#if it can be accessed remotely

[comatosecartesian]

If something you own can be remotely disabled - intentionally or not - by a third party, you don’t own it, you’re renting it.

Maybe rent is free!

But someday the person on the other end of that equation is going to either a) up your rent to increase profits, b) sell to someone who will up your rent to increase profits or c) go out of business and take your access with them. This is a feature, not a bug, of the endless-growth model. “Internet activated” means “remote kill switch”.

Welcome to the future, where you don’t own anything and the stuff you rent stops working once your phone has no signal.

[hunter-rodrigez]

Accessibility tip:

If you want to automate your home a bit, but you don't want any "smart" tech, you can just buy remote controlled power sockets instead

They are a lot cheaper and easier to set up and use than some home automation smart tech nonsense

They don't need an app (but some models come with optional apps and there are apps that are compatible with most of these)

Many of them use the 433mhz frequency to communicate, which makes most models compatible with each other, even if they are from different manufacturers

The tech has been around for a long time and will be around for a long time to come

You don't have to put any fucking corporate listening devices like an amazon echo in your home

Models for outdoors exist as well

[redbean-nom]

Rebel Admirals Rex & Kalani from an au where the clone and droid rebellions were a bit more successful

Rex's fleet (rebel fleet Remembrance) - the whole 'ahsoka's not actually a jedi' thing worked and most of the 332nd got dechipped. (maul still escaped, but they managed to patch up the maul-damage before he got to the hyperdrive, so the Tribunal is mostly okay). the extra resources & manpower allowed the clone rebellion to operate on a much larger scale, and they eventually allied with pantora as a whole with the backing of senator chuchi. cody and later wolffe brought their imperial fleets to join the rebellion about a year later (after the chips started wearing off).

the fleet (one venator (the Tribunal), four star destroyers, associated clones, gunships, fighters, and tanks, plus a handful of stolen imperial walkers and shuttles) formally joined the rebel alliance around 10bby.

(rex got put in charge of the fleet because he's the least traumatized out of all the surviving officers. cody ran off to live with obi wan on tattooine.)

Kalani's fleet (rebel fleet Independence) - something happened and he and kraken managed to steal a chunk of dooku's ships (and later a good chunk of whatever was left of grievous' fleet on utapau) after his death. they essentially got lost in the chaos of o66, since the rest of the separatists thought they were deactivated after the shutdown order, and escaped with essentially a full separatist fleet. since they were active instead of stuck on agamar, kalani noticed that the leader of the empire happened to be the republic's supreme chancellor, and decided the empire was the new target of the CIS army. he later encountered the clone rebellion and decided that since the clones had effectively deserted the republic and were now fighting the empire, they were therefore allies.

the fleet (one dreadnought, three cruisers, one stolen imperial carrier, associated droids, fighters, transports, and tanks) formally allied with the rebel alliance around 10bby, with the backing of serenno and raxus secundus.

[irregularcollapse]

hey girlie let me see your letterboxd I want your movie recs

vamplibrarian 💋💋💋

that’s my username on plex as well if anyone uses that too!! if you don’t use plex, consider using plex lmao it’s free and has so many great films available to stream (albeit with ads, but again—it’s free! I watched a restored Multiple Maniacs the other day, and Les Diaboliques, and The Addiction!) like amazing classics and high quality films, but also an incredible range of B-movies, so if you’re into horror and offbeat film in general, it truly is the streaming platform you should get onto 😘

I’m on break from work for another week and am truly hitting the ground running with film watching this year, because once term starts I likely won’t be able to watch as many lmao so I’m. cramming in as much film watching as I can.

[goldkirk]

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[the-starlight-papers]

I’m reading one of the most book series of all time in order to avoid echoes of wisdom spoilers so there’s going to be a series of kingdom keepers breakdown posts coming in the next few weeks because I have been taking notes.

[kaurwreck]

for the ask game: LILAC CHARCOAL AND RASPBERRY

anon this is so sweet 😭

[ask game provided below for reference; if you'd like to play, please reblog from OP here:]

[pepprs]

genuinely so angry and scared im shaking. how many other times this week this month this year have i been exposed without knowing it. do people even tell each other anymore. it’s just so grim. it’s so fucking grim

[spicyliumang]

Asking because im curious. do you know some good blog or website for more yakuza content? Or zhao and ichi crew Or ichizhao? Id love to be able to share more love for them but the internet feel limited lately. Maybe a chat with active fans? Or a discord to share pic? :3

Oooo, to be honest, I'd say the most content specifically fanart of IchiZhao has to be on Twitter (some honorable mentions [x] [x] [x] [x]) Ao3 and also on Pixiv but if I'm being real while Pixiv has incredible artists the filter system is horrible😭 there's some RGG art you might stumble by upon accident which deserves to be put on the FBI watchlist DSFDFSDDS😭

[themetalvirus]

shadow very very shortly after escaping is just. wandering around in the woods in nothing but a hospital gown and with medical sticky pads still on his face. he can't use his powers and is just begging for someone to help him. and he's stuck like that for like 12 hours before amy shows up. and this guy, usually so tough and stoic, grabs both her hands and BEGS her to get him out of here and help him hide, shes the only one he can think of who would take pity on him.

[caterjunes]

i regret to announce my work is at it again trying to force me to come into the office

[haughttopics]

i’ve had such a distressing week, a few nights ago i got mugged in the street and had my phone stolen. and it’s sent my ptsd into overdrive. thankfully the network provider was able to brick the phone and render it useless, but i’ve still had to do the fun job of trying to remember every account i ever had on it to update the passwords (sigh). so i guess this is also an FYI for anyone who had my number - i know i’ve been a shit person to contact in general the last year, but now i don’t have access to that number anymore (the network said they should be able to move my existing number to a new phone, whenever it is i get one, but guess we’ll see what happens.

[katyspersonal]

Okay, I have Bloodborne gaming question

How TO enter specific dungeons glyphs? I honestly don't know, I keep seeing videos of players just set up a chalice dungeon by entering a glyph, but I do NOT see a field for this. And so far the only even remote explanation I could gather is that I have to be online at least once for data on them to load, is that true?

I've never entered Bloodborne online in my life lmao - physically can't do that because of my location - but I think I am onto a way to walk around this problem recently, so I want to know whether it's worth it? Guys if you can help let me know, I deadass can't find a coherent explanation what to do ANYwhere

[helenofblackthorns]

I hate cc's website so much :( I can't really find any of the flash fictions/extra content and its so annoying

[katarh-mest]

me screaming inside my head any time someone says stuff like this: ANY READING IS GOOD ANY READING IS GOOD ANY READING IS GOOD SOME READING IS BETTER THAN NO READING

"YA books are brain rotting at any age" okay I know booktok is annoying but please get offline

[likitakans]

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