#safer speaks

[astersugar]

i just want to have a functioning search box on my other blog and it's KICKING my ASS

[letsplaythermalnuclearwar]

hey you know what would be like. the WORST possible thing? if no time had passed for mortals during God Games. if the entire time, Odysseus had just been frozen on that ledge. and at the start of the Vengeance Saga, Ody's still on the ledge. he looks to the skies, to the trees, out over the ocean. he looks for an owl with knowing eyes and strains to hear her voice over the waves, because surely, surely she'd come for him. the haven't spoken in nine years and he ruined whatever relationship they had when he stupidly, foolishly let the cyclops live, but she has to still care, right? she was his mentor. she was his patron. he meant something to her. he's sure of it

but she's not there. he waits, but she's not there. he closes his eyes, sparing himself the view, and steps off the ledge

and is saved by Hermes. and Odysseus briefly thinks that he has died, since Hermes escorts souls to the underworld. but Hermes assures him that, no, he's alive, Athena heard him, she bargained with Zeus, he can go home now. he can finally go home

his friend came through

[littlest-bugz]

little: I like being with you. You make me feel safe :3

the host:

[badolmen]

“I’m scared to pirate stuff - ” do it scared!*

*with Firefox and Adblock and a VPN and -

If you want a nonspecific, nonexhaustive “where do I even start” guide…

Sail the cyber seas at your own risk!

Streaming - “I want to watch xyz”

This is normally what most people want when they talk about pirating.

Use Firefox with uBlock Origin and additional privacy add-ons such as PrivacyBadger, TrackMeNot, etc.

Free VPNs are out there. Get one - but vet it’s efficacy. My go-tos are Proton VPN, or Windscribe if you plan to do a bit of torrenting.

What is torrenting? How does it work? Here’s a guide!

Back to streaming -

Make sure that a) you’ve got your Mozilla browser with all its adblocking private glory, and b) you’ve got a VPN turned on to hide what you’re doing in that browser from your ISP (internet service provider).

Now you need to actually find a site to stream from. This is the tricky part, because openly sharing these sites will get them taken down if they’re talked about widely enough. (Remember how tiktok idiots got zlibrary taken down?)

You’re going to have to talk to people on forums. You’re going to have to experiment with sites you find yourself. Search for ‘x online free’ and look at the links that come up - is the preview text mangled or clickbaitey? Are there Reddit threads about that website confirming or denying its content? A good rule of thumb is to ignore the top result or two - copycats of good streaming sites will often buy out the top result spot. Eventually, you’ll develop a good gut feeling and understanding of what a good site ‘looks like’ from the results page alone.

However, there are some places that compile good sites that haven’t been nuked by lawyers (yet) - check out r/FMHY! The masterposts are actively curated and updated when a site goes down or is found to have malicious downloads.

Remember - loose lips sink ships. No tweeting (xeeting?) or Facebook statuses about your new favorite piracy website and where you found it. Even posting to tumblr (kind of like this…) isn’t a great idea if you want those websites to stay under the radar and stay accessible. Nobody talks, everybody walks (away with their share of pirate booty)

If you aren’t downloading media, pick pretty much any site and watch away! Adblock and Firefox will keep away pop-ups and other annoying ads, and your VPN means your ISP can’t tell that you’re visiting an unofficial streaming service.

Note: In my experience, I’ve never heard of visiting a site and watching stuff on it infecting or otherwise compromising your computer. That tends to come from misclicks on invisible or overwhelming pop-up ads that redirect you to an automatic download or similarly malicious bullshit. If you’re using Firefox and uBlock, you shouldn’t be in any danger of an accidental redirect.

Downloads - “I want to keep xyz”

This is the realm of pirate archiving - you’re keeping files physically on your hard drive, an external hard drive, or burning a disk.

Adblock + Firefox browser? Check. VPN on? Check.

Go to your streaming site of choice - most if not all have download options. You can download those files or, manually, right click and save the video file from the webpage as an mp4. I honestly don’t know if there’s a difference in quality or more danger in clicking the download buttons, but regardless -

Run that puppy through VirusTotal.com! It’s a reliable browser based virus checker - if the file is too large, use a local virus checking program (your native Windows Defender on Windows computers or, I prefer, Malwarebytes)

Generally mp4 and mp3 files are clean - choose where to save them for the long term, and bam! Free forever media.

Optionally, I also upload mp4 files to a named Google document - this way I can easily share them or make them findable through a ‘xyz Google doc’ search for others :]

Torrents - “I want to keep and share xyz”

I’m not going to go into this subject in depth because, honestly, it’s not something I do regularly.

See the previously linked Torrenting guide for information on how the process works, and check out r/FMHY for recommendations and warnings about different torrenting clients (I’ve personally only used qBittorrent - I’ve heard to stay away from the Pirate Bay and Bittorrent.)

As with streaming, turn on that VPN baby! You’re going to need one that supports peer-to-peer (p2p) connections, so Proton’s free version is a no-go. Windscribe is what I’ve used for torrenting (and it’s a good free VPN on its own - I’m just partial to Proton). You get 10GB every month on Windscribe’s free version, which is more than enough for a few movies/a season or two of your favorite show.

(Bigger torrents like video games are easily 30+ GB, so be prepared to either pay for a no-limit premium account or spend a few months downloading your files in chunks.)

VPN on? Double check.

Boot up your torrenting client - I use a slightly out of date version of qBittorent, but there are other options. The Reddit thread and previously linked torrenting guide have a few dos and donts of selecting a client, so be thorough before you download your client of choice.

This is getting into the logistics of torrenting a bit, so forgive me if this is vague or incorrect, but now you need a torrent seed. These will be .tor files found through pirating websites or archives - these are rarely malicious, but it’s good to run any piracy related download through something like VirusTotal.com or scan it with a local program like Malwarebytes.

You open your seed file in your client and wait. A ‘healthy’ seed tends to have lots of seeders and few leeches, but sometimes you’re stuck with an obscure seed you just have to wait for.

Your torrented files have fully downloaded! Now what? a) keep your client open and seed those files for others as long as you want to - sharing is caring! and b) run those files through a security program like Malwarebytes (not sponsored it’s just the only program I’m familiar with).

Be wary of what gets flagged - sometimes the files seem important, but are just trojans, and likewise sometimes they seem malicious, but are just cracked software getting flagged by your system. It’s good to check and see if others have had a problem with this particular torrent before - Reddit threads from 2008 are your long dead friends.

And that’s about it. Feel free to correct me if anything I’ve recommended is malicious or outright wrong. I’ve been doing this for years and haven’t had an active problem to my knowledge, so if there is something fishy with how I do things, I am a statistical outlier and should not be counted.

I wish you smooth sailing and strong winds in your ventures me hearties!

Obligatory ‘don’t pirate small author’s or artist’s works what the fuck dude’ statement.

[opheliasam]

the fact that the season 8 finale is a direct parallel to s5 finale but so much worse because this time the stakes are not an eternity of torture vs. saving the world. sam would have gone to heaven And objectively made the world a safer place but because of dean’s inability to let him go of him, because he sees it as a personal failure—he’s pulled back from the brink of eternal peace against his will (coerced consent) and thrust into a cycle so vicious and horrifying while also missing time and chunks of his memory and he doesn’t know what’s real and he wants to leave and leave and leave but he can’t . it’s horrifying in a way that’s incomprehensible … dean’s inability to grow and change due to a deep seated denial of his nature makes him angry and hostile and abusive to everyone around him but especially sam. dean cannot ever fail and sam cannot ever win. the horrors r inconceivable . But ultimately fully consistent w spn canon

[unlimitedbutchworks]

and btw if you’re a transfem waffling about voice training you should try it. you should try it! it takes practice and time and might feel silly but learning to control and play with your voice gives you so many options. and it’s easier than you might think, and your new voice will naturally replace and become default with time! you can try it and stop if you want! worst case scenario you learn to play with your vocal range a bit

[black-and-yellow]

[numericalbridge]

if Darius ever starts seriously dating post-canon, i imagine that Eber would give the shovel talk, but it is a typical cartoon shovel talk that can be played for laughs: Oh, Eber is just protective even if a little scary.

But then Raine gives the shovel talk too, and they are very polite, but it is understood that they would actually kill if necessary.

[spacedlexi]

people dont talk enough about how heartbreaking the marlon betrayal mustve been for clem too,,

this dude saves the life of her and her kid. takes them in has them patched up gives them their first hot meal in who knows how long. gives them a safe place to stay. possibly permanently. confides in her that hes trying to be a good leader but feels like and fears that hes failing. asks her to help him take care of the rest of the group. helps her get over her fear of dogs by asking her to trust him. and things go well. she feels safe. like this place could really finally be the home shes been looking for

but as soon as she finds out what happened to the twins. that marlon planned on giving up her and aj too. she immediately becomes a liability to him and he attempts to kill her for it. locks her in the basement to die by walker. then tries to turn the group against her so he can shoot her instead when the first method fails. and he nearly succeeds

then a majority of the group turn against clem the minute aj kills marlon. ignoring marlons mistakes but condemning aj for his. like clem wasnt betrayed by marlon in the exact same way he betrayed the twins. like she literally wasnt almost killed twice? and how long had he been considering giving her up? was it always some contingency he planned? did he truly want to keep them around and things only changed when he feared the raiders had returned? she'll never know

[lottieratworld]

that "hello google chrome refugees, here are my favorite firefox plugins" that has like 20 different adblockers pisses me off why is it spreading again

literally dont do that just install ublock origin, and if u wanna go the extra mile check out ur browser settings, or use a fork that sets all those browser settings for you like librewolf. installing a hundred adblockers is just going to prevent each and every adblocker from doing their job right and itll make ur browser run like shit, plus it makes you more identifiable and vulnerable to fingerprinting via your specific addon setup. firefox already has many security options built-in as well

[devildom-moss]

Happy Pride Month

I hope it has been clear how welcome members of the lgbtq+ community are here.

But this year, I do want to touch on something else. I don't usually talk about world events here, but let's do that for a minute. I think pride month is an excellent time - a necessary time - to talk about liberation for all people.

I've seen people use the anti-lgbtq+ and misogynistic government policies of a country (especially in the Middle East) to downplay the tragedy and violence against the people living under that government - to dehumanize them. This is especially true for black and brown people (such as those in Palestine). But a government does not equal its people. Regardless of a country's policies, there are bound to be queer people living there. If someone supports the lgbtq+ community, then where is the concern for their lives? It feels especially insidious to search for reasons why maybe it's okay that a population is subject to a humanitarian crisis. It's not. It never will be.

If you're going to celebrate pride month (as a member of the community or an ally), I think it's crucial to stand with other oppressed people. To stand with Palestine. With Congo. With Sudan. With Ukraine. These are people who are equally worthy of lives - and I don't simply mean that they deserve to not face cruelty such as starvation, violence (including sa), and death - cruelty that we are witnessing and has been documented for years. I mean that they deserve to live their lives - to love and be themselves, to connect with others, to share and learn and experience. If that's a sentiment you can't get behind, it seems weird to be celebrating pride month. And it seems weirder if you still follow me with that kind of mindset

Here are some links if you're able to take some time or give money:

Operation Olive Branch

List of GoFundMe links for Sudan

List of charities for Congo

Friend of the Congo - campaigns page

[yooniesim]

The lesson here would probably to learn from all the people actually pirating the cc and point users to DHM/Rebels instead of re-uploading the cc posted there on tumblr and putting yourself at risk. There's a reason why they chose telegram as a place to host the files and why they treat donations the way they do (private & anonymously). There's a reason why some creators cannot be requested on DHM. Some of these creators are straight up fucked and the doxxing ring(s) they've had show that well. An occasional re-upload for convenience sake probably isn't bad, but continuously doing it even with the most notorious creators (r*byred for example) is unnecessary risk that puts a target right on your back. At this point, there should be absolutely no shock that a paywall creator would behave like this. I'm more surprised mass reporting hasn't happened before now, or worse. This will continue to happen as long as it's done openly, until the relevant blog is deleted or the owner is doxxed/threatened enough to stop. Because the paywallers in question have proven they can and will target and harass people that do this.

[vamprlestat]

found this tiny little guy

[radiostarsz]

📻

PLEASE DO NOT LIE ABOUT YOUR AGE . ITS FOR BOTH PARTIES SECURITY. DO NOT COMPROMISE OTHER PEOPLE OR PUSH THEM INTO UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATIONS.

[lilyflower52]

I should microdose myself on laundry detergent. Mithridatism, yk. I'll gain an immunity.

[gailynovelry]

Hi! Gail here. I’m still around, just to let you know.