The music in water levels:

The music in snowy levels:

Don’t forget the desert levels

The haunted house level:

The cave level though

The Boss Level:

Literal definition of spyware:

Also From Microsoft’s own FAQ: "Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers. 🤡

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[ID: a screenshot showing instructions on how to remove the Windows Recall & Snapshots]

"Some good news. 1, it’s being slow rolled out at the moment. 2, it’s reportedly really easy to turn off.

Click the Windows button on your keyboard

Open the Settings app and go to Privacy & Security > Recall & Snapshots

Disable the Save Snapshots option

If you already have snapshots taken, you can delete them by clicking the Delete Snapshots

But it's enabled by fucking default. That's IMPORTANT.

And it's a really awful feature.

And it will be used to enforce domestic violence.

I support sharing info about how to turn it off, but people are not wrong to be worried about this.

Chancellor Palpatine begging his husband to take him back in Coruscant Divorce Court, 19BBY

“I beg you please reconsider”  “then Beg.” 

WIP Wednesday

having a craptastic day, have more dragon!Cody:

“Kix!” Cody bellowed with all his might as he jumped off Rex’s back. Kenobi limply slid into his arms. He’d fallen unconscious as he’d lost his battle with the pain.

Rex shifted back to human and hovered over Cody’s shoulder. “Maybe this is for the best,” he suggested. Cody shot him a venomous look and Rex backed away, hands up. “Or not.”

Kix came sprinting down the front stairs of his keep, Vokara on his heels, quickly followed by several others that Cody didn’t feel like dealing with at that immediate moment.

“Give him to me,” Kix ordered, arms outstretched. Cody hesitated. Kix’s eyes narrowed. “I’m not going to hurt him. You brought him to me for a reason, brother. Let me try to save him.”

Vokara stepped up next to them and Cody growled at her as she laid hands on Kenobi. She ignored him. “He’s put himself into a trance. He’s trying to fight it.”

“Well, that’ll make things easier. At least you didn’t pick a dumb human, even if you did choose a problematic one,” Kix said as he pried Kenobi away from Cody.

He and Vokara turned and strode quickly away, taking Kenobi with them. Cody knew, logically, that this was why he’d brought Kenobi to them, to save him and heal him, but his heart lurched in his chest and something dark and possessive uncurled in his belly. His hands and mouth itched as he let out another low growl and Rex gave him a startled look before smacking him upside the head. Cody gave him a baffled look. 

“He’s not yours,” Rex said in angry confusion. “He’s the enemy.” Cody huffed out a plume of smoke as Rex narrowed his eyes in suspicion. “How long were you two fucking? A couple weeks?”

Cody hesitated and tried not to hunch his shoulders. “Do you remember the Herseia campaign?” he asked tentatively.

Rex stared at him with wide eyes. “That was almost three years ago,” he breathed into the quiet courtyard. “Three years?! Flaerfire!”

Cody flinched away from Rex, especially an angry Rex, shouting his full name. “It kind of just happened?” he offered weakly.

Yikes

Holy shit transphobes are so stupid

Now that Eurovision is over, I want you all, especially the Americans, to take a good hard look at how the voting results turned out when people boycotted the event.

In the UK, the viewing figures were down about 2 million people compared to last year. Up to 2 million people made the conscious decision to not watch and not vote because of Israel's inclusion.

The final results of the public vote, Israel came in first place in the UK and got 12 points. Because the only people watching and voting were people who backed Israel or at least didn’t care one way or another.

This doesn't matter. It's a music contest. The boycott was still the right thing to do because it is just a show at the end of the day, and the viewing figures have more impact than the results.

But it is also a good object lesson to show you what happens if you boycott a vote over something that does matter. Choosing not to vote in, let's say, a presidential election will have similar results.

So, I recently learned about the “say their names to save their lives” campaign on social media that has helped Iranians sentenced to die by the regime in the past.

I am now asking you guys for help with that again.

There is an Iranian Jew named Arvin Netanel ben Siona, whose execution date is set for this Saturday. The Iranian Jewish community have tried endlessly to pursue his release, but to no avail.

Please spread his name.

More info:

Arvin Ghahremani, 20, was working out at the gym in the Iranian city of Kermanshah, about 500 miles outside of Tehran, in November 2022 when he was ambushed by seven men, one of whom was a 40-year-old man who owed him money, said Rabbi Danny Yiftach, who translated Iranian court documents for The Post.

Unclear whether or not it was a hate crime. The attacker's family is refusing to pardon ben Siona.

His execution has been postponed for a month.

Keep spreading his name.

Arvin Netanel ben Siona, say his name to save his life

you've gotta have friends who are older than you, not because you're a dumb kid, but because you'll be terrified of growing up otherwise

being the oldest person you allow yourself to know will eat holes in your brain and you'll start saying weird stuff

Get a hobby that is intergenerational.  The friendships with people much older and much younger than you will mean that wisdom and ideas are shared among many and not isolated among the few.  

This is why I love folk traditions so much. You will meet so many old people who can craft, sing, or dance you under the table. See a retired math teacher absolutely shredding the accordion. An 80 year old woman biked to this contra dance venue, and she will bike to the bar afterwards. Local Woodworker Can't Hear Shit And Needs Three Pairs of Glasses But Damn Can He Cut a Dovetail.

my take:

next game from EA/Ubisoft/Actiblizzard/whatever should have a Strong White Male protagonist. Finally, the Gamers will say, finally the representation of masculinity we wanted. Maybe video games really are back. Maybe we don’t have to deal with Woke anymore.

Of course, the character wouldn’t be two-dimensional. He would be a fully developed, fleshed-out character. He would have an engaging story, interesting action, innovative gameplay. Of course the graphics will be 4K, ray-traced, high quality as all hell.

And then there’s a scene where he removes his shirt. And clear as day on his chest are two top surgery scars.

We don’t mention this ever. We don’t make a press release saying he’s officially transgender. We don’t put the pride flags or anything else in the game.

We just draw two lines on his body. Twitter and Reddit would be once again at themselves with blades. It would be golden.

It would be riiiight after the refund period, too. Steam refunds games after up to two hours of gameplay? Shirt goes off at minute 121.

A Danny x jason story where it starts out normally with Jason being a great cook and feeding Danny. But then Jason comes home to Danny looking ruined and a medieval knight telling him to hold onto his pride in ye old English. The window is open, there’s evidence of explosions, the remains of what looks like a jet engine is in the kitchen, the rest is scorched beyond recognition.

(Danny wanted to cook for Jason, he just wanted to make omelet’s but he’s a Fenton so every attempt it was either burnt to a crisp, exploded, or came. Alive and tried to eat his face off. He eventually called Fright Knight for help, only Fright Knight lives in Pariahs Keep and hasn’t even seen a kitchen in 200,0000 years)

Prompt 314

Danny has discovered something absolutely amazing. While he can’t cook for shit, he can? Actually bake? Really well? Must be those bonding sessions in Long Now with Clockwork making all those cookies and cakes and everything else. 

But? This means he can A, actually make himself food, and B, has somehow befriended several more ghosts, including his rogues. Apparently he gave off bedraggled cat vibes when covered in flour. Or they just enjoyed the cupcakes he’d made to look like them in a sleep deprived ferver. 

But hey, he even has a decent job while he’s in (online due to medical issues, officially) college at one of the local bakery-cafes. Which means he also gets free coffee, so that’s nice too. Just erm, he might’ve gotten in the habit of handing cookies or other baked goods to anyone trying to attack him.

Look, it’s how he befriended his rogues (Apparently Fright Knight, being the ghost of Autumn, enjoys pumpkin spice cookies, who knew?) and they even continue to visit too. 

So really, it’s not his fault that there’s several goonion (honestly Sam will be pleased to learn they’ve got a union) members who are now constantly coming to the bakery. And- okay is that another undead person? Have a cupcake. 

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