semiaquatic secret agent

The fact that Microsoft Word has to be a subscription is upsetting. I already paid for it why do I have to pay again

Yes please be mad about it, genuinely- You used to be able to purchase a single disk to install it and use it forever after that initial purchase of one key. It sickens me to see all this stuff which used to be a one time purchase be shunted under a subscription now.

THIS

"Why is pirating going back up?!"

This. This is why. People don't mind paying a high price for software if it's only the once, or every 4-5 years.

But having to pay a high price regularly? Especially in the cases where you lose access to your own work if you don't?

That's why people are pirating software.

It’s possible to buy a non-subscription version of Word; Microsoft just intentionally makes it very difficult to find (and also expensive).

However, I know a guy who knows a guy website: MS Office Pro for $50. If the link starts going to a Page Not Found, just search the site; they usually have some form of this sale available. 

Worth noting: while $50 is still more money than $yo-ho-ho, that money is a great way to make VERY clear to Microsoft that we DO want one-time-purchase products, not subscriptions.

My laptop just died. If it can't be fixed and I need to replace it, this post is gonna be a real life saver, because my family has been sharing an old version of Word that came with a limited number of lifetime licenses, and we're fresh out.

https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/

Get LibreOffice. It's fully compatible with MS Office, but it's free and open source. You're welcome. :-)

Various audio snippets of my childhood that I've collected.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3x14 Bad Girls

Matthew Lillard and Angelina Jolie in Hackers (1995)

lillard in this movie is like a rosetta stone for tgirl fashion of the 2000s its a true revelation

👀👀 not gonna name names but SOME of u are sweet and kind and deserve the world and i am rooting for u

its so sad that radfem just means transphobe and not like. this

I have to double-check every blog name with “rad” or “radical”, and I HATE IT, because rad/radical were some of my favorite words! people who don’t respect trans men/women aren’t radical, they’re tragical!!!

YOU ARE SO RIGHT HOMIE we gotta reclaim rad and radical as phrases only trans people can use forever now

Sentences that kick ass to have in your vocabulary, “wow that thing that this stranger finds hot isn’t for me and isn’t doing any material harm; I will not call them morally deficient or try to ruin their life.”

Next time you’re in a situation where you could be a huge piece of shit to someone who is turned on by something that you find distasteful, don’t do that. Instead deploy the above sentence.

Tumblr Code.

that way we know we’re from tumblr without revealing anything

I’m just going to say this to strangers until i find a tumblr person

must keep reblogering!! Im going to be so suspicious if any one tells me this now!

Remember the answer is: I stole them from the president.

always reblog tumblr identification

good god this just crossed my dash in the year of our lord 2023

I LIKE YOUR SHOELACES??? IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024??

Let’s take it to 4 million, folks!

almost there!

TO 4 MILLION!!!!!!!!!

THE ORIGINAL SHOELACES POST?? ON MY DASH IN 2024??

The Sun’s corona during a solar-eclipse.

Neil Banged out his tunes today, on a train you have the comfort and relaxation to bang out your own tunes

No

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1. a tag reading "gaiman???"

2. the original neil banging out the tunes image: a picture of a rat in front of a rainbow toy piano, with the caption "Neil banging out the tunes April 13, 2006"

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This info needs to be out there, it turned the tide against cryptocurrency in the public eye it might fit so too

unsourced claims suck. so here's a source. its not the same source as in the screenshot but googling "chatgpt water usage" gave me a fucking lot to work with.

29 BILLION?!?!

The IRS has collected more than $500 million in back taxes from delinquent millionaires (MarketWatch)

How a Maneuver in Puerto Rico Led to a $29 Billion Tax Bill for Microsoft (ProPublica)

IRS Free File (btw your taxes are due THIS MONDAY!)

Apparently my favorite picture books as a child were written by queer authors.  This brings me joy.

Also the third Moonlighters book by Anita Kelly, either has late 40s or early 50s leads and I LOVE them.

Hello again lovely folks on this post! not only have we added several in the Moonlighters series (in both ebook & audiobook format), but we’ve also developed a whole curated list of queer books with middle aged & older protagonists!!

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE l APRIL 2024

ALFREDO JUÁREZ | RAMI ASTRO | JOSHUA INTINI | KENDALL RUST | DERAN HALL | KUZCOKHANDA | TREVOR MAHLMANN | OTHINGSTODO | NASA | STEVEN RATNIK