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i love how the indie outlets have been crediting the orgs that got the info lately. makes it feel more like an interconnected web of people working for a common thing

René Magritte's "The Treachery of Images" an art piece depicting an illustration of a pipe with the words "This is not a pipe" written in French below it.

BREAKING:
Depictions of smoking paraphernalia are hearby banned from all art galleries & social media platforms for encouraging tobacco consumption. This image of a pipe has been deemed fundamentally identical to an actual pipe, & in so depicting a pipe, poses a grave threat to all moral society.

Happy to take the “AOC for President” side of this debate. She’s a generational talent and it is long past time for the highly risk-averse Dem primary electorate to make a bold choice.

i didn't watch the interview because it's 5 fucking hours but overwatch creators are starting to put out videos about the Blizzard stuff and it's wild to me how much time and effort Jeff Kaplan had to put into managing the clueless money people at Blizzard.

there is a child-like naivety to the way business leaders approach sociopolitical problems that would be really sweet if it wasn't coming from the leader of a company with 30,000 employees and 3 billion dollars in revenue

Nah. These women weren't "duped" into following this movement. They joined it willingly because the left wasn't enough "fun," but the racism was "fun."

I don't have any sympathy for them. I mean, it's good they're leaving, but they only leaving out of self-preservation and personal discomfort.

Sodomizing a Palestinian prisoner with a knife on camera is apparently legal in Israel

(1/2) hello!
we are in direct communication with the Free Speech Coalition, a sex worker trade association combating overreach of debanking & porn laws.

tl;dr - YES it's a good idea to comment on this as ero creatives. the FSC is also submitting a comment.

'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out:

www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

It bears repeating: Every store that said that Horses is too extreme for them to sell is lying. Blatantly.

There's nothing in the game that wouldn't pass muster in an M-rated movie. And it's FAR milder than COUNTLESS titles on Steam right now.

But it's easier than admitting a smear campaign worked

I just really love her so much
#oc #art #kittyriots

The Washington Post reported this morning that photographers are being excluded from the Pentagon because Pete Hegseth’s upset that his photos look unflattering.

So, we ran this photo with this story today.

www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Reminder that the only time Mastercard has flinched is when outrage was directed at them. Attacking platforms like SubscribeStar for Visa/Mastercard's extralegal censorship is exactly the deflection they want.

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fat trans people should get one million dollars for free no strings attached thank u

Huh!

Swelling rage

Artists Against ICE MoveOn is looking for artists and creators of all levels of experience to submit art work that 1) aligns with the guidelines below and 2) demonstrates their style and voice.

Hey, artist friends!

front.moveon.org/artists-agai...

took me like two minutes total. don’t have to talk to anybody, don’t have to make a phone call, just have to write what you can about how payment processors shouldn’t control what consumers can buy and hit send. that’s it

all hands on deck yall, this could make a huge difference

We have been forcibly unbanked by bank actions for close to 7 years. No banking, no credit, immediately fail background checks, can't be on a lease, can't work a job that requires handling money. Totally left out to dry. Banks do this to a few thousand people a year, for reputation protection.

very little in my bank account, still need to pay bills and pick up essentials from the store we had to move without, please help if you can

"Illinois" "Suburban Chicago" — look just skip to the chase and say this was in Rosemont, aka the tiny personal fiefdom of one very lucky, very evil family:

They should still get sued into the fucking ground, you shouldn’t get to “whoops sorry” your way out of this

You defend this expression not cuz its cool and you like it but because THE SLIPPERY SLOPE IS IN FACT REAL

I thought it wasnt real for years! I was FUCKING WRONG. I WAS WRONG. They will take amd take and take and no amount of "but im one of the good ones!" Will save you

Mine is “Listen here you stupid computer, it tastes filthy”. I think this literally every time I see AI slop

Y'all spread this far and wide. It's our chance to get the payment processors to fuck off with affecting the livelihood of artists.

Red Flag Alert - Anti-Trans Genocide in the USA - #3 | Lemkin Institute

The Lemkin Institute has issued a *THIRD* trans genocide warning, noting the next stage is widespread containment - and this was before the 4th Circuit ruled today that states can essentially do whatever they want to make trans people "appreciate their sex".
www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-ale...

(2/2)
Summarized advice from the FSC (from their lobbyists) was that you should tell your story/explain why the issue is important to you, and – most importantly – clearly say what you want the Fed to do about it. In this case, eliminating "reputation risk" from the Board's supervisory programs.

(1/2) hello!
we are in direct communication with the Free Speech Coalition, a sex worker trade association combating overreach of debanking & porn laws.

tl;dr - YES it's a good idea to comment on this as ero creatives. the FSC is also submitting a comment.