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Illegal streaming sites

subscription services are regressing to cable basically

@horsegirl420

Jan 25, 2024

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Consuming Less and Less

- Hulu/Disney+ (will cancel as soon as they crack down on password sharing) - Playstation Plus Extra - MoviePass (will likely cancel. Criterion would be a better sub) - Pandora Plus - FitBod - Squarespace (seriously considering switching to Ghost) - Backblaze (😌 peace of mind is amazing) - iCloud storage (😡 peace of mind is amazing)

@lucius

Oct 29, 2024

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Preservation matters (vhs and dvds too)

Not only do we own our media when we collect it, but we are preserving it. There are some movies that you can’t stream, and without physical media to rent or even purchase, it’s become increasingly difficult to access movies and shows. A recent and resonant example is the film “28 Days Later”—there was a period about a year ago where it wasn’t streaming anywhere. Just poof 💨 gone. And physical copies of the movie are super hard to find. We are losing the recipes if we don’t collect, keep, and treasure our media. I got into the mix with VHS tapes and have also begun to rebuild my DVD collection. And my goodness, what a treat it is to watch the era-specific trailers when I pop a tape on. The whole viewing experience becomes an event. All of this is to say, renting my media digitally no longer works for me. I don’t trust media companies and big corporations to not fumble the bag with our art, our culture, our history. We owe it to ourselves to be the stewards of what we love and care about, because there’s no guarantee Spotify will have that song tomorrow. Addendum: As of last month, the oldest title on Netflix streaming is from 1973. Now imagine if Netflix was the only platform you used to stream, how would you even come into contact with something earlier than 1973? Where and how would you access earlier media?

@salad_valet

Mar 9, 2025

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Top Recs from @wakeuplmd

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keeping things to yourself

You don’t have to tell everyone everything in/about your life, especially online, in today’s online yet frequently data-breached world. Like the great Christopher Wallace once said: Keep your family and business completely separated

@wakeuplmd

Mar 24, 2025

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Allbirds shoes

I have a near-Biblical dislike of Allbirds shoes and every other Tim Cook Jeff Bezos Middle-aged Balding Pickleball coach ass shoe out there for convincing the public that these were in any way cool. No dude, you look like a loser with these. They look bland and lifeless, like they were concocted in the same boardroom that made the flat graphic design trend that Meta and Google love so much. Hell, even notorious ip-infringer Skechers makes better looking shoes than these. They don’t even feel good to wear. They have no soul or personality and yet some people swear by them. Who are these shoes for?

@wakeuplmd

Feb 16, 2025

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Real

real talk the minute I find a good picture and set it as my profile it looks horrible small and I end up changing it 4 more times. Happens every time I stg

@wakeuplmd

Mar 18, 2025

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