lot of us americans to the brink, there’s no more wiggle room.

(also, bussing to work is two hours one way, i checked. the eight mile trip by bike would be longer i’m sure, but we’re approaching the time of year where heat kills people. literally.)

"We received chat logs directly from people who self-identified as having some psychological harm related to chatbot usage (e.g. they felt deluded) via an IRB-approved Qualtrics survey "

same, not sure when i started it though. might be more like 2006 for this particular account.

i don’t even have an answer for that. but i grew up pre-internet and owned lots of video tapes.

i’m marveling at the notion that there may be people who haven’t rewatched movies a lot?

i feel like Ze’s humor is fairly adult

it was already done at an NFL game. i think? it was already done in Congress, where (if memory serves), right-wingers didn’t feel a moment of silence went far enough and demanded a spoken prayer.

edit - to clarify, done specifically for the newly dead influencer, whose name i don’t care to type atm.

unsuccessful?

this is not the first time Texas Dems have left the state to try to push back against the GOP stranglehold.

btw, all the comments i read around here saying Texans deserve [whatever]? we’re fighting a rigged game in this state. Abbot, Paxton etc do not represent us all.

there is no inherent meaning to life.

i choose to continue living each day because a) i am still enjoying myself enough to stick around, b) i’m a chicken and nothing has motivated me to voluntarily face quicker death just yet, c) i am committed to not fucking up my kids in that particular way if i can continue to avoid it, and d) i do work that matters and eases the suffering of others to create meaning for myself.

omg, the dementia is so so apparent

probably direct support with your time and funding is a good idea, if you can. it certainly looks like federal grants are going away ☹️

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/agency-funding-libraries-and-museums-puts-all-employees-on-leave-ahead-of-major-cuts/?readmore=1

who is saying that?!

i gotta be honest, i’m not entirely sure what is intended. this decision doesn’t make sense to me!

i know at least three meth addicts right now. two told me they used because they can’t/couldn’t access their mental health medication. one told me that many people don’t start until they are already on the street, and the misery plus being forced by cops to move over and over instead of sleeping encourages use. one told me it was the only way they could stay awake to work enough to support their family.

addicts need real help, like medical/mental health care, housing, a living wage.

but yeah, desperate people will do desperate things.

and you will suffer with them, most likely.

this is not the way to class solidarity.

my daughter said to me one day - you have to have more empathy for those who are oppressed than hatred for oppressors.

right now, i see a lot of people lumping those who are most vulnerable together with incoming leadership. indifference to those who are most vulnerable doesn’t help any of us.