Badbunny139

Early 30s, baby millennial. BBRae is my OTP and I enjoy a bunch of hobbies including jigsaw puzzles, TV, movies, books, and fanfiction.

[alasse-earfalas]

Attention Android Users!

I'd heard of this a while ago, but with everything going on in my life, I kinda forgot about it. But it's a really big deal and I haven't seen it talked about in my corner of tumblr at all. So let's fix that!

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.

Have you ever installed an app via direct download because it's never been published on the Play Store? Do you want to make a silly little android game and share it with your friends, or a simple tool to make your everyday life easier?

Starting in September of this year (2026), Google is going to force users to install an update that will make both of those things darn near impossible.

Installing apps that aren't from the Play Store will—at best—require a complicated, unintuitive process, including a 24-hour wait period. And Google will still have the power to shut down this entire process on a whim.

Anyone who wants to make an app for Android (and let people install it without having to go through this convoluted process) will have to pay Google $25 and hand over their government ID for the privilege.

This is a BIG problem, and it affects ALL android users. The website I linked above has more information on the specifics, and a list of ways you can help, including a change.org petition you can sign.

Please spread the word.

[aikoiya]

@jullbnt @smilesrobotlover @skyloftian-nutcase @revarrie @a-weirdo-works @kaezerdoodles @bigsoftmarshmallow @ihav2manyfandoms @thesoulspulse @thedannyphantomcookbook @promise-keeper-papyrus @prophetic-hijinks @aufigirl @starseedpatriot @skywards-and-beyond @shade-pup-cub @dannyphantom-justiceleauge @fiikaela @hyrulechef @haaambugi @krossan @ladyblargh @luminnara @zoe-oneesama @calladraws101 @viviane-lefay @botwstoriesandsuch @botwandtotknpcs @nobodyfamousposts @nayru-s-clay-tablet @noodles-and-tea @mcaquila @melonbear51 @miss-miaumiau @mirthfulmoonshine

Sorry for the tagging. I figure it's better safe than sorry. I even tagged people I've only chatted with a couple times.

[sztupy]

Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previou

[ayeforscotland]

Let’s fucking go

[made-in-manetheren]

This is HUGE.

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

TL;DR Google reeeeeally stepped in it this time.

[alianoralacanta]

5. If the words are Google's, this solidifies the position of universities who demand that all answers from AI are fully cited. If all the in-line citations now have to be (Google, 2026), that's going to make it obvious when someone's trying to use Google as a source. There's still the difficulty with people who are academically dishonest by trying to pass off the AI writing as their own. 6. 91% accuracy is officially too low to use as a source of references, which means the AI can't be used as a source of references either. This makes it less legitimate for such purposes than Wikipedia of all places (Wikipedia might need date/time proof of when it was accessed for the reference to be valid, but at least it is possible to prove the link existed at a particular date and time). 7. This will help encourage the rollout of courses on how to avoid AI search for students who need academic accuracy, because it's statistically not good enough to use. 8. This strengthens the case intellectual property authors have against Google in the EU, as this is proof that an intellectual property transfer took place.

[ftmtftm]

Sometimes I really want to take everyone under the age of 24 (as of 2026) by the shoulders and say:

"I'm really sorry that lockdown and the ongoing pandemic interrupted pivotal educational and social/emotional development moments for you. You have an uphill battle towards adjusting to a lot of community based efforts because you experienced a mass trauma during an incredibly important time in your life where you should have physically been around your peers learning to engage in shared community. There is no "but" here, I'm genuinely really sorry. Something many of us consider key points in our interpersonal growth as youths was taken from you, not without reason but without care for its impact on you. I hope you know we are eternally allies in our struggles and if that is something you struggle to know I hope you can learn it someday."

Because so many of the angriest, most disenfranchised people I see on this website are under 24 and I often try to put younger people's behavior in the context of where they might have been 2020. I've seen the impact on my siblings and their peers+friends first hand, all ages 18-24. We've talked about how its impacted them, the isolation, the attachment to the internet, the anxieties and phobias and fears it developed in them due to the pandemic, the political unrest, and the responses to both that we've seen since. I know they're not the only ones and I know how much being marginalized also influences that impact too.

It's terrifying. I know it must be terrifying for a lot of the young people on Tumblr too. I hope one day we're able to bridge all of those complex feelings into something collective and positive so we can do our best to prevent similar traumas from happening to future generations.

[fakeangel-666]

This is kind of a Raven test redesign. The idea is that when she turns 18 she updates her uniform a bit

I'm not 100% sure about the look and the concept yet, I like it and a few of my buddies on Discord like it too, so I don't think I'll change much about it, but it MIGHT change in the future

I thought since I feel like her cloak has some kind of connection to her powers, it reacts to them and stuff, I'd make the feathers react slightly to her emotions, like puffing up a bit when she's surprised, irritated, disgusted, etc.

[lilaclupin]

Today we were talking about how words can mean different things to different communities, and that people outside the community wouldn't understand. Like how a non-poker player wouldn't understand poker jargon the way other poker players would. Anyway, then my professor said he was gonna show us his "favourite example" and wrote a single word on the board that gave me instant psychic damage: beta.

Apparently sport climbers use this word with a meaning of "technique, method." But for a horrifying, horrifying second there was the possibility in my mind that we were gonna talk about ABO in my fucking linguistics class

[muffinlance]

Professor Betas Georg, who writes 50k omegaverse fics during office hours, boldy wrote "beta" on the board while observing which of his students went dead. still.

[official-linguistics-post]

official linguistics post

[mini-wrants]

The thing that’s always missing from the “women didn’t fight for the right to work they were already working they fought to get paid” is that many women also very much wanted to work.

Women wanted to be lawyers and engineers and chemists. They wanted to use their brains in challenging and interesting ways. They wanted to get the satisfaction from solving problems and inventing new shit and getting attention for it.

I know not everyone is born with intellectual curiosity or drive or determination but some people are and many of those people are women.

[mini-wrants]

[mini-wrants]

Literally.

[decompose1]

ohhhh shit. target is recalling their up & up baby wipes (fragrance free & fresh cucumber scented) because they're contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia complex and Burkholderia gladioli, multiple people are reporting discoloration & infections. i just got a call about it cuz i had purchased those but i've already gone through them 😅 so no refund for me. but im fine. if you have these they're saying you need to immediately stop using them and bring them back to target for a full refund. this bacteria can cause life threatening infections in children/infants and people with compromises immune systems (ESPECIALLY cystic fibrosis!!) and i know lots of other chronically ill people follow me!!!!

[decompose1]

Hold on i should've been more specific.

First: THIS RECALL IS NOT STATE SPECIFIC. IT IS NATIONWIDE.

here are the specific products and dates:

FDA page on this:

Target Recalls Up & Up Fragrance Free and Fresh Cucumber Scented Baby Wipes Due to Potential Microbial Contamination

Target is voluntarily recalling Up & Up Fragrance Free and Up & Up Fresh Cucumber Scented Baby Wipes following customer complaints of produc

[elwenyere]

-- Ted Chiang, from "Why A.I. Isn't Going to Make Art"

[oldshrewsburyian]

I'm so glad they got Ted Chiang -- a wonderful writer of science fiction and thinker about technology, in my opinion -- to write this essay. My favorite line was this:

Generative A.I. appeals to people who think they can express themselves in a medium without actually working in that medium.

[banchie]

i've been phasing the phrase 'google it' out of my vocabulary and going back to 'look it up'. fuck you youve lost your generic trademark privileges

[i-enact-postvore]

You ever think about many peices of media have zero women and thats just perfectly normal but if a peice of media has an all female cast people get... like that? Women should be allowed to kill over this btw

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[kosmogrl]

[mxrderscenes]

writing is so funny because i could write nonstop for 9hrs and then hit a block where im like "how do i transition between this moment and the next?" and then i just dont touch it for 6 months

[galadrieljones]

Serious advice tho if this happens, it's likely because you already wrote past the end of the scene and wandered too far from the more logical transition point, and you should go back to the last time the writing felt "unforced" and cut everything after.

You can also just skip the transition. Really good writing can span years in a single sentence, like you can just authoritatively state fact and your reader will go with it.

[xalphafox]

This is GOLD! You just saved me like thousands of therapy costs lmao

[headspace-hotel]

When I was writing my fic last few months the strategy I used was "just skip all the scenes I don't want to write" and it worked great in my opinion

[olowan-waphiya]

OUR PUBLIC LANDS ARE NOT FOR SALE. KEEP IT IN THE GROUND.

BLM is planning to lease 14,000 acres for oil & gas drilling

Oil and gas companies could endanger wildlife and communities across 6 Colorado counties: Arapahoe, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt and W

Leave comments here;

The Bureau of Land Management National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Register allows you to review and comment on plans and project docum

[blackheartbiohazards]

I'm gonna say it.

It's unhinged to assume that someone's taste in fiction equates to what they believe is moral or good, or is something they want to see or experience in real life.

That is a bonkers assumption to make.

I'm tired of humoring people with long arguments about it when the simple fact is it is a totally fucking absurd reach to accuse someone who enjoys something in fiction of being in favor of it in real life.

I'm tired of pretending like this is a legitimate position to hold-- that they should be afraid of fiction's dire influence on a reader's moral decay or that it's a sign of what the author secretly wants for realsies in real life.

[blackheartbiohazards]

I promise you it is still getting me death threats in 2024.

[lakemojave]

People are unfazed if you hate women but if you dislike dogs they assume you're a bad person

[lakemojave]

Tumblr users will read a post complaining about normalized misogyny and hyperfocus on your claim that it's ok to dislike dogs

[lakemojave]

Tumblr users will see you complain about misogyny and be ok with not liking dogs and go into your inbox and misgender you

[lakemojave]

I find it genuinely maddening that somehow this post has gotten me more unhinged anon hate and harassment in my comments than any other post I've made. I publicly associate with people with years' long harassment campaigns against them and I've honestly been an unpleasant person to a lot of old friends, and the most those have amounted to is the occasional mean message or block.

Yet this is the one that has made my activity unusable. Thanks everyone in my inbox for proving my point.