Came For the Eeby, Stayed For the Deeby

AI/NFTs GO AWAY! She/They | Biromantic Aego | ASD Hello, I am DecibelCoatl (aka "dBCoatl", "dB" or "Deci"), and this is my personal blog of artwork, reblogs, rants and shitposts galore. Current Fandoms: Iconoclasts, Cassette Beasts, Mega Man, Fuga: Melodies of Steel, Pokémon Do NOT repost, steal, trace, use or alter any of my artwork/characters without my permission!

[scamarchive]

There is a new tumblr scam going around.

A scammer will mention (@) you in a comment under a post that impersonates a tumblr announcement. This post will falsely claim that your tumblr account has been restricted, and you have 48 hours to follow the link in their post to rectify it.

These comments and posts are fake.

One of the active scammer blogs is @system-blog-help.*

*(If this blog changes their url, the new urls will be added below. Please see the original version of this post for the most current list. These blogs can be monitored despite url changes if you make a side blog, then block them on the side blog. If they change their url, you will see the new url in your block list.)

Other urls: @system--data @system--updater @confirmation--page @account-confirmation @system-profile @confirm--page @verification-support22 @assist-page @system--blog @verification-support9 @notification2346 @new--notification

Here are some of the red flags you may see on these blogs and their posts:

None of their links in the main post go to a tumblr page (do not click on them).

They say you only have 48 hours to take action. This creates a sense of urgency and make you turn off your critical thinking skills.

Tumblr staff never reaches out to people in public for account-related things. Anything related to your account is for your eyes only and meant to be confidential.

If there are problems with your account, especially if it is time-sensitive, tumblr staff will not @ you on a post you might not even be logged in to get the notification for. Notice how you didn't actually get an email from tumblr staff about this apparent account problem; you only got the "mention" email (if you are signed up to receive emails about mentions), which any user can make.

Tumblr staff will never mention a user in a group with other users for matters related to account access.

Staff does not offer premium as an apology if they make a mistake. This is not in the terms of service anywhere.

Here are two screenshots from the offending blogs (note, these may not be exactly the same on future blogs):

You can also see two archived versions of these scam posts here and here.

If you see a blog that looks like this, report the post as "spam/bot", and the blog itself as "spam/bot".

If you have time, you may also comment "scam", or anything else that points out their intentions, on as many of their comments as you can. This slows down the scammer, as they have to either clean up your comments or block you, which briefly stops them from making as many comments to @ more people.

Tumblr also has a handy page with more info on spotting scammers, here.

[hydrachea]

> turns on my computer

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> opens my email

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> launches a software

> disables a new AI fea

[catchymemes]

[raisondetriment]

[writingdose]

writers, you can and should be proud of your fic even if you personally are not satisfied with it. because even if you think it's "not good", you can be proud of the fact that you wrote it and it's something you created. you can be proud of the fact it's not ai.

repeat after me, it's something you put your soul and dedication in — and that's something ai could never achieve.

[spaceorphan18]

Is it bad that I feel slightly bad that I keep coming to the library to use its quietness and its desk space and its pleasant atmosphere for writing but I never check out books?

[ckerouac]

Why would you feel bad? You’re using the library for one of its intended purposes. The desks, WiFi, space etc are LITERALLY there for you to do exactly what you’re doing AND each time you go in you add to the foot traffic numbers that prove hey people are coming in to use our stuff mr. government so keep funding us.

[surroundedbybooks]

Confirmed by another public librarian. One of the stats we track is "WiFi usages"

That is, we track number of sessions/devices using it over time.

The library is not about snooping on what you're doing with that WiFi. Libraries respect privacy.

[rosefyrefyre]

We literally have a door counter at my library. Congratulations, you just added to our statistics.

[chaosfrisur]

I think it's a bit sad that with more and more public spaces vanishing, people are feeling bad about not "buying" stuff to "earn" their time at a library.

A library is like a park, you're allowed to just. Exist in it.

I check out books every 4 weeks, when the learning period from my current books is up, but I go much more frequently with my kid to just sit there and read to them, and that's okay. In my school days, we'd go and do our research for presentations there, just reading, never checking out.

A library is a space to just exist.

[foxofninetales]

So a year or so ago, we added some new desklets at our library, in areas where we noticed that people gravitated to but didn't have the right furnishing to use them in the way they wanted to.

The first few weeks of having the new furniture were absolutely filled with excited librarians whispering to each other, "Look! Someone's using the desklet in the back corner!" and "casually" walking by to enjoy the sight like wildlife researchers who had successfully baited a particularly elusive rare bird. Nobody cared if those people checked anything out or not. There was a need! We saw the need! We filled the need! Hooray!

WE PUT THE THING THERE TO BE USED. USE THE THING.

[akdw]

The toxic friendship between Sasha, Anne and Marcy is so terrible and so complex and so realistic.

Because they had fun together, yeah. They loved to shop and get ice cream and have sleepovers and they probably have so many good memories. And they cared for each other, so much. So many of their goals when they were on their individual path in Amphibia was to reunite with each other and get back home, to their life. The three of them loved each other and in some way, were friends.

But god was the relationship so unhealthy.

Marcy had an overreliance on them, she was so oblivious to the world and leaned on them to help carry her through the world. Yet her needs weren’t even being catered to by them, as Anne and Sasha were only ever passively, sometimes barely interested in what she actually cared about.

Anne needed Sasha to stick up for her, and she did. She protected Anne when she and Marcy were young, and she continued to stick up for her against bullies as they grew up. Again, kind of an overreliance, because then she just let herself get so walked all over by Sasha.

And Sasha also had an incredibly unhealthy reliance on them, just manifested through control and anger. Her control over the friendship was a constant in life, from childhood to preteen years. So she dominated the friendship, almost tyrannical in the way that she pushed people around just to keep that “norm” in check. But it was also terrible for her, as she never understood how to properly regulate her emotions.

Point blank, it was such a toxic friendship. But that’s what I love. Usually, you’d see the loving, best friends trope play out, or you would see the friend group completely dissolving due to its toxicities. But Amphibia gifts each girl a multitude of lessons, a redemption, a path to become a better person. Amphibia at its core is a show that values and centers friendship-ALL kinds of friendship, and I love that so much!!!!!

[valtsv]

i care so much about fictional morality and ethics but not in a lame ass "is this character/ship problematic" way. i'm cringe for other reasons.

[valtsv]

i want to know what the court proceedings for a trial where the defendant claims mind control or possession look like. what's the worst crime you can commit in a world where people can cast spell of curse your entire bloodline over a careless insult at the farmer's market. how are magical prisoners treated. what kind of values would a society whose honour code is built on glory through battle and warmongering uphold. what's public opinion on the death penalty.

[valtsv]

grabs your hand. come worldbuild with me.

[meg00se]

lets frolic as paleolithic horses together

[ubuyo]

liking a character from a thing you don’t like

[maemaybe]

I don't know who my intended audience is here, so whoever needs to hear this, I am begging you to learn to participate in conversations that are about things you aren't interested in.

Part of socializing and having friends is being a good listener even when you don't actually give a shit about the subject.

Your are hurting other people's feelings when you bluntly respond with "Anyway..." and then change the topic.

It can not always be about your preferred topic.

You are being rude. Yes, even if you are neurodivergent. You can be both autistic and rude.

[pokemonarchive]

Let’s Find Pokémon! Postcard Book (2001) - Illustration Postcard Illustrator: Kazunori Aihara

[flutterclouds]

@aimervee @spacialsquid @softstarryblanket @whentheleahvesfall

[lgbtqiatext]

[cute-catts]

[onimartialartist]

Boundless greed

[smis-five-creedmoor]

@kittybroker

[kittybroker]

Take a bite out of these deals with the kitty with boundless greed and and bottomless stomach! Now coming in for only $26.65!

[batneko]

Shout-out to characters who don't plan to survive their stories! Heroes who think they can only atone for their failures through sacrifice, villains who don't think they deserve to live in the world they're trying to create. Gimme that passive suicidality baby, mm-mm, delicious.

[batneko]

And let's not forget the ones who don't expect to die or anything, but are always half-thinking "well I'm the most expendable one in our team so if someone needs to sacrifice themselves obviously it should be me." Like, no bitch! You're also part of the team! You matter! Shut up and accept it already! (But also don't because the rock-bottom self-esteem makes you so compelling.)

[pain-isnt--needed]

[mousegirlheart]

able bodied people love to forget that they're only temporarily able bodied. everyone, unless they die early for whatever reason, will become disabled in some way. you're not invincible. you're not "doing something right" that the rest of us failed at. time is coming for you. everyone becomes disabled eventually.

[gumuhit]

you’re going to love again, find a job again, create art again, do what you love again, feel powerful again. you’re going to be back on track. i don’t know when, but you are going to feel like yourself again, eventually. this isn’t the end. hang in there.