musings and remarks

11.23.24

Hey Tumblr,

It’s grind time. I know I have said this before but it’s actually grind time. Thanksgiving break is next week and I want to have any semblance of peace I should complete as much work as I can now.

So today we arose. We walked to the library. We ate yogurt. We have a lot of overdue math and coding assignments to complete. And a bibliography to do for my law class.

you don't need chat gpt to write professional sounding emails for you, there are many many guides on the internet and with a bit of practise you can learn to write them yourself. a very important skill for a professional to have, and some of the basic rules will carry over into irl conversations!

you don't need chat gpt to be a "more detailed search engine", because you're robbing yourself of the chance to learn how to find and filter information on the internet and evaluate the credibility of sources. which is a VITAL skill. plus, chat gpt is notorious for being wrong?

if you use it to write essays, you're taking away your ability to hone your research skills, your writing skills, your critical thinking skills. your ability to create persuasive arguments!

and for most of the other reasons people use chat gpt, there are non-ai websites for that! for maths, wolfram alpha. for figuring out what you can cook with the ingredients you have there's supercook and the like. for creating routines, there's about a million apps!

Laws forbidding you from keeping chickens, growing vegetables, or having a pollinator garden? Parks have invasive bushes and giant lawns but no natural space? Town has no sidewalks? Wetland getting sold to a developer?

These are LOCAL laws, LOCAL policies, and LOCAL decision-making!

Which means they can be changed on a local level. It is much easier than changing the whole world, and can start a pattern of other places doing the same thing.

Vote in local elections. Be involved in local politics. Go to town hall meetings. Learn what plans there are for your community.

HAVE A RADIO (with a battery power option).

If you do not have electricity, the radio may be your only source of information!

"natural disasters are going to start happening here as the climate keeps changing"

"one shift in government regulations or corporate ownership and essential needs become artificially scarce"

"they haven't updated the infrastructure since the 1940s and it's about to blow"

"one financial downfall and i'm living out of my car"

"i can live without basic needs for a while, but my kids/pets/dependents can't"