this is also why i started buying physical books and using my local public library again.

"We received chat logs directly from people who self-identified as having some psychological harm related to chatbot usage (e.g. they felt deluded) via an IRB-approved Qualtrics survey "

(courtesy of Murvyn)

thanks, Shit Wizard 420!

btw, i’m not even sure she was trying to block anyone. in one video, you can see she waves and says “go around!” i think she was just trying to go the other way.

edit - i don’t know that that is what happened, just that there’s now footage from the agent’s phone. can’t really use audio at work.

still saw NOTHING justifying murder.

unsuccessful?

you can’t even accept a bottle of water while waiting to vote! the rules are different for us and them.

this is not the first time Texas Dems have left the state to try to push back against the GOP stranglehold.

btw, all the comments i read around here saying Texans deserve [whatever]? we’re fighting a rigged game in this state. Abbot, Paxton etc do not represent us all.

yeah, i don’t think a job exists where i could sustain that for any period of time before my inevitable mental and physical collapse.

omg, the dementia is so so apparent

why didn’t you stop your neighbors from evil when you lived here?

are each of your countrymen, wherever you are now, without fault?

you justify your own hatred and desire to harm, and so you will perpetuate the harm you experienced.

we can attack and punish each other as the few would like or work together. that requires us to acknowledge common humanity and rally together for our shared well-being.

there are bad and good people everywhere. i do not endorse painting millions as deserving suffering; there’s plenty of that already.

ordinary americans can find their way out of this mess together or tear each other apart. which do you imagine suits those in power?

you are no longer here. stop trying to sow further hatred and division. i don’t want my children, my friends, my colleagues, my clients to suffer because they live on the wrong side of an arbitrary line.

there are a lot of nice people in the south. there are a lot of brown people in the south. you think everyone needs to suffer brutality for what the worst do?

probably direct support with your time and funding is a good idea, if you can. it certainly looks like federal grants are going away ☹️

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/agency-funding-libraries-and-museums-puts-all-employees-on-leave-ahead-of-major-cuts/?readmore=1

honestly, that’s bullshit. i dunno if i’m just taking something too literally here, but no.

who is saying that?!

nah, i also enjoy pointing and laughing when i see a cybertruck on the highway

edit (and at the people driving them)

to your last point, you’re not wrong. a lot of people are so fucked they know it doesn’t really matter, and i won’t blame them for the state of the nation.

where i live, voting is not necessarily easy or convenient for folks relying on public transport. that much harder if they are, say, a working single parent living below the poverty level. and my work involves talking to people like this every day - there are millions like them.