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Whoa, super cool! The “Hetalia 20th Anniversary Original Art Exhibition WorldFesta", a showcase of pencil drawings and colored artwork by Hidekaz Himaruya, will be held in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, to commemorate the series’ 20th anniversary! A key visual of Italy drawn by Hima-sensei has already been released, with more character reveals soon to follow suit! Today's reveal is: England! Next reveal is: France on July 17! More info on the main website.

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the TL:DR:

Christmas special cancelled

Russell T Davies and his production company are leaving the show

RTD has confirmed on Instagram that there was never a script or proper plan for the Christmas special

The show is going out to competitive tender.

For anyone who is confused as to what 'competitive tender' means:

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The easiest way to get rid of the majority of the bullshit that Windows is forcing on us, as of October 2025, is this one-stop-one-click debloat solution from a modern day hero:

It's very easy, even if you're not tech savvy or get scared of pop up windows saying "ARE YOU SURE?" Yes, you are sure, I promise. This program takes maybe two minutes and will save you SO MUCH pain, time, and money (and exploitation).

Now that you've done that, here's the cleanup, to catch the little shit that the debloat might have missed (most of this will already be done by debloat, but hey, it's good to double check).

Even just reading about some of these features makes me angry. Fucking Copilot and "Discover" AI scrapers are in Notepad. NOTEPAD. And then there's this uncanny valley garbage:

No uncanny valley video calls for me, thanks! (Also, what else is it doing while it scans your face and listens to your calls? What else, microsoft? Because there was a lot of memory being assigned to this program for a simple "smooths your skin" add on).

The truly insane number of places they have stuck ads on your own home computer is sickening. Become Unmarketable.

Bonus:

Some background programs you probably don't need that are taking up space and how to remove them (Microsoft forums, 2024)

Your Samsung Galaxy Phone comes with 22 apps you don't need (Android Police, 2025)

put dates on everything

don’t believe digital stuff is preserved forever - if it’s really important (documents, photos, etc) print it out

name your files accurately I know it sucks but please

don’t destroy the original just bc you scanned it

rubber cement is the devil’s adhesive use photo corners and quit gluing shit

you will NOT remember write it down

if you staple things to the inside of a folder I will find you

💧 Help deliver clean water in Gaza 💧

Relief for Rafah is still operating (September 29, 2025) despite recent evacuation orders and forced displacement. Just a few days ago, they were able to provide a truck with 5,000 liters of water to the families in the camp, who have been displaced from the besieged north into the crowded camps of the Al-Mawasi area.

Long-term residents of Mawasi al-Qarara camp, and displaced people who had recently settled into the camp, were both served. Relief for Rafah used to support almost 70 families: it now supports over 150.

You can support the efforts of this grassroots Palestinian initiative by donating to their fundraiser here:

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