History is literally repeating itself.

If you care about indigenous children, please watch this video and share it.

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[Transcript:

So… You guys all know what’s going on in the most corrupt state in the United States, and… after they passed that ban, now they are going to SCOTUS to try to kick down the Indian Child Welfare Act, which protects Indigenous children, and the whole reason they want to do it is so they can steal our children and put them in, quote, good christian homes. We cannot let this happen. This will cause the complete erasure of Indigenous people. This is not okay. We need everyone on board, please share this before I get shut down. Please, our lives are literally on the line. Our existence is on the line. This cannot happen. We need you in D.C. and we need to go straight to the house and we need to demand that this injustice stop.

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I got this message from a bot, and honestly? If I was a bit younger and not such a jaded bitch with a career in tech, I might have given it an honest try. I spent plenty of time in a tough situation without access to any mental health resources as a teen, and would have been sucked right in.

Chatting right from your phone, and being connected with people who can help you? Sounds nice. Especially if you believe the testimonials they spam you with (tw suicide / self harm mention in below images)

But I was getting a weird feeling, so I went to read the legalese.

I couldn't even get through the fine-print it asked me to read and agree to, without it spamming the hell out of me. Almost like they expect people to just hit Yes? But I'm glad I stopped to read, because:

I was curious about their business model. They're a venture-capitol based tech startup, owned by Airbnb, the famous mental health professionals with a focus on ethical business practices./s They're also begging for donations despite having already been given 2.5 million dollars in research funding. (If you want a deep dive on why people throw crazy money at tech startups, see my other post here)

They also use the data they gather from users to conduct research and publish papers. I didn't find them too interesting - other than as a good case study of "People tend to find what they are financially incentivized to find". Predictably, Koko found that Kokobot was beneficial to its users.

So yeah, being a dumbass with too much curiosity, I decided to use the Airbnb-owned Data-Mining Mental Health Chatline anyway. And if you thought it was dangerous sounding from the disclaimers? Somehow it got worse.

(trigger warning / discussions of child abuse / sexual abuse / suicide / violence below the cut - please don't read if you're not in a good place to hear about negligence around pretty horrific topics.)

Kokobot is incredibly predatory and exploitative. I wrote a post about how it exploits minors' empathy and gamifies "giving mental health advice", resulting in an unregulated mess that can only do harm to teens' mental health in the long run.

There are young people on tumblr that actively seek support from KokoBot right now, if you check the tag for recent posts. Those people did not get paid to promote it, so do not harrass them. If you can, direct them towards resources about Kokobot (like this post) that are more transparent about what this company is up to.

loving this new tiktok trend of 14 year olds thinking 1998 was actually the 1800s

Oh holy shit they found Silphium alive and growing in the wild.

Like now that I am awake I need to reiterate how huge this is. It was presumed harvested to extinction by the Romans. It was a favorite flavoring and according to historians one of the best contraceptives ever known. True or not it would be fantastic to study that but it being extinct made that impossible.

This is such a huge deal! I hope they get it figured how to grow it.

i like sailing myths and superstitions because most of them can be boiled down to "if the ocean doesn't like you it will chew you up and spit out your bones. and if it really loves you it will swallow you whole and keep you forever. good luck 👍"

best use of the underwater filter on this app

never ask a woman her age, a man his salary, and a gen z trans masc why their name is dave

this is taking me out whoever reblogged with this may god bless ur soul

we should draw more robots with horns

Honestly, I think it's cool to see cis people adopt and use "nonconforming" pronouns. I saw a cis man state their pronouns were they/them, and I think that's awesome that they're forthcoming with that! I think a lot of cis people think pronoun nonconformity excludes them, but they're completely wrong! Pronoun nonconformity is literally for anybody. If you are a they/them cis man, that's fucking awesome! There will be people who will respect you, and it isn't a world-ending request to be addressed correctly

baby🤏

Fermenting in a butch honoring way

I MEANT FEMME NOT FERMENTING

i think we as a society need more lesbian vampires in media

hyperfixation sucks I think just a little too hard about a guy who isn't even real and I could start crying any second

i am - erwin olaf (2019)

by Burlov Andrey

Y'know. Can't remember the last time I saw a dickbutt.

Meoww😂 meow meow meowmeow🤣🤣 meowwwww meow. Meow moew meow🥲 meow😭

please pass this around to all of your classmates, i don’t want anyone saying they didn’t get to vote