How History Books Will Remember The Government Shut Down: A Masterpost
Bringing this back in light of another american govt shutdown
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have you noticed that they don't even want you right clicking anymore
Yeah! you can do it to a youtube video and take a snapshot of that frame if it's paused, or open the thumbnail in a new tab if it hasn't started playing yet
[ID: Screenshot of the reblog tags by @/thebowlingalley on this post which read, "btw / shift+right click on firefox bypasses a website's shitty custom right click menu / WHATTTTTTT / PREV WAHT????????" End ID.]
There are sites that block shift-right-click. Fortunately, there are fixes for that.
Chrome version:
I haven't seen dancing pumpkin guy ONCE this year, are you guys okay?
FINE! I'll do it myself
Why did 12 people reblog this today??? IT IS ONLY AUGUST!!!
IT'S HALLOWEEN.
that is literally magic. the man is a god
I thought he was literally going to make a continent but no. SOMEHOW it's even more impressive than that.
You can see many people doing this if you search for Chinese water marbling 流沙箋 (liúshājiān)
I'm mainly making this comment because a lot of the notes are either wondering if it's AI, or seeming to think this is the only person doing it, and possibly the person who invented it
ALTHE’S GAY AND FRIENDLY!
From: ‘Home-made Toys’ The Australian Women’s Weekly, 1960s approx.
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ALThe's gay and friendly!
(yarn info, pattern thoughts, and extra pics under the cut)
AS PROMISED!
here is my gay and friendly elephant pattern document! I've included a transcription of the original pattern, a translation of the pattern into modern knitting pattern verbiage, and notes on how I made my patchwork elephant because he's just so cute and I think everyone needs one.
if you find any problems with the pattern or have any questions, my ask box is open! and feel free to tag me in your elephantine creations! i want to see the world full of friendly gay elephants :)
ALT(also, patches says hi)
There are 100 million active users on this website! 100 million! Yet, it feels like less than 10% of us are helping survivors of genocide. It is so frustrating, so infuriating, because if more people extend a helping hand, it wouldn't be so alienating and competitive. Every fundraiser would have equitable support. All it takes is a reblog.
But no. The 90% does not want to have a post with a fundraiser on it. And then you have the audacity to complain about them. Why are you angry about it? Annoyed? You know there is an accelerated genocide taking place. You know the US is funding it. You know that aid being withheld, creating a mass famine across Ghazzah!
Please do not be a bystander. Do not look away. You have the power to help. And it is at your fingertips. Talk about Palestine. Boycott, donate, and protest!
Consider helping my dear friend, Suad. She is a computer engineer who has given birth to a baby boy named Khaled last summer! He is one year old, learning how to walk and talk, but he is suffering from allergies, along with intestinal and respiratory infections! She is also caring for her in-laws. Her mother-in-law needs knee replacement surgeries!
GFM has also terminated her fundraiser! If you have donated to her before, kindly request a refund and redirect to the one below! Chuffed is Pro Palestinian, and you can give as little as a dollar!
I hate having to post political posts like this nut he we are again. Anybody from the UK wanna sign this. Folks from outside the UK maybe share it?
PLEASE sign this if you're in the UK
And in the meantime, many have recommended getting a VPN, too.
Non-UK folk, help this get more reach if you can!
hi these parliamentary petitions have been around for a long time now and have never accomplished anything. learn how to hide your location online.
Something that I get chills about is the fact that the oldest story told made by the oldest civilization opens with "In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights."
This confirms that there is a civilization older than the Sumerians that we have yet to find
Some people get existential dread from this
Me? I think it's fucking awesome it shows just how much of this world we have yet to discover and that is just fascinating
@makaeru peer review cos this made me check when the Sumerians happened and I forget how recent history is for every other continent. 7000 - 8000 years ago just isn't that long when you're in Australia, and the amount of detailed history we have access to here is wonderful and should be recognised more internationally
And a quote I picked out from a longer interview with an Aboriginal local elder about the area where he touched on the history
Source (the rest of the interview is really interesting and all transcribed, have a look if you're curious)
This is part of my Ancient Civilizations class that I teach, which does a whole week about Australia and the Torres Strait Islands because I was sick of never seeing them represented in USAmerican history contexts. With the help of @micewithknives and @acearchaeologist I've learned so many incredible things about Australia's past and it's been incredibly rewarding to share them with students.
My favorite fact about Aboriginal oral history is the fact that we pretty recently discovered that the Aboriginal myth of the 7 Sisters, an origin story for the Pleiades star cluster, accurately reflects a point TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO when two stars in the constellation got close enough together to no longer be distinguishable by the naked eye.
The story? 6 sisters running from something that took their 7th sister.
as a gilgar gunditj woman, i was not expecting to see my culture on my dash.
thank you for spreading our words and treating our culture with respect.
Boosting signal.
Echoes from the ancient human past, wonderful.
Their oral history also contains stories about hunting prehistoric megafauna too. Native Australians are the oldest existing culture on earth, which is even more amazing considering how hard the british tried to wipe it out.
Budji Bim volcano.
Finally figured out how to permanently disable google assistant on phone
You can't just post this and not tell us how man
Instead of being in settings its in the google app. Also, google, not chrome. Icon is a G, not the circle thing. Click on your pfp to open a menu
From there, go Settings > Gemini > Digital Assistants > Switch to Google Assistant. This disables Gemini, google's AI assistant, and switches you back to the old one. We aren't done yet.
Go back to Settings. From there, we go Settings > Google Assistant > scroll to find General > Google Assitant on/off > turn it off
They really tried their best to make it a pain, but you can eventually disable it. Holding the power button on your phone still pulls up a menu and asks you to turn it back on, but this is the least intrusive you can make it.
Applies to all non-apple phones afaik. For sure Samsungs and Pixels but idrk about others
Edit: thank you my friend @/teeth-kid for confirming that this also works on Motorola
I thank you, my wife thanks you, and as for the reblog chain, that goes without saying.
You can re-map your power button to actually be a power button and not connect to assistant! Go to Advanced Settings -> Side Button -> Long Press then select "Power off menu." You can also change what double-pressing your power button does in the Side Button menu, but I don't think that one automatically maps to the assistant.