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Rory Mir

@falsemirror.masto.nyc.ap.brid.gy

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@cypurr co-founder Director of Open Access & Tech Community Engagement at @eff 🌉 bridged from ⁂ masto.nyc/@falsemirror, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Rory Mir @falsemirror.masto.nyc.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

Trillion dollar industry

chatgpt 5.4 mini prompted to draw Shadowheart in ASCII art. Returns a weird egg figure.

chatgpt 5.4 mini prompted to draw Shadowheart bigger. Returns a more egg-like figure.

chatgpt 5.4 mini prompted to make shadowheart more realistic. A weirder egg figure.

chatgpt 5.4 asked to have her hair blowing in the wind. Returns a weird egg figure with open legs.

Rory Mir @falsemirror.masto.nyc.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

Browser
Browsers should have your back
in the public internet. Chrome
just looks out for itself and
its advertising hussle

Foxy Flame: Firefox

Polycule Picks: Brave & DDG browser

A Luigi vibes: TOR browser

Right in the AdSense
extensions to really piss off Google

Privacy Firefox
Badger Container
uBlock Origin
AdNauseum
Decentraleyes

Drive
Google Drive: the biggest snitch you know

Cute but Slow: Cryptpad

Good Listener: Joplin

More Romansh: Proton (again)

Expensive Taste: Filen

Android
Cheap phones paid with data

Hacker Type: GrapheneOS

Warning: This wipes the device, mistaks can be hard to fix in install

other Apps

Google play: Aurora & FDroid
Google maps: Organic Maps
Youtube: Newpipe

Instructions on how to fold the zise, a cat sketch and text:
Don't google us
cypurr.org
@cypurr.org on bluesky
@cypurr@mastodon.social

Rory Mir @falsemirror.masto.nyc.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

@cypurr In case anyone wants the zine, it's on the cypurr instagram and here (pt 1)

"break up with Google" "dump their toxic assests" "Jan 2026 cypurr.org

Please note:
Google's BS is systemic, not a personal failing.
Be gentle with yourself (and others)...but also, these fuckers
thrive on "comfort".’ Make an effort! -

Search
change browser defaults,
get another app

First date: duckduckgo
European Lover: Startpage

Chat
Google's not the only creep in your DMs.
Telegram, Whatsapp, iMessages? Get every1 to:

The Perfect Tryst: Signal

Video Chat
Let's not Google Meet again

The whole package: Signal (again)
Work Crush: Jitsi Meet

email & cal

It's not 2004, gmail isn't special anymore.
And holding email hostage until you buy storage? yikes

Suite Treats: Protonmail & Tuta
Side piece: Firefox Relay

Rory Mir @falsemirror.masto.nyc.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025

Internet infrastructure

Screenshot from the Simpsons: Mr. Burn's doctor demonstrating with plushies in a doorway how all of his ailments are preventing any one of them from taking hold

Rory Mir @falsemirror.masto.nyc.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2025

@thorinklosowski.com