Handwriting Story Generator
Generate original short stories optimized for handwriting with fountain pens
www.yonkeydonkey.blog/handwriting-story-genera...
#blog #YonkeyDonkey #DigitalMidori #EverydayCuriosity #VisualNotes
b/w image of a horse, saddled and with rein and stirrups, and a cat on its back. It is captioned “CAT RIDES A HORSE. Attracts much attention on the streets of Philadelphia”. Below the image, it says: “WAFFLES HAS A GOOD TIME”
128th anniversary today of this rather important story appearing in the Lawrence Daily Journal, Kansas
For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
You'll work in some of the most remote and beautiful places on Earth, build lifelong friendships, and contribute to vital science about our changing world.
🗓️ Contracts run from six to 18 months
💸 Salaries start at £30,244 per annum
✅ You need to have the right to work in the UK (sorry)
It's that time of year again: we're looking for our next Antarctic team!
If you can imagine a job that’s needed to keep a small, remote community safe and running, we have it.
Escape the ordinary and apply for the job of a lifetime in Antarctica ⬇️
If you’re confused about the difference between “age verification,” “age estimation,” “age assurance,” and “age gate” — you’re not alone. Let’s help you make sense of it all. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.
A blue and white graphic that reads - "The extremely special annual Lighthouse late night book sale. A third of money raised goes to local trans fundraisers! Browsing, beverages and bargains! Sale books £8 or less! *by late night we mean 6-8.30pm. Monday 26th January 2026."
It's that time of year again: We're having a MEGA sale! After the success of last year's first sale night, we're running it again this year - and we'll be sharing a third of all money raised with three local trans fundraisers.
Come make a night of it, all sale books £8 or less! See you Mon 26 Jan📚
😁
We're calling for submissions to the Black Archive from disabled authors and authors of colour, who we know have been underrepresented in the range.
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
After reporters found dozens of firms hiding privacy tools from search results, US senator Maggie Hassan insists the companies explain their practices—and pledge to improve access to privacy controls.
"Long shots of almost nothing happening" is how I recently tried to summarize the genius of Adam Curtis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7T...
A woman with short, greying dark hair stands outdoors beside an old red British phone box. She wears a teal button-up shirt tucked into high waisted dark jeans and black shoes. A pair of sunglasses hangs from her shirt. Behind her is a stone wall, a flowing river, and trees with early autumn foliage. Two small blue andwhite utility markers are set into the grass near her feet. The atmosphere is calm and slightly overcast.
If you can't attend my event tomorrow at University of Glasgow, it s available to live stream at the link below
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8484798525...
It's going to be an interesting and lively conversation.
1pm start.
#Scotland #Glasgow #Reading #WritingCommunity #Books #Events #Accessibility
hard agree
just use the fucking library.
“We’ve activated Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, and Google apps” With a reply, "No Thanks! Learn how to disable Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, & Google apps on the Tuta blog. "
Turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat & Meet: Screenshot of the google settings you need to navigate to turn off smart features. Next to Smart features click the box to turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat and Meet. Click on Manage Workspace smart feature settings and toggle these setting off.
🚨 BREAKING #Google just activated #Gemini on #Gmail - without asking you.
Turn it off now; here's how!
tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
✊️ Fight AI & fight Google
You have to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations.
Share so everyone is aware. ❤️
Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
Both Windows and Mac computers include a free way to encrypt your entire storage drive. You should turn it on, if you haven't already. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
Avoiding US tech? Some European alts:
🇳🇴 Browser: Vivaldi
🇫🇷 Search: Qwant
🇫🇷 Music: Deezer
🇫🇷 Hosting: OVH
🇫🇮 Mobile OS: Jolla
🇩🇪 Maps: Here WeGo
🇩🇪 Translation: DeepL
🇳🇱 Design: Sketch
🇨🇭 Notes: Standard Notes
🇨🇭 Messenger: Threema
🇨🇭 Dev Tools: Sonar
https://proton.me/blog/european-tech-alternatives
Many of these issues would be mitigated by doing what the competition is already doing: encrypting the broadcasts from its Bluetooth trackers. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?
EFF has your back, no matter if you’re online or on the streets. That’s why we’re working on projects like Privacy Badger and our Surveillance Self-Defense guides. Help support our work by becoming a member today: eff.org/join
Apple must continue to refuse the demand to create a backdoor into iCloud. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Yes, I did sound the alarm on agentic AI's privacy threat, and rightly so.
observer.com/2025/07/sign...
"Genesis of the Daleks" (1975) is my favorite Fourth Doctor arc, and it's all up for free here.
"Simply touch one wire against the other…and that's it."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaxB...
---- - Life is a tile puzzle. You're often going to need to move some around a bunch of stuff that seems completely unrelated to your theoretical goal. At least at first it will seem completely unrelated. - Avoid using your hand as a tool. Almost always prefer to use your hand to *manipulate* an appropriate tool. You're going to need your hand for other things. - Nearly everything that happens in the world doesn't involve you. How often do you think about this? - Your photos will get more interesting once you've learned to lie prone on the ground for a surprisingly long time. - Sometimes we make things to teach, but often we make things to learn. - When you’re trying to help someone, focus on the help that the person needs rather than the help you feel like giving them. - At least twice a day, focus on doing something very skillfully. - It's not laws that protect you; it's people observing laws that protects you. ----
🦉 Wisdom Project update.
wisdom.limo
