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>First, we’ve discovered that about a quarter of all the internet connection in or out of the house were ad related. In a few hours, that’s about 10,000 out of 40,000 processed.

>We also discovered that every link on Twitter was blocked. This was solved by whitelisting the https://t.co domain.

>Once out browsing the Web, everything is loading pretty much instantly. It turns out most of that Page Loading malarkey we’ve been accustomed to is related to sites running auctions to sell Ad space to show you before the page loads. All gone now.

>We then found that the Samsung TV (which I really like) is very fond of yapping all about itself to Samsung HQ. All stopped now. No sign of any breakages in its function, so I’m happy enough with that.

>The primary source of distress came from the habitual Lemmings player in the house, who found they could no longer watch ads to build up their in-app gold. A workaround is being considered for this.

>The next ambition is to advance the Ad blocking so that it seamlessly removed YouTube Ads. This is the subject of ongoing research, and tinkering continues. All in all, a very successful experiment.

>Certainly this exceeds my equivalent childhood project of disassembling and assembling our rotary dial telephone. A project whose only utility was finding out how to make the phone ring when nobody was calling.

>Update: All4 on the telly appears not to have any ads any more. Goodbye Arnold Clarke!

>Lemmings problem now solved.

>Can confirm, after small tests, that RTÉ Player ads are now gone and the player on the phone is now just delivering swift, ad free streams at first click.

>Some queries along the lines of “Are you not stealing the internet?” Firstly, this is my network, so I may set it up as I please (or, you know, my son can do it and I can give him a stupid thumbs up in response). But there is a wider question, based on the ads=internet model.

>I’m afraid I passed the You Wouldn’t Download A Car point back when I first installed ad-blocking plug-ins on a browser. But consider my chatty TV. Individual consumer choice is not the method of addressing pervasive commercial surveillance.

>Should I feel morally obliged not to mute the TV when the ads come on? No, this is a standing tension- a clash of interests. But I think my interest in my family not being under intrusive or covert surveillance at home is superior to the ad company’s wish to profile them.

>Aside: 24 hours of Pi Hole stats suggests that Samsung TVs are very chatty. 14,170 chats a day.

>YouTube blocking seems difficult, as the ads usually come from the same domain as the videos. Haven’t tried it, but all of the content can also be delivered from a no-cookies version of the YouTube domain, which doesn’t have the ads. I have asked my son to poke at that idea.

DEMAND A RECOUNT!!

to all my american followers, it is your right as a citizen of this country to have your vote counted. many elements call this election into question. you can directly contact the white house about this.

click on this text to go to the white house's website

submit directly to the president

click the first option and select your reasoning as election security

state these pieces of information in a paragraph:

32 fake bomb threats were called into democratic-leaning polling places, which caused the polls to be closed for at least an hour

people are reporting their ballots weren't counted for various unsound reasons (signature invalidation, information that the vote counter couldn't have had)

this all occurred in swing states (pennsylvania, nevada, georgia)

it's all too coincidental that these things happen and swing in trump's favor after months of hinting at foul play

directly state that an investigation for tampering/interference/fraud is required -- not just a recount

(this information is ripped from tweenyseeks on twitter, but i feel justified in sharing it, as the fate of the american people is in the balance)

last night i dreamt tumblr added like a billion buttons to the mobile app so instead of this

we got this

and everyone just rolled with it but sometimes the wide naruto got too wide and blocked off all the other buttons and people would just post "got naruto'd again :/" and the only way to reset him was to log out and log back in

Wait, Bakudeku is literally considered canon in the Japanese fandom???!!! Like no joke, in Japan Bkdk being canon is actually a widely accepted thing?? Like, let me get this straight.

The manga was meant for Japanese audience mainly, so the romance would also be something that is suited for Japanese audience, not the direct and straight forward approach that non-japanese shows have when it comes to romance. And you guys remember the "Rest of our lives" scene? Well yeah, that's actually a marriage proposal in Japan. In Japan they don't say Will you marry me? Some of the most common proposal lines are literally:

“Let’s spend the rest of our lives together.”

“Having you by my side is what completes me.”

“I can't imagine my life without you in it.”

“I wish I could give you everything, but I hope that this ring is enough.”

"I will protect you forever."

Like bro what?? These are literally Bkdk coded. Like Izuku fr thought once that he can't imagine his world without Kacchan in it. And the “I wish I could give you everything, but I hope that this ring is enough.”?? Replace ring with hero suit and you get the freaking ending of the manga. And I will protect you forever is also so them like I just can't yjxnsjxjnxjdkkxkxkxkxkkdk

I know we were all waiting for Horikoshi to make Bkdk canon in some big way like at the end they're revealed to be together or some confession or some shit but we do forget sometimes that this is set in Japanese culture and in Japan things are very different. Much more subtle and way less straight forward and obvious. Most japanese husbands and wives don't even normally say I love you to each other, because they express love through different ways, like action. And that is very hard for our non-japanese brains to understand cause it's just so different over there and instead of being expressive, love in Japanese culture is more about gratitude expressed through actions and devotion. It's much more symbolic.

So then when we think back on all those Cherry Blossom official arts, well NOW it doesn't seem too far fetched to think it might mean something, does it? For us, all these little hints and symbolism are just that. Hints and symbolism. But for Japanese people? They know how to read it very well and it's common in Japan to express certain things through symbolism. Like "The moon is beautiful, isn't it?" Is a full on marriage proposal line. It doesn't seem like it to us, but to them yes. Also let's not forget we literally have a scene with Deku looking out at the moon and Bakugo too 😭

So, if we look at it in a Japanese sense, and that in japaese culture, love is expressed in a more symbolic way, and through actions and devotion, then it isn't so hard to believe anymore that Bakugo and Deku are actually fully implied canon in the manga. I mean talk about devotion..Bakugo literally spent 8 YEARS to help fund that suit for Izuku. He took "actions speak louder than words" fcking seriously.

Like would it be better if Horikoshi actually made them say they were in love or made then kiss or something? Yeah, but realistically speaking that probably wasn't gonna happen either way. And the fact that the Japanese fandom, who the manga is literally meant for, is fr congratulating Bakudeku for being canon!!!! Like y'all if the japanese fandom thinks that they're canon then it's safe to say that they are. Because in a sense, Japanese people can read and understand that "language" behind those hints better than us. And if they say it's canon, then I bet my ass it is.

TOO BAD I AIN'T FCKING JAPANESE

Like seriously why is it so hard being European. We wouldn't believe something was true until the cold hard evidence was literally laid right in front of our freaking eyes.

working a new bakugo fic. and,, it's heavily inspire by the song neptune by sleeping at last. and i just need to ramble about it for a bit because i don't think there is a better bakugo song and i've hit a block in my writing and i want to get back into

"You let me set sail with cheap wood So I patched up every leak that I could 'Til the blame grew too heavy"

so. okay. this is about his mother to me. i think there is so much potential in developing mitsuki's relationship to katsuki. i think, that her way of showing love is so harsh and unforgiving. she expects the best out of him, i don't believe gentle was ever a word that could be used to describe her. i think she could even be described as cruel in a lot of ways. both his superiority complex and his imposter syndrome stem from her. she put him on such a high pedestal growing up. she believed that he was unbeatable, because of course she did. every parent wants their child to be the best the best for their child. and for a long time, katsuki was the best. he was so strong, and talented, and he knew it too. until he got to ua, until deku suddenly had a stronger quirk than him, until he caused all-might to retire, and suddenly it wasn't enough. he wasn't enough.

"Stitch by stitch, I tear apart If brokenness is a form of art I must be a poster child prodigy"

fuck man. i mean, i feel like this line is self explanatory but imma explain anyways. so, end of season three. deku v. kacchan, pt 2. i've talked about how this is probably the best episode out of the entire series before but i need to touch on it again. everything comes to it's boiling point here. bakugo is so truly and utterly broken, at least when it comes to his spirit. all of his insecurities, all of his doubts are proven true when all might has to retire. but even beyond that, when he tells deku that 'hes next'. deku, someone he looked down on his entire life, someone who he was 'inseparable' from, someone who has always been kind and forgiving and understanding, someone who is everything he's not. deku is better than him, and all might is having to retire and todorki is a stronger hero than him so where does that leave him? what is he left with?

"I'm only honest when it rains If I time it right, the thunder breaks When I open my mouth I wanna tell you, but I don't know how"

god. so. the only times we see bakugo being honest and vulnerable is when the stakes so are incredibly high. and im talking about when he's on the verge of death and also when he finds out that izuku is quirkless and also when he is trying to convince izuku to come back to ua and also when he is talking to all might about protecting izuku and hiding his quirks and also when all might saves him from shigaraki.

i think there is something so meaningful in the way that every time we see bakugo being vulnerable he has the excuse of just saying it was his adrenaline running high or that he wasn't thinking things through all the way. being able to hide his feelings and emotions behind something else, being able to blame his emotions on something else. he doesn't know how to love softly, he doesn't know how to love quietly.

"I wanna love you but I don't know how I wanna love you"

gahhhh. this is the last line in the song and after about 8 runs of 'i dont know how' to end with the fact that you want to despite that lack of knowledge is so. SO. so beautiful, and so true to bakugos character. i think that even through not knowing how to be there for deku and not knowing how to help, what words to comfort him with when he ends up quirkless, he still wants. he wants with everything in him. he wants to fight alongside him, and if he doesn't know how to be soft, if he doesn't know how to be kind, he will be what he does know. he will be strong and he will be the best hero and he will be save money and he will work with hatsume and he will work and he will try.

if you read this far thank you for listening to me ramble bakugo is such a special character to me and this fic im working on is a fucking beast trying to wrangle it and i just really wanna do him justice

"they should teach media literacy in schools" english class "they should teach students how to spot misinformation" it's english class "they should teach kids critical thinking" it's called english class

Izuku, the naive son of a corrupt politician, helps a charming detective bring his dad's labyrinthine empire down, only to be cast aside and denied witness protection in the end.

Abandoned by the government and hunted by his father and his allies, Izuku finds safety in the arms of a more dangerous man.

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A modern-day retelling of the myth of Dionysus and Ariadne, ft. Izuku as Ariadne and Katsuki as Dionysus.

Art of Bk!Dionysus coming soon!

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