Nebulette

22 now apparently! the passage of time amazes me. they/them, if you wanna check out my actual art blog go to https://www.tumblr.com/nebuletteartblog

[nebuletteart]

really upsetting to delete everything but it is done, all my art has been deleted, post by fucking post. gonna be leaving this place in a week, followers and mutuals feel free to dm if you want to hang out on discord or smth

[dreamyfreakout]

tumblr has an AI toggle you should turn on to prevent your work being shared with training models/etc! it's under settings (gear icon) & then visibility.

[nebuletteart]

Ok after thinking on this whole debacle and talking to my dad, who has worked in tech for the last several decades, I think I can finally articulate why this is bad advice. I'm sorry but no tech company will honor this. In my dads words, "They only put something like that there to avoid legal issues. All it takes for them to steal your work is to call it a glitch or tech issue when they get caught." Because here's the deal, they were likely already scraping Tumblr and when it was leaked by ex employees that Tumblr was working with Midjourny, they quickly announced it as something you could opt out of, knowing their largely anti ai userbase would likely leave en-mass if it got out they were scraping users work.

Within the next 2 years (If tumblr even survives that long, at this point I think most of the goodwill has dried up) I guarantee there will be a massive scandal where an art blog will be in their settings and notice that this toggle has been turned off for god knows how long, and other blogs will find the same exact issue like the plague. Then, when confronted on it, Tumblr will announce it as a programming error. Or worse yet there'll be some large data leak revealing that the button did literally nothing or an artist will find their work plagiarized by ai even though they have the toggle on, and it'll be the same deal.

What this toggle is, is an illusion. Tumblr is offering a canopy from the rain, but when you look at it you'll realize it's made of mesh and when it rains it POURS. Glaze and Nightshade wont help here, as they can only do so much and have flaws. It is time for us all to make our own damn websites, because you are kidding yourself if you think Tumblr isnt gonna rob you blind. We've seen the CEO is pro AI, and from the Predestrogen fiasco we saw that the guys willing to bend the rules whenever it suits him. And that's not even getting into the folks behind Midjourny! Were they not the ones gloating about fraud in their private discord server?! (dont quote me on this, but I do remember one of the big AI companies getting nailed for this)

Regardless, I highly recommend everyone leave Tumblr right the fuck now. If they havent already stolen your shit they're on their way. Go to Neocities and make yourself a website, it is no longer safe to post your work on any social media site. I wont begrudge anyone who is tired of running and chooses to stay on here regardless but do NOT lie to people and say that a toggle will protect them.

[leidensygdom]

Please be aware that the "opt-out" choice is just a way to try to appease people. But Tumblr has not been transparent about when has data been sold and shared with AI companies, and there are sources that confirm that data has already been shared before the toggle was even provided to users.

Also, it seems to include data they should not have been able to give under any circumstance, including that of deactivated blogs, private messages and conversations, stuff from private blogs, and so on.

Do not believe that "AI companies will honor the "opt-out request retroactively". Once they've got their hands on your data (and they have), they won't be "honoring" an opt-out option retroactively. There is no way to confirm or deny what data do they have: The fact they are completely opaque on what do they currently "own" and have, means that they can do whatever they want with it. How can you prove they have your data if they don't give everyone free access to see what they've stolen already?

So, yeah, opt out of data sharing, but be aware that this isn't stopping anyone from taking your data. They already have been taking it, before you were given that option. Go and go to Tumblr's Suppport and leave your Feedback on this (politely, but firmly- not everyone in the company is responsible for this.)

Finally: Opt out is not good under any circumstance. Deactivated people can't opt out. People who have lost their passwords can't opt out. People who can't access internet or computers can't opt out. People who had their content reposted can't opt out. Dead people can't opt out. When DeviantArt released their AI image generator, saying that it wasn't trained on people who didn't consent to it, it was proven it could easily replicate the styles of people who had passed away, as seen here. So, yeah. AI companies cannot be trusted to have any sort of respect for people's data and content, because this entire thing is just a data laundering scheme.

Please do reblog for awareness.

[nebuletteart]

Honestly confused why everyone is going the Opt Out route with the Tumblr AI shit. I’m sick in bed rn so I can’t do anything but I’m planning on deleting my Tumblr wholesale. Like we all just saw that fiasco with the Moderation right? Unfairly targeting Trans women and posts about Palestine? We saw what the CEO did, where that guys mental state is going (aka riding the Terf bus). I saw so many artists saying if Tumblr did roll out AI they’d leave, because leaving is the only way to show the company that this isn’t going to be profitable here.

But now everyone is passing around posts on how to Opt Out! even though the setting hasn’t been rolled out to every user yet and might not be for god knows how long! Maybe I have lass of a connection to the website, I only joined after the pornban because then my parents deemed it ok for me. But I don’t know, as much as I like this place the writing is on the wall. This place has been limping for a long time and surviving on good will and it just doesn’t have any anymore, so I don’t get why people still want to stay here. It’s frustrating as an artist, because I just want one good place to post my work, and there isn’t any anymore. I’m going to have to make my own website now, figure out how to advertise it.

Anyway, any mutuals or heck, folks who follow me, feel free to dm. I don’t think this blog will last the week, as long as my procrastination doesn’t slow me down.

[nebuletteart]

Maybe I’m just angry and sick rn. Still I do plan on leaving Tumblr asap.

[nebuletteart]

Honestly confused why everyone is going the Opt Out route with the Tumblr AI shit. I’m sick in bed rn so I can’t do anything but I’m planning on deleting my Tumblr wholesale. Like we all just saw that fiasco with the Moderation right? Unfairly targeting Trans women and posts about Palestine? We saw what the CEO did, where that guys mental state is going (aka riding the Terf bus). I saw so many artists saying if Tumblr did roll out AI they’d leave, because leaving is the only way to show the company that this isn’t going to be profitable here.

But now everyone is passing around posts on how to Opt Out! even though the setting hasn’t been rolled out to every user yet and might not be for god knows how long! Maybe I have lass of a connection to the website, I only joined after the pornban because then my parents deemed it ok for me. But I don’t know, as much as I like this place the writing is on the wall. This place has been limping for a long time and surviving on good will and it just doesn’t have any anymore, so I don’t get why people still want to stay here. It’s frustrating as an artist, because I just want one good place to post my work, and there isn’t any anymore. I’m going to have to make my own website now, figure out how to advertise it.

Anyway, any mutuals or heck, folks who follow me, feel free to dm. I don’t think this blog will last the week, as long as my procrastination doesn’t slow me down.

[angelicguy]

non-confrontational cowboy that wont turn around after the 10 paces

[gunsandfireandshit]

he just breaks into a sprint and nobody has ever been able to hit him because he serpentines so well

[dylanobrienisbatman]

“This town ain’t big enough for the two of us”

Non-confrontational cowboy: “SURE AINT!” *sprints away*

[qifreynothing]

[fourleafisland]

support me on kofi! | carrd | art streams

i like to imagine akari got to wear the uniform he wanted after the end of the manga. (who is this? pokemon history under the cut!)

for those of you who don't know, this is akari from the manga 'how i became a pokemon card (1999)'! (bulbapedia link)

he is a trans boy, and to my knowledge is the only canon trans boy in all of the pokemon franchise among the small handful of canon trans characters.

this manga never got an official localization, so how some chose to translate the matter of akari using different pronouns differs from translation to translation. the sentiment stays the same though - akari is a boy, though he was born a girl.

this and the tension it causes with his mother is the main focus of this chapter of the manga. i would even say the subject of dysphoria is communicated pretty decently for how old the manga is, though usually through the metaphor of pokemon!

though the ending for the chapter is kind of ambiguous, so i wouldn't call it a perfect representation, its still pretty cool to see a canon trans character in a manga thats almost as old as i am. thank you if you read this far, and please give this manga a read!

[xxacidnekoxx]

✨ms paint story telling✨ the wizard realm!

[porrigens]

i like to draw him eating

[roseillith]

[terkmc]

My contribution to the "samurai and cowboy media are the exact same genre" idea is that the tumbleweed blowing by dramatically is just the equivalent of the chery blossom/leaf blowing by dramatically

"The lone wanderer of a bygone era arrives at a village and protect it by drawing their signature weapon really fast, in a story about the romantic ideals of old in a changing time, where the final duel is over in a single move but takes a second to reveal who’s the winner while plant life dramatically blows by"

[sprousprou]

[butchdykekondraki-moved]

yeah sorry we took your canon male character and made him a butch dyke. no yeah it didnt change his appearance hes just a butch dyke now. sorry. hes infinitely cooler now if that makes u feel better

[laboratoryrats]

“Notes on skirts and pants”

Source: miyuli on twitter

[moniquill]

There's a stairway to heaven and a highway to hell, but the midnight train goes anywhere. Trains are clearly the superior transit method.

[bearie]

[2wo-knav3s]

[mayposting]

Dungeons, Drive-Ins, and Dives (or: Flavortown in Dungeon)

It's messy but I couldn't rest until I drew this cursed idea