do you call yourself a fucking hurricane like me? @schully - Tumblr Blog

pavlikovskycore

not 2 b straight or anything but young allen ginsberg could like,, get it

transannabeth

my followers who have been here since i made this blog in 2012 watching me make zero impact over the course of 8 years:

#lmao same

sheepscreed

Rainy old bookstore

astraldemise

joey-wheeler-official

This is why the nords can't fuckin stand them

passionpeachy-deactivated202312

harvest mouse 🌾

BIG MOOD

Gates of Hell

Oddly shaped lava formations look like a mass of twisted bodies.

Location: Hawaii over the West Kamokuna lava skylight

Photo: The photo was shot in 1996 by Laszlo Kestay, who is currently director of the USGS Astrogeology Science Center

neckkiss

I want to sleep, but I can’t.

elierlick

This is the U.S. health care system.

glumshoe

My mother didn’t believe me when I said the reason her phone keeps displaying ads for dog car harnesses is because it eavesdrops on her spoken conversations.

“Watch this,” I said. “I want to buy a wetsuit. I need a wetsuit. Where can I get a wetsuit? Bring me a wetsuit. Wetsuit size small. Women’s wetsuits. Wetsuits for children. Wetsuits for dogs. Discount wetsuits. Hot single wetsuits in my area? Sexy wetsuits. Wetsuits for sale. Purchase me a wetsuit. We need to get a wetsuit. Spend money on a wetsuit! I want to get a wetsuit. Where did you get that wetsuit?”

Her phone is now advertising wetsuits.

witcheshaven

Former web developer, AI/UI dev, and data analyst for various things (including targeted marketing on social media) here.

If you have accounts like Facebook and Google +/Gmail, or any app that requires permissions to read & write your surface settings, then this is why it happens. Your default settings for location and other permissions (mic and camera) are enabled for constant read-write.

What does this mean?

You can toggle your permissions for these apps for conditions like Never or While Using App. Keep in mind that if you have apps opened up in the background of your phone, then you're technically using them. Make sure to close them out completely when you don't want to use them.

But why?

When you have your location permissions enabled for apps, this data is collected and used for targeted marketing. Google is the biggest offender.

Example of how to stop active data collection

You can pause permissions on Google accounts:

You can toggle app settings for surface permissions off:

Friendly Reminder

The more you create accounts by using your Google or Facebook to login, the more active data collection you offer to these companies. Unfortunately, Facebook will never not offer you the chance to not have ads showing on your newsfeed. However, you can shut off channels of active data collection by signing up with an email address and a good ol' password instead of using SSO (single sign on) with Google or Facebook.

sydsir

raymond vs cucumber

kristenbouchard

bitches will bring a million things to do on a train ride or long car trip and then spend the entire time looking out the window and daydreaming. i’m bitches

kristenbouchard

bitches will plan a million things to do during self-isolation and then spend the entire time mindlessly scrolling through social media. i’m bitches