Oi... This is important to know, but thoroughly unpleasant to think about.
TL;DR on the latest round of Wikileaks:
Literally nothing you do is safe from the CIA. There are numerous full-on spyware suites developed by them, mostly for iOS and Windows, but also targeting Android, Linux, OS X, and Solaris. Apps thought to be secure (Telegram with encryption enabled, WhatsApp, Signal) were compromised as well, as were a host of other devices (ie smart TVs).
THIS DOES NOT PERTAIN ONLY TO AMERICANS.
If you live in a Shengen area country, your country likely hosts several CIA backed cyberwar experts. They came in via the US consulate in Frankfurt. If you donât, you likely do as well, but I canât find anything without sifting through the files myself.
âI have nothing to hide, why does this matter?â: Because there are now multiple thousand âzero hourâ- ie âdevelopers get zero hours to fixâ- vulnerabilities floating around that no one had any idea existed. The vulnerabilities themselves werenât leaked, but itâs the fact that someone knew about these and didnât say.
I hate to make this kinda clickbait-y thing, but this is honest to God one of the most important leaks in history. Our response to this is pretty much going to be life or death for privacy in the developed world. Be loud about this, be annoying about this, and do not shut up about this. Please reblog this and other posts relating to it.
60K notes
¡
View notes
Two bros, chillinâ in a hot tub...
Two fair men lie in water warm and slow,
As brothers are they joinÄd heart to heart;
But Cupid hath not struck them with his bow;
Lest that be thought, they sit five feet apart.
381K notes
¡
View notes
i don't remember the books so well, what is legolas' personality like in them? all i remember is tht the books and movie where massively different?
Oh my dear anon. I could go on about book Legolas for hours.
Book Legolas is a sassy little sh*t who skips on the surface of the snow when everyone else is drowning in it up to their waists and carrying the four hobbits. Book Legolas sleeps with his eyes open. He watches Aragorn throw himself to the groud and listen to the sound of running horses, only to say afterwards, âyeah, there are a hundred and five of them, theyâre all blond and they all have spears nbdâ. Book Legolas cries that Gollum escaped grom Mirkwood right after everyone was like, âphew, itâs good that Thranduilâs elves keep an eye on him, what could go wrong???â. He screams all the time, and occasionally drops his bow too. He kills a warg, shooting it right in the throat with a burning arrow. Book Legolas is a trees stan. Book Legolas walk away singing âTo the Sea! To the Sea!â. Book Legolas is not afraid of zombies, thank you very much. He addreses his friends âchildrenâ, even though he is probably the youngest elf in Middle-Earth that we know of. And of course, book Legolas takes none of your bs, builds his own grey boat because who says he canât sail on his own ship right, packs his best friend and shows up in Valinor 120 years late with Starbucks and a dwarf.
21K notes
¡
View notes
This turned out so well! Itâs good, itâs worth it, and itâs just the right amount of armor noises to be really funny whilst also not becoming overwhelming!
Also, like...this armorâs fit really well. I know shockingly little about armor fitting (given that I hoard useless knowledge), but the mobility in this means itâs gotta fit nicely.
the cha cha slide in full metal armor
401K notes
¡
View notes
Honestly, Karamo reminds me of a modern Dumbledore. Practical wizardwear.
these outfits are perfect
jvn lookin like jane fonda
bobby classic but not boring
tan british af & tryna make himself taller
antoni like heâs in a band from the â80s or early â00s revival
& karamo just ??? doin the most
25K notes
¡
View notes
I tried getting my bees to stay calm, but they were confused as to what to do with the Bee Chill Pills. So, now theyâre back to doing normal bee stuff.
people with uteri are never gonna have a perfectly flat stomach. theyâre always gonna have a little pouch, because thatâs where we keep our bees.
306K notes
¡
View notes
I once had a PT who would literally drive her elbows full-force into my back muscles because they were so tight and misshapen that nothing else could seriously dent the tension.
...they would tense up again 10 minutes after she attacked them, but that was probably as close to normal back muscles as I got before I had surgery to correct my scoliosis.
Also, the left half of my pelvis likes to get super out of place for no good reason sometimes, so I end up with pelvic misalignment until I go to the chiropractor and get it shoved back where itâs supposed to be. (Unlike my fingers/wrists/neck, I canât effectively fix my pelvis...itâs too large of a joint. Itâs why I canât really realign my shoulders and knees all that well, either.)
Anyway, these are great.
Things my new physio has said to me, part 3
Seen as how you all keep asking:
*
âAh, there you are.â *clapping his hands together* âAre we ready to suffer?â
*
âWell your rib cage isnât doing that thing, so thatâs good. Lets see what else we can find.â
*
âOh dear.â
*
âThis is going to feel like Iâm triggering a migraine. And thatâs because I am. Donât worry, itâll all be over quickly.â
*
âYes, that was rather ominous wasnât it?â
*
âMy thatâs a lot of glitter.â
*
âI get a lot of people coming in and telling me their pelvis is misaligned. Itâs something their chiropractor said in passing once and it takes over their whole mentality. âNo I canât possibly stretch or do that, I have a misalignmentâ, when what they actually have are too tight muscles and not enough exercise. You however, actually have a pelvic misalignment, itâs why your body is turning inward like that. And Iâll be honest, last week when I noticed it, I was hesitant to tell you. Because for so many people itâs just the end of their recovery in terms of how they think of themselves. You however, my dear, took it as an insult from your pelvic bone, and asked what you needed to do to fix it. Youâre angry, but in an entirely motivated and driven sense. Itâs like zen but on the other side. Keeping that in mind, this is about to really hurt.â
*
âEveryone keeps laughing at me because I have to ice my hands after you leave, but honestly Iâve handled more pliant wood in my time. Okay stop laughing, youâre undoing all my hard work.â
*
âHow is your blog by the way?â
*
âOh, good.â
*
âWell, Iâm glad to hear that. Especially from someone who bruises easily. I try very hard not to cause surface damage where I can avoid it. I have one clientâŚfuck, I hope nothing happens to her on her way home. Sheâs got my thumbprints all over her neck.â
(Responding to a comment I made about how Iâm amazed how sore I am after our sessions, but never actually bruised. Whereas usually Iâm just bruised but not actually sore in like, a good âthis is helpingâ way.)
*
(One of the other therapists watching from the next table over makes a comment about how she didnât think my back was that bad.)
âAnd that is why sheâs seeing me now, and not you. Go on, shoo. Get back to your corner.â
*
âMy other client is coming back at his regular time next week, so short of shanking him for this time slot I think weâll need to move you later in the evening, if youâre okay with that.â
*
âYouâre shaking, are you okay? Okay, just let me know. Actually, no, lets get some water.â
*
âOkay, weâre going to do some work on the tensor fasciae latae. Yes I know it sounds like a Starbucks order, but bear with me.â
*
(Him, going really quiet for a short while after I tell him about always being in pain for as long as I can remember and how hard it is to get a doctor to listen to me.)
âSo, my mother,â *clearing his throat* âmy mother was in pain for forty, gosh, probably closer to fifty years, and she never told anyone. She never ⌠well she never complained. Not once, even when sheâd go to bed early just so none of us would hear her cry. And I never knew, I never knew tillâwell I started taking this massage class, for like, for fucking fun, right? And I winded up using her as my practice patient, and I realized ⌠I realized something was wrong. And I saw the pain she was in, the pain that she hid for the longest time, and it just ⌠No one should suffer alone like that. It changed the course of my whole life. And here we are twenty years on ⌠anyway. Yea. I believe you. I believe you âŚâ
*
*him, tucking his arm underneath mine and using it to brace me while he digs his other elbow in*
âYes, it is rather like being a muppet. If muppets were made of crackling bone and sinew. Lets be thankful theyâre not.â
*
[part 1] [part 2]
5K notes
¡
View notes