[wolfsteax]

he's so tragic

[pocketseizure]

Something I appreciate about Ganondorf in Age of Imprisonment is that he is, more than anything, a wizard. Ganondorf can fight, and skillfully so, but he's uninterested in participating in battle. What we see him doing instead is experimenting with magic. He hates Rauru for restricting access to magical Zonai technologies, and he becomes a Demon King who rules the magical beings summoned by the Blood Moon. In a culture that equates virtue with martial valor, Ganondorf's fascination with magic is positioned as evil, and he behaves accordingly. Still, it's compelling to watch as he tests the rules and limits of his world.

[expressions-of-nature]

by RL

[the-carnival-of-time]

"Do not look away. You witness a king's revival."

[golden-autumn]

[ezrzr]

i do not “chatgpt,” i do not “character ai,” i do not “chatbot,” i IMAGINE scenarios in my HEAD. and if i DON’T LIKE IT, i DO IT MORE.

[maureen2musings]

Pieniny Mountains

karolnienartowicz

[goldcanillust]

[cowboyhatesithere]

Daily gratitude

I don’t have kids

I don’t spend money on nicotine

I don’t gamble my money away on sports

I’m not reliant on a chat bot for all my life functions

My books/CDs/DVDs collection is plentiful

[the-thot-clown]

Fallen

[fanonical]

in portal, glados forces you to form an attachment to the companion cube, then incinerate it

shortly thereafter, she tries to incinerate you

which could mean nothing

[pukicho]

Sure AI might poison the lands around us, contribute to mass psychosis, raise our energy costs, steal all of our art and intellectual property without repercussion, exploit workforces in poor countries, give execs reasons to fire you, and ultimately widen the wealth gap, but at least we'll have a little guy on our phones telling us things a google search already could've!

[pink-vacancy]

˖⁺‧₊⟡₊˚⊹

[doubleca5t]

[kosmogrl]

[orofeaiel]

A Dramatic October Sunrise

[skyberia]

here's a list of programs/sites/whatever that were helpful to me when i was moving away from using spotify & back to downloading music:

soulseek - peer to peer downloading program, has most music you'd want. there's "rules" to it though and the UI is a little confusing, but you can figure it out. there's tutorials. i believe in you

cobalt.tools, ytiz.xyz, yt-dlp - mp3 downloaders, for the songs that you can't find on soulseek

musicbee - music player, extremely customiseable. reminds me of when i used itunes back in the day. has a lot of good features, including syncing music over to your phone

lastfm & listenbrainz - sites that keep track of your listening stats. i'd recommend this even if you still choose to use a music streaming service

syncedlyrics - cmd thing that gets you timed song lyrics, like the ones spotify has. there's no UI but it's easy enough to use. just grab the lyrics and timestamps it spits out and paste it into musicbee

music presence - program that shows what song you're listening to in your discord status, in case you use discord and enjoy the thought of other people seeing what you're listening to, which i do for some reason

i'm not going to lie to you and say that switching away from spotify/streaming services is an effortless task, it took me half a whole day of nonstop Work to get all my music downloaded and sorted out, but i will say that it was worth it!! and you should do it 👍 if you want to

[sevenjetc]

Spotifymate - not 100% reliable, but very helpful in downloading songs from your spotify lists to your mp3 folder.

MusicBrainz Picard - named after Starfleet's esteemed bald man, a program for all your tagging and renaming needs.

Mp3Tag - fewer features than Picard, but a bit easier to use. I like it especially for mass renaming of the tracks. Offers 3 days free without registration, and it counts only the days when you use it. Usually, one afternoon of using it gets you sorted out.

[runcibility]

As a much-superior alternative to Spotifymate, take a look at casualOnTheSpot. It will grab entire public playlists, albums, or artists. It does have some bugs, but persistently retrying when it starts having issues, or re-running your query will almost always work.

[siriusdraws]

[wip]

maybe one day i'll draw zagreus not fresh off a run

addendum: this was referenced off of a statue made of a painting called The Kiss of the Sphinx!!