the silly goose in me usually wins

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How to spot AI Hallucinations like a Reference Librarian (originally on Substack)

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Eesh, coloring darkskin palms is one of those things i’m good at doing but not so good at explaining, so i’ll try my best on this one

Okay so starting off

The palm of a dark skin person’s hand is simply just a reflection of their undertone

Everyone has an undertone and black people are no different. A dark skin person’s palm is a part of their hand that has little to no melanin. Without all of that melanin the only thing that’s left is their undertone

Black people with an orange undertone tend to have orange looking palms

Black people with a neutral undertone tend to have a mixture of pinkish orange-ish looking palms

And black people with red undertones tend to have pink looking palms

So how exactly do you determine the palm color and undertone of a darkskin black person?

ight so  B  O O M,

When it comes to a black person with a neutral skin tone rather than raising the color up in the Spectrum simply just lighten the skin

Skin tone can be complicated so I made a few examples:

Make sure when coloring black palms to always add a gradient

(( Many artists have done this and I too am guilty of it so dont sweat it ))

ICE is opening an office about 15 minutes away from me. I initially made this as an idea for a protest sign, but wanted to share it.

THIS IMAGE IS 100% COMPLETELY FREE TO USE! You can reproduce it as stickers, fliers, posters, whatever. I just ask that you do not SELL it.

It is set to PWYW if you want to tip. All tips from this image will be going to my local Food Not Bombs chapter, the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, and the Indiana Undocumented Youth Alliance.

Hopper x Flik piece done with ballpoint and gel pens.

Disabled people often die from a lack of support. A lot of disability aids are not a luxury, but a basic need in order to live.

“Well what happens if—” people die. People hurt themselves. People hurt others. Disabled people don’t magically become abled if our needs aren’t met.

If a bedbound quadriplegic is caught in a housefire, and there’s nobody there to save them, they’ll probably die. They won’t magically become able-bodied out of sheer will.

If a nonspeaking/nonverbal autistic is denied access to alternative methods of communication, they’ll suffer in silence. They won’t spontaneously become capable of speech.

I am PRO-WOOL

I am PRO-LEATHER

I am PRO-BEES

Fuck the idea of replacing durable, sustainable animal products with cheap, flimsy plastic that doesn’t bio-degrade. Agave nectar and other artificial sweeteners are expensive, labor-intensive, and destroy the environment to be farmed.

sheep need to be sheared to stay healthy. it is good for them. it reduces their stress, risk of illness, and keeps them safe in the heat.

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But also I follow a ton of people online who sheer sheep & other animals like alpacas (because it’s so funny) they’re fine.

You can see in their eyes that they’re fine.

They’re vibin with their mates, then they’re separated but this happens so its nbd, then they’re being manhandled a lil & they’re like “??? I’m on my back?? What’s going on?? Where is my grass???” Less than 2 mins later they’re back on their feet w a new hair cut & are like “Oh I’m upright again, oh look there are my friends and we all have cute new haircuts let’s go eat”

Like they do not care.

And they are not harmed because cuts & nicks ruin next years wool.

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And bees?

BEES??!?!

They’re fuckin UNIONISED!!!

If they don’t fuckin like where they are they will leave. If it gets too crowded, they will leave, maybe half of them will but it will be bad.

And bees are not harmed because that will also negatively effect future honey & wax production.

If you’re really worried about the bees, go to your local farmers market, there will be at least 1 stall selling honey, talk to them about their hives & how they do it all, I promise you that they are waiting to talk about their bees & hives to someone. Ask if they have pictures. & then buy from them. (A lot of them have cute af candles made out of bees wax I got one & it was too cute to use for so long)

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As for leather/hide: if the animal is going to be eaten anyway, surely it’s best to use it all, right?

Like as long as the animal is raised happy & meets a quick death, I’m happy. (“wHaT iF u WeRE tHeM!” Yeah that’s what I’d want. Happy life, quick death, use all of me)

The average cow gives about 300kg of meat plus organs (brains, eyes, tongue, etc cuz people eat those. I’ve had tongue at a Korean BBQ place & it was fine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it wasn’t amazing & it wasn’t terrible it was just meat.) Then there are blood, bones, skin, etc.

Bone marrow is actually delicious I’ve had it once & it was so good.

& anything humans don’t eat can be animal or plant food (pets, compost, blood & bone nutrients for soil, etc)

Yeah the supply chain could treat workers better and produce less emissions but the same could be said for literally anything beyond growing all ur own food in ur backyard.

The average cow produces around 600 servings of meat (if 300kg meat is divided into 500g servings with allowances for organ meat, even if it’s divided into 1kg servings that’s still 300 servings at least)

That’s one meal for 600 people from 1 cow. Plus the animal food, leather goods (the average cow has a hide of about 50 square feet), & fertiliser to grow more food.

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“The meat industry is responsible for so much climate change emissions!!!”

Yeah cuz a lot of it is all still run on non-renewable energy sources.

A switch to all renewable across the world (as much as possible) would drastically reduce that along with everyone else.

All supply chains should be run on renewables. (Factories, lodgings, trucks, etc)

But also the meat industry produces 350 million tons of meat per year (which is about 320 billion kgs or at least 320-640 billion portions per year or 40-80 portions per person per year. Probably more.)

Yes, that causes like 20% of global emissions & that’s terrifying.

The 1% tho?? With their private jets & mega yahts? They’re responsible for a around 15% of emissions each year.

Let’s compare these 2 numbers.

At least 300 billion meals for 20% of the emissions (on average if someone ate 1 portion for 3 meals a day, they’d eat 1,095 portions a year & if decided like that the 300B portions could feed 273,972,603 people for a full year which is 3.45% of the global population at minimum. Its probably double that irl & obviously this isnt how animal products are divided, it doesnt take into account private farms, hunters, or seafood)

While the 1% is about 80 million people. Contributing just 5% less than one of the main food industries in the world.

We are focusing on the wrong things. Ground the private planes, beach the mega yachts, make the rich pay their fair share.

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“Cows produce so much methane & thats worse than CO²!!”

Because of what we feed them right now. It’s already been proven that a change in their diets will have a big impact on their methane production as well as potentially improve the biodiversity of the area AND shouldn’t effect meat/milk production.

The animals are not the issue here

The issue is the greed of the 1% choosing to save 10 cents a cow by not doing the right things.

Don’t let them greenwash things, demand action that will actually help people.

Not everyone can go vegan

Not everyone should have to go vegan so the rich can stay rich

It was fine for hundreds of years and now we produce more food than we can eat and it all rots on the store shelves because people who need it don’t have access to it.

More emissions are produced & wasted by food that’s made & then thrown out.

France has now made it illegal to throw out food that can still be eaten & it has to be donated to food drives. Everywhere should be like this.

(Note: if u occasionally forget about food or leftovers in ur fridge & have to throw it out don’t feel bad, as long as you’re trying your best you’re fine)

(Also the main things that replaces meat products are soy or nuts. 2 of the main biggest allergies experienced worldwide, so no, a lot of people can’t really go vegan)

Bean soup/waffles disclaimer:

I am not saying that going vegan isn’t good, I’m not saying you’re evil for going vegan, I’m not saying you shouldn’t go vegan if you can/want to.

The only thing I have against vegans in principle/theory is their obsession with plastic replacements of animal products which is worse for everyone including animals, their insistence that if no animals are visibly hurt for their food, there’s no harm (biodiversity collapse, human exploitation, etc), & the general snobbishness they have for people who aren’t vegan. (If u do none of these I have no issue with u)

My parents threw away all of these things (even the vacuum cleaners and the dryer) when they got too dirty to function, because no one even told them THAT they could be cleaned. Cost them thousands of dollars over the years.

All I'm saying is that cleaning is not intuitive, and not knowing how to clean is not a moral failing, but it is something you can learn.