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My name’s [REDACTED] and I’m 25 //they/them / queer / chronically ill / Astronomer // It’s just cat posts and shit posts

[forecast0ctopus]

bone

[zoesupreme]

[docjackal]

Hi, Zen browser is a fork of Firefox that doesn't have any of the AI crap on it (and what came with the code is disabled by default).

The ONLY LLM stuff they've considered adding is ENTIRELY OPT-IN stuff for tidying your browser, and you wouldn't see a whiff of it if you didn't want to. They haven't done it yet and may end up not doing it at all, but imo it doesn't sound nearly as intrusive and gross as what Firefox's been doing without asking, even though I'd likely never use it.

I've been working on migrating my data and extensions over to Zen, and everything seems to work about the same. The only thing that's really taking getting used to is the tab list is on the side of the window vertically rather than at the top of the window horizontally.

Beautifully designed, privacy-focused, and packed with features.

[bookshop]

Just boosting this. I tentatively started using Zen a year ago, and it took a bit of getting used to but it's SO powerful (especially if you use it with UBlock Origin and Privacy Badger). Chrome has rapidly become almost non-functional on many websites because of all the restrictions and gen AI bs it's added, so i've increasingly started using Zen as my main browser for almost everything. I really love it. It's beautiful, clean, minimalist, and perfect if you are someone who wants to customize/organize tabs and tab groups. Also every extension made for Firefox works on it.

I use it with startpage (which has built-in privacy features, draws from a stripped-down google API, and has an optional AI summary you can turn off) and mojeek (which searches blogs and websites and text-based resources, not video or social media platforms) as my primary search engines as well, and i really recommend it.

[vamptits]

american here! yeah so basically they keep us chained up in a cave and project the shadows of objects onto the wall 👍

[jesperf]

[constanzel]

1200 points of interest, but none as interesting as dat ass

[depsidase]

[dduane]

A thoughtful analysis.

[wvterways]

[offwegointothewildblueyonder]

when a child goes to Build-A-Bear and constructs a teddy from the parts available no one bats an eye, but when I, Victor Frankenstein,

[ladyaldhelm]

HOW TO TURN OFF GOOGLE AI in GMAIL:

Open Gmail in your browser

Click on the Gear Icon ⚙️ in the upper right

In the General Tab, scroll down to "Smart Features" and UNCHECK THE BOX. It is about halfway down.

Then, right below that is Google Workspace smart features. Click on the "Manage Workspace Smart Features" and make sure both toggles are OFF

[sophisticatedslut]

FYI if you have multiple gmails you have to change the settings for each account!

[dramatic-dolphin]

everyone give thanks to the middle eastern and north african people of over ten thousand years ago for domesticating the african wildcat and providing the entire world with some of the best pets ever 🙏🙏🙏 it was probably the best idea any human has ever had.

[dramatic-dolphin]

you can honestly tell that this is the ancestor of all domestic cats. look at it. just a lil tabby cat. with long long legs.

[loveridden1999]

girl whatever

[mellifluouscountess]

When I was drunk one night and watching the Jellyfish livestream, I reached out to the Monterey Bay Aquarium with a dumb question about their jellyfish... And they actually emailed me back.

(yes, these are actually my own screenshots, I am in tears laughing)

DO YOUR ANIMAL EXPERTS HAVE TO UNTANGLE THE JELLYFISH

AND THE ANSWER IS FUCKING YES, THE JELLIES GET TANGLED SOMETIMES LMAO

[only-cat-memes]

[pseudophan]

positively giddy at the prospect of our first "i'm breaking up with you" joke <3 i know it won't take too long

[pseudophan]

it took about 39 hours from the time the announcement dropped ❤️

[walk-up-songs]

[one single bloodcurdling agonized scream] ok time to lock in

[gaytricorder]

it’s giving bella and edward

[wulfhalls]

[tomatopine]

That was normal.

[deadn0w]

🗣️📢 PUT THAT MAN IN LACE UNDERWEAR.

[penworthy]

Lately everything that happens feels like it was engineered in a lab to drive us all insane