Me: *Removes My Cat From My Lap To Do Something Else.*

I came across the original video of the seagull meme! What a glorious day! I never realized it was a video, let alone a full throat and hearty evil villain laugh!

Original

had a minor crisis when 12ft.io went down yesterday and thankfully it's back now but this seems like a good opportunity to compile a list of similar paywall-evading tools in case 12ft ever gets canned for real:

12ft.io: the legend himself. definitely my favorite of the bunch by virtue of being the easiest to use (and the easiest url to remember), but it's configured to disable paywall evasion for a handful of popular sites like the new york times, so you'll have to go elsewhere for those.

printfriendly: works great; never had any issues with removing paywalls, even on domains that don't work with 12ft.io. since this site is literally designed to make sites print-friendly, it might simplify the overall formatting of the page you're trying to access, which can be a good or bad thing. my only real issue is that the "element zapper" (which lets you remove content blocks from the print-friendly preview) is a little sensitive if you're browsing on a touchscreen device, which means you might accidentally delete a paragraph when you're just trying to scroll. but if that happens you can reload the page and it'll revert everything back to its original state.

fifteen feet: basically a 12ft clone, minus 12ft's restrictions. haven't used it much since I only discovered it yesterday in the wake of 12ft's 451 error but it seems to do the trick.

archive.today: an archival tool very similar to the wayback machine, but it also works as a de facto paywall removal tool. (the wayback machine seems to remove paywalls as well, but archive.today has better UX imo and is way faster to use.)

and an honorable mention for sci-hub: only works for scientific/academic journals, not random news articles, but the other sites listed above only work for random news articles and not academic publications so you gotta have this one in your toolbelt for full coverage. pubmed is your oyster.

THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN

Get yourself a fabric store that will light your fabric on fire for you

No but legit I asked what the fiber content of something was and the guy didn’t know so he cut a chunk off and lit it on fire and felt the ashes and was like. Yeah this is mostly cotton with a lil bit of silk. And that was the moment I knew. This is it. This is the fabric store for me. Also that guy is marriage material. Not for me but damn some person is gonna be so happy with him.

the I’m Basically Homeless Now fund!!!!

hi! so last week my mother called me and said i was now completely responsible for paying the rest of the $1,525 i owed to my university and that they would no longer be assisting me in paying for school. i’ve suffered long term abuse from them and they refuse to respect my identity and choices.

my old job refuses to take me back because i had to quit over the summer (because i didn’t have anywhere to live here!!!) and i’m having a hard time finding a new one close to my campus - i don’t own a car, so i have to walk. this is hard because i’m both autistic, physically disabled, and i’m an honors student taking over 18 credit hours this semester.

i’ve filled out circumstantial paperwork with the financial aid office at my school, but i still can’t afford groceries, laundry services, or my credit card and medical bills that i’m still paying off (one of which is due on the 21st) i also need a new binder.

i’m getting back into drawing - i promise i used to post art on here. i’m not bad at drawing. i even do some furry stuff. i like to draw porn. i’d love to draw for you if you send me some money.

i’ve exhausted all my options, if you feel like helping a (disabled, nd, transsexual, bi) really, really broke + abused student with some basic needs, i would appreciate it beyond words.

pp: lynnclemonss

vm: lynnclem

whatever man, you're a fake creator. you're not playing spore, you're playing something else entirely

i made this anon in spore [2008]

next time show your face

Whats the opposite of a girlboss. Im like a girlfailure

one of the all time best tweets imo