sunny

transfemmasc femboy 26 fae/faer :^)

[autisticsnubbull]

pfp credit to this picrew (link)

pro-para, yes even that one

pro-kink

pro-jew

pro-plural

anti-radqueer/transid

chronically ill, probably disabled, i do my best to be nice but i have a temper and a lack of respect for hateful people

[kremlin]

uninstall adobe acrobat. it is malware. it has been malware. these aren't opinions: acrobat meets the definition of malware.

it installs a user-login-time "startup" executable that ignores any windows directives to disable it on startup. doing so only removes the even-more-malicious taskbar-icon-creating advertisement-notification-creating process. no matter what you do, the sleeper "updater" process starts when you log in, and runs perpetually

it sends & receives encrypted network traffic both periodically and non-periodically. both are bad, both are suspicious, and a program doing both is more suspicious than the sum of their parts. and to boot: acrobat will polymorphically edit its code after such network activity

this isn't new: it has always done this. now, it does not even do the thing it is meant to: provide a way to interact with documents, which is amongst the very first features computers were built to provide. you can merely open PDFs and read some of their content in the narrow space between the requests for adobe to give them your money, and interface for features you cannot use (because you don't) or do not, have not, and will not ever need

adobe and microsoft would very much like the user's cultural norms around computers to allow for advertisement built into the local software and even operating system itself. the web being 100% advertisements was not enough! sure enough, acrobat will hijack the windows notifications system thing to give you the 2026 equivalent of pop-ups

i don't really know enough about windows software equivalents, so i'll paypal $20 to the first person that reblogs this with a list of 3-5 PDF reader/editor/etc acrobat equivalents that meet the following criteria:

open source, locally-built executables must match checksum of prebuilt distributed executable

no paid features/premium version/subscription/whatever

not a toy hobby project thing, must be windows-users-proof

cheers

[andmaybegayer]

Firefox's built-in PDF.js viewer: does everything you could want from a basic viewer, fast enough search, and can now do annotations for filling in forms and such

KDE Okular: is a decent viewer and can also do basic annotations, and is so not-a-toy that you can even download it on the Windows app store.

LibreOffice Draw: I don't ever really like having to open this but if you have to edit a PDF in detail it does work, and doesn't just vomit up a bunch of polygons when you give it text to work with. Better as an authoring tool than an editor.

[ms-demeanor]

I've 100% replaced free acrobat with the firefox built-in and it works wonderfully for general office use and research/reading/viewing. It doesn't have robust redaction capabilities, but if you need to fill and sign and highlight a form it's actually much more intuitive than acrobat reader.

[aroace-ryland-grace]

Hi guys! I thought I should just share my whole mini little library of Project Hail Mary-related things so they're all in one place:

It includes:

A digital copy of the movie (with subtitles in 30+ languages via download)

My transcript of the movie (more on that here)

Audio recordings of the movie

A PDF of the book

An EPUB of the book (for e-readers)

The full audiobook

A copy of Andy Weir's doc on Eridians

A copy of Andy Weir's spreadsheet on Astrophage physics (among many other things!)

A draft of the screenplay for the film from 2022

An audio recording of the director's commentary

My transcript of the director's commentary

There's also a google doc with some instructions to follow if any of the files aren't working or aren't allowing you to download them, which usually happens when too many people try to access or download something at the same time.

Additionally there's a UHD copy (that's too big to fit in the drive) here!:

Proton Drive

Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.

Please note that because of the way that google drive works, some of the subtitles only work if you download the file yourself.

The audiobook, audio recordings, and commentary all have their properties programmed so they (should) work just like songs with a track number, album cover, artist, and so on if you download them.

There are two audios of the movie, one is the entire film untouched and one is that same audio cut up and broken down into separate scenes for convenience.

Additionally, there are two versions of the movie transcript, one with time stamps that match the audio recording and one without. The time stamps (+ their titles from the audio) are outlined in that version, so if you double-click on that tab or click "show outline," they'll all show up and you can pick a specific scene.

Similarly, there are two different versions of the director's commentary transcript. The first is made to listen along to the commentary, while the second is more intended to be read on its own. The first is a direct transcription of everything that's said (an attempt, at least), while the second is slightly cleaned up for easier reading, meaning things like jumbled sentences and stuttering were removed or reorganised, but nothing has been actually paraphrased. Both are broken down into different scenes based on how their conversation goes, and the listening version includes timestamps. 

The first few seconds of the commentary are missing unfortunately as my US friend who was kind enough to record it for me had some technical difficulties at the start, but she was able to paraphrase the part that was missed. The commentary starts at that first red shot of Ryland Grace's face in the coma suit 32 seconds into the digital copy.

As always, if anything's not working right or you notice any mistakes in anything, please let me know and I'll fix it as soon as I can!

(Similar but smaller resource library for The Martian is here!)

[autisticsnubbull]

gonna try really hard to finish this audio book tonight so i can start the one i actually want to listen to and have two days to finish 😂

[liniini]

Katharine Hepburn in an interview with Barbara Walters (1981)

[tuttle-did-it]

We're not going to put modern labels on this beautiful Queer person (who shaved her head and went by Jimmy when she was younger), but we are going to love and admire Katharine Hepburn for being the trailblazer she was and for never apologising for being herself.

[thefairytaler]

screw it, have some words I'm gonna start using.

Transnatiphobia

The intersection of transphobia and anti-Indigenous racism. Used to describe prejudice, erasure, or systemic harm directed at Indigenous trans people of any gender(s). Recognizes the compounded violence faced when both gender variance and Native identity are targeted simultaneously.

Transandronatiphobia

The intersection of transandrophobia and anti-Indigenous racism. A term for the specific bigotry and violence faced by Indigenous transmasculine people. Acknowledges the unique forms of dehumanization, fetishization, or invisibilization they endure, both as trans men or mascs, and as Indigenous people.

Indigenderphobia

A specific form of transphobia targeting Indigenous-exclusive genders, identities, and presentations. Not all Indigenous gender variance falls under Western trans categories or the Two-Spirit umbrella, which is why I did not make it two spirit exclusive. This term honors the distinct cultural expressions of gender in Native communities, and names the violence that attempts to erase, flatten, or appropriate them.

Note

I have not coined a term for transmisogyny directed towards native people here because I am not a trans woman and it is not my place to speak for them, over them, or coin terms for them. If an indigenous trans woman wants to coin a term either on this post or their own I will boost it. I did have ideas, but again felt it was not my place.

[hannibal-hamlin]

"Wait, you're a Christian? Like, born and raised? Wow, um, you know what American history is like, right? You know the country has only existed for 250 years... Yeah it's fine I'm not like against Christianity or anything but like, you don't support the US or anything, right? The US military is responsible for countless deaths so you support Al Qaeda, right? And the actions on 9/11? Look, I really don't feel comfortable having a Christian in my DnD roleplay group unless you can tell me that you denounce America. No, not the American military, America. What do you mean it's complicated? How can there be hundreds of years of history when America has only existed for 250 years what do you mean? Yeah there's Christians from other countries but they're all connected to America. I went to a bakery the other day and found out they were serving American pastries so I left they need to know that's not okay. I wouldn't hire an American babysitter, how could I when the American military is killing babies, they're complicit and besides I wouldn't want them filling my kid's head with American propaganda. That's why I find it so hard to trust Christians unless I can find out their stance on America. And I can't trust even the 'good' Americans because they obviously support Trump and the military's actions. They live in America and he's the president so obviously they voted for him, if they don't like him then they should show that by leaving. Honestly staying in America just shows me that they're a secret Trump supporter even if they try to lie and say they aren't. Look at my art piece! It's a church burning. Well, obviously it's an American church so it should burn. Look at my patch I put on my battle vest, it's a big X over a cross. No, it's not talking about Christians! It's about America because America uses a lot of cross imagery. Well it's not my fault America co-opted the cross so now I just associate crosses with America, you should recognize that not every cross is about Christianity if someone is defacing a cross you should assume it's because of America. Americans and Christians are all privileged white people anyway."

[jewelkat16]

[girlactionfigure]

Shavua Tov

Blessings for a good week, a safe and peaceful week, and may all the plans of our enemies fail.

[therationaldispatch]

It's not merely that people falsely accuse the Jewish state of "genocide", but that the accusers enjoy doing it. It is a phenomenon known as "schadenfreude", a feeling of sadistic gratification that overrides rational thought.

The Delicious Accusation of Genocide

Only with Israel do people enjoy schadenfreude when talking about alleged war crimes

"Six days after October 7th, a genocide studies professor declared Israel's response "textbook genocide" — before a single independent casualty count existed and week before an IDF soldier entered Gaza. A year later Amnesty admitted, on page 101 of its own report, that it was rejecting the ICJ's actual legal standard because that standard "would effectively preclude a finding of genocide." Internal staff at Amnesty revealed the report was called "the genocide report" before the research even began. None of this happened to Myanmar, Syria, or Sudan — all more brutal, all with clearer evidence of intent, all treated with years of caution before anyone reached for the word. Only Israel gets convicted first and investigated after.

The article "The Delicious Accusation of Genocide," argues the missing variable is Schadenfreude — Richard Landes decade-old term for a Western appetite, rooted in real guilt over real complicity in the Holocaust, for pretending to discover that the survivors turned out to be no better than the people who nearly finished them off. It's not just that the accusation is false. It's that it's enjoyable — which is why it fills city squares and op-ed pages, and why no amount of counter-evidence ever gets it retracted."

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

"But can you feel it?" Post-phalloplasty sensation explained.

By @ kashcolegrove, Kai Asher Colegrove (he/him).

[genderkoolaid]

For anyone curious, Dr. Blair Peters at OHSU has done a lot of work on how to improve sensation post-op & they helped create this nerve rehab guide for people who have gotten phalloplasty!

It walks you through various stages throughout recovery which are meant to help your brain connect the sensation you experience to your new penis. The rehab protocol was created with input from trans patients to ensure it actually addresses trans needs, like dealing with dysphoria, and is meant to be used by people with all kinds of goals for their phallo. You can also check out the study they published on this protocol for more info!

Phalloplasty has already improved so much since it first started to be performed, and work is still being done every day to improve it further! If you want a penis, you can have a penis!!!

[maidslime]

Ok like. Imagine life without ads. You wake up, check your messages across a variety of apps, no ads. You get up and put on the tv while you prep your breakfast, no ads. Maybe you drive somewhere and switch on the radio, no ads. Maybe you drive a long distance, yet somehow, not a single billboard on your path. You pick up a newspaper or magazine to pass the time, no advertisements only articles. You turn on your game console, the home screen is just about your games, no ads to buy more. You open a streaming app, you don't pay extra for no ads, there's just no ads ever.

Think about how much of your time is spent looking at ads. "Download ublock" yeah I know, I have. But that doesn't change that the world is covered with endless advertising. Imagine never seeing that again. How much better our lives would be.

[autisticsnubbull]

if i posted my cashapp or paypal would any of yall give me birthday money just because im alive

[normystical]

i GENUINELY believe everyone deserves the human right to be ugly and stupid without judgement i mean it /srs

don't say "but there's no such thing as ugly! there's different types of intelligence!" now hold on just a second. why are you getting defensive? why do you see being ugly or stupid as inherently unacceptable for someone to be?

being unattractive or unintelligent doesn't come from cruel intent or anything. it's just... how some people are. and that's wonderful. doesn't need all this stigma. love ugly people. love stupid people. love everyone

[faustique]

can you believe humans were literally gifted a planet overflowing with trees, fruit, water, medicine, and sunshine and somehow we said collectively, 'cool, let's invent debt, capitalism, and war.'

[divinum-pacis]

A Simchat Torah celebration in the courtyard of Touro Synagogue in New Orleans.

Touro Synagogue is a nearly 200-year-old Reform congregation that is defying institutional decline. In 2019, the shul counted roughly 570 families. Today, it is approaching 750. Its religious school has grown from 131 students to 243 in six years.

Photo courtesy of Touro Synagogue.

[delicatepsyche]

Oy!

Do me a favor! Anyone can do this.

In the US there are some national historical sites going to be shrunk down and used for gas/oil production. Look on the site: https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/oil-and-gas/leasing

Click any state, look up the region, and find out what is there. Make a comment! You can leave as many as you want and can add information (files) into your submission. Word limit is 5,000.

I did it with the Chaco Canyon, telling them to not shrink a historical site for greed. Please help! We need to protect these lands for future generations and for indigenous people!

[specialagentartemis]

Chaco Canyon is a 1,000-year-old archaeological complex whose importance I don’t even know how to express with enough intensity to convey what it means to pre-colonial American history. It’s a region of palatial Great Houses that were occupied by elite ruling families a thousand years ago who brought huge swaths of the surrounding area into their religious-political sphere of influence. And then it may have been ultimately rejected in the 1100s by the people living in it who found the whole Chaco power system to be overstepping and coercive. There’s a lot we have to learn from Chaco and its outlying sites about power and political organization, and a lot we still don’t wholly understand. And Trump wants to strip protections from hundreds of thousands of acres of archaeological sites, Native American cultural landscapes, and wildlife habitats to open them to oil and gas drilling.

If you are in the US, please leave a comment opposing this:

The Bureau of Land Management National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Register allows you to review and comment on plans and project docum

[jewishbarbies]

just in from tiktok: pictures of babies in diapers on the side of a diaper box is pedophilia

[maimonideznuts]

I don't know if stupid pearl clutchers know this, but the largest cohort of people who need diapers/nappies, has traditionally been babies, and it is a long established norm to put images of the target customer demographic on the packaging.

If people can't detach their sexualisation of continence aids from the children (and adults) that need them, that's their problem and actually they are the one who needs to stop projecting their sexualisation of children on diaper packaging as something the rest of us need to care about.

[autisticsnubbull]

is that why they're calling it pedophilia? i fogured it would be because the babies are probably only wearing diapers. like no clothes.

[maimonideznuts]

I mean, regardless it's a baby... My niece is 4 and runs around in her underwear all the time, especially when it's hot, I think I would be right to say "what the fuck is wrong with you, please move far away from the child" if someone said it was sexually explicit to be acting like a 4 year old.

[autisticsnubbull]

i agree