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i'm like 7 years late to this place (layout temporary bare with me pls)

[greatfairie]

25 favorite screenies of 2025

i was tagged by @solarsimblr, thank yooouuu!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

ah, 2025, the year i decided to come back to simblr in full force... mind you it was like the middle of july, but here we are! i decided i was going to lock in on a neighborhood again and the trainwreck san simada was (re)born. here are my 25 faves of the year!! ignore the fact that my reshade changes every other screenshot and that some of these are technically from this month LOL

tagging @frostedshore @spell-bloom @selenaq13 @nervosims @tinselplum @nectar-cellar @alanna-goth @tinygoat and whoever wants to do this!!!

[greatfairie]

bisexual doctor is grappling with being over thirty-five or something

[sgthebee]

Louie Zong Art

I've always loved @everydaylouie's music, and only recently discovered their extremely cool 3D artwork. I don't know what shader magic they use, but it looks great in TS2!

I made recolors for Geometry 101, Rotating Horses, and Bella Squared. Plus defaults for Geometry 101 and Rotating Horses using the first recolor (so delete that file if you don't want dupes).

Download Geometry 101 Default Download Geometry 101 Recolors

Download Rotating Horses Default Download Rotating Horses Recolors

Download Bella Squared Recolors

I made Lunamoth metal frame recolors for Geometry 101 and Rotating Horses, too. You'll need hafiseazale's CEP Extras for these to work.

Download Geometry 101 Frames

Download Rotating Horses Frames

[episims]

4t2 Hanraja Conversions

In the series of things I made for the music store: conversions of a bunch of Hanraja's beautiful objects.

S004 Stereo (functional stereo) Electronics/Audio, §333. 295 polys, 512x512 texture.

S011 CD Player (functional stereo) Electronics/Audio, §444. 76 polys, 512x512 texture.

S011 CD Player Wall (functional stereo) Electronics/Audio, §444. 42 polys, repo'd 512x512 texture.

S011 CD Player Cute (functional stereo) Electronics/Audio, §222. 216 polys, 512x512 + 64x64 textures.

S014 CD Casette Player (functional stereo) Electronics/Audio, §200. 124 polys, 512x512 texture.

S045 Paint Wall Minis Decorative/Wall, §399. 152 polys, 512x256 texture.

S061 Piano Music Station (functional piano) Hobbies/Creative, §3500. 1427 polys, the largest texture is 512x512.

S064 Stereo (functional stereo) Electronics/Audio, §700. 318 polys, 512x512 texture.

S065 Speakers (functional stereo) Electronics/Audio, §530. 604 polys, 512x512 texture.

S066 Hifi System (decorative) Electronics/Misc, §5299. 1730 polys, the largest texture is 512x512.

S066 Speakers (functional stereo) Electronics/Audio, §799. 854 polys, 512x512 texture.

S066 Speakers Wall (functional stereo) Electronics/Audio, §399. 136 polys, 1024x256 + 512x256 textures.

S068 Record Player Stand Surfaces/Misc §325. 376 polys, 512x512 texture.

The piano requires Argon's instrument hack for the perform interactions to work properly. When a sim plays it the screens lit up and display custom animated graphics that I made for them.

The floor speaker from the set 066 is stackable. The wall one from the same set functions as a stereo, not as a community lot speaker.

Download (SFS) (alternate)

The files are compressed. The folder has full swatches of everything, and @lordcrumps' shadow file is required and included.

Full credit to Hanraja for everything that was converted. Thank you @gummilutt for the slot work, general aid, and cheering.

[goatskickin]

28 recolors of just the top part (subset) of Psychedelic SimAtri Coffee Table aka tablecoffeegroovy that came with University.

I have recolored it before but I thought that this would be a great canvas for some funky recolors.

I am especially fond of the wood 'quad' colors. I found a foldable coffee table at a garage sale a few years ago that looks like that.

Download - Psychedelic SimAtri Coffee Table Tops - 28 RCs

[episims]

Queer Wall Posters on Artig

Some art to celebrate Pride with! I picked 20 designs from Queerwall and put them on Artig and its addons (1, 2, 3).

🏳️‍🌈 Download (SFS) (alternate)

The files are compressed, queerness is ensured.

[modernsetstosims2]

Barber Shop - Decor

Download

[go-learn-esperanto]

Hey. If people aren't aware, Microsoft admitted they know who you and where you are at all times and will give your info to the police.

They have a Global Device Identifier (GDID) Tracker that functions as a fingerprint for your PC that can surpass VPNs, proxy servers and countries. Although it can't survive a clean reinstall of Windows (it can survive updates), because Microsoft forces you to go to the internet and log in into a Microsoft account, they will be able to get to you.

Microsoft kept it secret and it was only found out when the FBI tracked a hacker thanks to the information Microsoft gave them.

You should be paying attention to this, and possibly consider moving away from Windows. If a government, especially the US government, doesn't like you for some reason, this could be seriously concerning.

This article specifically notes:

For journalism, activism, or domestic abuse situations, skip Windows and use Linux routed through Tor instead of a commercial VPN. A GDID doesn’t care which VPN you use, only that it’s still the same Windows installation.

Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.

Other important quotes:

What has researchers uneasy is everything else the case reveals. Costin Raiu, a well-known malware researcher, asked on the Three Buddy Problem podcast how much of this exists on other platforms, and whether it is linked more permanently to hardware. Matthew Hickey, another security researcher, called Windows “surveillance software”.

Two things back that up:

There’s no consent screen. A GDID gets assigned when you sign into a Microsoft Account. Apple’s advertising identifier needs an App Tracking Transparency prompt and a visible reset; Android’s works the same way. GDID has neither, and a Windows reinstall only gets you a new number Microsoft can still get back to the same account.

Then there’s activation. Massgrave, the group behind Microsoft Activation Scripts, notes that Windows setup sends hardware info to Microsoft and gets identifiers back, the same tokens later used for Store access and licensing: “It’s impossible to prevent Windows from getting a GDID without breaking activation and UWP app[s].” Anyone who lost a license after swapping a motherboard has already met a smaller version of this.

[arch-official]

I have a suggestion

[brandinotbroke]

I keep seeing people saying they will "eventually switch to Linux if things get worse".

So? Why am I hearing crickets?

It seriously cannot get worse than this. Microsoft straight up openly admitted that Windows is spyware by definition. They know who you are, they know where you are, they know what you are doing on your computer at all times. VPNs don't help, they can still see and save everything. You cannot turn it off. It is full on surveillance and it has been going on for months without you knowing because there was no consent screen ever.

What ELSE are people waiting for? Even websites focused entirely on windows are telling you to use Linux, essentially accepting the fact that they will lose readers if people follow their advice, because they cannot in good conscience recommend using this OS anymore. This cannot realistically get any worse. I can already see myself eating my words bc Microsoft will find a way to make things even worse but you get what I mean.

[latmosims]

This a question that goes far beyond the realm of personal computers, and reaches even the deepest of ideologies we hold dear in our hearts.

I recently had a political conversation with a friend: we were talking about political views, and they were surprised to learned I harbored a deep fear over the rise of fascism in my country, because "you aren't part of the demographic the far-right would be coming after at first" - and I was honestly left for words because there is so much to unpack in that sentence.

This is the same issue. Of course, laziness is a thing, and so is tech. illiteracy. And sure, it's not like Linux is perfect (especially recently). But it's def. also that people won't switch because they don't feel particularly targeted by these types of issues.

Mass surveillance is only ever a problem (in the immediate future) to people of marginalized groups, the ones that already struggle to be accepted in society, and generally don't get to make the indirect decisions that end up making these systems possible (such as, adopting all-American technologies on a society-wide scale as the default, never questioning the fact, even now).

"It is what it is" and every other excuse that can help remove the blame on an individual basis. Heck, you can't even point fingers at this very issue or you'll be too "judgmental" - how are we supposed to fix a problem when people refuse to see it in themselves, so they can then realize it's not just at an individual level, and fight back together in an organized manner? (and I use "fight" in a very broad meaning, refusing to engage with Windows in situations were you have control, is also a form of fight; it's not about beheading oligarchs - although, that too!)

So "What ELSE are people waiting for?" - they are waiting for the next person to make the move (it becoming the new default), so it's easier for them. It's like when people wait out playing a game after it got updated because they know a patch or two will soon follow to fix those initial (most drastic) bugs. Only here no one's particularly enticed to be part of that first group of players. With the result being that no one moves, so we all just watch as the fates of others get decided for them, until our own turn comes.

[modernsetstosims2]

Xero Bathroom Supplies

Download

[katnapse]

wip dreamer house

[pforestsims]

Rockabilly Crop Top & Shirt for AF

Download: SFS | BOX Polycount: ~1670, all morphs

New tops based on Rockabilly outfit from Apartment Life EP. Crop top recolors repo'd to the shirt files / or standalone.

More pics under the cut. Enjoy :)

*This is for The Sims 2

As usual, each mesh contains single body shadow texture used by all recolors, to avoid redundancy.

[gaypleasantview]

⋆˖⁺‧₊☆ i hope you find your way home. // Pride Flags ☆₊‧⁺˖⋆

⋆ s1ndle's Pride Flags colorpicked from TS2 Box Art, now in game

⋆ 17 vintage-looking swatches in 512x512 textures

⋆ everything is clearly labeled, compressed and made with love

Link, swatch and more info under the cut ♡

Hey!! I've had this idea in my head for ages. s1ndle made an awesome post two years ago where it took colors from The Sims 2 box art and made various pride flags with them. I LOVE this idea and the flags turned out really pretty, I knew I needed that in my game.

These are on a mesh by Syboulette, converted by nonsensical-pixels (check out the rest of the set, it's awesome!). The mesh is 1352 poly, you can find it in wall decorations for §19. It's pretty small so I also made textures smaller, I think they ended up looking beautiful. I hope your sims enjoy these :33 Happy Pride!

Credits: @s1ndle for the textures, @syboubou for the original mesh, @nonsensical-pixels for the mesh conversion, this blog for the graphics in this post.

♡ Download ♡

Mesh (np_4t2_syb_pridelgbt2022_wallflag_mesh) is included.

SFS | simblr.cc

♡ Swatch ♡

Flags included: rainbow, lesbian, MLM gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, asexual, pansexual, aromantic, aroace, Philadelphia Pride, Progress Pride, intersex, Progress Pride w/ intersex, Bear Pride, monsterfucker, genderfluid.

All of the original images can be found here :3

[monilisasims]

4t2 - The Trinity Collection Sentate credit : sentate SFS / MF

[powerpcinside]

4t2 Vitiligo Overlay Box

Well this took a while... anyway I was trying to recreate one of my Sims 4 sims in Sims 2 and wanted all the skin details to match up perfectly so I converted the vitiligo textures to Sims 2 in an overlay box.

There are 71 separate swatches, split between arms, legs, upper torso, lower torso, and face. Face textures do work with other overlays. The preview shows multiple different skins and skintones so you can see what they look like. (The one guy is backwards because otherwise he'd be sideways). For the vitiligo textures themselves I used the Tattooer to get the general shape of the textures over and then used a custom tone of Dreadpirate's Party for One skinblend to make sure the details weren't lost on the face. The overlays work on both male and female, ages toddler through elder. There are a LOT of choices (between 8 and 21 for each body part) so I recommend making a note of what you picked in case you ever want to remove them. The box is a mannequin head (using the same texture as the birthmark overlay box because it fit the theme) and is located in misc > dressers.

Download Simblr.CC

[jacky93sims]

oh gosh, i've never caught this in time! Could I have some of the signs from around the Sims 4 shop signs set? It should e under 2024 >> november 24th. specifically: the baguette, the mug, the donut, the vinyl record and the wine bottle? thank you!

ATS Shop Signs for The Sims 2

These are 4to2 conversions from AroundTheSims, low poly, all recolors. Found in deco-miscellaneous. They will be brighter at night time.

DOWNLOAD HERE

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[lamare-sims]

Bigger Selection Dialog Window

This is a UI mod that makes selection dialog wider and higher and fit more items. You see this window when you buy magazines or video games on unowned community lots, or set up bed decorations with my Unmade Bed mod, or use other modded objects that may have been released or are going to be released soon 😏

Download

Special thanks to @lordcrumps for making maxis and clean ui pics and counting pixels with me. It was his and @simnopke's idea to make this thing bigger

Some behind the scenes under the cut

Stage 1, breaking out of the tiny window

Stage 2, figuring out how to mod UI again

Stage 3, going big! But not quite there yet

Stage 4, "should I move it 1 more pixel to the left"

🤓

Secret bonus version for behind the scenes viewers who think that smaller is better, available exclusively and only in starship colors (you can only have one version)

Download 4x4

[lamare-sims]

⚡ Update: bigger selection dialog image doesn't affect grocery dialog anymore

🙊 Sorry! My bad, did not expect the dialogs to share the same image. Will make sure to check for that next time I mod the UI 🙈

Updated all files including the secret 4x4 version. Please redownload 🙏

[woohoohotline]

silly video i made with some very talented people :D

thank you so much to hyacinth-sims and 2gaywitches on reddit for finding most of these memes!