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The pipeline is so real.
“Oh yeah I know Firefox lets use it because it’s not owned by Apple or Google”
“Oooh great I can install an adblocker on here that makes things easier”
“What other extensions have we got? Omg one that forces all websites into dark mode? I love protecting my migrainey eyes”
“Wait I can have duck duck go automatically part of my search bar? Don’t mind if I do!”
“I need to do this to all of my devices and set up a faraday cage in my house now”
okay, pretty much all of the internet sucks, but to minimize the level of suck, do the following
1. Use Firefox. Just do it. It's actually independent and not just an altered version of chrome.
Okay, you're using Firefox, so go to the settings page, click the new "AI Controls" tab and select "Block AI Enhancements"
Also go to the "Privacy and Security" tab and turn off / enable any additional security features you want, like blocking website tracking and deleting cookies. You can also turn off location tracking here
Go to the "Search" tab and scroll to the bottom to add a browser. I recommend "https://noai.duckduckgo.com/%s" for privacy and blocked AI features (I don't know how well it blocks AI from search content though). At the top of the page, select the browser you chose as your default browser
On the bottom left of the Settings, you can click to an extensions page. I use AdNauseam for ad blocking and TrackMeNot, which confuses your data profile by generating random search queries in your history. There are lots of privacy options, so just do your research.
And there you go. Ten minutes, maybe, of set up and you have a much more secure browsing experience.
The "Block AI Enhancements" toggle was originally introduced in Firefox 148 Nightly in January following significant community backlash afte
The Firefox "AI kill switch" is here.
Go to Settings > AI controls. There, you can toggle the "master kill switch" on to fully block all the features, which means two things:
you won't see them,
you can't even be asked about them.
The default state is, like before, "available". This means the features are NOT on by default (they never were), but Firefox will let you know about them where they exist (e.g. when you create your first tab group) so that you can choose to opt in.
Please note that Firefox for Android or iOS have never included AI features, so you won't see these settings on your smartphones or tablets.
Please also note that, unlike popular belief here on Tumblr, besides "chatbot in sidebar" (which is simply embedding the same page you'd have normally browsed to), none of these features have ever interacted with anything outside your PC, because they download a small model to your computer, to do everything locally. These small models have never been and are not downloaded until you explicitly agree to turn on one of the features.
Oh, my beloved Firefox
oh my god. most of life really is about the little things. a good haircut, a nice playlist, trying a new recipe that turns out well, a poem that hits home, a comfortable spot in the sun, spontaneous messages, a pen you enjoy writing with, tea with the right temperature to drink, buying that thing you’ve been eyeing for a while, a warm bed. yeah im so grateful for the small joys
I just finished reading (listening to) The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin and—forgive me for taking away the most surface level theme I’m sure—but I was so moved by its handling of the importance of utopia—Anarres, the anarchist society that lives on Urras’ moon, is not perfect. In fact, Shevek leaves to Urras because his people will not publish his scientific theories; they go against convention, and would be disruptive. I was actually almost disappointed in the beginning at how imperfect it was—I admit I wanted Le Guin to pick sides much more than she did :) Despite its imperfections, Anarres is literally a monument to the success of a revolution. When the workers on Urras look up, they see hope shining in the sky. Imagining utopia is not important because working towards it will ever literally accomplish a perfect world, but struggling towards it, being able to imagine its existence, is necessary to make a better one.
btw “actual feminism” is trans inclusive and op of this tweet agrees :)
becoming the oppressor is not liberation!!!!!
If you haven't heard, the em dash has been getting a lot of attention lately…
Because it was trained on pirated work—including freely accessible online writing (like fanfic, academic texts)—ChatGPT picked up patterns and quirks native to human writing.
Including (sigh) the em dash.
There are other victims here (RIP tapestry and delve 🫠), but the appropriation of the em dash—a punctuation mark beloved by writers everywhere—feels especially personal.
A kind of low-grade panic is ensuing. Writers who once memed their own em dash overuse—the greatest punctuation mark ever to grace the control-freak’s lexicon, frankly—are suddenly backing away to avoid accusations.
No. More. We have centuries of dash-abusing writers behind us. We will not sit quietly while AI repurposes our beloved stilted aside—or the just-one-more clarification the sentence demands—or the dramatic pause your comma could never—etc.
You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you.
Defend the em dash.
(Feel free to download/share/stick it where it matters!)
Not using an em dash has been such a hindrance to writing! I love the idea to start using it again and to not be afraid of AI allegations.
my daily affirmation as an author
repeating this to myself forever and ever
in 2026 DO NOT ask yourself whether your art is GOOD
instead ask:
is it SINCERE
was it CATHARTIC
was it FUN TO MAKE
is it MADE BY ME
and don't forget to stay silly
TRUTH. What you need is imagination, and you don’t need to go anywhere to use it.
Yeah, sure, seeing new things is helpful as a fantasy writer. But. Don’t make the mistake of assuming that exposure to new things is the same as traveling. You know what else exposes you to new things? The internet. Documentaries. Books. Freaking Youtube. So when you’re bored of cats and cooking tutorials, go on an adventure!
You wanna write create some fantasy creatures but don’t know where to start? Go check out some videos The Weird Creatures Earth has Had.
Want some inspiration for your Super Evil Villain’s Villanous Deeds?
Or maybe you want some weird locations to kick start your Fantasy World Terraforming?
Or maybe you need knowledge of bunches of historical places and cities and cultures?
But maybe you’re basing fantasy on the modern world?
Okay but lets say you want to start from the same inspiration as GRRM? (and part two!)
That’s just the stuff I could quickly grab. Things I’m subscribed to, that I know offhand. There is So. Much. Stuff. Online.
The best thing about the internet is that it means its not just the fortunate sons that get to learn, and explore and imagine and write. We get to see stories from all over the place, from all sorts of people, who bring All Kinds of New Ideas.
I like you.
by the way guys, this deployment of ice to minnesota is largest ever. more agents than chicago. we are a much less dense state. we are being inundated.
It is the largest Department of Homeland Security operation in history. And yet Minnesota’s Somali population (this operation’s primary target) is upwards of 90% naturalized American citizens. It’s even more of a manufactured crisis than most DHS operations. Genuinely living in Minnesota now feels like we’re a small country on the brink of invasion.
I saw two ICE trucks yesterday on my way to give my friends back their house keys from when I was looking after their cats. I got home today and I heard whistles and honking from people chasing ICE, but by the time I got Matilda in the house they were gone so I couldn't join in the chase. I know there was a major attempt to steal my neighbors from just a few blocks away this morning while I was at work.
It doesn't feel like we're on the brink of invasion. It feels like we're being newly occupied by an invading force. Except that the invading force doesn't just want our total submission; they also want to rip half our neighbors out of our arms. They came for Hmong Minnesotans next, and they are also more than 90% citizens. We have a lot of minority populations who settled here because Minnesota prides itself on welcoming refugees; both populations have been here for more than thirty years.
Fuck this shit. It is terrorism.
Not just feels like, is. Feels like because is.
And for all the rest of us US occupants not in Minnesota, it's coming to us, too. Ohio is getting door-to-door ICE today, for instance, and I've seen multiple friends in other states posting photos of big ol' trucks, beds packed with ICE vehicles, rolling in to town.
We're still not quite two weeks into 2026. Get ready to plant your feet.
Renee
One
Two
Three
Shots and her child’s toys
Hanging from the glovebox
The doctor begging to help
I
Don’t
Care (they say)
We weep through the teargas, lay
Flowers to cover the blood
Irrigating our nation
Say
Her
Name
They name her their terrorist
Say
Her
Name
We name her our martyr
Say
Her
Name
They can’t shoot us all
