No Retreat. No Surrender.

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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thekidsfromyestergay

Nobody ever talks about the fact that heavy metal basically only exists because of a disability

thekidsfromyestergay

For context: the reason metal sounds the way it does is because Tony Iommi, guitarist of Black Sabbath, lost his fingertips in a factory accident. Doctors told him he would never be able to play again, so he spent months burning down plastic and covering it with leather to essentially create new fingertips. Of course, he still couldn't play in the same way, so he downtuned his guitars and found new ways to play parts that made them sound even bigger and heavier than before, and that's how the sound of heavy metal was created!

thekidsfromyestergay

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Not to use him as inspiration porn but it really is incredible that an entire huge genre exists not in spite of but specifically BECAUSE of a disability

carpintransa

Also worth mentioning he was inspired by Django Reinhardt!

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"My friend said, "Listen to this guy play", and I went, "No way! Listening to someone play the guitar is the very last thing I want to do right now!" But he kept insisting and he ended up playing the record for me. I told him I thought it was really good and then he said, "You know, the guy's only playing with two fingers on his fretboard hand because of an injury he sustained in a terrible fire." I was totally knocked back by this revelation and was so impressed by what I had just heard that I suddenly became inspired to start trying to play again."

finallygaveintothesirencall
friendraichu

NBC News: Outbreaks of rabies rising across the U.S., CDC surveillance suggests

'They would never have known:' New warnings about rabies outbreaks as cases rise in the U.S.
The CDC's rabies team says it's tracking 15 different likely outbreaks from New York to Oregon.
NBC News

"As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs — and their owners — becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in a nationally representative sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism."

jesus christ are people stupid about vaccines. you think your dog can get autism??? so you'd rather risk it dying from rabies?????

simplykaren

At first, I was like, 10 rabies positive animals in 1 state? Really? They're freaking out about this? Then they got to the human cases. Yikes, 6 rabies deaths in the USA in the last year after years of none. That is a substantial increase.

Living in Texas, I'm always aware of the existence/risk of rabies. We get hundreds of positive animals a year in our state and make up a solid 1/4 of the entire country's annual total on our own. It hadn't occurred to me that other states seeing so little of it also meant they expect and watch for it far less, meaning they may not catch it in time to treat.

Keep your pets vaccinated and know the rabies carriers in your area. (The CDC website has a fun color-coded map.) There are different strains, though the entire continental USA has bat rabies. Texas also has skunk rabies and a patch of mongoose rabies down near Austin. Any mammal can spread the virus, but carriers can spread the virus while being asymptomatic for years before they finally get sick and die from it.

If you or your pet are bitten by a wild mammal, regardless of how that animal was acting, talk to your respective vet/doctors. The cost of the vaccine is a lot less than euthanasia for your pet or a hospital stay and funeral for you.

vickita

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You don’t get do-overs with rabies, y’all. Do not fuck around.

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Here’s the link for the CDC carrier map: https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/rabies/data-visualization.html

finallygaveintothesirencall

I'm reblogging this again to add something I saw on another post about rabies. It doesn't matter if you are allergic to the rabies shot and have every side effect known to man from it, it is STILL being prescribed to you because the ONLY alternative is you die. Full stop. I knew rabies was serious, but I don't think anything hammered home just how lethal it actually is.

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ned8-back-again

We need to kill everyone who works at youtube yesterday.

ned8-back-again

FORCED AI AUTO DUBBING???? ON ALL NON ENGLISH VIDEOS???? INCLUDING LANGUAGE LEARNING ONES??? FORCED AI UPSCALING??? FORCED AI DESCRIPTIONS????

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Originally posted by iilluussoorr

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greater-than-the-sword

Descriptions are a mere boondoggle, but AUTO DUBBING? Upscaling???? Isn't this a violation of IP consent?

afairmaiden
How to Stop Auto-Dubbed Audio on YouTube in 2025: Disable AI Audio Dubbing - Izoate
Are you frustrated with AI auto-dub while watching YouTube videos? Tired of robotic voices replacing the original audio? Discover how to sto
Izoate

TLDR: Check video settings and make sure Audio Track is set to Original.

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melyzard

As more and more people are being forced to switch to Windows 11, Microsoft's most AI-malware-ridden OS yet, I've been putting together articles and links for how to undo the damage and save your battery, your RAM, your disk space, your privacy, and your sanity from this bullshit.

FIRST:

The easiest way to get rid of the majority of the bullshit that Windows is forcing on us, as of October 2025, is this one-stop-one-click debloat solution from a modern day hero:

GitHub - Raphire/Win11Debloat: A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform v
A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customi
GitHub

It's very easy, even if you're not tech savvy or get scared of pop up windows saying "ARE YOU SURE?" Yes, you are sure, I promise. This program takes maybe two minutes and will save you SO MUCH pain, time, and money (and exploitation).

Now that you've done that, here's the cleanup, to catch the little shit that the debloat might have missed (most of this will already be done by debloat, but hey, it's good to double check).

Sick of AI in your Windows 11 PC? Here's how to get rid of it
Microsoft wants to put AI everywhere on your PC, but you can take back control.
PCWorld

Even just reading about some of these features makes me angry. Fucking Copilot and "Discover" AI scrapers are in Notepad. NOTEPAD. And then there's this uncanny valley garbage:

Copilot+ PCs have a feature called Windows Studio Effects, which is also available on some earlier AI PCs. It can perform real-time visual effects on your webcam image to make your skin look smoother and even fake eye contact so it appears you’re always looking at the camera.ALT

No uncanny valley video calls for me, thanks! (Also, what else is it doing while it scans your face and listens to your calls? What else, microsoft? Because there was a lot of memory being assigned to this program for a simple "smooths your skin" add on).

Stop Windows 11's most intrusive ads with these 9 easy tweaks
Tired of Microsoft pushing ads throughout Windows 11? Here are the settings you can tweak to turn them off and reclaim some privacy.
PCWorld

The truly insane number of places they have stuck ads on your own home computer is sickening. Become Unmarketable.

Bonus:

Some background programs you probably don't need that are taking up space and how to remove them (Microsoft forums, 2024)

Your Samsung Galaxy Phone comes with 22 apps you don't need (Android Police, 2025)

How to disable the AI in firefox (still the only browser that lets you do this permanently) (Windows Report, 2025)

nek-ros
squeakitties

valve just utterly torpedoed the csgo skin economy lmao?

squeakitties

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valve just quietly added the ability to 'trade up' skins in counter strike global offensive. by sending in 5 covert-grade items ('reds'), you are given a knife or pair of gloves.

'reds' are usually ~$10 skins. knives have, historically, been in the thousands of dollars.

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^ in the span of 12 hours btw

if you're wondering why steam is slow or laggy rn it's because of high-value csgo inventory holders rushing to cash out as quickly as possible

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elierlick

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This is the end result of anti-trans propaganda: more harassment of girls and women, more policing of gender roles, more gender McCarthyism.

mynameiskleiosgirl

FFS, THIS IS SHIT I FOUGHT IN THE 80s.

aheartofdawn

transphobia isn't just an attack on trans people, it's about enforcing rigid and patriarchal rules on womanhood, femininity, and beauty (read; the white standard).

Anyone who doesn't strictly conform will be punished.

teasugarsalt

My cis daughter got physically blocked from using the girl's bathroom for wearing a dinosaur shirt to gymnastics. She was seven. Gender policing is a plague and a blight.

vaspider

I had a haircut exactly like this in 1986-87, starting when I was 9. People were far less fucking weird about it then, which is depressing to consider.

nek-ros
drops-of-universe

"craving a food means your body needs something that food can offer" now what the fuck does my body need with an ice cream

syd-cudi

it makes your brain happy! your body could use some joy too

drops-of-universe

no everyone shut up and listen. truths were said

icannotgetoverbirds

in all seriousness, if you're craving ice cream, it's likely that your body needs fat and carbs. If ice cream isn't an option for whatever reason, you can try to feed yourself something else with a significant amount of fat and/or carbs. You may also be dehydrated if you're craving sweets.

That said, sometimes your body and brain do genuinely just need a pick me up.

The more frequently you practice intuitive eating like this, the better you'll get at figuring out what it is that your body is asking for.

Also, a great trick is to take a look at what you're craving, note the nutritional contents (fat, carbs, protein, plant matter/fiber) and try and figure out what else sounds tasty for your particular craving. This can give you more data points to go off of. For instance, if you're craving ice cream, but a sweet roll sounds just as good, it's probably carbs your body is asking you for. That said, if you're craving ice cream and a sweet roll doesn't sound good at all BUT a bagel with strawberry cream cheese or avocado toast DOES sound good, you know it's fat you're needing.

If all you're craving is ice cream and nothing else sounds worth the effort, you may just need a low effort mood boost, which is also totally valid! This can also help you even if you can't have ice cream, because now that you know what your body actually wants, you know there are more ways to fulfill that order than the way it asked you to!

myvanityisavirtue

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Originally posted by leloushoe

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frownyalfred

“I didn’t think you could move like that anymore” but it’s Jason Todd as Red Hood briefly adopting Robin’s grace and Batman’s superhuman silence to enter a building soundlessly and stalk six people in the pitch black instead of Red Hood’s typical schtick.

and it works. every. goddamned. time. goons forget Hood’s got the Bat in his bones. he can move just like him; he simply chooses not to.