[pinksocks12]

I know my likes and asks comes from here, but if you want to interact with me or see my posts/pics (it's the blog, there's little art there. Art posting has been on a hiatus since October 2019)

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[kaioty-summer]

Hey, did y'all see this?

I saw this when running newpipe. But wait, it gets deeper. I clicked on the details buttons and it said as of today, we have 83 days left until Google rolls out this new requirement for apps inside and outside of the google play store. If any developer disagrees with their new terms and fees, they will be blocked!

I'll share some of the info below:

Looks like they're trying to nuke the remaining privacy and freedoms we have left on the internet.

What to do?

-Get your developer friends to not comply to their new guides

- Sign the open letter on the site and take action by checking out the full resources list on their website as well!

To summarize, this is all daunting especially when you feel all alone with unfair and inhumane regulations comming out faster than improvements but we got this working together!

Share the link with your friends, family and anyone who will listen!

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.

[yellowmagicalgirl]

If you're in the US, I created a petition to make it easier to contact senators and congressmen.

Google Wants To Control Our Phones

Join 1 people. Google is trying to make people hand over government id in order to make an Android app. If they don't, then that app can't b

If you're not in the US, see if your country is listed here for whom to contact.

[sceptixfakemon]

SIR sorry to bother you your art is so fantastic and i shall come to you for knowledge and inspo. HOW do I put a cloak on my knight send help (preferably from your hot knights) signed an aspiring knight artist thank yuo

hi !!!! you dont bother me at all!!!

there's honestly a variety of options whether you're doing a fantasy or more historical design . which you did not specify SOOO i drew you a few:

these are mostly realistic/comfortable to wear and just from the top of my head. there's obviously so many more configurations but i will only give you these to kickstart the creative process for you :] have fun cloaking your knights!!

[kaylmao]

idk i would personally rather give up access to certain products seasonally or locally than have people enslaved to give me the ability to have any product any place any time. i think i can go without tomatoes in january.

[moniquill]

Yes this but also: relearn preservation skills!!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7981801-putting-food-by

You can have tomatoes in January if you dried/froze/canned/pickled them in July!

[cedricredwood]

Double also: getting in touch with heirloom varieties and growing traditions again! You can have tomatoes in march that still taste and feel fresh if you seek out the right hanging storage varieties - a guy named Hans Fama has been in the spotlight lately for developing / re-finding some of those breeds, but delicious storage varieties exist for most crops, especially the ones humans have been domesticating and nurturing for millennia... combined with chilling and refrigeration techniques, you get cool facts like that even most "fresh" supermarket apples are over a year old before they get to you!

Heres another long shelf life tomato that can last up to a year, this time a Spanish Ramallet. My first experience with long shelf life tomatoes was in Catalonia many moons ago, and I've been obsessed ever since. #tomatoseason #storagetomatoes #ramallet #tomatesdepenjar #tomatesdecolgar #tomaquet #spanishfood #italianfood #tomatogirlsummer #heirloomtomatoes #spanishtomatoes #tomatocollector #tomatobreeding #vegetablebreeding #gardening #farming #pancontomate #sofrito #spanishcuisine #cucinaitaliana #cocinapobre

Humans love preserving things

[minniestronni]

For my fellow southwest US and central Mexico friends, I highly reccomend seeds from Native Seed Search: https://www.nativeseeds.org/

native seeds search arid-adapted heirloom seeds from the southwest

Native Seeds Search is a non-profit that conserves and sells heirloom seeds, foods and Native American art and jewelry from the Southwest. W

[nashoba-holba]

S.E.A.R.C.H. is phenomenal!!! If you're in my neck of the woods (East Coast) check out Alliance of Native Seedkeepers, they do great work.

Alliance of Native Seedkeepers - Heirloom Seeds & Heritage

Discover unique heirloom and non-GMO seeds at Alliance of Native Seedkeepers. As a Native American-led store, we specialize in over 1,500 va

[ouroborosorder]

honestly I hate “can you pet the dog?!?” not for any of the common reasons but because it was initially interesting as a proposition of “can you interact with the world in a way that is not within the primary mechanical loop” and that very quickly fell away to being “well now any indie developer making a game has to have a pet the dog button or they’re going to get letters”

[ouroborosorder]

One of my dream projects has an NPC with a dog, and if you try to pet it, the owner tells you not to do that. If you try again, it bites you and you take damage. I want to do this entirely because I genuinely believe that this would make me feel way more grounded in the world than any “click button to see cute animation” would ever do, and also it would be really funny to have a game where people lose their runs because they tried to pet a dog they were told not to pet

[catgirldragon]

[sistertaxon]

[gailynovelry]

The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project.

[johnny-depp-is-loved]

[dawaxxenpith]

At risk of sounding like a hater and an asshole this looks like AI and if its somehow not, the editor who reworked images and sharpened them up made it look like AI

Edit: yeah its AI

[theromanbarbarian]

This is the actual image (from a 6 year old reddit post so def not AI). Either someone asked AI to recreate it or AI, being the plagiarism machine it is, was asked for a pic of dogs finding humans in the snow and just ripped off the first image it could find. Another reminder that AI doesn't actually create anything. Also real cute dogs.

[badboneszone]

Actually a fantastic example for when you need to illustrate to someone that AI art is theft, blatantly, and not in some abstract way

[paxamericana]

you’re hearing it more and more

[kyrare]

Spotify Premium ad: “Imagine playing music without interruptions! Infinite skipping! Replay the song you want! And even do it offline? No ads! Whatever songs you want! For a small monthly payme-” Me: *nods, turns off Spotify and turns on my MP3 player and does all the things they offer, but for free and with songs they don’t even have*

[jimtheviking]

For those of you who might not know how to do any of this:

To convert CD audio into mp3s, you just follow the steps here

To play mp3 files, you download an mp3 player like Winamp here and away you go

On mobile? There are plenty of free mp3 players for your phone available, too, so check them out

You don’t need to be tethered to an online streaming service for your music. Be free.

[eroticcannibal]

You can also rip audio files from youtube and find files all over the internet. It is far easier to come across great and lesser known music if you dont limit yourself to spotify.

[bonediggercharleston]

Yall gotta learn how to torrent again

How to Use Torrents Safely (in 5 Easy Steps) | TechNadu

We are going to teach you how to use torrents safely - by showing you which torrent clients to download, where to find P2P files, and plenty

[muffinlance]

Instead of reblogging another "20 steps to make Windows less hostile (until the next update)" post, I'm just. Going to drop the Linux Mint installation guide. Which is less than 20 steps.

The first thing you'll do is create a USB that lets you test Linux without in any way damaging your current set up, so I encourage anyone who's loathing of Windows is ever growing to give it a try. You have nothing to lose but a little time.

It's also a way to give an older computer new life, since it's generally Windows bloatware slowing your system down, not your computer's actual hardware.

Official guide:

[birdylion]

Mint is designed in a way that makes it easy to switch over from Windows, in terms of graphic user interface and usability.

[dinosaurbuff93]

Sign the Petition

Protect Dinosaur Valley — Put Guardrails on Massive Data Centers in Texas

I normally don't like to talk about current events here, but I seriously believe that this needs to be addressed! The Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas is in huge danger of having an AI data center being build near the park. The byproducts of AI facilities that poisons the air, uses up the water, pushes up electricity, and harmfully impacts the animals, plants, and people living nearby. Even worse, the request to postpone the operation has been denied by Texas courthouses. But, it's not too late yet! If you care so much in preserving the paleontological site, its ecosystem, and to help the people of Glen Rose TX, then please sign the petition in the link up above. Dinosaur Valley State Park is one of the few places where you can walk the same path as the prehistoric animals did millions of years before you, and I'll be seriously devastated if the unethical facility gets build there.

And if anyone sees this post, then I highly encourage you to reblog it so that way more people can learn about what's about to happen near Dinosaur Valley State Park. The more awareness about this petition, the better are in chances to save the dinosaur valley before it's too late. Let's protect this amazing park!

UPDATE: Ever since I've created this post, the petition to save Dinosaur Valley State Park has raised up to at least nearly 7,500 signatures! More and more people are voicing their opposition on putting a data center within Glen Rose Texas. The residents there are totally against on establishing an unethical building that'll not only destroy the fossil trackway and the natural environment, but also be very harmful to their health sake too. I'm blazing this post to give the people of Glen Rose the fighting chance in persevering their amazing park. Losing the trackways will be a travesty, and I'm not about to give up in saving a part of Earth's ancient past. Let's keep that momentum growing!

[shereeluvssinners]

Via the Grio

Wunmi Mosaku

[keatxu]

abandonware should be public domain. force companies to actively support and provide products if they don't wanna lose the rights to them

[omikronsoul]

Game companies hate emulation, but none of them seem to understand that a lot of us would just buy ROMs from them directly if we could. I don't want a fifth remake of Final Fantasy IV, I want to pay five bucks for the 3MB file you already made bank with thirty years ago. Nobody who wants to play something for the purpose of retro gaming is going to consider a $40 remake as the alternative option, and we're certainly not going to let the original dissappear. They're crying about opportunity cost for a product they're not even selling.

[justletmeremember]

op i know you're probably talking about like, video games, etc, but this is also critical for research science - my lab has so much abandonware, either because the company's out of business, or the company decided to not maintain it, and it's a fucking nightmare. we have two windows 95 computers that are CRITICAL for performing experiments/data analysis because the software needed is abandonware. one of the main roles for a guy in my lab is to maintain these little dinosaurs because if they go out, we lose access to ~20 years of raw data for research. part of why is that these companies also make their own file types, and make it difficult-to-impossible to convert those file types without their specific software. by habit, i convert all research files to more generic versions (txt, pdf, tif, etc) so that i minimize risk of losing my shit, but some stuff can't be converted.

for example, we have a microscope that is perfectly functional, good microscope, but its software is abandonware because the company refused to maintain it. the company is still in business, still makes essentially the exact same software, but they made all of the old tech incompatible with new software to force people to buy the new microscope tech. it would cost a quarter million dollars to replace this microscope. this perfectly good microscope.

so like, i know a lot of people look at the original post here and go "well op just wants old video games to play" (which is valid! games companies should not be able to push shit to abandonware and then close it off) but also this is critical for like. biomedical research. if y'all had any idea how much basic infrastructure built on science relies on shit that is technically abandonware, you would probably be horrified.

[jollysunflora]

#there is so much abandonware just...out there being used and carefully maintained#because nothing quite replicates the functionality

[briannyssey]

some people read an awful lot, but don't read very well. deep reading is itself a skill. being able to untangle the threads of theme, subtext, characterization, narrative style, and more are all things that it takes time and intentional engagement to learn.

if you've ever watched a movie with your film buff friend and chatted about it afterwards, that friend might have pulled hours more of conversation out of the same 90 minutes of screentime, and wondered how the fuck they did that - it's not raw intelligence, it's a skill that's been honed. And I learned a lot about film from talking to friends who knew about film, and reading critique by film scholars

literature works exactly the same. so if you want to get more out of your reading, there are things you can do to train that. Find a book or short story you think you've got a pretty good grasp on, preferably from a widely read & respected author like Ursula K Le Guin or Ray Bradbury (if you're new at this don't swing for the Toni Morrison or the Samuel Beckett yet unless you feel very comfortable with the complexity of the text - the point is to develop a complicated new skill on good foundations). Then go to JSTOR, create a free account, and look up criticism on the story you've chosen. Find something that looks readable to you and at least somewhat interesting. Read that article, and look at what that writer got out of the same story you've read that you didn't get. Do you see the critic's points? Did they teach you something about the text? Go reread that story and see if the criticism has changed how you read it. Are you seeing more? Are you thinking about the implications of a line that you hadn't noticed before? Does the story feel richer now?

there are other more involved ways of finding criticism. Learning to use academic databases, going to your local library to do interlibrary loans, finding critical voices you appreciate; these are all useful subskills. Literacy isn't just being able to read words, it's being able to read words in context and think about what they tell you about the text, the author, or the time and culture in which the text was produced. Literacy is the skill of being able to look at the world with open eyes and think clearly about how its parts are connected. It'll change your life

[briannyssey]

this keeps getting shared around and ive seen some different tags responding differently so i just want to make some important clarifications and distillations

you don't have to read more deeply if you don't want to (but i'd recommend it, i genuinely think it makes you a better person)

if you want to learn to read more deeply, the resources are out there. try to find critical literature (that is, academic writing that analyzes the text) on works your familiar with so you can get a sense for how to do that analysis too

learning to deep read literature can help you deep read many areas of your life

writers tend to put a lot of work into their stories. if you learn to read that work you'll (probably) appreciate the stories you love even more. And if not, then you'll have developed your taste. This too is worth doing

[rowanisawriter]

write insane shit that’s way beyond your perceived ability and skill level even if you don’t finish it even if you think it sucks

[creepycrag]

i think we need copyright reform. currently most works are protected by copyright for the life of the author plus 70 years. here are my two proposals.

18 years. this is enough time for the work to grow to adulthood and begin to care for itself

life of the author + zero years. i like this one because it encourages you to kill people

[mollyjames]

There are a lot of people who start creative projects with no business or financial plan, because "who cares, it isn't important, we'll figure that out later". And you can't let yourself become that person. Not because I'm a sneering finance bro who thinks your woke animated youtube series wont make money, but because if you don't you'll wind up financially exploiting your friends for years

[mollyjames]

Look, it's none of my business if you wanna work yourself to the bone for no money so you can make your dream project a reality. I think you shouldn't, but also let's be real that's basically a rite of passage for young creatives. But as soon as you start involving other people? You need a plan. You need to be able to compensate them for their time, and you need to have it in writing

[song-of-the-spheres]

head in my hands, as someone who does extensive freelance TTRPG work - an industry in which the vast majority of those involved are doing it as a passion project/side hustle, and in which many people are friends with those they work for and with:

if you are doing any creative project with someone else in which money will be involved, make a contract. Doesn't need to be super formal. Get something laid out in writing that very clearly indicates what the person you are asking to do something is responsible for, the timeline in which they're expected to complete it, and the compensation they'll get for doing so.

"oh but we've been best friends since eighth grade" make a fucking contract.

"oh but this probably won't make much money anyway" make a fucking contract.

"oh but I don't know all that legalese" there are tons of pretty accessible templates available online if you research, just make sure it's one that suits your needs and you understand what's in it (it can be written in normal language without legalese, as long as it's clear), and make a fucking contract.

I've heard horror stories about this shit destroying projects, friendships, livelihoods, and in most cases the fallout could have been avoided (or at least mitigated) by having a clear legally binding document about everyone's responsibilities and compensation from the get-go. Do not assign someone work without a contract or some form of written agreement; do not work without a contract or some form of written agreement. please for the love of god.

[morggo]

Details here! Could use a little extra cash to cover rent this month so I currently have 3 slots available!

Ink and Watercolor Animal Sketch

Commission available on Ko-fi.com