NotABot

Look, I’m just a guy tryna get his cybersecurity degree

[taigacryptid]

decentralize and clean up your life!!!

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

last updated: march 18th 2025

[nugulover69]

You used to be able to do whatever the fuck you wanted on the road in kamen rider

[cina-full-moon-xanadium]

[cosmerelists]

Pattern's Top 10 Favorite Liars

Pattern feature requested by @patternmyson :)

Pattern is one lie-loving Cryptic. So in his opinion, who are his favorite liars across the Cosmere?

#10: Kaladin

"All windrunners are liars but Kaladin is my favorite! What is honor? It's a lie that humans agree to follow. Only they cannot decide what it is or what it means. A collective lie but a splintered one. Sometimes Kaladin almost seems to realize. But he cannot accept the lie or the truth. He's no lightweaver!"

#9: Tress

"To see the good in people--that's a lie, isn't it? Tress believes that she can see it and she insists on it until it becomes the truth. That is the power of a lie!"

#8: Raoden

"Mmmm, I like that Raoden embraced lies for their power. He became Spirit because Spirit was a lie more powerful than being Raoden. He let people believe the he could eliminate their pain and hunger. Mmm, because their belief in that lie had power."

#7: Steris

"Hmm, Steris's central lie is that she is useless and has nothing to offer. That is a lie that could attract a Cryptic! But also! Steris can see that customs and etiquette are themselves lies but with rules you can uncover. She might make a good Cryptic herself..."

#6: Kelsier

"He knows the smile is a lie but wears it like armor. A delicious and purposeful lie! Humans love lies, but they do not like to admit that they are lying. But Kelsier does! He likes to lie and he likes to know that it is a lie and he waits for it to become truth. Very unique, as humans go."

#5: Nikaro

"Mmmm...a strong, foundational, delicious lie. He lied so his friends would be happy, and then the lie broke, and then he lied to himself that the friendships were unrepairable, and he covered himself with the lies until they were smothering him. He needed to be someone else. To see the lies. And accept the truth. That is my favorite!"

#4: Vivenna

"Many versions of Vivenna, all of them from how other people see her. Yet she could not let them go. She had to try to be them, trying to be the lies. It was safer for her to be the lies--they were as her shield. Yes, she reminds me of Shallan! That is why I like her."

#3: Vin

"She found a power in an Alter, like Shallan! And she did not accept at first that the Alter was her, that she was both Vin and she was Valette also. But when she realized! The truth behind the lies gave her power. That is how lies should work!"

#2: Wayne

"Yes, I like Wayne because Wayne reminds me of Shallan! He does with hats what Shallan does with her drawings. But also his lies run deep. So convinced he is that he should be dead and is not worthy to be alive. Mmmm... His need to be useful and to be loved and to tell jokes--all from that one, central lie!"

#1: Shallan

"What can I say? Shallan--she will always be my favorite."

[parkchanwoohoo]

[spiicemilf]

it’s my jaronouns!

[eatingmarkerz]

I DREW FLOWERY!!!!! IN SPLATOON!!!!!! if you seee my art hi ok bye

go team speed!!!!!!

[eatingmarkerz]

jarona guy

[beardedmrbean]

[theman]

I GOT A FUCKING RAISE THE POTATO WORKED WTF

[tattooedzombigirl]

This potato works. Every. Fucking. Time.

[imanutcase-10]

Then bring me luck

[thirddeadlysin]

the day after I posted this last time I was notified that I was selected for a really cool mentorship gig and got an unrelated glowing review at work

[icantbearsedtothinkofone]

Hey Potato, cure my -ing cold so I can have a good time while away.

[dduane]

Here's the potato. Make what use of it you will. :)

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Sam Handwich.

[sufficientlylargen]

If Pikiwedia says it it must be true.

[zooperdoopers]

I made Pikiwedia real. Works for any Wikipedia page. Use this wisely :)‌

[sufficientlylargen]

Oh, wary dell vone

[zooperdoopers]

Goodmorning to the Anthropic Claude AI training scraper that suddenly decided to request 660 thousand pages (exactly the number I had remaining on the starter plan) and brought Pikiwedia down. 

Sudden switch from diverse user agents like chrome, safari, messenger preview to Just Claudebot. I'm not even mad though, this is maybe the funniest thing possible, because I've inadvertently poisoned their training data with thousands of fucked up articles with normal urls. 

Pikiwedia perseveres, back up with a better robots.txt. I hope Anthropic has a gery vood time with Pikiwedia's data :))

[witchofanguish]

[mahead-ithurt]

Always remember that the EU did a study in 2013 about the effects of piracy on media publishers and found that there is no correlation between piracy and sales! (And then they tried to hide that study bc that's not the result they wanted)

So piracy is at worst not even a problem, and at best it's free advertisement.

Source: (the link to the actual study is in the article)

EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales - Engadget

In 2013, the European Commission ordered a €360,000 ($430,000) study on how piracy affects sales of music, books, movies and games in the EU

[rabbitindisguise]

Plus this one:

Study Again Shows 'Pirates' Tend to Be The Biggest Buyers of Legal Content

A new report out of the UK once again deflates the common narrative that pirates are exclusively looking to obtain free stuff.

[zooophagous]

I know I sound like your mom but you kids need to stop fucking vaping

[joshgrobanscock]

1) Vaping is confirmed to cause cancer. Vaping coats the lungs with toxic substances, such as heavy metals and benzene, which are known to cause cancer

2) Many vapes contain diacetyl, which, when inhaled causes popcorn lung, or scarring of the lung

3) Ultrafine particles, when being inhaled, can be lodged in the trachea (not good!)

4) Ultrafine particles can also constrict the arteries in the lungs potentially causing A HEART ATTACK

5) Vaping is relatively new. Not much studies have been done in comparison to tobacco. Plus, the vaping companies are powerful people. There is a large chance that they are purposely downplaying and even burying any evidence that vaping is harmful - just like the tobacco companies before them. They do not care about you, or your health, or the truth. They only care for money

[letsoulswander]

Also STOP VAPING INDOORS AROUND OTHER PEOPLE. Holy shit, if you're gonna wreck your lungs at least give me the option not to wreck mine.

[cephalopodvictorious]

It’s such an issue that the MTA had to run a campaign about it

[yeahokayillreblogthat]

yeah okay ill reblog that

[stripedroseandsketchpads]

Please I’m begging yall as an asthmatic, your fruit-flavored vapor will still give people around you who are smoke-sensitive attacks. So will weed. Don’t do it inside; if you’re at a bus stop or something try to not stand right next to people or move downwind of them if you can.

[unalivejournal]

Ok. What you're gonna want to do is chop up a cucumber and put it in a bowl. Then you're gonna sprinkle a generous portion of salt on top. Then you're gonna drizzle them with a balsamic vinaigrette and gently shake to combine, leaving you with a cool and refreshing summer snack. In 15 seconds dangerous and burly men are going to drag me away to an unknown second location. Remember everything I've taught you. I love you

[ripe]

loungetoy on twitter

[marinebiologyshitposts]

such a handsome strain of koi!

[bunjywunjy]

*shoves one of these raccoons into a sack in a cruel and ultimately misguided attempt to destroy the moon and depower the ocean*

[sindri42]

NO

[life-on-our-planet]

eepy mourning dove cupping its wings under its belly for cushion ©Ella

[whitepeopletwitter]

[samshine-and-lollipops-deactiva]

Wait, it got better.

[libertineangel]

He does this a lot, to my deep surprise in undergrad:

For reference, the reason nobody likes this book and you can press tofu with it is that it’s about 1600 pages long.

[horizon-penblade]

It’s also, by all accounts, the origin of Cousin Throckmorton

[supreme-leader-stoat]

[wardingshout]

aa dumpa dump

[horce-divorce]

"I would never jeopardize the beans" pales in comparison to it's newest successor, "beans r not woke. How could u do this?"