Elfi, known bug enjoyer @elfi@pixie.town

A friend of mine is having trouble paying rent this month, and if anybody here could spare a little cash, it would be greatly appreciated: https://gofund.me/7c0b91a9d

#MutualAid

Heads up for #novalauncher users: new owner, now includes Facebook and Google ad tracking

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46686655

#enshittification #novalauncher #android

🚨 TEACHER NEEDS HELP W/ RENT

got my paycheck & paid the rest o rent 4 feb. i'm going to con't fundraisin 4 mar rent

wrk hs 1 wk off n feb, we've 2 teacher wrk days, a shrt month, & i mke 650 bcuz collge trm startd

"Hi I'm Lugh (fairydoctor). I work at an elementary school, & I'm currently attending college, majoring in English & Linguistics. This term, I landed an internship w/ my college's English Department, but still no 2nd job"

0/800

https://gofund.me/30309485b

#mutualaid #transcrowdfund

Saw this argument a couple of times, that I shouldn't expect poor indie dev or poor freelance designer to shun AI because it is not their fault AI exists, comparing it to "personal carbon footprints" (rhetoric created by oil companies to shift blame into individuals).

Look I'm not blaming anyone for the crimes of OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Google, nvidia. But I am blaming them, and I expect you to do the same! It is not about your personal contribution to global warming or your personal plagiarism, it is about you siding with and contracting (even for free) these evil companies.

You can't outsource part of your work to "child labor as a service llc" and then say you are not at fault because the slaves aren't yours and it is not your fault

In the interests of remaining off of instagram (and still getting work hopefully) I’ve made an ad for myself. I know this is the wrong audience because like half of y’all are audio engineers too but I had fun making this so here it is

I stopped trying to debate software devs on LLMs a while back. Even if they could be budged on empirical grounds, they are explicitly fine with using tools that are themselves deeply unethical

Debating people who look past "chatbot psychosis", the dismantling of the education system, the gendered abuse, the generated CSAM images, the overt attacks on the media industries, or the ultra-right's glee about "AI", by showing them a well-constructed academic study is never going to work 1/n

For the EU citizens among you 🇪🇺 I read about a petition against a free trade agreement with Israel:
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/
Please sign and share as widely as possible.

#Gaza #Palestine #FreePalestine

RE: https://wetdry.world/@chloe/115900165306218209

LOCK IN FOR MY TRANS FRIEND AND READ THIS PLEASE. AND DONATE.

my friend chloe is from kazakhstan like me and here, if you are amab you are forcibly drafted into the military for a year by law.

the military in kz is an abusive, antiqueer and violent environment. it is well documented that people routinely kill themselves or are beaten or abused, especially if they are queer, and the government dgaf.

#mutualAidRequest @mutualaid #mutualAid

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Hoarding her wealth UvU

a cutie

she's real now... Samouse Aran...

Duckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results

https://voteyesornoai.com

she flexes for Zteji :3

I dont remember who i made this for but omg he turned out so cute <3

Bunny for excitebot :3

They are real if you believe xD for Boli again

My mom was in a serious roll-over car accident. She's okay, but her car is totaled. They can't afford to replace it. If you can, please share and donate. I would really appreciate it

#crowdfunding #mutualaid #donate #gofundme

https://gofund.me/8170ffae8

The Really Really Long-a-thon staff are planning a speedrunning event to help Minnesotans in defending against ICE.

Submit runs: https://oengus.io/marathon/iceout

Volunteer link: https://forms.gle/51HEcBmhUC8XdifRA

Must be in RRLAT Discord to submit runs or volunteer: https://discord.gg/RR8ByCfwpy

The organization that this will be benefitting is still being discussed, but the staff are using https://standwithminnesota.com/ and speaking with Minnesota residents to decide.

See the Oengus page for more information. You can contact the RRLAT staff for questions.

My works have been scraped for LLM training without my permission, attribution, or compensation.

Businesses and individuals who use these tools have therefore asked how they can indemnify themselves. To address this need, I have introduced an LLM Licence.

https://rubenerd.com/llm-licencing/