an actual cat

whit - mostly cats and memes - sometimes cartoons, anime, and video games - Bluesky: @whitthecat.bsky.social

[whitthecat]

Hi

Remember how I said I was gunna restart my twitter page? ...lmao, yeeah.

That's been dead for a while, but now that people are officially moving to BlueSky in droves, im posting my bsky url again in hopes of finding other like minded friends and mutuals.

whit | they/them | casual ultimate/savage enjoyer | elezen main | cat enthusiast | posts art sometimes | learning how to use this thing

I want it to be similar to my tumblr here, but more with the aim of actually trying to post art more. And of course it will probably have more FFXIV related posts as well (and cats of course, lol).

I'm not following many people yet so I'll probably follow back for a while as well! It's also not fully set up yet but it's cause i just havent found many people to follow to be dedicated to using it yet lol. I'll work on it soon ❤️

[creatingblackcharacters]

Remember when Lil Nas X beautifully explored his sexuality, seduced and killed the devil to the banger of all time, and instead of cheering on this openly gay and proud Black artist for his artistry and fighting back against respectability politics, suddenly said respectability politics was all the Queerest Place on the Internet cared about? Hm. Wonder what happened there.

Anyway I miss him and hope he's doing better with his mental health 🙏🏾

[creatingblackcharacters]

Like say what you want about "bad queer representation", but this was the song that made me openly and happily accept that I was bisexual. To see him up there Black and beautiful, making music that I love, absolutely killing it? Yeah. You couldn't tell me shit. This man made me proud to be out. "This will make them think we're evil for being gay" hey newsflash dawg-

[tieflingkisser]

[lesbianslimefriend]

here's where to find it on windows 10

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

Ugh, it was in mine. It's off now.

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

IT GETS WORSE

I had to turn this off, but it's something that allows Windows and anyone using your device to generate text/images.

LOBOTOMIZE YOUR MACHINES

[dragons-bones]

i will fucking call it "chariot" and "dynamo" after the heat death of the fucking universe

[dragons-bones]

#honestly when I was in an FC that raided savage#most often what we called them was “get in get in get in” and “out out out out” @ecosystem-administrator

this is the way!

[kulvefaggoth]

THIS ULTIMATE IS NEXT LEVEL OH MY GOD

source

[ofdarklands]

this is what he says, apparently

[valend]

The greatest minds of this generation are putting all their creative energy into writing pornography for 50 hits on ao3

[skyline-sunset-in-my-veins]

So make sure to thank them!!!!!!!

[gaytanic-panic]

[artbytesslyn]

you will keep making art. you will keep making art!!!! you will keep making art and it will keep making people happy!!!!!!!!!!

[artbytesslyn]

you can complain about it the whole time also

[probuccalfat]

people act like 20-22 year olds are adults who should be fully responsible and knowledgeable and with it and it’s like have you ever been 20, 21, 22? i knew nothing, i woke up every day dumb as rocks and made every bad choice possible until i went to bed

[eagleinasunbeam]

A big piece of why people feel this way is because they weren't treated like teenagers when they were teenagers. They were treated like young children, so when the switch flips on suddenly there are adult responsibilities and bills to pay, it feels overwhelming as young adults because there weren't stair step, age appropriate responsibilities and markers of development. There's culturally a line of 18 being the age of majority in the US, which is good for making laws to combat child labor and sexual exploitation but bad for things like on an individual level recognizing teenagers can indeed be responsible for major household chores and problem solving and repairs, and as they approach 18 can even start a job and learn what being an adult is like.

A 20 year old is an adult, even if they don't feel like it. And when we talk about feeling overwhelmed as young adults or how we did feel overwhelmed when we came of age, let's not cede linguistic ground to the conservatives who want to make doing literally anything besides signing up for the military before the age of 25 illegal.

[hyperlexichypatia]

I know I keep saying this, but if you're 20-22 years old and actually "know nothing" and are "dumb as rocks" -- if this is a relatively accurate self-assessment and you're not being hyperbolic or insecure -- that's the result of very intentional, willful decisions by people who had power over you growing up (parents, teachers) to actively keep you ignorant.

That goes beyond neglect. Neglected kids at least have some ability to take care of themselves and make decisions, out of pure necessity. If you made it to 18 or 20 or 22 without basic daily decision-making skills, someone (likely multiple someones) put a whole lot of active effort into keeping those skills from you. You deserve to be furiously angry about that, not just passively accept it as a normal stage of human development.

[deathflare]

shadowbringers scene i liked from my replay

[jenny-holzer]

[ravioliet]

never kill yourself. you have to fill your mutuals dash with shit they don't care about forever, okay?

[undeadringers]

its called house of leaves because you leaves the house

[zyzix]

[lycheesnake]

To see a brighter tomorrow.

[shamebats]

"it's just stress" oh thank god, it's just the silent killer that slowly kills you, perfectly harmless, no need to worry

[writtenoffantihero]

Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year

Google says it’s no different than checking IDs at the airport.

This is just another form of censorship, control of what we can/can't see and engage with, and another means of getting our private information.

[monarchofmonsters]

Alternative forks of AOSP (Android Open-Source Project) which are not maintained by Google and will not be affected by this:

LineageOS (I use this one)

Graphene OS

Functionally they are virtually identical to stock Android. Android began as an open-source project, and these versions are built off of that.

Fuck Google.

[mordcore]

[amiibo-king]

for those like me who cannot install alternative android forks on their phone because the phone in question is thoroughly unrootable, I would recommend downloading anyapk on your phone while you still can. In their own words:

anyapk is a lightweight Android application installer that bypasses Google's developer verification requirements by using local ADB (Android Debug Bridge) connections. Smoothly install any APK file on your device without restrictions, gatekeepers, or corporate approval.

If you're reading this after Google's lockdown date and are unable to install anyapk the regular way, there is a method outlined on the github linked above which tells you how to install anyapk on your phone by plugging it into a computer with ADB installed on it. Once you have anyapk on your phone, you will not have to do that ever again (unless you delete anyapk off your phone)

[aromanticbastards]

[Description for the first image:

a tweet by @/Pirat_Nation:

From September 2026, all apps, including those outside the Play Store, must come from verified developers.

No more anonymous sideloads. No quick comebacks for malware gangs.

First: Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand.

end description]

[chromalogue]

[Description for the second image: a post from jrepin that reads:

"Sideloading" is the rentseeker word for "being able to run software of your choosing on a computing device you purchased". There is no reasonable case for an operating system developer having a say over what programs you run on your hardware.

--Eugen Rochko of Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115093185284473606]

[persianmom-deactivated20260602]

the beautiful thing about aging is there are so many versions of your life, so many things you thought you would never get over, so many funny and absolutely heart breaking things that you not only get over but just sort of forget about