I just want to catch spelling errors and accidental double spaces and repeated phrases and whenever I use the wrong too/to or affect/effect and shit. But no. They've shoved AI up the ass of every grammar checking software out there and now they all fucking suck and make the most random, obnoxious, nonsensical suggestions.

You CAN make it somewhat better in Word at least by going to File>Options>Proofing>Writing Style>Settings, which will open up this big long list:

Unchecking everything from the "clarity" and "conciseness" sections will get rid of A LOT of the suggestions that try to really change your voice. It won't fix a lot of the stupid ass suggestions it makes for other stuff, but it at least gets rid of a bunch of the distracting junk.

I have a shit computer and was wondering why Microsoft Word was basically unusable and it's because the AI takes up so much more processing power than normal, it was basically crashing my system.

BUT!

You can delete the AI without affecting the rest of the program.

Instructions under the cut cause they got long.

Jack lived in a big brown house, and in that house was a big brown dog, and on that Dog Oregon was <- in which case the last bit should have been "on that dog were big brown fleas," and I might have mistyped as "dgo" or "dogwere."

I really and truly believe that the "treat yourself" culture and people living well above their means and going into a ton of debt just to have fun and live lives of luxury with no regard for the future is a form of passive suicidal ideation. I am only now dragging myself out of a hole of suicidal ideation after being in it since my very early teens and the idea that what you do now doesn't matter because you don't have a future is like. Classic passive suicidal ideation. You aren't actively planning to hurt yourself, you don't actively want to die, but subconsciously or not, you are envisioning a future where you do not exist.

"It doesn't matter if I max out a dozen credit cards because I don't have a future anyway." Okay, why? Why don't you have a future? Where are you in this mystery future where none of your actions now can touch you? I am not trying to be mean, but I need people to really think about this and realize that they are setting up a future for themselves where they are not present and there's only one way that can happen.

I started smoking at fifteen because it didn't matter, I figured I'd never make it to twenty-five, why should I care about cancer? (classic passive suicidal ideation).

I'm turning forty this year and I really really wish I'd been aware how much building up debt would fuck me and what options there were for me to save when I was younger.

You probably aren't going to die before you retire. You are probably going to live past the age where you will be able to work. There is a tomorrow and we want you in it and we want you to be okay.

Happy Pride Month!

Faust is back for the 5th time! If you want to use the flag of your choice as an avatar, they're under the cut. They're free to use as long as it's for personal use only.

They decided to go on strike and occupy this church in response to murders and police crackdowns which were putting them in more danger. These women selling sex were being threatened with arrest and fined by police who weren't looking for the people killing them. Demands included an end to anti-prostitution laws.

This occupation had an effect all across France, with sex workers in Paris and elsewhere also staging their own occupations, and their actions had a global impact in catalysing a pushback from sex workers on their conditions and the police.

In 1982, the ECP (English Collective of Prostitutes) took inspiration from those in Lyon and occupied Holy Cross Church for 12 days, protesting racism and police harassment of sex workers with a particular focus on mothers who were selling sex to make ends meet.

It's been 50 years and sex workers are still fighting for the same rights and against the same police brutality and racism and stigma.

Yesterday, on 2 June 2025 (as any year) was International Sexworkers Pride Day! ☂️❤️

It's the anniversary of the church occupation and strike in Lyon St. Nizier (France) in 1975 when more than 100 sex workers and allies occupied it for 8 days in order to protest mostly against (police) violence and discrimination but also against stigma, oppression and criminalization of sex work. Still their actual request wasn't decriminalization but instead "Égalité, Liberté, Fraternité" (Equality, Freedom, Brotherhood/ Sisterhood) the slogan of the French Revolution.

50 years later this fight isn't over yet! Sex work is still criminalized in most countries worldwide by either prohibiting all aspects of it or for example by client criminalization which is often promoted as a "progressive model to help sex workers" (also known under "Nordic Model"). In fact, this isn't progressive at all as it not only furthers the stigma sex workers experience but also leads to eviction from homes, deportations of migrants, more police controls and violence (the opposite of ACAB kinda) and other discriminations which in total produce very unsafe working conditions.

The only country with full decriminalization of sexwork is Belgium where it was introduced in 2022 and now grants sexworkers full workers rights such as health insurance, paid vacation and sick days, retirement pensions etc.

In New Zealand sexwork is decriminalized if the sexworker has NZ citizenship.

Therefore: Rights not rescue! Only rights can stop the wrongs! Decriminalization now! ✊️

For more info you can check out the website of the European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance

https://eswalliance.org

"On June 2nd, 1975, over 100 sex workers began an 8-day occupation at the Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France. They demanded the end of fines, stigma, police harassment, and the release of ten sex workers who had been imprisoned a few days earlier for soliciting. This occupation was initiated to call attention to the increasing violence against sex workers perpetrated by the French government. It was widely reported both nationally and internationally, receiving support from labor and feminist organizations alike. On June 10th, after 8 days of occupation, the police forcibly removed the women from the church, but their impact marked the start of an international movement." - History, IWD LA

today (and every day) is a good day to learn from sex workers about decriminalization, our activism, and how to support us.

check out the Sex Work Syllabus from the Support Ho(s)e Collective and donate to their ongoing mutual aid campaigns.

read Girls do what they have to do to survive by the Young Women's Empowerment Project.

Donate to SWOP Behind Bars to support incarcerated sex workers.

get involved in harm reduction and decrim activism in your local community.

Yesterday, on 2 June 2025 (as any year) was International Sexworkers Pride Day! ☂️❤️

It's the anniversary of the church occupation and strike in Lyon St. Nizier (France) in 1975 when more than 100 sex workers and allies occupied it for 8 days in order to protest mostly against (police) violence and discrimination but also against stigma, oppression and criminalization of sex work. Still their actual request wasn't decriminalization but instead "Égalité, Liberté, Fraternité" (Equality, Freedom, Brotherhood/ Sisterhood) the slogan of the French Revolution.

50 years later this fight isn't over yet! Sex work is still criminalized in most countries worldwide by either prohibiting all aspects of it or for example by client criminalization which is often promoted as a "progressive model to help sex workers" (also known under "Nordic Model"). In fact, this isn't progressive at all as it not only furthers the stigma sex workers experience but also leads to eviction from homes, deportations of migrants, more police controls and violence (the opposite of ACAB kinda) and other discriminations which in total produce very unsafe working conditions.

The only country with full decriminalization of sexwork is Belgium where it was introduced in 2022 and now grants sexworkers full workers rights such as health insurance, paid vacation and sick days, retirement pensions etc.

In New Zealand sexwork is decriminalized if the sexworker has NZ citizenship.

Therefore: Rights not rescue! Only rights can stop the wrongs! Decriminalization now! ✊️

For more info you can check out the website of the European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance

https://eswalliance.org