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[ceyhanmedya]

<strong>Google Maps</strong>

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Google Maps

Google Maps

Google Maps is one of the free to use map services, one of the Google products. Maps provide road information, and they take advantage of real-time traffic to determine the most suitable route to reach your destination. The service, which contains many features, also provides API support, making it easier for other sites to benefit from the service, and google maps also supports three-dimensional viewing. 

The service provides many possibilities such as calculating suitable routes, satellite images, terrain images, a specific route for transportation by vehicle and informing about the traffic situation while processing it, calculating the time to reach the destination and so on.

Google map features

Street View

With the Street View feature of Google maps, 360-degree panoramic images can be created and you can tour the streets with these images. To use the feature,  you need to go to Google Maps  . You can inquire about the place you want to see from the search area, then you can start using it by clicking on the image.

Voice commands

If you turn on voice commands, it is possible to receive important information such as road information and road warnings, but voice navigation is not a service available in all languages ​​yet.

Location Sharing

Google maps service offers the possibility to share any desired location. With its instant location sharing feature, it allows you to meet your friends comfortably in an area you want.

Open the Google Maps app.

Choose a place from the map.

Tap the address of the place.

Find and tap the share icon. If this icon is not visible, tap the three dots and press share.

Select the app you want to share.

Finding Parking Space

Google Maps service uses real data, so it provides information to the users about the parking when they arrive at the destination and it can be known how long it takes.

Seeing Places Nearby

Google Maps allows you to see the parks, pharmacies, restaurants, cafes around or near you, and you can see the feedback and ratings of these places by other users.

Adding a Company

Adding your company to Google Maps makes it easier for your customers to reach you. To add your company, you need to install the Google My Business app. then you can register your company by following the steps on the screen that opens.

Starting or Stopping Navigation

Open the Google Maps app on your phone.

Search for your destination from the map search section and tap on it.

Press and hold Directions from the bottom left.

If you want to add a different destination optionally, click on add a stop in the upper right corner and tap Done when the process is finished.

Choose one of the following options: * Car * Public Transport * Journey * Pedestrian * Bicycle

Click Start to start the navigation.

Setting a Reminder for the Trip

Open the Google Maps app on your phone.

Add a destination.

Tap the blue circle in the lower right corner.

Choose how you can go.

Click on the three dots at the top right and click on the “ Set Reminder ” option.

Set time.

Using Offline

You can use google maps  in an area where you don’t have internet access or when you don’t have internet  . You can save an area on your google maps before and when you are offline you can navigate the area you downloaded.

Open the Google Maps app on your phone

Since you need to be connected to the internet, make sure your connection is strong and you also need to log in.

Search anywhere and click on your download option.

[tamaharu]

im being so grown up im taking the bus to get cold medicine all by myself and im only crying a little bit

[muirneach]

yeah thats great apple maps. why tf would i wait 1.5 hours for a bus that wont even take me remotely where i need to be. for reference google maps says i can get a bus in 6 minutes and it’ll take me there in 22 minutes

[dreamerinsilico]

I finally got a smartphone that actually works and I’m totally --

still aggressively not joining the mobile age.  Fuck that.  I installed Discord STRICTLY to make it easier to send pictures to people.  Still not doing Tumblr mobile. Nope, nope, nope.

[gatorinator]

This is so sexy to me.

[needtricks-blog]

How to Install Google Maps on Windows PC

A Comprehensive Guide on How to Install Google Maps on Windows PC Google Maps is a web service that provides detailed information about geographical regions and sites worldwide. In today’s digital age, Google Maps has become an indispensable tool for navigating the world around us. Whether you’re planning a road trip, exploring a new city, or just trying to find your way around town. (Install…

[dandelionsresilience]

whether the internet becomes an intolerable surveillance state, ubiquitous subscription model, or unusably ad- or AI-ridden shithole, I think we need to remember

how to do things offline

either on your personal hard drive (just because it’s an app doesn’t mean the information is stored in your device) or on paper. I’m not saying the collapse of the internet is imminent, and I’m not suggesting we do everything completely without technology, or even stop using it until we have to. (to be clear, I also don’t think the internet will just blink out of existence, suddenly stop being a thing at all; rather I think it might continue to lose its usefulness to the point where it’s impossible to get anything done. anyway) but some people may have forgotten how we got by before the internet (I almost have!), and the younger generation might not have experienced it at all.

I figure most people probably use the internet mainly for communication with friends and family, entertainment and creation (eg. writing), and looking up how to do things, so here’s how to do those things offline:

First and most importantly, download everything important to you onto at least one hard drive and at least one flashdrive! files can get corrupted and hardware can get damaged or lost, but as long as you keep backup copies, you have much-closer-to-guaranteed access versus hoping a business doesn’t decide to paywall, purge, or otherwise revoke your access. I would recommend getting irreplaceable photos printed as well

download and/or print/write down:

anything important to you - photos/videos, journals, certificates, college transcripts

contact info - phone numbers and/or addresses of friends/family (know how to contact them if you can’t use your favourite messaging app), doctors (open hours would be good too), veterinarians if you have pets, and work

how-to’s - recipes (one, two), emergency preparedness (what do I do if… eg. I smell gas)

other things you might google: cleaning chemicals to NOT mix, what laundry tag symbols mean, people food dogs and cats can and can’t eat, plant toxicity to pets

and know offline ways to find things out - local radio station, newspaper, a nearby highway rest area might have a region map, public libraries usually have a bunch of resources

also, those of you who get periods should strongly consider not using period tracking apps! here’s how to track your period manually

free printable period tracker templates (no printer? public libraries usually charge a few cents per page, or you can recreate it by hand)

moving on to entertainment, you can still get most media for free! it’s completely legal to download your favourite movies to your own personal hard drive, you just can’t sell or distribute copies (not legal advice)

movies: wcostream.tv (right click the player) - the url changes every once in a while but usually redirects; I recently noticed that it’s hiding a lot of movies behind “premium,” so it may or may not work anymore | download youtube videos

music: how to get music without streaming it | legal free downloads

games: steamunlocked.net - doesn’t have every game and can be slow to update, but very reliable

books: free online libraries | legal free downloads

otherwise passing time:

active outdoor games

for road trips (social verbal games)

for when power’s out

for sheltering in place (not all offline, but good ideas)

board games (often found at thrift stores)

ad-free customisable games collection (mobile)

read, write, draw, or whatever your craft is, sing, dance, clean, reorganise, take a bath

go outside - excuses include napping (if safe), eating, reading, finding cool plants/animals/rocks, playing with the dog

places to go include:

zoos and museums can be surprisingly cheap

parks and nature preserves

library, mall, or game shop

and a few miscellaneous things for good measure:

time budgeting | household management

how to use a planner | I’ve had success with visually blocked-out schedules like these

please add on if you have any other offline alternatives to common uses of the internet!

[firefistjaigio]

OP social media headcanons (only some lol)

thinked too hard about what some OP characters social media use would be like

The Strawhats:

Luffy: avid IG reels and Youtube shorts user, they do not let his ass on tik tok. He posts random shit he sees on his IG story and also makes reels about beetles. He begs Usopp to help him make a YouTube channel but Usopp will do most of the work for it so he's not fully on board yet

Chopper: Gen Alpha realness he is crazy about Roblox, they don't really let him have his own account but he look at reels and shorts with Luffy

Zoro: Literally nothing but youtube to watch workout, sword, martial art, fitness, and like some eastern philosophy motivational content. Nami also downloaded a locator app on his phone so the strawhats can find him and stop him from wandering to another country. Oh and he tried google maps, fucking hated it

Sanji: He is sharing flowery good morning gifs on whatsapp and facebook all the time. He runs the account for the baratie on Instagram and it's actually pretty savvy but also real. Oh and he's on Snapchat for loser reasons

Nami: Gen Z legend, she is PROLIFIC. Makes really cool tik toks about navigation and is lowkey an educational influencer. Also is on Instagram and is somewhat villainous on Twitter with Usopp. Scams people on Discord

Usopp: Lord he is on everything. He will demolish you on Twitter, Nami helps, he has doxxed evil bitches with her help. He's evil in IG reel comment sections but not like that bad. Oh and he posts pretty cool stuff on tik tok and Ig reels about all the stuff he makes, everyone always hypes his art. Oh and like he's probably always just looking for tips on Reddit and sharing answers too

Robin: Tumblr most definitely, archeology and history blog on tumblr

Franky: Runs a facebook account and instagram account for his mechanic? woodworking, robotics just whatever the fuck shop, we love him for it.

Jinbei: Facebook mom, also shares dumb stuff he sees on facebook to the others on whatsapp

Brook: Also just nefarious on Facebook but Usopp helped him open an account to post music, has a following from people who were fans of him back in the day and also just music fans.

This isn't a me post if I don't talk about the ASL brothers sighs

So the brothers overall have a childhood youtube channel with vlogs they would post of their shenanigans, has a lot of of fun and crazy stuff on there. They kept it all out of fondness for the memories.

Sabo: Lord... he is on political twiter bullying THE FUCK out of right wingers. He is practically everywhere, he runs a tik tok account for political organizing and education that Koala also runs with him. He has used tumblr, but not really much. He has an Instagram he mostly neglects for being crazy and discussing theory on Twitter. He goes on Discord sometimes but the modern au version of the revolutionary army shed that for Signal I guess. Sabo is also on bluesky, idk what goes on there though.

Ace: mostly offline, justs uses Whatsapp to chat with his people yeah.

I'm gonna add Law to this post too because bye

Law: LinkedIn... ew... and twitter but like in a stressed way like he just scrolls on it and just tweets about his life.

[selfaware-bungou-stray-dogs]

So, I had a question about the phone.

1.What happens when GL turns their phone off. Do the BSD cast loose access to the internet when that happens?

2. What happens when GL's phone is permanently damaged and do not work anymore?

3. What happens if reader gets a new phone and they like give their phone to someone else like a hand me down? How would the BSD cast react to that?

4. Follow up to question 3, what happens if reader gets a new phone and doesn't download the BSD game.

Self-Aware! BSD. World Building. Phone

Warning: English is my second language. Some slight yanderish theme.

1. Kind of. They have BSD's World internet, and it will be "cut off" from the Real World Internet, when GL turned off the phone. They won't be able to open new pages, but will be able to see every previously opened page, doesn't matter if GL made an offline copy of the page.

2. First thing, BSD Cast did after gaining access to GL's phone—search for their accounts (starting with Google Account, ending with any random site's account). So, when Reader got a new phone and opened one of the apps/sites/social media/re-enter Google Account, BSD Cast will connect to the new phone.

3. Phone, as in a gadget, doesn't matter to BSD Cast. GL, a person, are the only one, that matters.

Yes, they will feel a tiny bit of hurt, that GL decided to change phone, but, after quick research, they will realize, that it's fine in real world to change your phone. As I mentioned before, BSD Cast will immediately link to new phone via GL's other accounts. And will make a super hard reset on old phone, so new owner will have hard time getting it to work properly.

4. BSD Cast will prepare in advance. They will see, that Mayoi App took many space on the phone, so, they will create few apps (a.k.a. some versions of basic apps in BSD Style). After they get linked to GL's new phone, they will offer a major update, that will replace some basic apps with better ones (and "lighter" in terms of needed space). Notes, interface of which similar to Kunikida's notebook, Calendar with slightly familiar chibis, Maps app with a small dog logo, etc.

While BSD Cast will lose a way to communicate with GL, they still will be connected to them.

Even if GL lose their progress in Mayoi and had to start new game on a new phone, BSD Cast will be connected to them. If GL abandoned one server and start playing on another, BSD Cast will be connected to GL.

Note! While BSD Cast have some yanderish tendencies, they continue to hold into GL's devices not only because they like GL, but also because with link to a gadget, plus a link to a person, will make their job to get to the real world easier.

As I mentioned in previous posts before, BSD Cast want to pay for GL's kindness, preferably, becoming friends with them, but they will step back and leave, if GL ask them to do it.

Can BSD get the real world without link to the gadget and only to GL? Yes, it will simply take more time.

[hellsite-hall-of-fame]

Hey there! If you want to block ads on a phone, there's a reasonably easy way to do it (It won't block all hands but it will block 95% or more of them)

What you can do is you can go to this website, and follow the instructions for your device, whether it is an iOS or an Android phone. If you are having any problems, you can just send me an ask or something, and I'd be happy to help!

- AlfaighaDo

Bonus Round (you don't have to read this): I'll explain what this will actually do. When you set this up, you are changing your default DNS server. Usually, it just uses one that is set by your service provider, such as a proprietary one, or the 8.8.8.8 address provided by Google.

A DNS basically gives your device a map of the internet, and translates web addresses (such as tumblr.com) into IPs (such as 192.0.77.40). What this ad blocking DNS does is that it spoofs the address of ad-serving websites, and returns either an error, or it redirects it to its own website. Either way, the ads on your phone don't work because your apps can't connect to them at all!

Unfortunately, this method is not perfect, so you'll get some stuff like tumblr's "in-house" ads, like the colour of the sky socks et al, so if you can't live with that, you could always try to download some app off the internet instead, but that's always a bit more risky.

oooh thank you!!!

I had my Tumblr problem solved by a very very kind anon, but might still do this in the future!

also posting this in case anyone else mostly uses mobile and wants to try this !

[halichor]

hiii i'm a huge fan of your art! its such a highlight to see your creative works on my dash 💖im new to digital art and was wondering if youd be willing to share some wisdom? how you get the amazing noise-texture for the skin you draw, brush preferences, character design choices and so on i just really love your art and hope to be able to learn from you 🥺

hello!! honestly, the only thing I can say is practice and start from the basics! and that's coming from someone who didn't learn the fundamentals until I was in college 🫣 also, don't be afraid to use references! take photos, look them up on google, use 3d models, etc.

for designs, I tend to gravitate towards fashion more than anything so my character/outfit designs are more on the "pretty" side, though I really want to fix that and experiment with other subjects soon 🥹 my references are almost always runway photos or random ornate/fancy objects, but sometimes I just create mood boards with a certain vibe I want and the designs just pop into head. you can find inspo anywhere! you just gotta look for it. as for my tools, I'm not sure what app you use but I draw in clip studio paint! I have a habit of downloading + hoarding a bunch of brushes from the asset store, but I end up sticking with the same 4-5 brushes 🫥

here's all the brushes I use with some details. you can find them all in the asset store and I'll link them at the bottom (except the deleted ones), though I've modified them to fit my needs. I also use a whole bunch of gradient maps for color adjustments. yes, there are a lot and I know it's weird since the colors look drastically different when you turn them off, but it works and the outputs are pretty sooo 🤷

sketch - ciro / mechanical

lines - freya brush (modified)

painting - like milk (modified)

noise (for texture) - perlin noise / rainbow noise

color correction - mz pink correction / aqua lemon filter

I'm not the best at giving tips or advice, but I hope this helped somehow qwq

[amalgamationillustration]

MESSAGE FOR GHOST FANS

If you're not able to get to a drop spot for the Download drop for Rite Here Rite Now you can use a GPS spoofer app to spoof your location to match any of the drops, if youre not sure of the drops go to

drops.nyc/ghost

The drops are all listed worldwide but unfortunately you have to click into them to see specifically where each one is but if you're spoofing your location it doesn't matter which you pick

When you open it it will then tell you how far that drop is from you and give you the option to open in Google or apple maps, open it, this gives you the exact location of that drop, then go to your GPS spoofing app.

Android folks will likely need to enable developer access for this, to do that go to your phones settings, then about, then look for this phones build version, I think mine was called like a miui version, and you tap on either the build number or the build name 5 or more times and it should then tell you that you're now a developer.

you can then go to your developer options and look for a GPS or locations sectioned with an entry named something like 'select mock GPS app' or similar, select the GPS spoofer you installed.

Go back to your spoofer app and drop the pin near where the drop is

Check the drop site again.

In this case I dropped the pin near where the movie theatre was but the actual location of this GPS drop is slightly further down the street, if this happens, keep adjusting your GPS spoofer until you're in the area of effect for the drop.

When you've done it right, you should see this

Apologies to any apple users, I dont have an iPhone to take screenshots but you go to your settings > privacy & security > developed mode and I think the rest of the steps should be similar.

Hope that helps any of you who are either too far away from a drop, or who are in range but the site keeps giving you errors and saying no drops found.

[sussysatann]

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT NIGHTBRINGER SO FAR

3D game - possible free roam?

We now have a map of the House of Lamentation!! Hopefully we'll have maps for the other main locations too!!

New rhythm game (all songs are sung by the demons)

'Online meetings' with the characters - choices have a DIRECT impact on story

Talk to the characters and give presents - possibly fully voiced?

"New and improved D.D.D"

Takes place BEFORE RAD and AFTER THE CELESTIAL WAR

We still play as MC but have to "masquerade as a demon and act as a brand new attendant to the brothers in order to reform the lost bonds" with them - Solomon takes us back in time?

Release date for 1ST SEPTEMBER 2023

EDIT: NEW RELEASE DATE FOR 13 APRIL 2023

SYSTEM & DEVICE REQUIREMENTS:

-Android 6.0 or later -OpenGL 3.0 or later -iOS 12 or later

~ IOS requires 2GB or more of RAM ~ Android requires 3GB or more of RAM / device with 625 or more of CPU Snapdragon

Nightbringer's full description via Google Play and App Store;

"Return to life in the Devildom with seven unique demon brothers.

Are you ready for more trips to Hell's Kitchen and Devil's Coast?! Introducing the LATEST otome game from Obey Me!, the global sensation with over eight million downloads where you make ikemen demons do your bidding! Enjoy an iseikai with a huge, enthralling world where you hang out with seven quirky ikemen brothers and a rich variety of hunky side characters. And we've blurred the line between fiction and reality even further this time with even MORE features that are so real you will feel like you are really interacting with the characters!

When your smartphone turns into a D.D.D. terminal, you'll find yourself staring into a portal to another world! With the introduction of ikemen demons into your life, things just got a whole lot more dramatic and interesting!

Have meaningful interactions with these seven handsome, but dangerous brothers and live life on the wild side in this exciting and mysterious world!

◆◇ What is Obey Me! Nightbringer? ◇◆

▷Your choices have a DIRECT impact on how the story plays out! In addition to chatting and making phone calls, enjoy participating in online meetings this time! That's not all though, students! Cheer on your favorite characters' videos and strengthen their cards for battle! Your decisions in the Devildom matter, so pick wisely!

▷Peek into the daily lives of the demons!

Take a look into the daily lives of your favorite demons with a BRAND NEW feature! By talking to them and giving them presents, you might even see a whole new side to them! Try new things to learn all about your favorite demon!

▷Comment on your favorite videos!

Go even further and post comments on your favorite videos of the ikemen demons! Share your love via a comment or add an effect to cheer them on! Spice the videos up with your own personal touch!

▷Introducing brand new quests in the form of a rhythm game!

As you make your way through the episodic stories in the Devildom, you will encounter rhythm game quests! Polish your skills and use items and cards found in the Devildom to master the rhythm game! And what's more, all the songs your hear in the rhythm game are sung by the demons

◆◇ Story ◇◆

You wake up to find a world you once knew...a bit different. The brothers are cold and aloof, and RAD does not exist yet. You find yourself in the Devildom right after the Great Celestial War! Thanks to Solomon, you find yourself masquerading as a demon and as the brand new attendant to the demon brothers. Can you reform your lost bonds with the brothers and return to the world you once knew?!

Enjoy life in the Devildom with your new-and-improved D.D.D.! Though, don't let your guard down, as what awaits you are seven quirky brothers

with a load of problems! Yet there is only one rule you need to follow: One master to rule them all! Introducing Obey Me! Nightbringer! A game for the ages!"

[betterbooktitles]

I was standing in Terminal 4 at JFK far away from the impatient scrum of people waiting near my gate for a Delta agent to announce it was their turn to board. As I watched passengers who’d arrived on other flights step around this pool of people buried in their phones, so desperate to be sitting on the plane instead of standing inside the airport, I thought about a review of William Gibson’s 2012 book of essays called Distrust That Particular Flavor, a book I’ve never read.

In “Distrust That Particular Flavor,” Gibson pulls off a dazzling trick. Instead of predicting the future, he finds the future all around him, mashed up with the past, and reveals our own domain to us as a science-fictional marvel… I glanced up from the pages of this book and surveyed the street-side around me, I felt as if I were wearing Gibson-glasses. Cars lumbered past like ponderous elephants of rusty steel, not so different from the cars of 30 years ago, and seemed not to belong in the same world as the tattooed kid punching code into his laptop nearby. Under the spell of this book, I suddenly understood my surroundings not as a discrete contemporary tableau but as a hodgepodge of 1910, 1980, 2011 and 2020. -Pagan Kennedy, NY Times

I am several steps removed: I was remembering reading a review of a book published 12 years ago that was filled with writing previously published in magazines decades earlier. I could have easily downloaded a digital copy of the book on my phone and started reading the source material, but instead, I searched Google for the most pared-down version of what I wanted to remember from Gibson’s writing, that single quote that encapsulated what I was thinking at that moment: 

“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”

The night before my trip, my phone buzzed and the Delta app offered a tantalizing deal: a few thousand miles to move from the 22nd row of the Main Cabin to Delta Comfort+, one row behind First Class, where I knew there was enough room to cross my legs like I’m on a park bench or extend them as if at home sitting in a recliner. I looked at my phone from my bed and moved my left leg. I felt my knee pop. I hit the button and ordered the nicer seat. “The future is now!” I thought as I rolled over, then checked my 2-3 more times that the alarm on my phone was set correctly before finally falling asleep.

I was flying to visit my family in North Carolina, where I would ride from the Charlotte airport to my parents’ house in a fully-electric SUV, stuck the whole way behind gas-powered lowrider motorcycles and one massive Ford that billowed black smoke from silver exhaust pipes sticking up like goalposts on the back of the truck’s cab. All the while, I’d see how developed the suburbs of Charlotte were becoming, whole blocks of houses and high-rises popping up like dandelions, covering what used to be open fields. I’d watch the Uber app on my phone continually update me on the status of the route, reestimating our ETA every few minutes as we sat in traffic. I would spend the ride glancing from my phone to the map on his dashboard, and wonder how we ever survived before GPS. Between the airport and our destination, we made all but 3 turns.

Before any of that happened, though, before any of the thoughts about watching the future blossom all around me while the past angrily revved its fossil-fueled engines up and down I-77, I had to survive the flight from NYC to Charlotte.

As I scanned the bright open space at JFK, I saw a freckled woman my age sitting alone covered in a yellow blanket. She appeared to be on the verge of tears. Since I was about to take my own emotionally taxing trip, one to see my sick father while his pain was still somewhat manageable, I considered asking simply if she was OK. Then I saw her take out her phone to text someone, and suddenly I couldn’t gauge if she was sad or severely hungover. I remembered that airports (outside the Midwest) aren’t for chatting up strangers. She was in her own little world and didn’t need a man’s halfhearted prying. Everyone in the airport was in sweatpants and pretending they were in their living rooms, pretending to be alone on the couch instead of sitting in a wide room with a hundred other miserable tired people. My attention turned to the black toddler in a green shirt stomping on the bright white linoleum and laughing. He was in a better mood than any adult I could see from my vantage point. His mom called him and said it was time to get on the plane.

We idled at the gate for twenty extra minutes after everyone was in their seats. I read a book on my phone and smiled to myself when I realized the plane door was closed, meaning no one else would be joining me in my row, hence the desperate offer from Delta the night before asking if I wanted a seat for much less than the price when I had originally bought the ticket. This was going to be the most comfortable flight I ever took. The only issue was that several people had left their window covers open, and the Sun was starting to heat up the cabin. A child directly behind me complained to her grandma about her discomfort, a baby cried from the back of the plane, and the toddler I had seen earlier, sitting on his mother’s lap three rows back, was wailing. The mother of the toddler was also traveling with her ailing mother who I’d seen pleasantly thanking the Delta staff earlier for bringing her to the plane in a wheelchair. They were both Southern black women wearing beige sweats from head to toe, and until this moment had spent the holding period at the gate pleading with the kid to “come on and be quiet now” and insisting to passengers around her that he usually doesn’t act this way on planes. I heard people around her say “It’s just fine” and “how old?”

A flight attendant, who I’d recently watched serve booze to everyone in First Class (why not, It’s 10:30 AM somewhere), warned over the loudspeaker that the routine demonstration on plane safety was about to begin. I always feel rude for continuing whatever I’m doing while another human being stands in the aisle showing me how not to die. Remembering to keep my seatbelt fastened during turbulence or to put my oxygen mask on before assisting others could save my life, and yet I sit there, fully ignoring the speech even as a member of the flight crew uses the plastic cover directly above my head to demonstrate how the yellow mask will flop down as we’re all screaming and crying and can’t remember our training. The flight attendant held the mask with both hands inches from my face and I kept reading. This dismissive attitude toward the safety speech is all the stranger when I remember that my biggest fear is dying in a plane crash. 

I was once on a JetBlue flight that hit some rough air. I distracted myself by watching Marvel’s Iron Man 3 on the back of the seat in front of me (this was before I became a professional flyer and brought my own screens with me). There’s a scene in the movie where Tony Stark’s house is destroyed by a helicopter. Right before Stark successfully shoots down the flying assailant, the movie jumped abruptly to the next scene. JetBlue doesn’t edit anything sexy from in-flight entertainment, but they will cut anything that reminds you of your potential fiery death in a plane crash. When I noticed what had happened, I laughed to myself. How silly to think people would be scared by a Marvel movie. Then I thought, “maybe they cut those scenes because crashing is so common and they want you to forget. Why would they cut the scene if it weren’t an actual event that happens all the time?” I worked myself up over not seeing a plane crash in a movie while I was on a plane. I panicked over the absence of a frightening image. That’s how nervous I get on airplanes.Scary stuff.

We were at the step where the flight attendants walked the entire aisle with one hand sliding against the white plastic covers of the overhead compartments to make sure they were secure when the woman holding her crying toddler walked up to my 75%-empty aisle.

“I think if he had a little more room, he’d be fine,” she said to the flight attendant who already had her hands up defensively. “Can we take these empty seats if no one else is coming?”

“It wouldn’t be fair to the people who paid to upgrade.” The flight attendant shook her head as she spoke.

“Well, can I upgrade?” The woman asked.

Sternly, the flight attendant said: “It’s too late for that.”

The woman turned to go back to her seat, and in a huff said “I’m never fucking flying Delta again. Fuck this shit.” As she sat down in her seat, she claimed loudly “if I were a white woman, they’d give me that seat.” 

Her mother sitting in the seat next to her backed her up: “I know that’s right.”

“Excuse me,” I said to the flight attendant, she leaned down, all teeth and painted eyebrows. 

“Yes, sir?” she said.

“I’m happy to switch with her if it makes things easier.”

Before she could answer, the white grandma behind me objected “Yeah, nuh uh! - no, thank you!” Without looking in her direction, I put my hand up to block her face from my peripheral vision and thought “Adults are talking.”

I continued: “I understand not giving her a seat, but if I’m fine with it, it’s OK to swap, right?” 

The flight attendant, with a smugness that reminded me of my Third Grade teacher, said “We don’t reward bad behavior.”

Read the rest here.

[motleyfolk]

Web Bookmark List

Cataloguing important, fun or interest websites I’ve come across over the years. Trying to add most of these to internet archive. * = use F11 for best experience.

Last updated: 13/12/23

Internet Safety, Privacy, Rebellion

Frontpage - Tldr of different sites or services terms of service. Has browser addon.

Disroot - Project promoting the ability to communicate on the internet in a decentralized, private and open way. They have a browser, video and voice call apps, temporary upload storage, and more.

De-google-ify Internet - Like the above but cute graphics, french and no vpn.

12ft Ladder - F u paywalls

Info On How To Definitely Avoid Torrenting

Little Sis -  A free database detailing the connections between powerful people and organizations. Who do the wealthiest Americans donate their money to? Where did White House officials work before they were appointed?

Article of Journalist Trying To Completely Cut Amazon From Her Life But Its Literally Not Possible

Internet Archive - Legendary Archive of the Internet

Yesterweb - Community about how the internet has changed, advocating for positive interactions and self expression on the internet.

Stop Using Chrome Help

Wii Gay, U Crimes & Three Gay, New Crimes - If you have a wii, wii u or 3ds click this

Digital Wellbeing - Stuff on adblocks, alt browsers, just not getting tracked

Toffeeshare - Share files free, encrypted, no size limit.

SingleFile - Browser addon, downloads pages/sites at .html

Masterpost on How To Be a Pirate and Where Its Safe To Sail

Good Academic Research Sites

How To Get Music Without Subscriptions, Anyway You Want

Dark Pattern Games - Game review site that tells you about tactics games use, giving lists of bad games that use said tactics, and good ones that don’t.

DIY Feminist Cybersecurity - Simple guide to travesing the internet and tech safely, protecting yourself and your privacy.

Data Hoarding in the Modern Age - Intro guide on data hoarding.

Resources

How To Change Cursor

Itchi.io - Steam for indie games, ttrpgs, books and assets. So much cool (and free) stuff.

blinkie maker - Make your own blinkie

WebZine01 - Zine on making a personal website from scratch for absolute beginners and Another

Old Games Download - What it says on the tin.

Old Web Themes - Like above

Noclip - View and clip through tons of old game maps (like Mario Kart Wii!)

Free Movies, Books, Shows & Audiobooks

Photomosh - Free picture editior

The Spriters Resource - PNG sprites from tons of gaming sources.

Backgrounds with Emma - Tons of repeating backgrounds

EzGIF - My go to gif editor, webp to anything and quick pic cropper/editor.

Internet Archive - My beloved <3 Arching webpages, books, movies, software and making it available to the public. One of the most important websites of the internet.

Catbox - Free image/video sharing resource. Simple and 200mb limit.

Fraidycat - RSS Feed. If you don’t know what that is, it’s where you can congrate things like a specific tumblr users posts, blog posts, a youtuber, a wikipedia page, etc are updated in your own personal curated newsfeed with no ads of clutter. All your internet in one place :)

Smithsonian Open Access - Millions of free images.

Can I Play That? - Guides/reviews for those that need accessibility in games.

Graphics

The Blinkie Hoard - Tons of blinkies 

pixelbank - Graphics

murderscene - Dark pixels

SORAHANA - Japenese artist has tons of cute pixel art for stuff

@pixel-soup - Tons of cute graphics

cinni’s dream home - More cute graphics

Trash Paradise - Cool, mythical graphics

Spirit Cellar’s Horror Zone - Has some horror blinkies and stamps to the side.

Backgrounds with Emma - Tons of repeating backgrounds

Masterlist banners

Pattern Banners

Important

List of Atrocities Commit by the United States Government/Country

Article on Companies That Publicaly Supported Abortion Rights but Funded Anti-Abortion Politicians by The Guardian.

The Anarchist Library - Archive of over 800 pages of Anarchist Literature

Survive Nature - Info on wilderness and urban survival skills

Article on US Courts Sending People to “Rehab Centres” ThatS Actually Chicken Factory Slavery for Fortune 500 Companies

Wiki Page on Unethical Human Experimentation in the United States

Canadian Aboriginal Children Starved in Government Experiments during 1940s

National Security Archive - Archive of declassified US Gov documents and investigative journalism into rising government secrecy. 

Anti Capitalism Facts/Info

[our-mlm-experience]

My husband downloaded the Waze app (Google maps alternative with an IMPRESSIVE amount of different goofy voices and cars) and he immediately switched it to Ghostbusters 🚫👻 which is voiced by Ray Stantz quotes. "It's soothing" He said. "I'm working on it Ray 💕" in response to turning left. He's so fucking cute. It's just one of about a million little things lol, but I love how hard he's leaned into his bisexuality since I came out as Transmasc. I never thought it would be possible for me to have a cute burly masc 4 masc relationship- but it feels amazing!!! 🥰

I’m so happy for you!!!!