Maryland vs peta

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

I see you in the tags. It’s real. Nothing fake about this lmao. There’s even news stories from 2018 when it happened!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2018/08/24/crabby-reactions-after-peta-puts-up-billboards-asking-marylanders-not-eat-crabs/

Oh, I certainly didn't doubt that PETA made that billboard. PETA is known for making pretty ridiculous billboards. I remember even covering one of them in a high school English class, specifically the one that called plus-sized people "whales."

I should have been more specific, but I also didn't expect anyone to respond to my tags lmao. I was referring to the "response Old Bay made" to the billboard. It looks like a quickly made edit someone made. You can tell because the second photo is in the exact same quality and angle as the first, but the font is in better quality for some mysterious reason.

I am no graphic design expert by any means, but I've dabbled in Photoshop and took one (1) class for it, and I also make shitty memes all the time. It is definitely a proctored photo quickly made for internet clout.

But when doing research to make sure it was definitely fake, I actually did find the seafood billboard war: but it's not Old Bay.

After PETA posted this billboard in Baltimore, a local seafood restaurant in Dundalk called "Jimmy’s Famous Seafood" saw this, and the owner decided to make a response by making this billboard.

Then when PETA made a billboard during Lent, the same restaurant responded again. This time with two billboards, for emphasis.

Source: https://www.baltimoresun.com/food-drink/bs-fo-peta-jimmys-billboard-wars-20230309-5snlvhs3yraflev6rfh7kdrvem-story.html

This is the actual seafood billboard war that happened in Maryland. Old Bay was never involved in this, and they didn't have to be. It's honestly better that a family-owned business was doing this.

I literally have no clue why someone would make the effort to edit a photo and lie about it being Old Bay when the actual responses are SO hilarious?? Maybe because OP thought that Old Bay would be funnier because it's a brand people recognize, but tbh, a local restaurant roasting the shit out of PETA is such comedy gold. People need to know about the REAL billboard wars.

So did the trailer thingy for Percy Jackson magically solve the writers' strike or something? What did I miss for everyone seemingly forgetting/deciding to ignore that now?

Appreciate the pro-union solidarity, but watching trailers is definitely not strikebreaking! While SAG-AFTRA (the actors' union) does have a no-promo rule for its members during the strike, the no-promo rule does NOT apply the same way to fans (or, to make things a tad more confusing, the WGA/writers guild, who are free to talk about their work as long as it's not at the studios' request.)

The best way to support the unions right now is to boost their message on social media, correct misinformation, and donate to strike funds such as the Entertainment Community Fund and the Green Envelope Grocery Aid fund. Until such time as the unions actually ask for a boycott, we are not boycotting.

some dipshit uploaded my book to an AI site, so suffice to say, I will fucking kill them

emailed my agent cuz our contract states she has to protect me from shit like this, so we'll see what she says

but I will still kill these ppl

LMFAO THE SITE IS BEING TAKEN DOWN

hey so, just so there's no ambiguity about what just happened-- this was about Prosecraft, a website that would help you compare your writing to your favorite author by analyzing the "vividness" of the words used, passive voice vs active voice and the number of adverbs used in a given section.

unfortunately, the service is dogshit for various reasons but that's not the issue here.

the issue is that the website had trained an AI on 25,000 books, one of which included mine. and i definitely did not give anyone permission to use my work to train an AI. it's literally stated in my contract.

and if i didn't give permission--i can imagine quite a number of authors didn't give permission either. (oops, i don't have to imagine--because hundreds of authors came forward and said they didn't give permission either!)

so i emailed my agent about this. my agent directed me to my publisher which has a legal department that looks into piracy on this scale. all of those authors did the same, emailing their legal team, getting The Authors Guild involved.

EVERY AUTHOR pretty much roasting this guy named Benji Smith on Twitter for claiming to "support authors" yet clearly using pirated work to train an AI.

of course, he decided to take the website down. authors are now talking about getting AI protection clauses in their contracts going forward. i already have one with my agent, but I imagine I will have to get it instated into every publishing contract moving forward.

source: it happened to me lol (but if you don't believe me, here's a link)

why is this so funny

real

WITCHES' SABBATH Part 1

Illustrations by Jack Wilson

there is only one empire in the world and it is baklava empire

our glorious baklavastan

Dank spidey memes

Hold up - that last meme was from the CW DC Arrowverse, implying there are DC comics in the Spiderverse?

Spider-Man comics exist in the Arrowverse so it's only fitting.

noah fence but how do ppl 5′5″ and under like survive….

elaborate tunnel system

crumbs

my eyes are positioned such that i can see the sky above me so that i will be aware of hawks and owls

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“I knew you were Autistic, but I still talked to you like a normal person!”

Listen I appreciate the sentiment there friend but I don’t think hearing you say it like that is the lofty honor you think it is

Like I’m not sure how to break this to you but I do see myself as a normal person, and hearing you imply that you’ve been Playing Along With My Delusion all this time kind of makes me feel like two poorly-disguised children in a trench coat trying to sneak into an R-rated movie called Dignity And Respect

If you've ever wondered why people in Hawai'i hate tourists, try to wrap your mind around the fact that there are CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, tourists sipping martinis and looking at fish within swimming range of the fresh corpses of local people who couldn't escape the overnight destruction of their entire town.

Try to comprehend that there are fully functional, high capacity boats passing through the waters in front of an area full of survivors who are stranded and in need of supplies, refusing to help. They are hosting snorkeling tours.

Really think about, try your best to actually picture over two thousand people unhoused and in need of shelter, with nothing but the clothes on their backs and nothing to return to. Understand that the island, stolen land, is littered with hotels full of air conditioned of rooms with beds and showers and toilets, each fully equipped to host hundreds of families for weeks, turning these people away because they're booked up with tourists who refuse to leave.

And understand that these tourists were offered free transport to return home or be hosted on other islands. Free. Courtesy of local tax dollars. 4,000 wealthy tourists were offered free flights shelter on Oahu and begged to leave the island, BEFORE the survivors were given shelter.

And enough still insisted on remaining and carrying out their vacations that people are left without shelter and resources while they enjoy "their stay in paradise".

In case this gains any traction, I NEED people to understand that this is not an invitation for mainlanders to get on a soapbox and start telling each other whether or not or how to visit Hawai'i. The tourism situation is complex and difficult and you don't get it if you haven't lived through it at minimum wage. You don't fully understand the complexities and you will not. And you are liable to do more harm by trying to dictate rules and ethics of visiting the islands to each other.

If you want to help, listen to local people. Seek out and boost what they're saying. Send each other local sources of information. Research from local sources. DO NOT take this crisis as an opportunity to insert your views and speak for us.

I really dig the official Paralympics logo for the shooting competitions

"Isn't it weird that [thing humans commonly eat] is poisonous to literally every domesticated animal" I mean, there's a pretty good chance that [thing humans commonly eat] is at least mildly poisonous to humans, too. One of our quirks as a species is that we think our food is bland if it doesn't have enough poison in it.

Humans have a really weird mix of mundane superpowers.

We're not fast and don't have a lot of natural weaponry but we're bizarrely tolerant to a broad range of toxins to the point that one toxin is considered a morning necessity for some to perform at work. Gotta love us.

being a palestinian living in the west is so difficult because you could explain in thorough detail the hardship and suffering you and your family and all your friends families went through and are STILL going through while under occupation and white people at MOST will be like “oh well thank you for sharing your perspective!”

it’s NOT my “perspective”. it’s my reality and it’s my families reality and it’s every palestinians reality and every day we face the news of death and massacres. every day we lose loved ones. every day we sit as our voices are silenced by western media and israeli propaganda and we mourn our innocent loved ones who died at the hands of apartheid and occupation.

every time i return back to my homeland- i see posters of all the people israel has killed. i see posters on the streets and on the walls everywhere of men, women, and children who were killed for simply being born as themselves.

every time my family walks through our cities, my dad points at a poster of martyrs and goes “he was my friend. israel killed him. i miss him every day.”

we’d walk for hours and my dad would point to another poster and another poster and another poster and say “he was my friend. i miss him.” and it feels awful. my dad can never have that time with his friends again, and he can never go back without seeing another one of his friends faces on the walls of our cities.

it’s not just a “perspective”.

you need to understand that with every genocide israel is committing, we lose more and more every day. and just because we’re in the west doesn’t make what’s happening in palestine any less important.

I’ve been cursed! 🤣

oh god I got a picture of the moon you tumblr bitches are gonna LOVE

LOOK AT HER!!!! CRESCENT MOON DURING A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET!!!! SHE’S BISEXUAL!!!!!!

The Bisexual and Transgender pride flags colour picked from literally the most beautiful image of the moon ever

Hawaii is not a trend. Support needs to be continuous.

There are more ways to help than just donations. Listen to locals, share their stories and support them directly.

Please support them directly.

Hawaii's history is full of the government, military, and U.S. investors betraying Hawaii's trust and desecrating our culture. TMT and Red Hill (Navy poisons drinking water) are just recent examples.

Another reason you should support locals directly is because some organizations like Red Cross have been treating locals like shit. Generally being uncaring or just standing around acting like security guards.

‘Āina Momona is a great place to look for direct donations to local organizations or families effected by the fires.