Disco Elysium is free on epic games store. Go get it. You will not regret.
If anyone ever feels like researching some deep background regarding authoritarian and fascist developments ... i highly recommend a text from Étienne De La Boétie from the 16th century. It still captures something crucial, "voluntary servitude", that is often left out from leftist discourses because we prefer to not admit we are all susceptible to *voluntarily* succumb to authoritarians ... nonresistance.info/docs_pdf/Vo…
Just in case anyone is interested, here is a German translation of the French text: projekt-gutenberg.org/boetie/k…
Von der freiwilligen Knechtschaft des Menschen
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high recommend on this short and succicnt take on LLM/AI from Joseph de Weck, tracing longer paths back to Kant and his arguments for making up your own mind to obtain freedom, and Erich Fromm who highlighted delegating authority and responsibility to "others" is a major factor in growing fascism
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Our king, our priest, our feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research InstituteJoseph de Weck (The Guardian)
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Guten Morgen! Ein Update zum Knie: Es hat ein neues Pflaster. Die Stelle muss wohl noch länger heilen und ist sehr berührungsempfindlich. Ich werde das Knie heute also sehr schonen. Ein weiterer Spaziergang muss also noch etwas warten. Euch einen schönen zweiten Weihnachtstag!
Danke, dir auch. Und gut, dass du deinem Knie noch etwas Zeit gibst, weiterhin gute Besserung!
I just woke up this morning to an email saying my BuyMeACoffee (aka Stripe) account was suspended for adult content.
Merry Christmas.
I'm going to appeal it. I've never taken payment for any adult content, nor have I posted any, or made reference to any on my BuyMeACoffee page.
Yay puritanical capitalism!
Update: started a GoFundMe at folx suggestion: gofund.me/bd5f770fd
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I contacted customer support and made an appeal. They very quickly responded that I'm permanently suspended from the platform (and Stripe) because my *Mastodon* profile (@alice) associates me with @AltAfterDark.
So, that's that.
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... your account has been permanently deactivated due to a violation of the Terms of Use related to adult content. Please note that even if adult content is posted on other websites, it can still lead to account review and banning...
"""
I'll be looking for another way to accept tips (as it's kinda my lifeline); if you have any suggestions that *don't* involve platforms that'll ban me for posting some wholesome-ish adult content *on my own social media profile*, I'd live to hear them.
Update: started a GoFundMe at folx suggestion: gofund.me/bd5f770fd
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Watch BuyMeACoffee/Stripe send me a cease and desist for posting about them banning me.
Then watch Fedi Streisand Effect the shit out of that.
I'm sure they're already going to lose a (insignificant to them) chunk of money over this, because not only will they not be taking 10-20% of my tips, but whenever I call out a company here for being shitty, I get dozens of replies from folx canceling their accounts there.
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