Fellow Windows 11 users: how to disable newly-installed Microsoft AI!

Folks, with the new updates that've come down recently, Microsoft has installed its "Copilot" AI app on your machine. It apparently cannot be removed.

But it can be disabled.

ETA: first of all, try these less-invasive/difficult options via @sky-blaze:

The slightly more complex and risky approach (as regedit is never entirely safe) comes via the excellent Pihko Misit, aka @smokepaw.bsky.social over at Bluesky). I've just done this to my own desktop machine, and all's well with it now.

Here's what to do:

(1) You need to have Admin rights for the machine and be logged in to the administrator account.

Now, right-click on the Start menu (Windows logo on the Taskbar.) A menu pops up; about half way down it you'll see Terminal and Terminal (Admin). Click on the Terminal (Admin) option.

(2) A DoS-like box will open. (For those of you who've never interacted with a Windows terminal window before, it looks like this:)

On the command line (i.e. the first empty line), copy and paste this:

reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot /v TurnOffWindowsCopilot /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Then hit Enter.

If successful, you'll see a line pop up saying so. Congratulations! But you're not quite finished.

Now you need to close all programs and fully shut down the machine. A restart isn't enough, it needs to be fully powered down and started back up.

"And now," Pihko says, "ou have a NSA-like AI spy dormant on your machine. Stay vigilant, odds are it'll turn back on with future updates! Big Corporate wants you to be compliant. Don't be!"

hearing officials and public figures criticize biden openly on talk shows and seeing newspaper headlines sharply decry israel killing aid workers is making me feel kind of crazy. like it could've been like this the whole time. before 40,000 palestinians were killed and the infrastructure of gaza destroyed. it could've been like this when people gathered their children in plastic bags at al-ahli hospital, when a poet and his family were assassinated for a joke, when journalists buried their families on air, when children were targeted by drones on camera, when a little boy holding his grandmother's hand in one hand and a white flag in another watched her get shot and die in front of him, when a cameraman was left to bleed out with a live counter for hours while his rescuers were shot, when patients were bulldozed in their tents in the courtyard of a hospital, when four babies were left die and decompose alone in their hospital beds, when six year old hind rajab was crying for help trapped in a car with the corpses of her family on the phone with the red crescent for hours until she and the rescuers sent to get her were killed too.

just added these stickers to my store for preorder, all proceeds will be donated to care for gaza!

“Francis Mosses”: Hi, I was told to come here—

Sans: no. get out.

“Francis Mosses”: What’s wrong? It’s me, Francis. I’m the newest Tumblr sexyman.

Bill: HAHAHA—! NO THE F#CK YOU’RE NOT.

Sans: ok, first off, we can all look at each other’s source material. we know you’re not francis and are actually a creepy fake or whatever, so you can drop the act. second, again, no. we have enough recruits to help settle in and train as is.

“Francis Mosses”: But that is what people have been calling me. Can I come in?

Sans: sorry, pal. ever since the word took off, fans everywhere have been naming more and more characters sexypeople at exponentially faster rates. look, come back in a few months with proof of maintained keter status and then maybe we’ll consider.

“Francis Mosses”: How dare you, I belong here, let me iN—

Sans: *sigh* bill?

Bill: *chucks him through a portal* SHEESH! ISN’T MOST OF THE TRENDING THIRSTY CONTENT FOR THAT GUY ON TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM?

Sans: . . .

Bill: I TOLD YOU YOUR IDEA WAS FLAWED!

Sans: it’s not flawed.

Bill: IT’S SO FLAWED!

Sans: they’re just being chosen too fast for us to process. typical fandom boom.

Bill: SURE. WHATEVER YOU SAY, BONEBAG.

TW for scenes of brutal assault and injuries.

Toronto police have interrupted a peaceful protest - in support of Palestine on Land Day - to brutalize all attendants. They notably also brought horses to trample participants. 6 were arrested, multiple were hospitalized. Fellow protestors are organizing to demand their release.

March 30th 2024.

this morning the United Nations Human Rights Council voted on a resolution calling for a ban on arms sales to Israel and the resolution passed. two Israeli border points opened for aid routes (they were supposedly open? lmao), Biden is calling for an immediate ceasefire, last night was the first without air attacks on Gaza.. the killing of seven foreign aid workers shook the world apparently, but oh god how late. the journey to recognising genocide for some seems to avoid acknowledging the humanity of thousands of Palestinians who have been murdered

Marshie: just like that, babygirl— OH, FUCK! when the hell did you get here, bro?!

Bill: *in the doorway* I’VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE HOURS!

Sans: *from underneath marshie* ...did toriel let you in?

Bill: NO, BUT I LET FRISK WHOOP MY @SS IN CHESS, AND I PLAYED FORTNITE WITH YOUR LITTLE BROTHER FOR 45 MINUTES!

Marshie: …how much did you see?

Bill: EVERYTHING! IT WAS GROSS AS F#CK!

Sans: is that my mug?

Bill: ASGORE SAID I COULD MAKE THE LIGHT ROAST!

Marshie: sooo are you gonna head out now?

Bill: *floats away* I’M BAKING A 30 INGREDIENT CAKE IN YOUR KITCHEN!

booping someone numerous times when they only booped you once feels like this

war never changes

On This Day In History

March 23rd, 2021: A container ship runs aground and obstructs the Suez Canal for six days.

goodnight everyone (:

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There he is!! The guy up close!!

His hair used to be perfectly straight but he stays with me in the bed and is constantly crushed so the sides just curled up from all the abuse

Fucked up thing i made <3

you should draw a human version of this guy next to your normal astor. as enrichment