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a list of 100+ buildings to put in your fantasy town
academy
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Just looked at a blog where the header description said 'sometimes I reblog posts I like so I don't forget them'.
And I feel like that, right there, explains so much about how the site has changed in the last few months.
People now think reblogging is an unusual behaviour, rather than a default.
Tumblr newbies, please, for the love of baby Jesus, reblog the posts you like. That is the whole reason the site exists - for you to collect all your shiny fandom objects in a single space. Which you can organize to your heart's content. Or not organize at all, if that's your jam.
Our blogs are intended to be collections of posts, not collections of likes.
THE ENTIRE POINT OF TUMBLR IS REBLOGGING.
Liking does absolutely nothing. There is no algorithm like on IG that will use likes to throw content at people. If you don’t reblog, then no one who doesn’t follow that person (or happen to find it in the tags) will see that post.
Tumblr is supposed to be your bookcase where you show off all of your pretties: the posts you like and the ones that you want to promote to support the other creators in your fandom/community.
When I tell that I LOVE solarpunk
Oh, I remember this, the edit was done by youtuber Waffle to the left.
They didn't just cut out the parts with the oat milk, they skillfully edited over all the god-damn branding and replaced the audio.
But what I still find most hilarious about this whole commercial is the fact that everything they show in this solar punk world seems to be made with sustainable, zero waste and reusable materials.
Everything EXCEPT THE FUCKING CHOBANI BRANDED STUFF! The only plastic you see in this whole commercial is all the straight to the landfill packaging made by the very corporation that tries to sell how sustainable and "green" they are. Unintentional self satire at its finest.
They couldn't even show their yogurt and milk in (basically infinitely reusable) glass containers because they pretty much only sell their shit in plastic
It is such a perfect example of the true face of "green" capitalism, it's hilarious.
The punk in this solarpunk comes from cutting the corporation out of the picture
ALSO
Another really interesting thing about this edit is that they changed the label on the side of the apple-picking machine.
From "donations" to "commons". It's a subtle change, but it makes a huge difference in the world-building of the video. The former implies that this big orchard belongs to an owner and that they're donating the fruits to "the less fortunate" (and, by extension, that poverty is still a thing); the latter implies that the orchard belongs to everyone and that the fruits are free to take in the spirit of solidarity.
Waffle To The Left brought out the potential in this gorgeous video and made it an actual solarpunk utopia — without brands and without corporate pandering, complete with true common ownership over land and resources.
I'll always talk up internet radio stations because I don't think the average person is aware that they're free, can run in your browser (or in any program that can connect to them), work on your phone, run better than a youtube tab, and give you a much better selection of music than you could get from a general algorithmic playlist
(also lots of them have live shows which you can tune into for free)
"oughh I follow this blog for weeb stuff not internet radio promo" here. gensokyo radio.
oh and also I have to plug yggdrasil. it's cute.
if u like folk and/or roots music: wumb.org !!! it is AD-FREE it has ZERO MORNING TALK SHOWS it is on air at 91.9 FM in the BOSTON AREA but streams WORLDWIDE on the WEB it is perfect.
10th anniversary album: ENDLESS SCORE
HE★VENS
A combination of barrier mesh animation and anamorphic projection on elegant porcelain.
I don't care what it's called, Trebek, that's the tightest shit I ever did seen!
im sexualizing blacksmiths. men strong enough to craft swords but delicate enjoy to make you jewelry from the scraps
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So I want to say something here that's worth mentioning:
The internet as we know it today is completely un-navigatable without an adblocker of some form. It's likewise completely unsafe. While an adblocker won't prevent user-end actions that lead to viral compromise, the situation is so fucking dire that even the fucking feds recommend you use an adblocker.
I was/still am an IT professional for longer than some of you reading this have been alive. Putting an Adblocker on a clients computer, regardless of if it's consumer grade or corporate, is the first thing I do. Most ad blockers allow you to white list websites in order to avoid having to deal with shit like what Youtube is doing.
Youtube is preying upon consumer ignorance of white listing in an effort to generate revenue via Youtube Premium. It's fucking dumb as hell, and it's going to directly lead to another wave of compromised systems across the board.
Do not be misinformed. Ad blockers absolutely are a necessary part of the modern internet usage. Please read the wiki on your adblocker of choice (I recommend Ublock Origin) and read up on whitelisting. Don't fall for this fucking scam Youtube is pulling, and most certainly don't stop using your Ad Blocker.
I actually don't think that Premium is the goal here—I think the goal is to get as much user data as possible regardless of whether or not they're paying customers. I have a very good reason for believing this.
See, I have Premium, and I have for like four years. I am exactly what you would assume they want all users of the platform to be. I pay monthly for access to a handful of features that I find useful, and they don't serve me ads at all.
I still make sure to block all tracking cookies whenever possible, because I'm not using the Internet strictly for YouTube, and I'm not in the business of allowing myself to be tracked all across the web when I can avoid it.
A couple weeks ago, YouTube stopped working for me entirely. After having it running in the background more or less all day while I was drawing, it suddenly stopped loading anything but the skeleton.css stylesheet, which looks like this:
Nothing here is clickable, it's literally just a bunch of static graphical elements. I couldn't access my account, settings, anything. I was completely locked out of the service.
I did some digging, and found out that this is one of the things that happens when the anti-adblock protocol catches up to uBlock Origin and shuts down people who refuse to remove that protection. But...I have Premium. The platform doesn't serve me ads at all. There is absolutely no reason for them to block my access to the platform.
Still, I tried turning uBlock Origin off, and it didn't change anything. Weird.
Eventually I got ahold of someone in tech support, and I was told to do the following:
Stop using Firefox, reinstall Chrome, and only use that to access YouTube. This is because that is apparently the only browser that is "truly compatible" with the platform, and if I'm using another one then they can't promise that it will work. (This is a lie, and after a half hour of back and forth with the agent she admitted it, linking me to a page showing all compatible browsers, among which Firefox is prominently listed.)
Completely uninstall any adblockers I have on any browser that I use, because having them at all could cause YouTube to block my access. I was not told to whitelist YouTube, I was told to completely uninstall the extensions on any and all browsers, and then try to access the platform again. This kind of explains the fact that turning UBO off didn't work—the implication here is that my account was flagged as having an adblocker active, even on an alternative browser, and the account itself would be blocked until they were removed.
I was told that unless I completed both of these steps—and these were the first troubleshooting steps offered to me, as a note—then we wouldn't be able to move forward with the tech support process. Literally, if I did not do these things, the agent would not even attempt to provide any more help. I basically told her that was unacceptable, and we went back and forth for a while longer. She told me that adblockers are not a form of Internet security, so removing mine would not leave me vulnerable to anything, and told me to install Chrome an additional four times. I told her that I was not going to install Chrome. She told me that we couldn't move forward unless I carried out every step she instructed me to do in order to fix the problem.
I told her that I was sorry if I seemed nasty, but it seemed like she had no intentions of actually offering any help and was just following a script telling her to make me install Chrome—and that she needed a better script. Her response was "I'm sorry I don't have better news for you," and that ended the conversation.
Again, one more reminder, I have Premium. I am not being served ads at all. That didn't matter, I was still instructed to uninstall those extensions outright, and refused assistance or access to a platform I pay for unless I agreed to do so.
Want to know how I got the platform to load again?
I manually turned off JUST the tracking cookie blocker.
They don't care about users' money, they care about users' data. They care about knowing what you are doing and where you're doing it, even when that information isn't being used to serve ads.
Anyway I cleared my cache/cookies, updated the extension, logged out, restarted Firefox, manually turned the tracking blocker back on, and logged back in. It's worked fine since then.
What a good day to be filming a nature documentary.
your honor he did kill those people but his boobs were bouncing when he did it
Quick question about the last post: Is there like a specific amount of words for fics to be considered a long fic? Like how drabbles have 100 words, or is it just like ... a longer fic? If that makes sense
There's no specific definition for longfic that I'm aware of. My own personal approximate guide is:
shortfic = under 10K words. This includes things like drabbles and ficlets.
mediumfic or midfic = 10K-50K
longfic = 50K to 100K
epicfic = 100K+
I drew my own definitions from the publishing world where shortfic is like a short story, midfic would be a novella, longfic would be a novel, and epicfic would be... well, an epic.
A lot of people use the term longfic to indicate both long and epic length stories. It's rare that I hear the terms mediumfic or midfic at all, and it's usually a kind of tongue-in-cheek tone when I do. All of these definitions will vary from person to person and really drabble is the only one I hear consistent arguments about.
Feel free to share your own thoughts on longfic (and other types of fic) lengths in the notes!
my partner thinks it's criminal that I sort my ao3 results to not have any fics longer than 50k. Some of the fics they read are in the millions range of words. So yeah I think what you personally consider to be a longfic can vary wildly. I have a series I made of a specific relationship tag where I grouped all my fics about it that were under 10k words because I consider that to be short.
On the writing side of fic, 10k feels like a lot. I rarely write more than 10k words, even for multichapter fics.
On the reading side, 10k feels quick to read. Most of the fics I read are in the 10k-50k range.
If you ever feel down that you can never seem to write more than 10k words or even 5k words, jsut know there are readers out there like me who purposefully seek out shorter fics. You're doing amazing, keep it up.
Ok long ramble over lol.
I have a theory: a short-to-medium fic is something that can be read by the reader in 90 minutes at most, or about the length of a standard movie, and a mini-to-short fic in less than half an hour, i.e. a lunch break.
When my friends talk what they think a short fic is in terms of reading, they vary wildly- some say under 2 K, others said a short fic could be as long as 50K. But when I asked them how long it takes them to read a medium, short or minific, they all agreed about the time.
Hello, have this thing that’s unfinished that popped in my head out of nowhere.
Bakugou x fem!reader
A bell of familiarity rings out in his mind when he hears your voice. He’s never met you, never seen you, has never spoken to you. But your voice is branded into his mind. He’s heard your laugh, your cries, your pouts, your anger, your joy, and the way your slight lisp shows itself when you pronounce the S in his name.
“You’ll know her when you see her.”
That’s what the old geezer told him. He’d thought it was stupidly cryptic but now, while peering at you from across the street, he gets it. Katsuki doesn’t know how to describe the way he knows it’s you he’s been looking for. He just does.
Katsuki crosses the street in a lengthy stride, nudging the people on the crowded streets out of the way. He reaches out for the glass door to the cafe you work at.
Behind the counter, you’re doodling on a napkin, your chin resting lazily on your palm. You’re humming, it’s a tune also familiar to Katsuki. He’s heard you sing it to yourself many times in his mind.
As he approaches the counter, you sigh to yourself, and without looking up you greet him in a docile customer friendly voice.
“Hello, welcome to –”
A gasp interrupts your sentence as you finally look up at him. Your eyes widen and your mouth hangs open in shock. It is immediately obvious despite not ever meeting him, you know who he is.
Surprisingly Katsuki only smirks, he leans on the counter to get close so only you can hear him.
“I been lookin’ for you,” he whispers.
You open and close your mouth a few times, trying to find the words but nothing comes out but a tiny squeak. Your brows pull together in confusion, you stare down at the little doodle on your napkin, and then back up to his eyes. You stare shoots right through him, he can’t explain why your eyes feel so captivating but then again, there’s a lot that can’t be explained right now.
Finally, you let out the breath you were holding, and tilt your head like a confused puppy. When you speak, it’s so quiet, Katsuki has to lean in further to hear you.
“H…how? How are you…? I mean….” you stammer and again Katsuki chuckles. He gets it, he’d probably feel the same way if the situation were reversed. Still he stands there patiently, waiting for you to get your thoughts together.
You take a very deep breath in and out to steady yourself, and then, with those same captivating eyes, you stare into his eyes and say something that should make a chill run up his spine, but instead only makes him feel more powerful.
“You’re…not supposed to be real.”
Goddamn. Okay
Did you have a kid in your neighborhood who always hid so good, nobody could find him? We did. After a while we would give up on him and go off, leaving him to rot wherever he was. Sooner or later he would show up, all mad because we didn't keep looking for him. And we would get mad back because he wasn't playing the game the way it was supposed to be played.
There's hiding and there's finding, we'd say. And he'd say it was hide-and-seek, not hide-and-give-UP, and we'd all yell about who made the rules and who cared about who, anyway, and how we wouldn't play with him anymore if he didn't get it straight and who needed him anyhow, and things like that. Hide-and-seek-and-yell. No matter what, though, the next time he would hide too good again. He's probably still hidden somewhere, for all I know.
As I write this, the neighborhood game goes on, and there is a kid under a pile of leaves in the yard just under my window. He has been there a long time now, and everybody else is found and they are about to give up on him over at the base. I considered going out to the base and telling them where he is hiding. And I thought about setting the leaves on fire to drive him out. Finally, I just yelled, "GET FOUND, KID!" out the window. And scared him so bad he probably wet his pants and started crying and ran home to tell his mother. It's real hard to know how to be helpful sometimes.
A man I know found out last year he had terminal cancer. He was a doctor. And knew about dying, and he didn't want to make his family and friends suffer through that with him. So he kept his secret. And died. Everybody said how brave he was to bear his suffering in silence and not tell everybody, and so on and so forth. But privately his family and friends said how angry they were that he didn't need them, didn't trust their strength. And it hurt that he didn't say good-bye.
He hid too well. Getting found would have kept him in the game. Hide-and-seek, grown-up style. Wanting to hide. Needing to be sought. Confused about being found. "I don't want anyone to know." "What will people think?" "I don't want to bother anyone."
Better than hide-and-seek, I like the game called Sardines. In Sardines the person who is It goes and hides, and everybody goes looking for him. When you find him, you get in with him and hide there with him. Pretty soon everybody is hiding together, all stacked in a small space like puppies in a pile. And pretty soon somebody giggles and somebody laughs and everybody gets found.
Medieval theologians even described God in hide-and-seek terms, calling him Deus Absconditus. But me, I think old God is a Sardine player. And will be found the same way everybody gets found in Sardines - by the sound of laughter of those heaped together at the end.
"Olly-olly-oxen-free." The kids out in the street are hollering the cry that says "Come on in, wherever you are. It's a new game." And so say I. To all those who have hid too good. Get found, kid! Olly-olly-oxen-free.
— Robert Fulghum, "All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten"
What a wild ride
