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ooo new commission ad✨ I'm always taking comms over at vgen.co/miru_mu ! please feel free to DM me here or on VGen if you've got any questions, and thank you for looking/reblogging💖

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decentralize and clean up your life!!!

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox or librewolf (open-source fork of firefox) instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega instead of google drive

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

get free stuff with the help of r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH, r/piracy and r/roms

use trakt (for shows and movies), letterboxd (just movies), or TMB instead of IMDB (owned by amazon).

use storygraph instead of goodreads (owned by amazon).

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause, ecosia, or ocean hero to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, or tuta instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use project gutenberg for free public domain books, and librivox for public domain books and audiobooks

use the seal app (android only) to download video and audio

use ellipsus instead of microsoft word or google docs

use mastodon instead of twitter

use peertube to create a network of small video hosting providers (disclaimer: not a 1:1 alternative to youtube)

use threema and signal for encrypted communication, on mobile and desktop

use qwant and startpage for secure internet browsers

use syncthing to securely transfer files between devices

learn how to jailbreak your kindle/ereader if you have one (wiki and video walkthrough)

use riseup’s email and VPN for secure communication (aimed towards activists)

use cryptpad and collabora instead of the microsoft office suite

use google takeout to export the data on your google account

use library extension to look for books on online stores and find them at your library

remove paywalls with removepaywalls

install the open-source adblocker ublock origin

install sponsorblock to skip sponsored segments on youtube videos

use bookfinder to look for the cheapest available listings of books, including textbooks

learn a language through mango (duolingo laid off some of its employees and now relies on AI translations) for free with a library card or through your school

edit photos with photopea

edit pdfs with foxit and sumatrapdf

download music with doubledouble

take notes offline and collaborate securely with obsidian

for android tv, use smarttube and cloudstream (ad-free, open-source)

change your OS to linux

changelog:

removed ground news (uses AI to summarize articles)

removed unroll.me (sells your data)

removed proton mail and drive (AI assistant feature, claims of CEO Andy Yen supporting Trump, please DM if you have proof I can add here)

removed NCH suite (only has very basic free features, puts watermark on anything saved)

notes:

this post blew up while I wasn’t looking (the end of my semester was hellish, and i recently came back from a 3-week family vacation). thanks so much for all the suggestions! <3

i included Ecosia because of their financial transparency. It’s physically impossible that they plant a tree for every search, but their profits still go towards projects including reforestation and solar energy. i view their actions as a net-positive

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

last updated: june 14th 2025

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ok it's been almost a month but I have been working on THIS GUY and we're finally approved and finished!! I was commissioned on VGen to paint Alucard with all 3 of his SOTN forms! it was an absolute treat to work on this!!

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Being a lesbian named Fisher is so hard. I'm Fish. women want me. I'm scared all the time

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An unknown species of wyvern has been spotted outside of Ishgard, but it seems to be accompanied by... a dragoon?

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every time I draw keith not looking goofy I'm like. who are you??? who's man is this??

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snowdrops are so cute, what a good shape...

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I've been saying I wanna make a Mag sticker sheet for like a year soooooooo

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"Confess. Repent. Suffer"

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this is still the cutest mirror match game mode I've ever seen in a fighting game (plus a time-lapse because I remembered to turn it on this time!!)

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today's warm up- disgaea catoblepas, my beloved… you deserve better and someday I will give it to you, I swear

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rounding out this impromptu set of guys is Tobi-Kadachi! who better to have hanging around on surfaces than the guy who loves to cling to things

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Onisister from Donbrothers \o/ painted this when she got the club bc it was just!! so cool!!!

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doing some exploring (again) while waiting to hear back on a com :> really drawn to not having a face/ wearing different masks… embracing ye olde fantasy aspects

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when you're a normal guy who loves your normal boyfriend a normal amount you, obviously, have very normal thoughts sometimes

and that's perfectly normal

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*sniffing you with my antennae* hm. i do not think you are a leafs