Missing the early 2010s

24 | Younger or middle sister depending on the person.| It's 2026 already?

[sparkleonsayori]

Welcome to Mel's personal blog.

This is a SFW, LGBT+ safe space, mogai safe

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The majority of this blog will be for me goofing off and reblogging from big sis Sadie and my other friends.

Gen 1 & 2 Pokemon - Gen 3-4 - Gen 5-9

Pfp is art from one of cudlil's animation videos. Arielle is so pretty!

Ask me for my discord if you want it, tell me about all the characters you like, and spam the askbox (not dms) as much as you'd like to. If you're looking to be friends with me, please interact with my posts.

RULES:

Please interact BEFORE following if we aren't already moots. I don't want silent followers. I have a negative stigma around people just following me but then never interacting with me afterwards.

If I interact with you or your posts first then you are free to follow me. If you're someone I don't want following my blog, you will be softblocked.

[go-learn-esperanto]

Hey. If people aren't aware, Microsoft admitted they know who you and where you are at all times and will give your info to the police.

They have a Global Device Identifier (GDID) Tracker that functions as a fingerprint for your PC that can surpass VPNs, proxy servers and countries. Although it can't survive a clean reinstall of Windows (it can survive updates), because Microsoft forces you to go to the internet and log in into a Microsoft account, they will be able to get to you.

Microsoft kept it secret and it was only found out when the FBI tracked a hacker thanks to the information Microsoft gave them.

You should be paying attention to this, and possibly consider moving away from Windows. If a government, especially the US government, doesn't like you for some reason, this could be seriously concerning.

This article specifically notes:

For journalism, activism, or domestic abuse situations, skip Windows and use Linux routed through Tor instead of a commercial VPN. A GDID doesn’t care which VPN you use, only that it’s still the same Windows installation.

Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.

Other important quotes:

What has researchers uneasy is everything else the case reveals. Costin Raiu, a well-known malware researcher, asked on the Three Buddy Problem podcast how much of this exists on other platforms, and whether it is linked more permanently to hardware. Matthew Hickey, another security researcher, called Windows “surveillance software”.

Two things back that up:

There’s no consent screen. A GDID gets assigned when you sign into a Microsoft Account. Apple’s advertising identifier needs an App Tracking Transparency prompt and a visible reset; Android’s works the same way. GDID has neither, and a Windows reinstall only gets you a new number Microsoft can still get back to the same account.

Then there’s activation. Massgrave, the group behind Microsoft Activation Scripts, notes that Windows setup sends hardware info to Microsoft and gets identifiers back, the same tokens later used for Store access and licensing: “It’s impossible to prevent Windows from getting a GDID without breaking activation and UWP app[s].” Anyone who lost a license after swapping a motherboard has already met a smaller version of this.

Here's the complaint filed to the court, the primary source for the case mentioned in the article. You can find mentions of GDID on page 30 of the document or 34 of the PDF.

Thank you @just-call-me-zinnia for finding it!

[saturniandragon]

Tumblr people!! I've figured out a way to delete GDID from your computer!

GDID Removal and Blocking Guide - SaturnianDragon.docx

Removing and Blocking Global Device Identifier (GDID) – A Guide for Better Privacy in Microsoft Windows 10/11 Written by saturniandragon@tum

I also made a PDF version!!

Please do me a favor, reblog for reach!! This went through several days of research and testing!! THANKS

[ryanthedemiguy]

You can get and use windows 11 without logging in with a microsoft account, as of five days ago. I am a local user on my computer. Don't ask me how to do it, because my computer repair guy did it when he reinstalled windows, but there are tutorials out there. Refuse to connect to internet until you're set up and can use the computer freely.

[pearlgirls]

[what-even-is-thiss]

The reason your snacks are unsatisfying is that you need both carb and protein.

Carb starts your engine, protein keeps it going.

No carb, engine don’t start. No protein, engine dies out fast.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Easy carb add on:

Cookie

Fruit (canned or fresh)

Chips

Piece of bread

Popcorn

Crackers

Easy protein add on:

Nuts

Spoonful of nut butter

Cheese

Roasted chickpea snacks

Glass of milk (dairy or non dairy)

Small canned sausages or similar

[what-even-is-thiss]

Sugar in there.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I am pleased by people messaging me telling me that after adding a carb or protein to their snacks or meals they feel more satisfied all day. Yes, my plan is working. People are getting through their days with less hangry.

[epicswagdivorceguy1]

i need you all to see these two pics i got of one of the gators at my nearby nature center with a crawfish(?) in his mouth. he wasn't even chewing it or anything he was just standing there

[epicswagdivorceguy1]

actually ☝️ his luonch

[ferrocache]

@kopawz

[the1920sinpictures]

1927 Kodak Petite Cameras. From Art Deco 1920, FB.

[hunny-and-haycorns]

Wow, apparently the bellows were also colored to match the housing, and they came with accessories like matching compacts.

[avatarofthewriting]

found what they look like with the bellows open!!

credit u/deepsky_wonders on reddit

[thememedaddy]

[unsolids-your-snake]

My favorite thing about fanfic authors is they can identify any gap in a canon timeline where characters are offscreen and exploit the ever living fuck out of it

They see a time skip of any length and go

[icy-spicy]

[unsolids-your-snake]

I love this energy

[fly-sky-high-arts]

hiii twitch users, please go toggle this off real quick~ It's on by default

[tothechaos]

the thing they dont tell you about learning to "trust the process" is that you forget and relearn it every single time you make a new piece of art. unfortunately there is no cure either

[tothechaos]

a chart of what i mean for the visual learners in the audience

[veitstanz]

[85-rend]

i wish people would like actually communicate instead of being all fucking cryptic about it and just expecting you to know even when you've communicated that you need assistance being able to tell these things because you cant pick up on it yourself and then they just quietly get mad at you but pretend its fine until it boils over

[85-rend]

and then when like i try to figure out when people are mad at me myself i end up overcompensating and just assuming literally everything means they're mad and hate me and end up self isolating bc everything i do makes it worse. and then they get upset at that too and tell me "dont worry about that" so i dont and THEN everything they do ACTUALLY means theyre mad and expecting me to just know but they told me not to worry about that

[zxid]

collection

[fishlung8877]

[pointless-aesthetic]

– something went gnorw –

[swordoftheberserkgutsrage-deact]

ah shit something went gnorw

[thefighter2-deactivated20200212]

[riotboyeli]

FUNNIEST notification to ever get

[enki2]

[herbiehero]

The Twilight Zone: Our episode "A Slot Machine Chases You Around Physically" was meant as a cautionary tale about the predatory nature of the gambling industry

The Gambling Industry: We've invented the slot machine that chases you around physically from The Twilight Zone episode "A Slot Machine Chases You Around Physically"

[2mo3cm-man]

That’s a real episode, for anyone who didn’t know.

[corrya]

I think about this like once a day

[vaspider]

I have heard a variant on it that I really like: "You cannot hate yourself into someone you can love."

[shinyzango]

I like to think that GR would feel touched at seeing how everyone is remembering and celebrating the original game for the 30th Anniversary…

I ended up rushing towards the end because I wanted to finish this before going to bed my bad... OTL