Add cool chars to README, lsd alias, and Ubuntu telemetry disable script

collected/README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ move/sort files in current dir to subfolder named after mime-type
 
 ##toggle_touchpad
 toggle touchpad on notebook on and off via xinput
+
+## Cool chars
   Decimal      Hex     Char           Category            Name
     9675    0x0025cb     ○   Symbol, Other              WHITE CIRCLE                  
     9684    0x0025d4     ◔   Symbol, Other              CIRCLE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT BLACK
@@ -44,3 +46,12 @@ toggle touchpad on notebook on and off via xinput
    10003    0x002713     ✓   Symbol, Other              CHECK MARK                    
    10033    0x002731     ✱   Symbol, Other              HEAVY ASTERISK                
      945    0x0003b1     α   Letter, Lowercase          GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA      
+
+
+🥓 			1f953
+🍔 			1f354
+🐢			1f422
+☠ 			2620
+а kyrilisches a 	0430
+zero width space	202b
+print reverse		202e

config/bash_aliases

@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ alias pushalert='pushover --title "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)"
 [[ -f /usr/share/doc/fzf/examples/completion.bash ]] && source /usr/share/doc/fzf/examples/completion.bash
 HISTTIMEFORMAT="%F %T "
 shopt -s autocd
+alias ll='lsd -lAF'

systemscripts/disable_ubuntu_telemetry.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if script is run as root
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Please run this script with sudo."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Explicitly decline data collection for ubuntu-report (if it was not removed)
+echo "Declining data collection for ubuntu-report..."
+if command -v ubuntu-report &> /dev/null; then
+    ubuntu-report -f send no
+fi
+
+# Remove telemetry packages
+echo "Removing telemetry packages..."
+sudo apt purge -y ubuntu-report popularity-contest apport whoopsie apport-symptoms
+
+# Prevent packages from being reinstalled
+echo "Preventing telemetry packages from being reinstalled..."
+sudo apt-mark hold ubuntu-report popularity-contest apport whoopsie apport-symptoms
+
+# Block telemetry domains
+echo "Blocking telemetry domains..."
+sudo bash -c 'echo "127.0.0.1 www.metrics.ubuntu.com" >> /etc/hosts'
+sudo bash -c 'echo "127.0.0.1 metrics.ubuntu.com" >> /etc/hosts'
+sudo bash -c 'echo "127.0.0.1 www.popcon.ubuntu.com" >> /etc/hosts'
+sudo bash -c 'echo "127.0.0.1 popcon.ubuntu.com" >> /etc/hosts'
+
+# Disable error reporting in settings (requires GUI interaction)
+echo "To fully disable telemetry, ensure 'Send error reports to Canonical' is set to 'Never' in Settings → Privacy → Diagnostics."
+
+echo "Telemetry disabling completed."