[p0ll]

Will you reblog this and say in the tags what book you're currently reading, or which book you most recently read?

Yes

No

Not reading anything currently & don't remember the last book I read

Voting ended onAug 20, 2025

[katrinajg]

Ysi8

[graftandgrief]

Eating while on shift is not permitted, staff are told. “If the system detects no keyboard stroke and mouse click, it will show you as idle for that particular duration, and it will be reported to your supervisor. So please avoid hampering your productivity.”

A training video about the webcam system, seen by the Guardian, says it “monitors and tracks real-time employee behaviour and detects any violations to pre-set business rules, and sends real-time alerts to managers to take corrective actions immediately”.

Capitalism is so exhausting

[upsettingandunfortunateclasshate]

Fuck this

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

This is insane.

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

Capitalism is so innovative /s

[thestoryofaslut]

Hi!  Want to completely fuck the keyboard-tracking system in the ass?  Want to do it in a way that they literally cannot do anything about without disabling primary Windows functions?

Step 1: Open Notepad.

Step 2: Copy the following text, line for line, omitting only the --- that caps either end of it. --- Dim objResult Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Do While True   objResult = objShell.sendkeys("{NUMLOCK}{NUMLOCK}")   Wscript.Sleep (6000) Loop --- Step 3: Save this as whatever.vbs, put it somewhere you can access easily, and double click it when you start your computer.

What does this do?

This runs a very basic script, and every six seconds, your computer will double-tap the NumLock key (i.e., turn it on, and then off) in a single instant.  This counts as a key-press, occurs with a key that shouldn’t affect most things that you’re doing, occurs with no gap between them even if it could affect things you’re doing, and should prevent this kind of BS from engaging.  As an aside, this will also prevent your computer from automatically locking itself, so take that into account if you need to manually lock your computer when going to lunch or whatever.

[grucose]

Damn, Tumblr back at it. Now we got coders coming in to save the day.

[barin-mclegg]

Tumblr’s collective hate for capitalism is astounding every time but damn if I don’t love it

[simonalkenmayer]

For all my call center readers.

[levynite]

FUCK YOU DISNEY

Anyways, y’all better start saving your fave fanfics and fanart under the Disney labels cause it looks like they’re trying to curb fair use/fanworks and I’m sure there’s going to be mass panicked deletions even though it’s probably unnecessary cause AO3′s legal team will fight for us.

[dancinbutterfly]

You know that 400K yall were so fucking mad about OTW raising? Yeah, its gonna pay for the travel expenses and court costs that the legal team at AO3/OTW when they protect your shit from getting C&Ded. DO NOT DELETE YOUR STUFF! IF YOU GET CONTACTED BY DISNEY - GO TO THE ORGANIZATION OF TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS , CONTACT THEIR LEGAL ADVOCACY DEPARTMENT! ASK FOR HELP!! THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE IS *WHY* *THEY* *EXIST*

[elfwreck]

Note that Disney would have one Hell of a time serving C&Ds to authors at AO3 - because there is no “contact author” option other than leaving a comment.

They’d have to contact the SITE, which is to say, the Organization for Transformative Works, to deliver a C&D order or a DMCA takedown order.

And the OTW is not going to remove fics because someone sent a letter that says “actually those characters belong to me and you can’t use them that way.” The OTW was created to FIGHT that kind of claim. They are ready. 

Don’t delete your fics out of fear. WE OWN THE SERVERS. They can’t threaten the hosts into deleting anything.

And if Disney thought they had a strong legal case against fanfic, they’d’ve shut down the archive a decade ago, when it was penniless and unknown, instead of waiting until it had won several battles in Congress and got worldwide acclaim for a Hugo Award.

[living-force]

This is important!

[queen-mabs-revenge]

WE OWN THE SERVERS

and that’s why ao3 being user owned, funded, and operated is essential.

[ao3commentoftheday]

So I just found out that there are more people making works on AO3 with a million tags on them in protest to AO3 not removing that one fic (you know the one). I would just like to state my own personal opinion about that right up front: if you’re trolling AO3, no matter your reason for doing so, you’re the asshole.

I know we all call it AO3, but the a stands for Archive. It’s a site built on the premise that fanworks deserve to exist and shouldn’t be taken down, unless the author is making that decision for themselves. 

This means that there are lots of works on AO3 that I think suck. There are works that are poorly written or boring or morally reprehensible. And guess what? All of that is protected because it’s not about a single work, it’s about fanworks in general and all of us having a place we can rely on to have our backs. 

The whole point of AO3 is not deleting works just because someone complains about them. The work needs to violate the Terms of Service and if it doesn’t, then it shouldn’t be removed. The rules that protect me protect those other works too. 

The volunteers at AO3 take the site’s goals and premise very seriously. They aren’t going to make snap judgements about a work, not even a work with a million tags. They also aren’t going to make snap judgements about implementing a limit on tags when there hasn’t been one before. 

They need to talk things out and discuss the short and long term ramifications. They need to talk about where to draw the line, and how can they explain why they decided to draw the line there? Will this decision affect works that already exist on the Archive? What do we do about them? Those authors posted before this new rule came into being, so you can’t punish them for a rule that didn’t exist at the time. 

Creating more works with the same issue just means that volunteer tag wranglers have even more work to do. Mass reporting a work that has already been reported just means that Policy & Abuse volunteers have even more work to do. If you fill up their lives with nonsense tags or repeat reports, you know what they can’t do? The thing that everyone (including them) wants them to be doing. 

People who volunteer for AO3 also read on AO3. They are as annoyed about these works as you are. But making more work for them to do isn’t the answer. Being patient is. It’s going to take time for them to make decisions about things like tag limits. It’s going to take time for them to code the limit into the site. It’s going to take time for them to test the code and make sure it doesn’t break anything. And in the meantime:

Filter out the author and bookmark your filter in your browser so you don’t have to enter it every time.

Add the work-blocking code to your site skin so you never need to see that work again, as long as you’re logged in.

There are tools you can use to avoid the things you don’t want to see. Creating a bigger problem isn’t the solution. It’s just a dick move.

[sarking]

Obviously not speaking officially, but:

They also aren’t going to make snap judgements about implementing a limit on tags when there hasn’t been one before.  They need to talk things out and discuss the short and long term ramifications. They need to talk about where to draw the line, and how can they explain why they decided to draw the line there?

I’ve got at least half a dozen channels and group messages lighting up, vying for my attention, as a direct result of all this trolling-slash-point-making. What hasn’t been lighting up, however, is the thread where we were already discussing the questions @ao3commentoftheday mentioned.

But the fact that it’s not getting any attention right now might be for the best. Do you really want a decision that will shape the future of tagging on the Archive made by a bunch of extremely annoyed and overwhelmed people who are desperate to make a situation stop? That doesn’t seem like it will end with the best outcome.

[katrinajg]

I'm writing a fallout 4 ff that takes place before the game starts, and I need a good sign/countersign for the railroad, and I was wondering what makes for a good sign/countersign? The placeholder I have right now is garbage, and won't do for the final cut, but I don't know how to chose something better.

I know you say its garbage, but like is it? I mean the in game sign/counter sign is the silly geiger counter one, so it isn't a high bar to begin with. For my fic it was "Who's the President of the Enclave" for a while because it made sense for the time period. (Plus my Deacon is trash for Eden, and it was his turn to pick.)

I think a what a sign/countersign needs is to be is forgettable. In the sense that it shouldn't stand out or be really special. Just off the beaten path enough that a rando isn't going to guess the answer. So again, is what you have bad or do you think its just not special enough, because in my opinion that is the antithesis of a good secret verbal handshake.

Ultimately don't over think it; I promise you that you care more about this than the readers will. They will accept anything you choose that is lore appropriate because its only a small stepping stone to rest of the story. It will be woven into the wider backdrop and sort of blend and merge with the world you make and won't be seen for the single pinpoint bit that you as the author see.

I suggest using something from an in game song or vault related or from the Unstoppables if you're looking for ideas. Those are all things people in the Wasteland and Railroad would have ready access to and might choose as a sign. The good and bad thing is that the sign can be literally anything and it won't seem weird.

I promise.

[temporary-dysphoria]

a non-selective plan for the resurgence of fic commissions

[majorenglishesquire]

Too many children in the comments like ‘I think authors should be able to share ko-fi links :) it’s just nice’ and ‘OP is just a cop.’ Homie, OP is trying to keep AO3 fully functional without interruption. I will report your ass, too, because I value fic artists and our freedom of expression and my audience and our shared history far more than I value the few bux you wanna make on a commission.

It is not hard to link to your Tumblr or Twitter with a vague message like, “If you’re looking for my other works or other ways of supporting me, go here: link.” I have had people buy me coffees after enjoying my fic and asking where to support me. I threw up a link to my Tumblr and people cared enough to follow it. They were fully understanding when I explained in the comments that they could not commission me and I could not link them directly to any donation platform, but they could go to xyz link to read more. And they did! Nobody has to put AO3 directly on the firing line.

Go ahead and commission independently. Just do it anywhere else except on AO3. And then don’t come crying to the community when you, personally, get a C&D from a massive corporation.

AO3 is our bullet shield. Tumblr will pull your shit down. Wattpad won’t fucking protect you. LJ and FF.net already sold our asses for one (1) corn chip. AO3 is trying to protect us, you goddamn lemmings.

If you cannot follow the rules that protect fanspaces, you do not belong in our fanspaces.

The only people who misunderstand this are doing so intentionally and maliciously. Do yourself a favor and block the infants who think this isn’t a big deal.

[dajo42]

if you dont have me on facebook you are probably not missing out on any posts but the comment section is important too lmao

I went to the Renaissance faire dressed as a warrior.  I had a real sword with me, too.  I was standing (in character) next to a sword-fighting ring, where kids of all ages got the chance to pick up a sword and challenge the champion.  Some woman walks by, with her little girl.  The girl starts walking towards the ring, saying she wants to fight.  But the mom pulled her away hella sharply, and was like, “That’s for boys.”  You don’t want to be a BOY, do you?”    And the girl looked around and saw me.  I think she thought I was a boy; I had my hair in a ponytail, and was wearing a hood.  So she comes up to me and asks me, “Do you think girls can be fighters, too?”  And her mom looks like she’s silently gloating.  Like she thinks I’m going to say no.  So I take off my hood, untie my hair so that it flows freely, and kneel before her.  And I’m like, “Milady, anyone can be a fighter.”  I swear, the look on that mother’s face made my day.

[maneth985]

[luxgalador]

This post was good but then it got better

[celticshenanigans]

Okay, this is a slight topic diversion, but in response to the above comment. I’ve volunteered at the CT Ren Faire for years now. For the last 5 or so I’ve worked in the game section, and we have a game similar to the above comment called “Smite the Knight”. I’ve been in the ring before, it’s a ton of fun getting to run around with the kids. The main goal is entertainment. Have a good shtick, keep the crowd engaged, and let the kids have a good time.

In both work and observing, I have learned something about kids. A lot of parents try to get their boys to go fight. Of the young ones that do, they tend to be shy. You get the ones who just swing the boffer swords around with no regard for life, but, mostly, they’re reserved. It’s adorable. I mean, they’re kids.

But the girls. THE GIRLS. Holy crap. I swear, the pinker the dress, the more taffeta and glitter…the more intensity. I remember, the first year I worked there, one girl came in, grabbed the biggest sword she could, and WENT TO TOWN on our knight. Lifted it over head, let out this primal scream and mowed him down. Homeboy is 6′2″, she was FIVE. And once he was in the fetal position (He was fine. It was for show.) on the ground, she stopped, put her foot on his chest, and yelled “I AM A FIERCE PRINCESS!!”. Later in the day when she walked by a couple of us yelled “Ah! It’s the fierce princess!” and she stopped and flexed. It was the best, and I will never forget that girl.

[complete-in-ix-deactivated20230]

OH MY GOD IT’S BACK YES

[the-ironhobbit-deactivated20170]

This has improved since last I reblogged.

[tinierpurplefishes]

I taught karate for like 5 years, and the girls were always, pound for pound, better than the boys. Even the girls who didn’t really want to do it and were only there because their parents made them were better than like 95% of the boys.

[shadesofmauve]

I was playing fiddle at a ren faire, and two little girls were really enjoying our set. After quite some time one of them walked up to me and shyly offered me her star tinsel tiara, because she “didn’t have any money. And this protects you from trolls!” I said “Thanks, that’s really sweet – but what about you? Don’t you need protection from trolls?”

At which point this six-ish-year-old girl whips out her certificate from the axe throwing booth and says “Nah, I’m fine.”

I still have that tinsel tiara. It’s draped over my modem. I figure it’ll protect me from the most trolls that way.

[callmebliss]

I am not in the habit of reblogging a post and slapping an “it got better” on there BUT I SAY GOTDAMN

[deebyfeeby]

[katrinajg]

His abs are so firm you could grate CHEESE on them!

[johnandrasjaqobis]

if you could have a physical copy of any (completed) fic what one would it be

what a question, what a very difficult question nonny!

okay so like. the only reason it is not immediately Insert Something Shakespearian Here is because that’s like. part 1, so technically the story isn’t done. and also it’s over 400k and boy what a massive book that would be (i’d still love it, absolutely, but i’d love to have the Entire story eventually!)

Sunshine isn’t technically complete, Salvage still has one more chapter according to the author (tho given her updating record it’ll probably be done soon!)

I think,,, I think it’s a pretty even tie tbh between have you heard, the one where Finn accidentally starts a stormtrooper revolution and we were emergencies, the post-New York Avengers fic where Clint and Nat have to figure out how to level out

[katrinajg]

I'm honoured by the consideration! I feel like this series will end up being like encyclopedia style if it where ever bound. Like ISSH is basically 3 volumes by itself. Who knows what War and Peace will look like? Plus the sequels and asides.

And I love have you heard. Such a good fic.

[katrinajg]

Hi there! I just wanted to ask if it'd be okay if people podficced your works? More specifically, Insert Something Shakespearen Here? Totally fine if you don't want people to! I was considering doing it myself, though the chances of me actually doing that are astronomically small, and wanted to make sure you'd be okay with it.

If you'd like, I certainly don't mind. But that would be a hell of a big project.

[did-you-know]

In hopes of inspiring younger generations, NASA created this series of gorgeous retro travel posters that encourage you to imagine a future where common space travel is a legitimate possibility. Source

[thisbrilliantsky]

me this afternoon: wow im glad this week is over

my brain:

[katrinajg]

I love this line. I say it all time. No one gets the reference, but it makes me laugh.

[kaylewiswrites]

I love the ambiguity of the term ‘WIP’. Is it a project in it’s third draft? A final draft being queried? An idea I came up with six months ago and haven’t written anything about yet? You don’t know. Nobody knows. 

[willowdove]

Least of all the author

[ebonyheartnet]

[kittydesade]

The best part about this being an uncaptioned picture is it is simultaneously “We know, but hey!” and also “there is an AUTHOR loose in a word processor”

[ebonyheartnet]

There’s an AUTHOR loose in a word processor!

Nobody knows what the author’s gonna do, least of all the author.

When there’s an author loose in a word processor, ya gotta stay updated, so all day long you refresh AO3 going, “what’d the author do today?” The updates aren’t bad, sometimes they’re just odd. It’ll be like, “the author uploaded a 50k one shot they wrote in one night?” I didn’t know people who slept could do that.

There are quiet days where people are like, “it seems like the author has gone to bed and taken some time for self care,” and then ten seconds later the author is like, “I’M GONNA POST EVERY WIP I CAME UP WITH IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. I’VE GOT INSOMNIA AND WRITER’S BLOCK, I’M AN AUTHOR!” That’s what I thought you’d say you fucking brilliant author! ❤️😭❤️

[thebibliosphere]

There were precisely zero reasons to come out and drag me so effectively like this.

[breelandwalker]

Motherfucker, is this how you write fic!?

Just one word at a time with verbal abuse?!

[johnandrasjaqobis]

so I never remember exactly which of you guys follow Cloaks, Daggers, and Cigarette Smoke, because it’s always more than I expected and names elude me half the time BUT

since I have legitimately been working on chapter 21, and since it’s been such a ridiculously long time since 20 I thought I would offer this small bit from near the beginning of 21 (I feel like I’m providing proof of life for a hostage or something BUT THAT’S FINE)

I will tag @katrinajg (since seeing your reply to my comment was what made me think of it) and @vimesbootstheory and @glowstickia and I KNOW there are more of y’all but hopefully u see this anyway i’m sorry i love u

Deacon made himself pull in a long breath as the elevator ground to a stop, let it out slowly as the door opened, and put every bit of his last reserves of energy into focusing. He could excuse auto-pilot for the trip here, but even now he couldn’t let himself get sloppy. Had to think through what he was saying, do it right, remember what intel was and was not public knowledge.

He felt like he was managing to look at least mostly normal when they stepped out onto the top floor. The main room was fairly quiet, and Maddi slid the shotgun into what looked like an old umbrella stand underneath the elevator buttons.

“Not much of a welcoming committee,” she noted, “but we weren’t exactly expecting anyone to drop in.” There was a short pause, and Deacon could feel her eyes do a quick sweep over him. “Where’s Nick, anyway?”

Nope. Not getting into that.

“I gotta talk to the boss,” Deacon said, careful to keep his tone as even as possible. “He in?”

Maddi considered him a moment longer, lips pursing, before she nodded.

“In his room, I’m pretty sure.” She looked like she was debating her next words, and eventually huffed out a light sigh. “Nick’s okay, though, right?”

That probably depended on the definition of “okay.”

Deacon nodded anyway. “Yeah, he’s good.” It even sounded almost casual. “Thanks for the escort, kid.”

He walked away before she could ask anything else, before his mask slipped, before she noticed that one of the guns he was carrying was definitely not his.

[katrinajg]

WHY DO YOU DO THIS DEACON????? BE HAPPY, GODDAMNIT!

[blurds]

[sua-sponte-deactivated20200331]

[vampiregirl2345]

Vegans of tumblr, listen up. Harvesting agave in the quantities required so you dont have to eat honey is killing mexican long-nosed bats. They feed off the nectar and pollinate the plants. They need the agave. You want to help the environment? Go back to honey. Your liver and thyroid will thank you, as well. Agave is 90% fructose, which can cause a host of issues. Bye.

[lirisa]

So let me get this straight ,vegans should stop eating the food of the Mexcian long-nosed bats, because the bats need it, and instead vegans should instead eat honey, the food of bees, that their larvae need, even though the bee populations are facing ecological issues as it stands.  10/10 post, dude.

[yourladyindank]

Did you forget the whole part where only excess is taken and all their needs are met and then some orrrr?

Like, did you read it orrrrr?

Anyway, BUY HONEY SAVE BEES

[404-later]

It is a 10/10 post. Because OP is right.

Bees do not suffer when beekeepers take their honey, because experienced beekeepers do not take all of their honey, in fact, they leave plenty of honey left for the bees to consume over the winter. If we do not collect their honey, 1 of two things will happen.

1. they will leave for a bigger home. Which at first seems fine until you remember that bees are dying very quickly out in the wild.

or

2. They will start using the areas that they reserve for their young as a place to make more honey. This is bad because if no more young are being produced, then the hive will start to die out because no new workers are coming into the world, and the average live only 150 days, so it would also mean the loss of more bees.

So yeah, eating honey isn’t inhumane at all. In fact, you’re helping the bees by eating what they produce and giving money to the bee keepers who are the ones making sure that the hive will keep being healthy.

[parasocialanxiety]

OP is right about honey, there’s nothing inhumane about it. buy local honey, it’s good for the bees. but it’s the demand for tequila killing the bats. “vegans and agave” is a cute way of distracting the blame. don’t drink tequila.

[aegyo-shinee]

This is cracking me up..why on earth did they delete his response in the movie!? hes so offended LOL

[amehtanas]

UNMUTE THIS

[carbonitekenobi]

sCuM?!

[laylainalaska]

I don’t know why it cracks me up so much that Han’s first reaction is not to attack, or to protect Leia, but to hold her back, clearly assuming that she’s just going to fling herself into the middle of a dozen armored Stormtroopers and start trying to kill them with her bare hands.

[rinasaurusrex]