MAJESTIC #24

littleoblivions:

eldritchbauble:
eldritchbauble:
Food stamps may stop in November if the shutdown continues. This may be a good time to look into food banks, kitchens, meal trains, and discount markets and programs for outdated foods if you are depending on SNAP.
As it stands, SNAP benefits end October 31st.
There’s at least one regional org where we live doing a massive food drive in response, so we’ll be participating. I’m openly asking anyone who can help out to do the same for your local communities.
findhelp.org is a resource that can help you find food banks/pantries in your area

Oct 24, 2025 puraiuddo — 18,416 notes
#us politics

melyzard:

As more and more people are being forced to switch to Windows 11, Microsoft’s most AI-malware-ridden OS yet, I’ve been putting together articles and links for how to undo the damage and save your battery, your RAM, your disk space, your privacy, and your sanity from this bullshit.
FIRST:
The easiest way to get rid of the majority of the bullshit that Windows is forcing on us, as of October 2025, is this one-stop-one-click debloat solution from a modern day hero:
GitHub - Raphire/Win11Debloat: A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform v
A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customi
GitHub
It’s very easy, even if you’re not tech savvy or get scared of pop up windows saying “ARE YOU SURE?” Yes, you are sure, I promise. This program takes maybe two minutes and will save you SO MUCH pain, time, and money (and exploitation).
Now that you’ve done that, here’s the cleanup, to catch the little shit that the debloat might have missed (most of this will already be done by debloat, but hey, it’s good to double check).
Sick of AI in your Windows 11 PC? Here's how to get rid of it
Microsoft wants to put AI everywhere on your PC, but you can take back control.
PCWorld
Even just reading about some of these features makes me angry. Fucking Copilot and “Discover” AI scrapers are in Notepad. NOTEPAD. And then there’s this uncanny valley garbage:
ALT
No uncanny valley video calls for me, thanks! (Also, what else is it doing while it scans your face and listens to your calls? What else, microsoft? Because there was a lot of memory being assigned to this program for a simple “smooths your skin” add on).
Stop Windows 11's most intrusive ads with these 9 easy tweaks
Tired of Microsoft pushing ads throughout Windows 11? Here are the settings you can tweak to turn them off and reclaim some privacy.
PCWorld
The truly insane number of places they have stuck ads on your own home computer is sickening. Become Unmarketable.
Bonus:
Some background programs you probably don’t need that are taking up space and how to remove them (Microsoft forums, 2024)
Your Samsung Galaxy Phone comes with 22 apps you don’t need (Android Police, 2025)
How to disable the AI in firefox (still the only browser that lets you do this permanently) (Windows Report, 2025)

Oct 23, 2025 ttacc — 59,243 notes
#privacy #windows 11

queen-mihai:

sy–kh:
octolinggrimm:
gamesoft:
Hero pillbugs

Oct 23, 2025 somefrecklyginger — 168,580 notes
#pill bugs

siphersaysstuff:

marlynnofmany:
sodorz:
thinking abt how fucked up steam engine boiler explosions can look. theyre just pipes under there
gives me the idea of a ghost/monster engine that looks normal, albeit a bit battered, only to swing their smokebox door open and a myriad of pipes come bursting out like fucked up tentacles
I didn’t know a train could be an eldritch horror, but here we are.
The Call of C'thchoochoo.

somefrecklyginger —

kwwas:

batgirl (2000) might have done something to my brain

Oct 23, 2025 ghostiiest — 3,304 notes
#cassandra cain #stephanie brown #stephcass

ghostiiest:

it must be disorienting to just randomly come to life with all this knowledge you’ve never learned before. how to eat, how to breathe, how to stand. knowing things you couldn’t possibly have known, because you’ve only just taken your first breath.
also some random news boys are there for some reason? what’s with all this goo and broken glass?

Oct 23, 2025 ghostiiest — 182 notes
#kon el #conner kent

lemonlimestar:

⟡ you want a fresh cut flower, and i’m your sweet red rose ⟡

Oct 23, 2025 lemonlimestar — 206 notes
#🥺🥺🥺 #op tags -> #whennn your body doesn’t really belong to uuuu #1st hand is knockout \| 2nd is lex \| 3rd is just a cadmus scientist #and look at my icons in the frame boy #kon el #conner kent

voidspacecowboy:

Not only should it be law that anything AI generated on the internet should be labelled as such but every website, app, and digital service should have a button I can click that removes any AI from my interactions with that site/service. I don’t want your AI assistant I don’t want your AI-generated ad copy I don’t want this insidious little thing that has crept into so much of the internet that I can be using it without even realising or knowing. If you couldn’t be bothered to have a human make it I can’t be bothered to look at it sorry bye

acecorvid —

theaftersundown:

*writes two paragraphs after months of literally nothing and it took three hours*

beloved-child-of-the-house —

naamahdarling:

pocketsizedpanther:
Yall be careful!
“it’s all fake looking ugly slop! Weird fingers! You can always tell!”
I need you to realize that literally none of these things are true, and that by continuing to believe them, you are making yourself gullible.

Oct 23, 2025 asgardian--angels — 42,350 notes
#sora ai #ai literacy #tiktok #video

pangur-and-grim:

angst-fairy:
pangur-and-grim:
the-sea-wolfe:
pangur-and-grim:
also I got a tattoo partially re-coloured today and they bandaged me in veterinary wrap like I’m a sick horse
Not gonna lie, that made me do a double take.
Not because of the vet wrap, it’s great stuff and I keep some at home myself for first aid purposes.
But because that colour is considered euthanasia green in a lot of vet clinics here including mine and we ONLY use it for animals we are euthanising. We will literally continue restraining a squirming dog or cat while someone restocks the drawer if we open it to find only the euthanasia green vet wrap than use this because we consider using it for a healthy patient to be a bad omen…
they’re going to put me down? :(
Has anyone checked if op is still alive?….. for no particular reason
I think op passed on

mystrothedefender —

airplanebroo:

When Shang Qinghua said don’t worry, Mobei Jun knew he fucked up.

[ID: Main image is of Mobei Jun, modern day, angrily scrolling his phone. He’s in a pair of shorts and a sleeveless shirt, cramped up in his economy seat. There’s no way he’s happy.

Side comic:
Shang Qinghua putting a hand to his chest: don’t worry, I can get tickets!
Next panel:
Two tickets for economy class! (For cheap!)
Mobei Jun sees the seat and just feels angrily sad. END ID]

Oct 23, 2025 airplanebroo — 149 notes
#svsss #moshang #mobei jun

kogiopsis:

battenthecrosshatches:
bogleech:
livefromtheelephantsfoot:
callmejoey:
gohth:
not to be a nerd but it’s so crazy how he (Bernini) really did that from cold hard stone……. truly a spectacle, truly breathtaking, an honor to behold
I think you should know he was 23 when he finished this and the ass gets a lot of attention but the hand on Persepina’s side/tummy is also exquisite
before i saw the caption I knew that HAD to be bernini.
I try not to make sweeping statements but I think there’s a case to be made for bernini as the greater sculptor there’s ever been.
here’s his bust of costanza bonarelli
here’s apollo and daphne from the front, where she’s mostly human
from the back, where she’s mostly tree
and details
this is the one art form I genuinely just cannot get my brain to accept as real. I’ve watched sped-up videos of it being done, read about it, seen in-progress marble statues and I still just can’t get it to sink in or stick. My mind doesn’t want to believe that any person has ever been able to start with a big block and break little bits off of it until it looks like a finely detailed person. At some point it has no recognizable shape and they still know where and how deep they should take a chip out of it that’ll still be the right decision 50,000 fucking chips later?!?
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa has a hidden skylight for gold rays of actual light to shine down on their expressions and clothes and clouds.
Hi yes I have been there and seen all of these IRL and I have some more pictures to share:
Insanely detailed feet with veins from “Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius”
Another foot from the same statue because a) he textured underside of the foot and the folds of skin in the arch and b) can you see the light coming through the thin marble between the toes?
One of the mouths of Cerberus from “The Rape of Prosperina”.
Prosperina/Persephone’s facial expression and HAIR TEXTURE
Hades’ hair as well - this man was entirely too good at making CURLS out of ROCK.
A (poorly lit) close-up on the tree textures from “Apollo and Daphne”.
Hand, sling, and rock from “David” which I think deserves to be at LEAST as well-known as Michelangelo’s. Saw them two days apart and I prefer Bernini, honestly.
Facial expression from “David” - I just love the character in this so much.
Kind of a weird angle but look at the texturing on the sling pouch!!!
We also got to see one of Bernini’s earliest works (possibly his very first) in the Uffizi; it’s not currently on display, unfortunately, but look at this:
Forgive the poor photo quality but. He was 14 when he carved this. FOURTEEN.
Man was a straight-up wizard.
In conclusion: if you get the chance to visit the Borghese Gallery in Rome (which has the most Bernini sculptures gathered in one place), do it. The “Ecstasy of St. Theresa” is in a church a short walk away from there, too, and well worth a visit. There are also several more Berninis in churches around Rome which can be visited for free or for a nominal donation! Just… be smarter than we were and make sure you’re not trying to visit them on days they have services.