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@the-scrappy-stinger
QUIZ TIME!! Take this quiz, then come back and answer the poll!
100 Different 'Pokemon' will be shown to you. Choose if you think they are FAKE or REAL. Goal is to get a high score so you can brag to ever
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100%! (You're one smart cookie!)
The best way to avoid getting spoiled for stuff is to watch it in full asap! Unfortunately this also means there’s not many people you can rant to in dms about it,
i hate it when i cant even write a poem about something because its too obvious. like in the airbnb i was at i guess it used to be a kids room cause you could see the imprint of one little glow in the dark star that had been missed and painted over in landlord white. like that's a poem already what's the point
you get it. you get the themes. i dont have time to do it justice. just look at it its on the ceiling
The irony of this new breed of self-righteous AI hunters on AO3 is that they're all just copy and pasting peoples fics into AI detectors, which are all operated by AI and therefore THEY are feeding people's work into the algorithm without their consent and in some cases no doubt circumventing the locks people put on to avoid getting scraped...
Don't copy and paste anyone's AO3 work into third party websites, you're not the good guys in this situation?
Reblog cause FACTS
This has basically been the ritual for the last two years (and still is sometimes) between me and my friend @the-scrappy-stinger
I thought I needed a new laptop but nope, youtube is slowing down your PC if you have adblock on on any open tab...
To be very clear about this: CPUs aren't magical devices that can operate forever. They generate heat. They wear out over time. This happens faster when they're operating near capacity. This is not just an attempt to inconvenience you; this is an attempt to damage your property.
For the "crime" of not wanting to be tracked/have ads pissed into your eyeballs 24/7.
Even if you've paid for the "privilege" of the latter.
Fuck Google, and I hope they get sued into oblivion over this.
i see everyone in the notes talking about newpipe but nobody's talking about youtube alternatives for desktop
IF YOU USE A DESKTOP PC OR LAPTOP, TRY INVIDIOUS
https://invidious.io/
it is a free, open-source alternative YouTube front-end. in addition to not having ads, it has other great QoL features like a download button. try one of the several instances on that link up there ^^^^
so i was super pissed and concerned about this but i have just discovered that while this is true, it is apparently only true for google chrome users. i just tested this by having ten tabs open in firefox playing ten different youtube videos at the same time and my cpu usage spiked to 25% as the videos were loading and then dropped back down to 10% as they played.
if you ever needed another reason to switch to a different browser, this is it.
I laugh every fucking time because I hear it in his voice.
Rules: List your 10 favorite characters from 10 different fandoms, then tag 10 people.
(looking over the list) I'm not surprised so many of them are non-human but it still makes me think. SO!
Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)
Manny Calavera (Grim Fandango)
Francis McQueen (Darkside Detective)
Raziel (Soul Reaver)
Mouse (from Reboot)
Apollo Justice (from Ace Attorney)
Marcille (from Dungeon Meshi)
Mirabel Madrigal (from Encanto)
Mike Chilton (from Motorcity)
Captain Gundam (from SD Gundam Force)
Tagging now!
@mightymegatron
@omalahsocs
@omicrontheicequeen
@grimlock
@chimerathecryptid
@xensilverquill
@nireleet
I'm also gonna do a few who I don't normally talk to, so hi blogs I don't normally talk to!
@laughingpinecone
@lordcaptains
@tinyirnfistforever
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Out of Touch Thursday
OUT OF TOUCH THURSDAY
but im out of my head when you’re not around…
"...although the change was expected to affect only 3% of users, “this could amount to 2m devices rendered obsolete according to some estimates, potentially generating over 624 tons of e-waste”."
Up to 2m e-readers made before 2013 will no longer be able to download new titles
And a chaser, for those interested:
Amazon is ending support for older Kindles, but you still have easy ways to keep reading—no upgrade required.
just casually leaving this here for no particular reason
You know what? Fuck it I'm adding more context. Sesame Street has talked about the topic of death more than once and it's done with such gentle carefulness without watering down or censoring the heaviness of the situations. It treats heavy subject matter with respect and dignity and has been for DECADES. From the early 1980s:
To 2025:
Hell, they even cover the devastating heaviness of MASS SHOOTINGS without censoring or watering anything down.
They've been doing this for YEARS, and it's ALWAYS handled with dignity, respect, seriousness, understanding, and love.
Whenever I see people censoring words because it "might offend" someone or the big ad companies that are currently trying to run everything? I just want to say to them: "What? Is Sesame Street too mature for you?" Because really...what the hell are we doing.
I'm back with even more examples! Sesame Street once again to this day is out here handling extremely difficult subject matter with incredible care and respect. "We can't let kids learn about uncomfortable things!" Oh, really now? Even though they're things that happen in everyday life that they'll face one day at some point anyway? Interesting. Let's see what else this show has covered that people (for some reason) think should be avoided and hidden. Here's more on death of loved ones and greif:
Or how about when someone is put into the foster care system because their home isn't safe anymore and their needs aren't being met?
Maybe some discussions about group therapy/getting help and support?
Hey look! Here's a segment about gender expression vs taught expectation, including unlearning harmful biases and what to do when you hurt someone on accident because you didn't know it was wrong!
Look! The topic of race and diversity! The importance of unity and equity!
They even also have a more allegorical take on discrimination and being looked down on for who you are, featuring Big Bird. The conflict is about how he's not being let into a club because the one bird running the club personally decided he didn't want someone like Big Bird there.
Big Bird goes out of his way to keep changing parts of himself in order to "prove" he can fit into this club if he just changed enough. The truth comes out though, and there's nothing he can do to gain the approval of that bird. He will never be good enough in his eyes, and Big Bird starts to hate himself. His real friends see this finally put their feet down, emphasizing that you should never change yourself just to fit into one singular narrow idea someone else has.
There's A LOT of different situations this can be an allegory for. Racism, sexism, homophobia, basically ANY form of exclusion is put on full blast in this 15 minute clip. Sesame Street can be both blunt and allegorical when approaching difficult topics, and it NEVER misses or looses the point.
It does an exceptional job in both styles of representation WITHOUT watering anything down. The more sanitized everything gets, the more radical Sesame Street is suddenly considered, hence why so many "particular groups" want it gone. Hmmm! I can only imagine why that could be, in this current political climate! (I'm being sarcastic)
When Sesame Street is suddenly labeled as "questionable" or "politically/agenda motivated" content...it says A LOT about where we currently are and who gets to decide what's "best" for kids or not. Don't fall for the censorship and topic-dodging excuses that are covered by the "But think of the children!!!" movement. Never fall for it, because you know which side you're on if you do.
Sesame Street proves kids can be taught and trusted with learning about these topics when it's handled with the right amount of understanding and care. It shows what all this "controversy" is all really about. What it's always been about, actually.
Don't fall for it, always side with Sesame Street.
"there is no way you're not using chatgpt for at least a few things here and there no matter your stance on it" what the FUCK are you talking about
SCAM WARNING
this pos blog (and others like them) is randomly tagging blogs and warning them that they need to verify info... do NOT click the link. report for spam and block
Tinybee, Tinybee, I know this is ancient, but it’s still so cute!!
I love that the poster is the person who animated it also,
OVER
A DECADE
LATER!!!
And it's still a bop!
COGS OF TIME!!!
GUYS! GUYS!!!
So Kyra Annandale lives in this huge Steampunk city where everything is based on clocks and time and she's 21 and not 16 and she's in a political engagement to her Dad's favorite underling but she also has the power to see the past when she touches things with her bare hands so her father forces her to wear Elsa gloves but one night she witnesses a MURDER in the PAST and goes to the police and the handsome detective is like "You are so smart and indispensable for this case" and she's like "Oh my god no one's ever respected my autonomy before" and as her wedding approaches she starts secretly learning about her powers more and more and discovering secret truths that her dad was hiding from her and uncovering the seedy underbelly of the city!!!
She has little bot butlers that run on steam!
They speak in little steampunky idioms!
The dresses are gorgeous!
THERE'S NO COUSIN MARRIAGE!
NO SEXUAL ASSAULT!
NO KABEDONS WARNING THE MAIN GIRL THAT HE'S A "REAL MAN" AND HE'LL "LOSE CONTROL" IF SHE "TEMPTS" HIM!
THERE'S WOMEN WEARING PANTS!
(checks) And the writer's not Japanese! I keep looking her up but I'm not sure if I'm getting the right Laura M. Drake!
THIS ONE WAS SO GOOD! It shot up to the top of my favorites list right with The Banished Queen!
Notorious No More: The Villainess Enjoys Feigning Incompetence
THE PREMISE: Okay so the Main "girl" was originally a big evil witch... of something. I read it a week ago and forgot to make a post so the details are leaving me, but also it's really convoluted. Okay: So she was a princess who saved the world But the people she saved resented it for her and made her out to be an evil witch, and she died But then reincarnated in Japan Lived for 83 years, pretty normal life, kids and grandkids Then died Then reincarnated again but back in her ORIGINAL fantasy world But it was a few generations later so she's a descendant of the people who fucked her over ANd she remembers ALL of this And ALSO has infinite magic power and spirit summon pets And... also remembers it's a video game? I can't remember But also she can't be remembered to remember most of THEIR names And all of THAT is BACKSTORY to the main plot, which is that she's pretending to be stupid so nobody expects anything of her, then uses her free time to get vicious revenge on the descendants of the people who wronged her and also the people who are bullying her now, like that one teenager who she had eaten alive by parasitoid spiders or the other one that she set on fire and then when she died from the burns goes "So she chose death".
I heard a Youtuber call it "Columbine-y" once? This one feels a little Columbine-y.
I have a very strange link to share that a friend sent me. No, not a "'friend', eh? *wink wink nudge nudge*". A friend who's very into artbooks and archiving sent me this.
There is an unbelievable wealth of art books and educational material that is inexplicably hosted on e-hentai.
With more than a million absolutely free hentai doujinshi, manga, cosplay and CG galleries, E-Hentai Galleries is the world's largest free H
A cursory look on my part shows that almost all of this is either translated into english or has been localized. There are animation books by Tezuka. There are just artbooks you can't get anymore. This one, I am told, inspired bloodborne.
Lots of knowledge for you archived before archive.org. I hope you find it useful.
It's still a hentai site. Browse at your own risk. You might see illustrated nudity! How terrible!!!
Nhentai (a similar site) and the Internet Archive (for unrelated reasons) is facing lawsuit-related instability in the last few days, so it's good to make the time saving these kinds of priceless resources.
