RvB ReBooted

Simon "the butcher" who keeps apologizing for not knowing better, for causing harm to the people in the room, for being rightfully angry and lashing out, turning every knob and lever and pressing that damn button because why would it work when he doesn't have any power and why didn't they just Tell Him??

Simon "the butcher" who gets teary and has the look of a hurt child on his face when ava mentions filament station and his voice trembles when he is quick to say "that wasn't supposed to happen"...

Simon "the butcher" who apologizes to the sm-13, an inanimate object, after hitting the console.

Screenshot of the NWS weather statements map, accurate as of 3:30pm eastern time on 1/22/26.

If you live in one of the areas of this map that's colored in, you need to go to Weather.gov, search for your local weather station (type your town and state into the search bar at the top left), and read all of the weather statements that have been released for your area. And you need to keep checking them as the storm approaches, because things could change a lot in a short period of time.

There is an unprecedented winter storm that is going to hit well over half of the states in the USA between Friday (1/23/26) and Monday (1/26/26). The Polar Vortex -- an extremely cold and dry air mass that usually lives over the arctic circle -- is going to be stretching down to the Mississippi Valley, where it will encounter a large, humid air mass known as an Atmospheric River. The two will then form a winter storm that, depending on where you are, could drop anywhere from 1+ inch of ice to 12+ inches of snow.

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but!

if you’ve been a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, you can enroll into the address confidentiality program (free of cost!) and be registered to vote as an absentee voter and your name and address will not be made available for the public

it is super easy to get enrolled - the application takes like 5 minutes, but it has to be with someone who is certified to do it (most likely an advocate! try going to a family justice center in your area or calling the Attorney Generals office in your area!!!!)

ALSO : 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_confidentiality_program

Make time to scrape off your car before you go. Scrape off all of your car. This means the roof and the rear windshield as well.

If the road looks wet but you’re not sure if there’s black ice, look at the wheels of the car in front of you. If you can see droplets flinging up, the water on the road is not frozen.

Your stopping distance will increase exponentially with how bad the weather is. Give yourself at least twice as much room to stop as you normally would.

If your car is going out of control and you HAVE to hit something, aim for something soft (snowbanks are softer than trees) and hit that thing at an angle.

Never get in the car without a coat, hat, and gloves.

If your car is out of control, look and steer where you want your car to go.

Take your car to an empty parking lot with snow in it and purposefully lose control. This will teach you how to handle your car.

If your car is real wheel drive, put something heavy in the trunk to give you better traction.

Take 5mph off the speed limit for bad weather, 10mph off for really bad weather.

For automatic transmission cars, the N in PRNDL stands for Neutral. This is the gear that your car should be in if you are trying to push it.

If you need to use your windshield wipers, your headlights also need to be on.

This button is your defroster: 

Please use your defroster if your windows are fogging up.

Ultimately, please just stay safe. Do these things not only for yourself, but to protect others on the road.

When braking, you should not only allow much more distance for braking (as above) but also lightly, rapidly, and repeatedly tap the brake pedal with your foot. This is called feathering the brakes. Even if you have anti-lock brakes, feather them. Source: Personal experience.

DO. NOT. GO. FAST.

If your car begins to swerve and/or spin, do not use either the accelerator or the brakes. Doing either will put more energy into the situation and you will swerve and/or spin more. Which way is the butt of the car going? Turn your wheel in that direction a little bit at a time. Let the car slow down on its own. Unless it is headed toward your doom, do not get out. You are safest inside its crash protection. (Not applicable to Tesla vehicles, antique cars, or anything that is on fire. Do not drive any of those three in icy winter conditions.)

When you can feel that the car is once again on Not Ice, assess the situation. If it is safe to drive away, accelerate very gradually and turn gently. Pretend you are transporting an assembled wedding cake.

Even if the rest of the highway is not icy, the bridge or overpass will be icy. Drive accordingly.

Hello RVB community! Secret Santa applications are OPEN

I have met

Asaf Ronen- The Counselor

Lee Eddy- Four Seven Niner

Shannon McCormick- Wash, Iowa

Shana Merlin- South

Tickets still available if you want to come, and while this is in Austin, there is no Joe Rogan or his shitty comedy club involved

Transgender community, please please please do NOT use this product! It will kill you if used, please do not use it whatsoever.

Caboose is a grown ass man & enjoys things that are considered childish & he's dumb dumb but also disabled and that doesn't equal dumb child man

In fact. I am basing Caboose being into more "childish things" off one of my besties (also involved in ReBooted & RvB nerd). But in a more mainstream sense, I think the best way to describe how Caboose's "childish aspects" is the 11th Doctor on Doctor Who. A grown man who enjoys what he enjoys with no shame. (Also as this mindset was so important to me and becoming my true self)

So here is are mini writing Caboose Bible:

Caboose is a grown man

But Caboose is unapologetically into what makes him happy (figurines, plushes, etc)

Caboose is impulsive in ways

No Lenny animal jokes (Mr Frittles is retconned as a cheap plush they have to sew back as a running gag)

He's strong and he's a tank, but not a crusher- he's gentle & thoughtful

Simple wisdom- it's hard to give an example without spoiling what we've written. Short is basically Caboose gives good advice and cuts out the "usual adult talk" bs

is grimmons real? revealing the truth

this literally only matters to me and @phantomraekens

Stolen from the Electronic Frontier Foundation:

On Android 

With the release of Android 12, Google began allowing users to delete their ad ID permanently. On devices that have this feature enabled, you can open the Settings app and navigate to Privacy > Ads. Tap “Delete advertising ID,” then tap it again on the next page to confirm. This will prevent any app on your phone from accessing it in the future.

On iOS 

To see which apps you have previously granted access to, go to Settings > Privacy > Tracking. You can set the “Allow apps to Request to Track” switch to the “off” position (the slider is to the left and the background is gray). This will prevent apps from asking to track in the future. If you have granted apps permission to track you in the past, this will prompt you to ask those apps to stop tracking as well. You also have the option to grant or revoke tracking access on a per-app basis.

Hey, it's Nat, the ND RWBY fan from RTX 2023. I am back because I got my first tattoo last week and have been waiting for it to heal more to really show it off. It's a Red vs Blue one.

I got the Theta symbol because he (Theta) is trust, and in no small part did my RT family build up my trust. I've had a lot of trust and abandonment issues in the past. Even when some bad things happened to me in 2018, outside of the few causing me the pain, my RT family proved my trust was in the right hands.