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Reminder that you can block most ads on Android. yes, including youtube ads.

Steps: Download Firefox -> Install uBlock Origin extension.

That's literally it. Enjoy ad free web browsing while we still (barely) have it!

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sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

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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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25 ways to be a little more punk in 2025

Cut fast fashion - buy used, learn to mend and/or make your own clothes, buy fewer clothes less often so you can save up for ethically made quality

Cancel subscriptions - relearn how to pirate media, spend $10/month buying a digital album from a small artist instead of on Spotify, stream on free services since the paid ones make you watch ads anyway

Green your community - there's lots of ways to do this, like seedbombing or joining a community garden or organizing neighborhood trash pickups

Be kind - stop to give directions, check on stopped cars, smile at kids, let people cut you in line, offer to get stuff off the high shelf, hold the door, ask people if they're okay

Intervene - learn bystander intervention techniques and be prepared to use them, even if it feels awkward

Get closer to your food - grow it yourself, can and preserve it, buy from a farmstand, learn where it's from, go fishing, make it from scratch, learn a new ingredient

Use opensource software - try LibreOffice, try Reaper, learn Linux, use a free Photoshop clone. The next time an app tries to force you to pay, look to see if there's an opensource alternative

Make less trash - start a compost, be mindful of packaging, find another use for that plastic, make it a challenge for yourself!

Get involved in local politics - show up at meetings for city council, the zoning commission, the park district, school boards; fight the NIMBYs that always show up and force them to focus on the things impacting the most vulnerable folks in your community

DIY > fashion - shake off the obsession with pristine presentation that you've been taught! Cut your own hair, use homemade cosmetics, exchange mani/pedis with friends, make your own jewelry, duct tape those broken headphones!

Ditch Google - Chromium browsers (which is almost all of them) are now bloated spyware, and Google search sucks now, so why not finally make the jump to Firefox and another search like DuckDuckGo? Or put the Wikipedia app on your phone and look things up there?

Forage - learn about local edible plants and how to safely and sustainably harvest them or go find fruit trees and such accessible to the public.

Volunteer - every week tutoring at the library or once a month at the humane society or twice a year serving food at the soup kitchen, you can find something that matches your availability

Help your neighbors - which means you have to meet them first and find out how you can help (including your unhoused neighbors), like elderly or disabled folks that might need help with yardwork or who that escape artist dog belongs to or whether the police have been hassling people sleeping rough

Fix stuff - the next time something breaks (a small appliance, an electronic, a piece of furniture, etc.), see if you can figure out what's wrong with it, if there are tutorials on fixing it, or if you can order a replacement part from the manufacturer instead of trashing the whole thing

Mix up your transit - find out what's walkable, try biking instead of driving, try public transit and complain to the city if it sucks, take a train instead of a plane, start a carpool at work

Engage in the arts - go see a local play, check out an art gallery or a small museum, buy art from the farmer's market

Go to the library - to check out a book or a movie or a CD, to use the computers or the printer, to find out if they have other weird rentals like a seed library or luggage, to use meeting space, to file your taxes, to take a class, to ask question

Listen local - see what's happening at local music venues or other events where local musicians will be performing, stop for buskers, find a favorite artist, and support them

Buy local - it's less convenient than online shopping or going to a big box store that sells everything, but try buying what you can from small local shops in your area

Become unmarketable - there are a lot of ways you can disrupt your online marketing surveillance, including buying less, using decoy emails, deleting or removing permissions from apps that spy on you, checking your privacy settings, not clicking advertising links, and...

Use cash - go to the bank and take out cash instead of using your credit card or e-payment for everything! It's better on small businesses and it's untraceable

Give what you can - as capitalism churns on, normal shmucks have less and less, so think about what you can give (time, money, skills, space, stuff) and how it will make the most impact

Talk about wages - with your coworkers, with your friends, while unionizing! Stop thinking about wages as a measure of your worth and talk about whether or not the bosses are paying fairly for the labor they receive

Think about wealthflow - there are a thousand little mechanisms that corporations and billionaires use to capture wealth from the lower class: fees for transactions, interest, vendor platforms, subscriptions, and more. Start thinking about where your money goes, how and where it's getting captured and removed from our class, and where you have the ability to cut off the flow and pass cash directly to your fellow working class people

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Learning languages is SO FUN right up until you need to learn conjugation and then suddenly it turns sour real fucking fast

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지금 거신 전화는 When the Phone Rings | episode 10

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Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost

The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.

The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.

The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.

The “get stuff done while you wait” method.

The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.

The “break the task into smaller steps” method.

The “treat yourself like a pet” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.

The “put on a persona” method.

The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.

The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.

The “wait for a trigger” method.

The “do it for your future self” method.

The “might as well” method.

The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.

The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.

The “make it easy” method.

The “junebugging” method.

The “just show up” method.

The “accept when you need help” method.

The “make it into a game” method.

The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.

The “trick yourself” method.

The “break it into even smaller steps” method.

The “let go of should” method.

The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.

The “fork theory” method.

The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.

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We need like “unclench your jaw” posts but for eye strain. Like

Go look at something 20ft away for 20 seconds.

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i dont consider myself a 'fashion guru' by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo' vs 'boot cut' or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping

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One of the stranger things about training brand new nurses is explaining how to min max small talk. It feels very weird to coach people on how to chat.

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K-Pop Breakdown - Lee Hi - “Only”

안녕하세요! Hey everyone! I got a request for another K-pop breakdown, so here it is! Check out the music video for Lee Hi’s “Only” here! I used colorcodedlyrics.com for the English translations and Naver Dictionary to help me break them down! 

I’ll link my lessons to the grammatical structures mentioned if you want to study them more! If you have a song you’d like me to break down, send me an ask or a message and I’ll fulfill it if I get the chance! Let’s start!

손을 잡고서 같이 걸어요 = Hold my hand and walk with me

손 = hand

잡다 = to hold

같이 = together

걷다 = to walk

걷다 is an irregular verb, hence why it becomes 걸어요.

Adding -고서 to a verb essentially means that that verb was done before the next action and/or caused the next action. So 잡고서 걸어요 means “hold [smth] and then walk.”

비가 오는 밤에도 외로웠던 낮에도 = On rainy nights, on lonely days

비가 오는 밤 = rainy nights

외로웠던 낮 = days that were lonely

Adding -았/었던 to adjective stems puts them into the past tense when you’re using them to describe nouns. 

Attaching -도 adds emphasis, as in “even on rainy nights, even on lonely days,” or “on rainy nights, and lonely days too” – that sort of nuance.

그대 환한 빛깔을 내게 가득 칠해줘요 = Paint me with your bright color

그대 = you / your -> this is pretty poetic and is mainly used when talking to someone you love romantically

환하다 = bright, vivid

내게 = 나에게 = to me

칠하다 = to paint

-아/어주다 is used when you want someone to do something for you. In this case, she’s pleading to have her S.O “paint her.”

내가 더 잘할게요 이렇게 같이 있어준다면 = I’ll be better to you, if you stay here with me like this

더 = more

잘하다 = in this context, “to be good to [someone]”

이렇게 = like this

있어준다면 = if you stay here / if you’re here

-ㄴ/는다면 = if -> According to Naver Dictionary, this is “an expression used to assume that someone will express his/her thought or will, which becomes the condition for the following statement.”

찾고 찾고 찾아 헤매이던 그대와 = I’ve been wandering, looking, looking, looking for you

찾다 = to look for / to find

헤메이다 = to wander

Attaching -던 to a verb stem suggests that you used to do that verb, but no longer do. In this case, she’s saying that she was wandering, but no longer is.

그대와 = with you -> I believe the meaning of “with” carries on into the next line below.

걸어 걸어가는 발걸음마다 = Every step we take

걸어가다 = to walk

발걸음 = step

Attaching -마다 to gives it the meaning of “every [noun]”

Literally “every step that we walk” 

기분 좋아 꼭 둘이서 추는 춤 같아 = It feels good, it feels like we’re dancing

기분(이) 좋다 = to feel good / to be happy -> Literally “the feeling is good”

꼭 = in this context means “closely”

둘이서 = the two of us / the both of us

추는 춤 = the dance that we dance

Attaching -는 to a verb stem allows you to use that verb to describe a noun. In this case, she’s describing the dance as the one that they do together.

그대 내게 쉴 곳을 마음속에 마련해요 = Prepare a place in your heart for me to rest

쉬다 = to rest

쉴 곳 = a place to rest

In contexts like this, attaching -ㄹ/을 to a verb stem and then adding a verb after it means “a [noun] to [verb],” like 쉴 곳.

마음 = heart

속에 = in / inside

마련하다 = to prepare / to arrange

이 사랑이라면 어설픈 꿈도 이뤄질 것 같은데 = If it’s this love, even the most sloppy dreams feels like it’ll come true

이 사랑이라면 = if it’s this love

-(이)라면 + [noun] = “if it’s [noun]”

어설프다 = sloppy / awkward 

꿈 = dream

이뤄지다 = to come true

[verb stem] + ㄹ/을 것 같다 = I think something will [verb] / It seems like [verb] will happen

이뤄질 것 같다 = it seems like it will come true

-ㄴ/은/는데, when added at the end of a sentence, can have the nuance of contrasting something. In this case, perhaps it can show the contrast between the sloppy dreams and the feeling that they will come true. 

Yet another long breakdown lol. Hope it helps you understand the song better though! See you in the next lesson! 화이팅!

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3 Steps to a Professional-Looking Book Layout

Every year, we’re lucky to have great sponsors for our nonprofit events. Hermit, a 2021 NaNo sponsor, is a fast, elegant, and free to use web-based writing application that also lets you print physical copies of your books. Today, Alex, its founder and developer, shares 3 tips to create a professional looking book design by yourself.

Step #1: Make It Breathe (Spacing and Margins)

When designing a book, white space is important. Too little white space and the text will be so condensed that it’ll be hard and unpleasant to read. Add too much and you’ll end up with a huge amount of pages that’ll cost extra for each print.

For a 6x9” book, 0.5” is a reasonable amount of margin. It’s also good to add a bit more on the “inside margin”, the side of the page near the fold of the book — 0.75” would be a good amount.

Additionally, whenever a new chapter starts, it’s quite common to add a lot of top margin on its title page. This will give it some importance and help the reader understand that this is a new chapter and not just another heading.

Keep reading

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HD'S FESTIVE ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 6: Song association game inspired by NCT DREAM'S 'JOY' Part 1

안녕하세요 여러분! Happy Monday everyone! I hope that you're all well rested from the weekend and are ready to kick this weeks butt!

Today I'm posting a song association game inspired by NCT DREAM's song 'JOY'

I defy anyone to be in a bad mood after listening to this joyful track! Uggh it just makes me so happy to listen to this. This is now one of my go to feel good Christmas tunes!

How the game works:

I've translated some of the Vocabulary found in NCT DREAMS 'Joy' from English into Korean and vice versa and then found other songs from different artists that contain the chosen word in either it's title or lyrics. If you want to play along feel free to reblog this post with your own song choices (They can either be in English or Korean or both, the choice is up to you!)

Let the good times begin! 'JOY! JOY TO THE WOOOOORRRLD!' (Sorry I just had to!)

종소리 sound of a bell

LYRICS FROM THE SONG: Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way

Songs that contain the words: 종소리 or Jingle:

Twinkle (종소리) By Lovelyz (러블리즈)

DING DONG By TWICE

Merry & Happy By Twice

Moonlight Melody (달빛 소리) By Red Velvet

One More Christmas By Jessica

Burning (버닝) By Rothy

Dear Santa By Girls’ Generation-TTS

울리다 sound/ ring out/ echo/ clang/ toll

LYRICS FROM THE SONG: Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way

Songs That Contain 울려 or ring:

Memories Ringing (추억이 울려) By K.Will

Ride With U By Monsta X

Ghost By DreamNote

After We Ride 술버릇 (운전만해 그후) Lit: Drunk Habits By Brave Girls

Check It Out By Weeekly 위클리

POPPIN By Golden Child’s Y & Jangjun

썰매 sled/ sleigh

LYRICS FROM THE SONG: In a one-horse open sleigh

Songs that contain 썰매 in them:

It’s Christmas Time (크리스마스잖아요) By B1A4

대지 the earth/ mother earth

LYRICS FROM THE SONG: Let earth receive her king

Songs that contain Earth in them:

Heaven and Earth 천지차이 By LABOUM

왕 king/ king of

LYRICS FROM THE SONG: Let earth receive her king

Songs that have king in them:

Pirate King By ATEEZ

마련하다 prepare/ arrange/ scrape together

LYRICS FROM THE SONG: Let every heart prepare him room

Songs with 마련하다 in them:

Only By 이하이 Lee Hi

Mysterious 신비로운 걸 By VROMANCE

천국 paradise/ heaven/ the kingdom of God

LYRICS FROM THE SONG: And heaven and nature sing

Songs that contain Heaven or 천국 in them:

Heaven’s Door 천국의 문 By Eric Nam

Hell In Heaven By Twice

Heaven By AB6IX 에이비식스

Heaven By MONSTA X 몬스타엑스

Part 2 coming soon!

Happy Listening!

As always everyone,

Stay safe, have a beautiful day, and Happy Studying! X

Notes: Gifs not created by me. All credit should go to the original creator. I just searched for them on Tumblr!

Sources: Naver Dictionary, Papago Translation, colorcodedlyrics.com

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