Ayyyyyyyyyy Macarena

Aspiring writer, watches movie recaps instead of watching the movie, wannabe artist

[special-lucky-chosen-one]

I fucking hate it here

[some-sort-of-ecologist]

For those of you with android devices, you can use the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) standalone app control program to get rid of all the bloatware, data mining, and AI crap - no coding needed!

[d-e-w-p]

save

[clatterbane]

There are also Android-based alternatives like GrapheneOS and LineageOS, which are pretty easy to install. These are unfortunately available for a more limited range of devices (Graphene is ironically Pixel only, while Lineage supports more), but it's very worth checking out whether one of them might work for your phone.

GrapheneOS: the private and secure mobile OS

GrapheneOS is a security and privacy focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility.

LineageOS Android Distribution

Typing this from Graphene now, in fact. But, both of those take the Android Open Source Project, without all the bloatware--and largely de-Google the whole thing. They give you much more control over privacy and what the apps you choose to install can do and access on your phone.

I know Graphene sandboxes everything, including the optionally installed Google Play Services which a lot of apps unfortunately require to run. (Lineage uses an alternative to Play Services instead.) So, you can install what would normally be unacceptably intrusive apps and just lock them away from pulling any funny shit with your data, or phoning home. Including the couple of Google things I do still keep around.

I also prefer running much more transparent, privacy-respecting open source apps where possible. Besides the transparency, I'd rather avoid the shitty tech corps entirely where I can. There are pretty good alternatives available for a lot of the usual suspects.

AlternativeTo lets you find apps and software for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android, Android Tablets, Web Apps, Online, Windows Tab

An alternative app store:

F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy

[clatterbane]

Also just going to leave this here.

ReVanced

Continuing the legacy of Vanced.

GitHub - ReVanced/revanced-manager: 💊 Application to use ReVanced on Android

💊 Application to use ReVanced on Android . Contribute to ReVanced/revanced-manager development by creating an account on GitHub.

This lets you pretty easily patch some of the worst offender corporate apps to make them behave better.

[melyzard]

As more and more people are being forced to switch to Windows 11, Microsoft's most AI-malware-ridden OS yet, I've been putting together articles and links for how to undo the damage and save your battery, your RAM, your disk space, your privacy, and your sanity from this bullshit.

FIRST:

The easiest way to get rid of the majority of the bullshit that Windows is forcing on us, as of October 2025, is this one-stop-one-click debloat solution from a modern day hero:

GitHub - Raphire/Win11Debloat: A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform v

A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customi

It's very easy, even if you're not tech savvy or get scared of pop up windows saying "ARE YOU SURE?" Yes, you are sure, I promise. This program takes maybe two minutes and will save you SO MUCH pain, time, and money (and exploitation).

Now that you've done that, here's the cleanup, to catch the little shit that the debloat might have missed (most of this will already be done by debloat, but hey, it's good to double check).

Sick of AI in your Windows 11 PC? Here's how to get rid of it

Microsoft wants to put AI everywhere on your PC, but you can take back control.

Even just reading about some of these features makes me angry. Fucking Copilot and "Discover" AI scrapers are in Notepad. NOTEPAD. And then there's this uncanny valley garbage:

No uncanny valley video calls for me, thanks! (Also, what else is it doing while it scans your face and listens to your calls? What else, microsoft? Because there was a lot of memory being assigned to this program for a simple "smooths your skin" add on).

Stop Windows 11's most intrusive ads with these 9 easy tweaks

Tired of Microsoft pushing ads throughout Windows 11? Here are the settings you can tweak to turn them off and reclaim some privacy.

The truly insane number of places they have stuck ads on your own home computer is sickening. Become Unmarketable.

Bonus:

Some background programs you probably don't need that are taking up space and how to remove them (Microsoft forums, 2024)

Your Samsung Galaxy Phone comes with 22 apps you don't need (Android Police, 2025)

How to disable the AI in firefox (still the only browser that lets you do this permanently) (Windows Report, 2025)

[whotoldyouso]

idk why but in leftist places there's a genuine hate of indian people. like the number of leftists calling indians 'pajeet' while in the same breath denouncing anti-Black racism is literally sky high (at least on twitter)

there also is a consensus amongst leftists that anti-Black racism is the worst it can get, while racism against other people of colour is somehow on a 'lower' level of despicability. this just translates into the belief that somehow, other races deserve less respect or justice. brown people are discriminated against more and more everyday, but it wouldn't be given due notice by people who call themselves liberal or left aligned.

but of course the people here want you to think that tumblr is somehow a safe place for coloured people, progressive, and not right wing. but i think denying the main flaws in your ideology and activism makes you more of a fascist than anything else

[whotoldyouso]

psst. hey. hey girl hey. 'unskilled' labour is a myth

[whotoldyouso]

it's just an excuse to pay people less for the same amount of work. you're telling me somebody who cleans houses all day for a living or picks up trash in the hot sun has no skill? can you do what they do?

[whotoldyouso]

psst. hey. hey girl hey. 'unskilled' labour is a myth

[dykegrindr]

ryland grace loneliness theory

tumblr // project hail mary (2026) // goodbye love, rent // here's the life i've always longed for, anna haifisch // dust and ashes, natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 // disco elysium // colma, ca, jensen mcrae // house in a forest, cait mceniff // northern attitude, noah kahan // twitter // east of eden, john steinbeck // project hail mary (2026)

[whotoldyouso]

i want to choke you i want to punch you i wanna give you a little kiss on the head i want to hang you to the death i wanna snuggle you and comfort you i hate you i hate that i recognize you

[whotoldyouso]

frothing at the pussy rn 🤭😳

[radfem-amber]

Babe, I'm holding your hand when I say this, no the fuck you ain't

[whotoldyouso]

Make-up is viewed very differently in several parts of the world; women's attitudes on makeup and liberation will hence vary. For example, wearing lipstick in my part of the world is a sign of a whore, and of an un-homely woman. Skincare is a sign of vanity. Wearing revealing clothing is shameful.

How women view make-up does not necessarily need to fall into your rad-feminist take to be valid. Simply because every woman has had a different experience with men, or has grown up in a different environment. It also does not matter whether you wear makeup or not, and at this part I will agree with op- men will still sexualize you. But choosing to wear make-up does not need to come from an innate desire to be sexualised.

[whotoldyouso]

idk who needs to hear this. but women behaving sexually is not only to appease men. you can dress in tiny skirts and side-boob shirts because you want to. you can bend over for your neighbour cause you want to. women having sexual agency and desire is not 'pick me' or anti-feminist behaviour

[roycohn]

we need to have a conversation about how the "everyone is 12" theory of politics now doesn't only apply to conservative men who want to kick the bad guys' asses and then go home and eat a steak their bangmommy made just for them (NO VEGGIES!!!) but also to adult women who are literally afraid of other people having sex and being sexy. it's like there's been this massive regression among women in their 20s where we've gotten rid of feminism and replaced it with a new form of purity politics that requires never saying anything bad about another women unless you find a new and creative way to call her a whore. the misuse of "she caters to the male gaze" as a new form of enlightened slut shaming, labeling any woman who wears a short skirt or has sex with a man as "not a girls' girl" and "a pick me," the intense overreaction to celebrity affairs or even just shit like the summer house mess where a woman is now dating another woman's ex even though there was no overlap and the "relationship" was just kind of a situationship that fizzled but now these little girls are online demanding both people involved in the new relationship lose their jobs and not get any brand deals, the panic over mildly sexual content in literally any capacity like ads or an instagram post in a crop top, the compulsion to link everything back to the epstein files, the monthly meltdown over sex scenes on tv and in movies. everyone is 12 and AFRAID of sabrina carpenter.

[roycohn]

a helpful guide

[whotoldyouso]

reactions to sabrina carpenter in a nutshell

[whotoldyouso]

i would like a compliment

[whotoldyouso]

person of disinterest

[foumevie]

so they rushed the bill through lok sabha and rajya sabha even though literally every (sane) person under the sun has been speaking out against it. so the NCTP calls for a meeting with the Social Justice Minister, but what do ya know, he conveniently gets a 'family emergency' on the day of. then the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has the fucking audacity to say that making an actual law of the land which directly affects the trans people of the country did not need consultation from the National Council for Trans Persons... and every day i ask what the fuck is wrong with these dumbfucks in positions of power?

this is everything the Queer and Trans communities worked so hard to earn — i.e., basic human rights — getting stripped away from them. who's to say that next they won't be targeting other minorities and stealing bodily autonomy in the name of frankly pathetic excuses? this is genuinely making me sick and sad.

[whotoldyouso]

this shit is funny as hell because all the pro-bjp folks on tumblr have not even bothered to give a squeak. if you go on ANY of their blogs you'd see TERFS DNI!!! but at the end of the day their 'support' for queer folk is shallow and used only to project the false image that they are in any way progressive.

[soft-butch-cassidy]

I was getting pretty fed up with links and generators with very general and overused weapons and superpowers and what have you for characters so:

Here is a page for premodern weapons, broken down into a ton of subcategories, with the weapon’s region of origin. 

Here is a page of medieval weapons.

Here is a page of just about every conceived superpower.

Here is a page for legendary creatures and their regions of origin.

Here are some gemstones.

Here is a bunch of Greek legends, including monsters, gods, nymphs, heroes, and so on. 

Here is a website with a ton of (legally attained, don’t worry) information about the black market.

Here is a website with information about forensic science and cases of death. Discretion advised. 

Here is every religion in the world. 

Here is every language in the world.

Here are methods of torture. Discretion advised.

Here are descriptions of the various methods used for the death penalty. Discretion advised.

Here are poisonous plants.

Here are plants in general.

Feel free to add more to this!

[whotoldyouso]

not now, mommy. kitten is about to kill himself

[whotoldyouso]

plotting....scheming, even....