Should probably make an introduction. You can call me Mylo (OC's name, not my real name). I'm transmasc, he/him, and I'm a therian, furry, aro, and questioning every aspect of my identity. Mylo is a Comoros Flying Fox, and I don't have any species in particular.
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I'm on cohost now- IExistIGuess
Tags I use:
mylo says stuff- my thoughts
mylo draws stuff- art
mylo asks stuff- polls
mylo repeats stuff- reblogs (no longer using this one)
tw sexual mention- tag I use out of caution- I use this for general crude jokes and whatnot out of caution
tw unreality/unreality- unreality
video- any sort of video, since sometimes it lags my computer.
snakes- pictures of snakes
undescribed- posts having images with no description (sometimes I forget to do this). Sometimes I add the desc later.
discourse- any kind of argument (I forget this one a lot)
As a warning I also forget to tag cussing , general cursed things, or add image descriptions sometimes. A lot of my older posts don't have trigger tags so scroll at your own risk (I haven't posted anything graphic but I just want to make this clear).
If there's something that I don't tag that should be, or if there's a better tag for something, just comment on this post or something.
So.. I've checked in on here for the first time in a while and the option for turning off AI scraping is gone. Can anyone tell me if they're still doing it?
So.. I've checked in on here for the first time in a while and the option for turning off AI scraping is gone. Can anyone tell me if they're still doing it?
sometimes i wonder if every part of my personality these days is a glowing beacon that shrieks to the world "this woman has a tumblr account!" and i start to get legitimately concerned about it except then i remember that all the people best equipped to recognize the signs in the wild are also on this website so. devil's sacrament, etc. the fact that the phrase "devil's sacrament" came so readily to my mind just then is probably a point in favor of an affirmative answer to that first question isn't it
each piece comes from a different store that can be found at my local mall and possibly yours!!
one question is timed. one result image features alcohol/smoking.
It's fun learning astrology until you start to make broad assumptions about real people's behavior based only on their birthday.
It's fun to speculate about alien civilization until you say early cultures weren't competent enough to build their own pyramids or until scientologists stalk you for every penny you have.
It's fun dressing symptoms in mystical language like "empath" or "indigo child" until you go through life undiagnosed, unaccomodated and feeling less and less human.
It's all fun and games until Tiktokkers tell you hallucinations are actually attunement with a higher dimension and that you should stop taking your antipsychotics.
It's fun to think about possession and changelings until mom starts trying to "save" her child's soul or dad kills his family for having "serpent genes."
It's fun to see natural formations as if they were manmade until you start believing cultists when they say flying saucers are Antarctic Nazis.
You can believe in magic. It's fun to believe in magic. Believing in magic is valuable stimulation. But watch out. Remember your reality checks. There's a lot of cults and scams and white supremacists out there who want to sell you something, and that longing for magic to believe in is how they get you.
it's hilarious how if you do any amount of research into life or death melee combat the prevailing themes that emerge are that
you're gonna get tired very quickly
tired leads to injured, injured leads to tired, tired leads to—
you're not gonna be as composed as you expect
humans are more fragile than you think and also more durable than you think. both are true and neither stop them from dying of an infection later (DO NOT GET BITTEN)
Armour works. There's a reason people wore armour if they could afford it; you can't just stab through a metal plate or slash through mail like in the movies.
Armour is also hot, and full helmets restrict vision and breathing significantly. Which makes the getting tired happen even quicker.
To expand on knights being faster than you think: they can also move a lot better than you probably think. Generally speaking, anything you can do unarmoured you can also do in a full plate harness (or practically every other kind of armour) — jumping onto your horse, climbing, cartwheels/rolls (not that you should do these things).
The spear thing can't be overstated. If you have a (notably) longer weapon than your opponent, you have a massive advantage in a fight. It doesn't have to be a spear even, most any polearm will do (they're basically all just spear + something anyway).
If you're not using a polearm, and you're not an archer (and sometimes even if you are), get a shield! Shields are a massive game changer in a melee, but even more importantly if you don't have one and aren't wearing a full plate harness or equivalent, you're just asking for the archers to kill you. "But what about dual-wielding?" No. Get a shield. Dual-wielding is only practical in a duel or maybe self-defence, and even then a shield would be better, they're just harder to carry around.
Rapiers are bigger than you think, and aren't a particularly light weapon. Smallswords are the little ones.
As much as a person's size and physical strength are important in unarmed combat, they becomes far less significant when weapons are brought in (at least ones that aren't point-blank weapons like knives). To the extent that there aren't any don't need to be weight classes in armed tournaments like HEMA (at least not in any that I'm aware of). The biggest advantage size gives you is reach, not strength.
As a caveat to the above, if things move into grappling range (or start more or less there, as can be the case in a knife fight) size does matter. Because you're wrestling with the added goal of stabbing the opponent.
They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.
They also quickly put out a long “tumblr is dedicated to protecting the data of its users blah blah blah” post. Then why isn’t the setting to opt out turned on by default then hm???
(It’s because nobody would turn it off obviously but still. Ultra scummy)
How to Kill Microsoft's AI "Helper" Copilot WITHOUT Screwing With Your Registry!
Hey guys, so as I'm sure a lot of us are aware, Microsoft pulled some dickery recently and forced some Abominable Intelligence onto our devices in the form of its "helper" program, Copilot. Something none of us wanted or asked for but Microsoft is gonna do anyways because I'm pretty sure someone there gets off on this.
Unfortunately, Microsoft offered no ways to opt out of the little bastard or turn it off (unless you're in the EU where EU Privacy Laws force them to do so.) For those of us in the United Corporations of America, we're stuck... or are we?
Today while perusing Bluesky, one of the many Twitter-likes that appeared after Musk began burning Twitter to the ground so he could dance in the ashes, I came across this post from a gentleman called Nash:
Intrigued, I decided to give this a go, and lo and behold it worked exactly as described!
We can't remove Copilot, Microsoft made sure that was riveted and soldered into place... but we can cripple it!
Simply put, Microsoft Edge. Normally Windows will prevent you from uninstalling Edge using the Add/Remove Programs function saying that it needs Edge to operate properly (it doesn't, its lying) but Geek Uninstaller overrules that and rips the sucker out regardless of what it says!
I uninstalled Edge using it, rebooted my PC, and lo and behold Copilot was sitting in the corner with blank eyes and drool running down it's cheeks, still there but dead to the world!
Now do bear in mind this will have a little knock on effect. Widgets also rely on Edge, so those will stop functioning as well.
Before:
After:
But I can still check the news and weather using an internet browser so its a small price to pay to be rid of Microsoft's spyware-masquerading-as-a-helper Copilot.
But yes, this is the link for Geek Uninstaller:
Efficient and Fast, Small and Portable. 100% Free
Run it, select "Force Uninstall" For anything that says "Edge," reboot your PC, and enjoy having a copy of Windows without Microsoft's intrusive trash! :D
[ID: First image. A Twitter screenshot of someone replying to a comment saying you can only disable Copilot, saying Don't do this. You can get rid of Copilot without editing your registry. You need a program called Geek Uninstaller. It's reputable. Check around. Copilot relies on Edge. Without Edge, there is no Copilot. Use Geek Uninstaller, choose edge, right click force removal. end ID]
[ID: Second image. A screenshot of Window's weather widget saying it is 17 degrees and sunny. End ID]
[ID: A screenshot of the same widget, with a blank logo. End ID]
Hey there, I'm putting together a little PSA. Art book ads can no longer be trusted. I recently got an ad for an art book from a company called Comicpencil. The book is all AI generated content. I didn't purchase it, but after digging I found a youtube video from an artist called Jazza pointing out that there is no credit to any artists anywhere. He purchased the book and pointed out that a lot of the text content also makes very little sense.
I tried commenting on the ad pointing out that it was AI generated and my post was instantly deleted and I was blocked. I think they have some kind of detecting software that flags any mention of AI on their ads to keep up the charade. Here's one of their posts on one of the better AI image detectors, Hivemoderation. I know these things aren't always accurate but they can definitely help indicate AI if the results are consistent enough. I tested a few I could find that weren't obscured to hell and sure enough they all came out with these results.
Please. I urge you to share this. Scams in general are going to be getting worse thanks to AI and it's really important people are aware of this. Be vigilant.
