m0darn @ m0darn @lemmy.ca

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Did nobody in this comment section read the video at all?

The only case mentioned by this video is a case where highschool students distributed (counterfeit) sexually explicit images of their classmates which had been generated by an AI model.

I don't know if it meets the definition of CSAM because the events depicted in the images are fictional, but the subjects are real.

These children do exist, some have doubtlessly been traumatized by this. This crime has victims.

In some places it might. And i guess in a sense all forests are managed....

But yeah paper comes from trees. Trees grow in forests. Sawmills sell a lot of their chips and sawdust to pulp mills.

Where do people think that non recycled paper comes from?

I actually think that a settler taking things that were reserved for indigenous people is worthy of exposure.

The first option, stores can only charge the program a small percentage more than what they paid for the item.

She was born on the Piapiat reservation

Uh, no, she wasn't. She was born in Maine to white parents.

She may have joined the Cree nation but it seems likely it was under false pretenses.

I'm sure that she has done a lot for indigenous people and deserves some accolades but if she accepted money or awards that was meant for people that faced prejudice and oppression that's wildly inappropriate.

It really saddens me to hear that you feel/felt that way about your identity/origins. I value the existence of you and your culture.

My thoughts:

As a settler Canadian I've been told blood quantum is a racist colonial concept, and what really makes a person indigenous is if they are embraced as a member of a first nation community.

So my initial reaction (ie to the revelation she has european roots) was:

It's a person's life that makes them indigenous, not their genes. It doesn't really matter if she was born off reserve to settler parents, if she's a member of a first nation.

The article talks about how 1962 when she was in her twenties she asked a Cree family to give her an 'Indian Name', and adopt her into their family. She says they did.

BUT It seems likely to me that she (fraudulently) presented herself to the Cree family as a 'scoop' victim to receive a sympathy name.

And then:

In the space of those 10 months [1962-1963], she was referred to as Algonquin, full-blooded Algonquin, Mi’kmaq, half-Mi’kmaq and Cree.

So clearly the naming/adoption didn't start as anything serious.

It seems to me she received the sympathy naming, then over the course of years wormed her way into the family. Actually it's pretty grotesque because the family had had a daughter Buffy's age taken from them so this was like extreme manipulation of the vulnerable.

All this is to say: Buffy didn't grow up facing the challenges of an indigenous child. Her purported accession to the Cree nation was likely based on fraud and grotesque emotional manipulation.

She has received so much of what was reserved for people that had to overcome real, actual oppression/prejudice and state abuse and trauma. Is this the biggest case of cultural appropriation in history?

Who pays for it?

Everybody, through better taxation.

The issues come from the food supply chain charging more and more to increase profits

I was imagining the government paying close to the stores cost.

Okay but why on earth would we need to collect sensitive biometric data for that?

The thought was that you can't be mugged of your biometric data. People that live on the streets get a lot of stuff stolen from them.

Also I meant to indicate that fingerprints would be opt in.

The moose was like:

would this fence help you guys feel safe enough to actually help?

My opinion is that food banks aren't a good way to help Canadians that can't afford food. We should create a program that provides food through grocery store infrastructure.

Maybe: Everybody gets a card or code, or registers a fingerprint. The program provides everyone either a fixed reduction on their grocery bill, or complete discount of several 'food pyramid' basics (selected by the store to meet federal nutrition guidelines). The card can store up to 15 days of compensation.

It's a system that would go a long way to ensuring everyone in the country gets enough food. And do it in a way that would (I think) be more convenient, efficient, and less stigmatized.

And it would cost: the cost of the food, and some IT infrastructure (eg a fingerprint reader per store). And some legal wrangling to protect the fingerprint database from the police.

Any other ideas? Critical flaws?

I had a gun enthusiast explain to me that AR15s are not suitable for hunting deer because the caliber is too small. Ie the deer suffers unduly.

Interesting opinion.

The answer is to use 'SOGIM': Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Minorities

Phonics and dictionaries are very useful tools to help a person understand which pronunciations are likely to communicate what they intend.

But the best way to pronounce Prague (Prog, Prag, or Praha) depends on who you're talking to.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

In English the correct way to pronounce something is the way that will most reliably communicate your intended meaning to your intended audience without unintended ambiguity or distraction.

Since my intention is usually to communicate my superior knowledge of trivia and/or to stir shit up, I pronounce it with a soft g.

There's an enemy

Living inside of me

And he's been wasting my time, wasting my time

-waste by David Vertesi

(Adult diagnosis of ADHD)

examples where one would notice a flaw without having some kind of input on how to get around said flaw

Middle East

No that's Godwin's Law!

Oh man, I feel dumb. Yeah I was thinking of ei.

I mean I can still imagine them being upset because they think they make more contributions than they receive in payouts.... (false assumption like I just made).