Why do I even bother

I'm just your average enby asshole passing through. Nothing i say is profound. I have since moved back home after vacation in reddit land. I enjoy crafts, cats, fandom/fic, shitposts, and medical/STEM discussions. Feel free to message me if you like!

[nixcraft]

Literal definition of spyware:

Also From Microsoft’s own FAQ: "Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers. 🤡

[caroline-vibecheck]

KillKillKillKillKillKillKillKillKillKillKill

[alluringapex]

There's a way to remove it~

Go into the power shell

then paste in:

reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot /v "TurnOffWindowsCopilot" /t REG_DWORD /f /d 1

like this

Then restart. Also here is how to turn off the awful search suggestions:

How to Disable Windows Web Search and Speed Up Your PC

Stop the OS from pulling up web results when you just want files and apps.

[venonomnomicon]

incase anyone didnt know there's some great free software to handle disabling windows bloatware without needing to mess with the command line

With the freeware O&O ShutUp10++, unwanted Windows 10 and 11 features can be disabled and the transfer of sensitive personal data onto Micro

O&O AppBuster gives you the control back over your Windows again! Now you decide which apps you want on your computer.

these are a mandatory part of every windows install for me. been using them for years and it's such a lifesaver

[vampsprite]

this google doc contains fundraisers for Palestinians/Congo/Sudan and im asking you pretty please to share and distrubute this in every way you can, these people deserve to feel safe and if one person donating a dollar is multiplied by the thousands, imagine the kind of help we could give them.

[rejectingrepublicans]

😂

[saltedangels]

OMG this is disgusting, offensive and right on target.

The Heritage Foundation is simply trying to make laws so that law makers will decide what is best for you and your medical decisions instead of you and your doctor.

They use vast amounts of power and money to in act policies of "limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values." The Heritage Foundation acts with the intent to control reproductive rights which includes abortion access; feminine products and birth control.

Remember, you may not like it when others in power are making decisions in your best interest without your input, but that's simply because you fail to understand their motivations.

Please DO NOT send USED TAMPONS and NAPKINS to:

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Ave NE 

Washington D.C. 20002-4999

[morlock-holmes]

Also, like, I'm sorry but if you've set up a free shelter, and people refuse to go because sleeping on the sidewalk under a freeway bridge is more pleasant, that's fucking on you, that's not on them.

You really can't compete with sleeping under the overpass so you are going to force people into shelter?

Unspeakably cruel and stupid.

[shieldfoss]

Most Correct Take on this subject.

[blogofex]

AIUI the most common reason for this is that most shelters don't let you do drugs while at the shelter. If someone prefers doing drugs to sleeping in a bed is that the shelter's fault?

[irradiate-space]

Reasons I have heard from local homeless about why they won't go to shelters include:

Can't bring your dog

Can't bring your prescribed medications

Can't sleep due to noise, light, or forced schedule

Fleas, bedbugs, and other infestations

More likely to get in a fight than when living on the street

More likely to get stolen from than when living on the street

Not enough space for personal belongings

Curfews that don't match work schedules

Why bother when there's a monthslong waitlist to get into the shelter, and then you get evicted from the shelter after a week, because you arrived two minutes after curfew, because the bus was late?

Requirement to hold down a job

Required to do daytime "volunteer" work at the shelter, preventing job-searching or actual job work

Required to attend Christian services, as often as twice daily

Those last two in particular were listed as reasons that people don't use the single available shelter in Grants Pass.

[dragontatoes]

also, yeah, it is the shelter's fault if someone chooses sleeping outside over dealing with any/all of the above while also going through drug withdrawals. The average adult doesn't want to go a day without coffee, and yet can't understand why the immensely painful/dangerous ordeal of quitting hard drugs cold turkey is a turnoff from a bed in a shelter. Almost anyone would pick their tent on the sidewalk to avoid that experience. Put a damn safe injection site in your shelter.

[justslowdown]

I was waiting for that last addition... like. OK, if that IS why they choose not to sleep at a shelter, they aren't "preferring doing drugs to sleeping in a bed." What a fucked up, compassionless take.

[opencommunion]

how to donate an eSIM

[ymirjotunn]

if you are unable to go through this process, you can also donate directly to crips for e-sims for gaza, run by trusted disability justice leaders alice wong and leah lakshmi piepszna-samarasinha and poet jane shi. read their statement on wong's blog, disability visibility project, here

[opencommunion]

#i've been donating to crips for esims bcus i know personally i can't keep up with topping up #so donating there is also helpful bcus it gives them a pool of funds to keep esims topped up with if u can't afford it urself ^ yes!! very important note!!

[brandyllyn]

A lot of rumors are about to fly about this rally. Trump's team is 100% going to try and take advantage of this situation. So will malicious foreign actors/bots/etc.

Please don't auto share. Check your sources, and vet their wording/sourcing carefully.

Ask yourself - What do you not need evidence to believe? Be very careful with those biases.

[coffeegleek]

Text of the image:

Breaking News Consumer's Handbook

In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.

2. Don't trust anonymous sources.

3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.

4. There's almost never a second shooter.

5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.

"We are getting reports"...could mean anything.

"We are seeking confirmation"...means they don't have it.

"[News outlet] has learned"...means it has a scoop or is going out on a limb.

6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.

7. Compare multiple sources.

8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.

9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.

Source: On (THE MEDIA] onthemedia.org

[brandyllyn]

Thank you. Y'all reblog this one.

[hyenaswine]

Donate to Save the life of the ice cream seller, organized by Abood Mushtaha

I went from being a digital marketing student to an ice cream vendor due to the l… Abood Mushtaha needs your support for Save the life of th

Update - July 4

Sorry to bother you but I need it

I have not been able to update here for about a month due to my inability to access my account and poor internet connectivity. I don't know what to say or how to express myself, but I want to inform you that there is no potable water in Gaza. The water we drink is not safe, and it could cause diseases due to bacteria. Moreover, I want to tell you that I have been displaced from the Nuseirat camp due to the ongoing heavy bombing, and I am now in Deir al-Balah. Additionally, my family has been displaced from Shujaiya in eastern Gaza to the west because of the ground invasion. They couldn't take any food, water, clothing, or even mattresses to sleep on. We don't know the fate of our house—whether it has been completely destroyed or partially damaged. Please, I beg you, help me and connect me to €12,000 as I am in desperate need. Please help.

Dead at any time Abdul Rahman

[hyenaswine]

Abood is at €10,852 and is just trying to hit €12,000, which I think is doable. He just updated today (July 5) that his niece in northern Gaza has contracted hepatitis but has no access to medical care because there are no more hospitals. I personally can't give any more money to this fundraiser so I'd consider it a personal favor if you could reblog this and donate if you can. 💚🍉

[hyenaswine]

Here is a post by @asynca vetting Abood.

[hyenaswine]

He's at €11,060 as of today, July 8. I know there are many, many people in dire need of help, but please reblog and throw in €5 if you can to get Abood and his family to €12,000.

[hyenaswine]

€11,533/€12,000 (temporary goal) as of July 13. I imagine it's very frustrating to see yourself inching towards your goal so, so slowly. Every day in Gaza is another day facing the possibility that it may be your last. I'd love to give Abood & his family some respite from the constant trauma & fear.

[determinate-negation]

Welcome,

I am Mohammed from Gaza.Because of the war in Gaza, I lost my mother, father, and brothers, and I and my children were injured. I appeal to you to protect my children, take them out of Gaza, and help me complete my treatment abroad.

I humbly request a donation of €5 for my innocent children.

My campaign has been documented and my data verified👍.I'm not a bot or a scammer, and you can verify my story by requesting any information you need.

Please donate and share my story 🙏. With a broken heart and fear for my children 🥺, I ask for your donation.

Thank you very much 🫶🌹.

this is a verified fundraiser, please share and donate

i just donated $5- if you have the means to, please match my donation. i know ive been posting a lot of fundraisers but even a small donation makes a difference

Donate to Save Mohammad family and children to escape from the Gaza, organized by Mohammed Almanasra

I am Mohammed Almanasra, 32 years old, married, and a fath… Mohammed Almanasra needs your support for Save Mohammad family and children t

[wizardelf]

€24,190 raised of €40,000 goal as of July 14th

I just donated €10, who will match my donation?

[nabulsi]

At the behest of my dear friend Amani, I'd like to talk some more about what her children are going through at this time and appeal to you for help!

Her boys are experiencing indescribable trauma. They're forced to live in tents and fall asleep to the sounds of war planes. Their childhood is being stolen from them.

These babies deserve to have a healthy childhood and a future.

Amani is asking for just under 18000CAD and has not even reached the halfway point. Please share his and donate 🙏

Donate to Support Amani and her children to rebuild their lives, organized by Hadi Abudaya

Hi, my name is Hadi and here is another family member who is in nee… Hadi Abudaya needs your support for Support Amani and her children to r

[porterdavis]

Government working for the people

[bitchesgetriches]

YOU GUYS. This is a huge deal. We recently wrote about ho racist and classist credit scores can be, and this will help the issue.

Credit Scoring Is a Racist, Classist System that Has Us All Trapped

[scifigrl47]

I work in finance/lending.

I cannot tell you how much medical debt I see on a daily basis. The crippling, horrific LEVEL of medical debt wad unimaginable to me before I took this job.

Oh my God. This is a reform that will change people's lives.

[the-big-mood]

[la-mancha-screwjob]

[fourkz]

@rat-detector

[rat-detector]

[guerrillatech]

[swordshapedleaves]

it came to me in a moment of clarity

[theblesseddamozel-deactivated20]

“I’ll just weave in the ends as I go” LIAR

[sweaterkittensahoy]

This is from an article from ScreenRant that I tripped into, and I really, really want to show up at their offices, tackle this writer to the floor, and insist they explain what would be enough abuse from Frank to make them act like it's "too much" for Ian to throw him off a bridge???

Like, I have literally never seen the show and "Never a particularly good father" is a fucking EXPERIENCE to read about a man who is literally one of the most intentionally loathsome fuckshits ever written for television.

And ScreenRant's out here sucking his dick like it's gonna shoot hundred dollar bills while shaming his traumatized kids for finally deciding dad's gotta die.

"Doesn't quite justify." Get the fuck out of here. Someone call The Chicks. We've got a proper sequel to Goodbye Earl.

[2012earthnoises]

Tshirt idea I had

[thesquidtheman]

[Image ID: A person wearing a t-shirt that says “Everything I love causes carpal tunnel”. The shirt also has a computer graphic showing a hand glowing red at the wrist. End ID]

[digi-tally]

y'all gonna love this one. Jesus.