if I can’t see you, you can’t see me

stuff I wanna save

[this-is-a-love-story-isnt-it]

This insane update from Neocities

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[art-res]

 🛑 Stop Working for Exposure (Mathematically)

I'm an artist and medical student, and I use art to help me pay some bills.

I built a free, helpful tool because to help prevent other talented creatives from undercharging, as I really see this a lot online.

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Input your survival costs and expenses

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Plan to keep this tool free, ad-free, and open to everyone.

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AL is creating web apps, art resources, and illustrations

I am an artist and medical student and creator of Art-Res, a blog where I write and curate art resources. Hopefully you find art that bring

[art-res]

Thank you for all who tried/spread awareness of the tool and also to people who tipped, truly touched by the support and it means the world! <3

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

[nileferg]

JUST got tvpaint so im having fun with ittt

[wifegideonnav]

“bits to use in everyday conversations”

[mokadevs]

confusing

[effemimaniac]

have you noticed that they don't even want you right clicking anymore

[jofiah]

Yeah! you can do it to a youtube video and take a snapshot of that frame if it's paused, or open the thumbnail in a new tab if it hasn't started playing yet

[endearmint]

[ID: Screenshot of the reblog tags by @/thebowlingalley on this post which read, "btw / shift+right click on firefox bypasses a website's shitty custom right click menu / WHATTTTTTT / PREV WAHT????????" End ID.]

[elfwreck]

There are sites that block shift-right-click. Fortunately, there are fixes for that.

Absolute Enable Right Click & Copy – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Absolute Enable Right Click & Copy for Firefox. Force Enable Right Click &amp; Copy

Chrome version:

Absolute Enable Right Click & Copy - Chrome Web Store

Force Enable Right Click & Copy

[depsidase]

[barkingbarghest]

Here is an article from NPR about it (May 22, 2026):

Carolina Milanesi, an independent technology analyst, said Google is trying to make its cash cow business — search — richer and more personalized, and it will make shopping easier. But there is a risk that users may have fewer choices about what to click. "Right now it's: I ask a question, I get a bunch of answers and I feel that I'm in control as to which answer I take, or if I'm looking for something, which product I'm going to end up buying. That is going to be less so going forward," she said. Milanesi envisions AI-enabled search and agents proposing products to consumers — perhaps even those they have requested — but with less clarity or choice around where it's coming from. "If you're going to say: 'I want a pair of Jordans, go find them,' you're not necessarily sure what steps have been taken and whether the AI has used a source or a store that was paid for and therefore came up in the search results," she said, "or if AI actually went and did their due diligence and picked the best for me as a customer."

And here's one from Time magazine (May 20, 2026):

While Google already has “AI Mode,” the company will now power the whole search bar through its new Gemini 3.5 Flash model.  Instead of the classic list of blue links, Google Search will now also generate a custom page with an AI-generated summary of what you’re searching about, which will then trigger a conversation with AI Mode on the main page, allowing users to ask follow-up questions—similar to the kind of layout you would see when opening ChatGPT.

And a little more from Time's article on how this may affect the websites that we are trying to search for:

When Google first started implementing AI-assisted results, news publishers warned of “catastrophic” impacts on the industry, much of which relies on Google search to drive users to their websites.  Last year, news websites saw significant traffic declines as chatbots increasingly replaced Google search as the primary way to find sites and ask questions.  Small businesses also noted drops in traffic to their sites from Google, which has traditionally delivered customers.   Lily Ray, vice president of SEO strategy & research at Amsive, a digital marketing agency, warned as early as last year that Google’s planned changes to search are “going to have a devastating impact on the Internet.”  “It will severely cut into the main source of revenue for most publishers and it will disincentivize content creators who rely on organic search traffic, which is millions of websites, maybe more,” she told Technology Magazine.  

[anarchopuppy]

noai.duckduckgo.com blocks all AI content in search results automatically

[ohgodohfuckohgeez]

Welp. Google's AI horseshit has arrived. And I'm not complying. They can pry my ID out of my cold dead hands. I will simply go elsewhere. Remember folks, DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR IDs. Do not comply. Resist, fight it, use other browsers or sources beyond youtube and google controlled services. Call them. Email them. Make noise. Fight back.

[mocrlbmutwwwptth]

I've been using Google as my main mail service since 2006, and every single account or service I've ever signed up for was made with that address. For a long time I thought it'd be impossible to divorce myself from Google.

It took less than 5 minutes to switch to a ProtonMail account, less than 2 hours to download and/or offload every byte of data from my Google account, and less than 3 days to change every single account or service I've ever signed up for to the new address.

As of today, the only single one I have that's still tied to it is YouTube. It's the only thing I'd lose access to if I deleted my Google acount entirely.

They really, really want you to believe that it's a hassle to switch to a different email system. But it's not. Most websites and/or services allow you to change the email address associated with it.

I've been using Google for almost 2 decades and it only took a few days to move everything. It's not a painful sacrifice; it's an easy change that, frankly, has absolutely been worth it.

[twilight-deviant]

Proton Shoutout

You can and should switch to a free, encrypted Proton email account. You also get all of the below perks. For free. There is no trick. It is paid for by the people with paying plans. I am one of them. The (completely functional) free tier is there to entice you into getting a paid account with even more perks. (It worked on me.) But there's no penalty or pressure for staying with the free account.

Also get your stuff off the google drive and put it on Proton's drive. It is encrypted. Only you with your password can access it. Not even Proton can see what you put in there.

[tzikeh]

Switch everything away from Google. It's easy and it's important. Read above, click the link for Proton, download your gmail and switch.

[depsidase]

[beawitchinglyme]

It's not hard. Really, it isn't.

Just look at HEMA. Using my sport as an example, HEMA attracts a lot of white supremacist chuds. So what does my club do to alienate them? We state our values up front, and we live those values. Every single one of us.

When I joined the beginner's class, the coach walks in front of all the new students and says, "HEMA stands for Historical European Martial Arts. Some people mistake 'European' to mean 'better than everyone else'. If you believe that, there is the door. In this club we respect people's identities and pronouns, if you cannot do that, there is the door. "

Even if the chuds stick around after that, eventually they do leave. Why? Because we make all of our values explicitly known through our interactions with each other in the club, and we shut their bullshit down whenever they try something. The fact that so many of us are queer, or trans, or just real as fuck allies alone does it sometimes. That we don't tolerate any amount of fuckery and if somebody says a racist or homophobic or misogynistic "joke", they get shut down by the bearded white cis men who they incorrectly assume will have a laugh with them. And then those dumb racist sexist fucks leave. And never come back.

We don't have to kick them out. We will take their money as membership fees until they either change their mind and grow as a human being and become an actual respectable human being, or until they cower and leave. They always self-select for us.

And that's how you fucking do it.

[agirlwithachakram]

sea shanty themes

hearing an old man saying something

Captain’s an asshole

Captain’s awesome (same captain)

first mate sucks

whiskey

the girls out here

the girls back home

ship is terrible

ship is great

Cape Horn

seriously why are we always running around Cape Horn this place sucks ass

want to go home

did NOT want to go home, somehow ended up there anyway

Sally and various sex acts we can do with her

beach party

rolling, heaving, hauling

where we’re bound

sea beasties threatening us and/or assisting us

stormy weather but we’re together

setting out to sea

coming in to harbor/taking shore leave

too much whiskey

punishing naughty crewmen

Let Me Tell You About This Guy

Goodbye!

Hello!

let us bother this fellow

oh man I should marry that one girl if I ever get back home

befriended an animal, call my parents if you don’t believe me!

you ever been to Place?

I have been grievously misled

sailors gotta sail

let’s get this bread, boys

don’t forget your old shipmate

faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe

[agirlwithachakram]

what with this picking up notes I figured I’d list some of the shanties I was thinking of. you can safely assume most of them are from the Assassin’s Creed guys

hearing an old man saying something - John Kanaka, One More Day, Homeward Bound, Leave Her Johnny

Captain’s an asshole - Liverpool Judies

Captain’s awesome (same captain) - same

first mate sucks - same

whiskey - Whiskey Johnny

the girls out here - Running Down to Cuba, Rio Grande, Down to Old Maui, Spanish Ladies, Cape Cod Girls, Good Morning Ladies All, New York Girls

the girls back home - Liverpool Judies

ship is terrible - The Worst Old Ship

ship is great - Roll and Go, Sailboat Malarkey (but the ship is also a woman and I am fucking the ship)

Cape Horn - Randy Dandy O, Go Down Ye Blood Red Roses

seriously why are we always running around Cape Horn this place sucks ass

want to go home - One More Day, Homeward Bound

did NOT want to go home, somehow ended up there anyway - Liverpool Judies (it’s a busy song)

Sally and various sex acts we can do with her - Roll Boys Roll (Sally Brown), Round the Corner Sally, Bully in the Alley (or acts you CAN’T do with Sally)

beach party - Rio Grande

rolling, heaving, hauling - Cape Cod Girls, Heave Away, Hauley Hauley Ho, Roll Boys Roll, Liverpool Judies, Randy Dandy O, about eighty other things

where we’re bound - Old Maui, Running Down to Cuba, Rio Grande, Coast of High Barbary

sea beasties threatening us and/or assisting us - Fish in the Sea

stormy weather but we’re together - Fish in the Sea, Windy Old Weather

setting out to sea - Good Morning Ladies All

coming in to harbor/taking shore leave - One More Day, Leave Her Johnny

too much whiskey - Whiskey Johnny, So Early in the Morning

punishing naughty crewmen - Drunken Sailor

Let Me Tell You About This Guy - Johnny Boker, Billy Riley, Stormalong John

Goodbye! - Spanish Ladies, Padstow Farewell, Bold Riley Oh

Hello! - Good Morning Ladies All

let us bother this fellow - Dead Horse

oh man I should marry that one girl if I ever get back home - Bully in the Alley

befriended an animal, call my parents if you don’t believe me! - Derby Ram

you ever been to Place? - Bonnie Hieland Lassie, Rio Grande, Old Maui, Donkey Riding

I have been grievously misled - The Last of Barrett’s Privateers

sailors gotta sail - Off to Sea Once More, Where’m I to Go Me Johnnies?

let’s get this bread, boys - Paddy Lay Back, Handy Me Boys, Leave Her Johnny, Worst Old Ship

don’t forget your old shipmate - Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmate

faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe - Randy Dandy O, Roller Bowler

to start with anyway.

[tariqah]

Americans be like: My grandpa 😠😠😠 served in the Korean War 😠😠😠 and killed 9 people 😠😠😠 to fund his college degree in clownery 😠😠😠 Respect him or leave the country 😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬

[username00000000001-blog]

That’s a super light story huh? My great grandfather got killed in action from a land mine to protect this country. If you don’t wanna respect the history or stand for a national anthem😁then leave to your peaceful home and fuck right off

[butchflirt]

How did your great grandpa stepping on a landmine protect this country

[zanabism-deactivated20200529]

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[stantler]

Happy Memorial Day

[almyranpine]

really good tiktok

Transcript:

Girl, just do it fat. Don’t wait until you’ve lost enough weight. You’re worthy of taking up the space that you fill. Live your life now. Don’t wait for some future version of yourself that you think will be more deserving. You have every right to pursue your passions and dreams just as you are today. Your worth isn’t tied to a number on a scale or the size of your clothes; it is inherent in who you are. You’re allowed to be seen, heard, and celebrated in whatever body you inhabit right now. Don’t let anyone or anything convince you for too long. So go out. Do it fat! Wear the clothes you love, pursue the opportunities that excite you, and live unapologetically. There’s no reason to put off living the life that you want, waiting for a moment that you’re not even sure will come. You deserve to be happy and fulfilled just as you are, and the world needs you exactly as you are today. Everything good that has ever happened to you, happened in this body. Girl, just do it fat.

[hatersmad]

thinking about that one wordless calvin and hobbes sunday strip thats just calvins dad ditching his work to go play in the snow... its going to make me cry

[hatersmad]

ohhhh my god

[faithful-grigori]

”#I LOVE that the comic keeps the lens on Calvin’s dad to the degree of not even showing Calvin’s excited face when his dad surprises him, #You can see the joy and excitement of the moment in his pose and reflected in his dad’s expression, #it’s a great little artistic decision, #I realized what gets me about it it’s the hat covering his dad’s head and hair so the dad just looks like Calvin. #you don’t HAVE to show Calvin! You already see him in the dad becoming a kid for a moment you only have to draw that once”

[dogwise]

PRACTICE URGE SURFING

[dogwise]

[teumessianandlaelaps]

Huh, didn't know there was a term for it. This explains why I haven't been drinking as much lately.

[libraford]

Are YOU gonna let THE GOVERNMENT tell YOU what YOUR GENDER is? That doesn't sound like Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness to me! PROTECT your individual FREEDOMS and call your senator: we want the GOVERNMENT to stay OUT OF OUR PANTS! GENDER FREEDOM NOW!

[libraford]

Two men in your neighborhood are married... to EACH OTHER? Congratulate them for exercising their AMERICAN RIGHT to follow the footsteps of our FOUNDING FATHERS! They've got a fully AMERICAN spirit of FREEDOM and REBELLION! GOD BLESS THE USA.

[libraford]

Your coworker has a different RELIGION from yours? Well, that's just INTERESTING and you should talk about it on your UNION-APPROVED LUNCH BREAK. The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA was FOUNDED on Freedom of Religion and ANYONE should be allowed to seek the AMERICAN DREAM!

[libraford]

You think someone might be in this GREAT country ILLEGALLY? NO YOU DON'T! No one is in this country illegally! The minute anyone steps on our SOVEREIGN SOIL they're your FELLOW AMERICAN and where they come from is NO ONES BUSINESS.

[rosslynpaladin]

it's funny yeah, but guys this is actually how you reach the people who prefer these terms to frame all things Good and Correct.

[rosszulorzott]