Guys, it's time to drop Google.

Google isn't the only search engine in the whole internet, there are others! And we need to diversify our search engine usage or we're gonna end up where we were a decade and change ago with the Internet Explorer issue. We can't let a single brand monopolize everything! This is why Google Search can afford to suck so hard: because people use it regardless! And there are alternatives.

A little bit about search engines, there are 3 types: crawlers, which work by scraping the web and developing their own indexes; metas, which get their results from the crawler-type search engines and therefore depend entirely upon them; and mixed, those which have their own (small) index but also pull results from the crawlers.

Right now, there are a couple of independant crawlers apart from Google, Bing (from Mycrosoft) and Yandex (the Russian one): this are Mojeek and Wiby.

Supporting independant crawlers is the easiest way to fight the shittyfication of the internet.

Mojeek.com is an independant british search engine with its own growing index commited to fighting internet censorship. It's small, and therefore it's usability isn't as good as that of the Big Three, but it doesn't censor, it's fairly respectful of people's privacy, and it doesn't drown you in adds. For those old enough to remember, it's a lot like early 2000s Google: you can find what you need, but if you write "dig shelter" instead of "dog shelter", that's what it's gonna search for. That said, please try to use it and support it as much as you can before we end up entirely dependant on Google, Bing and big corps adds. [click here to go to Mojeek]

Wiby.me is a new indie project that is literally dedicated to bringing back the old-school web. It's goal is to index as many personalized websites as possible, and NOT commercial sites. So, for those of you who can't find any answers to technical questions beyond highschool level because Google buries them under a gazillion commercial sites and other meaningless shit, keep an eye on this project! It has a lot of potential. And, if you know of any personal websites that have great stuff but have been murdered by Google, you can go over to Wiby and submit it to their index. [click here to go to Wiby]

Aside from those, there are also meta search engines you can use to ween yourself off Google and search for random, day to day stuff.

Qwant.com is my go-to here—it has its own index and pulls from Bing, has relatively little censorship, and is fairly private. This is the one I use on my phone for everyday stuff. [click here to go to Qwant].

Historically, DuckDuckGo has always been a go-to for those who want a search engine that respects your privacy and doesn't censor. Personally, I've never been a fan, and there have been a LOT of scandals in recent years. It supposedly has its own index and pulls from Bing, much like Qwant, but I don't know. I just don't like it. Still, I've added it here for completeness' sake.

If you have Firefox Mobile browser, you can set any of these search engines as your default search engine and you can also add the others as secondary search engines and switch quicky from the navigation bar. If you don't have firefox mobile though, what are you doing with your life??? Go get it!! It is So. Much. Better. You can have add blockers and watch YouTube add free, for free! You can have reader mode and dark mode add-ons! You can have the world oh my goshhhh, drop Chrome!!

4get.ca is my last recommendation: it works a lot like SearX, but honestly better. It doesn't have its own index, but pulls from many others. I think it's the best for reaserch, since it allows you to search for answers from different indexes, is easy to configure, add free, and avoids censorship as much as it can. It's also very privacy conscious, so that's an other plus, and it has that late 90s / early 2000s vibe that I totally dig. [click here to go to 4get]

If you wanna learn more about the topic, you can over to the Search Engine Map [click here] which shows you a bunch of Search Engines and how they relate to each other. Or you can also go over to this one dude's personal website whose done A Lot of reaserch into the topic (way more than me) and seems to be pretty legit, if a little extra. [click here to go to digdeeper.neocities.org] Hope this infodump is useful to someone =D

PS: here's to hoping all the links work!

EDIT: eliminated the "read more". Figured there are enough mega long posts in tumblr, one more won't make no difference lol (tho the version w the read more has been reblogged already, in case you'd rather)

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I agree with this. I don’t see myself ever really getting into Japanese pro wrestling, but the magical girl-influenced characters do intrigue me.

Both images above feature the wrestler, Mizuki, and these aren’t even the only dynamic photos of her!

And then there’s her signature move: Whirling Candy 🍭 🍬

Every image of her looks like a painting

I was so curious about the physicality of that last gif, when I finally noticed: the other wrestler is the one to give her that big spin! Watch their hands closely. That's some good ass choreography.

Look at these action poses— she’s an irl anime character!

(also, reblogging this for later— these are some kick-ass action references!)

To the attention of @inky-curves

This dress is part of an elaborate heist involving talking animals. At a crucial moment, the wearer can provide tiny swords to a squirrel, a crow, and a tortoise.

#people want to treat their own bad behavior as if it was as inevitable as the weather #and then when the people they're assholes to are like 'actually fuck you' and stand up for themselves #they get all pearl clutchy about how they have a ~right to express themselves~ and how other people ~just can't handle the truth~ #toddlers (via @shesgonnachangetheworld)

They think they’re being edgy and rebellious, but they’re actually just being big whiny babies. It’s lame, and nobody’s impressed.

Need it to be easier?

• baby carrots (good dipped in ranch)
• Celery sticks (add some peanut butter or cream cheese for extra flavor and protein)
• Broccoli (good with ranch, cheese, or salt/pepper/butter)
• Canned peas (you can microwave in a microwave-safe bowl. Good with salt/pepper/butter)
• Bell peppers (cut into strips, good with cream cheese)
• Canned green beans (can be microwaved in microwave-safe bowl. Good with salt/pepper/butter)
• Hummus (good with crackers or tortilla chips)
• Salsa (good with tortilla chips)
• Guacamole (good with tortilla chips)

Need it in something?

Can't see it:

• Hummus
• salsa
• Guacamole

Can see but disguised flavor (can usually be found store bought or done at home and use different veggies):

• Dressed up ramen - just toss in some random veggies in ramen of your choice. Pretty much everything I've tried goes fine with it.
• Chicken pot pie
• Vegetable soup (with so many together it's hard to taste any specific one!)
• Chicken noodle soup
• Sweet and sour pork (haven't tried it but chicken should be fine in place of pork)

Texture problems:

Need it soft:

• Hummus
• Salsa
• Guacamole
• Cooked carrots
• Avocados
• Beans (personally I prefer black beans and canned baked beans)
• Peas (make sure to cook well, great value brand has the softest peas I've tried)
• Cooked broccoli (note: it does smell bad while cooking)
• Cooked asparagus (note: also smells bad while cooking)
• Cooked zucchini and squash (good together but can be eaten separate)
• You can also puree most vegetables and eat with a spoon or use them as a dip

Needs to be crunchy:

• Raw carrots
• Raw celery
• Raw bell peppers
• Salad (remember you can put whatever you want in it! Even if that means no lettuce)
• Most veggies are okay raw, and are usually very crunchy

Veggies google says stay crunchy after lightly cooking:

• Snap peas
• Brussel sprouts
• Cabbage
• Water chestnut
• Bamboo shoots

Broad texture tips:

• You can change textures by eating raw, cooking, chopping, pureeing, etc
• You can separate different textures to use in different ways (ie using broccoli tops in a soup and eating the bottoms raw)

It also really helps to think about why you dislike a vegetable. I found that I am scared of green foods so I like to use those veggies for ingredients in things they are well hidden for. I've also learned that watching something while eating helps because then I'm not looking at the gross green things. When possible, I also like to get help hiding it (ie using cream of celery soup in my chicken and dumplings).

Remember that vegetables are important because they contain nutrients that other foods don’t contain. NOT because they are low calorie.

Eating vegetables slathered in pork fat is always better than not eating vegetables. In fact fat will help you absorb the nutrients. Get those nutrients in your body by any means necessary.

take the veggies you know you like/can tolerate, coat them with a little oil and salt, throw them in the oven for 15-20 mins. (potatoes actually need like an hour or more tho). air friers about 10 mins (20 for potates) just make sure you shake the tray every so often

I’m really particular about veggies (namely when it comes to textures), so here’s what works for me:

- Don’t like the big chunks of tomato and onions in salsa? Blend it! Turn a bunch of veggie chunks in tomato water into a thick, rich sauce! 10x improvement in every way. (If you have texture issues with veggies, a good blender solves so many issues.)

- I think that raw bell peppers and onions have an unpleasant ‘toughness’ to them. But put them on a sandwich with a thick bun like a burger or a sub, and the denseness of the bread masks them very well.

- Sometimes our quirks don’t make sense. I love raw carrots, but only tolerate cooked ones… yet I love broccoli cooked, but not raw. Sometimes, if you don’t like something one way, you might just need to try it prepared differently.

- If you have kids or may have kids in the future and worry about them getting their veggies, take advantage of their imagination and make it fun (that’s what worked for me). I like steamed broccoli because my mother got me to pretend I was a giant eating whole trees. Celery with peanut butter and raisins became ants on a log. Things like that. Depends on the kid, though. Sometimes what foods you like or don’t like is just about having fond memories of it.

I made this in reference to comic/game stuff but I’m glad to see this one’s going over well with all the writers

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Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

every creative on Tumblr: “It me.”

(and they’re all correct and valid and deserve to be supported)

with every note on this post i understand christianity slightly less

important addition in the tags I think!

Very important addition in the tags.

Also, as a lego nerd and an agnostic who’s done a pinch of research I’m pretty sure a lego spaceship stronger than jesus is heresy, but I’ll ask an expert @heresylog

It’s heresy but the child can have a little heresy. As a treat.

(Research montage of doing the red string conspiracy board trope, hacking the databases, and going to that old library Gandalf went to)
I’m pretty sure super strength, forcefields, and futuristic armaments are not on Jesus’s list of abilities and miracles, so I think it’s safe to say that your space ship (assuming the lego model is just a representation of a functioning vessel) actually is physically stronger than Jesus. Nor does that contradict Biblical canon, so it’s not heretical, either.

Like. Less evil is clearly a better option that more evil. I don't get why this is even a question.