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getosbigballsack Β· 1 year ago
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π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΈπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘–π‘™
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π‘Šπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘›π‘–π‘›π‘”: π‘šπ‘Žπ‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›, π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ 𝑖𝑠 π‘Ž π‘π‘Žπ‘š-π‘”π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘™, π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑒π‘₯π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘’π‘›π‘π‘’π‘‘, π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ 𝑖𝑠 π‘›π‘œπ‘‘ 𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑, 𝑒𝑑𝑐
𝐴/𝑁: π‘‡β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘ π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘  𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 π‘‘π‘’π‘™π‘Žπ‘¦π‘’π‘‘ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Ž π‘€β„Žπ‘–π‘™π‘’ 𝑑𝑒𝑒 π‘‘π‘œ π‘’π‘›π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘’π‘’π‘› π‘π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘π‘’π‘šπ‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘’π‘ , π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘€π‘Žπ‘  𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 π‘ π‘’π‘π‘π‘œπ‘ π‘’ π‘‘π‘œ 𝑏𝑒 π‘Ž π‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘“ π‘Ž π‘π‘œπ‘™π‘™π‘Žπ‘, 𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝐼 π‘€π‘Žπ‘  π‘’π‘›π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘’ π‘‘π‘œ π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘π‘’π‘‘π‘’ 𝑑𝑒𝑒 π‘‘π‘œ π‘šπ‘¦ π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘β„Žπ‘¦π‘ π‘–π‘π‘Žπ‘™ β„Žπ‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘‘β„Ž π‘”π‘œπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘’π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘€π‘–π‘›π‘‘π‘œπ‘€. 𝐼 β„Žπ‘œπ‘π‘’ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘™π‘™ π‘π‘Žπ‘› π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘”π‘–π‘£π‘’ π‘šπ‘’ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ β„Žπ‘œπ‘™π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘› π‘‘π‘œ 𝑖𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘œπ‘’π‘”β„Ž 𝑖𝑑 π‘€π‘Žπ‘ π‘›'𝑑 π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘¦ π‘Žπ‘  𝑦𝑒𝑑.
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Truthfully you were no stranger to this line of work. After all this how you were able to get through college, pay your bills and now living inside of a very nice apartment complex with your best friend.Β 
Even so, now you’re rated as the number one cam girl on that site, due to your physique. Being extremely short and tiny to you is an accomplishment, because if it wasn’t for those two main factors then it may be a possibility that someone else would’ve turned out to be number instead.Β 
So yeah, at this point you knew all the tricks and trade on the site. You knew what works best for you, you knew what the viewers loved, what they wanted from you. You also knew their dislike and so on.Β 
To add, you also know what to do or how to grab your viewers attention by doing stuff like feature collabs with other cam stars or pornstars. It helps to boost your ratings and gain more recognition. And you know what they say, the more people who watch and subscribe to your content, the more money you’re about to roll in.Β 
But funny enough, you’ve never once had a featured guest star on your livestreams, or even in the videos you’d post on OF. The thought had never crossed your mind, nor did you care enough to think about it. But today, you might actually consider working with a pornstar.
You almost choked on your water when you opened up your gmail and saw that you’ve received a letter from the owner of the biggest playboy magazine in Japan and he happened to be the number one hottest pornstar of 2023.Β 
You almost jumped out of the chair when you opened the email that was sent a half hour ago and began reading.Β 
Dear Y/N,Β 
I’ve seen a few of your videos online and I must say I’m impressed. I have to say, I was pretty shocked to see such a small girl like you perform so well in bed. You’re a star baby girl. Oh, just to let you know I’m also your biggest tipper on your live stream.Β 
Anyways, I want to make a proposal to you. You don’t have to accept but I’ll try my luck with you. Let’s do a big collaboration together at my place. It could be anything you like; like roleplaying, BDSM, or just simple vanilla sex. It doesn’t really matter to me, I’ll be fine with whatever you choose. I’ll just have to make sure that I inform my camera crew about the collaboration, and ensure that everything is alright and in place just so that you could feel comfortable.Β 
I think this would be a perfect opportunity for the both of us. You'll have an amazing stream to broadcast and I’ll have content to post on my private website. Your rating will also go up, and as an added bonus I’ll make you the face of the winter 2023 playboy magazine.Β 
So how about it, pretty girl? Do you wanna fuck me? Because I want to fuck you. Let’s talk this over at my place Friday, which is the day after tomorrow by the way. This is my address. I live at xxxxxxxxx in penthouse number two. I'll have a keycard at the front desk for you. Also call me whenever you are through with reading this email. My number is +81 xxxx xxxxx. I want to know what you think and if you’re up to the task.Β 
I’m waiting for your call.Β 
Sincerely,Β 
Gojo Satoru.Β 
You’ve never rushed to grab your phone so fast. But as soon as the device was in your hand, you quickly dialled up his number and after the second ring, he answered.Β 
Gojo:Β  Hello? Who is this?
You swallowed thickly, eyes almost popping out of your head the moment you heard his smooth voice through the speakers of your phone.Β 
Gojo: Hello?Β 
You: Uhm hello Mr. Gojo?
Gojo: Speaking?
You: Hi Mr. Gojo it’s Y/N, you said that I should give you a call immediately after reading your email.Β 
Gojo: give me a sec and let me call you right back.Β 
With that said, he hung up but immediately called you back. But instead of a voice call, he jumped the gun and went straight to facetime. You blinked a couple of times before answering, blinked a few more times the moment you saw his angelic face appeared on screen. β€œHey,” he said and smiled at you with those perfect pearly whites as he stared at you with those cerulean eyes of his.Β 
β€œHello,” you answered with a shy, but adorable smile gracing your lips.Β 
β€œYou’re cute you know,” he complimented you which had your cheeks burning from being so embarrassed and shy at his compliment.Β 
β€œThank you Mr. Gojo,” you said to him.Β 
β€œPlease call me Satoru.” he suggested and you shook your head ok. β€œSo, I guess it’s safe to say that you want to collaborate with me.” You shyly nodded your head at him and he chuckled. β€œThat’s perfect, I’ll get in touch with my camera crew then and let them know that you and I are going to collaborate together.”
You said nothing, only stared and watched as he pulled out another phone from his pocket, you assume and began dialling a number.Β 
β€œYou’re pretty shy, for a cam girl that is. Most cam girls that I’ve worked with in the past aren’t as shy as you,” he pointed out.Β 
β€œWell, that’s because I can’t believe that I’m on the phone with Gojo Satoru. I admire your work very much and to know that I have the opportunity to work with someone that I admire is making me feel a bit shy. I don’t know what to say or even how to act around you currently,” you answered truthfully.Β 
β€œI admire your honesty, but no need to feel shy with me.” 
β€œI’ll try not to be,” you replied and he laughed.Β 
β€œYou’re adorable… ah hold on. Nanami,” he called out to the guy who was talking to him through his other phone. β€œY/N called and she said that wants to collaborate with me. Yeah- so I guess we can set up the guest room tomorrow and prepare everything for her stream on Friday night. Your streams are on Friday night right pretty girl?” 
β€œYeah I stream every Friday at 8,” you answered him.Β 
β€œYeah, so like I said we’re setting up the guest room for her stream. I’ll run through everything later in the afternoon, Nanami. Alright, later then,” he bid his goodbyes to Nanami then hung up and turned his attention towards you. β€œI guess everything is settled then.” 
β€œI think so.” 
β€œYou sure?” he asked. You thought about it for a while, wondering if there was anything else you’d like to say and you almost said no, but that is until you remember something that you think it’ll be important for him to know before progressing further with the planning and preparation.Β 
β€œUhm, Mr… I mean Satoru. There is something that I’d like to say.” 
β€œGo on, I'm listening,” he said to you.Β 
You took a deep breath, closed your eyes and turned your head away from the phone and said. β€œYou know I’ve never collaborated with anyone right?” He hummed in response to this. β€œWell part of the reason for this is because I wasn’t all that interested and the other reason is that I lack sexual experience.” 
That shocked him a bit, blinking a couple of times as he blurted out. β€œYou’re a virgin.”
You quickly shook your head no as you responded, β€œNo, I’m not. I’m saying that I don’t have that much experience in bed. I’ve had sex maybe two or three times, but that’s it so I don’t know if I’ll have any fun.” 
β€œAh… doubting yourself already, pretty girl?” He asked while chuckled. You stayed silent and he never was really expecting you to respond anyways. β€œYou don’t need to worry about having experience or not. You don’t need to worry about such silly things. All you have to do is trust me and trust that I’ll take absolute care of you and your squirting pussy.”
You gasped, β€œMr. Gojo?”
He laughed, β€œDon’t worry your pretty little head too much about it. Anyways I wished I could stay and chat with you for the remainder of the day, but I just got home from Okinawa and I’m extremely tired. So, I’ll text you when I’m all rested and tomorrow you and I can talk on the phone and get comfortable with each other.” 
β€œThat would be lovely,” you said to him.Β 
β€œAlright I’ll text you later to talk more about the collaboration.” 
β€œOK Satoru, goodbye,” you said to him.Β 
He smiled and waved at you as he bid his goodbyes before hanging.Β 
Well then I guess you’ll be busy tomorrow and on Friday night. You were so excited.Β 
… 
The following night and throughout the next day, you’ve been texting with Gojo non-stop. You both shared funny memes, talked about your favourite food and such- you know just light innocent conversations to lighten the mood between you both until he started questioning you about your Journey towards becoming a successful cam girl.Β 
You felt quite a bit shy at first, but still you told him how much you struggled to get through college and you found out that being a cam girl was the easiest way to make money. You didn’t plan on doing it for too long, but somehow you got so caught up in the fun and the blood rushing thrill, filled with excitement from being watched by a thousand people got to your head; you just decided that this was going to be your career for a very long time.Β 
You even told him that at first you were so ashamed of yourself because you’ve never once thought that you would be in such a position to be showing your body off to the world. But overtime, you got over it and now, you could care less about what the public had to say about you and your career. He told you that he was happy to hear that you’re having so much fun with your job and he hoped to make the live stream just as fun.Β 
After that conversation you went on to talk about random things while pitching a few topics about sex along throughout the conversation. You were honestly starting to feel a bit comfortable with him, you know, being able to have such obscene conversations with him without being scorned or called a slut. You even decided to give him a free private show that night. You were a bit nervous but comfortable enough to spread your legs for him in front of your webcam while he sat in his office to watch you.Β 
He watched as you tossed your head back, your dainty hands gripping your breast, squeezing the mound as that tiny little booty of yours jiggled each time you slid up and down on that plastic dildo you use for your every stream. β€œWant me to tip you pretty girl?” he asked. But you shook your head no, too focused on feeling rubbery vein caressing your wet, gummy walls. He chuckled and licked his lips then he said, β€œBend over for me… I want to see your pussy dripping all over that toy when you cum pretty girl.”
β€œUgh… Ok,” you moaned and did as you were told. But not without looking back at the screen to see Gojo blue eyes staring dead at you. You could see him fighting against himself, trying his hardest not to pull his cock out on you while you gave him a show. He wanted you to have this moment for yourself, show him exactly how freely you’re able to express yourself when indulging in pleasure. So his cock will have to wait, blue balls would have to be his best friend tonight.Β 
β€œMr. Gojo… I,” You stuttered through your moan.Β 
β€œIt’s Satoru to you, Angel,” he said to you. β€œYou wanna cum?”
β€œYes, please may I cum Satoru? I really wanna… ahhh.”
β€œGo ahead,” he ordered before falling back against his chair to watch as you fell apart for him over the computer screen. Your pretty pussy was on display for him and only him. You bent your knees slightly to ride the dildo a bit faster, your thighs were trembling. He could see your pussy pulsing and creaming around his cock.Β 
β€œAh… Ahh… mhm,” you cried and twitched as you cum around the plastic cock. Gojo could’ve sworn he dumped a heavy load in his pants, but he is not going to check, well not right at least, not when you started to ride that dildo once again. Oh boy was Gojo going to have so much fun filming with you tomorrow and see how much he can make that pretty pussy of yours squirt with his fingers, mouth and his cock.
After what happened with Gojo that night, all the worries you had about filming with him disappeared during the night, only to return the next day when you walked inside his apartment to see him getting his makeup done for the stream. He greeted you with a smile the moment he saw you stepped foot inside his home and wasted no time in calling you towards him to watch as he got his makeup done.Β 
He pulled you down onto his lap and pressed a kiss to your cheek, gripped your chin and slightly tilted your head upwards to meet his gaze. And just before you were able to utter a sound out of your mouth, he lightly pressed a kiss to your lips, then whispered, β€œThere is a lot more where that came from pretty girl.” 
His words left you a flustered mess, he had you blushing like a teenager who just got kissed by their crush. You knew that he was a smoother talker, based upon the conversation you had with him over the phone and somehow you knew that he had some sneaking plan up his sleeves to get you all flustered up your stream. But what you didn’t expect him to do was to kiss you as soon as you entered his home.Β 
Dammit! He was dangerous.Β 
Anyways it didn’t take him much time to get his makeup done, not that he needed it anyways his skin is already perfect as it is. But you guess it's somewhat showbiz, or pornbiz. Anyways he offered for his makeup artist to do yours, and while you declined at first, you ended up agreeing because you realised that you left your makeup pouch at home.Β 
Anyways, as they did your makeup and so on, Gojo explained that his camera crew or lets say his friend Nanami would be inside of the room, filming the both of you while Geto sat in a private room and monitor your stream and thank the viewers for the tips, because you were going to be too busy getting fucked (basically) to be paying attention to stream. He went on to explain that there’s much to discuss with Nanami. He said that Geto is normally the one to explain what Nanami is about to tell you later, to new and upcoming Pornstars like you.Β 
But since he didn’t want to overwhelm you with too much manly presence, Nanami decided that he was going to take up the initiative to explain it to you instead. As he went on to explain other things, you just sat quietly and listened. There isn’t much for you to say anyways.Β 
After the conversation, he left you for a moment and came back with an envelope.Β 
β€œWhat is this?” you asked him as you reached out for the envelope that he stretched towards you.Β 
β€œA STD test results of course. It is important for me to provide you with this information. As you can see, I am clean. I don’t nor have I ever contracted an STD. With that said, I want you to trust me enough to have sex with you without using a condom. I don’t mind if you want to use it. At the end of the day, it’s your body and I want you to feel comfortable. That’s my goal here.” 
β€œOk Satoru,” you said while smiling.Β 
β€œGreat, now give me a kiss,” he said as he slotted himself between your legs. Your shyness kicked in once again. You tilted your head downwards a bit and peered at him through your lashes. He chuckled - how adorable you look he thought before resting his forehead against yours, his perfect pointy nose rubbing against you and you could feel his cool mint breath against yours lips as he whispered, β€œBetter get used to kissing me now to avoid you tensing up in front of the camera.” 
And with that said, he gently pressed his lips against yours, sweetly capturing the taste of your strawberry flavoured breath before pulling away. β€œSweet,” he whispered, his lips moving from your lips and pressed them against your cheeks a couple times before returning to your lips to kiss you deeper and more passionately than he had before.Β 
Your skin felt like it was on blaze - your heart hammering through your chest the moment you felt his tongue caress yours. β€œSatoru…” you whimpered against his lips. He chuckled before pecking your lips a couple of times.
To be continued…
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fabaulti Β· 1 year ago
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I think most of us should take the whole ai scraping situation as a sign that we should maybe stop giving google/facebook/big corps all our data and look into alternatives that actually value your privacy.
i know this is easier said than done because everybody under the sun seems to use these services, but I promise you it’s not impossible. In fact, I made a list of a few alternatives to popular apps and services, alternatives that are privacy first, open source and don’t sell your data.
right off the bat I suggest you stop using gmail. it’s trash and not secure at all. google can read your emails. in fact, google has acces to all the data on your account and while what they do with it is already shady, I don’t even want to know what the whole ai situation is going to bring. a good alternative to a few google services is skiff. they provide a secure, e3ee mail service along with a workspace that can easily import google documents, a calendar and 10 gb free storage. i’ve been using it for a while and it’s great.
a good alternative to google drive is either koofr or filen. I use filen because everything you upload on there is end to end encrypted with zero knowledge. they offer 10 gb of free storage and really affordable lifetime plans.
google docs? i don’t know her. instead, try cryptpad. I don’t have the spoons to list all the great features of this service, you just have to believe me. nothing you write there will be used to train ai and you can share it just as easily. if skiff is too limited for you and you also need stuff like sheets or forms, cryptpad is here for you. the only downside i could think of is that they don’t have a mobile app, but the site works great in a browser too.
since there is no real alternative to youtube I recommend watching your little slime videos through a streaming frontend like freetube or new pipe. besides the fact that they remove ads, they also stop google from tracking what you watch. there is a bit of functionality loss with these services, but if you just want to watch videos privately they’re great.
if you’re looking for an alternative to google photos that is secure and end to end encrypted you might want to look into stingle, although in my experience filen’s photos tab works pretty well too.
oh, also, for the love of god, stop using whatsapp, facebook messenger or instagram for messaging. just stop. signal and telegram are literally here and they’re free. spread the word, educate your friends, ask them if they really want anyone to snoop around their private conversations.
regarding browser, you know the drill. throw google chrome/edge in the trash (they really basically spyware disguised as browsers) and download either librewolf or brave. mozilla can be a great secure option too, with a bit of tinkering.
if you wanna get a vpn (and I recommend you do) be wary that some of them are scammy. do your research, read their terms and conditions, familiarise yourself with their model. if you don’t wanna do that and are willing to trust my word, go with mullvad. they don’t keep any logs. it’s 5 euros a month with no different pricing plans or other bullshit.
lastly, whatever alternative you decide on, what matters most is that you don’t keep all your data in one place. don’t trust a service to take care of your emails, documents, photos and messages. store all these things in different, trustworthy (preferably open source) places. there is absolutely no reason google has to know everything about you.
do your own research as well, don’t just trust the first vpn service your favourite youtube gets sponsored by. don’t trust random tech blogs to tell you what the best cloud storage service is β€” they get good money for advertising one or the other. compare shit on your own or ask a tech savvy friend to help you. you’ve got this.
#internet privacy#privacy#vpn#google docs#ai scraping#psa#ai#archive of our own#ao3 writer#mine#textpost
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nova-dracomon Β· 1 year ago
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My Gender is [NOT] Human Zine is Now Accepting Submissions!
Xenogender: A gender that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender; more concerned with crafting other methods of gender categorization and hierarchy such as those relating to animals, plants, or other creatures/things.
This zine will be a collection of artwork, writing and more created by alterhumans and nonhumans to express both their species identity, gender, and how they intersect. While this zine will have an xenogender slant, everyone who has something to share about how their species and gender overlap are encouraged to submit pieces! Similarly, if you are currently questioning, you are still welcome to participate. Anonymous submissions are accepted.
What Can I Submit?
Both fiction and nonfiction pieces are accepted. As long as what you have in mind fits the theme, it’ll probably be a-ok.Β 
Off the top of our head, we’re thinking of:
Essays of your personal experiences
Short storiesΒ 
PoetryΒ 
Advice columns
Artwork
Fictional advertisements
ComicsΒ 
Mock interviews
This is far from an exhaustive list, we welcome you to think outside the box!
How to Participate
Please email your completed submission to ruffledgryphon(@)gmail(.)com and title the email β€œMy Gender is Not Human Zine Submission.” Also make sure to include the following information in your email:
A name you would like the piece attributed toΒ 
Title of your submission
Any content warnings that you feel are necessary for the piece
Any social media handle or personal website you’d like listed in the contributor section
A logo or icon for the contributor section
**If you would like to stay anonymous please let us know
Members of systems are welcome to submit individually or collectively. Please let us know your preference when it comes to attribution.
Once the deadline has passed, the submissions will be crafted together into a single zine and it will be posted on our itch.io as a free PDF.Β 
Submissions are due by May 1, 2024.
Our itch.io: https://ruffledgryphon.itch.io/
Submission Guidelines
Each individual may submit up to 3 works to be featured in My Gender is [NOT] Human. Comics and multi-image works count as one piece. Individuals within a system may each submit up to 3 works. All work must be your own! Anyone caught plagiarizing or submitting AI-generated work will be barred from entering My Gender is [NOT] Human and any future zines from us.
Written submissions should not exceed 30 pages and multi-part art entries should not exceed 10 pages. Please keep in mind the zine’s pages will be 8.5x11 and entries will be scaled accordingly to fit that size. We request all art submissions to be sent in either .jpg or .png file formats.Β 
For stories that use multiple different fonts, we will do our best to preserve the general β€œfeel” of your piece but cannot guarantee we will be able to use the exact fonts or sizes due to restrictions in what fonts we have access to, readability and overarching zine style.
Submissions must fit the thematic criteria of
About the intersection of gender and species identities
If you’re not sure if you count, feel free to reach out to us. However, we will be leaning on the side of β€œYes! We’d love to hear from you!”
FAQ
Q: Where will the zine be hosted? What will it cost? A: The zine will be hosted digitally on our itch.io and will be free to download. Our itch.io can be found here: https://ruffledgryphon.itch.io/
Q: Is there a cap on submissions? A: There is none, as long as the file doesn’t start getting too big for our computer we’ll do our best! If there are an unprecedented amount of submissions, we may have to delay the release. In the event that happens, we would communicate that through updates on our tumblr.
Q: Can I update my application after it’s been submitted? A: Yes you may, as long as that is communicated to us before the submission deadline.
Q: Can I rescind my submission? A: Yes you may, as long as that is communicated to us before the submission deadline. This is because once we begin work on the zine, having to remove content mid-way through would throw off the formatting of everything else after. Please take this into account before submitting.Β 
Q: Will this zine allow NSFW entries? A: No, nothing 18+ will be accepted.
Q: What is your timeline for the project? A: Our submission deadline is May 1, 2024. We are then planning to spend the next month compiling all of the entries. Our goal is to have the zine live by June 1, 2024. If something unforeseen happens and we are unable to make that deadline, we will post an update about it on our tumblr.
Q: I have another question! A: Feel free to reach out to us at our email ruffledgryphon(@)gmail(.)com or here on tumblrΒ  with any other questions you have about the zine.
#My Gender is Not Human Zine#otherkin#therian#fictionkin#alterhuman#nonhuman#xenogender#nova squawks
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chickpea0 Β· 3 months ago
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THIS WEEKEND!
Alright everypony, this is me asking anyone interested to put down any time slots that you'd be willing to attend VERY PREFERABLY on LettuceMeet (it adjusts timezones automatically) so I can figure out the best time/day to host!
Who's allowed? Anyone! Animal regressors, age regressors, dreamers, caregivers, flips, syskids and anyone else interested! As long as you are kind and respectful!
Guidelines for a fun time:
Be considerate
Please do not coerce others to babysit you/let you babysit them (of course regressing and looking out for others is welcomed but we are all here to relax)
Be mindful of heavy topics. If someone is not comfortable and asks for a subject change, don't take it to heart :) we care but everyone is in a different headspace.
Please please please relay any behaviour that you find concerning or upsetting to me within either in-game DMs or here on tumblr. If a person is making you feel unsafe block or 'hide' that player. Not only to protect yourself but also to help others out.
What is Pon//y Town?
It's essentially a chatroom but with cute, customisable avatars! There are NO in-game purchases and any cool features you see on other peoples ponies are made by that player! There are lot's of fun and cute areas where you can explore, chat and roleplay.
What do I need? How do I get started?
All you need is either a browser to run the site in or a phone/tablet for the app, a WiFi connection and a gmail, discord, vkontakte or a twitter account to sign up! I reccomend having a short spin just to make a pony or two and get a hang of the controls but there's always guides and the list of controls.
More info on the meetup will be detailed in a next post so check the reblogs! Such as location, time and day! The event WILL take place on the weekend but I need more info on times to choose the best day. Have a good day and please consider reblogging!
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#age regression#regression#sfw regression#petre#sfw petre#agere#sfw agere#regression community#agere community#petre community
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shepherds-of-haven Β· 1 year ago
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Unsolicited Writing Advice
Completely random reminder to back up your work, especially if you're a writer, IF or game developer, coder, or creator of any kind. People sometimes ask me what my advice for other writers is, and I always forget to include this one, but it's one of the most important things, especially if your career, livelihood, or long-form projects hinge on writing in any way! Take it from someone who just had two backup methods fail unexpectedly and only the third backup prevented me from losing a solid month of work, you need to back up your work in as many ways as you possibly can. It may seem like a pain in the ass at the time, but I've seen a lot of games or stories stall or fail completely due to a catastrophic loss of data that utterly kills any drive to keep going with the project because of the need to start over. I'M BEGGING YOU, BACK UP YOUR DATA.
I recommend having at least 2, ideally 3 methods of backup:
Automatic cloud storage. I personally prefer working with Dropbox, where every change I save is automatically synced and backed up to a cloud server as well as natively saved on my own device. It also has robust version history, so if you figure out you've done something horrific and unknowingly saved over something important or rewritten a section you weren't supposed to, you can rewind everything in a folder down to a specific minute (over the last 30 days): a feature that has saved my hide just a few too many times for comfort. A free Dropbox account gives you 2 GB of storage to work with. Working within Google Drive works just as well, and the free version gives you 15 GB of storage (though that's shared between your email account and other Google apps, as well)! However, I don't believe it provides automatic syncing and backup the same way Dropbox does: you either have to work directly within a Google doc for your work to be automatically saved to the server, or you have to manually upload the files to your Google Drive to back them up each time.
Physical storage. Every few weeks or months, I also take the time to back up my important files to an external hard drive or thumb drive. Again, it's kind of a hassle, but if the day ever comes that you lose your passwords or find that they've been changed, a company's servers go down or they go bankrupt, they decide to start charging you to access your data, or whatever crazy circumstance you can think of, it's always good to have a physical backup somewhere. A basic 1 TB thumb drive is somewhere around 20$ USD (though it can be slower at that price point if you're transferring a large amount of data each time), and it's even less if you don't need that much storage. A 1 TB external hard drive (which has a much quicker transfer rate) is around 40-50$.
If all else fails, email. If you can't get access to physical storage devices and cloud storage services don't work for you, consider setting up a free Gmail or what-have-you account specifically for backup purposes, then email a copy of your most important files to it every time you make a significant change to them. This may seem sort of primitive and simplistic, but it works, and you can even use it as a little journal or diary of your progress!
Again, you may think this is overkill, but I am convinced that writers are especially prone to proving Murphy's Law and have seen way too many projects, friends, and colleagues fall prey to this oft-overlooked issue. I can count at least half a dozen times where -> my primary device like my laptop broke, failed, became corrupted, had water spilled on it, etc. -> I then turned to my secondary device (hard drive or thumb drive) only to find something was wrong with THAT (broken, outdated, incompatible with currently-owned tech, corrupted, not up-to-date backups) OR I turned to my cloud storage and found something wrong with THAT (unknowingly saved over data and didn't realize it until 3 months later, meaning not even version history could save me) -> and it was only the THIRD method of backing up that saved my ass.
Anyway, this is just your friendly neighborhood writer reminding you to back your work up! It's a necessary part of the job! Thanks for coming to my TEDtalk!
#Shepherds of Haven#writing#writing tips#writing advice
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amalgamasreal Β· 1 month ago
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On Personal InfoSec
Been awhile since I've had one of these posts but I figure with all that's going on in the world it's time to make another one of these posts and get some stuff out there for people. A lot of the information I'm going to go over you can find here:
So if you'd like to just click the link and ignore the rest of the post that's fine, I strongly recommend checking out the Privacy Guides.
Browsers:
There's a number to go with but for this post going forward I'm going to recommend Firefox. I know that the Privacy Guides lists Brave and Safari as possible options but Brave is Chrome based now and Safari has ties to Apple. Mullvad is also an option but that's for your more experienced users so I'll leave that up to them to work out.
Browser Extensions:
uBlock Origin: content blocker that blocks ads, trackers, and fingerprinting scripts. Notable for being the only ad blocker that still works on Youtube.
Privacy Badger: Content blocker that specifically blocks trackers and fingerprinting scripts. This one will catch things that uBlock doesn't catch but does not work for ads.
Facebook Container: "but I don't have facebook" you might say. Doesn't matter, Meta/Facebook still has trackers out there in EVERYTHING and this containerizes them off away from everything else.
Bitwarden: Password vaulting software, don't trust the password saving features of your browsers, this has multiple layers of security to prevent your passwords from being stolen.
ClearURLs: Allows you to copy and paste URL's without any trackers attached to them.
VPN:
Note: VPN software doesn't make you anonymous, no matter what your favorite youtuber tells you, but it does make it harder for your data to be tracked and it makes it less open for whatever network you're presently connected to.
Mozilla VPN: If you get the annual subscription it's ~$60/year and it comes with an extension that you can install into Firefox.
Proton VPN: Has easily the most amount of countries serviced, can take cash payments, and does offer port forwarding.
Email Provider:
Note: By now you've probably realized that Gmail, Outlook, and basically all of the major "free" e-mail service providers are scraping your e-mail data to use for ad data. There are more secure services that can get you away from that but if you'd like the same storage levels you have on Gmail/Outlook.com you'll need to pay.
Proton Mail: Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and fairly easy to setup and use. Offers a free option up to 1gb
Tuta: Secure, end-to-end encrypted, been around a very long time, and offers a free option up to 1gb.
Email Client:
Thunderbird if you're on Windows or Linux
Apple Mail if you're on macOS
Cloud Storage:
Proton Drive: Encrypted cloud storage from the same people as Proton Mail.
Tresorit: Encrypted cloud storage owned by the national postal service of Switzerland. Received MULTIPLE awards for their security stats.
Peergos: decentralized and open-source, allows for you to set up your own cloud storage, but will require a certain level of expertise.
Microsoft Office Replacements:
LibreOffice: free and open-source, updates regularly, and has the majority of the same functions as base level Microsoft Office.
OnlyOffice: cloud-based, free, and open source.
Chat Clients:
Note: As you've heard SMS and even WhatsApp and some other popular chat clients are basically open season right now. These are a couple of options to replace those.
Signal: Provides IM and calling securely and encrypted, has multiple layers of data hardening to prevent intrusion and exfil of data.
Molly (Android OS only): Alternative client to Signal. Routes communications through the TOR Network.
Briar: Encrypted IM client that connects to other clients through the TOR Network, can also chat via wifi or bluetooth.
Now for the last bit, I know that the majority of people are on Windows or macOS, but if you can get on Linux I would strongly recommend it. pop_OS, Ubuntu, and Mint are super easy distros to use and install. They all have very easy to follow instructions on how to install them on your PC and if you'd like to just test them out all you need is a thumb drive to boot off of to run in demo mode.
If you game through Steam their Proton emulator in compatibility mode works wonders, I'm presently playing a major studio game that released in 2024 with no Linux support on it and once I got my drivers installed it's looked great. There are some learning curves to get around, but the benefit of the Linux community is that there's always people out there willing to help.
I hope some of this information helps you and look out for yourself, it's starting to look scarier than normal out there.
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#information security#infosec#computer security#computer infosec#personal infosec#browsers#internet browser#email#instant messaging#cloud storage#linux#pop os#linux mint#ubuntu#firefox#firefox extensions#long post
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chaoskirin Β· 2 months ago
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Today, While I was in the middle of typing an email, Microsoft Outlook 365 popped up a window demanding feedback. And boy did I have shit to say.
I had to keep the swearing out, because apparently any report I make is duplicated and sent to the IT department. But the text I ended up sending follows:
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God, I have so much to tell you. Thank you for giving me the opportunity. First: Stop messing with everything. Outlook works fine, but you keep changing things that don't need changing. Moving buttons around. Turning on features that I have explicitly turned off for not working before. Just today, you turned on the auto-suggestions again, which would be great if it actually worked. Instead, when it suggests anything you don't accept, it just mashes words together. Do you know how it feels to be typing a professional email and you miss one of those failures and send your email anyway? I mean, to be fair, I caught ten, so I still got a 90% on the ol' Microsoft-sanctioned-typo-factory. But the person I emailed doesn't see it that way, do they? They see that I mashed three words together like there was a wasp on the space bar.
Plus, my signature keeps getting deleted. Not just switched to nothing, but completely deleted. Which means I have to re-make that every time your developers get bored and decide to re-haul a program that absolutely never needs re-hauling. I remember once a couple months ago the attachment button just disappeared, and there was no way for me to attach a final bill. I had to actually use my personal gmail address to send an email to a customer because for about 16 hours, it was impossible to attach anything.
But, you say, I should have sent error reports. And I did. But the question in my mind always comes back to "why are you messing with something that does not need changing?" The only thing that ever happens is that you change aesthetics. Colors. This time the boxes are gone. Do you think you're at risk of losing customers? Do you think you have to keep things new and fresh? No. People are shackled to you. You have a quasi-monopoly and a stranglehold on a whole lot of workflows. People cannot leave you. In the world of word processing and spreadsheets, you are Alcatraz. You don't have to change things to keep people here.
Instead, long-time bugs continue to plague everything I do within this hell-suite of software. Sometimes when I try to start typing in the body of the email, outlook decides that, no, I don't want to type an email! I want to send the other emails in my inbox to the archive, where, if I don't notice this, they will sit and fester forever. There's also the bug where I create an email and it duplicates it and puts it in my drafts. Or the bug where it just creates a blank email and puts it in my drafts. Do you want to know how many blank emails I've deleted from my drafts folder? There are not enough numbers in existence to count this.
If you REALLY want to know how to improve Outlook and this message isn't just going into the wilderness like all those notebooks from the hit-TV-show-where-nobody-liked-the-ending, LOST, then please. Listen. From the bottom of my heart and from the top of my lungs: Stop changing everything. Nothing needs changing. Just run a good service. Get your programmers onto fixing longstanding bugs instead of trying to make an email and scheduling program look like a fashion show in Paris.
And if I seem a little ticked off in this message, it's because your request for feedback popped up in the middle of me compiling an email, which was just about halfway done. Outlook, in all its wisdom, decided that I didn't actually need that email and went ahead and deleted all the text in it. All of it. So after I finish giving you an earful, I'm going to have to retype it.
Hope this helps. Have a wonderful day.
#microsoft#outlook#technical support#software#software bugs
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schrodingersjigsaw Β· 2 months ago
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I think in light of recent events it’s important for everyone to move away from google and Microsoft ecosystems. I suspect the next 4 years are going to be rampant with big corps being allowed to do whatever the fuck they want, and as your local tech nerd I have some suggestions:
(Also, none of these feature AI tools as far as I’ve been able to tell!)
Search engine suggestions
The popular one I see is duckduckgo, but they’ve had a number of scandals at this point. The one I currently use is startpage, which is based in the Netherlands. The EU has much stricter data privacy laws than US based search engines. It operates off google but hides your data from google, so you get the benefit of google’s search engine without them knowing every single little thing about you.
Browser suggestions
The one I personally use is Vivaldi because aside from a once a day ping to count active users, they track no user data. It also has a built in ad and tracker blocker that works well in my opinion. It also hasn’t had any major scandals. (Please for the love of god don’t use operaGX)
Email suggestions
The one I currently use is Proton Mail. The proton ecosystem also features a VPN, Drive, Calendar, and other tools- it’s essentially a 1:1 replacement for most google/office 365 tools. To have a good amount of storage you do need to pay, but it’s not terribly expensive and most people can get by on the free tier. You can also have it reroute emails from your Gmail to proton, so you can benefit from their encryption without nuking your Gmail.
Other suggestions
Linus Tech Tips has a series on how to β€œun-google” your life. YouTube took down all videos except the first one (another example of big corps being fucking wild), but they can be found on blogs if you look up the series.
Stay safe yall 🩡
#tech#data privacy#google alternatives#Gmail alternatives
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phanpacrackboba Β· 2 months ago
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JJK Phantom Parade STARTING GUIDE "Rerolling & Best Starting Cards"
Reusing some visuals from the wiki so as not to reinvent the wheel.
7th of November is almost here !!
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU START PLAYING :
PLOT & LORE : everyone from JJK is alive and well !! the timeline of the game starts when Yuuji finds Sukuna's finger (and it's a speed up version of the story we all know) and it then moves onto brand-new original story arcs, featuring some canon schools and characters from Gege who were not featured in the manga or anime. In short, welcome to the filler Arcs ~
GAME SYSTEM : stamina-based, collectible cards, resources to level up, turn-by-turn fights, Main Story and time-limited Events.
REROLLING :
as we got 10million pre-registrations, everyone will get a redrawable SSR character ticket = you do NOT need to reroll your account to get your favourite character thanks to this ticket.
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if you still want to reroll your account to get another SSR of your choice with the crystal-cubes you'll get at the start (around 2*10 gacha pulls) besides the one with the guaranteed ticket, you can easily reroll from the title-screen-menu >>> (1) Menu (2) Delete Player Data (3) restart game and go thru tutorials and gacha again.
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if you plan to reroll your account, be careful NOT to link your socials / gmail / any external account to the game & do NOT buy crystal-cubes as the purchase will not refresh when you reroll, meaning you will lose the crystal-cubes you bought and used. Only link your socials & spend money in the game after you have gotten the rerolled account of your desires :3
BEST STARTING TEAM :
Focus on picking your favourites ! The game is not that hard, and you can easily make it thru with basic cards, especially at the beginning.
Yes, Gojo is the best (his 2 SSRs and his SSR Memory Recollections are best in class) BUT Gojo is a busy-busy my-pace teacher, and he will leave the fight after 7 rounds. Nothing you can do to keep him. Meaning having Gojo is not enough to carry you thru fights lasting for 3 waves of cursed monsters. You need other DPS to get you thru so don't focus only on duplicate cards of Gojo.
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Don't forget about Elements / Colours either and try to pull for a varied team. Also remember that you can only have each character once in your team (meaning you can't make 2 Nobaras fight in the same team).
At early stage of the game, cards who can attack multiple enemies (such as SSR Megumi or SSR Maki) are very useful to harvest resources. But they will not make it to the best Tier List due to poor damage on cursed Bosses, so make your own judgement.
SSR Memories & Recollections are actually quite easy to get, especially with Events, so you might choose not to focus on them much.
Any SR character or memory with duplicates (and max level raised) will be more powerful than a single SSR, you can check the % of bonus stats to see this easily.
RECOMMENDED CARDS :
DPS / Damage : SSRs Gojo, Nobara, Yuuji, Inumaki
Support : SR Nanami, SR Yaga, SR Momo, SR Yuki, R Ijichi
Tank : SSR Panda, SR Miwa
Heal : SR Shoko
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~see you in the next post for the gameplay basics.
#jujutsu kaisen#jjk phantom parade#JJK phanpa gameplay#JJK mobile game#JJK x Bilibili
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gay-milton-quotes Β· 3 months ago
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I'm Unpeeling Myself from Big Tech!
"Unpeeling" being any act you take that limits the amount of data a large tech corporation can gather from you, decreases your reliance on products of those corporations, or increases autonomy over your technology. I'm ripping the term from a line in this review by Joanna Nelius, where she writes, "People are looking for ways to peel their eyes from their smartphones like a layer of Elmer’s glue from their hand β€” to remove a part of themselves that really isn’t a part of themselves." It's different than "unplugging" because the goal isn't to go off the grid, or even to limit one's technology usage. The goal, instead, is to extract from the invasive, addictive, destructive capitalist vision a set of tools that are useful to YOU.
It started when I realized I don't need a smartphone. I've deleted most social media from my phone, and the stuff I still have I prefer to check on my laptop. Not all "dumb phones" (I hate this term) offer the same features, though, so I began to think on a granular level about what I need from a cell phone. Eg, not all "dumb phones" provide MMS, but my family lives 3k miles away. I wanna still talk in the groupchat.
On the more complex end, I write on my phone. I've been using Google Docs to move seamlessly from scribbled writing drafts on my phone to formatted, finished works on my computer since I was fourteen.
Except, Google Docs is useless now. I've been unable to use it since they lowered the storage capacity. The only other cloud storage writing thingy with similar functionality is Office 365, which sucks.
Could a dumb phone with a basic "notes" feature work? Maybe, but I'd have to re-type everything to get it into a formatted document. Ideally, I'd have like, a mini-laptop just for writing - something I could fit in my pocket or in a small bag, so I could bring it to work without looking like a dick - and then, in addition, a basic phone for calls/texts/GPS stuff. But does a device this specific to my use case even exist?
Yes. Yes it does.
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This is a GPD Micro PC. GPD mainly sells handheld gaming machines, though this product is designed for mobile IT professionals. It's probably too chonky for a pocket, but mark my words, I will figure out how to make it work for me.
It's stupid, but this gave me a rush. I've been struggling along, tied to the bloated corpses of three gmail accounts, for years, because I needed Google Docs for my writing workflow. But now I don't. I have the power to actually tailor my tech for my life.
By this point, I was like, alright, I don't need Google Docs anymore, I don't need a smartphone, what else? Do I need Windows? No, probably not, right? I can use Linux Mint on this new guy, especially since he'll mostly be a basic writing machine. LibreOffice is less intrusive and bloated than MS Word - a better experience for free than I'd have from the paid program. If I go all the way and install Linux, I also won't have to deal with ads in my start menu, or pre-installed spyware screenshotting my activities.
In fact, if I back everything up on an external drive, I can delete my old Google Drives and switch my main computer to Linux, too! So, I finally bit the bullet and invested in an external hard drive.
This is the problem with "product ecosystems," by the way. When one part of that ecosystem - Google Docs - fails, the whole thing collapses. All the bloat and corruption you dealt with just stops being worth it, and it's easier to make a radical change to a new system. I witnessed something similar happen with comedy tech youtuber Dankpods earlier this year, except with Apple's ecosystem: he was a lifetime Apple guy - seemingly not in a worship way, but he liked their products, and was certainly in Apple's ecosystem. Then a couple things went sour for him, and now he runs Linux.
I'm doing this for personal and ideological reasons. I'm personally sick of Clippy - I mean, Copilot - peeping in to tell me how to write what I'm writing on Office 365. I abhor the idea of paying Google for a service they offered for free until recently, knowing they can flip the script at any point. And while we're talking ideology, I'm a communist, and even though this is far from a shift everyone can make, I believe that taking any available steps towards shutting Big Tech out of our lives is a net good. If all you can do is delete Instagram, or use a screentime tracker, or switch to Firefox, do it. I'm finally in a position to make this more drastic change, and I'm excited.
Get in the weeds about how you use technology. Do you need everything at your fingertips, all the time? If not, what, specifically, do you need? Is there a way that you, now or in the future, can trim out the parts you dislike? And what can you change now?
#linux#linux mint#linuxposting#dumb phone#dumb phones#firefox#fuck big tech#fuck billionaires
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jillyfoo Β· 1 year ago
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5 Tumblr Sky Fancomics
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Big Spike and Mighty Moe VS the Golden Wasteland
A shonen adventure story about two boys surviving in the Golden Wasteland. Bro friendship, dumb humor, sports, and hunting the big krill.
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Taking Flight: Bird and Manta
Two sky friends play with butterflies.
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Juvellian the Bee’s Sky Comics
Stand alone gag comics of Sky. Also a story featuring the Elder Twins of Valley of Triumph.
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Kindoftiredtho's Sky Comic
Complete short story about an OC called Hunter.
Sykloni's Sky Comic
Featuring a story after the "fall".
Tumblr comics including other sites. Tumblr only allows 10 links so I am dividing up the list. This list is a forever Work In Progress. If you know of a Sky fan comic not on this list, please DM me or email me at saturnothedemoneater at gmail for it to be added to the list. If there is something you wish to be changed with a listing DM me.Β  Note: I have a bias for story comics hosted on a webcomic hosting site, tumblr or instagram.Β 
#sky children of the light#golden wasteland#sky cotl#skycomic#that sky game#fan comic#webcomic#sky ocs#skyfriends#skyoc#tumblr comics#like and subscribe#Tumblr webcomics
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starplatimoon Β· 1 year ago
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I take payment through ko-fi or PayPal Expand to see more examples, prices, and info v v v
Bust Flat color 7$ (+ 2$ per additional char) Simple shading 9$ (+ 3$ per additional char) Shading 15$ (+ 5$ per additional char)
Half body Flat color 12$ (+ 2$ per additional char) Simple shading 13$ (+ 2$ per additional char) Shading 20$ (+ 10$ per additional char)
Full body Flat color 19$ (+ 3$ per additional char) Simple shading 23$ (+ 5$ per additional char) Shading 30$ (+ 10$ per additional char)
Outfit Showcase You can commission a fully colored outfit showcase from me which will feature a character/person of your choice in several different outfits in a lineless style. 5 outfits: 27$ 6 outfits: 29$ 7 outfits: 31$ 8 outfits: 33$ 9 outfits: 35$ 10 outfits: 37$ I will need a general sense of what your character would wear, whether that be through description (detailed or not), references, inspiration boards, etc. You can let me take creative liberty with this information or tell me exactly what kind of outfits you want through in-depth descriptions. You can also tell me what expressions you want me to draw for each outfit! The Outfit Showcase will always be in the lineless style for efficiency (and it just looks really good).
INFO and RULES - Simple props come free of charge - Prices might change more (or less) depending on the complexity of the character or the props - I will only do simple backgrounds/patterns for backgrounds and they are free of charge - Only simplified animals, but I can draw anthro/furry characters - Can draw tasteful nudity (does not apply to real people or characters who are minors) - Will not draw s*xual acts - Blood/horror of any kind is okay, can draw gore depending on the complexity - No bigotry/discrimination - I can draw OCs, characters from media, real people - I will need references or detailed descriptions of characters - I will send you pictures through the process and you can tell me if you want anything changed - You can ask me to use a specific brush and/or art style based on my other art
Message me on Discord (starplatimoon) or message me here on Tumblr for my Gmail if you don't have Discord because the Tumblr messages are broken and wouldn't be good for discussing commission info. I will be taking full payment upfront, this might be subject to change in the future
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#art commissions#commissions open#queue
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plasteredwalls Β· 3 months ago
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Rant incoming
WHY IS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SO GODDAMM DIFFICULT I SWEAR TO GOD.
So. I want to play minecraft online. I don't really use my Microsoft account often but I figure it should be fine. I get signed up for PS Plus, I pay my Β£6.99, and now I just have to link my Microsoft.
I do the link. I submit the code, then the email, then the password...then the code again then the email then the password and so on so forth until the link expires.
I make a new Microsoft account, as suggested, and it actually seems to be getting somewhere. Until the game is like "Oh you have to sign into the account linked with your game. Yknow, Jyan, which we can remember the name of but not your freaking details".
So I try that. Get in a loop again because it's that outlook email. I sign into Gmail outlook, everything looks fine. I have a string of very recent emails from Amazon about a refund so I know my email *works* at least.
But log in still won't work. So I look on the Microsoft question thing for answers and someone has had the loop issue. There's a link about account recovery. I'm desperate, I mean what the hell nothing else is working, so I use that link. They ask for an alternative email to send me a confirmation where they explain that I did not give them enough details and, as a really really kind courtesy (BECAUSE THATS HOW THEY PHRASED THIS, LIKE IT WAS A COURTESY) they've locked me out of my account :). Yay :). Because they take security reallllly seriously. Except they haven't Because I can still access my emails on the Gmail app but still can't do anything else.
By the way, did you know once you link a Microsoft account to a ps4 account you can NEVER UNLINK AND RELINK A NEW ONE?! Why. What do you GAIN Microsoft. Oh also because ps plus is a paid service they really hate you using it on other accounts of the same ps4 device or really any online features on any account other than the main one. Because what.
So clearly my issue is too complicated for online articles. I've tried and got no where, in any case worse. Let's try reddit - SYKE ALL THE BOTS RUINED REDDIT AND I CANT ACCESS ANY TECH SUPPORT GROUPS TO ASK QUESTIONS MYSELF UNLESS I GET SO MUCH KARMA. GREAT.
So. Microsoft tech support. Please be a good - OH OF COURSE ITS NOT
To summarise this amazinggggg service
1 - CAN'T FIND A RELIABLE NUMBER BECAUSE OF THE SCAMS
1.5 - Google AI summarise RECOMMENDED ME A SCAM NUMBER AS THE OFFICIAL ONE
2 - I can't find anywhere where I can submit a text complaint.
3 - All the search bars just take me to pre written articles as if I haven't read enougj
4 - THEY THEN OFFER ME A PAIDDDDD SERVICE TO "GET FIRST IN LINE FOR GPT TO SOLVE MY ISSUE"
What. The actual. Fuck.
I just want to talk to a human who knows something PLEASE. No none of the articles have helped. No I don't want AI to tell me, it has PROVEN its USELESSNESS. I just wanna talk yo a freaking human, preferably over the phone, who can tell me what to do or initiate some stiff themself because clearly the design has self imploded and IM JUST SO FREAKING FRUSTRATED IM SAT HERE WITH Β£7 OF A WORTHLESS SUBSCRIPTION AND NO RELIABLE TECH SUPPORT TO FIX IT ALL BECAUSE EMAIL BROKE BUT NOT REALLY.
And that doesn't even BEGIN to worry about whether I'm gonna be able to get my money back on this completely useless service.
So I'm turning to Tumblr. What's tumblrs tech support like??? I don't know, maybe there's a genius out there SOMEWHERE. Because clearly I can't use reddit, thanks barrier to entry :/ and I can't just ring up a human who can actually listen to my words with the nuances that don't fit into the fucking booklet.
If anyone knows anything that could help, please leave your wisdom here I'm frustrated and desperate and don't wanna lose Β£7 on something I can't even use.
#ps4#microsoft#technology#tech support
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regressors-in-ponytown Β· 3 months ago
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WIP pinned :} run by @chickpea0 so if you see that account in the replies, it's not a random lol
DM ME FOR A LINK TO OUR DISCORD
CURRENT WEEKLY MEET: SATURDAY 2:30-4:00 PM BST [time zone converter]
tags:
photo album (screenshots people have taken of events)
scheduling
How this blog works
This is the hub for all things regarding the meets. Here I will be posting announcements, guides, info, etc.. I'll also be reblogging posts you tag me in/submit here!! Such as:
intro posts (not needed but good for regulars and makes finding people easier). could include screenshots of your pony/ponies! You can do this in Anon asks if you don't want your blog to be known!
screenshots
anything related to the meets!
I want to make this blog feel like a bulletin board. Keep in mind there is a PENDING tumblr community that I have made and plan on testing out. That will be private and only members can see posts in there, meaning more privacy. Thank you!
Pony Town beginners guide
Guidelines
Be considerate
Please do not coerce others to babysit you/let you babysit them (of course regressing and looking out for others is welcomed but we are all here to relax)
Be mindful of heavy topics. If someone is not comfortable and asks for a subject change, don't take it to heart :) we care but everyone is in a different headspace.
Please please please relay any behaviour that you find concerning or upsetting to me within either in-game DMs or here on tumblr. If a person is making you feel unsafe block or 'hide' that player. Not only to protect yourself but also to help others out.
What is Pon//y Town?
It's essentially a chatroom but with cute, customisable avatars! There are NO in-game purchases and any cool features you see on other peoples ponies are made by that player! There are lot's of fun and cute areas where you can explore, chat and roleplay.
What do I need? How do I get started?
All you need is either a browser to run the site in or a phone/tablet for the app, a WiFi connection and a gmail, discord, vkontakte or a twitter account to sign up! I reccomend having a short spin just to make a pony or two and get a hang of the controls but there's always guides and the list of controls.
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willcodehtmlforfood Β· 11 months ago
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The last section tho:
This challenge in narrowing down search results to chat responses in an AI interface has just been highlighted by Leipzig University; its research specifically looked at the quality of search results for product reviews and recommendations.
The paper, titled β€œIs Google Getting Worse? A Longitudinal Investigation of SEO Spam in Search Engines,” asks whether SPAM and SEO gamesmanship has a disproportionate impact on the quality of results filtering through.
β€œMany users of web search engines complain about the supposedly decreasing quality of search results… Evidence for this has always been anecdotal, yet it’s not unreasonable to think that popular online marketing strategies such as affiliate marketing incentivize the mass production of such content to maximize clicks.”
In short, the answer appears to be yes.
β€œOur findings suggest that all search engines have significant problems with highly optimized (affiliate) content… more than is representative for the entire web.”
This is not specific to Google, of course, and the researchers also examined Bing and DuckDuckGo over the course of twelve months. Ironically, given Google’s focus on integrating generative AI and search, the researchers warn that this is a β€œsituation that will surely worsen in the wake of generative AI.”
We have all become conditioned to judging the likely independence of search results as set out in our browsers, and we have learned to scan such results as today’s shop window equivalents. But in a world when you ask a chatbot β€œwhere’s the best place to buy a Samsung TV,” or β€œwhat’s the best pizza restaurant in Denver,” the format of your results will be very different. We all need to remember, it’s not really a chat.
The AI update coming to Google Messages is part of a trend, of course, and you can expect multiple such AI add-ons to come thick and fast, especially with Google driving much of the momentum. This should be good news for Android users.
We have just seen an official Chrome announcement on the introduction of three new helpful AI releases making their way into beta. Automated tab management and theme creation sound good, but it’s the Help me Write feature within Chrome that’s likely to be the most useful, especially on an Android mobile device.
We have also seen GMail’s own Help Me Write feature adapted to combine AI and voice, as spotted by TheSPAndroid, β€œGmail's β€˜Help Me Write’ can help you draft emails with ease and definitely can save you some time. Currently the functionality is available on both web and apps, but you have to write the email prompt yourself using the keyboard. On the Gmail app for Android, Google is working on a feature which will let you draft emails with voice [prompts].”
And there was the earlier news that Android Auto will use AI to intelligently filter information in and out of the system, while you keep your hands on the steering wheel and your eyes on the road.
Many positives, clearly, but that core risk in narrowing search results isn’t the only word of warning here. Google Messages chats with Bard are not secured by end-to-end encryption, and Google (being Google) will store your data and use it to improve its algorithms. Just as with other such models, be careful what you ask.
No news yet on timing, but in all likelihood it isn’t far away. According to Bard, β€œGoogle has not yet announced an official release date for Bard in Google Messages, but it is expected to be available sometime in 2024.”
#ai#google#search results#search
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beardedmrbean Β· 1 year ago
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If you use Google’s Chrome browser regularly, you’ve likely seen a new privacy-related screen in recent weeks.
With a combination of soothing rainbow colors and language that sounds very pro-privacy, the page announces "Enhanced ad privacy in Chrome." You have two options: Settings and Got It.
It's easier to hit Got It, but if you're concerned about your data and privacy, take a moment to learn more about what's happening and which settings you should change. Google isn't necessarily going to default you into the settings that best protect your privacy.
This is a new way Google is trying to track what you do on the web to help advertisers target you. Google says this is better for your privacy than older tracking methods. But it’s still tracking β€” and people who care about their privacy may want to shut it off. It’s all part of Google’s promise to phase out the use of cookies for tracking in Chrome.
What settings do I change?
From your Chrome browser, go to Settings β†’ Privacy and Security β†’ Ad Privacy. You can also try this link in Chrome: chrome://settings/adPrivacy.
You'll see three options and for maximum privacy, can turn them off, one by one. If the toggle is gray, it's off, and if it's blue, it's still on.
Ad topics is a feature that uses your recent browsing history to detect what topics you're into and show you personalized ads. If you spent the week looking at dog sites, maybe you'll get an ad for a dog bed. Google says these topics are deleted after four weeks and if you keep it turned on, you can see the list yourself. Turn this off.
Site-suggested ads is an option that lets individual sites you've visited make similar conclusions about what you might be into (dog sweaters? hammocks?) and show you ads for that on other sites. If you keep this on, you can later manually block individual sites from the same screen. But it's easier to just, yes, turn this off.
Ad measurement lets different sites and advertisers share information about you to try to figure out how well their ads are doing. Turn this off.
What else can I do?
Google's Chrome isn't the only browser option you have. If you're on a Mac you can use the Safari browser, or Firefox, which works across operating systems. You can also experiment with different settings and third-party tools to minimize the data Chrome (and other browsers) collect. If you want to go the extra mile, you could try a VPN, but make sure you choose a trustworthy provider.
This isn’t the only new setting Chrome users have seen as of late. Google recently added an β€˜Enhanced Safe Browsing’ mode for Chrome and Gmail users, to warn them about suspicious sites. The setting, according to our Tech Friend newsletter writer, Shira Ovide, is worth turning on to protect yourself even though there are some trade offs.
#nunyas news
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