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♥︎ bones | 20 something | they/it | this is *my* blog, *i* get to pick the hyperfixation | icon by peachypaden

[mellophase]

Quick hit intro and other stuff:

I'm bones/mo. I have a lot of different interests, and I blog about them. Primarily bandom (specifically killjoys and MCR), music, danmei, my oc's, and podcasts. I occasionally promo fics I write. I also live blog things I read. It'll usually be tagged as "bones reads [insert abbreviated title]." I can tag triggers if asked, but otherwise, I just go wild.

If you interact with my reading liveblogging, please don't give me spoilers! I love figuring out things on my own, and it sucks a lot of the joy out of it for me if I know things ahead of time (even if I don't know specifics.) I'm also not interested in debating my thoughts/predictions until I consume all of what's available to me in a text. I throw a lot of darts to see what sticks, but they're all theories and not my final impressions on the novels, etc etc. I don't typically respond to other takes because it delves into things I may not know about the text yet, which falls back to spoiler territory.

Other than that, just be a decent human and we'll be cool. 🫡

[mellophase]

I have a lot of thoughts about the TADC finale specifically pertaining to Jax and I was writing a post that got so long I might actually turn it into an essay if I can get it into a tight 30-45 minutes. Might also rewatch episodes 1-8 tn while working on it so I can justify a few more of my points about his character leading up to episode 9.

[possumsarenice]

Shout everyone else taking the vow of silence today

[aliceneverdreamart]

I finally finished this.

I don't expect anyone to know who this is or what he's from, the manga is older and pretty obscure. I couldn't even find any color references. I had to make guesses based on cover art and use of screen tones.

But, behold, my favorite tsundere.

[keydekyie]

"It would have been easier if you'd just said yes."

original

[when-the-world-spins-backwards]

watched sinners. i am so fucking angry with all Tumblr™ users.

[when-the-world-spins-backwards]

so what you got from sinners was... remmick as a blorbo. not "music as a coping and bonding method in the presence of overwhelming grief". not "lateral family bonds as a form of black community and survival". not "early acceptance of death in black youth". not "black women as the focal point of community". not "christianity as a tool of assimilation". nothing but "wow remmick is so ✨babygirl✨". whats crazy is that yall lowkey played out the violence of film (white exploitation and decimation of black culture and community) like. perfectly. you parody yourselves.

[when-the-world-spins-backwards]

i finally saw the movie right after having to read some uwu racist say that sinners was "het slop". het slop. wow. if i started killing would you blame me if i never stopped.

[thememedaddy]

[ralfmaximus]

Just got a new Roomba.

The last one (acquired sometime in 2012) finally died, so it was time for a replacement. The new model 105 is the cheapest one they make but by golly it's an upgrade in every conceivable way.

However.

The startup/unpacking procedure has changed. Where, before, you just charged the thing for 8 hours then turned it on... now you gotta configure it:

download the app

create an account & login

connect Roomba to the app/internet

use the app to configure Roomba

use the app to designate "forbidden" areas

use the app to schedule Roomba's start/stop times

Etcetera. Upon unboxing it I was >this< close to returning it, because nowhere was it stated on the web store that the app was REQUIRED to utilize the small floor cleaning robot.

But then I had an idea.

I set New Roomba down and pressed the Power button, without installing any apps or connecting it to wifi. And you know what?

IT STARTED CLEANING

It bumbled around the house mapping everything itself and did a marvelous job, without my having to do any of the recommended crap in the Quick Startup instructions. And without configuring its wifi there's no way it's sending data to iRobot's servers. Yayy.

In 2025 some things do just work right out of the box.

[jenroses]

Can confirm my wireless enabled air filter does not require any Internet connection to work exactly like its non wireless predecessor. I tried connecting it once and it did not work as well as it did when I disabled the wireless connection. It was flashing a small "can't connect" light so I put tape over that light and it still all works fine.

[hatsinspace]

My stove, dishwasher, and washing machine all have apps. "Install the app!" the manuals all say. "Get access to fancy cycles and features!" they all say.

I have installed exactly none of these apps, and have connected exactly zero of these appliances to the wifi.

They all work fine.

Like seriously 99% of my dishwasher cycles are "auto" and the remaining 1% are "express", neither of which I need an app for. Allegedly the app can tell me when the dishwasher needs more rinse aid but so does the little red light on the display. Which is handier than the app because the rinse aid lives in the cabinet next to the dishwasher and so when I see the little light I fill the rinse aid and am done, instead of an alert on my phone stressing me out everywhere and impinging on my brain.

The washer? 95% of what I was is cold water on the colors cycle. The rest is towels in hot water or delicates in cold water. Sometimes I get fancy and delay the towels an hour so it's not competing with the dishwasher or the shower for hot water. None of that needs the app. Allegedly the app can tell me when the washer is done but so can a timer I set to the wash time handily displayed when I start the washer, and that doesn't send any data to the manufacturer.

Honestly I don't even know what the stove app does because I can do fancy things like "turn the oven on in 3 hours" without it.

Yes, it is incredibly shitty that these all have apps now and that some features are app-only and that we are all pushed to give up more and more of our control and privacy in order to feed the gaping maw of corporate "profit". HOWEVER. Sometimes you can still just not.

And if you HAVE installed the app and connected the thing to the wifi, you can change your mind in most cases. Change your wifi password and uninstall the app. Sometimes for big appliances you can find instructions on how to physically remove the wifi module. If it literally won't turn on without a wifi connection, you can almost always make a separate network for it on your router that you then block from internet access.

[can-i-make-image-descriptions]

[Image ID: Tweet from verified user Redhead Ranting (TM) (@/ redheadRanting) reading: You know what I miss? Turning on something and having it just work. No registering on another device. No signing into an account. No downloading an app. Just plug it in and it does the thing it's supposed to do. /End ID]

[uss-emberprise]

[bugwolfsstuff]

I didn't realize that this was about Project Hail Mary at first I just accepted that this was Ryan Gosling's fault and we have to kill him

[googiekitsch-deactivated2024071]

feeling bored i’m gonna dox a fish

[googiekitsch-deactivated2024071]

ok here goes

[googiekitsch-deactivated2024071]

ocean

[unknown-fish]

what the fub

[mens-rights-activia]

Anemone song

[mens-rights-activia]

Happy 9th birthday to Anemone song

[ryebreadgf]

[meltingpotofinterests]

[theotherpacman]

not all ships are For wanting them to be in a happy healthy relationship together. sometimes shipping two characters means you want them to be erotically obsessed with each other and become entwined in a mutually toxic love affair for a few months and then horrifically break each other's hearts and never speak again. sometimes you want them to be codependent best friends with enough repression to explode a submarine who only make out/have sex when they're at their worst. sometimes you want them to pine after each other for years, never say anything, and then die. sometimes you want them to kill each other. this, too, is shipping

[rapidlydecayingcorpse]

i feel like people aren't getting how dire ai is. we are running out of drinkable water. our brains aren't engaging as much with what we see and hear. people near data centers don't get clean water and experience electricity blackouts. it's being used to make pornography of underaged people and women. it often just lies. it affirms everything. it lies. it has made people kill themselves. it lies for gods sake. and people act as if im dramatic for being staunchly against it. 'now i KNOOW you hate ai and whatever, but look at this cute video' this isn't me being a new age puritan about internet videos, this is about the fucking earth and our future living on this planet. people are suffering now, people will suffer more, and my friends and parents will roll their eyes and think im annoying for despising ai so explicitly. we need to wake up because we cannot live like this

[ootpositivity]

How 'bout it, Its Out of Touch Thursday!!!!

[indigonite]

Happy 4/13 you homestuckers, it’s that time of the year again

[tearyeyedanimal]

HAPPY 4/13

neil banging out the tunes is 20!!!!!!!! heres my yearly redraw yay (2026, 2025, 2024, 2023)

[caffeinewitchcraft]

every few months i try to figure out how to build a website so that if tumblr ever gets nuked i dont lose all my writing and every few months i have to remind myself that i am a fish trying to climb a tree

[hihogandalfaway]

*scrabbles frantically for links* Joe Hills Says You Can Code!

it's a set of four lessons on creating, publishing, and managing your own website, primarily aimed at internet artists who want websites for pretty much the reason you do

it also assumes no prior coding experience (I mean no experience - step 4 of lesson 1 is 'find the text file you just made')

text tutorials

video tutorials (yt playlist)

screenshot of the intro from lesson 1: