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Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have to manually uncheck a box in order to opt out.

If you are a writer who uses MS Word to write any proprietary content (blog posts, novels, or any work you intend to protect with copyright and/or sell), you’re going to want to turn this feature off immediately.How to Turn off Word’s AI Access To Your Content

I won’t beat around the bush. Microsoft Office doesn’t make it easy to opt out of this new AI privacy agreement, as the feature is hidden through a series of popup menus in your settings:On a Windows computer, follow these steps to turn off “Connected Experiences”:

File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Optional Connected Experiences > Uncheck box: “Turn on optional connected experiences”

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Leonid Pasternak  (Ukrainian, 1862–1945) - The Torments of Creative Work

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Leonid Pasternak  (Ukrainian, 1862–1945) - The Torments of Creative Work

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Leonid Pasternak  (Ukrainian, 1862–1945) - The Torments of Creative Work

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Leonid Pasternak  (Ukrainian, 1862–1945) - The Torments of Creative Work

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Leonid Pasternak  (Ukrainian, 1862–1945) - The Torments of Creative Work

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anyway yeah DELETE YOUR FUCKING ADVERTISING IDS

Android:

Settings ➡️ Google ➡️ all services ➡️ Ads ➡️ Delete advertising ID

(may differ slightly depending on android version and manufacturer firmware. you can't just search settings for "advertising ID" of course 🔪)

iOS:

Settings ➡️ privacy ➡️ tracking ➡️ toggle "allow apps to request to track" to OFF

and ALSO settings ➡️ privacy ➡️ Apple advertising ➡️ toggle "personalized ads" to OFF

more details about the process here via the EFF

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“male loneliness epidemic” and “friendzoning” are similar concepts to me in that the conditions they describe are literally experienced by everyone at some point in their lives but when its men its some sort of profound injustice that needs to be rectified by checks notes giving them unfettered access to the public good that is Women

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i think some of you dont like narratives or stories or characters i think you just like fanfiction tropes

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Being obsessed with your own ocs is so so good for you i seriously can't recommend it enough

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the thing i have discovered about being an adult is that every week you will have to spend 100 dollars.

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Big Chungus is actually the anglicisation, his name is originally Nagy Csondegúz