#source: internet?

[charlottemadison42]

Hey guess what? Firefox's creator, Mozilla, is considering whether to integrate an AI button/feature into their browser. If you, like me, use Firefox and wish to offer feedback, here is the thread: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/share-your-feedback-on-the-ai-services-experiment-in-nightly/td-p/60519

Pass it on.

[inkskinned]

idaho is already moving to repeal same-sex marriage. they say it's an overreach of the governmental power, and that the law should be determined by "state's rights".

trump is expected to sign an executive order banning trans women in women's sports. in the article i've linked there, he notes that the "biggest hand" (most applause) he gets is when he attacks trans women. isn't that interesting.

i know my own father voted for him. my own father, radicalized by podcasts and bad youtube, voted for this; felt smug about it. he genuinely believes the dems want to "put christians in camps." as if the dems could ever get off their silken asscheeks and actually do anything. i wish they had strong enough messaging to be misattributed like this.

my girlfriend and i worked the polls on election day, counting ballots. my father was eating noisily beside us. "see? you're freaked out about nothing." after all, i live in massachusetts: beautiful, expensive, no-working-transportation MA. the only state to go all-blue.

"if it's state's rights, you'll be fine," he said. i'd been sworn at a few days before this. a year ago almost to the day, i got hit in the head with an empty beer bottle. he said i was being dramatic. after all, first-adopter "the gay state" Massachusetts would rather explode than get rid of same-sex marriage. so what should i care, after all.

this man is a deacon. i guess he expects me not to get out of the car in any red state. i guess he thinks my relationship dissolves across certain borders. he doesn't see why it's concerning that i can't leave, because why would i want to. who wants to go to idaho? who cares about the real, living, breathing people in idaho.

(but then again: who cares about the real, living, breathing humans on deportation planes. they're not us. after all, my father came here legally. i am an american citizen because of birthright citizenship. i am even debating this because he immigrated.)

i texted my mom about it. i feel sick. no matter how much activism and research and outreach i do: it's always shocking to see a room full of people who hate you so much that they take legal action against you. on my small ex-work-laptop, i watch the shaking hands of people in idaho begging their representatives to reconsider. the fear in their voice is palpable. no person should have their relationship threatened this way. the motion still passes, 46-24.

it's all just happening so fast. i feel i am pushing my hands through glass pieces, watching the cuts before i feel them.

people often reference "first they came for..." when stuff like this happens, and while that's fair - there's a very quiet part of me that always says they're already at your door, you complete idiot. the same force that governs trans women's bodies will also be used against cis women. the censorship about supposed "DEI terms" will also be used to stifle science in general.

it won't just be idaho.

[useless-catalanfacts]

For comparison, the map of geolocated Wikimedia elements vs map of the Catalan Countries:

Catalan was the 3rd Wikipedia to be created (after English and German) but, even though German Wikipedia website had been created, it didn't have any articles for a while. For this reason, Catalan Wikipedia was the 2nd Wikipedia in the world with articles.

Since its creation in 2001, the Catalan community has been one of the most active Wikipedia communities in the world with the objective of making reliable information in our language freely available to anyone. In 2010, the Catalan Wikipedia became the first version of Wikipedia to rank high quality in all the articles of Wikipedia’s List of Articles All Languages Should Have, reaching this milestone even before English. It has also been awarded many other times for its high quality articles.

Thank you to everyone who contributes!

[oscahpitlane]

an rc car forum discusses 9-year-old Oscar Piastri

[gingerswagfreckles]

Btw if you blatantly lie about Israel or the war in Gaza and someone calls you out for lying they are not in fact "defending Israel" they are calling you out for spreading mis or disinformation. In case that wasn't clear.

[romanoffshouse]

Wanda: Y/N, are you crying?

Y/N: No, I'm just having an allergic reaction.

Wanda: To what?

Y/N: Life.

[leorobotsworld]

Yang: You're killing my tough huntress personality

Jaune: Who's a good girl?

Yang: *blushing* ...me

[fleursdesmorts]

every year people get angry when ao3 requests donations but honestly in a world where almost all spaces online are slowly being eaten by corporations which censor the content on those sites, having a fan-run fan-sponsored place where people can create gay art without fear is great

[youre-dreaming-302]

[qiu-yan]

real talk i think modern au jiang cheng would be a jiang cheng anti

[ijustgotherebro]

Nina: why are people always fighting over top or bottom? I would be lucky just to have a bunkbed .

Rick.....

Amanda.....

Weasel....

Dr.phosphurus: im gonna tell her

The bride: dont you dare

[natashasnoodle]

Natasha, during training: Alright, listen up, you little shits. Not you, Y/n. You’re an angel and we’re thrilled to have you here.

[pianokantzart]

When Charlotte Kristof (one of the main character animators from The Super Mario Bros. Movie) confirms that "Mario is someone who is very brave and optimistic, so he won't show everyone his feelings," then goes on to say that Luigi is one of the few people he is confident enough to open up to because of how strong their bond is.

[wolfer13579]

Alastor: *Barges into Lucifer’s room* Are you alright, my darling?

Lucifer: Yeah. Why? What’s up?

Alastor: I thought I heard something loud drop.

Lucifer: That was my shirt.

Alastor: Your shirt fell and made that noise?

Lucifer: I was inside of it.

[incognitopolls]

There are a lot of consistently repeated "facts" around tumblr that fall somewhere in this gradient—some of which are only corrected by actually crunching numbers, reading scientific papers, etc. Falling for misrepresented data isn't anyone’s fault, but it does mean that some things that "everyone knows" are straight up incorrect, because the source was written by someone who didn't understand what they were reporting on, or the subject was twisted to suit a narrative (for personal reasons, monetary gain, etc).

Meanwhile, SOME claims just don't have a real source at all.

Do you check sources before you repeat a factoid or spread a post?

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[romanoffshouse]

Random person, gesturing towards Y/N: Excuse me, is this woman bothering you?

Natasha: Yes, but she's my wife. I signed up for this.