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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 1d

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Bruka Jones @brukajones.com · 7h

There’s a free application, shutup10++, that lets you disable all the shitty windows stuff with a series of checkboxes.
It even tracks if windows rolls anything back between updates and lets you reverse the changes with a click.
I can personally recommend shutup10++ if you need to stick with windows

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 15h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 9h

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Review: Guillermo del Toro's longtime passion project 'Frankenstein' is its own marvelous monster

Jacob Elordi's yearning creature breaks spines and hearts in a violent, kinetic adaptation that co-stars Oscar Isaac, Christoph Waltz and Mia Goth.

www.latimes.com

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Creepy-Ghoul ✨️🎃 @crispy-ghee.bsky.social · 1d

Throwback almost-thursday to when I was drawing Fake screenshots of a 90s satAM Guardians of the Galaxy show

#art #gotg #yondu #peterquill #kraglin #guardiansofthegalaxy

🍳 Yondu and Kraglin from Guardians of the Galaxy stand on an alien planet. Yondu is looking at Kraglin and pointing at the sky.

Yondu: Kraglin, you gonna tell me why Quill's ridin' off in our ship when he's s'posed to be cuffed in the brig?

Kraglin rubs his neck, embarrassed.

Kraglin: Uh, well, cap'n. About that...

Yondu gets increasingly angrier as Kraglin speaks, looking ready to explode.

Kraglin: Well..when you was trapped i the cave you wasn't answerin', so we all started thinkin' you was...um...ayways, Quill tol' us the right thing to do woulda been to let him go and save ya...made some sense at the time so we got the key and...

Quill looks down from his place, flying above them in a ship's cockpit. Yondu and Kraglin are small, standing on a distant cliff.

Yondu: Quill, you bastard!

Quill: that's for locking me up! Good luck making it back to the Eclector, you dicks!

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sleazy ⛓️ waitlist open @sleazy.bsky.social · 11h

cashier girl
#noimnotahuman #ninah

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lledra @lledra.bsky.social · 1d

Oh... MY GOSH... D: That's terrible

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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 1d

I just think she's neat

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Pokémon Gold & Silver were released in the US 25 years ago today 🕹️

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Jordan Maison @jordanmaison.com · 1d

4 baskets now!

ReelOutreach @reeloutreach.com · 1d

And we have our first three baskets! Keep spreading the word to give these kids some holiday joy in the hospital!

gofund.me/339e2064c

GoFundMe screenshot showing initial donations of $120

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✻ Flora-Tea ✻ @flora-tea.bsky.social · 8d

Commission for my friend @dragonfoxstar.bsky.social of their Cathar ocs Koh Ta and Ahara's twins, Nian and Kras! 🥰

#art #starwars #swtor #starwarsoc #ocart #ocsky

A colorful drawing: Fluffy baby Cathar twins (named Nian and Kras) with tabby markings napping together in a dim cozy setting. They're nestled closely on a soft purple blanket while a dark maroon blanket covers their lower bodies.

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Justin Bolger @justinbolger.bsky.social · 1d

On what would have been his 50th birthday (I wish he was still here so I could tease him), take a minute out of your day to read about John Bierly in his own words. He was the best person in the world, and he was an even better friend. ❤️ johnbierly.com

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lledra @lledra.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh bby Kanan! 🥲

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Jonty @fairless.xyz · 1d

Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI.

Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...

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Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co · 1d

For anyone looking for art to use and remix that's entirely free:

pdimagearchive.org/infinite-view/

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lacey, infested with bears @byelacey.bsky.social · 2d

it’s that time of year again 🍂🍃

four simplistic drawings of a fluffy white dog rolling around in red, yellow, and orange leaves while exclaiming “leaf, leaf”

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lledra @lledra.bsky.social · 2d

GASP! Your video is blocked in my country, but I hope you enjoyed the movie~!

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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 2d

if wizard of oz was written in 2025 it'd be dorothy using her knowledge of modern farming techniques to powerscale the witch

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Star Wars Explained @starwarsexplained.com · 2d

Also, excited to see Space Wars pop up again! It was first seen in Star Wars Rebels: starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Space_W...

Space Wars

Space Wars was a fictional multimedia franchise that spanned across various mediums—including holodrama,[1] posters,[3] and magazines—found during the Age of the Empire. Its cover was written in Aureb...

starwars.fandom.com

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lledra @lledra.bsky.social · 2d

This is one of those 'one sentence horror stories' but in person! 😩😱

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Bleak⋆Squeak @bleaksqueak.bsky.social · 2d

oh boo I forgot to tag. My organization efforts laid to waste!

#art #comic #webcomic #ocsky #solivaga

Bleak⋆Squeak @bleaksqueak.bsky.social · 2d

WORSE, ACTUALLY!

solivaga.net Read / Support (Buy Maia her Anxiety Meds)

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Teeg @teeketch.art · 2d

If you're a solo dev/small indie team looking for art or logos please don't turn to genAI. I would honestly rather folks reach out to a designer and offer like rev share alongside a smaller up front cost to get something made by a person.

Hell email me and we'll chat. Don't turn to the slop machine

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 3d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Abeeha Tariq @abeehatariqart.bsky.social · 4d

some thoughts

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Brian Shea @brianpshea.bsky.social · 6d

This week on All Things Nintendo, @marioprime.bsky.social and I have a blast running down Pokémon’s long history with spin-offs. Who knew 16th century daimyō Oda Nobunaga had a Shiny Rayquaza? youtu.be/giSa8uKyrOY?...

Pokémon's Wild Spin-Offs w/ Giovanni Colantonio

YouTube video by Brian Shea

youtu.be

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Kastia| The Farmer And The Wolf @kastiakbc.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Farmer Friday! Take a bite out of this new update of #TheFarmerAndTheWolf !

✨➡️ tinyurl.com/f5ae6mm3 ⬅️🌕

#werewolf #comics #webcomic #webtooncanvas #horror #halloween #storyboards #art

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