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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

ugh and the disease is spreading

I guess they couldn’t find enough marks ^W “investors” in the US

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[–] maol@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

This isn't a kink for many reasons but at a basic level these people cannot seperate raw irrational desire/axiomatic beliefs from rational thought and ethics, thus these people cannot establish a bubble of consent to engage in kinks within.

No, these people are the farthest thing possible from someone with a kink who has a mature relationship around it (see as positive examples most bdsm communities and how sophisticated and nuanced their discussions are around agency and how to ensure it for others).

I know you probably agree with the spirit of this and I am not trying to nitpick you here, I just think it is important to reiterate what "kink" means, continously reclaim the word and not fall into patterns where we confuse two VERY different things.

These people are awful people, they do not deserve the title of "kink couple" lol.

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago

Ran across a notable post on Bluesky recently - seems there's some alt-text drama that's managed to slip me by:

On a wider note, I wouldn't be shocked if the AI bubble dealt some setbacks to accessibility in tech - given the post I've mentioned earlier, there's signs its stigmatised alt-text as being an AI Bro Thing™.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Margaret Ann Boden a Research Professor of Cognitive Science in the Department of Informatics at the University of Sussex recently passed away. Which made people link to her old talk 'Professor Margaret Boden - Human-level AI: Is it Looming or Illusory?' on youtube. Might be interesting to people here. (Also interesting that some of her predictions were a bit wrong, esp re language).

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