I haven’t seen this linked on here so: this is an awesome resource for how you can help the people in Palestine. It has donation links, helps you figure out how to contact your representatives, and a regularly updated list of planned protests. It is USAmerican centric but the list of protests is international.
If you are American this site has a tool that sends an email for you. All you need to enter is your name, email address, and street address so they can auto-find your senators. It will take 30 seconds.
white ppl LOVE star wars, avatar the last airbender and hunger games and media that talks about oppressed vs opressor/empire but when it comes to real life they can’t fathom that they root for evil especially at the expense of minorities
Found a TikTok account that is actively documenting plus size brands. Please share!
@mayakern i can’t speak for shipping to nz but i love my skirts and button ups from her!!
aw thank you!! we do ship internationally but unfortunately as we are a small business and only ship out of the US (ie we don’t have fulfillment centers elsewhere) it does get pretty pricy
but yes we do clothing from XS to 6-8X depending on the item!
McDonald’s giving away free fries if you use their mobile app and then updating the terms and conditions to say if you use this app you waive your right to trial in any class action lawsuits and have to do mandatory arbitration is INSANE
because i haven’t seen this in the notes yet: it is also VERY SIGNIFICANT that they are doing this as more and more people are learning about BDS. mcdonalds is one of the massive companies that palestiniens have been calling for boycotts of for years. it’d be a very convenient time for them if you ignored the ongoing call to boycott.
Disabled people should be allowed to exist in public. Yes, I mean all disabled people.
That includes people with tic disorders.
That includes people who smell ‘bad’.
That includes people who can’t help being loud.
That includes people who move ‘strangely’.
That includes people with bulky mobility aids.
That includes people who drool.
That includes people who struggle with incontinence.
We all should get to exist, however that looks, and go out in public, use public transport, do activities outside our homes. And we should be allowed to do those things without being glared at or having ableist things said to us.
Plz you can always watch the shows on pirated sites and find better alternatives for burgers & coffee, nothing is more important than stopping a genocide. It’s a global boycott.
thank you for this great post, OP. looking at the comments, I think it might be helpful here to mention BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions), which is a Palestinian-led movement calling for a targeted boycott of a few specific companies. an explanation in their own words:
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) calls for a boycott of Israeli and international companies that are complicit in violations of Palestinian rights. Virtually all Israeli companies are complicit to some degree in Israel’s system of occupation and apartheid. We focus our boycotts on a small number of companies and products for maximum impact. We focus on companies that play a clear and direct role in Israel’s crimes and where we think we can have an impact.
as it is, the main targets do not include McDonalds, Starbucks, or Disney+, but that does not mean that it isn’t a good idea to boycott those as well - in fact, the ideal is to boycott all Israeli businesses involved in the violation of Palestinian rights. I will personally not be supporting any of those three companies listed by the OP.
Today I learned that there are mushroom picking manuals written and illustrated by AI
And they have the potential to kill people because they encourage people to identify wild plants by taste.
How soon are we going to start seeing AI car repair manuals?
AI first aid guides?
There’s already been a problem with AI written travel guides that tell people to go to dangerous crime ridden areas.
AI mushroom collecting guides also tell people to collect endangered species.
How soon are we going to see snake identification AI guides with AI art that doesn’t resemble any specific species? How soon until we get inaccurate CPR instructions?
Veterinary manuals for drug dosages and drug interactions? Those types of books are hundreds of dollars a piece. If there was a even slightly cheaper alternative available…..
I don’t know if legal action can be pursued in this case but this sounds like grounds for accusing the writers (well. prompters? programmers?) for these guides of spreading dangerous misinformation. Who knows, maybe that begins a legal precedent against this type of AI tool use.
