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The Happy Sorceress

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"I would never jeopardize the beans" pales in comparison to it's newest successor, "beans r not woke. How could u do this?"

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petermorwood

If this story did nothing else, it made me think that it's been too long since I made some sort of chilli.

Verde, colorado, maybe even Cincinatti - I'm not sure which, but if it's plain old con carne (the recipe in my "Manhattan Chili Company" book is 100% reliable)...

...then despite the declaration (and song!) which states, starting at 2.43 on the video:

If you know beans about chili, you know that chili has no beans!"

...MY chilli will definitely have beans in it.

:->

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bevismusson

A quick sketch of Gale, who is slightly mortified but pleased that his giant beefy Druid teammates like to sleep naked and snuggle. I might actually transfer this one to Bristol Board and ink it properly as well.

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Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

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yeahwrite

Writers: It's asking to read your Google Docs and be able to 'summarize' things from them and such things. I just turned all mine off.

Because this isn't mentioned above, also go to google.com/drive/settings and turn off all the annoying bits that interface directly with docs there.

This is all in the "privacy" tab of your settings. How fun that everything is hidden two layers deep. 🙄 This DOESN'T get rid of the stupid little star constantly asking you to use it, unfortunately, but that's what the picker in ublock is for. 😉

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buf309

More detail instructions for OP's post for those who are confused. This is done from the browser on my laptop, I don't know what they look like on phones.

When you click the first link gemini.google.com/extensions, you need to click on the setting icon at the bottom, then choose "Extension", like this:

Scroll down a bit, you will see the options, turn them all off.

Then, you click on the second link myactivity.google.com/product/gemini, you'll see it tells you that it's already "turn off". NO! IT'S NOT! You have to click on that "Turn off" option, it'll drop down a menu like this:

Turn that thing off. Until that button shows you have to click to turn it back on like this:

And then, click on the delete button down there too, even if it says there's nothing to delete, just do it as a caution.

After you's done with those two. You go to your Drive, find the Setting button.

Click on the "Privacy" tab, choose the button "Manage Workspace smart feature setting"

Tick both of those off, then click Save. Or if you still want to use Google AI assistant for some reasons, please read the fine lines very very carefully.

Only then, you can feel safe enough with this force AI assistant bullshit. FOR NOW 🤡 All these steps still can't get rid of that Gemini blinkblink icon though >:(((((

Repeat for every one of your google accounts 💀

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atalana

can confirm it looks pretty much the same on mobile

if you already had your google account on the highest privacy settings possible (as i did with my main), gemini is off by default, there won't be anything in the extensions tab and you don't have to turn it off

but i did have to go through this process with my other accounts, so do check all of them

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There’s this guy that sits in front of me who you would think is a conservative redneck bc his entire aesthetic is southern lumberjack w boots and denim and hats but he’s actually one of the most inclusive and anti trump guy I’ve ever met and today he wore this hat that sums up his entire personality and I’m screaming.

Don’t judge a book by its cover; make cornbread, not war.

Hey, this is the  motto of the Southern Foodways Alliance, and among other things, they have an AMAZING podcast called Gravy, which ‘shares stories of the changing American South through the foods we eat’. You  like this hat. Listen to that podcast. You’ll be happy.

Y'all need to stop being surprised by the radicalism in The South. The idea that Southerners are inherently more backwards is steeped in classism and ableism and erases all the awesome work marginalized folks are doing out there

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Younger writers. Please, just know that you could not skip to different songs on a cassette tape, that’s CDs. With tapes you pressed fast forward or rewind and prayed.

Also, VHS tapes did not have menu screens. Your only options were play, fast forward, rewind, pause, stop, or eject.

Y’all are making me feel like the crypt keeper here, I’m begging you 😭

reblog to instantly disintegrate some of your peers to dust

I am very amused that little writerlings must now do historical research on a time I lived through. I feel like some long-lived eldritch creature.

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petermorwood

Check out my tags #old tech, #vintage tech and #period tech.

Some involve really old stuff, like the Persian "Yakhchal" wind-powered fridge-freezer from a couple of thousand years ago.

Some objects are more recent, like flintlock-powered alarm clock / candle lighters from the 18th-19th century.

One shows how the classic novel "Dracula" was a contemporary techno-thriller featuring all the latest devices.

And several deal with stuff that for Younger Readers might as well be Victorian, though with a wedding anniversary imminent, some are both personal and current for me.

:->

There's a quote from somewhere which goes something like "A hero can live long enough to become a villain."

My version is more like "Anyone who likes history and lives long enough will find their lifetime is history to others."

Which doesn't make it any less interesting...

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