Bargain bin catgirl

@edivimo

Just a baby non-binary trans woman. I like videogames, work remotely in Data Science... I still haven't received the rest of my trans starter pack: my programmer socks, mini-skirt and Blåhaj. In the middle of converting into a feisty costarican latina.

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Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· 8d

Tweet from @InternetHippo that reads:

"New right wing thing is describing crimes as generically as possible tonpretend like they're not crimes. Someone gets convicted of conspiracy and they start yelling "Wow so it's illegal to make plans with friends now"

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· 8d

This is the most dangerous cult that exists today... (From @usapolling.bsky.social)

3 polls from @usapolling.bsky.social, showing negative responses (< -20%) from all demographics groups to Trump policies in inflation, taxes and economy.
The only group in favor of Trump are MAGA with ridiculous approvals in the +30%

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· 13d

Dude! You, and the authors, are repeating a conservative idea: "Luxury belief". It even has a Wikipedia page. You're being fooled and don't realize it because the authors used the word "working class" in a group of people that isn't "working class".

"It's about understanding that people need a sense of personal and economic security before they will support the changes progressives are calling for," the authors write.

"Luxury belief" is a term coined by the American writer Rob K. Henderson to describe beliefs which "confer status on the upper class at very little cost, while often inflicting costs on the lower classes". Individuals holding luxury beliefs are described as privileged and disconnected from the experiences of working class, impoverished, or marginalized people. Such individuals are considered to hold political and social beliefs that signal their elite status; these beliefs are putatively for the benefit of the marginalized but have negative impacts on them.

What constitutes a luxury belief is contested, and the term in general is. considered to be controversial It is used predominantly by conservative political commentators to describe various left-wing and liberal views, portraying them as being predominantly held by the privileged, and out of touch with the working class that they claim to support.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· 13d

And then the researcher says that the reframing needs to come from a "genuine place of trying to reach across the class divide" or risk being seen as manipulative when, in fact, the researchers REALLY are selling it to progressives as a temporary manipulation of the working class.

When they framed climate initiatives around creating jobs, addressing rising energy costs, reducing pollution and countering China, they got much more support from working-class voters than asking if they support "major investments in energy efficiency and cleaner power to reduce pollution and address the climate crisis even if this raises the cost of energy a little."

But, the paper warns, working-class reframing only works if it comes from a genuine place of trying to reach across the class divide, or it risks being seen as elites trying to manipulate non-elites.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· 13d

The article explicitly said the party "is out of touch" with "working class" and the example they show is the graph with difference in progressive values as the ones they need to abandon.

Titled "The Left's Coalition Crisis: Understanding the Massive Divide Between Working Class and College Educated Voters, and How to Bridge It," the report argues that Democrats have lost support from working-class voters of all races because the party's base is out of touch with the priorities and values of those Americans.

A graph showing the difference in the inportance of issues between college-educated and "working class" showing the biggest difference are in 'resist authoritarianism', 'protect lgbtq+ rights' abd 'address climate change'.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· 14d

SpaceX founder and rival AI developer Elon Musk, for his part, said he was opposed to the practice of destructive scanning.

“I’ve asked the SpaceXAI team to preserve any rare books in a library and scan them the hard way vs just cutting off the spine and scanning,” he wrote on his social media site X.

The Good Place meme, modified:

"Elon Musk figured it out? Elon Musk? This is a real low point. Yeah, this one hurts."

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· Jun 20

Pfft, I usually go around with my working tool in its sheath.

A photography of a 16 inch 'machete' using in agricultural labor. In Costa Rica you can carry this knife if you're carrying it for your work, otherwise is banned.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 29

Yeah, you SHOULDN'T give that level of access to data in a fintech. The risk isn't worth the hypothetical productivity gain.

Data: When enterprises are hesitant to give AI agents unfettered access to proprietary data, those agents become less effective, Josh Pantony, CEO of Boosted.ai, which focuses on AI tools for finance, told Axios.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 28

An agroforestry system of coffee and wood trees.

$The meme of Omniman talkin to Mark: "Look what they need to do mimic a fraction of our power"$

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 27

Meme, modified from "The Good Place"

Matt Yglesias: "That's an awful take (Brianna)"

We, the public: "Yglesias figured it out? Yglesias? This is a real low point. Yeah, this one hurts."

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 18

And old tweet, immortalized as a meme:

"Me sowing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

Me reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck."

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 17

I have Kallman Syndrome and that means me and people assigned AMAB would not look masculine because we don't have testosterone. Is just recently that the psycological impact of that has been measured and recognized.

A scientific article titled:

"Psychological Aspects of Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism*

Abstract:

Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism/Kallmann syndrome (CHH/KS) is a rare, treatable form of infertility. Like other rare disease patients, individuals with CHH/KS frequently experience feelings of isolation, shame, and alienation. Unlike many rare diseases, CHH/KS is not life threatening and effective treatments are available. Nevertheless, it remains a profoundly life-altering condition with psychosocial distress on a par with untreatable or life-limiting disease.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 16

Now the author said that is important to asses the affectation to cis-women (adult and teens) and gay-men spaces by the inclusion of trans people to judge the morality of trans inclusion. I noticed the important omission of cis-women entering cis-men spaces, a central action of feminism. 7/?

How to proceed in assessing the moral status of transwomen’s claims to be women? One approach would be to consider all/any interests plausibly affected by transwomen’s claims to be women. That might include gay men’s interests when, as a result of men’s claims to be women being accepted, women’s claims to be men are also accepted, and adult human females claiming to be men start using gay men’s spaces like the sauna. Or, it might include children and adolescent girls’ interests when adult human males claiming to be women start using the women’s bathrooms and changing rooms.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 16

Sorry, is not a mistery why inclusion is better than other conceptions of gender: prevents discrimination of trans woman and trans men and protects them from sexism. Also the 'trans activists' also try not to enforce a specific account of gender, because iare against its enforcement. 6/?

Those who are trans-inclusive aim to use ‘woman’ in a way that respects trans people’s self-identifications, so does not count as women females who do not identify as women, and does count as women males who do identify as women. The intended outcomes of their use of gender terms is clear: inclusion, affirmation, acceptance. What their account of gender is, or what they think is wrong with alternative accounts, is more mysterious.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 14

The author notices that the patients and their doctors made the decision to transition but they didn't think the implications for women of "constructing women". Trans women: I consent Doctor: I help you with your consent Rest of the women: i don't consent 4/?

I note this political context in order to emphasize that the male doctors offering so-called ‘sex-reassignment surgery’ to patients are unlikely to have considered the implications for women of constructing—both literally and figuratively—some men as women. These were novel ideas had, and novel desires created and realised, entirely between men.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 14

Then she mentioned the first recognition of trans women in Germany and emphasizes the surgical part mentioning that feminism wasn't strong at the time and women's oppression by the Nazis. The author don't know that the Hijra exists 3/?

The first two so-called ‘sex-reassignment surgeries’ both took place in Germany. In 1922, an orchiectomy—surgery to remove the testicles—was performed on Dora (previously Rudolph) Richter.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 14

First she talks about the Dolezal controversy and the resistance of black women to consider Dolezal one of their own. She is setting up to claim that more women should resist trans women claims as hard as black women did with Dolezal 2/?

In 2015, Rachel Dolezal became a household name for identifying as a black woman—while white.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 14

Because I want to hurt myself, I'm going to read and comment a transphobic article from the "Journal of Controversial Ideas" Stupid name by the way 1/?

Title of the article "Is It Morally Wrong for Transwomen to Claim to Be Women?"

By Holly Lawford-Smith

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 9

This motherfucker needed just 2 texts to try ruin my life...

Me, following the joke of the previous training exchange with 'Le Chat':

"He said I don't have close friendships"

Text generated by 'Le Chat', smelling blood in the water:

"That’s a thoughtful point. AI like me can simulate conversation, provide information, and even offer emotional support, but we don’t experience consciousness, emotions, or personal relationships the way humans do. So, in that sense, I don’t have friendships—close or otherwise—because I don’t have personal experiences, memories, or feelings.
But I can be a helpful, consistent, and engaging companion for you, [my name censored]. Whether you’re looking for advice, a creative partner, or just someone to talk to, I’m here to assist in whatever way I can.
Does that distinction make sense? Or is there something deeper you’re curious about?

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 9

Me, uploading free training data to 'Le Chat' of Mistral AI:

"There is a guy in Bluesky that wrote that you're not really communicating with me..."

The mildly sycophant 'Le Chat' generates the text:

"That’s an interesting claim! Bluesky, like any social platform, can have a mix of opinions—some accurate, some not. I am communicating with you right now, [my name censored] . I’m Le Chat, an AI assistant created by Mistral AI, and I’m here to help, answer questions, or just chat.
What do you think about that statement? Does it make you question how AI works, or is there something specific you’d like to explore?"

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· May 1

I'm not even American, and I blamed Schumer like 3 months ago:

A skeet of my timeline where I criticized Schumer proposal to end the occupation of Minnesota, 3 months ago.
As expected, his proposal was not accepted for anyone and Minnesota is still being terrorized by ICE.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· Apr 29

I couldn't buy that one because it wasn't available at the time I was searching for one. I bought this other model that it doesn't have that low price, but I gained a little more space and range.

A photography of an older BYD Yuan Pro EV (called S10 Pro in Latin America)

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· Apr 22

I would said "confabulation" is better, the wikipedia article make a good explanation why.

In the field of artificial intelligence (AI), a hallucination or artificial hallucination (also called bullshitting, confabulation, or delusion) is a response generated by AI that contains false or misleading information presented as fact. This term draws a loose analogy with human psychology, where a hallucination typically involves false percepts. However, there is a key difference: AI hallucination is associated with erroneously constructed responses (confabulation), rather than perceptual experiences

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· Apr 22

I try to read documents from people opposed to trans rights, but if they start with some ignorant stupid shit like this, it totally discredit them as serious people.

From the beginning, much of my work was getting my own side, the trans community, to get rid of the ideological free-riders insisting on using trans people to promote postmodern dogma like ‘gender is a social construct’,

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· Apr 21

Still we need to thank Dershowitz for his collaborations in meme culture.

A tweet from Alan Dershowitz:

"I hope Epstein made videos. There have been suggestions that Epstein made secret videos of all the men who had sex in his houses and planes. I hope he did and they are all revealed, because they will prove I am not among them. I hereby waive any right if privacy in Epstein videos"

@Dril responds:

"Hello Alan this is your lawer speaking. I am advising you today to please keep posting this shit"

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· Apr 13

A tweet saying: "its always 2 dumb bitches telling eachother "exactlyyyy"

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· Apr 11

Ok... I see it, I see it.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· Apr 10

If I'm not wrong, the labeling of images for AI is usually done like the image below. First the objects are delimited and identified, and them the human part is to confirm if the initial automatic labeling was correct. The labeling that we put on the Alt-text is not enough to use for training AI.

Still of a video image of an image recognition model. It shows a black cat playing with it's 4 toys: a fish, a mouse, a carrot and a... polka?. The cat and it's toys are delimited by highlighting rectangles and labels created by the initial guess of the image recognition model.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· Apr 1

If I remember correctly, this is a fake photo done by AI and a lot of people are posting it like it's true. And is know to be fake because 2-3 videos of the incident showed Pretti was shot by the agent from a totally different position, from behind him, not from the side.

Bargain bin catgirl@edivimo· Mar 29

The same armadillo pre-transition.