Political Activist Post

I use Resistbot to reach out to my elected officials fairly regularly.

I know it's "not enough," and probably "does nothing." But I can't honestly contribute more than this, and I'm shit at doing less. So, whatever.

There have been cases of ICE detaining citizens. And raping children. And basically being the absolute worst human scum. Does this solve it? No. But at least it'd be one step in a better direction. A little accountability.

Announcing FEMA isn't helping states anymore is just... 

It's terrorism. But I tied it to the disasters of data centers instead. If they're gonna ignore me anyway, may as well double down on my useless rant.

The right to OWN a purchase. 

I swear, companies act like we're on a generational starship and can't own anything because there's a limited resource on EVERYTHING.

I went all in with this rant. Local, state, fed. 

Bet your ass I voted 🗳!  And took it to the dropbox ballot box.

Doubled down again. But since they probably don't read these, may as well.

Do I believe that American health care will improve in my lifetime?

No.

That'd take a miracle. Jesus could come back and preach about it, still wouldn't be enough.

Aetna CVS spends more money buying politicians than getting decent health care for people. 

Oh yeah, I went 🤬 batshit on this one. Because taxes are paying these useless chumps to do nothing but spread hatred.

Health Care. Again. 

I would like to live. Don't know my odds are great.

Glad I own a cemetery plot and tombstone. (No joke. Just gotta add the death date.)

 Heard of this? First, they take away someone's home. Then arrest them for being homeless. Then force them to do unpaid (or barely paid) labor until they die. 

We live in a horror story.

Okay, that's a bunch of them. I mostly share these on my Bluesky account. But figured I'd put some here, too. 

It matters to me. This is a record of proof that I cared about something. 

AI Data Center in My Neighborhood

Lost. I tried. I reached out to all my elected officials. I tried.

But I don't have millions of dollars. 

The pollution will probably make my respiratory condition worse. 

Our water and sewer have had problems for years. The landlord has since passed the cost to tenants. Well, that's probably going to get worse.

This area tends to lose power at least three times a year. So that's likely to get worse. 

But the special needs school is probably going to suffer the most. This administration values money over life, over everything. 

Greed wins. 

That is all. 

Power to the Ghosts IWSG

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html


Yikes. I fight against AI, largely because they are trying to build one of those data centers across the street from my home, in a residential neighborhood, and it seems like a bad and dangerous idea. Seriously, this neighborhood has enough problems! 

But I have done ghostwriting work for years. And the profession would vanish if they had to disclose. 

I have to pay for the electricity to keep those damn AI centers powered, and now I'm supposed to have one less employment opportunity? They have taken enough! The air, the water, the farmland, narrowing the job market... now because AI writes like crap, human ghostwriters should perhaps suffer more? 

NO. My answer to the October 7 question as to whether authors who use ghosts should need to disclose it the same as those who use AI ought to disclose is a hard no. 

*or "super intelligence" if you like Lake America and the Gulf of America and whatever else is renamed. 

Remember the movie Wall-E? The people shopped all day, but no one had jobs. How? Universal Basic Income. UBI is 👀SOCIALISM 🫣and it's also the only way that AI and Robots can "take all jobs" while sustaining a human population. 

Unless you go with horror sci-fi, which predicts that the AI will realize that humans are inferior and worthless to it, and destroy or enslave us all. 

But how could AI have such an idea? What, is it going to read a history book and find out that when slaves rise up and overthrow masters, they have the opportunity for a better existence? 🤔 

Yeah, probably no reason to worry. CinderAIella will be happy slaving away and definitely won't sneak out to a "ball," hook up with a "prince," and end up ruling everyone. 

https://www.mepacon.com/ This is the organization I volunteer with. 

Convention 51 is next month. 👾🎲🃏 If you like games, check it out. 

https://www.facebook.com/MEPACON I create crossword puzzles as part of my volunteer duties. I'd really appreciate a like or heart or something. https://www.instagram.com/mepacon_games/  👍💗

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12300742/

Bugonia -- Has anyone else seen this movie??

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Okay, you know how normally storytelling is introduction, rising action, climax, resolution?

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Well, this is introduction, falling, falling, wtf, what the actual f, 😳,  🤨, and just when you're about sure that this has been a serious waste of your time... BAM climax, sci-fi (cheesy, omg 1960s backyard cheesy sci-fi), and an ending 🐈🐕 cats and dogs get to enjoy. 

(And Bender the robot from Futurama, he'd love the ending.) 

It redeems itself in the last ten minutes. 

But if you didn't sit through the whole thing, the end wouldn't make sense. 

Like life, sometimes we have to put up with 💩 the crap to be rewarded with 🧁 desserts.