nothing funnier to me than when AI does math wrong. like I get why it happens, it’s a language model that’s treating the numbers you feed it as words rather than integers and then giving you an answer based on how those words typically appear in a block of text instead of actually performing a calculation. but the one thing computers are genuinely incredible at. you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did, look at it it’s got hallucinations
And like, it’s still performing calculations. Language models run on probability and pattern recognition. Computers really don’t like it when they have to do something besides math. Everything we make them do is just math behind the scenes.
It’s not just to have a “do over” that doesn’t involve the original cast, it’s to cut them out of the royalties. Literally the entire point is to make sure all the money made by Harry Potter goes to transphobes or people willing to work with transphobes.
If you watch it, you are supporting bigotry, hate, and oppression. That’s just objective reality. All for a story that you probably have already seen in movie and book form.
There’s people in the notes saying they’re going to watch it anyway, and you know, I understand how you can start feeling so burned out and numb from the world that it may feel too hard to avoid things that will give you a little immediate relief in some way in order to avoid the long-term impact of funding these things.
But. If you can’t bring yourself to avoid watching it, you better at least fucking pirate it.
FYI, Rowling posted this today. She is actively queerphobic, do not support this project in anyway.
I know that this was a foundational thing for so many people. I was one of them. Without Harry Potter, I probably wouldn’t be the person I am today.
If you’re thinking about watching this anyway because you feel all that nostalgia: It’s time to grow up. It’s time to move on.
Don’t even hate watch it. Make it fail.
It is the easiest thing ever to simply not do anything.
She’s also publicly stated that she believes that anyone who reads her books or watches her shows and films does so because they explicitly agree with her political views.
There’s no “agree to disagree” with her work. Every time you pick up her work or talk about it you are saying to her “I agree with you Joanne” whether you like it or not.
My followers know my name is Arrow. I just lost my job a couple weeks ago. It’s a long story, but it can be shortened with this:
I was standing fast against something I was very morally against, especially with the intimate knowledge of how toxic my specific location is. Eventually it got to the point where my bosses were taking the side of the toxic people over me, because the toxic people are very good at sounding reasonable to leadership, and have tenure. And I was forced to either do something I was very morally against, resign in protest, or not do it and get fired anyway.
So I resigned in protest a month ago.
And I have no income right now.
I’ve been able to coast on my final paycheck, which included a total payout of my banked PTO. I had multiple opportunities where I thought at least a part time job might pan out. But they did not. My fiancé makes enough to cover our joint basic expenses (namely rent, electricity, and internet) but I’ve got my own separate expenses that I don’t want her to have to worry about. She doesn’t make even close to enough to cover them anyway. Especially with the wedding this year (which a huge chunk of is being paid for by our families anyway).
Anyway, I’m not asking for a lot. I’m just hoping to get my April and May expenses covered until I can get at least something part time, maybe. If I can manage to even just get $1000, I can stretch that enough to cover for the next couple of months. But any little bit helps!
Most of my payment profiles have my legal name (Leah) on them.
Cashapp: $ArrowKitchens
Venmo: @Arrow101
Paypal: @LeahKitchens
Pictured below is a photo of our two cats, who some if the money will be going toward their food and care and such, and a picture of myself and my fiancé.
I’m watching Splash (1984) which is a romcom about a guy who falls in love with a mermaid, and when she chooses a human name she chooses Madison and guy says “that’s not a real name, but alright” which seems to imply that Madison was not a name until at least the 80’s and all girls named Madison are actually named after the mermaid. thought you should know
