#AND-PAYING-TO-DO-IT
Did no work all weekend and paying for it now with a massive list of things to do.
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October 12, 2026 at 9:19 AM
When it comes to Black people/ Africans and AI...

Major tech companies have been paying Africans slave wages to do the traumatizing, digital grunt work of cleaning up AI models for use in the West.

Meanwhile, people in the West use AI to destroy African/Black writers' reputations.

NASTY WORK.
I found this argument very compelling: "I am a writer. A writer who also happens to be Kenyan. And I have come to this thesis statement: I don't write like ChatGPT. ChatGPT, in its strange, disembodied, globally-sourced way, writes like me." marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
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October 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
LRT: @hauntedtable.games paying royalties have been HUGE for me. I salute them for literally putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to paying contributors and sharing their success!

I highly encourage you to check out their excellent games and support the work they do🔻 ❤️ 🔻
October 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
You shouldn’t have to choose between paying for your prescriptions and paying your other bills. Democrats lowered the cost of prescription drugs for tens of millions of Americans, and I'll keep fighting to do it again. You deserve nothing less.
October 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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October 12, 2026 at 3:24 AM
The most ethical thing you can do concerning AI is to simply NOT USE IT. Save yourself the money. Save yourself the backlash, employ actual people to do translations and pay them a fair wage, instead of paying The richest people in the world way more than you'd be any individual to do the same work.
October 14, 2026 at 12:35 PM
If you are making fanart please do it for the sake of making fanart because you like it and don’t expect anything out of it.

Because if you DO expect things to go viral- and they do -and corporate snatches the idea without paying you…it’s gonna STING something fierce. 🐝
October 12, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Also, a big part of risk is consequences. Sometimes you go something risky and end up paying for it when it doesn't go the way you hoped. Skateboarders don't claim they've been victimized when they nut check themselves on a railing failing to do a grind.
October 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I can see that verification is an issue. Ok, fair. But at least say, AI is destroying author's livelihoods and we are going to do everything in our power to stop it. Say it's unacceptable to use it, at least.
Authors who do not use AI should not be paying dues then. It's that simple. It really is.
October 14, 2026 at 8:38 PM
BARK BARK BARK 🙈😳 #deletelater
October 11, 2026 at 2:01 AM
“would you like to round up to the nearest dollar to support our charity partner?” i have to ask this or i lose my job, but why the fuck are yall paying it? it’s a tax write off for the company. youre paying their taxes for them. and i have to watch in real time as it makes more money than i do
October 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
now that there's been some time since then and I'm not in the midst of it anymore, it's kinda crazy that I chose to quit the best paying job and the biggest role I've ever had so far. I'm so glad I managed to build up the confidence to do so, it was a hard decision but the right one for me.
October 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
“ACA isn’t enough we need Medicare for All” well now millions are about to be without insurance and the people that do have it will be paying double to triple the cost.

Just extremely shortsighted people with no historical context or appreciation of what it took to gain the rights we did have
And destroying work that took hundreds of years to achieve!!!
People like to play at being revolutionaries and disrupters until the other side shows up and shows you they’re not fucking around. If you don’t have the backing to match their energy, you need to consider your strategy carefully. People tried to explain this to them and they didn’t listen
October 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Data centers also are the war budget. Without them the digital economy ceases to exist, taking with it trillions in tax revenue. Force Muscovites back to cash and russians will do what they do best, avoid paying taxes because there isn't a paper(less) trail.
October 12, 2026 at 12:51 AM
If your politics never ask you to do something hard for the greater good of your community, WHAT IS THE POINT?

My father-in-law says paying taxes is a privilege because it means he is giving back to a system that gave so much to him in education, infrastructure, and opportunity.
October 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
is it with the help of gen z influencers, or massive amounts of propaganda money from right-wing corrupt pieces of shit paying those useful idiots to do and say what they're told to?
October 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM
"what to do on F2P before paying for members on osrs"

oh cool what do you suggest
- do all quests
- get lv41 mining, 43 crafting and 70 fishing
- follow moneymaking guides to buy a bond
- join a clan

do you want people to stick with this game? it feels like you don't
October 14, 2026 at 6:17 PM
it turns out that all northwestern needed to do to have people paying attention to their team (for not horrible reasons) is to open an $875 million stadium, recruit a good quarterback, play really well on national TV, and hire a famous OC who draws up weird CFL plays. why didn't they do this before
October 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Mortgage rates have increased now for

*7 weeks in a row*

They're at the highest levels in almost

*3 years*

This is EXACTLY what Donald Trump said he wants to do

Can't afford to buy a home or even rent an apartment? Now you know why

It's the #CostOfTrumpsCorruption

And we're ALL paying for it
October 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Badenoch makes Tory priorities very clear

“What do most people want to pass on to their children and grandchildren?

Their family home…

You should be able to do it without paying Inheritance Tax.”

Just 4.72% of households need to pay it

I’d target the majority for votes but you know Kemi 🤷‍♂️🙄
October 11, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Inflation just jumped to 3.7% Your paycheck grew 3%. Do the math.

Gas is up 34% in a year, the war in Iran keeps driving it higher, and Trump has no plan to bring it down.

You’re paying more with less. Donald Trump, the midterms are coming.
October 14, 2026 at 2:20 PM
how long before the US is bombing Ukraine and Gaza directly, rather than just paying Russia and Israel to do it?
October 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
"Hello AI, I have forgotten where I live. Where do I need to go?"

Ai bros outsourcing their entire brain and giving up all data and paying for it as well
October 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Has the judge not been paying attention
They were going to do it any way as they repeatedly ignore court orders
Nobody does anything to stop them
And people who talk about them under oath is laughable, they will always lie and do whatever
October 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Dear Publishers: ya'll need to f*cking pay your GN artists more. Like...3-5 TIMES at least more. Some of the most insanely talented creators I know are just barely scraping by and its freaking CRIMINAL how little y'all are paying them for the work they do and the time they invest Doing It All.
October 13, 2026 at 9:57 PM