caffeinated cutie

[parakeet]

Another banger from /r/stupiddovenests - at least the tag is appropriate this time

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

[birdsleepinginatree]

Mama dove has got style. You at least have to give her that.

[taigacryptid]

decentralize and clean up your life!!!

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

last updated: march 18th 2025

[moniquill]

[tattoosingarishhues]

[dragongirlteeth]

I am shocked at how many people don't have an actively hostile relationship with advertising

[dragongirlteeth]

I am skipping your ads as fast as I can. I'm skipping past your sponsor read. I'm muting the tv. I'm muting the tab. If they get too annoying I will simply stop trying to watch.

If advertisers can use every manipulative trick in the book to get me to buy their product, I am fully within my rights to do everything I can on my end to make their job impossible

[annabelle--cane]

vampirism poses the question "what if there was a fundamental, horrible, unending well of want in your soul that, if truly satisfied, would lead to great pain for all those you hold closest and, in turn, their absolute and total revilement of you?" and naturally as a person with no problems I don't relate to this in any way at all.

[annabelle--cane]

vampirism also poses the question "what if someone you loved, through no fault of their own, needed something from you, and giving it to them and seeing them happy provided you the greatest joy, and you were the only one who could do it, but at the same time it was slowly draining all your life out of you?" which is also a completely unrelatable idea to me because I'm a normal person with no issues.

[kosmogrl]

[bonivers]

And Now That You Don’t Have To Be Perfect You Can Be Good 2026

[wilwheaton]

“Like, we’re being taught by mainstream culture that getting an English degree is a waste of time, and that thinking about the meaning of stories will not prepare you for life in the world. This, in turn, comes from the assumption that the purpose of a college degree is as a qualification for a middle-class career — rather than a sign that you have learned something that has value in its own right. That you have gained critical thinking skills, of exactly the sort that studying literature would give you. If I were feeling extra snarky, I might point out that critical thinking skills would indeed be a drawback if you’re trying to get a career pumping up the A.I. hype bubble, but never mind.”

— Why the Worst People Are So Keen to Wreck Art and Culture

[onlywayin-deactivated20231101]

[wander-in-arda]

I work cybersecurity, this is like half my job.

[fiddlertoad]

the whole vaccine deal tbh

[i-am-emily]

antidepressants

[wizardavid]

Yes these are all the work of wizards

[earhartsease]

a good reinforced protection spell is its own re-ward

[camelliawitch]

19.08.25

2nd day of classes. My last semester of undergrad.

I’m taking 4 classes this semester, one of which is 6 credit hours and will make me suffer, although I’m absolutely excited for it. This is a senior design class, which is basically one huge-ass semester-long project, during which I’ll be sewing 6 outfits of my own design yay.

Today I had 2 classes. Did some of the intro assignments in between them. And spend 1.5 hours reviewing my Calc1 notes so I don’t freak out when I need to tutor people on it. (Peer-tutoring is my part-time job).

🌳: 2h 24min on forest today in total

[academic-vampire]

𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔞𝔫 𝔥𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫 𝔞 𝔩𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔱

[justlifewelle]

Wake me up when September ends🍂.

[academic-vampire]

𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔫

[alissaaura]

[narumi-studies]

wed, 20 aug 2025

the final year of my bachelor’s degree is starting soon so i really need to get on track with my mandatory reading materials. didn’t feel motivated at home so i went to a nice bookstore and studied there for a few hours.

[moonss-and-stars]

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple”