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All of this reminds me of a line from Battlestar Galactica:
"There’s a reason you separate military and police. One fights the enemies of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."

An "AI tutor" is, quite literally, the poorer and worse option and you know it. All this does is enshrine privilege even further.

AI is dying. Repost to make it die faster.

The goal says it all..

Can't stress that any support is greatly appreciated

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Commissioners and artists, be aware of this if you use the PayPal

a digital image featuring the roughly drawn flags of palestine, sudan, congo, yemen, haiti and tigray. below is the following text - palestine, sudan, congo, yemen, haiti, tigray free all occupied, exploited and colonised lands.

free all occupied, exploited and colonised lands

And, to sign off the year, a couple of mischievous twins. The Rapido yellow Alfreds have become Bill and Ben! Hand-painted and weathered, they'll certainly prove trouble until I finish a Boco and Edward to rein them in...

She started off as a Rapido Wisbech bogie coach that someone (GBHtrain I think?) had done the main chopping to, then ended up with a friend and then me. I added the extra details after scouring pictures and drawings of the prototype, then repainted and weathered her in my usual fashion.

Looks like I forgot to post in a wee while. Well, during this time I have been busy. Here's my Toby and Henrietta, products of Rapido Trains. The Toby was a simple repaint and weathering, Henrietta was a lot more involved...

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Hiya! Sorry for reaching out like this but I need your help once again ^^ I've prioritized my health for the past months like before but I'm not improving well. I was expecting to get hired this month to support myself but it's been hard. Any support helps!

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Protect Trans Care Now As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.

Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.

Anyone can become disabled.

Anyone can lose their job.

Anyone can become homeless.

Anyone can go hungry.

These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.

Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.

We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.

Repeat after me:

You don't owe anything to family that impedes your peace and well-being for the sake of "holidays."

"Blood is thicker than water" doesn't mean shit if the blood is poisonous while the water nourishes, sustains life, and promotes growth.

Your chosen family is more than enough.

for those of you who didn't know that fatphobia and transphobia are intertwined:

trans people seeking trans-specific medical care -- care that would otherwise be covered -- are often turned away until they lose weight. sometimes they're turned away full stop.

health care is held for ransom.

Stop. Supporting. Disney. Reason #90438

I'm so goddamn tired of saying this but: this is it.

All the worrying that trans folks have had since he took office? This is why. This is the first step on a short road that ends with the criminalization of trans existence in the US. It isn't doomsaying. It isn't panic. It's right in front of us.

Do this but also don't forget to deselect the allow third party to train AI on your videos too. I believe that was automatically put on when I first saw it a while back.

This organisation have found the earliest film appearance of Oliver Hardy, missing Doctor Whos, and countless other rare and priceless films, if you can I'd highly encourage you to donate, in fact, every kit you buy from my designs through @oakhillworks.co.uk in October will go towards them

YouTube video by CYBER WAFFLE UK Pushing Online Safety Act to OTHER Countries

#SaveSpeech

Canadians! The UK is attempting to push their own version of the Online Safety Act onto Canada via the bill S-209!

You need to contact your representatives in parliament and explain how this policy is catastrophically bad! Mention the discord data breach!

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JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

Zelda has been sounding the alarm on the dangers of AI for YEARS, long before the technology got to where it is now, because she's:

1) brilliant (go watch Lisa Frankenstein).
2) ridiculously smart.
3) experienced first-hand how fucking WEIRD people are about her Dad.

But really do not let this moment pass you up, call your reps and beat them over the head with evidence that ID verification will lead to uncontrollable sensitive information leaks and identity theft

Hey white people! All that smoke you had for Disney and ABC and shit?

Send that same smoke to the Black folks who lost their jobs for the same damn reason.

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

ESTO.

I'll say, our government is inept, useless, and out of touch. But this is at least something, and something is better than nothing.

I've done my part and stuck my name on the petition to parliament, which took about 30 seconds. You should too if you're sick of these self appointed content censors.

LGBT pupils: Research removed from Department of Education website The Department of Education commissioned the research on the experience of LGBT pupils, which was published in September 2017.

Research on LGBT pupils removed from Stormont's education department website

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We've come so close, but today I've received my 5 day eviction notice. I have 5 days to come up with the remaining 46% or I will be homeless. I am going to to stream as much as my disability allows during this period to raise the money I need so I don't end up homeless. ♥

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