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Heya! I’m Sapphire, but you can call me Saph or Alex if you like! I go by she/her, and I'm a co-writer and artist on @tales-of-ventum! (Icon by & header by @maple-and-pie, sidebar by me)

[pauldrawsart]

For 106 days I added a vulpix (and some friends) to this drawing!

[fischotterkunst]

yall look at this shit ad*be is tryna pull now on ppl who have outdated software:

(note for context: i’m all for piracy, but in this case my copy of CS6 was downloaded years ago when they were giving it away to students. i got it totally legally.)

[fischotterkunst]

so here is what NOT to do if you’re a loyal fan of adobe who has the cash to shell out for a newer and shittier version of the product you already paid for.

1) DON’T use your search bar to find and open the Run app

2) DON’T type in services.msc

3) DON’T find Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Services and right-click to get a dropdown menu, and don’t select ‘properties’

4) if you happen to click properties, DON’T use the startup type dropdown to locate the option to disable the program. be sure you DON’T click apply to finalize that change. 

5) DO NOT do the same thing in order to also disable Adobe Genuine Software Monitor 

if you do all of these things, this WILL disable adobe’s ability to monitor the software, and you will be forced to continue using the same older software that you already paid for instead of having to sign up for a newer, shittier version and pay more for it. so if you have lots of cash to spare and are cool with putting it the pockets of racketeering capitalists, definitely don’t do any of these things. 

however, you SHOULD reblog this to spread the word, as we certainly want to make sure lots of people know what NOT to do :)

[hideousgourd]

I’M SORRY MA'AM. I KNOW YOU’RE UPSET.

Pretend to be upset.

[june-egbert-official]

OP how could you

I hope none of my friends who use Adobe programs find this, follow your detailed instructions, and spread the word. That would be devastating!

[neil-gaiman]

It would.

[amotleycrew]

hey. the celebrities and corporations are growing to try tumblr. you may want to drive them off the site, or find them amusing, ie “well THIS one can stay.” they may try to engage with the culture. they may do their research. DO NOT ENGAGE. do not bother. don’t fucking acknowledge them. don’t mess with their heads. don’t reply to them as a bit. let them think this site is a lost cause. let them fizzle out and die

ALT

[geek-ramblings]

Billionaire Mark Cuban Opens Online Pharmacy To Provide Affordable Generic Drugs

The company was launched out of stealth last year.

The fact that Mark Cuban can do this is just further proof of how much capatalism is f*cking people over.

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban launched an online pharmacy Thursday that offers more than 100 generic drugs at an affordable price with a goal of being “radically transparent” in its price negotiations with drug companies. 

For example, the leukemia drug imatinib is priced at $47 a month on MCCPDC compared to the $9,657 retail price.

The online pharmacy’s prices for generics factor in a 15% margin on top of actual manufacturer prices and a $3 pharmacist fee, the statement said. 

[r-dankmemes]

PLEASE SPREAD THIS INFO

yes this is pretty unbelievable right now—but just look at the replies and reblogs of this post—look at all these people on twitter talking about their own experiences with it now too—this is actually real

and yes everyone is waiting for a catch, but remember it is a PRIVILEGE to think about not sharing this information out of spite for billionaires rather than needing this opportunity regardless of how long it lasts or if mark cuban is doing this for his own gain

so please share. thanks

[genderfluid-and-confuzled]

[alabaster-the-crow]

… My husband’s psychosis medication.

This is so important cause he has to be prescribed a higher dose than he needs to have the insurance cover it. Such a high dose in fact that cutting it in half is still too high of a dose for him. This makes the medication and proper dose affordable for us

Also the name of the site is costplusdrugs dot com

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[titlessfreak]

he's absolutely right I don't need a weighted blanket i need to be put through one of these

[yukkikatsuki]

Wait a hot second does the internet not know about human squeeze machines, they are basically exactly this but safe for humans, they are used for deep pressure therapy for people who find it grounding. Also sometimes called a hug machine they are a set of large foam rollers that you squeeze in-between and the tension on the rollers is enough to squish you a bit

[titlessfreak]

hang on i need to look something up

[titlessfreak]

holy shit

[the-qalankhais-sweetheart]

This is an invention of Dr. Temple Grandin's! She came up with it after seeing cattle in squeeze chutes that were intended to calm them down, and (correctly) deduced that it would help her self-regulate as an Autistic person without the sensory and emotional overload that can come with hugging a human being.

And ngl, I want one.

[hotvampireadjacent]

[bemusedlybespectacled]

it’s funny because yes, you CAN disable right click save, but it takes like an extra two seconds to get around it because of how images are displayed on websites. (technically you could also just screenshot but this gets you a real jpg)

for example, instagram has disabled right click save. here I am trying to save a picture of this girl with a pumpkin sweater, but I am thwarted by the lack of right click save!

to get around it, right click and go to “inspect” or “inspect element” (it’s called different things depending on what computer you’re using)

shimmy around the webpage code until you find the “src” bit. It will helpfully tell you when you’ve found it because the image, and only the image, will light up as if you selected it.

that source is the link to where the image is hosted on the website. click the link.

find the actual hosted image. right click on that.

check and mate.

[anarcho-red-jay]

reblogging this version so people can piss off the NFT bros better

[colorisbyshe]

i remember when someone was complaining about their partner being late for shit allll the time and someone was like ‘oh they MUST have adhd and they just can’t help it,’ so i was like ‘hey, yeah, i have adhd, i get this, here are some things other people with adhd can do to help with this problem’

and like five different people just went ‘um time blindness is REAL and you must just not have a severe enough case :/ but there’s no fixing this’

and it’s just…….. is this how we beat ableism? by just pretending that we aren’t in control of our actions at all?

that instead of having conversations about maybe offering more leeway and empathy for people’s struggles while ALSO equipping people with better tools to help themselves

we’re just gonna go ‘yeah, actually, neurodivergent people are wholly incapable of personal will and are ruled by their neurodivergence and can’t be expected to help themselves or other people in any way.’

like i get that some things are truly harmless or truly cannot be helped but… some things… can be worked on. maybe not “cured” or “fixed” but like… worked on. and maybe we should make that info more accessible rather than pretending like its ableist to like… offer tips or  maybe not let people entirely off the hook for behaviour they can manage

[booty-uprooter]

when ppl act surprised about ppl celebrating the deaths of imperialists and fascists on the celebrate the death of imperialists and fascists website

[revilonilmah]

A very shiny boy!

[nb-at-5am]

Hey! Anybody who thinks maybe you should feel bad for the Royal Family...DONT.

Give any & all sympathy to people whos lives are gonna go from bad to worse because of the forced mouring, the disgustingly expensive funeral, the disgustingly expensive funeral, the rise in nationalism that will lead to more racism, homophobia & transphobia.

Give your sympathy to the working class who will have to prepare for black outs, choosing between heating & food, anyone with medical conditions or disabilities that will have their meds or aids become much more expensive.

Give your sympathy to people up North (Northen Ireland) because shits gonna get worse then it already was. Tension is gonna get worse & alot of people will fear reliving the fucking Troubles or N.I getting into a worse political & financial situation.

The family of that bitch who are either evil or draining England, Scotland, Whales, N.Ireland & the Isle of Man of their money. Don't cry for them or her.

DING DONG THE BITCH IS DEAD

[lgbtmi]

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[unclefather]

If the joker was good

[otter-byte]

terrible website feature that came to me in a dream

[enbyzombies]

people need to get more acquainted with the concept of "a you problem". genuinely, some things are not up to others to accommodate you for. obviously your friends should accommodate your triggers and physical/mental needs, but if your triggers are unavoidable and sometimes even rooted in bigotry, such as using certain pronouns or other people looking a certain way (scars+facial differences specifically), that is nobody's problem but yours, and its up to you to work on it. doesn't make you a bad person if you acknowledge it's a problem you have to take care of. just don't put the blame on other people and recognize that it is very much a YOU problem.

[pumpkster-deactivated20250205]

ayo i found 2 pages with head angles of humans and animals, could be useful to anyone reading this

hoomans

animals

[netheritenugget]

Holy FUCK, this is an amazing tool.

[scrabbleknight]

Reblogging for my artist fellows.

[i-imade-a-thing]

Reblog this!

[femmefae-deactivated20230807]

when will tumblr users learn to make posts spreading information without guilt tripping people

[mullingar]

[trekcourse]

Fun fact, if you add “you had better not scroll past this” or “everyone has to reblog this” to the end of your post, that’s guaranteeing I’m not touching it, no matter how good the information presented in the post is. 

[strawberry-crocodile]

As a trans woman, I have a lot of behaviors that i am VERY EXCITED to do that are considered traditionally feminine. And I think the General Societal Narrative of a trans women, say, being excited to bake a cake, is that she’s like, Sightseeing Womanhood, doing something Women Do because it tickles her to Be A Woman. Which is… fucking hogwash. these behaviors aren’t Things Women Do, they’re Things Men Don’t Do. 

The urge to bake a cake and coo at babies and welcome houseguests, I think, is just human, but it’s something that men are told basically from birth that they’re not allowed to do. So a huge part of the transfem experience isn’t Discovering New Hobbies That Let You Be A Girl, it’s finally allowing yourself to do things that you’ve spent decades believing you weren’t supposed to.

[strawberry-crocodile]

And in less intersectional feminist spaces, this purveying idea (that a trans woman is taking pleasure from like, Sampling Womanhood) plays to an understanding of “male socialization” that is centered around the effects it has on AFAB people. (”Boys will be boys”, “He’s pulling his hair because he likes you”) 

And while I dont blame people for expressing the pain they suffer under patriarch, it’s pretty conceited to assume that this gives you understanding of the totality of the AMAB experience. Cis men and trans women and other AMAB people spend their childhoods being punished, by peers and authorities and media, for “unmanly” behavior- vulnerability, emotionality, caring, sadness. And I think that a lot of feminism (ESPECIALLY radical feminism) doesn’t fully understand that.

[strawberry-crocodile]

TERFs especially are 100% convinced that they know what male socialization is to the point that they will argue with trans women about it, which is the kind of hubris that would be fucking hilarious if it wasn’t so harmful.

[strawberry-crocodile]

God this is such a great sentence