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my utopia has disability in it. my utopia includes free healthcare and no-questions welfare and state-funded carers. my utopia includes building requirements that centre disabled bodies — ramps and lifts and dimmer switches and braille signs. my utopia has disability in it. because without disability, it’s not much of a utopia at all

we have to give ourselves permission to imagine disabled futures. we’ve been told, either implicitly or explicitly that we shouldn’t exist, so it becomes hard to imagine a perfect world populated with people like us. but loving ourselves and our communities is about being able to imagine a future that has us in it. there is a perfect world where people are happily disabled. and that’s what I’m fighting for — the chance that we can slowly take steps towards that world. imagine disabled futures

Good way of thinking about it with Utopias. A Utopia is not a world without disabilities. It is one adapted for people with disabilities.

When I was a very suicidal trans activist in Texas, Benjamin Sisko saying “sure, you would [die for your people]. Dying gets you off the hook. The question is: are you willing to live for your people?” changed and possibly saved my life. It’s up there with “if we are going to be damned, let us be damned for who we really are” from Picard. Star Trek not only shows us a better world, it teaches us how to make it there

I want to write a book called “your character dies in the woods” that details all the pitfalls and dangers of being out on the road & in the wild for people without outdoors/wilderness experience bc I cannot keep reading narratives brush over life threatening conditions like nothing is happening.

I just read a book by one of my favorite authors whose plots are essentially airtight, but the MC was walking on a country road on a cold winter night and she was knocked down and fell into a drainage ditch covered in ice, broke through and got covered in icy mud and water.

Then she had a “miserable” 3 more miles to walk to the inn.

Babes she would not MAKE it to that inn.

Are there any other particularly egregious examples?

This book already exists, sort of! Or at least, it’s a biology textbook but I bought it for writing purposes:

It starts with a chapter about freezing to death, and it is without a doubt the scariest thing I’ve read in years (and I read a lot of horror fiction).

This book can be downloaded for free on Researchgate, posted there by the author himself:

The Biology of Human Survival: Life and Death in Extreme Environments

When you write a book like American Gods you make friends with your doctor and ask him lots of questions about surviving Wisconsin Winters, plunges into cold water and the like.

save me doctor who silly moments

top 10 most divorced men to ever live right behind henry viii

He was bitching about Mackenzie Scott, Bezos’s ex wife, because she’s donated tons of money to nonprofits who support minorities. Man invents a new level of petulance each day.

context is so important/funnier cause omfg this man is so Divorced he's endlessly bitter at ex-wives that aren't even his own

Dear Joanne Kathleen Rowling,

as an aspiring writer I am waiting for the inevitable question of:

„so you wanna be the next jk rowling?“

just so I can say:

„absolutely fucking not!“

Changing my lane to the next Neil Gaiman. Supportive, creative, a little bit feral but we're not going to hold it against him

norwegian is an incredible language

he’s a little tired

The dash is feeling Tennant-y tonight, I see.

i found this ancient post from my blog so if you want to know what tumblr looked like from an ipod in 2010……

WOW

Funny what a little bit of Holocaust denialism will get you trending with.

Also, worth noting that calling it "Holocaust denialism," as Aye and Alejandra Carabello (and myself) have, is not hyperbole.

JK Rowling is denying that trans people were targetted by the Nazis, and promoting the tweets of known anti-trans activists screeching that any insistence that we were is "the LGBTQ+ lobby" revising history. That is, by a 2022 ruling on a case regarding similar tweets by the Regional Court of Cologne, (translation) "a denial of Nazi crimes."

She is, by German court precedent, quite literally engaging in an element of Holocaust denial.

I’m running a DnD campaign with my siblings and mom, who are all big MythBusters fans, so obviously I made Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage NPCs. Adam is a human and Jamie (JAM13) is a robot. Adam claims to have built JAM13, and is not satisfied with his inability to emote properly, but is very satisfied with his walrus-like facial hair. JAM13, however, claims to have grown Adam from a test tube and named him after the biblical figure, and says he is “clearly a very primitive approximation of a human being.” Insight checks on who is lying are useless because both of them fully believe they’re telling the truth.

You’re doing the Gods’ work my dude

what’s the truth op

when i said the vienna macavity fight gave me demebombalonza feelings, this is what i meant

Reconstruction of bust of Roman emperor Caracalla.

Looks Middle Eastern/ African maybe even Greek. Interesting post.

His father, the emperor Septimius Severus, was North African (the first African emperor of Rome!), and his mother, Julia Domna, was Syrian, from a wealthy priestly family

#rome was a multiethnic empire

Yep! Septimius Severus was born in what is now Libya. (X)

That Roman Empire was a real big place!

In honor of the Ides of March, my favorite Tiktok

"Oh, not you as well, Brutus!" in that voice is the best translation of 'Et tu, Brute?' I've ever heard.

anyone want to see a fucking trainwreck of an ai article

it gets worse. this is just the intro

ah yes i love book three of the hunger games: catching fire, aka the second book of the hunger games. also a huge fan of the book mockingjay part one

IT INVENTED ALL OF THESE. THERE IS NO HUNGER GAMES COMIC ADAPTATION. THERE IS NO GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON OF SHAKESPEARE CALLED THOMAS STANLEY. AND LEONARDO DICAPRIO IS AN ONLY CHILD!!!!!

(headclutch)

I've taken to asking AIs about the 1810 Clerkenwell Diamond robbery.

Right, I asked Bing AI about it, this is what it said:

The 1810 Clerkenwell Diamond Heist is a fascinating tale of audacity and intrigue. Let me weave the details for you:

In the heart of London, during the Regency era, a daring theft unfolded. The target? A cache of priceless diamonds. Here are the key points:

So, my dear reader, next time you delve into an Austen novel, keep an eye out for sparkling secrets. And remember, truth can be as elusive as a stolen diamond, hidden in plain sight.

No joke dude, the above was written by AI

Better than the last time I tried it:

ChatGPT 3.5

User

Tell me about the Clerkenwell Diamond Robbery of 1810

ChatGPT

I believe you may be referring to the infamous "Clerkenwell Green" robbery of 1820, also known as the "Great Diamond Robbery." This heist took place in London and involved the theft of a significant amount of diamonds from the workshop of jeweler Thomas Mawe.

In the early hours of May 20, 1820, a group of thieves broke into Mawe's workshop on Clerkenwell Green, an area in London. The criminals managed to bypass the sophisticated security measures of the time, which included a complex lock system. Once inside, they stole a considerable quantity of diamonds, pearls, and other precious stones.

The robbers' method of entry and their ability to defeat the security measures led authorities to suspect that the criminals had inside information. The heist garnered a great deal of attention and became a sensational crime in London.

Eventually, the police apprehended three men believed to be involved in the robbery: Richard Turpin, William Smith, and James Burgess. However, the stolen jewels were never fully recovered, and it is believed that some of the loot was never found.

The Clerkenwell Green diamond robbery is remembered as one of the most audacious and mysterious heists in London's history, capturing the public's imagination during the 19th century. The case highlighted the need for improved security measures in jewelry establishments and contributed to advancements in security technology over time.

Don’t wake the sleeping baby

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