To the folks needing aid who've been sending me messages about this: I've not been deliberately ignoring you, I'm sometimes not on tumblr for a handful of days at a time. If I ever get to posting and nothing I post are your important messages, I've just forgotten to check my inbox.

I am sorry I cannot do more for you. My financial situation is delicate and bad, and I have the benefit of being in a safe place, but I can rarely afford my recurring bills and food in the same month, and I rely on the support of my caretakers. When I have little to donate, it isn't because I don't care, it is because I've been in the red for weeks and have absolutely nothing to give. When your asks get no notes after being posted to my blog, it isn't because I don't care, it's because if you subtract the number of followers that are blogs of people requesting aid, I have like 20 followers. I am not able to give you the help or the signal boosting you deserve, and I know an apology is no help, but please know I am not deliberately ignoring you or refusing to help

#tief talks #i know i never make posts abt my own life but i didn't feel fine just not addressing this #i am so sorry y'all honestly #the only reason i can be on tumblr at all is because i don't have to pay the internet bill on my own i have nothing to give #and like a solid third of my follower count is blogs of people requesting aid i cannot even signal boost you properly #this isn't me saying “stop asking” just please know that i am unable to do more than a little for a person or two once a month #and i do not have the network to being your posts to the attention of the masses #and when all i put under your asks is a dash it's just because i am autistic and i cannot think of anything to say that wouldn't–#– come off as patronizing at best #because i just don't know that apologizing or wishing well will count for anything meaningful

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moveslikekeithrichards

so fucked up that halloweens on monday. thats a friday kind of holiday

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fluxion-fluent

people keep saying the only way out is through but wont say through what

javob

The perfume department

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The AI-Generated Product Reviews Choking the Internet Are Now Illegal

New FTC guidelines went into effect this week, officially rendering it illegal to publish fake, misleading, and AI-generated product reviews

Futurism

Sweeping changes to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines aimed at cleaning up the polluted, confusing world of online product reviews went into effect on Monday, meaning the federal agency is now allowed to levy civil penalties against bad actors who knowingly post product reviews and testimonials deemed misleading to American consumers.

Fucking finally.

Curious to see how enforcement works, and/or if they're going after retroactive violations. Full text of the August 2024 rules change here.

If you like this kind of thing, don't let Trump back into office. Because, well, you know...

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abyssal-ilk

she cares about them, damn it.

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stephenroot

take out a hit on dead person

georgia desecration of a corpse penalty

find a gravesite covington georgia

champagne and chocolates shipping service georgia

mlobsters

At 81, she just voted for the first time: ‘Made me feel like I was American’

For Helping Voters Who Can’t Read, She’s Been Criminally Charged — Twice. That Hasn’t Stopped Her.

Olivia Coley-Pearson offered help to voters who struggle to read. For taking on one of America’s oldest forms of voter suppression, she got

ProPublica

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cookietastic

Gonna be so real if a 12 year old traced my art and put it on their school binder I would be so fucking honored

despin-convert

i would levy a lawsuit against them that would leave their family in ruins

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klngfili

Happy low opacity elrond day to all who celebrate it

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One bit of obscure Dragon Age lore a day until Dragon Age: The Veilguard is released

Divine Theodosia II gave birth on the steps of the Grand Cathedral in front of a crowd of faithful Andrastians. She was removed from the Sunburst Throne shortly thereafter.

Source: Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, p. 17

Previous bit

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#this is typically how I talk to people personally about things #consequence of being an oldest child i think

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sephirthoughts

Welcome to your late 30s. All those “soulmates” from college got divorced, and all the things that bring you joy are inside your awesome house where no one else can come unless you let them in.

risingoflights

late thirties where none of your friends from college can hang out because they’re busy with children or careers or they’ve moved too far away, and you have personal hobbies that bring you joy but you do feel a bit lonely about it

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A little advice from someone studying extremist groups: if you’re in a social media environment where the daily ubiquitous message is that you have no hope of any kind of future and you can’t possibly achieve anything without a violent overthrow of society, you’re being radicalized, and not in the good way.

embervoices

If the solution to your problems sounds like “we need a blank slate” it’s a lie. There are no blank slates, and the closest approximation people can generally imagine is “burn it all down and let God/fate/history sort it out”.

That’s not problem solving. It’s barely catharsis, in practice. It doesn’t just create more problems than it solves, it destroys more solutions than it creates.

Put the apocalypse down, and back away slowly.

Real solutions to complex, systemic problems are not so easily reduced to “us good, them evil; kill them.”