My Kind of Vibing

Kelly's the name. Writing's the game. Creating is the thing to do. Live for movie nights. Music rules my life. Always right place, right time "We read to know that we are not alone." -C.S. Lewis I'm the B in LGBTQ+. Through links for all photos that aren't mine.

[thelocalmuffin]

Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

[yeahwrite]

Writers: It's asking to read your Google Docs and be able to 'summarize' things from them and such things. I just turned all mine off.

[last-starry-sky]

Because this isn't mentioned above, also go to google.com/drive/settings and turn off all the annoying bits that interface directly with docs there.

This is all in the "privacy" tab of your settings. How fun that everything is hidden two layers deep. 🙄 This DOESN'T get rid of the stupid little star constantly asking you to use it, unfortunately, but that's what the picker in ublock is for. 😉

[buf309]

More detail instructions for OP's post for those who are confused. This is done from the browser on my laptop, I don't know what they look like on phones.

When you click the first link gemini.google.com/extensions, you need to click on the setting icon at the bottom, then choose "Extension", like this:

Scroll down a bit, you will see the options, turn them all off.

Then, you click on the second link myactivity.google.com/product/gemini, you'll see it tells you that it's already "turn off". NO! IT'S NOT! You have to click on that "Turn off" option, it'll drop down a menu like this:

Turn that thing off. Until that button shows you have to click to turn it back on like this:

And then, click on the delete button down there too, even if it says there's nothing to delete, just do it as a caution.

After you's done with those two. You go to your Drive, find the Setting button.

Click on the "Privacy" tab, choose the button "Manage Workspace smart feature setting"

Tick both of those off, then click Save. Or if you still want to use Google AI assistant for some reasons, please read the fine lines very very carefully.

Only then, you can feel safe enough with this force AI assistant bullshit. FOR NOW 🤡 All these steps still can't get rid of that Gemini blinkblink icon though >:(((((

Repeat for every one of your google accounts 💀

[theconcealedweapon]

[suzie-guru]

Whenever bullies and bigots get the slightest chance to be openly and unapologetically themselves - with no present repercussions - they always seize that chance.

And that’s their weakness.

They’re all about current power and immediate satisfaction. They don’t understand legacy, not truly, nor how they’ll be judged. Keep choosing compassion and courage, and you’ll be able to live with your legacy.

Never forget, history has its eyes on you.

[booksinmythorax]

Hey librarians: never underestimate the soothing power of a library where you do not fucking work. If you're able to travel to a library that's still in your service area (e.g. you work in one county but live in another, you live in a Really Big library system where you can go someplace and not be recognized immediately as a coworker, you live in a state with a big consortium, whatever), go be a patron for a while. I'm off today and in a library near where I live, but Far from where I work, and this shit is the tits. I'm in a study room. It's very quiet. I'm doing whatever and I'm using community resources that nobody else is using or needs right now. Just rest. It's good for you.

[forthegothicheroine]

I was listening to a podcast discussing the question of what to do if a library book isn't just objectionable but has dangerously wrong information- in this case, advice to feed your infant raw milk- and they were conflicted about it because they didn't want to pile on the book bans. As someone who is not yet a librarian but has done a bunch of research on how libraries work, here's my advice if any of you have a similar situation:

Libraries get rid of books all the time- it's the only way they can find room for new books- and the first books to go are outdated legal and medical textbooks, where incorrect information could get a person killed or arrested. So if you find dangerously incorrect medical information in a book, please tell a librarian! You don't have to petition for a book ban, just politely bring it to the attention of the reference librarian! If they decide you're right, they'll remove it, and if not, they'll keep it. It doesn't make you a member of Moms for Liberty if you alert them to something they missed when weeding.

(Librarians who see this, feel free to add on if there's more to it!)

[jasper-rolls]

there’s a difference between “just do a little yoga it will cure your depression forever :)” and “going for a run won’t solve your problems but it will make you feel a little better and that’s the first step” but this site seems to treat them as the same thing

[marylizabetha]

Taking care of yourself is still good even if it won’t cure you. Cleaning my room won’t cure my anxiety or make me less lonely but it is a healthier environment to live in.

[cute-catts]

Cats logic 🤷🐱🐈

[purplesaline]

It's not that kitty is saying she can't make the wheel go. Kitty is saying she wants to do the wheel WITH her person. Much the same way many cats won't wat unless their person is eating at the same time.

This is a request for social togetherness and it's incredibly sweet

[herpsandbirds]

Barn Owl (Tyto alba), fledgling chick hauling ass across a lawn, as it was learning to fly, family Tytonidae, order Strigiformes, Netherlands

photograph by Hannie Heere

[alex51324]

I like his fluffy little pants

[theprofessional-amateur]

For no reason here is a library story

[ace-disgrace-on-the-case]

For those who needed to hear it today

[mosspapi]

[Image description: a screenshot of a Reddit post by a deleted user. The post is titled "You're not ugly, you just look like you," and reads as follows.

I photograph a lot of people. Almost everyone believes they are ugly. Your grandmother. Your child. Your best friend. Most models. Most actors. Maybe even you.

"Oh, don't take my photo, I'll break your camera!" laughs the 80-year-old grandfather. When he dies a few months later, his grandkids will treasure this reminder of his "ugly mug."

"Please delete this," says a dear old friend. She looks beautiful. She looks like herself. She's been captured in a moment in which she is utterly comfortable in her skin. And she hates it.

"Oh God," I said, because I had to get a professional headshot for work. "I have a face like a slapped ham," | told the makeup artist I hired because I'm so hideous that I can't bear to have photos of me around. The selfie I took of "the best it's ever going to get" is my husband's iPhone background. End of image description]

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

Just saw another "there's no such thing as being too busy to send a text" post and I just have to point out what a horrible, untrue and ableist take that is. Because there ARE people who struggle severely to communicate and articulate their thoughts even on average days. There IS such a thing as having mental or physical symptoms so severe that you can't pick up your phone to text people. There IS such a thing as being hit with a personal crisis or trauma so severe that you temporarily drop off the map. There IS such a thing as simply being too busy and preoccupied to text people. So don't fucking tell people that if someone doesn't answer your text, that's automatic proof that they simply don't care about you. That isn't a helpful statement at all

[borderlinereminders]

If you follow my blog, you know how much I hate the narrative of “you’re never too busy to send a text”. And the implications it means someone doesn’t care.

So, I love this post.

And I also want to say that sometimes I don’t text my loved ones back for any number of reasons. And sometimes it’s just that I don’t feel like talking. I still love them all so dearly.

When you’re feeling someone doesn’t care because they don’t respond, I encourage you to remember a time you didn’t respond to a loved one. It probably didn’t mean you didn’t care.

[desertpups]

my fyp is on point

[flowergrenades]

*through gritted teeth* you are not a child taking a test with the purpose of getting the highest score, you are an adult trying new things and finding ways to enjoy your life, make mistakes, be a beginner, be mediocre, be where you need to be, be unlikeable, just. be.

[wewontbesleeping]

sometimes I feel bad about not having a life and then I remember I’ve never hung out outside of a building a celebrity is in to try to catch a glimpse of them for 5 seconds and I’m like. oh. I’m actually doing fine

[sandmandaddy69]

[unrealunearths]

You know, you may be the first attractive woman I’ve not wanted to sleep with in my entire life. That’s wonderful, Harry.

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... (1989)

[montereybayaquarium]

Deep sea pin cushion?

Or Japanese porcupine crab?

You decide...

[transguygardner]

i wish people would read that whole alan moore article before going “uh weird take for a comic book writer 🤨” when like uh yeah there is a facism problem in comics right now and there aren’t enough people writing stuff that pushes back against it or speaking out against their fellow creatives works. like did we all forget that marvel tried to partner with lockheed martin a few years back. or that cops fucking love putting blue lives matter flags on punisher logos to the point where gerry conway made a statement about how pissed he was about it. or that most if not all recent marvel and dc movies have military or cia backing. or that hal and the green lantern corps is one of the most blatant copaganda green lantern volumes and it was written during/in response to the massive protests against police brutality. or the whole comicsgate shit. or the whole mess surrounding ethan van sciver. or i dunno the fact that one of dc’s most popular writers right now is tom king mr EX CIA and one of the properties they let him handle was jack kirby’s mister miracle???

and thats just scraping the surface… like…