Waking Up

Nyakim Gatwech at the 2018 Emmys

shuri: brother you can’t keep bringing home broken white boys and ask me to fix them

thor: my apologies princess shuri! I never meant to inconvenience you, I shall take my leave immediately -

shuri: shut up I already made you three new eyes this one has tiny lightning bolts that glow in the dark

When Hurricane Maria cut off access to electricity and water on Puerto Rico, some women started to change how they styled their hair.

Hair stylist Laura Om says straightened hair is a cultural norm that has been reinforced on the island for a long time. 

Many of her customers had been getting their hair straightened since they were young girls. When they came to her salon after Hurricane Maria, Om says, they didn’t even know what their natural hair looked like.

After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rican Women Embrace Their Natural, Curly Hair

Aries: flames directly from hell, shards of diamonds, the energy of a toddler, and a gallon of caffeine

Taurus: clusters of emerald gemstones, the scent of old books, warm chocolate chip cookies, and silk pajamas

Gemini: wind from a tornado, a pinch of salt, a child’s laughter, and a cup of glitter

Cancer: shimmering tears, the moon’s light, the scent of fresh lavender, and water from an ocean storm

Leo: a Hollywood actresses’ tears, the pride of a lion, the morning sun’s rays, and beaming highlighters

Virgo: freshly roasted coffee, the scent of new books, a bouquet of daisies, and the breeze of a fall afternoon

Libra: a cup of rose petals, a bottle of fruity perfume, creamy frosting, and the voice of Marilyn Monroe

Scorpio: deep rooted secrets, the eyes of a psychic, passion *added for flavor*, and a midnight conversation

Sagittarius: a child’s optimism, a folk song riff, a language not yet known, and the wisdom of a philosopher

Capricorn: the bones of a warrior, a gallon of pessimism, a leader’s authority, and Saturn’s tough, layered rings

Aquarius: an alien’s brain, a tablespoon of star dust, holographic beams, and one mystery flavored airhead

Tumblr’s at it again, thanks to the new European Privacy Laws. There’s probably nobody who will read this, but it pissed me off so much that I decided to make a post about it. (Ignore the weird language mish-mash, depending on your country the language might differ.)

OK, so many of us get this screen when we try to access our dash:

Realise how the ‘OK’ button is a nice, attention-grabbing blue? If you’re like me, you’re not exactly into reading a 100 pages document and tend to just click it.

My tip? DONT. Instead click on ‘Manage Options’ right next to it:

Now you’ll see this page:

Still pretty harmless, right? That ‘Accept’ button is looking really attractive right now. Instead, click on Verwalten (Probably something like ‘Manage Options’ or something in english) and you’ll get to this page:

Now that’s not too bad, right? I just switched all the buttons to ‘off’, because I’m jealously guarding my personal information and don’t want Tumblr to go off and do who knows what with it. Looks like we’re done! But wait: There’s a SHOW option.

When we click on that one, what we will get is this:

A HUGE list with OVER 300 ENTRIES of companies that can use your data by default if you’d just clicked ‘OK’ on that very first page. Coincidence that this list is hidden that much? Me thinks not. They’re all switched on by default, but I am still a petty bitch that doesn’t want to give out her data, so I switched them all off. All 300+ of them. There is no option to switch them all off at once, and even if you disable all the options above, the companies are still switched on.