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That’s Louis Rossman, a repair technician and YouTuber, who went viral recently for railing against Apple. Apple purposely charges a lot for repairs and you either have to pay up or buy a new device. That’s because Apple withholds necessary tools and information from outside repair shops. And to think, we were just so close to change.

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Reblog if you:

Have an iPhone and are in need of repairs

Have a friend with that problem

Hate Apple and are more than happy to spite them in some way

No one will know which is it

weaselle

This guy inspired me to repair my own macbook. First of all, you should know that I am not… like, I have to look up HOW to look up what my computer specifications are. Tech, that ware either soft or hard, is not a subject in which I experience comfort or competence. But my puppy peed on my keyboard, and I asked the apple store, or the fucking mac cafe, or the godsdamn Computer House Chill Zone or whatever cute ass name they have for their bullshit store, and they said it would be TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPLACE MY KEYBOARD. I’m not even exaggerating.

So I asked the internet, well how hard IS it to repair? And I saw this guy’s video, and while I am no techie, I AM fueled by spite, so I was all “oh, they do that shit on purpose specifically so they can charge me $1200 bucks or make me buy a new computer hunh? FUCK THEM” and I bought all the tools I needed for about $25 and I bought all the parts I needed for about another $25 and I watched a few tutorial videos, and I replaced my own keyboard.

So, once you are doing the actual deed, it becomes pretty obvious that they are finding creative ways to make this much harder than it has to be on purpose. On thing that stood out to me is, instead of all the tiny screws being the same size, there are about two dozen very slightly different sizes. They could easily be all the same size, or like, two sizes at most, but no.

These mother fuckers will take a panel that screws into place and they’ll use a different size screw for each corner. They are so close that you almost cannot tell them apart visually, but they each will only screw into the matching corner. Like, it’s a pretty clear “fuck you” to anyone trying to do repairs.

anyway, this guy is also fueled by spite, and doing holy work, and I have mad respect

dragonfox-in-a-teacup

This is awesome. Man is doing good ass deeds 24/7 because he’s giving people control.

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How dare you not leave a link to his channel, this guy is the savior of the modern world.

simmisblog

He is the messiah

heartofmotherearth

This is very important, please do not ignore this.

Watch the video till the very end please (the end is when the explosion goes off.)

I live in Lebanon and the fiercest explosion went off in the midst of Beirut today, killing off an ungodly amount of human beings (more and more people are dying as I write this) and injuring up to 5000 people whose cases are immensely critical. Today,, at approximately 6 pm, hospitals were completely torn to shreds, people have been buried underneath fallen buildings, fires have been ignited almost everywhere, blood staining the streets in an excruciating manner, in addition to people that flew and fell to the sea due to the impact of the explosion. And it is certainly worth mentioning the millions upon millions' worth of damages what with buildings and cars and stores. Plenty of people are missing, it's an overall mess that is quite frankly very traumatizing.

What Lebanese people have been undergoing in recent times:

Lebanon has been going through a major economical decline that grows worse and worse by the day. The prices have heightened and the salaries remain the same, scarcely anyone has the capacity of affording basic needs anymore. There has been an unfolding revolution the past year, and the lebanese society has been protesting against the humiliation thrust upon our lives due to our miserable excuse for a government, and though the streets bled with thrashing, screaming citizens fighting for their utmost basic human rights, that caused mere to no change in the way things go around here, in fact, it only made it worse. We're being provided with, metaphorically, a droplet's worth of water and nearly no electricity, a pregnant woman has even passed away recently due to a heat stroke (as there were no means of cooling off)

What caused the setting off of this explosion?

The ignorance, heartlessness, and overall brutality of the government and the people in control.

A critical amount of chemicals (2700 tons of ammonium and other nitrates) were left inside a ship along the port of Beirut, and though the people in charge of this transaction were warned that heat and perspiration have the capability of destroying the whole of Lebanon in ode to a massive explosion, they refused to do anything about it and left the chemicals in there for years on end.

Up until, surprise surprise, the explosion went off and devestated Lebanon almost entirely.

I don't have much followers, and I know that this post isn't going to magically heal what is unfolding in this, priorly gorgeous, magnificent country, but I truly hope with all my heart that you find it within yours to spread awareness on this topic so that it would be more widespread,, so that Lebanon gets the aiding it deserves and the people from outer places slap the 'big bosses' awake, or at least pressure them into resigning, whatever it takes to make this place sufferable, tolerable, somewhere you can picture yourself residing in.

Lebanon is a place of infinite traditions, diversity, creativity, joy, and love. Most of the people here are open-hearted and wholesome. We all deserve far better.

My heart aches for the people that have passed away today, and I shall pray for the ones stuck in hellish suffering.

This is important.

plumbits

the honduran white bat

A lovely tiny friend!

The Honduran White Bat (Ectophylla alba) is a species of bat that inhabits several countries in Central America. Its range encompasses elevations of 0-2,297ft. above sea level. E. alba mainly prefers evergreen and secondary forests, which fulfill its dietary and roosting requirements. They’re a part of the family Phyllostomidae and they’re the only member of the genus Ectophylla (the name refers to its leaf-nose). It was also recently discovered (2016) that they use carotenoids to produce the bright yellow coloring of their ears and face, which could potentially be used to help us humans treat macular degeneration.

Fuzzy little puffballs

Physical appearance:

These guys are small. Like 1.5-1.9 inches small. They’re you-could-fit-multiple-in-the-palm-of-your-hand small. Also, they’re pretty special in terms of coloration. They’re one of only six species of bat that have completely white fur. Their wing membranes are black and their lips, leaf-noses, and ears are all a bright yellow. (overall very cute 10/10)

Biology and Ecology:

Another interesting thing about E. alba is that they roost in “tents” made of the large leaves of the Heliconia plant. They create these tents by biting little slits into the ribs of the leaf, where they can cling on and roost safely, sheltered from the sun, rain, and predators. The leaves die a few weeks after they’re made into a tent, so E. alba is constantly making new places to live, hence why there’s usually a network of tents available across an area. E. alba roosts in colonies of 1-15 individuals.

The leaves also aid in camouflaging E. alba with its natural environment. As sunlight filters through the holes in the leaf, it casts their white fur with a green tint that leaves them almost invisible if they’re still. Their white fur is thought to also resemble wasp nests, again, to keep predators away.

Predation:

E. alba have many predators, such as Capuchin monkeys, snakes, and Central American squirrel monkeys.

Diet:

E. alba is a frugivore, meaning that they only eat fruit. If that wasn’t specific enough for you, they only eat the fruit of one species of fig tree, Ficus colubrinae. They’re also one of the two smallest species of frugivorous bat in the world. It’s unclear how so many of them survive on such a highly specialized diet, but they do it anyway (and without complaining!). E. alba chooses F. colubrinae trees that are “high quality” and close to their daily roosts.

Reproduction:

Not much is known about the reproductive behaviors of E. alba. We do know, however, that females have synchronized births, with all females in a colony giving birth within the same week. Litter size is one offspring.

Conservation status:

E. alba is currently held under the “nearly threatened” category according to the IUCN. The reason for this evaluation being that their population is in serious decline because of habitat loss (conversion if its habitat to farmland) and expanding human population.

Thanks for reading! I hope you learned something new.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduran_white_bat#Range_and_habitat

lordeboy

From now on im tellin jobs I was General manager at Toys R Us. Who tf they gone call

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That’s actually a wise move that many people do practice. Don’t have enough job experience, but need it to get the job? Put yourself down as having had experience in a position in a company that is no longer in business, especially if it closed years ago. They literally have no way of verifying this (do not do this for chains wherein only the store closed, but not the chain). It’s a good way to fluff up your resume, just make sure you put down a position wherein you used skills you already have.

For instance, you can say you were a Personal Assistant – typing, data entry, responding to emails, taking phone calls.

Or you were an entry level cashier/customer service worker. Retraining is simple at that point.

Need brief training on that, so that you can say you literally were trained?

All for free, just sign up with Alison. Takes 2 seconds to login with your google account, and then you can take some open courseware. Open University is another good place to go for good business acumen courses.

Typing

Microsoft Excel

Basics of Customer Service

Microsoft Word

Human Resources Basics

Business Writing

Basic Business Internet

Acting like a Manager

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Basic Hospitality

Risk Management

Effective Business Communication

Google Apps for Business

Food Safety

Seriously, Alison is amazing. Most courses are only around an hour or so long, and you can say you have some knowledge or some experience in these things… because you do.

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I’ve been using Alison and it’s really rad! super recommend it

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Hi! Your friendly neighborhood background check verifications researcher here! It’s literally my job to complete background checks, meaning, I have to call to verify whether the information you enter into your application is correct, like whether you actually worked for the length of time and in the position at the company you say you did.

Just a heads up that a lot of big chain companies actually use outside verification service agencies in order to verify their employee’s terms of employment. What does this mean? It means that all of their employee data is housed off site so we don’t have to call the Walmart corporate headquarters directly to access your information. Our company just has to pay a fee in order to download that information from an outside system that Walmart contracts to hold those records; that way they’re not constantly bombarded with calls.

Now what does this mean for the average person? Probably nothing. I cannot speak for applications submitted for positions at places like convenience stores or places like that. Maybe they check up on your previous employers, maybe they don’t. Here’s the tip I’m here to impart to you all today:

If you’re applying for a job in a federal position (within the US), like a postal worker or anything at all that involves you working for the government, DO NOT LIE ON YOUR BACKGROUND CHECK. THEY LEGALLY HAVE TO VERIFY THE PREVIOUS EMPLOYER AND EDUCATION INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE!

I feel like this should be obvious, but you’d be surprised.

Oh, also, the thing that prompted this: despite being closed, Toys R Us is in fact one of those big companies that uses an outside service to house their employee records so if your potential employer wanted to try and verify your term of employment, they potentially could.

Just so ya know! (:

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moremetalthanyourmom

Okay but after seeing this I started doing it too and it’s amazing how many men I’ve run into bc they expected me to move

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Gotta try it

clevermanka

I work (and walk) on a college campus. I’ve lost count of how many men I’ve smacked shoulders with.

emmagrant01

Recently, I was standing outside my son’s classroom waiting to talk to his teacher. I stood on one side of the hallway, not even close to the center. At some point, a man came walking along. I was standing right in his path, but the hallway was empty, so I logically expected him to swerve around me. Instead he kept walking right toward me, got to me, and stopped, as if waiting for me to get out of his way. I didn’t; I just smiled politely at him. He finally walked around me, clearly annoyed that I hadn’t leapt out of his manly path.

Now I’m wishing I’d leapt aside, taken off my jacket and laid it on the floor before him, then bowed deeply and said, “My Liege!”

mercurialkitty

I also work at a college campus. I smack shoulders sometimes, but I find that if I stare straight ahead and follow the advice below, people get the heck out of the way.

songbirde108

Honestly this post changed how I carry myself when walking alone in public, or in a situation where I’m the one leading. People definitely move for the murder gaze.

onethingconstant

Confirmed. I once had to rush back inside a convention hall as the con was closing in order to a retrieve a sick friend’s medication, and I didn’t understand why people in the crowd were jumping out of my way (literally—one guy vaulted a table) until I realized I was dressed as the Winter Soldier and doing the Murder Walk because that’s just how I walk in those boots. I got the meds, got out, and made a mental note.

I repeated the experiment later, wearing the boots but otherwise my usual clothing and mimicking the expression I thought I’d had at that moment. People parted like I was Charlton Heston.

I now wear that style of boots whenever possible. I recently had a man do a double-take as I walked by and ask me, politely, where I had served because I “looked like a soldier.” I’m not current or former military. I was wearing a flowy purple peasant top and looked as un-soldierlike as possible.

Moral of the story: wear comfortable shoes, square your shoulders, and walk like you’ve been sent to murder Captain America.

naeonnoir

WALK LIKE YOU’VE BEEN SENT TO MURDER CAPTAIN AMERICA

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It’s called the Murder Strut.

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IT’S BACK!!!!!! I was searching for this to show my daughter the other day and couldn’t find it. I’m so glad IT’S BACK!! I will always reblog the Murder Strut!!

b3gayd0crim3

A guy on a bike went around me because he could tell I had no intention of moving. Thanks to this post.

linkedsoul

One day and I bumped into a guy while doing the Murder Strut and he apologized to me even though I was the one who had bumped into him.

It works wonders.

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In case you were wondering, yes you can do this in a wheelchair. Same look in your eyes and let ‘em know you will run them down. Just picture yourself in a sports car accelerating towards someone with the intention of flattening them.

If there’s anything more satisfying than watching Abled men leap out of my way when they realize I’m not moving for them, I can’t think of it atm.

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seperis

Walk like you’ve been sent to murder Captain America.

Wheel like you’re gonna win the Indy 500 and don’t care how.

Your crutches are short swords; walk like you can see them buried in the bodies of anyone who crosses (in front of) you.

Tumblr: teaching women how to be Moses and part the fucking Red Sea with the power of their minds.

taraljc

I had never seen these updates to the Patriarchy Chicken Game before and they are all a goddam DELIGHT

ecrivainsolitaire

@phoenixonwheels what the hell kind of asshole expects someone in a wheelchair to circle around them???

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Almost everyone. I shit you not.

nevercure

After I was nearly kidnapped and stalked for days around my house (police legitimately laughed on the phone, refused to believe this man had gotten out of his vehicle and chased me on foot to try to get me into his vehicle, told me it was my fault for walking alone, etc)

I started, upon my therapists request, walking in the murder walk, with my phone to my ear or out in front of me filming everywhere I went. People stopped coming near me, interacting with me, pulling up beside me to say things. They left me the hell alone because I looked like I was on the phone, not in the mood, or could see I was filming and stayed the hell out of my path. God it was glorious.

Don’t touch me. Don’t get out of your car. More importantly, get fucked. I’ve got places to be.

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I realize this is a cast iron gate but I’m choosing to believe it’s a magic protection ritual

princecharmingtobe

It IS a magic protection ritual, and it summons an iron gate to protect you from intruders.

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“I cast Iron Gate!”

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As a blacksmith I have been called a wizard by several small kids

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How to make a 紫砂壶 zishahu (Chinese boccaro teapot/ Yixing clay teapot)

cr: 拾七紫砂

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mrbiglong3000

yeah?? and what of it?? my hands are full and my ass is fat, you fucking wish you were me

queercomicsconnection

How to support protestors in the Twin Cities!

(5/29/20) After receiving an incredible outpouring of donations, Minnesota Freedom Fund has announced that “there is an urgent need for supplies and support out in the field. Please connect to the groups doing the work - Black Visions Collective, Reclaim the Block, Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar, and others.“ So boost the following groups, get involved, and give if you can!

Twin Cities orgs needing support:

Black Visions Collective MN - BLVC is a Black-led, Queer & Trans centering organization whose mission is to organize powerful, connected Black communities & dismantle systems of violence. DONATE. Instagram, Twitter, FB. Text @blacklives to 23559 for alerts. Hold local electeds accountable by signing #DEFUNDMPD.

Reclaim The Block - Calling on Minneapolis to invest in violence prevention, housing, resources for youth, emergency mental health response teams, & solutions to the opioid crisis - not more police. DONATE. FB, resources/graphics.

North Star Health Collective - Health providers and street medics working in alliance with mainstream and anti-authoritarian organizations to create a safe and healthy events. DONATE, paypal at [email protected]. Send supplies/checks to North Star Health at 3319 E 50th St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417. FB.

MIGIZI - Native youth organization whose offices just burnt down, despite protestors’ efforts to protect them. DONATE HERE. Twitter, FB.

Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar - TCCFJ fights against police terror with a multi-national working class approach. Organizing for an all-elected, all-civilian council with power over the Police Department to hire, fire, and prosecute cops. DONATE HERE. FB.

Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB)- Legal services fighting police brutality. 24hr Hotline: 612 874 STOP / 612 874 7867. DONATE HERE. Twitter, FB

Twin Cities Mutual Aid Resources:

Minnesota Freedom Fund - Legal Rights Center: 612-337-0030, National Lawyers Guild: 612-444-2654. Request bail funds here. Read their COVID-19 statement & make some calls to #FreeThemAll.

Mutual Aid Mourning & Healing Support Signup (for death midwives/doulas, social workers, therapists, and healers)

SouthsideHarmReduction.org (text/call 612.615-9725 to get naloxone, clean syringes, works)

Unicorn Riot Article on Twin Cities Mutual Aid Supplies!

Other Resources & Orgs:

Florida Bail Fund

Existing Campaigns & Mutual Aid Groups in NA by Location

MutualAidHub.org

Where to Support Protestors in Different Cities

Mental health resources for QTPOC

How To Help The Cause When You Need Help Yourself

Also if you donate to ANY of the above groups, send me your receipts and I’ll draw you plant creatures like these!

The Louisville Community Bail Fund also needs help if you are able! To find groups like these in your own area, check out the National Community Bail Fund Network Directory or search around for your city/state + bail fund and get involved!

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i have seen many of my mutuals spreading posts that don’t note the Minnesota Freedom Fund has urged people to redirect their donations to Black Visions Collective, Reclaim the Block, North Star Health Collective, or TCCFJJ! Take note, please.

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How I draw skin Part 2: DON”T DRAW NATIVE PEOPLE WITH RED SKIN!!!! A tutorial

For the first tutorial on how I draw skin, see the post here.

But seriously, I’ve seen too many drawings of Native characters with literal red/pink skin to count so just in case some of you are having troubles with drawing Native people, I’ve provided a guide for you. Please take my swatches if it helps!! and no more red skinned people, please <0<

luminarai

good morning to these talented husbands who are both called david and wear the same outfits and to them ONLY

magicalgirlshana

Their insta handle is david.k.north and here's a picture of them as Santa! They also have chickens as pets!😭😭😭

nonasuch

they’re REAL

nevercure

I'M IN LOVE

byjove

Sea salt, garlic, rosemary and black pepper banish evil. They also season chicken.

byjove

Or perhaps it is the evil in the chicken we must defeat?

fulminata2

This is why chicken soup is one of the most powerful potions you can make.

chewedcorn

My mom got tired of me making fun of her “Live Laugh Love” sign and modified it.

dou-hong

Requests from my Twitter! Come on over and make a request :) I absolutely LOVE all of your requests, so many different types of birds I’ve never seen before!

Animal Crossing OCs - Birds [1][2][3]