#and uninstalled my work email from my phone

[scarlettohairdye]

Any new work policy: We welcome your feedback!

Me, flexing my typing fingers: Oohohoho, you're gonna regret that.

[quecksilvereyes]

oh my god do not click links in emails that tell you to verify your data or your bank account gets locked or click links in messages telling you your safety protocol is ending, like, tomorrow, you will get SCAMMED SO BAD AND YOU WILL LOSE A LOT OF FUCKING MONEY never ever let anyone pressure you into giving away login information especially to your online banking by creating a sense of urgency oh my GOD

some things to look out for

1. spelling mistakes. do you know how many rounds of marketing and sales experts these things go through? if theres a spelling mistake dont click it

2. not using your name. if an email adresses you with "dear customer" or, even worse, a generic "ladies and gentlemen", it is most likely not actually targeted to you

3. verifying or login links. even IF your bank was stupid enough to send these to customers, dont EVER click those. look at me. they can legally argue that youve given your data away and thus they dont have to pay you anything back DONT CLICK THAT FUCKING LINK

4. creating a sense of urgency. do this or we lock your account next week. do this or your ebanking stops working tomorrow. give us all your money in cash or your beloved granddaughter will get HANGED FOR MURDERING BABIES. no serious organisation would ever do something like that over email or sms. ever. hands off.

5. ALWAYS CHECK WHO SENT YOU THE EMAIL. the display name and the email adress can vary a LOT. anyone can check the display name. look at the email adress. does it look weird? call the fucking place it says its from. you will likely hear a very weary sigh.

6. if its in a phonecall, scammers love preventing you from hanging up or talking to other people to have a little bit of a think about whats happening. there should always be a possibility to go hey i wanna think about this ill call back the official number thanks.

7. do not, i repeat, do NOT a) call a phone number flashing on your screen promising to rid your computer of viruses after clicking a dodgy link and b) let them install shit on your computer like. uh. idk. teamviewer.

7.i. TEAM VIEWER LETS PEOPLE USE YOUR COMPUTER HOWEVER THEY WANT AS LONG AS THEYRE CONNECTED. IF YOU DONT KNOW FOR FUCKING SURE YOURE TALKING TO ACTUAL TECH SUPPORT DONT GIVE ANYONE ACCESS TO YOUR COMPUTER.

fun little addendum: did you know a link can just automatically download shit? like. a virus? an app you can't uninstall unless you reset your entire device? dont click links unless youre extremely sure you know where they lead. hover your mouse over it and check the url.

thanks.

[aggressionbread]

My uncle has the worst temper and he's genuinely the most infuriating asshole to be around.

We were setting up a laptop for him because we know he'll get mad and blow up at the tiniest inconvenience so we spend a few minutes trying to make a local user since we know he'll get pissed off if we ask him to log into a Microsoft account.

But apparently that's disabled on Windows now and after like 5 minutes he's like "are you done yet?" And then he says he'll figure it out at home so he just takes it and goes home anyway?

But anyway, my family gets a yearly subscription to an antivirus (my mom likes it) so I send him the email link so he can download it, and all you have to do is click the email link and then open up the download and it automatically sets it up so it's a part of our subscription plan.

Somehow he's absolutely fucked this up and linked his Google account when that is absolutely not a step in the process, so now that he's on his own account he can't use ours and he keeps calling and trying to ask for help but all he does is get pissed off and not listen.

I tell him to unlink the account, or log out of the account, or uninstall the whole thing and try again, but he won't listen and just keeps telling me that I sent him the wrong download?

And I kept telling him that I just installed it twice on other PCs and in no part of that process did I have to log in, but he just keeps saying it made me log in.

And then he was asking for the product key and I tried to explain to him I already used the product key on my account so he can't use it on his account and he'll have to log out but he kept insisting so I just decided fine I'll give him the product key and he can see for himself.

Missed a phone call and an email from him last night and he called this morning all pissed off that I "typed in the product key wrong" and can I send it again, and we keep trying to tell him it is right and even if it wasn't it wouldn't work.

And I keep asking him to just come over and I'll have it fixed in 5 minutes but apparently he's "sick" now and he's just been ruining my whole fucking weekend with this

[pretty-idol-hell]

Protect/Transfer your Idol Land PriPara account!

Friends of the blog, new and old, it is very easy to lose your Idol Land PriPara account be it by accidentally uninstalling while updating, damaging your phone, etc., and as of this posting the official policy is that your account is basically gone forever. However, as of 12/6/2023 transfer codes are now active for 30 days so PLEASE!

If you have spent money on this game, or if you have spent significant time ranking up, please protect your account!

EDIT: As of 4/17/2024, it is now possible to recover your Idol Land PriPara account using either Apple, Google, or LINE. This now makes the process below obsolete.

EDITEDIT: There was a bug involving transferring with Apple accounts. As of 7/12/2024 it has been resolved, but you'll need to disconnect your Apple account and then reconnect it to resolve the issue.

To connect your account, go to the settings (gear icon) and アカウント引継ぎ (account transfer) as before. Now the screen looks like this:

I was easily able to connect to my Google account by clicking "Sign in with Google" and now, as you can see, the Google button is turned on. (You can only pick one.)

But, even though this is a much easier method of securing your account, it couldn't hurt to keep saving passwords just in case. So, please refer to the method below for extra security.

Step 1

Click on the gear icon on the home screen to pull up the settings page. Then find the アカウント引継ぎ (account transfer) button in the middle of the bottom row.

Step 2

Click on the pink パスワード連携 (password connect) button below the Apple/Google/LINE option.

Make a password and type it into the box. Type the same password in again.

If you have entered an acceptable, matching password you will see this screen and in the area I've scratched out in blue is your temporary account ID.

Step 3

Save your ID with the password (write it in a notebook, email it to yourself, etc.) and you are done for now.

But when you do need to transfer/recover your account...

You'll click on 引継ぎ (the second button in the bottom left of the opening screen).

And here is where you will enter that ID and password.

According to the official Twitter it SHOULD work within 30 days even if it's an ID and password created before this posting (12/6/2023).

Step 4 (Optional, but recommended)

Set an alarm in your phone 29 days from now to remind yourself to do this all over again!

[rainbowrocketquotes]

📱 Cyrus? :)

let's play my favourite game: han is running out of things to put on top of the readmores!

Apps are alphabetized, not color coded. He has 7 folders, each with 4 corresponding letters, ad well as the first one being Numbers & Symbols in addition to A & B. It continues from there. (CDEF , GHIJ , etc.) The folders are in a "T" shape and nobody knows why, not even Cyrus. His only reasoning is "easier for when I'm using my non dominant hand" (and then he refuses to elaborate on which hand is his non dominant hand)

He has 43 chrome tabs open. 28 of them are video game wikis and walkthroughs, one of them is a link to a self help page he never uses, 7 are dnd spell descriptions, 3 are different "people search" websites, and the other 4 are random words/phrases he needed to google and then promptly forgot about closing.

Uses Spotify because he likes listenting to such classic playlists as "i should go to therapy" and "POV: the dark queen has just been crowned and everyone fears her". His personal playlist is called "top ten reasons i should see a therapist ft guzma" (ft guzma because guzma keeps taking his phone and adding music to it without his permission to get him to actually listen to it.

The only games on his phone are the color sorting games, sudoku, and solitaire. Used to play Minecraft Pocket Edition with Guzma during team meetings, then Guzma started raging at him mid meeting and he was so embarrassed that he uninstalled it and now only plays java.

Doesn't read his emails, has the app muted so that the notification bubbles don't show up and stress him out. If you need him, you'll call him. But, if you do call him, you better already be in his phone, or he's not picking up....... Or you could could just text him.

His contact name for almost everyone is "Delete This Contact (emoji)" with an emoji that popped up when he looked up their names in the emoji search tab thing. The only exceptions are Cynthia, who is " " and Guzma, who is "you know who it is you don't need to check the contact name" (both of which fit in my phone's contact menu, so I guarantee you it works)

He only has tumblr for social media. Lysandre tried to get him into Pinterest but he got banned

His phone background is a photo of the Pillars of Creation. He made it that the day he got it and he hasn't changed it since he got the phone. (like 5 years)

[thenightisland]

everything that runs on electricity has refused to cooperate this week. the self check out machine shut down as i was scanning things bc its cameras became convinced that i was trying to rob walmart of a two dollar bag of instant mashed potatoes while i was scanning them. IT installed a new computer in my office that i did not want nor ask for and naturally it's horrible and i spent hours messing with it to make it tolerable again. the program i use all day every day for work has had server issues so just keeps crashing or refusing to start and IT's response is a shrug emoji. the new computer does not like my printer and the whole thing had to be reinstalled. one of my apps was glitchy on my phone and nothing worked so i uninstalled and reinstalled it only to discover that i made that account under an email address that no longer exists so i lost my account and had to rebuild from scratch. my own laptop decided to update and i wasn't fast enough on the postpone update button and so spent an entire evening undoing all the AI and bloatware nonsense it installed. the update also fucked up my audio drivers so i've been trying to fucking fix those all night. i am so close to spending the rest of the week just reading by candlelight to avoid anything that runs on electricity right now.

[rainbows-fanfics]

The Barnes & Noble app stopped working for me ever since the beginning of July, and I had to physically talk with someone over the phone just to report the bug in my app since no one could help me via email. The issue never got fixed and rendered my app unusable. So I finally uninstalled it today.

Cancelled my pre-order for Sally's Lament from them, probably going to get it from Amazon or ThriftBooks instead, it's just way more cheaper and it doesn't look like the B&N Exclusive is going to offer anything special.

I don't think I'll be buying anything from B&N anymore, come to think of it.

[groovygianniart]

So, I'm gonna be taking a break from social media for awhile.

This summers been very hard and it just keeps getting worse and it is like, 95% all me. I don't like who I am currently and who I've been in the past. I wanna be someone people like being around and someone people can feel safe with, and I haven't been that person at all.

It's been a problem since my childhood up to my late 20's. I need better social skills, and I just need to make a lot of changes with myself.

I can blame my upbringing and my past toxic relationship but that's shoving the blame off on someone else.

I'm uninstalling social media apps on my phone, and logging out. I don't know when I'd be back but I know I will be back at some point. I'll still use the internet for watching stuff, music, email, work related stuff and also of I need to look up anything.

I'll still draw, maybe. Idk what to do with my oc's, but for now I'll try drawing stuff to make me feel better and try to experiment more with stuff.

My problems are probably worse by being terminally online, so I'm hoping this might be a positive move.

I'm still working on my transition, been like 3 months doing HRT. I'm still seeing a therapist and talking about this stuff more in depth and hoping to get somewhere with it, it did help me come to some realizations about my problems.

Later, y'all.

Keep on truckin' ✌☮🌵🌴

[having-gude-times]

internet addiction and coping with it

Hey all, probably the only post I'll ever make on here, since I'm just here to keep track of friends.

Anyways, something that I wanted to share was how I coped with my internet/electronics addiction. I'm putting this out into the void, I know, but maybe someone who has this too will find this? Also disclaimer, english isn't my first language, so some things may be worded weirdly. Sorry!

For the longest time, I've struggled a lot with being online. It was a coping mechanism, giving me a small respite from everything that plagued me in real life. It was fun, at first, finding all these different things and websites and making new friends and connecting! But as time went on, it became a second source of anxiety and depression that became both better and worse as I stayed online.

I'm not an expert in either science or medicine, but the internet (and to some extent, electronics in general. I'm talking phones, computers, consoles, TV, etc.) is addictive because of these constant dopamine rushes, and without those dopamine rushes, everything else seems bleak. Similiar to some drugs, I'd say, but far less physically dangerous ofc (though the mental is still harmed). News cycles and social media thrive on outrage and giving strong emotional reactions, which is definitely not good for the human psyche.

Like any other addiction (or at least, most), the best way is to just go cold turkey. It's what worked for me, and that's how I'm doing so much better mentally than just a few years ago. Deleted every account I had, uninstalled every game and app, even put my phone on simple mode so that I'd only have access to the bare necessities.

It was hard at first, but it got better within just a week already! Coping with this stop is the most important, and I'll just share my method down below. It doesn't work for everyone, you may need to adapt some things so that it fits your life, but some friends have told me they're overall good tips.

Delete every social media. the most obvious one, I know, but that first step is the most important.

Set yourself a daily timer (10 minutes for me) for essential online activities, like checking emails and the sort. Browser extensions are good for keeping track of that.

If you're a gamer, try only keeping the most essential games, though be wary because this can quickly turn into a gaming addiction!

Get a manual hobby. Doing things with your hands is important! Just like you would with children, spending time on doing things with your own hands helps recalibrate your brain and dopamine. Into edits and pinterest boards? Do collages, scrapbooking, journaling! Cut up magazines and journals, get some cute stickers (and while it's redundant, scour online for images) and get to cutting and having fun. Into writing? Write down things in a notebook! Embroidery, knitting and crocheting are good for keeping yourself focused. Pop on some music and relax. Learn how to cook or bake! Keeping your brain and hands busy are essential for getting rid of that addiction.

Join a social program or volunteer! In my town, I can either keep company to the elderly or help autistic children socialise at their own pace. Programs like these are essential for filling that connection aspect of social media that you've now cut off, and the elderly always have the most fascinating things to say.

Then, hopefully, you'll be happier. Maybe you'll be like me, and make just one single account to see what's going on. And maybe you'll be stronger, and ditch forever the internet. Even if you relapse, it's no use villainising yourself. Simply get back on track as soon as you can, because beating yourself down won't help you.

I only come online about once a month, so if you have any questions or dms for me, feel free to hit me up, but it'll take a while for me to get back to you!

If you have an internet addiction, hang in there. These steps seem drastic, but they're essential to stop yourself from staying in a painful loop.

[alexmey-does-an-arts]

ah wait i forgot i also have advice about hiding behavior online:

i'm lucky that my mother has never been very online-savvy so she doesn't really know how to check history or installed programs. most of these should work even if your abusers do, however.

ALWAYS keep a "safe" tab or window that you can easily switch to, and CHANGE IT OFTEN. if you have the exact same thing open multiple times, they'll realize it's fake. usually I use school assignments. each time they see it, scroll down the page. don't stay on one subject, switch every few hours or so. (like from a math assignment to an english one)

if you want to voice call with friends AND THEY LIKELY CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, just that you're talking, pretend you are collaborating on a school project. keep a "safe tab" related to the project up. If needed, try to make sure you have a more solid alibi if they insist on speaking to your "project partners".

If you have the opportunity (this means LONG PERIODS OF TIME WHEN THEY ARE ABSENT. NOT WHEN THEY TAKE A BATHROOM BREAK, THAT'S TOO SHORT.) see if you can access files and accounts on their computer. it's easier if you know the password, but you may be able to sneak in when they have just stopped using it and it is not locked yet. passwords for things such as parental controls for phones and computers, emails, etc can sometimes be found either emailed to their own email or on a text document.

if they're less tech-savvy, apps on a phone can be superficially hidden by making a folder (ex: one for "school stuff" with apps such as Teams and Remind on the first screen, and then a second screen with your hidden apps.). organize the rest of your phone apps into similar categories without hidden apps, so they will be less suspicious.

also for if theyre less tech-savvy: when using chatting programs or social media, use ones that they are less familiar with and can be easily uninstalled or closed. I have never used the default messages app for communications with friends because it can be easily checked and is well-known to pretty much anyone with a phone, instead I use discord or social media through a web browser.

It's easier to hide things on a computer than a phone. If you have access to a laptop, learn how to use the file systems and the systems of a web browser (firefox is the best). You can obscure files through having a convoluted folder organization system that they may not want to search all the way through. if you don't want them questioning apps (games, chat programs, etc.) keep them off of your taskbar/desktop.

If you have an email account set up by them that you're supposed to use, make another one for most of your actual communications. keep the tracked account active with "safe" conversations.

hey so protip if you have abusive parents and need to get around the house as quietly as possible, stay close to furniture and other heavy stuff because the floor is settled there and it’s less likely to creak

[mint-moon25]

Sabrina Carpenter - A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

I - TRIED - 2 - FIND - DIANA - DARK - HAIR - 2 THE YES

SHOULDERS - SHE - WAS - AT - L SIDE - FR - EXPRESS

COMPUTERS - WHO - U - RENT - LAPTOPS - OF - MAIN

LIBRARY - BUT - SHE - WAS - GONE - BUT - ABOVE

SAID - SHE’s - ON - THE - FIRST - FLOOR

SABRINA - SANG - ‘NEVER - GIVING - UP - OUR DREAM’

SO - ASKED - A - BLK - LIBRARIAN - DIANA - COMPUTER

EXPERT - GOOGLE - SEARCH

I - WAS - SUPPOSED - 2 B - DOING - SOMETHING

COMPLICATED - SO - HER - SMARTPHONE - AND

THE - COMPUTER - EXPRESS - WORKING - YES

TOGETHER - SO - BLK - PERSON - WOMAN SAID

SHE - WON’T - USE - HER - SMARTPHONE

AND - I - SAID - I - CAN - ONLY - TRY

SO - WENT - 2 - BLK - FEMALE - PERVERT

ALWAYS - BRALESS - CAN - WE - MAKE IT

ENGLISH - SHE - SAID - AS - HOMELESS

HER - FATHER - SENT - HER - SMARTPHONE

AS - FRENCH - IT - CAN’T - B - CHANGED SO

STUPID - BOTHERING - ME - ALL - THE TIME

SHE - DIDN’T - WANT - ME - HOMELESS

BUT - SHE - IS - AND - WHAT - KIND - OF

FATHER - THAT - SHE - IS - HOMELESS

FR - AMALFI - COAST

SHE - WAS - ALWAYS - PRETENDING - SHE

UNDERSTOOD - ME - BUT - SHE - DOESN’T

I - HATE - THOSE - PEOPLE

SO - WENT - 2 - WHO - I - TALK - 2 - ALL THE

TIME - HE - JUST - GOT - HIS - PHONE - BUT

HE - WAITED - 1 MONTH - 4 - TEL - NO

SETTINGS

ABOUT - PHONE

THERE - HIS - TEL - NO

SO - I - ADDED - FROM - READING - THE

CAPITAL ONE - APP

MUCH - BETTER - ON - HIS - PHONE

JUST - PUT - MY - CAPITAL - ONE

CREDIT - CARD - UNDER - HIS PHONE

2 - ENTER - MY - ACCOUNT

IN - MY - STORAGE - UNIT

I - SAID - I - HAVE - 2 WAIT - 2 WEEKS

4 - NEW - CHECKS - 50 - FREE - THEN

I - GIVE - LOCKSMITH - A - CHECK

$150

THEN - MY - STORAGE - UNIT - OPEN

THEN - MY - STUFF

SO - YOU - KNOW - I’LL - TRY - THIS

QR - CODE - CHOSE - 2

THEN - CHOSE - QR - CODE - AND

BAR - CODE - AND - THAT’s WHAT

WE - USE - THE - VERY VERY YES

BEST - JESUS - IS - LORD

GOT - INTO - MY - ACCOUNT THEN

CHANGED - MY - CASH - BACK 

COINS - INTO - REIMBURSE THEN

I - CLICKED - CHECKING - SAW

ACTIVATE - CARD - AND - ALL I

NEEDED - WAS - 2 - PUT

EXPIRATION - DATE

4 NOS - NOW - ACTIVATED

NO - ONE - NOT - EVEN - BY - TEL

TOLD - ME - THIS - IT - HAS - $$$$

AND - SOON - $943 - AND - THEY

TOLD - ME - I - CAN’T - SPEND IT

THEY’RE - JUST - THE - NOS ME

CAN - JUST - LOOK - AT - ALL MY

BILLS - NOT - PAID

AMAZON - PRIME

NO - CHECKING - ONLY - FOR

MAGAZINE - SUBSCRIPTIONS

WALMART - $35 - PLUS - FREE

SHIP - CHANGED - FR - SUNDAY 

2 - MONDAY - THE - PAYPAL DID

NOT - GO - THRU - AND - THAT

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[nathank77]

3/30/24

11:54 p.m Updated/Edited/Added To

I feel stupid af, why? Cause when I look at what I can see on fb, I see you and your husband, you and your ex husband, your friends, your family reunion and then a house.

My brain is like maybe her and her husband bought a house together and she's leaving him but she has to take care of her living arrangements and being she's a mom, I mean and the housing market, the economy, etc it would be very hard to not only sell the house but also to find something affordable that will fit a family of 3 and maybe 4 one day...

I do believe you love me. However I feel delusional. Idk what to think. I'm saying everything I wrote above is delusional/hopeful.

Also depending on if I am on wifi or data, I see different things. So idk if you're removing things, or if there is something funky about my phone. I have to go with my phone being garbage despite being new or my data not working well? Cause it's vastly different...

Either way you had a lot of stuff up about WOW at some point and:

I downloaded WOW. I didnt realize it was free to level 20 and characters could all be leveled to 20 so it's sorta free if you get different characters to level 20..

I didn't realize it was only available on computers. I could join that group and post- what scares me is then it will reveal the only account you haven't blocked.

I could always make another but..... I mean.... I didn't make a fake insta to follow your account, post blocking cause of my respect for you not wanting my eyes to see it...I'm thinking about making a new account and joining, as the account you haven't blocked is a real fb with a lot of pre t pictures... I have to clean up before I delete it but I can't save the photos with psychosis...Idk. I feel like I'm intruding.... not bc of the name of the group but bc of how you excessively blocked every account i have. You even got Tobias Prescott for christ sake.

Part of me thinks you know what account I use to view your profile as you were so thorough... I don't want to intrude.

WOW won't install completely anyways for some reason. I suppose I'll just delete it. Either way I tried and it likely wasn't an invitation. My username is Nathank3#1469

I figure you may just block me, even though I don't have your username lol idk if I'll post in that group. In a couple weeks I'll probably just uninstall this from my Mac if I decide not to post or if I don't get a random friend request.

Anyways, I mean I saw the thing about guys joining the group. Hence why I'd think about joining. I feel like I am acting like a stalker just by downloading this game and posting my username. I  have the username, email and password so if you are like that was not an invitation.... well maybe in a few years. I put it in my password book.

Also I mean I'm going to the Southbury tango either April or May for a meet up event.. maybe I'll see you there, I'll def keep my tumblr up to date so you know when. I don't expect you to show up...... I'm not going to find you....I'm going to learn how to dance and maybe meet a girl.... but I'm always going to hope the girl I meet is you.

The objective of me joining the Southbury tango meet up is to learn how to dance, I love dancing and even if no one will ever marry me, I want to know how to dance just incase I ever have the opportunity to get married 🕺

[trilobiter]

Some time ago, my Gmail app simply stopped loading my primary account. It could load my other accounts, but not the one I primarily send or receive email with. I have tried logging in and out, uninstalling and reinstalling the app, nothing has worked.

Ever since then, I too have been reading email on my phone by logging in from a web browser. I don't know if Vic Michaelis does it for the same reasons I do, but I nonetheless feel a kinship with them.

"would it kill a Victorian child" is out. "Would it send Brennan Lee Mulligan into a tailspin" is in

[scottdclary]

Power Saving Mode

Hi All,

Here’s my daily newsletter navigating the crossroads of business, growth, and life.

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Imagine your life as a smartphone.

It's an odd comparison, isn't it? But bear with me.

Your energy? It's the battery that keeps the screen lit, the apps running, the calls connecting.

Every aspect of your life – relationships, hobbies, work, personal goals, even self-talk – these are your apps.

Some apps, like a nourishing chat with an old friend, barely sip on the battery. Others, like an all-night worry marathon, guzzle power like a broken GPS app lost in a digital wilderness.

Ever noticed your phone when it's bursting at the seams with too many apps?

Sluggish. Unresponsive. Drained.

It’s not just the running apps, it’s the silent ones in the background, sipping on your power, bit by tiny bit.

This is your life when overcommitted and under-energized.

Your phone would tell you, if it could: Audit me. Update me.

Would you listen?

So you start. Swipe up, press 'x'.

The soul-sucking meeting that could’ve been an email? Uninstalled.

The friend who only calls to download their daily drama? Subscription cancelled.

And that app in your mind that whispers you're never enough? Deleted.

Next, you install updates.

Meditation. Yoga. A walk in the park. These aren’t just activities. They're the new apps that safeguard your battery life.

Suddenly, your screen is brighter. Responses, snappier. Battery life? It stretches comfortably through the day.

And self-talk? It's no longer a looping track of hits from the 'Greatest Criticisms' album. It’s more like a personalized pep talk from your number one fan.

In this narrative, we're not slaves to the charger cord, desperately clinging to the last 1% of our day.

We are the curators of our energy.

We recognize our power to uninstall, to update, to recharge.

We become adept at not just conserving energy but amplifying it.

This is the untapped potential of personal development through the lens of a smartphone.

Manage your apps. Manage your life. Keep your battery charged and your operations smooth.

And at the end of the day, when you plug in, it’s not out of desperation. It's a conscious choice to recharge, refresh, renew.

In a world where we're all just looking for a little more battery life, this is the ultimate power save mode.

Your legacy isn't how long you kept the screen on.

It's what you did with the power you had while it was.

[fractallion]

Shoutout to the wonderful people at Panic.

I have used Transmit to connect to my servers for years. N’er a problem until a couple of weeks ago.

I didn’t think I had changed anything - but did my usual checks ….

what have I done wrong … nothing I could find.

what has changed - a couple of things - uninstalled apps

switched off Firewall.

Still no connection.

I pinged my hosting provider - Siteground.

They could access from their end no problem.

Asked me to try accessing via a different network, so tried by camping on the phone.

Straight in.

Back to my usual access - nothing.

Their conclusion was something about my network provider.

In my case it’s Spectrum and I just shivered at the thought.

So, first I contacted Panic, to see if they had any ideas.

Longer story shorter …

Ran some diagnostics and sent to them - and they asked me who was hosting my servers … told them.

And then in an email this morning ….

Out of curiosity, can you change the connection type to FTP with TLS/SSL? From my own SiteGround servers, I know that helps.

… and BOOM. Working.

This bear ain’t technical - so I have no idea what strange magic this is and why suddenly everything is different, but suffice to say … WORKING.

Thankyou Panic.

[vizivoir]

Things are awful in the world today. You already knew that. But you might not know that there’s a silver lining: there has never, and I mean NEVER, been a better time to spend less time on Twitter!

But hey, you might say, I can’t do that! Sure, I use Twitter too much, but only because I'm desperately looking for even a momentary distraction from the hellscape nightmare that is my reality. I hear you! I’ve been there!

But ask yourself this: is Twitter really making you feel better? Is it worth the handful of decent jokes, or memes, or drawings you happen to see, in between people’s reactions to all the horrible, awful News?

And so, I present to you: 4 EASY STEPS to reduce your Twitter usage!

Move your Twitter app! Put it somewhere inconvenient to access on your phone, erasing your muscle memory and breaking your habit. Your monkey brain might even forget it exists!

Change your notification settings! Blocking all of them is best, but you might still want to know when a friend DMs you or something. And remember, there is no reason apart from account security that Twitter should be emailing you!

Block elements with a plugin! If you use Twitter through a browser, install Better Twitter (Firefox) (Chrome) to hide anxiety-inducing features like trending tags, like/retweet count, and follower count.

Just log off! It might not work forever, but seeing a login screen whenever you try to access Twitter is a great reminder that you’re trying to spend less time on Twitter. Extra good if you can make it harder to log in by having your device forget your username & password!

But hey, you might say again, this all seems too tame. I hate Twitter with the fiery burning passion of a thousand suns, and I hope to never give them my time or energy ever again. Nice! I’m with you there! Here’s your best option yet:

That’s right, just uninstall Twitter! It couldn’t be easier.

Of course, the hard part is keeping it uninstalled when you’re bored out of your skull and you get the compulsion to stay updated on The News.

So here are 4 simple ways to resist the urge!

Remember: you are not a bad person! You don’t need to form an opinion on every facet of every piece of News happening all over the world. Literally nobody is capable of devoting that much attention to social issues! That is an absurd expectation, and you will burn yourself out!

Develop relaxing hobbies! Remember how much you wanted to get back into art, or knitting, or baking, or hiking? Instead of checking Twitter, go do just 5 minutes of that! Take the first few steps: gather materials, do a warmup, or plan a time/location. Maybe you’ll even want to do more than just 5 minutes!

Ask for help! If you know someone else who also wants to quit Twitter, keep each other updated on how it’s going. You can also ask a trusted friend to give you levelheaded, non-sensationalist updates on The News!

Start actual conversations! IRL is the gold standard, but texting or DMing people is almost as good! Bring up a shared interest, life update, or fun memory. This can be a little more stressful than just responding to people’s posts, but it’s more personal, and it shows you care!

And there you have it, folks! Reblog this post if it helped you, and go take back your time and your mental health!