It's amazing

[copyspaghetti]

This is a slow fandom zone

None of that "Oh no they bomb-dropped all the episodes in a week 1 month ago, I'm late!" "The tag hasn't been active all week is the fandom dead?" "I only got a hundred shares the first hour no one cares about my art"

Slow down

Take a deep breath and slow down

Fandom is YOU. And me and everyone. If we doodle stick figures for a show that ended 30 years ago we aren't "late" or "doing too little", we're playing dolls in our own time and having fun with works of art that mean a lot to us

You can literally watch and engage with something that aired in 2004 as if it aired yesterday

If the tag hasn't been active for 14 months guess what? If YOU post there, it isn't dead. Literally you can talk about anything you want whenever you want there is no weird law against watching things that people aren't actively talk about

Let's be deranged about stories together

[stellacartography]

[liminalbeauty]

Holy crap.

[artphobos]

WELP, that ends my account.

[thelittlenoctua]

Qobuz is the most ethical alternative to spotify and even tidal (tidal is just pandora radio in a different font; you can't curate playlists, which i absolutely fucking hate, but you can curate playlists on qobuz, and the royalties they pay to their artists are far larger than spotify) that i've been able to find, thanks to this post on instagram by singer-songwriter laura burhenn. the post also lists other alternatives, including tidal, but qobuz is by far the best of the lot. they even have a free feature called soundiiz where you can transfer all of your playlists from spotify to qobuz!

[liminalbeauty]

Worth a reblog for this great info.

[bibliotheksbewohnerin]

you absolutely can curate playlists on tidal (and import yours from spotify via an external tool), and it is a little bit cheaper. Qobuz pays artists better though.

[sapphic-luthor]

i’m going to hold your hands when i say this and i am only going to be kind about it once: ai does not belong in fandom spaces, ever. not in writing, not in art, not in video, not at all. it does not matter how bad you want to see your favourite characters kiss, or how much you need a bit of help finishing a chapter, or whatever.

make friends with artists. commission somebody. learn to draw yourself. ask for a beta read. try a writing partnership. fandom spaces are communities, so engage with them! it is about the journey and the fact that we all love something enough to create and build together about that thing.

spending 30 seconds to kill a tree and get an AI to push out some soulless empty piece of “content” is antithetical to the entire point of being engaged with fandom, and if you’ve taken to doing this you should really reconsider if you belong in these spaces with the rest of us.

[mysvaya]

Never let someone else take Jimin & Jungkook away from you. AO3’s down again. If there’s a fic you’ve been meaning to get to, LyricWinter lets you convert it to multi-character audio and download it in advance.

No Wi-Fi? Still works. AO3 down? Still works. Your favorites, their voices, offline.

[sooperwriting]

The absolute audacity of this chucklefuck to say "people should get permission from the author if sharing an audio version of their story" while hawking a shitty AI app that CANNOT and WILL NOT get permission from writers.

Pal. Podficcers DO get permission from writers before creating or sharing audio versions of their stories. Deleting comments from people who point that out doesn't change that fact. You're a fucking hypocrite trying to profit off of stolen fanworks, and I hope you have the day you deserve.

[soopersara]

So... stealing people's voices as well as stealing and profiting off of fanworks? Say whatever bullshit you want about how you want to someday build a model for ethical compensation for voice actors, but the fact of the matter is that right now, YOUR APP IS STEALING VOICES. You do not have permission from the actors/voice actors that users can upload to this app, and without permission from those actors, there's no possible way you will ever be able to compensate them for the theft that is ongoing right now.

I am a fanfiction writer, a podficcer, and a voice actress. This app has the potential to steal my written works and my actual, human voice. I don't want some vague promise of future compensation in return for my words and my voice being stolen by some tech bro trying to get rich off of a stupid AI text-to-speech app. I want my stuff to not be stolen in the first place.

[theconcealedweapon]

Yet again, more proof that capitalism was never about "freedom" or "small government".

[theconcealedweapon]

[theconcealedweapon]

[tillius-the-paladin]

Daily fucking reminder that Luigi Mangione is innocent, completely and fully. He has been convicted of no crime. He has had no fair trial. He is a SUSPECT. Luigi Mangione is entirely innocent and everyone needs to stop parroting this insidious propaganda that he “committed” the crime he is only SUSPECTED of. He is not a murderer. He is not a criminal. He is an innocent man.

[cynicalclassicist]

Put this out about Luigi Mangione.

[maichan808]

Americans, did you know there were mass protests all across the country over Super Bowl weekend?

Coast-to-coast, from DC...

... to Portland

... from blue states

... to red states

And nary but *crickets* from the national media. The revolution is NOT being televised, it is being suppressed. 

Just remember, you are NOT alone. People ARE doing things. You will meet those people when YOU start doing things.

But we cannot rely on the courts alone. Trump is already defying numerous restraining orders, and the Executive branch controls the enforcement arm of federal law (U.S. Marshals Service).

When Trump inevitably refuses to comply with the courts and directs the DOJ/U.S. Marshals to stand down, effectively neutering the Judicial branch of the government, it will signal THE END OF U.S. DEMOCRACY.

Our only recourse will be to take to the streets. WE THE PEOPLE, need to demand rule of law by asserting our First Amendment right to assemble while we still have it.

Rise up against tyranny/oligarchy/white supremacy/you-name-it

JOIN THE REVOLUTION! National Day of Protest Presidents' Day | February 17, 2025

And pledge to join the General Strike.

[quasistarjudgement]

By the way folks, this inevitable refusal to comply has just happened

Judge finds White House violated order to stop funding freeze

The Trump administration said it intended to appeal the judeg's decision and asked the order to be paused.

[depsidase]

[theconcealedweapon]

[thelocalmuffin]

Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

[magess]

These men just stole the personal information of everyone in America AND control the Treasury. Link to article.

Akash Bobba

Edward Coristine

Luke Farritor

Gautier Cole Killian

Gavin Kliger

Ethan Shaotran

Spread their names!

[princesserica84]

"So this is how liberty dies... With thunderous applause."

[semiotician]

bro LMFAOOOO

[emmaubler]

[tjalexandernyc]

if you're subscribed to Microsoft word, you probably received an email recently saying they're upping their prices. Like, a lot. ($9.99/month instead of $6.99)

guess what though? you can log into your account, click Cancel Subscription, and get the option to continue your subscription at the same price WITHOUT their bullshit AI.

That's right, the new, higher price is actually a different subscription that includes AI that everyone is being opted into by force! What a cool and fun product that clearly everyone wants.

you can also choose to buy Word 2024 without AI for a single lump sum that will be yours in perpetuity, with no updates, for one computer.

Check your subscription if you need Word for work! Don't get duped into paying for something you might not even want

[depsidase]