Some black magic levels of precision.

this would performance kill a peasant in medieval times

Guys, it's time to drop Google.

Google isn't the only search engine in the whole internet, there are others! And we need to diversify our search engine usage or we're gonna end up where we were a decade and change ago with the Internet Explorer issue. We can't let a single brand monopolize everything! This is why Google Search can afford to suck so hard: because people use it regardless! And there are alternatives.

A little bit about search engines, there are 3 types: crawlers, which work by scraping the web and developing their own indexes; metas, which get their results from the crawler-type search engines and therefore depend entirely upon them; and mixed, those which have their own (small) index but also pull results from the crawlers.

Right now, there are a couple of independant crawlers apart from Google, Bing (from Mycrosoft) and Yandex (the Russian one): this are Mojeek and Wiby.

Supporting independant crawlers is the easiest way to fight the shittyfication of the internet.

Mojeek.com is an independant british search engine with its own growing index commited to fighting internet censorship. It's small, and therefore it's usability isn't as good as that of the Big Three, but it doesn't censor, it's fairly respectful of people's privacy, and it doesn't drown you in adds. For those old enough to remember, it's a lot like early 2000s Google: you can find what you need, but if you write "dig shelter" instead of "dog shelter", that's what it's gonna search for. That said, please try to use it and support it as much as you can before we end up entirely dependant on Google, Bing and big corps adds. [click here to go to Mojeek]

Wiby.me is a new indie project that is literally dedicated to bringing back the old-school web. It's goal is to index as many personalized websites as possible, and NOT commercial sites. So, for those of you who can't find any answers to technical questions beyond highschool level because Google buries them under a gazillion commercial sites and other meaningless shit, keep an eye on this project! It has a lot of potential. And, if you know of any personal websites that have great stuff but have been murdered by Google, you can go over to Wiby and submit it to their index. [click here to go to Wiby]

Aside from those, there are also meta search engines you can use to ween yourself off Google and search for random, day to day stuff.

Qwant.com is my go-to here—it has its own index and pulls from Bing, has relatively little censorship, and is fairly private. This is the one I use on my phone for everyday stuff. [click here to go to Qwant].

Historically, DuckDuckGo has always been a go-to for those who want a search engine that respects your privacy and doesn't censor. Personally, I've never been a fan, and there have been a LOT of scandals in recent years. It supposedly has its own index and pulls from Bing, much like Qwant, but I don't know. I just don't like it. Still, I've added it here for completeness' sake.

If you have Firefox Mobile browser, you can set any of these search engines as your default search engine and you can also add the others as secondary search engines and switch quicky from the navigation bar. If you don't have firefox mobile though, what are you doing with your life??? Go get it!! It is So. Much. Better. You can have add blockers and watch YouTube add free, for free! You can have reader mode and dark mode add-ons! You can have the world oh my goshhhh, drop Chrome!!

4get.ca is my last recommendation: it works a lot like SearX, but honestly better. It doesn't have its own index, but pulls from many others. I think it's the best for reaserch, since it allows you to search for answers from different indexes, is easy to configure, add free, and avoids censorship as much as it can. It's also very privacy conscious, so that's an other plus, and it has that late 90s / early 2000s vibe that I totally dig. [click here to go to 4get]

If you wanna learn more about the topic, you can over to the Search Engine Map [click here] which shows you a bunch of Search Engines and how they relate to each other. Or you can also go over to this one dude's personal website whose done A Lot of reaserch into the topic (way more than me) and seems to be pretty legit, if a little extra. [click here to go to digdeeper.neocities.org] Hope this infodump is useful to someone =D

PS: here's to hoping all the links work!

EDIT: eliminated the "read more". Figured there are enough mega long posts in tumblr, one more won't make no difference lol (tho the version w the read more has been reblogged already, in case you'd rather)

note: am v aware i have horrible taste lol

When I caught Covid in December, I tested positive for two weeks.

Americans, when the guidelines get released in April, your feedback will be crucial.

Institutions do not care about your health. They don't even care about logic regarding productivity. You're not just replaceable to them--they would rather you earn them less money than you living in a way that gets you even a tiny bit closer to feeling like a different world is possible.

the CDC's contact form

and public number: (800) 232-4636

please please please contact the CDC.

Here is a pre-written letter you can add your name to

If you are in the US, here are some pre-written letters you can sign and send (like a petition)

if you are in California:

If you are in Oregon

and finally

you can reach the CDC at this link or if the link's not working like it was not working for me today:

Main Office Office email: OADS@cdc.gov

Postal Address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Science Quality 1600 Clifton Road, NE Mail Stop D-72 Atlanta, Georgia 30333

FedEx Address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Science Quality 1600 Clifton Road, NE Building 21, 8th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30333

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Call script/comment script

"The CDC's proposal to eliminate isolation is counter to medical science and the White House must not accept it. The proposed change would inaccurately signal to healthcare providers that a serious approach to covid is not needed, although all the evidence shows that covid is dangerous and too often deadly. Further, it would put the entire buren on the average worker to find a way to negotiate sick time to recover and try not to infect other people. We need strong isolation policies, combined with universal paid sick leave.

The current proposed change is just the latest episode of the CDC buckling to corporate bosses. In December 2021 the CDC changed from 10-day isolation to 5 after the CEO of Delta Airlines emailed then CDC director Rochelle Walensky to urge shorter isolation time sto reduce "disruptions" of airline operations due to workers isolating and recuperating. The CDC must put people over profit."

via the people's cdc

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No third answer. No it's complicated. I want to know the truth. Reblog for sample size so I can gain the truth.

Lan Wangji: Why are there little handprints all over the walls?

Wei Wuxian, whispering: Why are there little handprints all over the walls?

A-Yuan, whispering: Because I have little hands.

Wei Wuxian to Lan Wangji: Because he has little hands.

I want the mcelroys to do an episode of dropouts breaking news so bad it would be so funny justin wouldn’t be able to get a word out he’d be wheezing the whole time

#first person to be worse than amy vorpahl

Awesome 👏

Dear lord!

@advanced-procrastination iM

drift compatible

it took me a moment to realize what was going on with their hands. Drift compatible indeed!

RAW Irish Gay Music

[video description: two women playing a violin and a banjo. where ordinarily each instrument is a two-handed single-player operation, one hand working the strings on the neck of the instrument and the other plucking the strings on the banjo body or bowing the strings on the violin body, here both instruments are two-player because each woman is working the neck of one instrument and the body of another. partway through, a third woman comes up with a tin whistle, which again is ordinarily single-player, requiring both hands on the holes and mouth blowing into the mouthpiece; here, the third woman does the hands part for the whistle while one of the first two does the blowing.]

I always forget that gas giants are, you know, made of gas, and not just smooth plastic color. The atmosphere is full of clouds, and the entire planet is atmosphere!

THIS MAN WAS JIANG CHENG

the person reading this is going to survive the rough patch they’re going through

We’re fanfiction writers, of course:

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