when the grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one 🌞 🥰 and the sunshine one doesn't appreciate that kind of condescension from someone who holds everyone else in the world to rigorous intellectual scrutiny 👀🔥👀 and the grumpy one low key thinks the sunshine one is a lil morally bankrupt and self obsessed for maintaining the facade even when acknowledgment of struggle and negativity is necessary for constructive change 🤭 😌 and they get divorced. they get divorced. 🧑⚖️❌
rhea has two solutions to any given problem: thoughts and prayers, or tactical nuclear strike. and she seems to pick the one she deploys at complete random lmao
(with the enthusiasm of a sigma grindset guy telling you to get a side hustle) you gotta be waking up and saying stuff like "this chinese shadow puppet play really makes me want to write a ttrpg"
As more and more people are being forced to switch to Windows 11, Microsoft's most AI-malware-ridden OS yet, I've been putting together articles and links for how to undo the damage and save your battery, your RAM, your disk space, your privacy, and your sanity from this bullshit.
FIRST:
The easiest way to get rid of the majority of the bullshit that Windows is forcing on us, as of October 2025, is this one-stop-one-click debloat solution from a modern day hero:
A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customi
It's very easy, even if you're not tech savvy or get scared of pop up windows saying "ARE YOU SURE?" Yes, you are sure, I promise. This program takes maybe two minutes and will save you SO MUCH pain, time, and money (and exploitation).
Now that you've done that, here's the cleanup, to catch the little shit that the debloat might have missed (most of this will already be done by debloat, but hey, it's good to double check).
Microsoft wants to put AI everywhere on your PC, but you can take back control.
Even just reading about some of these features makes me angry. Fucking Copilot and "Discover" AI scrapers are in Notepad. NOTEPAD. And then there's this uncanny valley garbage:
No uncanny valley video calls for me, thanks! (Also, what else is it doing while it scans your face and listens to your calls? What else, microsoft? Because there was a lot of memory being assigned to this program for a simple "smooths your skin" add on).
Tired of Microsoft pushing ads throughout Windows 11? Here are the settings you can tweak to turn them off and reclaim some privacy.
The truly insane number of places they have stuck ads on your own home computer is sickening. Become Unmarketable.
Bonus:
Some background programs you probably don't need that are taking up space and how to remove them (Microsoft forums, 2024)
Your Samsung Galaxy Phone comes with 22 apps you don't need (Android Police, 2025)
How to disable the AI in firefox (still the only browser that lets you do this permanently) (Windows Report, 2025)
This post was a godsend, trying to keep AI out of the base functionality of Microsoft and Google devices has been like a game of whack-a-mole recently, truly a sisyphean task.
IT’S HERE! (<– direct link)
This comic has now launched at ShortBox Comics Fair, from today until Oct 31st (UK time) 2021.
Please consider buying a copy, so i can use the money to go to the dentist haha
After the fair, I’ll put up on my itchio most likely, but for a tiny bit more than the marked price during the fair, so get it while it’s a better deal :)
I watched the Record of Lodoss War OVA earlier this year and enjoyed the hell out of all the big ol' matte paintings.
Edit: The first image got pretty heavily compressed on upload (understandably,) you can see the high-def image here.
IT’S HERE! (<– direct link)
This comic has now launched at ShortBox Comics Fair, from today until Oct 31st (UK time) 2021.
Please consider buying a copy, so i can use the money to go to the dentist haha
After the fair, I’ll put up on my itchio most likely, but for a tiny bit more than the marked price during the fair, so get it while it’s a better deal :)
I made a video essay about the cinematography in Madoka Magica.
A bit of a diversion from the usual programming, but I think if you've gotten a kick out of the comics and drawings I've posted here you'll find something to enjoy in the video and I think you should watch it and then send it to your mom and tell her to watch it as well.
An interesting thing about the Dungeon Meshi anime adaption is they will use these very modern editing gags in certain places, like cutting to a zoom-in that's all blurry and crappy because they just resized the original frame, or Laios' stock footage-looking brain blast.
It's not really that out of place, since Kui would throw in the odd contemporary meta gag in the latter half of the series (ex. marcille's local cuisine).