40k lore (can't be bothered to buy GW's overpriced figurines tho, lmao) and AUs like the Dornian Heresy.
Much of the Warhammer community are chuds who forget that the Imperium is supposed to be an evil decaying empire and are not le epic based good guys (closest to actual good guys would probably be the Tau, but even that is a grey area considering their mind control), but at least we have Sigmarxism
Also, I think that there should be more left-wing creators in the anime space in general since anime culture seems currently dominated by right wingers. Lately they have been harassing a VTuber named Camila over the death of her family in Lebanon by Israeli bombings.
A bunch of Roblox players (myself included) have been migrating to a different game called Polytoria due to Roblox's CEO (David Baszucki) fucking up a lot of stuff lately. So many players have been migrating in fact that Polytoria's servers are slowing and/or crashing, though devs are working to fix it.
Maybe I can agitate there? Maybe by bringing up that Baszucki's actions are an inevitability under Capitalism, and that he (like virtually every other CEO) only appeals to shareholders instead of the community.
I've seen my fair share of gore and shock content in the past but these documents take the cake for being the most vile and unsettling shit I've ever read holy fuck
I usually have a strong stomach for these things (Probably due to desensitization. Growing up on late 2000's and early 2010's internet unsupervised fucks people up, evidently) but this has been one of the few things I've ever seen so far to make me feel actually sick to my stomach.
We have been reminded once again that the Bourgeoisie are irredeemable in every conceivable way, and only Communist revolution can save us.
The bourgeoisie are evil and fucked up because it is in their class interests to be so; Their interests are to accumulate capital and preserve or expand their power and status no matter the cost. To them, the ends (Capital accumulation) justify the means (Endless exploitation and the destruction of nature and basic human dignity)
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both"
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, Chapter 17
The above quote continues to be relevant to this day especially when it comes to global power dynamics. The bourgeoisie cannot expect to be loved, as they actively exploit the proletariat. Naturally, they turn to fear, whether it be through police brutality at home or ruthless imperialism abroad, among many other things.
Hasan allegedly used a shock collar on his dog on stream, and chuds are clinging onto this to discredit his views.
I don't know if he really did/does or not, but in the video clip of the supposed shocking, it looks to me like Kaya (his dog) stubbed her foot on her platform during the moment she yelped.
That's true... If there was a FOSS-based alternative (like how Lemmy and its instances are alternatives to Reddit, or how Bluesky/Mastodon are alternatives to Xitter) I can see myself jumping ship and using that instead of Facebook/Messenger, with the only obstacle being that I kinda need Messenger for checking college announcements and communicating with professors and classmates, since that's what everybody uses.
I watched the video, and it is mainly talking about Vavilov's genetic studies and his rivalry with Lysenko who rejected evolution and genetics in favor of the pseudoscientific Lamarckian/Inheritance model, on top of the liberal tradition of having Stalin live rent-free in their heads. Also at around the 6 minute mark they massively misinterpret communism as "believing the right conditions make tougher men"
My guess is that they shoehorned Stalin into the conversation because that's what generates clicks.
Personally I use Xiaomi. (Before that, I used Vivo. Both are Chinese companies btw) Their phones are pretty high quality despite their cheap price compared to other phones of similar quality, but they put ads in their system apps (But this can be mitigated through various means) and have a few analytics-related settings, but you can turn those off after snooping around in settings if you're concerned about privacy.
i think it’s more of a tell that we are literally educated to serve the USian market, not necessarily means that our countries are americanized or westernized.
Here in the Philippines, it's both😭
When I was in Elementary, our schools had an English-Only Policy where speaking our national language (Tagalog) outside of Filipino classes was penalized. We also have an entire market for overseas work (OFWs or Overseas Filipino Workers)
I believe AI (whether for images or other things) is first and foremost a tool. I remember shortly after the GenZedong exodus here we even played a bit with AI image generation. (There was even a thread for generating images, but idk if it's still around anymore or if the bot dedicated to it still works.) Although this was when AI was just getting popular. I would much rather write stuff with my own words and do my own research instead of rely on something like ChatGPT or Grok to do the same though.
Personally, I'm not a big fan of the commodified AI slop nowadays, (although you can blame capitalism for that, and AI, with its pattern detection, only accentuates the soulless nature of capitalism) but it is clearly here to stay. Although if used well, AI can be actually entertaining. (Neuro-Sama for example)
Edit: Deepfakes are also potentially problematic IMO. As AI image and video generation gets better, it may become harder to discern if something is real or if it is AI generated in the near future, so I believe that an AI use disclosure should be absolutely necessary.
I've also heard that sites like YouTube will implement AI systems to estimate users' ages based on the content they view, and apply restrictions accordingly, such as blocking the viewing of videos deemed problematic, and an ID will be needed to prevent these restrictions. But considering that the majority of YouTube's "kid's content" is either brainrot or ElsaGate content, this will more likely be used to silence opposition, such as coverage on Israel's genocide against Palestinians.
I have just watched Takopi's Original Sin and it's some really heavy stuff. It sheds light on some very real issues in today's society such as bullying, domestic abuse, suicide, etc., and how unfair conditions can lead to such behaviors. However, the ending feels a bit... Libby, for lack of a better term? (Spoilers ahead)
So in the end, Takopi sacrifices himself so that the two rival characters Shizuka and Marina become friends instead of enemies. The anime presents this as a happy ending (of course, as the main conflict between them has been resolved in a positive way), but at the same time, during the time skip at the end, Marina still has the facial scar she gets from parental abuse in a time skip from a previous timeline, which implies that her household problems likely still haven't been resolved.
Also, it seems like a wasted opportunity to not address how the contradictions within Capitalism perpetuate these situations in the first place, whether it be Shizuka's poverty (with her mother having to turn to prostitution to keep them afloat), Marina's abusive parents (unable to properly seek help, causing her to turn to bullying Shizuka to vent her frustrations), Azuma's parental neglect (always being forced to push himself as an attempt to gain his mother's approval due to work culture), etc.
I believe the main issue with AI currently is its lack of transparency. I do not see any disclosure on how the AI gathers its data (Though I'd assume they just scrape it from Google or other image sources) and I believe that this is why many of us believe that AI is stealing people's art. (even though the art can just as easily be stolen with a simple screenshot even without AI, and stolen art being put on t-shirts has been a thing even before the rise of AI, not that it makes AI art theft any less problematic or demoralizing for aspiring artists) Also, the way companies like Google and Meta use AI raises tons of privacy concerns IMO, especially given their track record of stealing user data even before the rise of AI.
Another issue I find with AI art/images is just how spammy they are. Sometimes I search for references to use for drawing (oftentimes various historical armors because I'm a massive nerd) as a hobby, only to be flooded with AI slop, which doesn't even get the details right pretty much all the time.
I believe that if AI models were primarily open-source (like DeepSeek) and with data voluntarily given by real volunteers, AND are transparent enough to tell us what data they collect and how, then much of the hate AI is currently receiving will probably dissipate. Also, AI art as it currently exists is soulless as fuck IMO. One of the only successful implementations of AI in creative works I have seen so far is probably Neuro-Sama.
40k lore (can't be bothered to buy GW's overpriced figurines tho, lmao) and AUs like the Dornian Heresy.
Much of the Warhammer community are chuds who forget that the Imperium is supposed to be an evil decaying empire and are not le epic based good guys (closest to actual good guys would probably be the Tau, but even that is a grey area considering their mind control), but at least we have Sigmarxism