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realtegan

@realtegan@wandering.shop

Writer exiled in Eastern Washington state. Over-opinionated and often wrong. Trying to survive lupus.

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realtegan, to random
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Besides switching to LINUX (which I've tried a couple of times and failed at), how do I permanently turn off copilot and any other snooping AI "features" from Windows?

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-recall-ai-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

realtegan,
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@dilmandila
In the past, it's been my PC gaming habit that ran headfirst into LINUX. I know Steam runs on it now, but it didn't then.

It might well be time to try again. sigh

realtegan,
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@dilmandila
Yeah, Wine didn't work well the last time I tried, which was years ago now. But I could do a lot... just not everything I wanted to do.

So, yeah, like I said, I can probably make the move now. I'm just so old it makes me tired just thinking of it. I'd rather Windows just didn't get any crappier than it already is.

I'm taking a look at linuxmint, as that might be enough to sell me on a move. We'll see.

realtegan,
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@stooovie @dilmandila
Yeah, I'm beginning to think that's the only option. I feel like we're losing the battle against enshittification.

RickiTarr, to random
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If you wash and dry a load of laundry, you also have to be prepared to fold it, and put it away. It's not really helping otherwise.

realtegan,
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@Kierkegaanks @RickiTarr
I am in this post and it makes me uncomfortable.

realtegan, to random
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For Americans looking at people posting in Celsius temperatures: don't try to convert, just remember this...

Zero is freezing,
Ten is not.
Twenty is warm and
Thirty is hot
(And forty is DAMNED hot)

realtegan,
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@cobweb
Either way works.

The trouble with Americans is that they teach us to convert, so students grow up thinking it's all about math, when really it's just about understanding a different measuring system.

If I were to teach metric to Americans, I'd start by teaching how tall people are in meters, how long a car is, how big a phone is... so on. I would not start with the conversions, which is where pretty much every American school curriculum starts.

realtegan,
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I really didn't expect this little odd thought of a note to take off. Thank you to folks who favorited and boosted it.

realtegan,
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One thing...

Besides missing the point of my post entirely, people who insist on giving me conversion information: Why is it more important to you to convert the numbers than to understand them?

Just curious.

cstross, to random
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  • Looks out window at: three bus stops, 2-5 pubs, a row of restaurants, and a busy shopping street at ground level *

Reader, those things were all there before I moved here. They're a big chunk of the reason WHY I moved here. 17 years ago …

realtegan,
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@cstross
I'm a massive introvert, and I'd LOVE to live in a neighborhood with all those nearby. Wow.

RickiTarr, to random
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Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

realtegan,
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@RickiTarr
Yakima Valley, Washington state

Pros:
Fresh food is easy to get, as there are farms everywhere.
Lots of people are bilingual.
It's sunny most of the time.
Most people tend to be friendly to strangers.

Cons:
Very red politically.
Racism is rampant.
Gang activity is high, and deadly.
Summers are really hot.
Cattle and dairy farms produce... interesting smells.
Almost no transit to speak of.
People aren't friendly if they decide you are the "other".
Future water supply is uncertain.

GottaLaff, to legal
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NEW 🧵 starts HERE.

Please remember I don’t reply while live-posting. Plz use NFL (Not For Laffy, but no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies.

1/

McB:

...At 2:14 p.m., Trump walks in, entourage in tow.

Boris Epshteyn just handed a piece of paper with a photo on it to Kaitlan Collins.

I thought he maybe said "Conway" to her, but I'm not exactly sure.

realtegan,
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@GottaLaff
NFL

Literally sitting on the edge of my chair waiting for this. I was certain, but still... :ablobcathappypaws:

And I think I even followed the arguments of why that stuff was allowed in this kind of trial. Laffy is doing a service putting this stuff out in a format that's easier to digest.

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Lawrence O’Donnell:

“We had a monster in the presidency not because of Donald #Trump, but because of the people who voted for Donald Trump and because of the people who worked for Donald Trump’s campaign to get him there. You get monsters like Donald Trump thanks to people like Hope Hicks.”

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-you-get-monsters-like-donald-trump-thanks-to-people-like-hope-hicks-210249285691

realtegan,
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@GottaLaff
I find it astounding that anyone can defend Hicks. She was a crucial part of the orange stain's machinery, and she clearly isn't the slightest bit remorseful about it - still praising him and upset about being forced to testify against him.

It's people like her that make it possible for tyrants to take over.

She may not seem like a monster, but people like her are the epitome of what it takes to destroy society.

RickiTarr, to random
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Well dang Love Boat, this is not what I expected:

https://youtu.be/mgkWQpgZ1JQ?si=CUqyxC0mfsiuaVlF

realtegan,
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@RickiTarr
That was how I learned what transgender is!

I was just a little kid, saw it and thought, "Oh, okay, that makes sense" and went on with my life.

Strange how simple the concept is, and how so many people refuse to understand it.

18+ RickiTarr, to random
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This looks like a horror movie.

realtegan,
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@RickiTarr

I can never unsee this.

Those hands, though. Yuck. Fake art for fake Christians.

ai6yr, (edited ) to random

Amber Alert for WA. BOLO 2009 Silver Toyota Corolla CBZ4745 (updated info on car)

realtegan,
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@ai6yr

It was pretty loud. They just sent an update, the car is a Corolla, not a Camry.

ai6yr, to random

It appears people no longer know how to operate one of these. Absolutely no one knows what it is anymore (probably for the last 5 years).

realtegan,
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@ai6yr I had a sign up that asked delivery drivers to ring the doorbell. Maybe one in ten actually did it.

RickiTarr, to random
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When you read Librarian Erotica and think it's real life:

realtegan,
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@RickiTarr
Okay, I just laughed so hard my husband came running to make sure I wasn't having a heart attack.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Dear white women who vote for fascists, is it not evident to you that they don’t like you EITHER?🤔

realtegan,
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@StillIRise1963
I'm absolutely terrified of fascism taking over. As a white woman who has witnessed what the patriarchy wants for me, I'm all too aware of what's going to happen to me and other white women if fascism grips us tighter.

I genuinely cannot believe that others can't see it as clearly. But I talk to them, and they repeat the Faux News talking points like it was a mantra. They've been brainwashed.

It's terrifying.

Sometimes I fear we've already lost.

RickiTarr, to random
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Trans people are "forever patients"?

So is literally everyone!

Fuck off.

realtegan,
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@RickiTarr
Ableist crap.

I was a child when I didn't take pills. I became a teen and needed pills to keep the chemically caused depression from taking over my mind and destroying my life.

Forever a patient!

The cysts in my ovaries caused intense pain, so I took hormones to prevent them from growing.

Forever a patient!

Now I take a dozen pills a day to keep my immune system from killing my kidneys and heart.

Forever a patient!

If you aren't already a forever patient, you will be someday.

RickiTarr, to random
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Are you the person you always thought you would be?

realtegan,
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@RickiTarr

Hell no.

And thank the universe for that.

StillIRise1963, to random
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The pope told Ukraine to surrender. Just one more reason to fucking IGNORE that pope dude.

realtegan,
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@StillIRise1963

So the pope is a putin-licker, too? Wow.

RickiTarr, to random
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Type "Women are..." and/or "Men are..." and let predictive text finish the sentence.

realtegan,
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@RickiTarr

Women are born in pain.
Men are lost.

RickiTarr, to random
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If you could pause body aging, what age would you have paused at, and why?

realtegan,
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@RickiTarr
I always tell everyone my birthday is my 27th birthday. I've been telling people that for more than two decades. Because that's where I wanted to stop.

RickiTarr, to random
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Okay, I'm thinking about gift giving today. A little backstory about why:

Every year my Father-in-law attempts to get my Mother-in-law a gift. She is a bit of a shopper, and is notoriously difficult to shop for. Every year he gets her something he guesses a woman would like (perfume, sweater, jewelry), and every year she doesn't really like it, and ends up begrudgingly using it or returns it. They have been married over 30 years, and seem to have a pretty good marriage otherwise. It's like she wants him to magically understand what she wants, and he is sort of equally bad at the whole thing too. I will never understand why they don't just have a conversation about this. Just for extra fun, she is the most bizarre gift giver, also, to the point that it has become an annual tradition that I show my friends what she got us. A small list of things we have gotten:

A couch cover with grapes on it
A sexy nightgown
A painting of the house they live in
A gourd painted to look like a cat eating a bird
A package of tea that I would have absolutely loved, stuffed with cheap tea bags
Children's Lego sets
Toy trains
Underwear that didn't fit either of us
A wooden board covered in seashells that is supposed to hold a curling iron
A waterproof bed cover

I could go on and on. Just to clarify this doesn't bother me or my husband at all, we actually get a kick out of the weirdness. I don't personally care about presents much, I'm more of an experiences person.

SO, if you've managed to get this far, how do you feel about gift giving/getting? Feel free to elaborate and give examples!

realtegan,
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@georgebaily @RickiTarr
Oh yes, the "Ooh, just what I wanted!" jokes flow freely.

I needed a new pillow, and hubby ordered it for me after I mentioned it. When it arrived a few days ago he handed it to me and said, "Happy birthday!" (my birthday is the 20th (yes, inauguration day)). I had to exclaim, "Oh, my, I really needed a new pillow. Thank you!"

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