this. if you’re truly anti-AI that includes character AI, chatGPT, ALL OF IT. character AI steals from fanfiction writers to create the “characters” people talk to. chatGPT steals from writers. none of it is acceptable or okay to use. value writing the same way you do art.
Really I’m pretty low maintenance, I just need 17 hours of alone time every morning, constant reassurance from everyone in my life that they’re not mad at me, and $150 worth of little treats every single day and I’m good to go
One year of this genocide on Palestine. An estimate of 100,000 dead, 902 families wiped out, 175 journalists murdered, 93% of schools destroyed, 89% of hospitals destroyed, 75,000 tons of bombs dropped on innocent civilians.
Palestinian artist Asmaa Aljueithni shares a photo of the only thing that survived the airstrike that left her Gaza home in ruins: one of her paintings.
As Ta-Nehisi Coates said, “I want to be a really decent person and a great writer. That’s what I want out of my life. And that’s not small, by the way. Like, being a decent person is not a small thing and it’s not an easy thing, by the way. It really, really isn’t.” Lock in.
by age 30 you should have more bookshelves than friends, a book you want to write but literally never start, anxiety which you are fixing by buying more books, and absolutely no coherent sleep schedule
I genuinely think one of the most romantic TV lines is in the West Wing when Danny Concannon says gently to CJ: "So, if I'm gonna jump off the cliff, and you're gonna get pushed off the cliff, why don't we hold hands on the way down?"
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Dr Ryan Storr speak about gender, sexuality and participation in sport, and this article lays it out so clearly. Please give it a read 👇