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Transmission Disabled

you probably recognize me from my little radio show. if not, you can find it here: listen to the signal. (it's for those of you who enjoy the quiet and the fog.)

i'm jamie. i run the signal. sometimes it runs without me. (the static can be very convincing some days. the queue is kind when that happens.)

i'm from night vale. it's a friendly community in a desert where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and mysterious lights pass overhead while we all pretend to sleep.

this is my personal blog, where i'll say personal things. things that wouldn't make it on the broadcast, or thoughts i have when the quiet sets in.

i'm 19 and work as one of the few interns that don't fade as a part of night vale's community radio. (my dad says it's because i know the static well enough to avoid it.)

on the side, i run a blog for the broadcast.

but this blog is for me. welcome to my blog. the fog thins here.

the picrew used in my profile picture can be found here

#offline thoughts #jamie-speaks #wtnv #welcome to night vale

the-halfling-prince

I'm sure this has been done before

#rebroadcast #:)

midnight-broadcast

the station has decided not to participate in the day of fools today

after a rather concerning incident involving sentient grease in the break room

that resulted in the disappearance and presumed consumption of two interns

and a vacation request made by yours truly

you will not find any fools here today

not after last year and those silly tricks

♥ intern jamie

veryintoscience

Our interns will be missed, condolences to... Well, you probably get the point by now.

#right on time cecil #rebroadcast

i promise i run a very professional radio show and didn't leave the archive untouched for over a month.

#i also keep forgetting hwat signal we're on #169 last night but i forgot and one was mistagged #i promise i'm not a bot even if sometimes i look very well put-together #behind-the-broadcast #jamie-speaks

tiredlazyfrog

at this point I’m tired of putting “prefer not to answer” on my job applications when they ask me my gender. Remove the question. I will never answer. My identity is a surprise you find out at the interview when I show up appearing as gender ambiguous as humanly possible in order to disguise the fact I am thousands of bees in a skin suit. No I am not buzzing. There was no option for Hive Insects on the form. This was your decision. I am consequences.

#rebroadcast #nvcr never asked me my gender #they didn't ask anything at all #i don't really remember getting this intern job actually

nightvaleofficial

#rebroadcast

purepathologist

the brain worms won and I couldn't sleep without drawing them first despite it being fucking 2 in the morning so take them I guess

#!!!#rebroadcast

last night's broadcast had some interference. i'm trying to figure out what happened with the airwaves. the static hums louder now. i don't know why.

i don't know of any dorian.

#jamie-speaks #behind-the-broadcast #welcome to night vale #night vale #wtnv

tumblr

Reblogs in a chain now get their own notes

The reblog chain is one of the things that makes Tumblr unlike anywhere else. All the notes on reblogs are attributed to the original post, no matter which branch people actually liked or reblogged. We want to keep encouraging conversations, and give contributors the recognition they deserve.

Soon, you'll be able to like, reblog, or reply to any part of a reblog chain, and that note will go to that reblog's author. Each reblog will have its own counts, instead of one aggregated number from every version of the post. And yes, you’ll be able to like multiple posts in one chain.

If a reblog doesn't add anything, the love flows up to the last person in the chain who did. Your post doesn't lose notes just because people spread it quietly.

Past notes will stay on the original post — we're only changing what happens from here on out. Retroactively re-attributing all of them would be... a lot.

This is just the beginning. More changes are coming as we keep building this out – stay tuned!

tumblr

Let's talk about reblog notes.

We rolled out a significant change to how notes work on reblogs, and the reaction has been strong. We're not going to pretend otherwise.

First things first: We're reversing the change. Your feedback in comments, emails, and especially reblogs, made clear that the rollout created problems we need to address before moving forward. We also should have communicated this differently from the start, and we didn't.

We still believe there's a better version of how reblogs can work. One that gives every voice in a chain the credit it deserves. But we want to get there with you.

In the coming days we'll share more on how we plan to do that, including ways to work directly with some of you on this and future changes before they ship.

Keep an eye on @staff for updates to come soon.

#i'm not convinced this is over yet #keeping updates here so we can follow them :)#the broadcast may or may not return tomorrow... have to head to the station #rebroadcast

if you're coming here from @midnight-broadcast, welcome. this is my personal blog. where i make personal things and say things that aren't always full of static.

i've opened anonymous whispers again. for those who might still need updates on the broadcast and do not have access to divination or blood magic.

the blog will not stay silent forever. our station will continue to work with station management on adjusting expectations and reaching beyond the veil of general mass confusion. but that will take time.

for those interested: the midnight broadcast has a free (pwyw) digital chapbook available of the first five nights to occupy your time in its absence.

thank you for your understanding.

♥ jamie

#jamie-speaks #behind-the-broadcast #welcome to night vale #wtnv #night vale #writers on tumblr #writeblr #cosmic horror #weirdcore #liminal

wt-nv-quotes

Dear Listeners,

In April 2021, I moved. It was a four hour drive from my previous home (I do not drive) for the sake of schooling (I was not the one going to school) and as such I needed a new job. This job had my longest commute yet- a thirty minute walk (because I do not drive). I was somewhere I'd never been before, only knowing the two people I came with, and I was scared and nervous and lonely. In that moment, I returned to a place of comfort- Welcome To Night Vale.

I was first introduced to Night Vale in the summer of 2014, thanks to Tumblr. The two days I spent packing for my Sophomore year of college were spent listening to the first two years of this podcast that I immediately fell in love with. It quickly became one of my main fandoms, even though I was a staunch lurker at the time (which is still my default state to this day, a testament to how much the 22 fics I have published on Ao3 have buzzed through my brain). Time passed, I would miss episodes and catch up again. I would be refreshing podbay at midnight then binging as I did classwork. I graduated, I couldn't afford internet, the gaps became bigger and bigger.

Then suddenly it was 2021, my commute was the length of an episode, and I started from the beginning. I would quote along and laugh as I walked, remembering old fanart and memes. The twitter screenshots with the floral background. The unassuming users not knowing a deep philosophical quote was from Noght Vale. How the fact that this happened so much became a meme itself. How long it had been since I'd seen those quotes, those reactions, that community.

And so, I became what I wanted to see. I wanted quotes from Welcome To Night Vale to be shared and spread across tumblr, to reach the corners where no one knew us, and for those people to find beauty in us. Because it is there.

Today, Tumblr Staff has rolled out a change. One that I do not have, luckily (turn off auto update on your apps, folks), but the spirit of this change... destroyes the purpose of this blog. I WANT you all to reblog these quotes, to leave fun tags about other fandoms or real people, to comment fully on the post with your thoughts! I post these quote to SEE that, for ALL OF US to see that.

Instead, I will only be able to see tags if you reblog directly from me. I will only see comments left directly on my quotes. The community, the conversation, the FUN of running this blog... is gone. The point of this blog was not to serve you quotes. The point was to have quotes for us all to share.

This change has fallen during my spoilers break. As I wait for the podcast to reach their summer break before queueing up the second half of the season's quotes, I am left wondering. "Are staff going to roll this back?" "Will running this blog continue to be worth it?" "Am I going to have to stop?" And there's only one answer I can come up with.

I don't know.

-intern z

#the broadcast is facing the same issue #i don't know if i'll be posting it tonight :/#we're all very distressed about this change #rebroadcast