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✧˖° niya and her sims obsession pt. 2 ✧˖°

[minimooberry]

𝑵𝑰𝒀𝑨 *ੈ✩‧₊˚ // tamil // canadian 😓 // enjoyer of childlike whimsy // wciff ⋆☆ ⊹°˖

𝑵𝑨𝑽 *ੈ✩‧₊˚ saves ⊹ sims in bloom ⊹ sims in bloom storyline ⊹ cas ⊹ sim dl ⊹ lookbooks ⊹ townie makeovers ⊹ ocs ⊹ gamma saga ⊹ vaalbara ⊹ resident evil ⊹ renders ⊹ asks⊹ wcif ⊹ reshade  ⋆☆ ⊹°˖'

cc finds : @moonberrycc personal/fandom: @niyassoulstice

hey i’m Niya! This is my new simblr that I made after getting sick of not being able to follow people on side blogs ☠ I used to be @acanadiansim​ which is why there’s a bunch of reblogs from my old account 😭😭

I’ve binged sims series pretty much my whole life from LaurenZSide back in the day to, more recently, Clare Siobhan - she’s the one that started my obsession with the Sims honestly. I’m posting literally everything. Be warned; my addiction runs deep. 

I’m always gonna be looking for mutuals soooo feel free to reblog/reply to this. ok bye!!

[poutywhims]

🌟 color palette cas challenge

my palette 🎨 | challenge rules 📋

ty for tagging me @niwaya and @niecjing, though i took so long to do it 🤧

i tag @zombiechef @coyotesim @minimooberry @moonlitfalls and whoever else wants to do it !!

[unilifereoladed7]

Color palette challenge + My Palette

Thank you for tagging me @gashface; much appreciated >(๑>؂•̀๑)>❤️

tagging: @elipsaa @yyumixo @flovoid @grimreapersbae @orangepipi @jinkiwhims @minimooberry @jayveesim (hope you don’t mind the tag.. )

[hjbender]

The Four Discoursemen

[starshinesim]

first para kinda nervous

[minimooberry]

Mallory Justina West 🌺 Marianne Evelyn West ✶⋆.˚ Gamma Saga : the house in oregon

marianne and mallory at 22 years old, 20 years apart!! mallory looks so done in this photo im crying shes usually so smiley 😭😭😭 also yes marianne looks like her daddy, but imo she has her mama's face

[minimooberry]

okay thanks

[virsancte]

love her

[brickylittle]

oh my god I just realized this is the year people will stop being born and stop aging and stop dying

[trippin-on-apple]

What football will look like in the future

Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong.

[zedogica]

can you believe it guys? 17776! just a week away!

[minimooberry]

sierra kalani🌹❤

[morrigan-sims]

I've seen a few posts that make some good points about AI editing stuff, but I also think that several of them miss the point of why people use genAI. (note, this isn't aimed at anyone in particular. It's more of like, a summary of my thoughts about AI in the simblr community, and the way people all over tumblr talk about AI.)

I'm firmly anti-ai (for theft reasons, for environmental reasons, for many, many reasons), and I fully believe in calling out and even shaming people who use it, BUT: Unfortunately it makes posts that look good! That post had like, 400-500 notes. The reason cutietrait was using ai was to make their posts look good so they could get notes.

I fully agree that genAI is a plague upon planet earth, but unfortunately, it actually does make cool-looking things. And that's why it's tempting to people who want the praise from Making Something Cool, without having to Put In The Work.

There's a reason people keep putting ai images on their character inspo boards, using it for character art (TTRPG community, I'm looking at you) or using it to texture cc. These people want to make things that look nice, and (as much as I wish it weren't true), AI can do that.

So part of it is not just educating people about the horrible costs of genAI (that is important, but unfortunately a lot of people don't care), but also changing the culture about creation. As someone said in a post yesterday: this is a community. You should be participating out of love for the community, not just for attention.

I don't fault anyone for wanting attention/validation, that's a natural part of the human experience. But you have to be willing to put in the work. So it's multi-pronged issue:

People want validation/attention (natural, okay)

People equate validation with self-worth / have generally unhealthy relationships with creation or social media (extremely and depressingly common, even among people who do make their own work)

Certain types of art/creation (e.g., detailed and realistic sims edits, certain styles of art) are valued more than others (also unfortunate but common)

People want that attention, but don't want to go through the effort of learning the skills that create those kinds of art.

Personally, the reason I want comments/reblogs/any kind of validation is because I spent hours of work on my creative work (writing, edits, etc.). But the problem is when people 1) have an unhealthy need or desire for attention, and 2) are using stolen work to get that attention.

So they turn to AI.

(Side note: it's tempting here to fall into logical fallacies like "it wasn't made by a human, therefore it has no soul". But that's 1) an argument that doesn't actually mean anything, and 2) not the point here. The point is that genAI uses work stolen from people who have dedicated hours and years of their lives to gaining specific skills. And those people are not being compensated in any way for their work.)

[freezerbnuuy]

I’m glad you said this.

A part of me was thinking about something along the lines of what you’re saying yesterday but I’m dogshit with words. I hope you don’t mind me adding some tag-on thoughts. I apologise if some of this is repeating something you already said, I have a hard time picking up on repetition…

Even more so now than it used to be back when I was actively creating in the community, the focus is always on the closest to ‘perfect’ that people can get with pictures. If you don’t use ReShade, GShade, after-effects-type editing, poses and CC, SWRE and the like, and if you don’t do renders, the likelihood of you getting reblogged is incredibly slim. And whilst people laugh at the whole ‘number go up’ thing, like Morrigan says, it’s normal to want some level of validation.

To help combat people dipping into AI usage, I believe another thing people still active in the Sims community need to start doing is reblogging unedited screenshots, vanilla gameplay, in-game screenshots, stories that don’t use poses, etc. if you care so much about creators then be sure to support them even if they are not heavily edited, and not just the top 5 editors, CC creators and storytellers. It might only be a small change but supporting those who don’t use AI will make people realise that people actually DO prefer human made stuff.

My point in this paragraph is an issue across the board and definitely not community wide. But people are too busy saying ‘fuck AI’ and writing paragraphs about how much they love creatives to actually reblog from creatives and support them. You can’t say you’re anti-AI because it harms creators and ‘People are FAR better at creating stuff than AI!’ if you don’t reblog people’s creations.

Also consider sharing any knowledge you have on Sims-related creative processes to help people learn skills! Most of you do this but I know a handful of folk in this community have tried to paywall tutorials or gatekeep knowledge on how to make things before. Love creators as much as you hate AI!

[morrigan-sims]

LOVE CREATORS AS MUCH AS (or more than) YOU HATE AI!!

Yeah. This really is the heart of it. People say “you don’t need to edit your screenshots, just have fun and do what makes you happy!” but for a lot of these people what makes them happy is getting notes. It’s unfortunate, but very common, and like I said, a somewhat natural human thing.

So maybe making simblr feel like more of a community and uplifting others would do more than preaching about the evils of AI. (And it is evil. But that’s not gonna convince anyone.)

Personally I would rather get 3 genuine comments or reblogs with nice tags than 50 likes or 20 reblogs with no tags or only organizational tags. I want the CONNECTION more than I want the ATTENTION.

[pusheen]

[snowbairdd]

Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton in BRIDGERTON season 4 part 2

[minimooberry]

inez whitehorse

[afrolatinotrait]

Sonny’s team will be delivering signatures to Gov. Kay Ivey today. Sign the petition at CharlesSonnyBurton.com!

You DO NOT have to live in the United States to sign the petition. Signatures from outside the U.S. are welcomed.

[afrolatinotrait]

WEBSITE UPDATE:

March 9 | 5PM CT: What's Happening Right Now in Sonny's Case?The Life for Sonny Burton (@Life4SonnyB) team is going live on Instagram with Death Penalty Action (DPA) and So.Informed. Get the newest updates, hear directly from those working on Sonny's case, and learn the most important ways you can help right now. Tap here to join live.

March 9 | 7 PM CT: National Prayer Call for Charles "Sonny" Burton Hosted by the Faith Leaders of Color Coalition (FLOCC) and the Julius Jones Institute (JJI), faith leaders, advocates, and family members will gather tomorrow during the sacred month of Ramadan for a time of prayer, calling for mercy, justice, and protection for Charles “Sonny” Burton. The gathering will unite voices of faith and community while urging supporters everywhere to take action to save Sonny's life.  Register here.

March 12 | 12-6 PM CT: Six Hours for Sonny Vigil at the Alabama State Capitol On Thursday, March 12, supporters will gather on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol for Six Hours for Sonny, a six-hour vigil in solidarity with Sonny Burton and his family during the final hours before his scheduled execution. From 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM CT, faith leaders, advocates, and community members will come together to call for mercy and clemency. Global Livestream: At approximately 4:00 PM CT, we will broadcast a livestream from the Capitol steps, bringing this moment to supporters across the country. Speakers will include voices from the Julius Jones Institute and Rev. R.K. Smith, with additional guests to be announced. Supporters everywhere will be able to watch, bear witness, and stand with Sonny in real time. Watch for the livestream link on Sonny's social channels on March 12.

[afrolatinotrait]

life4sonnyb: Today we marched to deliver over 60,000 signatures of Sonny's clemency petition to the Governors mansion. We made sure everyone around the world came with one voice: SAVE SONNY!

Send a personal note to your representative(s).

If you live in Alabama, we need you! Contact your representatives and ask them to urge the Governor to do the right thing and grant Charles Burton clemency. You can find each of your representative’s contact information here.

Here’s a sample email for you to copy & paste, or to help you get started.

Subject: Urge Governor Ivey to Grant Charles “Sonny” Burton Clemency Dear Representative [Last Name], I’m writing as a concerned Alabama resident who believes in justice, mercy, and the constitutional principles we share. Charles “Sonny” Burton faces execution for a killing he did not commit. Mr. Burton did not shoot Douglas Battle, order the shooting, nor evenwitness it. The decision to take Mr. Battle’s life was made independently by the triggerman, Derrick DeBruce. Yet the State agreed to have Mr. DeBruce’s death sentence later reduced to life without parole, allowing him to live out his final days in prison. Mr. Burton, who neither pulled the trigger nor intended for anyone to be killed, remains under a sentence of death. That disparity should give us pause. The death penalty was never intended for individuals who lacked intent to kill and did not commit the act itself. Executing Mr. Burton under these circumstances raises serious questions about proportionality, fairness, and the consistent application of justice protected by the Eighth Amendment. This is not about minimizing the pain of a terrible crime, but about ensuring punishment is just, measured, and aligned with both the facts and our shared values. I respectfully urge you to ask Governor Ivey to closely review Mr. Burton’s case and consider granting clemency by commuting his sentence to life without parole. This moment calls for moral clarity and principled leadership. Thank you for your time and service to our state. Sincerely, [Your Name] [City, ZIP]

Contact Governor Kay Ivey via Email

The Governor has the sole power to commute Sonny’s sentence to Life Without Parole.

Online Contact Form: contact.governor.alabama.gov

Select "Executions" or "Pardons & Paroles"

Subject: Urgent: Clemency Request for Charles "Sonny" Burton Dear Governor Ivey, I am writing to respectfully urge you to grant clemency to Charles "Sonny" Burton and commute his death sentence to Life Without Parole. Sonny has spent 33 years on death row despite the fact that he was not the shooter in the 1991 incident. The actual shooter, Derrick DeBruce, was resentenced to Life years ago. The State itself has acknowledged that the disparity between their sentences is arguably unjust. Today, Sonny’s health is severely compromised. He is a wheelchair user and a fall risk who lives in daily pain. Granting him clemency is not a request for his release, but a request for fairness and mercy. Please bring this long-standing injustice to an end. Sincerely, [Your Name] [Your Address/City]

Make a Phone Call in Support of Mr. Burton.

Make a call to the Governor or to your representatives and let them know you want them to take action on behalf of Mr. Burton.

Here’s a script to help you get started.

Sample Phone Script “Hello, my name is ______________ and I live in ______________. I’m calling to ask Governor Ivey to grant clemency for Mr. Charles Burton. As Alabamians we must demand better of our judicial system, and we must do our best to right our previous wrongs. Executing a man who did not kill anyone, while the triggerman’s sentence was commuted to life without parole, is unjust and I believe it goes against the will of the people of Alabama. I respectfully urge you to ask Governor Ivey to closely review Mr. Burton’s case and consider granting clemency by commuting his sentence to life without parole. Thank you for your time and service to our state.” Contact Information: Governor Kay Ivey’s Office: (334) 242- 7100 Find your representative’s contact information here.

[salemssimblr]

Pose by me :) Leo by @goblin-sims!

[minimooberry]

my favourite part of the sims is when they develop niccotine addictions