>First, Weve Discovered That About A Quarter Of All The Internet Connection In Or Out Of The House Were

>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.

GUYS ITS COLD!!!$ IM COLD!!!!! OMG

Why or why not?

hey what the fuck is up with bi-phobia

seriously yall, chill. that's weird as fuck.

Assuming someone is part of the queer community (rather than someone who calls themself an ally, because that title is granted not fucking given to yourself) Why the fuck are they being bi-phobic? It makes zero sense if you give it even an ounce of thought. Like why try to push homophobia or whatever onto bi people? are they just deflecting or is it some weird ass ingrained thing like "welp I'm surrounded by oppression, but I'm gay, but i still am compelled to take place in the systems of oppression, even if that rhetoric can be used eventually on me, and then I'll get all pissed off and self righteous about being oppressed even though I painted the target on my own back and gave the Nazis ammunition."?

Honestly idk what the fuck is up with that. take a chill pill and go talk to someone jfc.

That's just my turn on the soapbox, considering what I've seen that some bi friends and mutuals have to deal with. My straight ass definitely doesn't have the best perspective on the whole topic. I know I'm a tiny fucking blog, and that hateful rhetoric is hard to expunge. But I'm tired of it and wanted to say my piece.

My blog will always be a safe place for all. Yours should be too. You don't have to reblog (and if anyone puts that "you have to reblog this" shit on here i will blow a gasket i swear to fucking god), you don't even have to put it in your bio or pinned post. Just be a normal, kind person.

I'm sick of bi-phobia.

katsuki drawing inspired by in rainbows by radiohead

no but really, like 

i know that some folks love telling creative people that “you should be doing it for fun because you love it not for the compliments” but creative people thrive on feedback whether it’s critical or just complimentary

so when i write fanfiction and don’t get any actual feedback i feel like i spent all that time and energy doing it for nothing because i’m not getting feedback from the people i wrote it for 

doing something you’re proud of and then presenting it to the sound of utter silence is like the worst feeling on earth