Rosario by daylyte04
It's not an "abandoned" WIP, I didn't intentionally leave it in the forest to die and forget about it, it is a lost wip who wandered into the forest despite my pleas not to. I sit at the edge of the forest every day and hear it calling for help but there is nothing I can do. It is a haunting wip
Look, I’m willing to suspend disbelief for a lot of Yellowjackets shenanigans, but like…you will never, EVER convince me that someone turned down sex with Misty Quigley in the year of our lord 2021 when she was wearing THAT outfit. I don’t care how many batshit crazy things she said. That mustache guy is on a date with certified milf Christina Ricci in a fucking push-up bra and red lipstick, and she’s smiling and fingering her glass all seductively, and I’m supposed to believe he wasn’t one hundred percent dtf?? Can’t even wrap my head around it. Maybe men are just weak because every gay woman I know would have been actively volunteering to meet that creepy bird ASAP to get in that woman’s pants, who even is this guy?? Could not be me.
sorry for being cringe i was trying to have a human experience
Zac is out here repping for all children of shitty parents
So it turns out that ChatGPT not only uses a ton shit of energy, but also a ton shit of water. This is according to a new study by a group of researchers from the University of Colorado Riverside and the University of Texas Arlington, Futurism reports.
Which sounds INSANE but also makes sense when you think of it. You know what happens to, for example, your computer when it’s doing a LOT of work and processing. You gotta cool those machines.
And what’s worrying about this is that water shortages are already an issue almost everywhere, and over this summer, and the next summers, will become more and more of a problem with the rising temperatures all over the world. So it’s important to have this in mind and share the info. Big part of how we ended up where we are with the climate crisis is that for a long time politicians KNEW about the science, but the large public didn’t have all the facts. We didn’t have access to it. KNOWING about things and sharing that info can be a real game-changer. Because then we know up to what point we, as individuals, can have effective actions in our daily lives and what we need to be asking our legislators for.
And with all the issues AI can pose, I think this is such an important argument to add to the conversation.
I often think issues like this are a result of “The Cloud,” and by that I mean the propagation of this notion that data and the internet exist out in the ether somewhere and not like...on someone else’s hard drives which are housed in hundreds and thousands of huge warehouses which require climate control.
Most humans already have a LOT of magical thinking about computers, and I really wish we spent more time teaching not just basic computing skills (how to navigate an interface), but basic INFRASTRUCTURE knowledge. When you think of it as chatting with Jeff Bezos’s huge garage full of nerd hardware, it’s easier to make the logical leap to say “hey i wonder what kind of resources it takes to keep all these hard drives from overheating...?”
We need to systematically think of internet usage, data centers and computer processing as things that emit CO2, use water and are dependent on dirty mineral mining for chips and batteries. Higher resolution streaming? More cloud storage? More AI? That all means more CO2 emission, more water consumption and more mining. This kind of ‘progress’ means the world burns faster.
In the coming years we might see a rising awareness of this at the individual level (”don’t leave your music streaming when you leave the house” etc) and while that’s not entirely useless, it’s important to remember that the problem is systematic. Tech companies are deliberately obscuring the pollution of their products from us, driving our ecosystems towards mass extinction for a profit in the same way other industries are.
wow i really like this song i think i’m gonna listen to it 1 maybe 60 more times
i love that the phrase "away with the fairies" means you're going crazy. yes, i am absolutely losing the plot, it's magical.
white people please just purchase native artwork and jewelry from native people i keep seeing idiot white people be like “waaah i wish i could support native creators but its cultural appropriation” girl why would beaders sell you their earrings then. just dont get a medicine wheel or a thunderbird then like damn it is that easy
If Native folks are making it to sell to white people with the approval of their tribe, it’s not “appropriation”–its support and appreciation! So yes, buy that native-made dream catcher, but not the mass produced fakes made by white people. Like, you can go to a pow wow and buy native crafts there, too.
here are some places to get native/indigenous goods and merch online if you can’t find something local or if physical access is an obstacle:
https://sweetgrasstradingco.com/ https://nativeharvest.com/ https://byellowtail.com/ https://www.salishstyle.com/ https://trickstercompany.com/ https://hutxh.com/ https://www.thentvs.com/ https://urbannativeera.com/ https://www.oxdxclothing.com/ https://kotahbear.com/ https://www.totemdesignhouse.com/ https://ginewusa.com/ https://eighthgeneration.com/
and the only native-owned comic shop in the world: https://redplanetbooksncomics.com/
sometimes u just have to catch feelings for your best friend and hide it for years... it builds character
"poor people are happier with less" and "money won't buy happiness" is literally classist propaganda. stop buying into it and start making molotov cocktails
when i was a child, i heard voices some would sing and some would scream
So, what you’re saying is it’s all downhill for Mystery Inc.? Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) dir. Raja Gosnell
"Whatever part of me they were, is not of me anymore"
BARBIE (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig
Since the beginning of time, since the first little girl ever existed, there have been dolls. But the dolls were always and forever baby dolls, until…
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