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life continues. we still have the capacity to do good, important work. that matters
Getting a new computer soon. Where’s that windows debloat guide people post every so often
https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat
This one?
YES THANK YOU
Hi
can i ask how you make your gifs?
I love how yours are and i cant find how to make gifs like yours
:)
helloo:33 ima simple gif maker
i use this website
in regards to literally everything when it comes to making gifs. lots of different tools to edit gifs however you want.
once you upload the video file you want to turn into a gif you’ll see this
i usually up the frame rate to the maximum so that the gif runs smoother
heres a comparison. on the left is under the 5 fps and on the right is under the 33 fps
keep in mind however that tumblr has a 10mb size limit for gifs so sometimes you have to adjust the length of the video, the size of the gif, the fps, etc. so that it’s under 10mb. you can also optimize a gif if its still too large of a file but optimizing it compresses it and can lower the quality. things to keep in mind when gif making
plsss tell me how you block tags pretty pls
on desktop:
and on mobile you go Settings -> Account Settings -> Content you see -> Filtered Tags/Filtered Post Content
also i highly recommend using the XKit Rewritten extension on browser because under Tweaks you can hide filtered posts from your dash entirely:
which is how i avoid even the temptation to look at shit i hate/triggering content
I appreciate this video a lot--people don't realize how important it is to start slow if you're trying to come back from a completely sedentary lifestyle, and they get really hurt as a result. Straining your muscles too much, too suddenly can land you in the E.R. and the wrong joint injury can permanently affect your mobility, so please start with absolute basics and easy stretches!
A skeleton crew doesn't mean a site is going away (though it likely won't get updates and bugs/outages will take longer to fix), but just in case anyone is concerned, here's a link to instructions to download your entire blog
Just checked the link and a quick heads up the code recommended in the article has moved from the link provided to here:
What makes us human is the Nintendo 3DS
DONT FORGET TO DOWNLOAD ANY GAMES ON THEIR THEY WILL SHUT DOWN THE ESHOP MARCH 27TH AND YOU CAN NO LONGER ACCESS THEM AFTER THAT
dont actually panic u can do a super easy no prerequisites hack to any 3ds at any time and then use free software to get any 3ds game or otherwise download-only content ever! so you dont need to worry abt losing out, actually the future is more open than ever before!! 3ds make us human!!!!!
Another point for why it’s important to own your own copies of music and media, and not use streaming services, is because the copy you own can’t be taken back.
(This is also a good time to remind people that yout*be to mp3 converters still exist).
And this is one of the reasons why I still own an MP3-Player + an extensive MP3 collection consisting of songs I ripped from various sources. Nowadays I mostly rip my songs from Spotify because of the audio quality. And since I’ve had people ask me how to do this in the past, here’s a short tutorial:
For alternatives.
Please do yourself a favor and stop using Chrome!
Ecosia isn’t Chrome based, right? that’s what ive been using, for the trees, and it says it doesn’t save your history but i wanted to check
I’m afraid so. And based on many other Chrome based browser scandals, I don’t trust it.
dammit. ill download firefox then :/ thanks for letting me know
edit: how do you actually download it
edit edit: wHY does it send me to GOOGLE, IMMEDIATELY upon downloading it????? like i have the app and it says “firefox browser” and it’s talking all about how secure it is etc but the little rainbow G icon is right next to the actual browser and theres a link right to Google on the firefox homepage how do i stop that
So from my understanding Firefox uses Google but it blocks all the trackers
that makes sense! ty!! i ended up changing the default browser to duckduckgo anyway (and deleted google and amazon off of the browser options anyway) but i appreciate it!!! (im afraid this all becomes null and void with me using only gmail as all of my email accs but there’s not much i can really do anything about that. hopefully firefox will block gmail from seeing my searches through the gmail account i used to sign in :///)
I’d recommend Protonmail, as a substitute for gmail. It’s a Swiss based end-to-end encrypted email service that is expanding to Proton-calander and Proton-drive with their paid version. Their ProtonVPN also has a free version with limited locations. They also have apps for both android and apple.
To boost Firefox, I’d add-on-
Several of these also have companion versions in Firefox mobile.
If you are interested in other trustworthy add-ons, this icon shows that the add-on is an editorially curated extension that meet the highest standards of security, functionality, and user experience. Firefox staff, along with community participation, selects each extension and manually reviews them for security and policy compliance before they receive Recommended status.
Good luck! @ or message me if you need anything else.
Edit: I’d make a firefox account so you can log in and sync tabs/bookmarks across devices.
holy shit this is insane thank you so much!!!
Long post but very useful addons. Press j to skip
There will be some seriously intense organizing here soon.
(Just sticking this here for my own reference…)
some totally legal anime sites for you.. if the site you use ever kicks the bucket try one of these
bonus: manga sites
but op i dont have an adblocker...what do i do about the ads?
you linked a knockoff gogoanime (of which there are a million so i don’t blame you lol), if you wanna use gogo i’d recommend either the “real”/first one (here) or this one that often uploads even faster than the real one (here), i usually use the latter if nyaa.si won’t cut it for whatever reason
additionally: if you want western cartoons, kimcartoon is the place for that!
and always make sure to use adblock on ANY of the sites listed here.
consider not owning an Alexa/Google Home or at least keeping it unplugged when it’s not in use. yes, the AI is shit but don’t be lulled into a false sense of security – the microphone works just fine and has been shown to record and send out your data even when the corp promises it isn’t!
that Amazon doorbell is constantly recording video and using it in who knows what unethical ways, including - this is verified - sharing it with ICE. owning one directly endangers your neighbors who aren’t consenting to this surveillance!
consider not using Google for everything – try an anti-tracking search engine like Duck Duck Go even if you have to resort to Google after. we can’t get a better search engine until we train it with use!
consider replacing Chrome on your phone and laptop with Brave, a browser built literally on the exact same software (Chromium) but which not only rips out allllll the bloaty tracking Google adds in, it also attempts to block a lot of the tracking that giant websites like Facebook do on every single web page you visit (even if you aren’t logged into Facebook). it runs literally identically to Chrome, only faster.
like basically as an individual you can start taking back control of your data by learning who steals what and how, and taking steps to curtail that theft.
consider checking the permissions of the apps in your phone. Facebook and others routinely steal your contact lists and even your text message and call history, and part of what they do with this info is to build highly detailed “ghost profiles” on your friends who have never been on facebook in the first place and don’t know they’re being surveilled through your phone.
resist the urge to give into apathy! there are things that can be done, and it is worth it to take back even a bit of your private life. we don’t have to just cave to the capitalist surveillance state.
importantly, once you’ve started looking at this shit in your personal life, it may seem more feasible to look at how to organise with others to more effectively resist capitalism’s ever-growing control of our private data.
For once in the history of tumblr, the notes on this post actually have some good advice. (not reblogging any individual one since they’re all in separate reblog chains…)
Use brave if you’re inseperably attached to Chromium browsers or chromium-exclusive extensions… But, I really recommend switching to Firefox for the same reasons many people in the notes pointed out. It’s open-source, and is the only major browser that’s currently keeping google from having 100% marketplace domination on web browsers. Seriously, every single major web browser out there that isn’t firefox (or based on firefox) is based on Chromium. Google already bullies independent developers trying to keep the web open and free, and if they consume all of the web browsers out there, then there’s no going back.
The more people that use firefox, the more websites will see a sizable portion of their userbase uses firefox- and develop their website accordingly. You don’t know how many times I ran into websites that just… neglect to even consider making sure their shit doesn’t break on firefox, because they only consider chrome as the one “True” web browser, or something. It really leaves a bad taste in my mouth any time I see that come up. But the more prevalent firefox is, the more web developers will be forced to accept that they need to make their web pages work correctly on firefox. That’s why actually using firefox for your regular day-to-day browsing matters.
Oh, wait, I forgot to mention: firefox has all of the same security/privacy related features that Brave does. So you won’t be missing out on that by using firefox instead of brave.
While you’re at it, you should install the uBlock origin add-on for firefox. It can be used as a general-purpose adblocker, but it’s also capable of blocking trackers and much more. Since add-ons work on mobile firefox, you can even install it there and experience ad-free (and tracking-free-ish) browsing even on mobile!
If you want something that requires less setup, and is just generally easier to wrap your head around, you can get the privacy badger extension, which is developed by the folks at EFF. (You’ll still see some ads with this extension, tho).
I have tons more things I could recommend here but I don’t wanna make this post super long. Check out my tag for “#privacy” if you wanna know more. Best of luck to diminishing your digital trail of data!
Definitely not writing these down 🤐👀
Here’s a helpful flow chart:
I’d add - gentle reminder to people who DO have university library access, it is probably illegal for you to upload texts to these sites, despite the fact that you pretty much have a moral obligation to do so.
And remember it’s not limited to your area of study. It is perfectly legal for you to do a bit of research into the various textbooks that are most in demand, and those which are most expensive, and find out if you have free access to them.
Of course it would be illegal for you to remove the DRM and upload it to libgen, despite the fact that it’s a tangible, effective way of extending solidarity and breaking down the absurd barriers that capitalism puts on knowledge.
So yes, don’t be tempted by this particular illegal action, which costs you nothing, and is the right thing to do.
To my knowledge there are no laws against donating bitcoin to libgen though, link on the site give a bitcoin address of: 12hQANsSHXxyPPgkhoBMSyHpXmzgVbdDGd
Okay can yall reblog this to share something that’s actually helpful? There are two websites that can assist people with triggers to know whether or not a movie is going to be something they should avoid. The first one is:
Originally created to list whether or not the animals in movies were harmed, it has expanded to list a number of triggering things like people being cut, jumpscares, strobe effects, vomit, deaths of children, and many more. For some categories it links to:
which has a similar format to Does the Dog Die but deals with a variety of sexual themes. It even elaborates on some of the checked categories just to let you know how serious or in what way the category is expressed in the movie.
I don’t like the environment of tumblr scaring people into thinking they don’t have the help or resources they need to live happy and without anxiety unless the right PSA floats across their dash. If there are any other databases anyone knows of that provide more info about media or elaborate upon MPAA ratings, please comment. Let 2018 be a year of empowerment.
some other sources:
common sense media is a generalized and well updated site that gives content warning as a guide to parents, but is also relevant and very helpful if youre looking for your own uses
also all IMDB movie pages have a ‘parents guide’ section that is extremely thorough and gives a description of all potentially disturbing scenes grouped by sex, violence, drugs/alcohol, etc
and wheres the jump is great for horror movies, it gives an exact timestamp and description of any jumpscares in the movie
