The shapes of the city lights burning too bright

Formerly raavainateacup, areyoudesmondmiles, and lookatallthemoresigive. What happens when you let fandom raise you. Technically an adult with a hodgepodge of interests. Testimonials: "unequivocally the best human that evolution has ever created, a living testament to the glory and magnificence of our species oH GOD SHES GONE SEND HELP SHE LOCKED ME IN HER BASEMENT IM TOO YOUNG TO DI -- " -- anonymous mysterious recording left on the CEO of HarperCollins' voicemail "Snapchat selfie queen." - Someone who can't appreciate how strong tumblr user urlbending's snapchat game is

[carpenters3]

[the-itchy-bitchy-spider]

[catgirlforeskin]

wait THAT’S why my wife always says “son boy allowed” about our cat??

[gayvampyr]

happy 5 years to son boy allowed

[usersitcom]

Hacks (2021-present) Heaven (S04E10)

[ava-deb]

AVADEB + their honeymoon trip to Singapore

[sobadbad]

Ellie & Shimmer THE LAST OF US 1.06 | 2.01

[bombing]

and another thing. simbas uncle just happened to have a scar and be named scar? bullshit 

[kinkford]

He chose to be called Scar after he got the scar… ._. please read up on The lion king before saying anything about it.

[bombing]

i’d rather die than read up on something before i make uneducated comments about it so either his name was always scar or you break into my house and snap my fucking neck it’s your call 

[revenhaunted]

chess getting a huge update i see

[andsewingishalfthebattle]

Source

If you haven't already heard the sad news, ALL JoAnn stores are closing (it was previously reported that only some stores would be closed).

Important: JOANN GIFT CARDS WILL ONLY BE HONORED THROUGH FEBRUARY 28. If you don't have time to get to the store, use them on the website.

[avaantares]

Spreading the word for my fellow crafters, cosplayers, and fiber fans. RIP.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Oh, this sucks so hard and is yet another reminder why private equity firms should not fucking touch long-standing companies that were doing fucking fine. Because Joann didn't have some grand sales crash; they had a steady business that couldn't be ramped to the "next level" and the people who handled the money rolled them into a billon dollars of debt. See also Toys R Us.

Anyway, this sucks especially for people who are in the smaller cities and smaller towns that now have to hope Michaels has what they need and, if there is no Michaels, decide if they're going to grit their teeth and go into Hobby Lobby.

As a loud queer, no one is surprised I don't shop at Hobby Lobby. But also, it's because I have many options that AREN'T Hobby Lobby. And I also have the budget to have other choices that AREN'T the big box craft stores.

So, please pay very close attention as I say the following: You are not a bad person for shopping at Hobby Lobby because Joann closed. You are not required to order online and wait from Knitpicks or Hobbii (which have reasonable prices) in order to not shop at Hobby Lobby. You do not have to drive an hour to the next town to go to the Michaels there in order to not shop at Hobby Lobby.

Look, fuck Hobby Lobby, but also, do not fuck yourself to fuck Hobby Lobby.

[psychotic-gerard]

i have understood so many things about online leftist culture by the fact that when i said "your local community has people you will morally and politically disagree with but you cannot lock them out of accessing any tangible service you’re organising" one of the tags responding said "this isn’t about proshippers in here you’re not welcome" like. folks. focus with me. some of us are homeless here.

[orchidvioletindigo]

There's a disconnect happening here because the primary function of social media for most casual users is to form a circle of friends around the usual things that friendships are built on: shared interests and lifestyles and ideas of what is important and what is unacceptable. When people are mainly doing leftism on social media, this encourages thinking of leftism as centered around establishing high-minded social clubs.

For anyone who still isn't getting it from someone who helps people IRL: There's a difference between whom you're helping to feed at the mealshare and whom you're choosing to hang out with for fun after the mealshare. You don't have to invite a hungry person with opinions you don't like to play board games with you, but you do have to help keep them from starving if you're serious about leftist organizing.

[trials-era-sam]

[christopher575]

Unintentionally ominous sign a friend took a photo of at a JoAnn's that's closing.

[dranktwocoffees]

brown eyes suki propaganda

the katara drawings under the cut

daughter so much cute 💔💔💔💔 daughtrer

[reasonandfaithinharmony]

So January was 17 weeks long. And February is 3 and a half horrifying days. Do I have that right?

[whitepeopletwitter]

[kallistoi]

[image description: a tweet by idiotpeach that reads, "this guy got mad at me in traffic and sped up next to me to give an intimidating glare. i have never seen a white man so puzzled in my life." below is a selfie of op in the driver's seat of a car, wearing a clown outfit and clown makeup. end description.]

[screamingbingusthecromulentone]

#he saw a clown in the driver's seat and knew he would be outnumbered if it came to a fight

via @vamprisms

[trainerdot]

[trainerdot]

[victusinveritas]

[littleguysdaily]

[thegaylibertarian]

[liminalweirdo]

I am once again begging you to get your hands on physical media and/or save your fave stuff OFFLINE.

[ryttu3k]

How to remove DRM from Kindle with Calibre.

I use Kobo, which uses a slightly different method. Some publishers already don't use DRM. Great! You're good to go. Most others will be listed as using Adobe DRM. For that, you'll need Adobe Digital Editions.

Download the DRM file. This will be an ASCM file (Adobe Content Server Message) called 'URLLink.ascm'. This isn't an ebook, it's basically just a link.

Open in Adobe Digital Editions. It should automatically download the ebook.

Locate the actual file location. By default, this is Documents > My Digital Editions. This will give you the epub file, with DRM.

Follow the above instructions to install DeDRM in Calibre.

Drag the epub file into Calibre. If you've installed DeDRM correctly, there'll be a button up the top labelled 'Convert books'.

Up the top of the window, there'll be 'Input format' on the left, and 'Output format' on the right. Input will default to EPUB, select whatever you like (including EPUB again) for output. Select 'OK' (bottom right).

Locate your Calibre file. For me, this was Documents > Calibre. By default, books are listed in subfolders by author, then title. Open the folder for the book you converted, and you should have four files - a cover, an OPF file with metadata, your new EPUB file, and an old version with the file extension of .original_epub.

Not necessary, but I prefer to do this for organisation - you can now place the DRM-free EPUB file wherever you like. I have folders for my own library that I can back up as I wish.

You may want an ereader not tied to a particular platform. I use one for my phone called Moon+ Reader. It has a free option with unobtrusive ads (which only show when you close a book). Otherwise, using Calibre on my PC has its own epub reader.

Anyway. Not hyperbole. Microsoft closed its ebook platform in 2019 and people lost their entire libraries. Back your books up.

[lynmars79]

Amazon is ending the ability to download/transfer ebooks from Kindle devices via USB connection on February 26 2025!

You should still be able to use the PC and mobile apps, and in browser reading, but your device will be entirely reliant on WiFi (which isn't always available or reliable!). Here's 1 article on it.

I've been using Epubor Ultimate to remove DRM from all of my ebooks so I can convert and save them, able to read them either in Kobo or Kindle, or in Calibre. I can save them as Epubs, PDFs, or what have you.

Also keep in mind Bookshop.org, an online store that interacts with independent booksellers, now has an ebook app and options from those indie stores. You can even set it specifically to your own favorite local bookstores if you want.

I get a lot of ebooks due to space issues, being a rental/apartment dweller. So the cracked and converted books are saved to my PC and external backup drives. I bought them. They're mine. I ought to be able to read them, and not worry about them being "updated" or removed on some whim*.

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(*I noticed that Jim Butcher's The Aeronaut's Windlass has a different cover than when I first downloaded it, not sure what else has changed yet. Good Omens also went from the classic black cover to the TV show tie in cover.)

[capesandshapes]

As Elon Musk cements his place in history as a fascist tech overlord and the rest of the world looks at us in horror, I really do want to reiterate what I feel will be lost to the history books

Nearly everyone in america has thought and continues to think that Elon is very cringe.

[soloyoyquienmas]

Despite not being a USA citizen, everyon has... no, MUST remember that the billionare Elon Musk has such a tiny, pathetic and childish ego, that he had the need to lie about being a hardcore epic gamer in Path of Exile 2, only to be caught red-handed as the hilarious sham that he is, and ban everyone who exposed him.

[anarchopuppy]

the doge meme is from 2013. its easy for dates in history books to get kinda blurry and to just print something like "the department of government efficiency was named after a popular meme at the time", but i think its important to record that musk named the agency that is illegally seizing our government after a joke so outdated that the dog in the picture has since died of old age

[roach-works]

he is regularly denounced by his adult and teenage children, who either block him online or are blocked by him. speaking of which, he posted weirdly sexual content while roleplaying as his own infant son.

accounts praising him are regularly discovered to be his sockpuppets. he blocks or threatens legal actions against those who expose his fake accounts. despite this, it happens every couple months.

he either paid his ex-wife to lie that he was good at videogames, or used her account himself to do so. she immediately followed up the lie with a separate tweet that just said 'sigh.'

he is a deeply pathetic man.