Hello! I'm a cybersecurity witch, and I wanted to start a series of posts (as various disabilities, life, etc allow) with basic operational / personal security tips for these trying times. This is my first simple primer on persistent advertising IDs on mobile devices, and why you should care.

Disable Persistent Advertising Identifiers

Why? Persistent advertising identifiers (Ad IDs) allow vendors to build a profile of you across multiple advertising exchanges, websites, and locations (yes, physical locations). Aside from corporations, who else buys this data? Law enforcement, local, state and federal governments.

Android

• Open the Settings app on your Android device.

• Navigate to Privacy (this might be under "Security & Privacy" or similar, depending on your device).

• Select Ads.

• Tap on Delete Advertising ID or Reset Advertising ID. This will reset your Advertising ID, making it harder for advertisers to track you.

• Enable Opt out of Ads Personalisation to further limit ad tracking.

iOS

1. Open the Settings app on your iOS device.

2. Go to Privacy.

3. Select Tracking.

4. Toggle off the switch for "Allow Apps to Request to Track". This will prevent apps from asking to track you in the future.

5. Review the list of apps that have requested tracking permission and toggle off any apps you want to stop tracking.

Additionally, you can disable Apple's own targeted advertising by going to:

1. Settings.

2. Privacy.

3. Apple Advertising.

4. Toggle off "Personalized Ads" to disable Apple's ad targeting.

As a Venezuelan who had to immigrate because of what happened in my country. This is what I say to you….

The majority can be wrong.

Please, keep that in your hearts.

Yesterday I've had a long day i go to work and i study too since i am that busy and my parents are strict Christians i can't practice at home freely so ijust spent my day listening to some chanting (enn) of hecate and clauneck i am a baby witch odk what i was doing but ive got a good intention i just said i wanna see something in my dream about my life since my life is a mess actually i didn't expect anything to happen but i saw a dream in my dream it was raining and i go to toilet in the toilet scary looking dog say it wolf it was sitting there when i get in he started talking to me i didn't remember the things he said clearly but he seems jealous and he talks to me like i did something's wrong to him and i said to him i did this and this things (i can't remember) for u but ive felt he is going to attack me so i get in to one toilet and locked it thinking hewouldn't get in but he jumped off above the door and i was thinking he was definitely sure he was gonna kill me even if i scream i know nobody is gonna hear me screaming and i woke up from my dream

What do yall think?

How to be a Distributor?

I have a printer, plenty of toner/paper and time.

Thank you u/sailorjupiter28titan for your post. https://www.reddit.com/r/WitchesVsPatriarchy/s/aZAOFF0Uw0

It got me thinking: where can I find the best resources and information? Where would be the best legal place to distribute?

Thank you fellow witches, stay strong in these tiring times

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/01/kira-nerys-wears-a-uniform-its-too-tight.html

Found this elsewhere and immediately thought of all of you.

These got me thinking about what other additions I could add to my Victory Garden. Any thoughts from the coven?

I've been having an utterly miserable week for multiple reasons.

On my way home from work today, I was walking past the cemetery as usual. I heard the distinct caws of crows and decided to slow down and see where they were and get a good look.

To my surprise and awe, within the space of a couple minutes, I saw what looked to be at least 30 crows maybe even more that all flew towards me and landed on various trees and buildings around me as I walked, all while letting out their beautiful caws

As I walked farther away from the cemetery, most of them flew away back towards it.

Considering I'm in a time of immense change in my life, not to mention I took a brief evening walk through the cemetery to clear my head a few days ago after a particularly grueling day, I can't help but feel like this is some kind of message. I just hope it's a good one.

My tiny ivy curling around the goddess gives big Imbolc vibes. Her blessings to you!

I have never made one before, I've read that it can be better to do for oneself and I'm also taking a crack at it but this is extremely important to me and I think requires some skill. (Plus I would love to see what y'all come up with.) I plan to place it everywhere I go and wear it on my body at protests. The words are:

DEMOCRACY IS NOT CHAOS

(With no offense intended to chaos magic :) Can anyone help? Happy to discuss the intention further, although I think it's likely pretty clear.

(This is also my first ever post on reddit, please let me know if I did anything wrong. I didn't think it fit the politics megathread but happy to move it if I'm incorrect about that)

I've always had an interest in witches and witchcraft but I've never been sure where to start. Do you have any recommendation books that would be worth checking out?

Don't forget to counterbalance it with a blessing for the disenfranchised, both local and worldwide, as we are all connected.

Share your favorite hexes, mantras, and blessings below.

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So, not everyone is falling in line with the new administration's disregard for Diversity Equity and Inclusion. My employee-owned company has doubled down on requiring DEI training and just reassigned all of us to retake that training.

#I love to see it!! 😻

To address those of us who wanted a feminist space for women, by women, and modded by women only, I have created a sub called DifficultWomen

Things that set this sub apart:

All women only

This space is witchy friendly but not witchy centric. We already have this lovely place for that.

LGBTQ+ inclusive where ALL women, trans woman are women, will be safe.

From the ACLUs bluesky: They are hosting a free, online training to learn how to protect immigrant communities and know your rights. January 30th at 8pm eastern.

https://act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-training-2

According to medieval hagiographies, one of St. Brigid of Kildare's "miracles" was performing a safe abortion for her friend, in which the friend was not harmed.

She's a symbol of reproductive autonomy and care!

To me, Brigid is the goddess of fire, healing, poetry, and midwifery.

I'm excited to honor her as we transition from winter to spring. I hope to plant and nurture the seeds of my righteousness, rage, and determination!!

How are you celebrating?

Hey Witches!

I’m an American witch and I had a vision in November.

I was walking outside and was feeling very connected to Gaia. Even now as I write this I feel all floaty lol. She gave me the vision of our ancestors. She showed me pictures and names of woman I’ve learned about and how they have shown us what do.

I took the vision as strength. That the woman who came before us, our mothers and ancestors, are with us now and giving us strength.

I share this because it has helped me so much. I recommend reading about some of these women. Many just like us and unsure of what to do.

Miep Geis is someone who keeps coming up for me. I read Anne Frank remembered and I am just in awe of her.

I believe in us!

Keep fighting the patriarchy my lovelies.

A while ago I made a post about games with no action which are witchy. Well, I just finished replaying "A Hat in Time" and I feel like it's the best witchy game I know of which IS an action game.

"A Hat in Time" is a 3D platformer starring the main character, Hat Girl. She starts off with a tophat which allows her to see her goal from a distance. As she progresses she knits herself new hats which give her new abilities, such as a hood that allows her to sprint, a fox mask that allows her to see things she couldn't see otherwise, and a classic witch's hat which allows her to brew potions.

She has a little spaceship and loses her power source, the time pieces, over a small planet full of quirky characters. She goes down to the planet to collect her time pieces, and battles the people who stand in her way. In the process, she wins the hearts of her opponents, and becomes their friend.

A rival, named Mustache Girl, wants to use the time pieces' ability to affect time to become a hero who solves all the problems of the planet. Hat Girl and her allies convince Mustache Girl to let people live wild, messy, mixed-up lives and not try to fix everything.

There is an entire section of the game which takes place in a haunted forest, with amazing fire spirits, undead critters, and some pretty explicit anti-capitalist storytelling.

As an adult, I didn't find any part of the game particularly difficult. Only optional side-quests and boss battles really gave me a hard time, and even then it just took a few tries.

In addition, I would argue that if you're on a budget, this game is a superior purchase than Super Mario Odyssey. I love Odyssey, but it's criminally short compared to A Hat in Time, and much more expensive. In addition, A Hat in Time is available on platforms other than the Nintendo Switch, such as the PC and PlayStation.

If you love action games, or know a rugrat who does, this is a low price for a whole lot of game. And, like I said, it's pretty witchy!