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[...] A major international media outlet asked me recently to join its educational platform. I had to record a video message in English and talk about my experience of serving in the armed forces of Ukraine, so children around the world could learn English from these videos and accompanying materials. I recorded it and did everything according to their instructions.
I got a cheerful message the other day from the editorial office, saying: “We’ve launched!” I opened the presentation and had a panic attack. The lesson was structured around eight speakers, each talking about their war experience: four Ukrainians (including me) and four Russians. A Russian journalist and armed forces “deserter”. A Russian teacher. A Russian medical director. Another Russian journalist. The lesson ended with a slide. The Russian flag was at the top. The Ukrainian flag at the bottom. The question proposed for discussion: “What similarities and differences did you notice when listening to the experiences of people from Russia and Ukraine?”
The emotional negligence of this makes me want to scream. [...] I am sickened by how my story has become an ideological tool to equalise the experience of the defender and the attacker. [...]
I’ve been living with the acute feeling that the world is tired of restraining its unquenchable love of Russia. The west wants to believe in the Cinderella story, that one day the dictatorship will fall and a wonderful democratic world will emerge.
Instead of imposing further sanctions and restrictions on Russia, the west is ready to crown the film Anora with all the awards, despite the fact that the Russian actor Yura Borisov, who appears in the film, also starred in a biopic of Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47, which was partly filmed in Crimea after its annexation.
The world is ready to listen to Russia again: a UK television channel last year released the film Ukraine’s War: The Other Side by Sean Langan. The film doesn’t just give the other side a voice; it gives a human dimension to the stories of the occupiers and repeats the narratives of Russian propaganda. This is as consistent with journalistic standards as asking an executioner, how are you feeling as you do this, and do you miss your family who are waiting for you at home?[...]
[...] If during the first term of Trump’s presidency we talked of the post-truth era, now we find ourselves in a world in which the truth is taken out, tortured and shot. This means that there will be no justice. This means that anything goes.[...]
[...] The world is looking at the body of truth that is dying and bleeding before our eyes. I beg you, if you can’t stop the bleeding, at least don’t turn away from the sight of blood.[...]
looks like i have the gift of prophecy because....
AO3 got fucking scraped again for gen AI purposes!
AO3 got scraped for gen AI purposes again, a ton of works were included.
There's been DMCA requests and it looks like some/most? of it has been taken down, thankfully. Still. I highly highly recommend that everyone lock all their works to the archive right now. I can't force you to, but I strongly suggest that you do. Don't let them scrape your work in the future. It sucks losing guest interaction but. Would you rather feed the AI slop?
For people who guest comment: Make an AO3 account! You have to wait a bit for an invite but it's worth it i promise!!
For artists specifically: I recommend that you look into Glaze and/or Nightshade. There's also these disruption filters, it's not clear how well these actually work, but you're welcome to try them. Glaze is supposed to work best, though.
It looks like you can see the status of the datasets here
And how to submit DMCA or copyright violation
I'll say it again: FUCK AI THAT STEALS PEOPLE'S ART AND WRITING!!!!
Some flowers I have made for my mom for March 8th
Lil guy
And some experiences with form of face because idk which form to draw
So fucking wild to me that no one put the orange fuck in his place when he's literally talking about making Ukraine surrender (or at least is majorly hinting at that)
None of us here want to be part of ruzzia. Literally none of us. And choosing shit for us is extemely fucking disrespectful (not that I expected anything different from the orange fuck) and people all over the world, and especially in the US, imo, need to speak up.
ok im going to #seriouspost for a second here. I don't think Harry Potter is a manifesto. I think it was a flawed passion project that millennials latched onto because of the fantasy of sticking it to their mean teachers and arbitrarily categorizing themselves (hogwarts houses; it's the thinking millennial's astrology). I think the fact that the series got popular when and how it did was very much a product of its time.
I don't think Harry Potter is the biggest symbol of JKR's bigotry. I think the most flagrant sign of that was how she responded to critics. I watched her become radicalized in real time. I watched how she doubled down on her racism when she was called out for the ways she promoted her tragically mid fantastic beasts movies. I watched her chase marginalized teenagers with a double digit follower count off of twitter for daring to criticize her thought process, and no one with any kind of power standing against her because she was the one who was paying them. This isn't to say Harry Potter is without flaws. This is to say she really didn't give a shit about that. Getting rich and powerful is a hell of a drug, and she had enough sycophants that she had no reason to care about what her critics were saying.
She was convinced that she was a martyr; a voice for the unheard; a leader for the ages, so of course her detractors were the bad guys. And I think we should take this to heart. We should see this as an example of how easy it is to get radicalized; if you think of yourself as a paragon of virtue, you are going to think that whatever you see as good and right is an objective fact. Most people don't know this, but the majority of terfs start out as trans allies. You are not immune to propaganda! You are not immune to falling into dangerous ideologies!!!
This is why the most important thing you can do as an activist is to listen. Do NOT think you're above being wrong; do NOT develop a god complex; do NOT form an identity out of being right all the time. Involve yourselves in the groups you claim to speak for. Listen to trans women; share resources that help trans women; familiarize yourself with the diversity of experiences that trans people have and the struggles they face.
No, none of you are as bad as JKR because you don't have her money or her power. You will likely never have the capacity for harm she does. But check yourselves. Do not affirm yourselves into thinking you always have the moral high ground. Watch yourselves; humble yourselves; check yourselves for signs of cult behavior and internalized prejudice. You are always learning. You will always be learning. Do not allow yourselves to get a power trip from brushing off marginalized voices.
So, human souls.
The eight souls we know. Only one soul alive.
But how about a death of other children? We know how Chara died, but we don't know how they feel themselve in that moment, and, well.. I like an idea, that all souls died, when they weren't being themself (? I genuinely don't know how I can describe that?? Sorry I bad at English (( )
Let me explain. Well, if I can speak, but I can't, so.. I hope you would understand.
"Souls weren't being themself" in that sentence I mean stuff like..
The soul of Bravery fall in blind fear and died, with pray for life on their lips.
The soul of Justice forgot their morals and died, being judged of their sins.
The soul of Kindness were forced became more cruel and died, with dust on their hands.
The soul of Patience went inpatient and died, they forgot about carefulness
The soul of Integrity bluffed and died, being a bad liar, but still considered one of them.
The soul of Perseverance no longer see motivation and died, didn't see more reason for being alive.
With red soul need a little explanation of my opinion, because I didn't see it like the soul of Determination. It's the soul of Character; it's about being yourself in first place.
"Despite everything it's still you", and that a main description of the Red Soul for me.
And Chara died to be a part of someone else. They died and then absorbed by Asriel. Well, Chara still exists in head of a busted Asriel at that point, but it is still "them"? I don't think so. Even at the end genocide run, I don't think it's entirely them.
And Frisk don't die. Actually, they are become someone. At the end true pacifist run, we find out their name, and then realise, that Frisk can be not just a custom for player, but a person. They never betrayed the essence of their soul.
Or I just want add more tragedy in children's death, who knows
(And I don't know where I can get yellow and blue text for Justice and Integrity sorry)
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