Local moth fairy loves lämp, more at 11 @elfi@pixie.town

Kamikaze Girls: An alternative and queer retrospective

This 2004 biker-girl-meets-lolita cult film is back in print thanks to Discotek, which makes it a great time to look back on what a great (and sapphic) coming-of-age tale it is.

https://www.animefeminist.com/kamikaze-girls-an-alternative-and-queer-retrospective/

#blackhistorymonth
@blackmastodon

Bessie Coleman (1892-1926)
-first licensed Black woman pilot.

Denied access to flight training in the USA, Bessie Coleman learned French and went to France for flight training.

When astronaut Mae Jemison made history as the first black woman in space, she was carrying a photograph of Bessie Coleman with her.

-image credits via:
https://dressparade.org/bessie-coleman/

infinite-headed quox

palette: https://yummy.cricket/rainbow-quox/#45rzj2zyhjy7l0cq

New terms of service for Disney+ just dropped, including this gem:

Ooh, ooh, I can repost my most popular tweet!

Tiny dragons need kobolds too~

Catherine
(she's a cat, if you couldn't tell)

Amazon is removing the ability to download purchased Kindle content, which is the only way to read it on my Kobo or elsewhere. What this means is I will no longer be purchasing (“a license to”–ick) any books by the mostly independent authors who exclusively publish there; just cancelled preorders.

@zacwest For any readers who go "huh": It is possible to download all your Amazon ebooks, remove their DRM with DeDRM, make some backups and, if desired, delete your Amazon account. Well, until February 26th it is possible, so do it now before they are lost forever.
https://umatechnology.org/how-to-de-drm-kindle-books-using-calibre-2024/

today everyone must reply to this thread with "beware, I live" so that we know that you live

All my emojis, including blobbee and neobread, can now all be found together in one place:

https://github.com/olivvybee/emojis/releases/latest

The “assets” section at the bottom has a .tar.gz (for mastodon) and a .zip (for *key) for each pack, plus a zip of hi-res versions. Each release also now has an “updates pack” so you can just download the emojis that have changed since the last release!

After Dark
At the foot of a hidden temple lays a pond with red flare lilies. When they bloom at night, all the nocturnal creatures are drawn by the scent.
#illustration #MastoArt #fantasy #fantasyart #fairy

Auroral Hummingbird over Norway

Image Credit & Copyright: Mickael Coulon

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250210.html #APOD

UPDATED = February 10, 2025

List of service providers outside the United States jurisdiction. 😉

🔍 Web Search Engine =

* Qwant, located in France, Europe
https://www.qwant.com

* Ecosia, located in Germany, Europe
https://www.ecosia.org

* Mojeek, located in England, Europe
https://www.mojeek.com

* Swisscows, located in Switzerland, Europe
https://swisscows.com


🔑 Password Manager =

* Heylogin, located in Germany, Europe +
https://www.heylogin.com
It is tied to your hardware.

* pCloud, located in Switzerland / Bulgaria, Europe +
https://www.pcloud.com/pass.html
Use a VPN when first signing up to ensure your data is saved on their Europe Servers. You can see a copy of the documentation here: https://docs.pcloud.com/


🔏 Privacy Focused E-mail =
NOTE: Proton was rejected, because they fall under US-jurisdiction.

* Tuta, located in Germany, Europe
https://tuta.com/

* Soverin, located in the Netherlands, Europe
https://soverin.com/

* Startmail, located in the Netherlands, Europe
https://www.startmail.com/

* Mailfence, located in Belgium, Europe
https://mailfence.com/

🌐 Public DNS =

* CIRA Canadian Shield, located in Canada, North America
https://www.cira.ca/en/canadian-shield/configure/

* Mullvad DNS, located in Sweden, Europe
https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls

* DNS0, located in France, Europe
https://www.dns0.eu


🌐 Managed DNS =

* AdGuard DNS, located in Cyprus, Europe
https://adguard-dns.io/

* ClouDNS, located in Bulgaria, Europe
https://www.cloudns.net/

* deSEC, located in Germany, Europe
https://desec.io/

🤫 VPN =
NOTE: Proton was rejected, because they fall under US-jurisdiction.

* iVPN, located in Gibraltar, Europe (UK territory)
https://www.ivpn.net/

* Mullvad VPN, located in Sweden, Europe
https://mullvad.net/

* Goose VPN, located in the Netherlands, Europe
https://goosevpn.com/

* Xeovo VPN, located in Finland, Europe
https://xeovo.com/

* Winscribe, located in Canada, North America
https://windscribe.com

🌍 Domain Registration / Web Hosting =
NOTE: Hetzner was rejected, because of their homophobic policies.

* Scalewy, located in France, Europe
https://www.scaleway.com/

* OVH, located in France, Europe
https://www.ovhcloud.com/

* Jottam located in Norway, Europe
https://jottacloud.com

* Aruba, located in Italy, Europe
https://aruba.it

* Hosting Dot NL, located in the Netherlands, Europe
https://hosting.nl

* Bahnhof, located in Sweden, Europe
https://bahnhof.cloud

* Glesys, located in Sweden, Europe
https://glesys.com/

🌍 CDN =

* Key CDN, located in Switzerland, Europe
https://www.keycdn.com/

* Ipv64, located in Germany, Europe
https://ipv64.net

#Vpn #Dns #Cdn #Email #WebHosting #SearchEngine #PasswordManager #RuleOfLaw #Justice #FreedomOfSpeech #Project2025 #Facism #Nazis