Time For: time travel, crossovers, tea, sarcasm

[ladyyueh]

I guess...I'm back?

My phone crapped out months ago and that was the only place I was logged in. When I tried to do the password reset Tumblr would not sent me the damned email so I said fuck it, practiced letting go and made a fresh account.

I tried the password reset again and it worked...and so now I'm back here again feeling a little bit like a zombie. I did follow as many people as I could in the new account but obviously there's something about still following people that are no longer here (on this hellsite) versus deciding to follow them again on a whole new account?

It's like a whole new plan sprout? New environment different era, you have to build and grow with what's here now, I guess.

Now it just feels weird to have two accounts that mostly consist of rebageling stuff I like.

*lurking crocodile*

[depsidase]

[robertreich]

CBS and its parent company Paramount were recently acquired by the family of Larry Ellison — the third-richest person on Earth and a major Trump donor. The family is now attempting a hostile takeover of Warner Bros/Discovery, which would eventually require Trump's approval. Last night, to further pacify Trump, CBS News removed a segment from “60 Minutes” — just three hours before the broadcast — featuring stories of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to what the program called a “brutal” prison in El Salvador. Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News, had demanded changes to the segment. This is why you always follow the money — and why you should be alarmed by billionaire control of the media.

[prescription-cactus]

eleventh plague. emails. 

[whentobuytraintickets]

Pharoah, I hope this email finds you letting my people go

[prescription-cactus]

as per my last plague,

[bitchesgetriches]

Everything Is Becoming a Bank

Most major corporations — from airlines to social media platforms — now aspire to become unregulated banks. Bankification today accounts for

[apatosaurus]

This is a long read, but worth it. Some takeaways:

-Don’t use “buy now pay later.” The fine print isn’t what it seems.

-The fine print on medical financing, store credit cards, and contactless payment is also not what it seems.

-Payday loans are still predatory, even when offered by your employer

-Rewards programs are an income stream for the companies that run them. The points systems are manipulated so that the house always wins. They depend on people leaving money in rewards accounts and not in interest-bearing traditional bank accounts.

-Electronic payment apps like VenMo are not banks. You don’t earn interest. Your money is not protected.

-Your financial information is not private if your money is not kept in a regulated bank.

-None of this is regulated by the FDIC. Your money is not protected if it is held by a non-bank doing banking business. Our economy is not protected from the collapse of financial institutions that are not banks.

-The Biden administration was making progress in increasing accountability for non-banks operating as predatory financial services providers. The current administration is reversing those protections to favor corporations.

[mierac]

Oh boy.

 A third of younger Americans hold their savings on nonbank tech platforms like Venmo

PEOPLE! DO NOT LEAVE YOUR MONEY IN VENMO OR APPLE PAY OR ANY OF THIS SHIT. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GO FIND A REAL BANK OR A CREDIT UNION.

If Venmo were to close tomorrow all your money would vanish. There's no insurance or guarantee on any of these things. I know banks aren't great but legit banks will have the "FDIC insured" logo on their doors and websites, which means if my bank goes under tomorrow I still get my money back. Also I guarantee you there is a credit union somewhere in your town, go find it.

You can leave some money in Venmo or Apple pay or whatever, but NOT ALL OF IT for the love of God.

[jenniferdub]

FYI this is what the logo looks like and Apple Cash is FDIC insured.

[idroolinmysleep]

No, it's misleading. Go to Green Dot's T&Cs, search for "FDIC," and you'll come across this:

your funds are insured up to $250,000 by the FDIC in the event Green Dot Bank fails

In the event Green Dot Bank fails. Meaning the only time your money is protected is if Green Dot goes under. Not if Apple goes under (unlikely, granted). Or if Apple changes its terms (entirely possible). Or if you got scammed. Or if Apple freezes your account because they think you're the one scamming. Or any of the other countless mishaps your money could suffer. Green Dot is insured, but Apple Cash is not.

This is the disclaimer (highlighted) you see before you set up Apple Cash:

[heywriters]

I really need my followers, especially younger ones, to read this.

And DO NOT get store credit cards, they are money sucks and difficult to cancel.

[introvertsnation]

[palominojacoby]

Jeffrey Gibson

[blatantescapism]

[Image description: three art pieces by Choctaw/Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson. All three pieces are wall hangings, made of bead weaving, with long fringe. The first two also incorporate metal jingles. All have very vibrant and clashing colors. They have text woven into the beads, in all capital letters. The colors and patterns mean that reading the text may cause eye strain.

The first piece says “American history is longer, larger, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. JB”.

The second piece says “I am Alive, You are Alive, They are Alive, We are Living! I am Alive, You are Alive, They are Alive, We are Living!”

The third piece says “Eye of the storm; like a hurricane.” End ID. /]

[duckprintspress]

no nuance...

yes, I use generative AI as part of my creative process

no, I don't use generative AI as part of my creative process

Voting ended onDec 29, 2025

I should probably define what falls under the umbrella of generative AI here but I kinda don't feel like it, but like. using an image generator to make references. brainstorming by talking with chatgpt. generating images of characters as inspiration. all that kinda jazz counts. as of course does full-on using genAI to make your stuff.

remember that your vote is anonymous, so you don't have to out yourself on one side or the other when you share. I'm just curious what the spread is actually like when there's some anonymity. if you're wondering my own opinion it's in my original tags, but I'm attempting not to be judgemental in this accompanying text.

[duckprintspress]

just remember that if y'all want to see how bad the genAI users get ratioed, you need to reblog it...

[eldritchdilf-deactivated2025061]

Contrary to popular belief the biggest beginner's roadblock to art isn't even technical skill it's frustration tolerance, especially in the age of social media. It hurts and the frustration is endless but you must build the frustration tolerance equivalent to a roach's capacity to survive a nuclear explosion. That's how you build on the technical skill. Throw that "won't even start because I'm afraid it won't be perfect" shit out the window. Just do it. Just start. Good luck.

[tooquirkytolose]

‘The Magic of Jingle Sleigh Heights’

Or: Hallmark Christmas movie turned horror lol

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[frownyalfred]

Bruce Wayne is a dad first, a tactician second, a fighter third, and an asshole all the way down to his very bones fourth

[thatscreamingrat]

went to the pub for a drink on my first real day off in over a week and watched the girl behind the bar drop the entire cash drawer on the floor in the middle of the rush and then just stare at it at her feet for like a solid two minutes

[thisecommercelife]

"✦ Would you like help with that?"

https://linktr.ee/ecomic

[emeraldspiral]

You think this is an exaggeration, but didn't they actually make a whole series of ads showing that you can use AI to write "heartfelt" messages and order "thoughtful" gifts for your family when you can't be bothered to do it yourself? So you can go through the motions of appearing to care while being completely disengaged from your loved ones?

[thetrashiestoftrash]

At work, there's occasionally a volunteer activity to write e-cards for kids at St. Jude's. There are some guidelines, as well as templates if you just don't know what to write. Last time the powers that be pushed AI at us, someone gushed that they loved using AI to come up with messages for these cards, an activity that is already so low-effort and distant as to be almost meaningless.

[frownyalfred]

Seeing your little boy be a father that you never got to be I know Thomas feels sickkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Your son is literally older than you and is rolling his eyes at the new way schools are teaching their kids how to do math and you just mourn that you never got the chance to do the name

I'm sure it exists and I'm just missing it, but I want a resurrection fic where Thomas is like "oh no my son really did outpace everything I've done for this city" and legitimately recognizes that Bruce is objectively a greater man than he was at the same age, instead of Thomas just mentally shitting on Bruce for choosing violence. Like yes, I eat that up too, it's delicious angst, but objectively speaking your son did SO MUCH more than you did for Gotham, and even just as man in his own life.

Master martial artist by 30 - one of the best in the world

Holds doctorates or the equivalent in multiple subjects

Raised multiple kids into notable heroes

Founded the Justice League

Continued the Waynes' foundations + charity work in Gotham and improved their reach and support

Wayne Enterprises/etc - while the work focus shifted, the work, profits, and employees are even better than Thomas' time

Founded Batman Incorporated, if you're including that

Helped root out corruption in GCPD and other city organizations

Consults/liaises on so many international and intergalactic cases it isn't even funny

But a lot of times, DC and/or fic focuses on Thomas being disappointed in Bruce?

like dude. your son has a DINOSAUR in his BAT CAVE and those two things aren't even the most interesting parts of him.

[frownyalfred]

[puppygirllaika]

Instructor who gave U of Oklahoma student a zero on anti-trans paper removed from teaching

Graduate assistant Mel Curth found Samantha Fulnecky's paper unscientific and offensive in referring to trans people as "demonic."

They fired her.

The university also placed another teacher on leave for allowing her students to leave class to attend a protest in support the instructor.

[bonniebugsy]

Completely unrelated, but current students of OU are transferring out and alumni are wanting refunds for their tuition, since OU has made it abundantly clear that their degrees aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

[canary-prince]

If you call the university's main number and express polite confusion over the situation, they will transfer you to someone to talk to about it. So if you feel like playing Concerned Parent: 1-405-325-0311

[hesperocyon-lesbian]

And here’s the business of the mom who orchestrated this whole plan to get a trans woman fired from teaching, in case you want to let her customers know what a lying sack of shit she is

Fulnecky Law · 4.9★(69) · Attorney

2627 W Republic Rd Suite A-108, Springfield, MO 65807

[captain-price-unofficially]

Samantha Fulnecky admitted that she didn't really read the article she was supposed to be responding to and just threw something together in 30 minutes.

[depsidase]