Fic Writer, Reader, Candlestick Maker

I join fandoms faster than I fall out of closets. If you enjoy drinking tea and hissing at strangers, we'll get on just fine.

[staff]

The internet could change next week, and not in a good way

You may have heard about the efforts in Europe to reform copyright law. The debate has been ongoing in the European Parliament for months. If approved next week, these new regulations would require us to automatically filter and block content that you upload without meaningful consideration of your right to free expression. 

We respect the copyrights and trademarks of others, and we take all reports seriously to ensure that your creative expression is protected. We make this clear in our Community Guidelines. There’s already a legal framework that works and is fair: Today we take down posts and media that contain allegedly infringing content when we receive a valid DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown request. We also provide clear-cut ways for people to fight back if they believe their removed content was not a true violation. These instances are monitored and reported and live in our biannual transparency report. 

The suggestion to use automated filters for issues of copyright is short-sighted at best and harmful at worst. Automated filters are unable to determine whether a use should be considered “fair use” under the law and are unable to determine whether a use is authorized by a license agreement. They are unable to distinguish legitimate parody, satire, or even your own personal pictures that could be matched with similar photographs that have been protected by someone else. We don’t believe that technology should replace human judgment. Tumblr is and always has been a place for creative expression, and these new regulations would only make it harder for you to express yourself with the freedom and clarity you do so now. 

If you access Tumblr from Europe and want to act, you can find more information on saveyourinternet.eu. 

[arawynn]

Please reblog this as much as you reblogged the posts about Net Neutrality. 

If Article 13 is approved, European People might be basically banned from uploading any fan content. 

You won’t get new fanfics from people in Europe.

You won’t get new gifs from people in Europe.

You won’t get new fanart from people in Europe.

Because they’ll be automatically filtered and blocked!

We might leave Tumblr and other fandom pages.

And if we’re getting all our content blocked? 

You might lose some of your favourite followers/mutuals.

You might not get to read the rest of that fic you’re dying to read - simply because the writer lives in the wrong country.

So do whatever you can to help us stop this.

Reblog this.

CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO TELL THEM YOU DON’T WANT ARTICLE 13 TO BE APPROVED IF YOU’RE EUROPEAN! DO IT VIA THE HOMEPAGE

[limblogs]

Yes call them. I’ve called mine. But also…

Nerds, early adopters, vidders and other fandom pioneers… we are going to have to save fandom again. We’ve done it before; we can do it again. We’re going to need archivists and devOps and every mod and smof you can rustle up from every dark corner and coffee stained IT basement you can think of.

Get reading the dat protocol, the Solid Pod – spread out and cover as much ground as you can. We’re going to need an encrypted, decentralised social network or two, art posting, video streaming, chat and search. All of these things exist right now but we need to put together some viable, accessible options for the community.

Someone has to be the next @astolat – make it you.

https://beakerbrowser.com/

https://github.com/solid/solid-spec

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/#rotonde

https://neocities.org/about

http://awesome.datproject.org/

[wizardnuke]

HHHHHWWWWAAAAARRRGGGGGHH

[wizardnuke]

steve… steve I’m begging u… stop…

[itsallavengers]

!!!!!! He’s trying his best !!!!!!!!

[matildaparacosm-deactivated2023]

I needed a companion for petWendigo.

And a taxi too @cinabre :D

[cinabre]

PERFECTION. *0*

[victorineb]

So cute, so fluffy!

[bioillogically]

On countering 'trans criminality’ propaganda

Serious posts aren’t really my bag anymore and, like, reactionaries labeling trans women some kind of rape risk isn’t exactly a new phenomenon, but something that’s really evil is when that rhetoric is coupled with a push for carcerality, as if that somehow legitimates it.

I’ve written about this before, but I want to distill how to overwrite that kind of propaganda and fear-mongering with, like, Actual Facts into one post. These are the two most common lies you’ll hear, as well as how to expose them:

”A 2017 study by Fair Play for Women found that 41% of incarcerated trans women are sex offenders.”

Fair Play for Women has an explicitly anti-trans agenda. Any research from them is fundamentally biased.

The so-called ‘study’ was timed as propaganda against amending the 2004 Gender Recognition Act to remove psychiatric clearance as a requirement for changing gender markers.

The ‘study’ falsified the number of incarcerated trans women. They claim there are 113 trans women incarcerated in England and Wales–the only official report from the Ministry of Justice, however, says there are only 70 prisoners of any trans identity.

FPfW claimed to have independently ‘identified’ incarcerated trans women from prison reports. No such records exist, and FPfW did not explain what criteria they used.

There are no reports breaking down the types of offenses committed for which trans women are incarcerated. Even FPfW acknowledges this.

Their evaluation is based on the assumption that all inmates of eight prisons are sex offenders. This is false. Only five of the eight house sex offenders, and most of the prisons also house vulnerable prisoners in mixed units.

Many kinds of sex work are criminalized as ‘sex offenses’ in England and Wales. Even if trans women are convicted for sex offenses at higher rates than cis women, that doesn’t imply sexual violence.

“The 2011 Swedish study found that trans women exhibit a ‘male pattern of criminality’, proving they’re a rape risk!”

The study is divided into two cohorts, from 1973-1988 and 1989-2003. The so called ‘male pattern’ disappears completely in the more recent cohort.

Cecilia Dhejne, primary author of the study, is on record with Trans Advocate clarifying this is not in any way what their results suggest and expressing extreme frustration at the way her research has been misrepresented.

Again, there has been no review of criminalized behaviors for which trans women are incarcerated.

Dhejne believes conviction rates among trans women reflect criminalized behaviors associated with marginality and poverty—including sex work—not sexual assaults against cis women and girls.

Trans women are already parsed as men by the carceral system. This is why they’re often sent to men’s prisons, where they experience horrific physical and sexual abuse by guards and other incarcerated people.

Other women, for comparison, are often given a pardon for sexual abuse. Case in point, current US legal precedent–set in 1993 by Hermesmann v. Seyer–is that non-trans women are entitled to child support from victims of statutory rape.

More generally, ‘criminality’ is a morally bankrupt metric to begin with. It’s not a metric of crimes committed–only of conviction rates, which reflect marginality, not the moral character of incarcerated people and certainly not ‘criminal predisposition’. Reliance on a carceral system that exists solely to uphold systemic oppression is sexist, classist, homophobic, and above all disgustingly racist.

We can’t allow lies and propaganda like this to be circulated, certainly not now that the Trump administration has effectively declared open season on trans women. Especially if you aren’t a trans woman yourself, it’s your responsibility to engage with reactionaries on our behalf whenever you see this rhetoric being disseminated or even just espoused by anyone in your community.

[sympathyforthecannibal]

mads mikkelsen

[purplesocrates-deactivated20220]

@avidreadr2004 @evertonem so beautiful

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This is literally my fave photo shoot of mads mikkleson tbh you guys should check out the entire thing it’s stunning

[jayadan-deactivated20240228]

[aurordream]

The average rating for Peter Capaldi’s last season was 5.8 million viewers. No episode that season rated above 6.68 million - and that rating was for the season premiere. That season featured the only two episodes to rate below 5 million viewers EVER since Doctor Who was revived in 2005.

The season before that the average rating was 6.20 million. That was the first season since 2005 not to have a single episode rate over 7 million viewers. Every season before that had an average rating in the 7 millions, except for season 4 in 2008 which averaged 8.42 million. Incidentally, that was David Tennant’s last full season, and the final full season before the Moffatt years.

Whilst the ratings have only been announced for 4 episodes so far, not a single episode of Jodie Whittaker’s first sesason has fallen below 8 million viewers. The average rating so far has been 9.15 million. Its true that it is unlikely the average will stay that high - ratings have technically been dropping week by week. Exactly as happened every season in the past - it is perfectly normal for ratings to fall towards the middle of a season, and rise again for the finale.

A lot of the media will just do anything to discredit this season because they can’t handle the fact the Doctor is female now.

[flashymel-blog]

Take that, literally everyone I know.

Jodie you’re doing amazing 💕

[ghosteaters]

catching up on art

[purplesocrates-deactivated20220]

Oooh yes

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Hi this is beautiful what

[hazardsoflove]

me to the three people who interact with my posts

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Literally me.

[ellytron]

hey guys! im hannah. i’m an environmental science major & entomology minor at the univeristy of arkansas. this is a blog for my inverts! 

currently have: two blue death feigning beetles (Asbolus verrucosus) named tweedle dee & tweedledumb w/ four more on the way & a sonoran desert millipede (Orthoporus ornatus) named egg. i just really love beetles my dudes

[flashymel-blog]

Oh my god those are some beautiful beetles my dude. Also so jealous of that entomology course, there’s only one uni in Canada that offers entomology haha 😂😅

[narraukoiel-a]

Supernatural Themed Inktober Challenge: Day 5 - Feathers

@winchester-reload Thank you so much for running this challenge 😊

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This art is so pretty?? Dying

[deckerstarstuff]

who is my little devil?

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All of these people are me on a daily basis

[rabbitloser]

I did something for… Pan and bi people. 

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I love pride positivity ahh these are adorable

[hamburgergod]

just thinking out loud here, this thought has nowhere it’s going buuuut 

man. sam. ever since bobby died in s7 they haven’t really had other hunters constantly supporting them like bobby had, so essentially dean and sam have been hunting by themselves for at least 6 years until they met up with the AU folks.

and sam is so desperate to make this hunter community work because there’s just so much benefits to hunting together whether it’s information or keeping each other safe etc. he’s got 16 hunters going and he’s going to make sure if people are going to be hunting, they’ll have support so they don’t end up like them back when dean and sam hunted by themselves without john. 

dean was a bit put off at first since he’s never one to welcome people into his inner circle with open arms without caution but he seems to be opening up to the idea in this ep mostly because of how hard sam is trying to make it work and i’m genuinely proud of the progress they’ve made to get to this point on the show. 

this was a good ep that i enjoyed very much. it was fun and had a lot of heart to it! it’s still early into the season so i’m cautious when i say this, but there has been some genuinely healthy development for both dean and sam and it’s been good. 

(also i always enjoy djinn as MotW esp when there’s more in-show lore about them)

[flashymel-blog]

Yesss, personally loving this season so far. I’m finding the personal growth and development of the characters a nice reprieve from the consistent plot-based seasons containing dramatic event after dramatic event with no pause for the characters to adjust. Not that there’s anything wrong with this and I’ve enjoyed the last few seasons overall, but the slight change in focus has been a nice breather :) Additionally, I must admit that it’s nice to see Sam and Dean and Cas develop a somewhat stable ground after so many years of constant tragedy and stress. It’s quite cathartic, actually.

[spacesnek]

hey guys! i made a invert blog over at @ellytron mostly to document me, struggling, as i try & get a successful breeding colony of Asbolus verrucosus

that way this blog can stay entirely reptiles! so if ur interested in any kinda bug (ESPECIALLY beetles i love beetles so much) or invert, pls follow me im lonely 

ft. a Lot Of Beetles

[flashymel-blog]

Are you kidding me I love beetles oh my goshhhhhh

[the-vegan-muser]

it’s time

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MY BODY IS READY FOR THE SEASON I AM SO EXCITED

!!!!!

[i-hate-chick-fil-a]

Nevaeh now wears a scarf to cover several bald spots and her singed hair. She was left with first-degree burns, but it could have been worse according to Tanya Robinson, Nevaeh’s mother.

“The doctor told me her hairstyle saved her life,” Tanya recalled. “Had it been different, she might not be here.”

This isn’t the first time Nevaeh has experienced bullying. Two years ago, another student broke her thumb.

I’m walking into that school like

Hate crime. It should qualify as one.

[hundondestiny]

Nevaeh is thirteen years old. This happened at Gompers School in the Philadelphia School District. The school district has not issued any comment, but y'all can make yours:

Samuel Gompers School

Address: 5701 Wynnefield Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19131

District: The School District of Philadelphia

Phone: [phone]

The School District of Philadelphia

Address:  440 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19130

Phone: [phone]

[betthearm]

This happened October 25, 2018. This isn’t some random post that won’t die. It’s happening now. Call. Demand accountability and this be treated as a hate crime.

[sixpenceee]

Tomorrow’s

Halloween!

[littlechicken0202]

IT IS

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HALLOWEEEEEEEEEEEN