A nonbinary child was murdered recently and I’ve been reporting multiple transphobic comments misgendering them, mocking their death, and deadnaming them. But they stay up. Tumblr won’t do anything about it. But they drop everything to permanently ban a trans women.
Really shows their priorities.
This is me before the war
ai generated images make me increasingly sad and tired the more i see them in more and more casual contexts. i dont know how to explain, but it just fills the world with a bunch of nothing. no matter how visually stunning the pictures might be, there's nothing behind it for me. no dedication, no emotions, no feelings, no hard work or creativity, nothing i can truly think about, admire or enjoy. i dont think thats how art is supposed to be
if you don't think ai "art" and i use that term very loosely isn't dangerous, just remember that there are fake nudes of celebrities and there was an ai made ad running in the superbowl while Rafah was being bombed to the nines.
y'all realize that instead of using ai for good, people are using it to fabricate lies, to steal from, humiliate and dehumanise others, right? right.
so don't ever come on my blog chirping high praises about c.ai or ai generated images. not when fanfic writers and small time artists are getting less and less appreciation for their hard work while "c.ai inspired" fics and "ai generated" images are taking all the spotlight (when they really shouldn't because it's been stolen). not when writers are being put out of jobs. not when voice actors aren't being taken seriously and are also being put out of jobs. not when artists' work is being stolen and being mass produced into soulless pictures. not when a dead artist's work should be left alone but some dude put their unfinished project(s) into an ai art generator to finish their project when it, again, as i've just said, should've been left the fuck alone. not when people (regular people and celebrities alike) are having fake nudes of their pictures being put out there for the world to see without their knowledge and consent.
and especially not when governments are paying millions of dollars to make ai generated ads about "bringing dads home" while dads (and moms, sons, daughters, their pets and their plants) are being senselessly killed.
so no. i don't wanna hear shit about ai. not until we stop killing our own humanity with it and claiming that it's good.
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Help provide tents (urgent):
The Sameer Project: Currently providing tents for displaced families in Gaza (emergency bc tents in Rafah are being burned as we speak) (paypal) (gfm)
Food, cash & essentials:
Care for Gaza: Working on the ground in Gaza to distribute food, cash, medicine & other essentials to displaced families. (paypal) (gfm)
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Water:
Gaza Municipality's water project: The official Municipality of Gaza needs help rebuilding the water infrastructure in Gaza City to restore access to clean water and waste management services for the people of Gaza. (This campaign only has a couple of weeks left but it's still only at 15%!)
eSIMs (urgent):
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Medical Aid
Palestine Red Crescent Society: Provides emergency medical and ambulance services and humanitarian relief on the ground in Gaza e.g. rescuing and treating the wounded.
every single time israel fires on people picking up food or humanitarian aid it truly cuts me to the core. obviously it's equally horrible to fire on civilians escaping the invasion or to bomb hospitals or refugee camps or people just living in their own homes. but there's something so brutal about hitting people right when they have gathered for life-saving aid. by firing on them there the IOF have set up an impossible dilemma where starving people have to choose between death by bullet or death by hunger. they have left no room for palestinians to choose life. i do not know how my government or any other government can just sit by and watch while innocent people continue to be gunned down for the crime of existing in israel's eyeline.
this is sami’s little girl, born in the war, she is 3 months old and is now living under bombardment with her and her family. today, hours ago, they were forcibly displaced from the city of rafah under bombardment and fear, and their tent was burned. most of the martyrs are children and women lying on the streets. sami does not want anything to happen to his children. help by donating so we they travel to a safe country. do not forget them. think about what is happening. they are human beings like you, and they are dying.
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Casual cruelty has become so ingrained in a lot of people because we live in a society that is structured in a cruel way. To be quite honest you are obligated to consider the harm of your words and actions no matter your personal hardships.
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