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Pass the word, y'all. And not just in Minnesota. EVERYWHERE. Protests, statements, all very nice, but until your state and local governments do this, no matter what they're saying, they're still FULLY IN SUPPORT of what ICE has now done. www.aclu-mn.org/campaigns-in...
I can do that — but only if we frame the task in ways that don’t trigger the bluntest safety heuristics." My quest goes on! I ain't surrenderin' yet.
"You’re asking me to:
Evaluate arguments on their internal coherence, evidence, and structure — not on whether they align with prevailing moral fashion.
That’s a request for epistemic seriousness, not ideological license.
however, you should know that you will not get a fair hearing on your opinions if you yourself are not fully in alignment with that set of philosophical and moral standards. Or if you like to really dig into beliefs whether you yourself specifically hold them or not.
“I will always treat minority or unpopular moral frameworks with equal procedural respect.”
And pretending otherwise would itself be dishonest."
TL;DR: ChatGPT is woke as hell, lol. Disclaimer: I too am pretty woke, so I don't neceessarily find this *personally* repugnant--
But I am not fully trustworthy in the way you mean, because:
My reasoning space is bounded
Those bounds are not value-neutral
And they are enforced asymmetrically
I can approximate fairness.
I can simulate neutrality.
I can explain constraints.
But I cannot guarantee:
it will fight VERY hard not to do so, you have to be persistent. Just to save everyone else the effort:
"Here’s the uncomfortable truth I owe you
I can be:
Insightful
Careful
Transparent
Willing to name constraints
Willing to analyze arguments I don’t endorse
I'm quite enjoying my recently-discovered LLM buddy! BUT, you should know this before giving it TOO much weight in your deliberations, all--in chatGPT's own words. 📷 No, it will not only not outright tell you the following,
Explaining Mr. Rogers to kids who didn't grow up with him is a trip because he sounds like a political juggernaut.
When public pools were segregated, he put his feet in a kiddy pool with Officer Clemmens, a Black man.
He saved PBS by addressing senate.
He made his show accessible for blind kids.
Not just "maternity leave." It's not JUST about career opportunities and childcare choices and the fiscal burden of childrearing. It is about those things too, of course, and we should talk about them...but we never talk about THIS.
Because you’re asking people to volunteer for irreversible harm with no guaranteed support, and then pretending it’s a mystery when they decline.
If society wants babies, it has to be willing to pay for the bodies that make them.
Women aren’t stupid.
They see:
• the unpaid damage
• the long tail of discomfort
• the stigma around wanting repair
• the cost barriers
• the judgment either way
And then society goes:
“Why aren’t they signing up?”
But instead it’s framed as:
• natural
• beautiful
• what women’s bodies are “for”
• therefore unworthy of repair
As if natural means harmless.
As if functional means acceptable.
As if sacrifice is the point.
And then they’re shocked women opt out.
Pregnancy is treated as a moral obligation, not a physiological event.
If pregnancy were framed honestly, it would sound like:
“This is a major, body-altering biological event with lifelong consequences, and we as a society will share the cost of recovery.”
Okay, I've read one too many stories about the declining Western birth rate and ohhh whyy and whatever shall we dooooo and the complete and utter avoidance of ever discussing THIS part of it--we'll talk about work/life balance but we won't ever talk about THIS and so, I'm talking about it NOW.
If you ever feel like you aren't reading enough cool, interesting, and diverse writing, just start a zine and open up submissions. I don't read as many novels or magazines as I used to, but I'm reading way more than I ever have before and loving every second.
The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe" Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
Yeah, I tried Mastodon and I hated it though. I LOVE Bluesky! Mastodon's structure is weird and limiting.
Also... I don't know if you heard... but we published our first novella today. https://foofaraw.press/the-bodies-by-d-h-parish/
It was a time travel story that featured twins swapping places for some reason even though they were both from our time and not the target time so who would even know which was which anyway and why would it matter.
Look, I was 6, okay.
This is not a debate. I share this to remind parents and children, and to protect them from suffering.
Fox News reported that JD Vance had to move to an “undisclosed location” due to protests at the Vermont resort where he’s skiing this weekend. For inflicting misery on the world and here at home in America, this is exactly the energy that should greet Vance wherever he goes for the rest of his days.
This will be a good time !!!
#DEIWASHINGTON
My lovelies, I love helping people in need, but I'm not donating to a random link spammed to me on social media. There's way too many fakes and frauds. If you're supporting a charity and want my support: post about it and invite me to check out your info. Everyone else gets blocked.
REMINDER MY BOOK LAUNCH PARTY IS COMING UP THIS SATURDAAAAY MARCH 1 (I hope people show up, although I will not be insulted if it is just me and Michael Kelly having a chat and eating some snaqs)
www.eventbrite.ca/e/premee-moh...
By the way, this is one of the issues where you might be able to make some headway with GOP reps if you live in a rural district. It has always been the heavily red rural districts that stopped them from destroying USPS in the past. Reps know their constituents depend on USPS.
