home at the crypt

my name is Tev | he/they | I like drawing and words :)

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this came across my dash while I was listening to Screenspace by Namitape and it was excellent. very fitting kind of vibe for this creature

[seabeck]

Rain lovers: I hope someone rains on my parade

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the mage will present his writs of achievement to the wizard college, and they will either accept him or send him on his way to the next arcane education institution. the mage is trembling and his heart is racing despite his steadying elixirs, but he knows he is worth a try. "salutations," he says, and introduces himself. "I'm here for the midsummer spellcasting classes, but I submitted my writs of passage just yesterday and my scrying orb refuses to access the lectures. am I accepted by this institution, or must I journey onward?"

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the "they're more scared of you than you are of them!" rule does not work in human social interaction UNLESS you're referring to me. I'm fully prepared to dart away into the woods at a moment's notice, and the only thing holding me here is morbid curiosity and the thin hope of getting fed

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"hmm if only there was a meme format in which a photograph of an animal or person in a pose resembling a certain object was paired with a humorously attributed description!"

the grandiloquent caption:

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I tried coffee for the first time today. it's an iced banana latte

I don't like it very much, I think. coffee is bitter. even without the banana flavor, it doesn't smell like it did in my 4th grade ELA teacher's classroom. sigh

do you remember how she'd give out candies to those who had neat pencil cases? I brought home so many rolls of smarties. hard won spoils of my labor!! not really.

[welcomedhappiness]

Farewell online privacy

[tikalgirl]

What happened?

[welcomedhappiness]

Trump happened.

[pizzaalle]

just get a VPN?

[earth-ruins]

You can’t just tell people to ‘get a VPN (Virtual Private Network)’. Buying a VPN is like buying a house. It’s very very important. Having no VPN or having a ‘wrong’ one can seriously damage your life. Especially for Americans because their privacy laws are garbage. I am going to try explain why you should get a VPN but bare with me, I am from Germany and my English is far from perfect. 

Let’s start with a simple test. Click this link here: https://whatismyipaddress.com/ It will tell your IP adres, your ISP (internet service provider), and your location. The location might not be very accurate, but then again, it’s just a simple website. Imagine what the government can do!

So basically, everyone can find out where you live. But there is more danger. Your ISP. Your ISP logs your every move online and they are required to keep it in case the government wants access to it (or if a 3rd party wants to buy your data (yikes). They have everything. What websites you visit. How long you stay on a website. What you download. Your search terms. European laws are more subtle on this but if you are from the US you are #@*#&, especially because Trump doesn’t support the open internet. It’s scary but maybe in the future you can’t get a job because the recruiter knows your searched on ‘how to deal with depression’ or anythings else that’s supposed to be private because it’s your f*cking right. Or you get a $100k fine because you pirated a movie 15 years ago. You need a VPN. You’re dumb for not using one. but what does a VPN do?

A VPN encrypts all your data so if it were be intercepted no one can ‘crack the code’ and damage your privacy. 

Usually being online goes like this (simplified): Your computer —-> ISP (—–> keeps data —–> sells it)

But with a VPN it goes like: Your computer —–> VPN (encrypts data)—–> ISP (ISP can’t see shit)

Furthermore, a VPN hides your IP address and location by giving you another IP address located in Spain for example (you can often choose from a list and change as many times as you want).  

Now that you know why you should get a VPN and what is does it is important to educate yourself because people often choose the wrong VPN. VPN providers are also businesses and have to obey the law. If you choose a VPN provider located in the US then you are throwing your money away because the laws in the US shits on your privacy. If the US gov wants the provider to give all their logs they have to obey.  The ISP  still can’t see what you are doing online and sell your data but the US gov can interfere with your VPN provider so NEVER CHOOSE A PROVIDER LOCATED IN THE US. 

I just wanted to make that very clear so my followers don’t buy false security.

There is still more danger!  Who says your VPN provider isn’t selling your data? You need to check their logging policy. Do they keep logs? If yes, what for? For how long do they keep them? Tip: Choose a provider who doesn’t keep logs

More about law  The US is part of the Five Eyes program (the worst):  

The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are bound by the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence (source)

There is also a Nine Eyes (bit better) and Fourteen Eyes Program (better).  You don’t want a VPN provider who is located in one the Five Eyes countries.  If you had to choose go for a provider located in a country that’s part of the Fourteen Eyes Program or even better, go for a country that isn’t part of any program! 

I know this is a shitty explanation and please pardon my english but now it’s time to do your own research. Take your privacy seriously. Maybe WWIII breaks out and you get killed for liking the ‘wrong’ FB-page.  

Go to this website: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/simple-vpn-comparison-chart/

Make sure that your future VPN provider both has green boxes for Privacy Jurisdiction and Privacy Logging. 

I recommend ovpn.se and trust.zone. ovpn is located in Sweden so they are part of the 14 Eyes Program and they keep minimal logs. Their business ethics, however, are alright. 

Trustzone is located in the Seychelles. No country can interfere and their privacy jurisdiction is the best you can get. The US want your data but needs to get it from Trustzone? The Seychelles will simply give them the finger and wave them goodbye. However, this makes this provider very appealing for people who torrent and criminals because they keep no logs (and that is how it shoud be) Also,  there are almost no marketing efforts so this provider is one the cheapest)

Also, often providers such as ExpressVPN are being called ‘The Best’ on websites about VPNs but know that this is just marketing which also makes those provider more expensive (and they too shit on your privacy)

This must be the worst article you have ever read but please, please take your privacy very seriously.

EDIT: I got many people asking me which provider I use. For those who want to know, I use Trust Zone. They offer a free 3-day trial with no strings attached. But still do your own research! 

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I am also with Trustzone but I think you forgot to explain one of it’s most important features. It protects you when you are using someone else’s Wi-Fi. If you are at Starbucks and you use their Wi-Fi your privacy is at risk. Anyone with ill intentions could steal your information. Especially if you are using an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot. With a VPN your data gets encrypted so no one can steal it. 

[rabbittiddy]

Wait, what’s going, on? Did trump destroy internet privacy with a bill or something? Where’s the news? Oh wait, why am I getting visions of Alex Jones and selling water purifiers?

[thecrystalfems]

He hasn’t yet but he says he wants to. And if he is serious about it it would be really easy to do. Since all our data is already recorded, as the person above explained.

[coltrer]

Trump wants more surveillance of Muslim Americans. This in a country where internet privacy is already close to non-existent. 

Trust.Zone has a free trial. Use it. 

btw this post only has 11k notes? That’s quite disappointing for something this important. 

Don’t reblog this post to save a life. Reblog this to protect an entire family!

[imthedoctor12]

@earth-ruins @writing-prompt-s Should I get trustzone for my mobile device?

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If you use public Wi-Fi, then yes. Which VPN you use is up to you, amigo. Take @earth-ruins advice. Do your own research first. 

[writing-prompt-s]

@elvesfromthedeep​ just brought the current situation in the US to my attention (March 30, 2017). 

Sources

Anger as US internet privacy law scrapped 

Congress just voted to let internet providers sell your browsing history 

To all my friends in the US, please read this entire post. Making everyone aware of VPNs is going to be my mission. Your privacy matters. Please reblog this post.

[greeneyespurpleheart]

Don’t tell me you just wanted to scroll past this. Stop looking at pictures of cats for a moment, okay? Don’t you realize how important this is? This is dangerous! ‘America, the best FREE country in the world’ my ass.

With this new law your ISP can sell your Internet history which could include passwords, usernames, religion, credit card numbers, race and much more to the highest bidder. So here is what I want you to do. You are going to read the whole thing and before you think ’this is so important. Let me reblog this real quick and go back to admiring cats again-’ NO! Don’t reblog this. Take action first. Then reblog. Sign up for a free trial! Trust.Zone offers one (here). Yes. It might be difficult to set up a VPN for some people. But is that going to stop you from protecting yourself and your family? 30 minutes. 30 minutes is all that it takes. 5 if you know how to install software. The problem with some of you is that you see ‘difficult’ as something negative. I want you to see difficult differently. I need you to push through this stuff. You are going to protect yourself. There is nothing negative about that. VPNs are fun and costsaving too! A VPN bypasses geographical restrictions so you can access websites you normally can’t or you could start Netflix’s one month free trial over and over again- forever. And it’s legal! (unless you use it to buy weapons etc.,) Don’t tell yourself that you are too tired and that you will do this tomorrow. Because that isn’t going to happen and you know it. You have to do this right now. You only have to click on it. Don’t let this/shit/life just happen to you. Take yourself seriously. Get a VPN.

Privacy is not a privilege, it’s a fundamental human right

[warmhappycat]

Hey is thatoneprivacysite still good? The link works and it does take me to an article about vpns, but it just looks like an ad for expressvpn with extra steps.

[skeleskeeller]

No they switched to https://thatoneprivacysite.xyz/#simple-vpn-comparison a couple years ago

Welcome to the VPN Comparison!  This section is meant to be a resource to those who value their privacy, specifical...

[skeleskeeller]

I had Trust.Zone when this post first started making the rounds on Tumblr and I forgot about it after Biden took office. I recently sent them an email asking why my subscription wasn’t automatically renewed and why their website hasn’t changed since 2017(?). Their answer:

Shady people, good people, this company only cares about privacy and doesn’t care who it serves. But now with Trump and Musk this is the only VPN I’ll use.

[firerockt]

I understand some people might not want to use this VPN on moral grounds, but it’s genuinely one of the very few VPNs set up in a way that no authority can touch you. ExpressVPN and other ‘popular’ options operate in jurisdictions favorable for profits but their privacy is just a band-aid our government can easily rip off if it demands information. I’m a trans man, I’m afraid of our government, and at this point, I simply don’t care anymore.

[moonxchaos]

For a second I was like noooooo, not this long post again! Haven’t seen it in years and I always thought it was a bit extreme and exaggerated. Now that we are in 2025, I am like, nahh, these people knew what they were talking about all along. First time I am reblogging this.

[moonxchaos]

Also I don’t think anyone has said this yet but the free trial only requires an email address. No credit card details or anything. Refreshing.

[foxbridgeni]

Could someone please put the link to the free trial here? I don’t want to scroll back up 10 miles. Thank you.

[skeleskeeller]

here you go @foxbridgeni

Trust.Zone Free Trial

[moonfireroulette]

The argument against VPNs has always been, “but I have nothing to hide.” Now that an unpredictable lunatic is in charge, purging based on whatever whim strikes him, that sentiment is quickly fading. VPNs aren’t just about hiding personal secrets; they’re about protecting freedom, autonomy, and your basic right to live without unjust scrutiny or arbitrary persecution.

[bearcubsandicecreammachines]

Reblogging again bc this is important

[aropride]

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this is so cruelly true 😭

I was scrolling through adhd tumblr because I got distracted when I tagged one of my own posts (that I made when I got sidetracked from my homework) as adhd when this showed up

JUST as my older sister walked over and asked if I was doing my assignment

we both looked at it for a second and burst out laughing

and then I cried

and then I did the part of my assignment I was avoiding for 3 hours

and it took five fucking minutes

and then I drank some of the now-cold tea I made over 2 hours ago (made while I was avoiding my assignment) and forgot about

I hate my life sometimes

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in every story that I see treants in, they're always the remnants of a dying race. their forests are cut down, the ent-wives are killed, etc

there aren't many left because their various methods of propagation are missing. they can't even replenish their forests over time because humans take the land and farm all the life out of it with bad agricultural practices. all of this means that eventually the land's prosperity will be depleted, and it will be totally bereft of

new-treants

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"man this montaintop monastery is really ancient, I hope I find some wise elders up here"

the sagely robed monks:

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"I was compressing animals to the point of nuclear reaction, but a government agency stopped me."

"who? the CIA?"

"nah. the department of fission wildlife."

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

you people are really out there putting skeletons in negligently small enclosures without any enrichment or socialization smh

[undefined-uh]

You mean coffins? Those are just their beds, are people really believing that’s their whole enclosure??

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

actually coffins are primarily for TRANSPORT. some skeletons may enjoy using them as a resting area, but that is highly dependent on the individual and the breed (bog skeletons for instance prefer to sleep under the stars or in mud baths). But most people assume those tiny ass coffins work as a daily unliving space, bc that’s all the mortuary supply store sends them home with, when actually that’s as cruel as keeping a goldfish in the plastic bag it came with. Coffins have no room to roam around in! No room for toys or enrichment, hardly any light, and often a concerning lack of cobwebs (necessary fiber supplement!) and halloween decorations.

Oh and fyi keeping skeletons in closets is not any better! do your research before buying or adopting!!!!!

[neutered-catboy2]

This is actually incrudbly classist and ablist. Some people simply arent able to give their skeletons an idael environment. Besides my mom let our skleton unlive in a coffin for years and he unlived fo be like 203

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

excuse you how is it classist to recognize that skeletons are unliving creatures with unique needs, requiring proper care and enrichment??? yes skeleton care requires a lot of time and expense–which means people need to think carefully before making that commitment! I feel so sorry for your family skeletons—keeping a skeleton in box for 203 years qualifies as Inhumane Treatment of Unhumans. next you’ll be telling me you make your boogeyman sleep under the bed.

and look, I get that there are concerns about skeleton overpopulation, and that plenty of skeletons are in need of a good home—emphasis on a good home. but I would prefer to see more skeletons unliving in properly qualified Skeleton Sanctuaries than in individual homes that aren’t equipped to care for them. because the fact is, not everyone is responsible enough to have a skeleton! Owning a skeleton is a privilege not a right!!!

[universejunction]

So is keeping my skeleton encased in a mobile flesh suit okay, or… ?

[prismatic-bell]

Contrary to popular belief, a mobile flesh suit isn’t actually a housing. It’s the skeleton’s larval stage.

This is a great time to set up your skeleton for a happy and heathy unlife, though! Make sure the larva has plentiful access to good food and fresh water, and provide it with ample room to play and stretch. The ideal diet for your skeleton will be rich in calcium, protein, and B and D vitamins. Healthy larval skeletons require approximately 30-60 minutes of activity per day, although they may enjoy more. Larval skeletons should also not be too overstimulated—while they may try to overextend themselves, it’s important that they get enough sleep!

And finally, be sure you provide appropriate enrichment for your larval skeleton. Unfortunately, some larval skeletons in less than ideal circumstances may take to damaging behaviors that cause poor development of the larval sac, also known as “the brain.” To prevent this, enrichment is necessary. There are a lot of kinds of good enrichment for your skeleton, but many papers and reports suggest some kind of creative hobby is a good option.

[cool-guyyy]

the way this is genuinely making me want to take care of myself tho

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a bard walks into a town and sees several woodcarvers laboring at their work. he decides now would be a good time to ply his trade in order to earn some goodwill and a place to stay; he begins, "want a break from the adze?"