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nickholmes

vortexanomaly

the crumb

firelorcl

this is the most intense photo i’ve ever seen

moth-amphetamine

man i have GOT to do this thing. *doesnt do it*

moth-amphetamine

man i REALLY want to do this thing *doesnt do it*

oddly-romantic

generative AI literally makes me feel like a boomer. people start talking about how it can be good to help you brainstorm ideas and i’m like oh you’re letting a computer do the hard work and thinking for you???

headspace-hotel

There are many difficult things that were replaced with technology, and it wasn't a bad thing. Washing machine replaces washing clothes by hand. Nothing wrong with that. Spinning wheel replaces drop spindle. Nothing wrong with that.

Generative AI replaces thinking. The ability to think for yourself will always be important. People that want to control and oppress you want to limit your ability to think for yourself as much as possible, but continuing to practice it allows you to resist them.

#washing machine also can't do everything #it doesn't have discernment (thinking) so breaks things

kaylapocalypse

An event happened to me tonight

kaylapocalypse

I’m chosing to believe he didn’t pee. I’m chosing to believe he got in and immediately went “uh oh”

But, before he could get out, I got in. So then, he helplessly just turned to me and said the first thing that could describe our mutual situation:

Welcome to the pee pee palace.

2001fallenstar

sandmandaddy69

harzilla

Reblog to cast healing for your homies.

specimentality

On April 16th 2025 the US federal government has proposed to change the interpretation of the endangered species act so that it no longer protects habitat.

This is open for public comment until the end of May 19th. Please comment and make your voice heard.

Wildlife need their habitat. If the ESA redefines harm so that habitat is no longer protected, the implications for wildlife would be catastrophic.

great-and-small

Have you commented yet? If not make sure to go make your voice heard

victusinveritas

danielle-mertina

I just went strawberry picking last week, so this is hilarious to me. 🤣 You're bending down the whole time, and dust is flying everywhere.

I think this post is symbolic of the disconnect between the trad fem movement and the real world.

montyshistoryblog

This person has never done large scale fruit picking.

It is brutal, backbreaking labour. You're not just picking a punnet or two for the village fair, you're picking multiple ikea bags of those fucking things. Your container is a rigid plastic tub that isn't comfortable to hold no matter what the fuck you're doing.

It starts as light work. One hand grabbing, the other cutting the stem. 10 minutes later your hand feels stiff. 30 minutes, your hand hurts. You look at the tub, you've barely covered the bottom of it. 2 hours, your back is aching from bending up and down constantly. 3 hours, your knees are in agony. 4 hours, you're not certain you'll ever stand up again. Still 4 hours to go if you're lucky.

Picking fruit is not fucking dainty romantic shit, it's manual labour and your body knows it. It's tedious, it's dirty and it's definitely not fucking glamorous.

hypnospilot

This seems like a great time to suggest that if you're able, please help out the united farm worker's union!

It is an especially shit time in this country for our farm workers and UFW is doing their best to help and protect them!

rettoujoutou-deactivated2025112

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filikisser

@ominous-signs

ominous-signs

Official ominous sign(s)

teaboot

So anyways with the rapid rise of fascism I feel it’s a good time to point out that it’s perfectly legal to follow unjust orders slowly, badly, or inefficiently

teaboot

Breaking the law, even an unjust law, has consequences that not all can afford. But also a very large number of us are also very stupid, or very confused, or very lazy, and so it’s not unreasonable that someone at the bottom of the chain of command might make a typo, or misplace some paperwork, or leave a Friday afternoon email for Monday morning.

When something goes wrong, or an operation slows down, because a low-level worker somewhere sent a package to the wrong address or left someone on hold for an hour or didn’t fill out a particular form correctly- Do you immediately assume malicious intent? Or do you usually just brush it off as some underpaid idiot being bad at their job?

teaboot

You also gotta not brag about it. Keep your political opinions on the down low. Be noncommittal or ignorant or undecided. Say things like “I’ve never heard of that”, “where did you hear that?” or “that’s interesting, I heard a conflicting story from here, how weird”. Never be outwardly confidant of what you know. When there is a silence, don’t fill it- leave the space and let the other fill it for you. That’s how you get information, that’s how you find sources, that’s how you reduce the value of anything others get out of you.

Virtue signalling by wearing pins and ribbons and loudly declaring your place is not safe in some environments. It will place scrutiny on you and everything you touch. Nobody believes the guy who says “fuck my boss and everything he stands for” scratches the boss’s car by accident, even if it is an accident.

If you want to slow the march of a tank, filling the path with mud is going do more than laying down in front of it.

depsidase

punkiefart

Leaf your leaves on the ground (no, seriously.) They provide so much for bugs, places to lay eggs places to hibernate. This comic does a great job at showing WHY we don't see our little friends as often, because our systems and social expectations are anti-earth and anti-life. Don't eradicate your friends (maybe just that one) let the leaves lay

misscromwellsmonocle

Hero by Stuart Dunkel (*1952)

lovewithagirl

[ image description: a painting of a small grey and white mouse half sticking out of a pile of red raspberries, holding one raspberry up above its head as it stares at the viewer. The background behind it is black, and the faint signature "S. Dunkel" can be seen in the upper righthand corner. / end description ]

anasabdin

The Wrong Turn

Guess who's back here? I had a bumpy ride but I made it eventually.

fixyourwritinghabits

It is with the deepest frustrations that I must report Microsoft has pushed out Copilot onto Microsoft Word no matter what your previous settings were. If you have Office because you paid for it/are on a family plan/have a work/school account, you can disable it by going to Options -> click on Copilot -> uncheck 'Enable Copilot'.

(Note, you may not see this option if you haven't updated lately, but Copilot will still pop up. Updating should give you this option. I will kill Microsoft with my bare hands.)

In addition, Google has forced a roll-out of it's Gemini AI on all American accounts of users over 18 (these settings are turned off by default for EU, Japan, Switzerland, and UK, but it doesn't hurt to check).

To remove this garbage, you must go to Manage Workspace smart feature settings for all your Gmail/Drive/Chat and turn them off. Go to Settings -> See all settings -> find under "Genera" the "Google Workspace smart features" -> turn smart feature setting off for both Google Workspace and all other Google products and hit save. (If you turned off the smart settings in your Gmail, it never hurts to open Drive and double-check that they're set to off there too.)

Quick Edit: I found the easiest way to get to the Smart Feature settings following the instructions above was to do it through Drive. Try that route first.

Now is the time to consider switching to Libre Office if you haven't already.

fixyourwritinghabits

Okay, all other Microsoft settings addition: If your Microsoft 365 apps don't yet have the Enable Copilot checkbox, you can turn off Copilot by changing your account privacy settings. This worked when I tried it, but it's a fucking pain.

In your app (for example, PowerPoint), go to File > Account > Account Privacy > Manage Settings.

Under Connected experiences, clear the Turn on experiences that analyze your content checkbox.

Select OK, and then close and restart the app.

Here's the Microsoft page for removing Copilot.

ralfmaximus

If you're using Word365, they've really buried this option. Wow.

From the File menu, choose More, then Options:

Then from Options:

Go to Trust Center -> Trust Center Settings -> Privacy Options -> Privacy Settings...

...where FINALLY you get to the "Turn on optional connected experience" feature which is the thing you want turned OFF. This prevents (for now) Copilot integration with Word.

Holy god, what a deep hole they buried this inside.

Accurate as of January 20, 2025 (Word 365 v2412 build 18324.20194)