#post privacy

[willofasherah]

seeing everyone just mindlessly sign up for threads despite all the clear warning signs feels like I’m living in Sailor Moon or a magical girl anime episode where the Monster of the Day just set up shop over night and their product is literally draining your lifeforce for the Dark Kingdom but people keep going there

[starangela]

Three potential reasons why Etho didn't attend the charity event in person:

1. He was busy making his 10 minute gourmet sandwich.

2. He didn't want to be around Nerf guns due to WW2: "Sometimes feels like I'm still living it".

3. He was at Joel's house.

[petit-papillion]

Leo already running circles around Charles

Literally the size of Charles's shoe...

Miami Beach | 30 April 2024

📷 leclerc-photos

[sortanonymous]

[yusiyomogi]

mithrun's desire to live in a world where he has no enemies or people who'd harm him makes me so incredibly upset, but it's a very important piece of the puzzle. the guy clearly was plagued by paranoia and/or anxiety to such unhealthy degree that his biggest desire was… to not have it? i mean, pretty much every bit of extra material confirms that he had troubles with being vulnerable and could never truly trust others, of course, but if it truly was his biggest wish? (if the translation is correct, i mean). it's just. heartbreaking.

because obviously the demon was gonna use it, play the games with him: one day everything is fine and you feel secure and the next day something is starting to feel off. the paranoia would never stop. he'd build hidden passages everywhere in his home just to have safe places. he'd get rid of everyone in his life. turning his partner into a chimera who'd protect him (literally his own words), but still not trusting them enough to be in his bed. and after all these twisted games, after all these defenses were built, the demon couldn't care less of them, it just… intruded into his bedroom and ate right through his body, the last protection he had.

[dukeofthomas]

Here's my controversial opinion; if you're trying to write Bruce as a non-abusive, good parent, you should also write him respecting his kids' privacy, boundaries, and not stalking&surveying them.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The federal privacy watchdog says Canada Post is breaking the law by gleaning information from the outsides of envelopes and packages to help build marketing lists that it rents to businesses.

The office of privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says information collected for the marketing program includes data about where individuals live and what type of online shopping they do, based on who sends them packages.

The commissioner found Canada Post had not obtained authorization from individuals to indirectly collect such personal information.

Full article

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[aurorangen]

I was inspired by this picture and ended up building a bistro

[fixing-bad-posts]

[Image description: A screenshot made to look like a Google Chrome browser notification. Transcript is below.]

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We at Google think you're fucking stupid

We're launching new privacy features. You are cattle to us. Soon you will have more choice over the ads you see.

Our services are free to use because you are the product we sell. Chrome notes topics of interest based on your recent browsing history. Chrome wants to make you a fatter hog for our advertisers. Sites you visit can determine what you like. If we don't know what you like, we can't strangle you for money. Sites can ask for this information to show you personalized ads. This is a privacy feature. Yeah, of course it is. What are you talking about? Just believe us, you idiot.

We know most of you will not even stop to read this. Thank god.

Did you know we removed "Don't be evil" from our code of conduct in 2015?

[ragingbullmode]

im seeing very little coverage (at least on here) about how moo dengs popularity on the internet is leading to her being harassed at the zoo as well as how the khao kheow open zoo has a history of multiple cases of animal abuse for sake of entertainment (tw for the last link specifically- its a video that begins with a few seconds of moo dengs image but shows a baby elephant being stabbed & swat with a stick by a keeper for ‘discipline’).

while im glad that moo deng IS bringing awareness & a new love for pigmy hippos (which have a dwindling suggested 2000-3000 number population in the wild), i think we should also take into account that not all zoos/animal sanctuaries take the best interests of the animals they are supposed to care for to heart- especially ones that put more of a focus on entertaining tourists than caring for their animals.

[debian-official]

when you're actually inside the cyberpunk dystopia it still feels... normal.

[free-my-mindd]

I prefer to stay lowkey, leave people clueless, and let them assume what they want.

[royalarchivist]

Finn: I'm here. Mine is so– [Laughs] Mine is like the antithesis of yours.

Jack: Yours is so much more low-key!

Finn: It's so much easier, yeah. Look, easy! [Shows off the outfit and laughs]

Jack: We're like opposites, we're like actual polar opposites.

Molly: But you're like, matching though!

Finn: I don't like streetwear.

Jack: We're matching in a way, really.

Finn: It's like the one– the friend that's into streetwear, and the friend that's into– [Notices how Jack's sitting] Why are you sitting like that?

Jack: How would you– oh, sorry. Sorry– forgot I was uh, I was bloke-mode-ing.

[destinationtoast]

So, Tumblr is doing another new thing, and you may want to make your Likes private.

On my dash, I've started seeing posts with a header that says "Liked by [username of someone I follow]."

So far via this new feature, I have learned that various people I follow are fans of spicy queer photography, rpf, and some controversial opinions. Which is hardly surprising on tumblr dot com, but I haven't seen some of those people reblog such content in the past, so I didn't know that about them previously. (All these folks have their Likes publicly available, so I could in theory have browsed the posts they liked before. But to me, there's a difference between having Likes visible when people go looking for them vs. having them publicized on followers' dashes.)

If you don't like the idea of your liked posts showing up on followers' dashboards with your name at the top, you can change your settings so your Likes are private.

On mobile, open up your settings and click "Pages:"

Then make sure that sharing is turned off for Likes:

You can also send feedback to Tumblr.

[novicedraws]

Sketches!

[sk-lumen]

On protecting your energy.

I've always believed in the importance of privacy and minding your business when it comes to goals or challenges or other aspects, and the past months have been a testament to that.

I've realized how grateful I am for having had a lot of years in my youth when I was isolated and (for better or worse) had the opportunity to focus on my growth and what I wanted from life or professionally, without the draining negativity of gossip, peer pressure or evil eye so to speak. These things are real. I am seeing a lot of girls and women in their 30s as well, that never had that opportunity and are struggling with the continuous pressure of those things without respite or pause to actually discover their true selves in a safe space.

Notice the difference when you keep certain aspects of your life private: your energy levels, how you feel, how successful you are at them. You feel centered, calm, focused, clear-headed. And what happens when you share those things with colleagues, friends, family, acquaintances, strangers, everyone around you? You'll notice how you feel drained, confused, pressured, self-conscious like your energy is scattered in 20 different directions... because it is.

The moment you share something with the world, you're inviting them to have an opinion of it. And when 30 people have 30 different messy thought processes and judgements and curiosities, it affects your energy and aura, and that of your goals. Learn to practice discernment in who you share your energy (or private life) with, and furthermore, learn how to protect and cleanse your energy through healthy practices (boundaries, meditation, prayer, grounding, visualiation, crystals).