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bee, 30-ish. slightly bored and severely confused queer person.
SO annoyed at this because it did previously give me a popup asking to enable smart features and I said no... now they're turned on again.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
the thing about skysports halo is that it's likely a result of higher-ups seeing their social media demographics skew increasingly female saying "this is a problem that needs to be fixed" but unlike boys' tv that gets too popular with girls, they can't just cancel the show because the show is sports
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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If you ever question if your fanfic is too self indulgent please remember that’s actually the point of fanfiction
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Frustrating though entirely unsurprising that a young femme-focused magazine that has been doing banger work in reporting on crucial issues is being gutted by the politically grey Vogue.

We need this reporting now more than ever, and I've said this far too many times in the last two years.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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New article on ★ daiz.moe

Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...

A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!

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Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe
With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.
daiz.moe
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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I'll say it: I think its rly annoying and frankly amateurish that writers are constantly told their villains must be understandable or have sympathetic motivation to be interesting or realistic when all our big villains irl are in fact rich, stupid, selfish, trickster dillweeds and always have been
October 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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honestly, if you add fic to goodreads so that it can be rated and tracked for consumption, kindly go fuck yourself
October 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I think a lot about how [if the archive stays up & accessible for the next 50+ years] my gmail inbox may continue to get daily ao3 kudo emails even after I'm dead and gone. there's a weird little sense of comfort in that. our words outlasting us and continuing to have meaning to people in the future
ao3 kudos emails are a beautiful reminder of how fandom is so everlasting. like, someone might read smth i wrote over a decade ago, rejoicing in a new fandom for the very first time, & i may have forgotten that singular joy, but someone will follow in my footsteps. and it's right there in my inbox.
October 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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We should bring back dropping cryptic clues to our emotional states through the sharing of highly curated songs on our profiles
October 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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5 ways YOU can use the torment nexus to maximize your workflow
October 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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how to deactivate torment nexus

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October 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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being a cat person is so crazy bc you live with someone who is undeniably annoying and you're always thinking "maybe i should get another cat"
October 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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"test this stuff on what you care about" = Expertise Bias

shityoushouldcareabout.substack.com/p/ai-is-sooo...
September 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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The bees have discovered Brutalism
Nature is healing
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Hi! I borrowed $300m from the worst people in the world to buy your favourite thing! Now your favourite thing owes me $300m and sadly it looks like it can’t pay me back so I’ve taken it out back and shot it. Anyways, just wanted to ask… what’s your *second* favourite thing?
January 17, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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Me: (on video call) Excuse me, I have to take a quick bio break

*I turn off the camera and an alien chestburster explodes from my torso*
September 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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one more: i think people should be able to navigate a website like ao3 instead of demanding an app. it's digital literacy. it's important. it's a learnable skill.

and perhaps most glaringly, it's divorced from the algorithm. that's important, too.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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joining the war on autism on the side of autism
September 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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"This isn't the ending I wanted!"

Okay. Cool. This is exactly what fanfic is for. Go! Be free! Run wild across the adjective plains, adverbs whipping through your hair.
August 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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"dark academia" do you mean middle school
August 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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The cure to the male loneliness epidemic™️ is to recruit 10 friends and acquaintances to your plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously, both to enrich yourself and to get one over on the guy who's with your ex-wife. Think of the opportunities for male bonding!
July 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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As a true Fantastic Four fan I won’t be seeing the new movie unless there’s a slide whistle sound every time Mr Fantastic stretches
July 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Someone please write a science fiction story in which birds sing resistance images — protest flyers, anti-government art, a picture of a raised fist — as they fly through cities
Can’t wait to introduce bird-based storage into my backup system
July 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM