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Mozilla, in its finite wisdom, embedded LLM bots into recent versions of Firefox for the vitally-important purpose of… naming tab groups. Now, some users are noticing CPU and power usage spikes caused by a background process called Inference.

Ugh. Reminder again for Firefox users to visit your about:config page, search for the browser.ml.chat.enabled key, and set that to false:

If yours says true then double-click it until it reads false.

Doing that turns off the AI chatbot features in Firefox, but also the stupid new LLM tab-naming feature that's rolling out.

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**Time is Running Out**

Imagine enduring a harsh winter in a tent made of tarpaulin, with nothing to shield you from the elements.

Every day brings the threat of freezing temperatures, and rainwater can flood our small space, putting us at risk of drowning. The cold can lead to serious health issues, such as chest infections and chronic illnesses.

You can see

I am pleading for help to save my family from this life-threatening situation.

Please, we need your support to escape this danger and find a safe place to live.

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for anyone in the UK, needing to access discord and unable or unwilling to provide an ID:

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there’s this extremely kind soul of a woman on instagram that makes accessible recipes that don’t require standing, chopping, or a stove and she might just have a permanent place in my heart

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How long are we supposed to stay like this?

Every day we wake up to fear, every day we live with hunger, waking up to the sound of our empty stomachs, walking among people as if we are in a battlefield.

There is no food, and no hope. The places that were supposed to provide us with aid have become places of mass tragedies — either you bring food to your family, or you come back in a coffin.

How long will the whole world ignore us? Everyone has started to see this as normal, as if it’s not their problem. We are dying every day, every second, from hunger and fear.

Any support — a share, a kind word, a donation — can make a real difference.

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My baby Qais is one of the 290,000 children in Gaza now on the brink of death. He was injured in an earlier bombing that struck our tent, but we had no money for proper treatment. Now, after weeks of hunger, Qais collapsed and was rushed to the hospital—his tiny body shaking from severe malnutrition. I am terrified. The UN says 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in the next 48 hours. Please, I beg you with all the pain in my heart: Donate anything you can to help save Qais. Even one act of kindness could be the difference between life and death.

This is our reality now:

1. There has been a full blockade for over two months—no food, no water, no medicine.

2. Qais is too weak to cry anymore—his voice, like many others, is fading.

3. We were turned away once for not having money—now we are being starved to death in silence.

I am a broken mother in Gaza, watching my child slip away. If I could sell my pain, I would. If kissing your feet or cleaning your shoes would save Qais, I would do it without hesitation. Please—this is not just a plea for help, it is a cry from a dying land. Donate whatever you can. Qais still has a chance—but only if you act now.

PLEASE DONATE HERE

If Qais was your only child, would you leave him to face his fate alone? 😭😭💔

DONATE HERE PLEASE

Please stop ✋🚨 you're the only hope to save a child😔😭

Vetted by @gazavetters , my number verified on the list is ( #64 )🍉🇵🇸

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Donate $15 USD or more to bat conservations now through July 1st and receive art like this style from yours truly!

Below the read more will be a list of recognized bat wildlife organizations. Fill out this form after purchasing their merchandise, sponsoring a bat, or donating, and I will draw any animal character you'd like!*

* ᴺᵒ ᴺˢᶠᵂ ᶜᵒⁿᵗᵉⁿᵗ. ᴬⁿʸ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵃˡˡ ʳᵉᵠᵘᵉˢᵗˢ ᵈᵉᵉᵐᵉᵈ ᵃˢ ᶦⁿᵃᵖᵖʳᵒᵖʳᶦᵃᵗᵉ ᵒʳ ᵘⁿˢᵃᵛᵒʳʸ ʷᶦˡˡ ᵇᵉ ᵈᵉⁿᶦᵉᵈ.

Remember, July 1st is the cutoff date! I will not be accepting forms after July 1st!

Bat Conservation International

Recognized bat organizations

(in randomized order):

Lubee Bat Conservancy

Bat World Sanctuary

Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation

Gotham Bat Conservancy

Bats Without Borders

Bat Conservation India Trust

BatBnB

You can donate to any recognized organization or purchase from their shop! As long as it is $15 USD or more, you are eligible to receive artwork.

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Oh yea, I also found A LOT of books that I remember searching for but couldn't find before. I'll do a bit of research to see if I should add them to the main drive or the mature drive.

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Added the rest of the "Spirit Animals" series and the entire "Chronicles of Ancient Darkness" series.

Also added some extra Warrior Cats Content

Hope you enjoy!

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On April 16th 2025 the US federal government has proposed to change the interpretation of the endangered species act so that it no longer protects habitat.

This is open for public comment until the end of May 19th. Please comment and make your voice heard.

Wildlife need their habitat. If the ESA redefines harm so that habitat is no longer protected, the implications for wildlife would be catastrophic.

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Palestinians are stronger than any marine

(Sharing their other link because they have a regularly updated account that they use like a normal person, everyone be normal about this please)

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notes on how i go about stylizing cats from reference.

ive observed when drawing a cat with extra fat, its easy to lose the form and have it look like a balloon animal. if you keep bony landmarks and silhouette in mind as you caricature this can be avoided. these landmarks are places like joints, the spine, some points of the ribcage, and certain bones in the face.

the joints are where you "break" the silhouette of the figure. these are essential to a strong drawing and selling the volume of your character. interpreting the contrast of straights and curves around the figure will give a visual rhythm and prevent your drawing from appearing stiff and lifeless. some inner descriptive lines in places where muscle, fur, skin and fat are more obvious create a more defined shape that can really add something extra if you find your drawing is appearing too flat.

selling the markings by having them follow the contours of the body will also really help in making sure your drawings come across as volumetric. its easy to slap them on as an afterthought, but copy pasted looking markings can totally ruin the illusion of your characters dimension!

this of course is all relative to your own goals when drawing a piece, if you want your art to be flat and graphic, go for it! i will say it always helps my design sense to understand how things work in a 3d space before i get really abstract with them. the more you can understand your subject the easier it is to find success with the end goal of your piece.

this also geared towards animation. when you can "see" clearly how the character is structured from every level, drawing them in sequential motion becomes just that much easier. thanks for reading!

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Hey, caught this over on blusky and thought I'd give a heads up if peeps haven't found out already:

For reference, to get rid of DomoAI, you want to copy-paste the following:

/ban user:1153984868804468756

Other IDs for InsightFaceSwap, Viggle and Glifbot are:

1288638725869535283 1090660574196674713 1104973139257081909

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Gaza’s children don’t just cry from fear — they cry from hunger Every minute that aid is blocked, a dream dies, a small body weakens, and a laugh fades 😭🙏

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thank you Canada 🇨🇦

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I forgot I had asks closed, they should be open now if anyone wants to say something

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Mutual Aid initiatives to donate to:

Ghazzah:

Revive Gaza Farmlands (top priority)

Dahnoun Aid

Sameer Project

Mona's mutual aid project (X)

MECA

Sudan:

Sudan Solidarity Collective

Khartoum Aid Kitchen

Period Care in Sudan

Al Abbasiya community kitchen (Al-Abbasiya / Umdurman based)

Basmat Wasl (Khartoum-based)