i feel sick, honestly can do without the phone for a few days because now i have to focus on rent, mac’s check up, and finding a new job. I will hopefully have some intervues set up by tomorrow. If anyone would like to donate, I hate doing this as much as yoy hate seeing it. I have some set aside to pay back some one back atm also. ik i been asking a lot, im sorry, i don’t have many people near me to help.
Rent: $50/$915, $865 left
Mac’s check up: $150
At this moment I am putting the phone money I got to go towards rent
This is a remake of my old post because it keeps stagnating. I became homeless again and had to move in with my aunt. My mom, who abused me, is around almost every single day. She is angry I went no contact with her and she’s been antagonizing me, which is exhausting and triggering. I’m sleeping poorly and I constantly feel on edge. I haven’t felt this unsafe or unhappy in years. Despite having a college degree, I’m having a hard time finding work in my rural hometown. Most of of the better paying jobs are in cities farther away. My aunt doesn’t have wifi and I can’t afford to pay for it, so working remotely isn’t an option right now. I really need help saving money for a reliable used car to find better paying work and get some time away from my abuser. It would give me some temporary relief and empower me to save money for a move. The target (calculated from the difference of my past donations and my new goal) is $7565 because I am in a lot of debt and I don’t think I can handle another bill right now. I want to own the car that I buy. My sister will put me on her car insurance and help me with taxes/gas. Please, I am really desperate. Anything helps. If I can find a car for less than my goal I will get it. I feel trapped.
I’m also moominhandsoncshapp/vnmo and I have a Ko-FiandCoffee account (I’ve been hoping people will tip me for this post.) I’ve made about $830/7565 as of 29 April 2022.
I see some references to Tumblr introducing the shortening of long posts to more users now. It’s super annoying. I removed this almost immediately after it was introduced so I sort of forgot it existed.
this kid is 14 oh my god is no one teaching children to protect themselves online anymore…
Meanwhile us olds are like: I don’t have a carrd and I’m not reading yours
Please don’t advertise your personal information, anyone could find that and use it however they want.
Oh my fucking god it isn’t 1998 anymore no one cares
??? Wtf does this mean??? 80% of employers google you before hiring you, child predators use that info to groom kids, abusers use that info against victims, police/government track activists online? Do you honestly think the internet has gotten safer since 1998????
also don’t tell any rando who wanders onto your blog with unknown intentions the specifics of how they can trigger you???? no????
the fact that its not 1998 anymore is exactly WHY you should be more fucking careful. do you have any idea the tools people have now compared to then? the fact that its gotten exponentially easier to find people in real life based off online info while young people have gotten extremely comfortable sharing all their personal details is deeply concerning.
im sorry no one ever taught you internet safety but that is NOT because its not important anymore. ITS MORE IMPORTANT THAN IT EVER WAS. please listen to the people whove been on the internet longer than youve been alive. our intentions are good and internet safety is vital. especially if youre queer, which i know for a fact a lot of you are.
Listen, guys and gals and nonbinary pals. I know you’re going to think this is all overblown. But give me two minutes of your time.
My current roommate and I met on Tumblr. In the first three minutes I knew her I KNEW HER ADDRESS FROM HER ETSY. She only lived three miles down and one block over from me. Once we became friends, it took me literally fifteen minutes to drive to her house.
“Okay, but you guys are friends, roommates even, you love each other, what’s the problem?”
The problem is, this story doesn’t always have a happy ending.
The problem is, in another story I’m still 32, but she’s 15 instead of 43, and I’m an asshole.
The problem is, I am an adult. If a first meeting goes wrong, I have a car, a cell phone, and a tire iron in said car that I could defend myself with. What do you have?
The problem is, if you put identifying information out in the open, it could cross paths with someone who only lives 15 minutes away. And maybe they don’t care, and maybe they’re a chill person! That’s often the case.
But maybe they’re not.
“But I don’t put that kind of information—”
Listen. I’m gonna tell you I went to high school at General McLane and grew up by the cove. I’m going to mention that I HATED walking to my bus stop because it was out by the highway. At some point in our conversations, I mention that I’m walking down to the corner to get some ice cream.
Go onto Google and see how long it takes you to figure out, within a quarter-mile radius, where I grew up.
I can tell you how long it took me, using only the information I just provided you: two minutes. I looked up the school and got the address. That gave me the town name. I put that into Google Maps. I found Edinboro Lake and another body of water near it. Zoomed in on the streets near that second body of water, and boom. Cove Drive, right next to an ice cream shop, opening onto a highway.
You now have a radius of less than two blocks where I might have lived.
Do you feel a little less safe putting that information out there? You should. Because I didn’t use any special programs, any elite hacking knowledge. I used nothing but Google, the name of a high school, and two offhand conversational mentions, and in two minutes I’d narrowed it down to a single block. Go ahead—try it yourself.
And yes—I can do this for my roommate, too, even having never been to her hometown. All I need to know is the name of her town and a story about crossing the street and a neighbor’s yard to get to the Walmart.
Do not put this information out there, guys. 95% of people you will meet online are legit. Many are delightful.
But some are not. And those are the ones you need to watch for.
THIS. Almost 20 years ago, I took a class on internet security. Nothing fancy, just an overview of the ways that people with bad intentions can gain access to your accounts and information. The number one security risk? People. You. It doesn’t matter how safe you make your systems when a tiny bit of social engineering and half a brain cell can get you to give them the info they need.
Our “final exam” was to find all of the information that we could on the teacher. Now, he supposedly knows everything that you should and shouldn’t do, right? So we shouldn’t be able to come up with much. Except, apparently I’m really good at finding info on the internet. I managed to find his hometown, high school, year of graduation, and even yearbook pictures. I passed the class, but it just goes to show that any schmoe can come up with enough info to track you down and hurt you.
That list of ‘just the basics’ filled me with a feeling of disbelief and horror.
“Just the basics, like a list of everything needed to easily find, visit and/or doxx you, and a cheat sheet for all the easiest ways to hurt you.”
It’s amazing growing up in the “ask parents before going online” and “never put personal information online” age and seeing the rise of the “overshare to a dangerous amount” age.
It would be cool if it ties into the Maya and the three and Book of Life universe, like if Xibalba or Lord Mitclan were in charge of some cool underworld secret illegal wrestling place
