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my bones have been hurting from the cold lately so i needed to make Robert harass the zteam with bone pain too

Facebook PSA

Hey all, a little Social Media PSA if you have the Facebook App on your phone.

With the last update, Facebook began tracking something called ‘off-Facebook Activity’ which keeps up with all apps and browsing you do off of Facebook and collects that information with the purpose of targeting ads… which means they’re selling it to ad agencies. This includes access to any banking apps on your phone and your spending habits.

Not only is this a major breech of privacy that Facebook didn’t have to tell us about when they updated the app, it’s, of course, automatically turned on.

To turn it off, go into your Facebook app, pull up the menu from the main screen [the button with the three horizontal lines] scroll down to security and privacy, find ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ and hit the button that lets you manage your history to see all the apps it’s been collecting from. From there, you can clear the information it’s already collected, and there will be a button regarding ‘Future activity’ where you can turn the ‘feature’ off, at which point Facebook with give you an ‘ARE YOU SURE YOU DON’T WANT US COLLECTING YOUR INFORMATION TO SELL YOU THINGS???’ screen. Yes, yes you are sure. Because this is disgusting.

blackmarkettrombones

Facebook made this super hard to find, so I’ve written up instructions for how I got through it (on my app - I don’t know if there are other versions where it’s different):

From Facebook, go to the Menu by clicking on the three horizontal lines on the top right of the screen.

Scroll down to the bottom and select the Settings & Privacy drop-down menu.

Then select Settings (the first option under the drop-down).

This will take you to a screen showing multiple headers with lists of links under them

Scroll down to Your Facebook Information and select Off-Facebook Activity.

The next page has a short explanation of Off-Facebook Activity. Click Manage Your Off-Facebook Activity after the What You Can Do header.

This will take you to a screen with an option to Clear History (which I recommend). To actually turn off this feature, you will have to click the three dots at the top right of the screen and select the Manage Future Activity option that pops up.

This will take you to a page explaining in more detail what they’re doing. Select the Manage Future Activity at the bottom of the page.

THEN you can finally select the toggle to turn off Future Off-Facebook Activity.

If it’s glowing blue with the circle on the right side, it’s active, and if it’s gray with the circle on the left side, it’s off.

simplyclockwork

Just went and checked this out and yikes on a stick

delightful-fear

Yuck. I just did this.

thefloatingstone

galaxa-13

I don’t use facebook (and continue to be glad for this ever day), but for all the folks who do I’m spreading this.

postoakpress

Fic: All the Things You Prayed For

By: @marywhal & @anonymousalchemist

Fandom: The Adventure Zone, Marvel AU

Art: @herbgerblin & @mspainttaz

Summary:

Taako's been dead for two years. Taako's been dead for seven decades. Depends how you count it.

Her brother is dead and Lup’s a whole lifetime into the future. It’s a brave new world out there and she’s trying not to think about it too hard. She gets the feeling that if she starts thinking, she won’t ever stop, and she can’t afford to be out of commission. She's the only Captain America the new century’s got.

(Technically, this is an Avenger Zone anthology, but the bulk of it is ATTYPF sooooo)

Sometimes you have to hold a fic in your hands to comprehend just how freaking invested and amazing the authors are.

This monster is damn good and shared for free. I knew fic authors were amazing, but there is a mental difference between "330,000 words" and "800 pages of tiny font" It's amazing. Be sure to thank fic writers, they write full length books for fun.

This was my first Big book and there was a lot learned between my test copy (for my shelf) and these two. Following proper instructions (thank you Hollanders) makes a world of difference.

As always, thank you to all the wonderful folks in the @renegadepublishing Discord for sharing their expertise. It made this process so much smoother.

thelittlenerd

Omg it's a book!!!?! This is amazing.

kingofthecastle

I wrote one (1) runaway Tommy and Tubbo fic and now I can't stop thinking about it

AND Tommy proposes running away to Tubbo?

Like... These kids... War is taking a toll on them and they deserve a break.

thelittlenerd

I read the fic and i love it and I cant stop thinking about it either, especially with how things are going.

iraprince

hey! i’m kicking off the #ADHDInvasion hashtag for adhd awareness month with a comic about CONSEQUENCES, and how my lifelong failure to react to them has been a huge source of frustration for me and for the ppl in my life who rely on me. even worse, it makes me seem apathetic or careless to others, when in reality it weighs really heavily on me - i just struggle to show it.

the best way i’ve found to deal with this is accepting that shame-based motivation DOES NOT WORK AT ALL for me (which is hard to do, when it’s all that’s been modeled for you by parents/educators/bosses) and try to replace fear/shame based consequences with positive outcomes: i.e. instead of “everyone will be so disappointed in me if i don’t do this,” sometimes it’s more helpful to think “if i do this on time, i’ll feel so relieved, and everyone will be happy that i pulled through.”

check out the roster here and make sure you don’t miss the comics from all the other artists participating!

iraprince

hey! i’m kicking off the #ADHDInvasion hashtag for adhd awareness month with a comic about CONSEQUENCES, and how my lifelong failure to react to them has been a huge source of frustration for me and for the ppl in my life who rely on me. even worse, it makes me seem apathetic or careless to others, when in reality it weighs really heavily on me - i just struggle to show it.

the best way i’ve found to deal with this is accepting that shame-based motivation DOES NOT WORK AT ALL for me (which is hard to do, when it’s all that’s been modeled for you by parents/educators/bosses) and try to replace fear/shame based consequences with positive outcomes: i.e. instead of “everyone will be so disappointed in me if i don’t do this,” sometimes it’s more helpful to think “if i do this on time, i’ll feel so relieved, and everyone will be happy that i pulled through.”

check out the roster here and make sure you don’t miss the comics from all the other artists participating!

murderous-spaten

my biggest flex is getting the card swipe task in among us right on the first try 99.9% of the time.

thelittlenerd

The absolute biggest flex is getting the three color wheel task in electrical right first time 95% of the time.

#among us

briizer

Some among us doodles I can’t stop giving away my secrets to my friends

#BingoBango is also my username in among us #i don't know how i got it but I've been using it since i got the app

simplyrose8

fuck all romance except for whatever the fuck that kid from the umbrella academy and that one-armed mannequin have got going on.

aesthetic-gem

argo: *gives cat fish jerky*

the cat:

Unmute!

Huge mood.

Let’s talk about the fabulous aromantics out there

kimbapchan

#deletelater just some quick vent art. Sometimes I wish my body can keep up with my mind and desires. Been having body pains lately hahahaha I want to keep drawing but of course I rest... I just want to do more but I physically can’t.

thelittlenerd

Treat yourself, sleep longer than what you think is reasonable, and take a break if you can. There isn't much i can do, so here's a photo of my cats, Charlie and Eddie. I hope you feel soon.