Artists are given access to OpenAI Sora. Release access publicly to everyone as a protest.
Discover amazing ML apps made by the community
Being illegal means you can't have humane and stressless suicide devices available to market. Instead one has to rely on tools which are uncertain, or cause you too much stress at the end of your life. And at the same time you have to dodge the state, so you can't just announce it and spend your last hours with your loved ones.
Mutual aid is our path forward. We all need to look out for each other in the times ahead, and we need to prepare. I am looking for cis and trans folks across the US to join a new mutual aid network.
Crossposting for mutual aid. I'm not the op.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/18893269
> I have recently become involved in the "Trans Housing Network" which was started by xilliah@beehaw.org. I am in the midst of restructuring this into a broader "Trans Solidarity Network", a network of mutual aid communities across the United States. Due in large part to a rapidly evolving political situation in the US trans people are going to have to rely more and more on community to provide aid to them. The government of the US cannot be trusted to provide that aid. Trans people in deep red states may need to escape from them, many of whom do not have the resources to do so on their own. Trans people arriving in blue states will need help finding their feet and accessing care in their communities. > > In that vein I am interested in building communities of trans people in localities across the US. You do not have to have anything to be a part of a mutual aid organization. Mutual aid means the community coming together and providing for each other. It means support networks without hierarchy, where your action has a direct impact on the lives of others. > > Those with means are important here. Cisgender people can also be part of our mutual aid communities. We need people with a spare room, people with cars, people who can invest a few hours of their week checking in on their community members and giving food and emotional support to those that need it. Don't bother if you're close-minded or you're not open to being corrected on transphobic behavior. We are creating these networks to liberate trans people and protect them from violence. It goes without saying that transphobic people are not welcome, and that a level of scrutiny will be applied to new comers. > > This whole thing is an entirely new project that I have been working on since the results of the election were declared. I am following principles of mutual organization and assistance. This is not a charity organization by any means. It is a way for trans people and allies to come together in light of extraordinary circumstances and help each other to be safe and healthy and secure. > > The plan I have is (eventually) for communities to be relatively cut off from each other, and to be based around region. Right now in our earliest stages people from all over will be brought together, and as numbers grow will be divided into smaller regional groups. Keeping people geographically close to each other in touch and building networks of communication that extend longer distances. Financial contributions would be person to person, not person to entity to person. If you have money and want to contribute the best way to do so is by joining yourself and becoming a part of this network. I do not have interest in making a formal non-profit or charity organization. This is about private individuals helping each other when the government will not help us (or actively tries to harm us). I am looking for ways that international aid can be provided as well. If you live outside the US you can join the broader mutual aid network but what we need most of all is those who can provide direct assistance. > > I am also looking for people who have experience with mutual aid, people who have experience with self-hosted technology, and people who are connected with groups on other social media to promote and spread word about this solidarity network. We need diverse skillsets to provide support to those who need it. Nothing is categorically unhelpful in a mutual aid group. > > If you are interested in joining my efforts (which are very early on in terms of development) please message me on Matrix @ladyautumn:chat.blahaj.zone or email me at TransSolidarityNetwork@proton.me.
I call myself libsoc to randos, but I'll gladly call myself anarchist as well if I know they're not afraid of the word. Reactionaries however will bend themselves backwards to pass as centrists or "concerned citizens". They will of course go all "the time for talking is past" when cornered.
It's a pity. They consulted with me a bit when they were considering opening their instance and they seemed very excited about it. But sadly one can't keep up a lemmy instance on enthusiasm alone. It's a lot of sysadmin work, and it's quite hard if you're not already proficient with this stuff.
lemmy.autism.place is shutting down
Cross-posted from "Announcement regarding the instance..." by @kapx132@lemmy.autism.place in !autismplace@lemmy.autism.place
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It is with great sadness that i write this. however The Admin team has parted ways. I have closed registrations, and disabled the option to create new communities. The server will be ran until the payments dry up (about ~1-2 months). We have tried to build a community for autistic people online. It ended up not working for which we apologize. Please do not go after the other team members. Some disappeared, some went their ways, but whatever the reason i wish them the best. If you have any questions, leave them here and i will try to answer them.
Feel free to recreate your comms on lemmy.dbzer0.com. Running an instance is not for the undedicated and I'm just one of those autistic enough to keep going.
Man, how do you even find this stuff? :D
Not every comm needs to be a debate comm. We don't have the energy to debate and educate clueless libs who come here and go all like "rules in anarchism? ololo" every other comment.
There's no "academic definition of anarchism". There's anarchism as a political movement, and there's anarchy which some dictionaries define as chaos. Guess which one we support here.
And yes, "posts" means also comments.
Gotcha. I am not that familiar with the lingo :)
That sounds a bit concerning, ngl >_<
What unintended ADHD medication were you taking before you realized?
Image not quite for ADHPeeps but I feel this sort of thing happens regularly for us as well.
Mall Ninjas
> This is a collection of the wisdom posted on the internet by a guy calling himself Gecko45. It all started back at the end of the halcyon summer of 2001, and his posts have created a certain urban legend that many refer to as the Mall Ninja. Hang out at any gun shop, gun show or shooting match and you’ll see one of these guys; you might even see a group of them since they are known to associate in the wild.
> The Mall Ninja is easily distinguished by an abundance of “tactical” gear, such as fatigues, a thigh holster (with, of course, a Glock), combat boots, bandolier and other accouterments that you’d usually only see on a SWAT operative. Median age is usually 19-25, and they tend to boast about their various exploits with certain Special Forces units, all of which they’re too young and idiotic to have joined (real Special Forces types don’t brag). They typically have opinions on everything, regardless of expertise, they are uniformly poor shots, and they tend to exhibit a frightening lack of safety training.
> The shadowy and shrill figure known as Gecko45 is the holy Dalai Lama of these dolts, but trust me, there are more. Many, many more.
Whomp-whomp: AI PCs make users less productive
People just don't know how to talk to chatbots to get them to do useful things efficiently, Intel says
Cross-posted from "Whomp-whomp: AI PCs make users less productive" by @along_the_road@beehaw.org in !technology@beehaw.org
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Bluesky, decentralisation, and the distribution of power Bluesky has seen a large inflow of new users following the results of the US election, and a significant amount of media attention as well. All that attention to Bluesky has also led to a renewed conversation around the question of whether Blu...
