Songs that make me cry when it seems like they shouldn’t:
The Piña Collada Song
Good Luck, Babe

Eg someone commenting here mentioned using AI for grammar correction over paying a human to review their work - much faster and more affordable. Not something to be ashamed of imo.
Never said problems like water usage should be ignored, they need solving.
Will stop being moderate online now👋🔕

I’m disabled too :)
I never said disabled people NEED AI because they’re inept or stupid. Just that I’ve witnessed it help someone, who chose it themselves, and who I do not think should be ashamed for that - and therefore maybe we shouldn’t tell everyone to be embarrassed and ashamed.

Alas, it was the only comparison I could think of. I agree that the environmental impacts of AI are a concern. (As well as the obvious copyright and connection stuff mentioned above.)
I just don’t think that blacklisting it in its entirety and telling people to be ashamed is productive or useful.

I think disabled/disadvantaged people should get to choose which tools work for them and get them interacting with the world in a way they prefer.

It’s similar to how I feel about veganism: if you’re healthy w/no conditions and have money, you don’t have an excuse to still be contributing to suffering and climate change.
If you don’t have money or [insert multitude of other reasons], it’s hard to do the right thing in the system we have now.

I think we agree overall, but this take lacks nuance imo.
E.g: I don’t think people using AI to better express themselves (thinking about disabled, English-as-2nd-lang friends) should be ashamed.
It’s not bad that not everyone can afford to stand up to the system while getting where they need to go.

Caroline Kingsbury - Chocolate Listen to Chocolate on your streaming service

OBSESSED.
Patiently waiting for her to blow up 🤞

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❌ PIP cuts will be devastating for people with #ME & #LongCovid.

Our new briefing shows these reforms will push people further from work, deepen poverty & worsen health.

We’re calling on MPs to oppose this - help us flood their inboxes.

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A garden with weeds in between the patio slabs and in the raised beds

A garden that’s been weeded and now has plants instead of weeds in the beds

A black and white kitten sitting next to a novelty singing cactus. The kitten is shorter and smaller than the cactus.

A black and white cat sitting next to a novelty singing cactus. The cat is taller and bigger than the cactus.

Same. I loved my job. I loved my financial freedom.

Relying on a state that is happy to see us go hungry and lose our rights to an acceptable standard of living, is a horrific alternative to work.

I’d be working if I could.

#pwME #DisabilityRights

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Had the best time this evening 🥰✨

A biro on paper drawing of a face, drawn with one line, looks like maybe a child drew it

Residential street, graffitied phonebox, poster that reads “it’s the hope that keeps us here”

Train station platform at night

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