#View information

[runawaymarbles]

The midjourney stuff just reminds of when we were trying to find a new platform to host the ao3 donation form, and companies kept trying to tell me about all their "ai" features that would track donor engagement, and figure out the optimal pattern to email individual donors asking for follow up donations, and all the ways they suggest we manipulate people into staying on our websites. It was a great way to filter out who either wasn't listening to us when we described our ethics and donor base, or just didn't believe us.

Now granted ao3 is a unique case based on a) the amount of page views we get in any given time period and b) the fact that most donors absolutely do Not want to be identified as such anywhere, (the default "list of recent donors" module got nuked Immediately) but it surprised me some that the concept of "donors who value their privacy and would be furious at even the whiff of AI" is unique. Some of us really are just existing in different worlds.

[prostabiome36]

Discovering ProstaBiome: Enhancing Prostate Health Naturally

When it comes to maintaining optimal health, especially concerning the prostate, finding natural supplements that support your body's needs can make a significant difference. ProstaBiome is one such supplement that has gained attention for its unique formulation aimed at promoting prostate health and overall well-being. You need to Find out here.

Understanding ProstaBiome

ProstaBiome is formulated with a blend of natural ingredients known for their beneficial properties in supporting prostate health. From saw palmetto to zinc and selenium, each component is selected to work synergistically, aiming to alleviate common issues associated with prostate health.

The Benefits of ProstaBiome

Why consider ProstaBiome over other supplements? Here’s what sets it apart:

Natural Ingredients: Unlike many supplements filled with synthetic compounds, ProstaBiome prioritizes natural ingredients known for their prostate health benefits.

Comprehensive Support: It’s not just about addressing symptoms; ProstaBiome aims to support prostate health comprehensively, from inflammation management to urinary function.

Scientifically Backed: Backed by research and formulated with care, ProstaBiome aims to deliver results based on scientific insights into prostate health.

Incorporating ProstaBiome into Your Routine

Integrating ProstaBiome into your daily regimen is straightforward. Simply follow the recommended dosage instructions provided by the manufacturer. Consistency is key when it comes to supplements, allowing your body to benefit from the ingredients over time.

The Verdict: Why Choose ProstaBiome?

Choosing ProstaBiome means choosing a supplement crafted with your health in mind. Whether you’re looking to maintain prostate health or seeking natural support for specific concerns, ProstaBiome offers a compelling option worth considering.

Conclusion

In conclusion, ProstaBiome stands out in the crowded supplement market by focusing on natural, effective ingredients aimed at supporting prostate health. By prioritizing quality, research, and customer satisfaction, ProstaBiome exemplifies what a premium supplement should offer.

Next time you’re considering ways to enhance your prostate health naturally, consider ProstaBiome. Your body will thank you for the proactive care.

[majunju]

olorun

[orbch]

hey guys! i was just looking for some old old art of mine of something specific! i didnt find it!! and it doesnt matter! because i found some 2021 SANDERS SIDES FANART. which before 15 minutes ago, i was 100% sure didn’t exist. and it includes some bangers such as; 15 year old me’s moceit, prinxiety, c!thomas, and vague intruality!!! and also! it doesnt suck total ass!!!!! enjoy.

[communistkenobi]

The deeply moralist tone that a lot of discussions about media representation take on here are primarily neoliberal before they are anything else. Like the shouting matches people get into about “purity culture” “pro/anti” etc nonsense (even if I think it’s true that some people have a deeply christian worldview about what art ought to say and represent about the world) are downstream of the basic neoliberal assumption that we can and must educate the public by being consumers in a market. “Bad representation” is often framed as a writer’s/developer’s/director’s/etc’s failure to properly educate their audience, or to educate them the wrong way with bad information about the world (which will compel their audience to act, behave, internalise or otherwise believe these bad representations about some social issue). Likewise, to “consume” or give money to a piece of media with Bad Representation is to legitimate and make stronger these bad representations in the world, an act which will cause more people to believe or internalise bad things about themselves or other people. And at the heart of both of those claims is, again, the assumption that mass public education should be undertaken by artists in a private market, who are responsible for creating moral fables and political allegories that they will instil in their audiences by selling it to them. These conversations often become pure nonsense if you don’t accept that the moral and political education of the world should be directed by like, studio executives or tv actors or authors on twitter. There is no horizon of possibility being imagined beyond purchasing, as an individual consumer in a market, your way into good beliefs about the world, instilled in you by Media Product 

[equill]

The Warden

Panel: No escape.

Ok, now just some silly ideas to share (playing around with the au)

Comic 1: Invading dreams

Extra: no thanks.

Comic 2: Unwanted attention

[alboinz]

am i the only one going absolutely crazy realizing that max has his sim rig in the middle of his fancy white af rich people living room??? i thought he was sitting in a dark dusty closet all this time

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

okay but the fact that we hear all about kaveh's life post-fall out with alhaitham, the fact he graduated, worked at construction firms and continued taking on others' burdens, had a hard time finding solo work because of how arts are perceived in sumeru, that he went to his mother's wedding in fontaine, that he took a vacation from work because he was stifled by the environment and felt he had lost motivation and worth as an artist, was determined to complete the palace of alcazarzaray at the cost of everything he owned just to have a tangible object of his efforts and view of art only for its outcome to further emaciate him, until he meets alhaitham for the first time in years, is understood at once, has no need to don a front as he does for everyone else in his life, is listened to, is challenged once more and reinvigorated in his perception of his ideals, is offered a second chance, a home, and accepts it, although he cannot comprehend why alhaitham would offer such a thing and yet not ask anything of relevant substance in return, other than rent

all of this, and we hear virtually nothing of alhaitham's life post-fall out with kaveh, besides his graduation and his taking on the job of the scribe. his character stories omit this part of his life whereas kaveh's is full of detail and emotion, mostly suffering. the first instance we see of alhaitham in this time is from kaveh's perspective when the two meet again in the tavern, and in this alhaitham endeavours to understand kaveh once more, before offering his house - the research centre previously allocated to the both of them for the success of their joint thesis before they fell apart - to kaveh.

we don't know why alhaitham moved out of his grandmother's house and into the research centre, why he renovated it from a research centre into a livable home, only that he did so after kaveh informed alhaitham through a third party that he was not in need of a house, nor do we know his thought processes and emotions in the years spent apart - the years that are carefully documented in kaveh's character stories. the image we are presented with is that of stasis; alhaitham pursues no other close friendships, he works as the scribe, owns a nice house within sumeru, is financially secure, and functions within, and carries out, his own ideals - is content with this way of life. in this, from alhaitham's perspective, there are no details necessary to give from this time

but in inviting kaveh to live with him, his character stories tell us that what he gains by doing so is the mirror of himself, both in personality and scholarly thinking, and in this, he is able to gain an enhanced view of the world, which otherwise would be limited. with kaveh being present in alhaitham's life, alhaitham believes that his vision is perfected, whereas it could not be before, with kaveh's absence. it is in this that we hear what alhaitham has been missing in his life, and ultimately, it is kaveh, not just as a scholar, but as a person

what is omitted from alhaitham's character stories is provided in kaveh's character stories; where we hear about kaveh's struggles, we don't hear about alhaitham's. perhaps this is because alhaitham did not struggle as kaveh did in terms of realising and achieving his ideals, but instead his struggles were in silence, recognising that his vision, and himself, had been compromised because he had rejected the ideals that served to enhance his own vision, that he had inadvertently rejected, and thus had been rejected by, kaveh.

[bearotonin-international]

Apex predator, my ass. I’m going to pet the dog 🐻🐻‍❄️🐼

perhaps now is a good time for some responsible bear programming to remind everyone that as cute and cuddly as they may seem, bears are lethal apex predators and should absolutely be treated accordingly if ever encountered.

DO

NOT

PET

[spicyraeman]

If you're headcanoning lae'zel as older than she is, you're missing a fundamental part of her character

[llyfrenfys]

See, I personally find this quest to find pagan/pre-Christian elements in Welsh/Irish literature quite unnerving - I don't know about anyone else.

There's something to be said about genuinely discovering pre-Christian elements in a narrative or story and that being where evidence and study has led you. But I see some people on this fruitless quest to find pagan elements in very Christian texts and sometimes it feels like if no pagan elements can be found, people start making stuff up out of whole cloth - and that can be very dangerous for already not-well known texts in minoritised languages!

There's already so much misinformation out there about Irish/Welsh texts and literature in general - so it hurts to see people carelessly adding to the misinformation either out of ignorance or lack of respect for the source material.

I promise you the source material being Christian doesn't ruin it - you can in fact, enjoy these myths without making them into something they're not!

[lucabyte]

this time on purrgatorio: ali and markus learn why i havent made normal pride art in years

Bonus: Ascending to Godhood lets you look at the spreadsheets

[effervescentdragon]

i think a lot of people should google datenschutz/gdpr and how it protects people who bring in a complaint to their workplace/place of study before you start calling for the investigation to be published

[dawnbreakerluna]

The mischaracterization of Sylus aside from him being compared to b00ktok characters who are abusers is really frustrating to see & albeit almost immature. The fact that the introduction to his character is focused on and 'romanticized' above the overall of who he really is. It is perfectly okay to not like him because not everyone is going to like every single love interest in this game, but condemning people for being drawn to him is definitely not okay.

I'm no longer surprised yet am disappointed at what fandom has become for its severe stress of characters only being able to identify in a black or white scale of morality/appeal. Granted, I've learned a lot from my own mistakes of how to interact with fandoms over the past few years. However I don't ever recall fandom policing ever being this bad at ALL.

People severely dogging on Sylus for choking out/kidnapping the MC is, to me, the equivalent of the flock of BG3 players saying they killed Astarion because he had a knife to their throat when they first met him. Please make this make sense, LMAO. Especially considering that the new Star Wars Acolyte series involves a similar moment between the two lead characters, whose relationship development appeals to a significant amount of the audience and as far as I have seen, doesn't wander from the chemistry later on.

Anyway, my point is: trust, there are people who are sensibly consuming the content they're into. People understand the depths of the media they're consuming. As a Sylus fan myself, I understand that choking/kidnapping/handling with force is very much not an ideal encounter for a first meeting in real life.

However, because this is a fictional character in a fictional space, I'm considering and taking my appeal to it as a means of exploring what it is I like. Think of it as exploring kinks. I'm dipping my toe into the water safely where there's no life-threatening obstacles, so I can gauge how deep I am willing to go and not go.

(I will briefly mention my months-long infatuation with Johnny from the Texas Chainsaw game. There's a myriad of Johnny lovers who have explored more extreme umbrellas of dark content with him, because they are comfortable doing so. While I had made my own content, I simply left the topics I didn't like alone because at the end of the day, most people consuming the content related to this character/franchise are aware of their limits. The same can be said with any character, Sylus be damned.)

((Also, many have made Sylus out to be worse than he really is. I promise you he is the most tame of very extreme characters you're thinking about!))

[andoutofharm]

all i’m gonna say on the whole thing is yes ai art is not great and they did in fact fuck up but:

1) people are in fact human, including people in bands, and they will disappoint you. get more comfortable with that because it is fact and it will happen again because humans fuck up. this time it was because of misinformation or a lack of research and there was no malicious intent at all. anthony did more research and his views shifted and he recognized their mistake.

2) if you tell someone to kill themselves over something like this you are genuinely fucked up, especially when that person (anthony) has struggled with suicidal tendencies before. jesus christ.

in conclusion: have some fucking nuance. just a little.

[lunarbroadcast]

just thought i'd add this since i forgot to do so earlier

This is not for academic purposes. I will not be graded or this since this is a personal project of mine to improve in my studies (collecting data, writing, etc)

Ive seen alot on both sides of the anti/pro side of shipping and the discouse surrounding it so as someone who is both studying in law AND digital surveilance i decided to interview two of my teachers who served and still are serving in the law side of my country when i go back to class on monday and tuesday.

One was a police officer (i dont remember how long but i believe he retired) and the other specializes in surveilance and fraud.

i will also be interviewing different people on the stance online (meaning antis and proshippers will be involved)

The things i will be asking them will range from "what is your stance on (insert debate here)" and "would this be worthy of someone getting put to jail for" and all that

THIS IS FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. I AM NOT GOING TO PRETEND LIKE THIS IS SOME GOLDMINE OF ANSWERS. I'm just a student who is online a little too much

That means i need people willing to be able participate in terms of the online side of the debate so i will be making a form for antis and proshippers to answer if they wish to do so

Once the form is made i will reblog this with the form link. Any responses will be annonymous to protect people's privacy. Personal beliefs should not put people's lives at risk