Stuff

The crazy mix of science, math, hopeful, recovery, nature, and geek stuff that goes through my mind on a regular basis

[moviesludge]

RIP in peace all the nsfw posts

[ehlersdanlo]

everybody wants to rule the world by tears for fears > africa by toto

[emotionbycarlyraejepsen-deactiv]

[wilwheaton]

Hey, before 171218, wanted to thank you for #butts and generally being sex positive. I kind of got it into my head that seeking out and admiring attractive people doing sexy things was, well, not something you should do. But Tumblr helped change that. You introduced me to April O’Neil and Dita vonTease, and modeled a happy marriage that includes looking at sexy people doing sexy things. I’m going to miss that casual positivity on Monday.

You are describing what will be the worst thing to lose tomorrow: the community of kind and positive people who gathered here because it was, largely, safe for us. It’s interesting to know that, in the service of Vulture Capitalists and other 1%ers, Tumblr will drive away a substantial number of good people who happen to be sex-positive, who may be something other than CIS hetrosexuals, and their friends and loved ones who are here to be with them. It’s further interesting to note that, while Tumblr does this – by design – it is leaving every single hateful, racist, Nazi, white supremacist, incel, misogynist, cruel and destructive blog and their followers untouched.

There’s a strong and dangerous Libertarian ideology that runs deep in Silicon Valley that directly and indirectly supports actions that quite tellingly never affect CIS white hetero men, but have profoundly dangerous and harmful consequences for literally every other group of people. 

Through actions like Tumblr’s upcoming ban that will (through post flagging) disproportionately affect LGBTQ people, like Jack Dorsey’s refusal to address the hate and white supremacy on Twitter, like Facebook’s decision to use right-wing anti-Semitic dogwhistles to deflect attention from its systemic privacy violations, like Reddit’s embrace of right-wing and white nationalist users, it is impossible to deny that the decision makers in the board rooms at the biggest social media platforms are at the very least sympathetic to the voices and ideas of white supremacists and misogynists, and at worst in total agreement with their positions. Every choice these people make moves what should be fringe voices and ideas further and further into the mainstream, while they marginalize and punish nonviolent voices that call for justice and equality.

Social media is broken and it’s the fault of the failed leaders at the main social media platforms, who will be remembered with disdain and contempt by history.

Wow ….. uh …. this answer sort of spun off into a rant, so let me bring it back to what you initially said: I don’t know Dita (though it would make my LIFE to meet her) but April is a very good friend of mine, and I love that you found her work, her nerdiness, and her awesomeness through this Tumblr thingy I run. I’m so sorry that you’re going to be losing a platform and a place where you felt at home and safe. I hope that those of us who stay can use our privilege to move Tumblr back to the place it was yesterday.

I’ll do my best to carry on casual positivity and as many #BUTTS as I can get away with.

[cakemakethme]

Terry Crews coming in with some wisdom

[sociallyawkwardhufflepuff]

we need terry painting like bob ross on tv everyday 

[wilwheaton]

So the day is upon us. How do you feel about Tumblr's removal of "adult content"?

Here’s a copypaste from another thing I wrote earlier today:

There’s a strong and dangerous Libertarian ideology that runs deep in Silicon Valley that directly and indirectly supports actions that quite tellingly never affect CIS white hetero men, but have profoundly dangerous and harmful consequences for literally every other group of people.

Through actions like Tumblr’s upcoming ban that will (through post flagging) disproportionately affect LGBTQ people, like Jack Dorsey’s refusal to address the hate and white supremacy on Twitter, like Facebook’s decision to use right-wing anti-Semitic dogwhistles to deflect attention from its systemic privacy violations, like Reddit’s embrace of right-wing and white nationalist users, it is impossible to deny that the decision makers in the board rooms at the biggest social media platforms are at the very least sympathetic to the voices and ideas of white supremacists and misogynists, and at worst in total agreement with their positions. Every choice these people make moves what should be fringe voices and ideas further and further into the mainstream, while they marginalize and punish nonviolent voices that call for justice and equality.

Social media is broken and it’s the fault of the failed leaders at the main social media platforms, who will be remembered with disdain and contempt by history.

tl;dr: I hate it.

[wilwheaton]

So the day is upon us. How do you feel about Tumblr's removal of "adult content"?

Here’s a copypaste from another thing I wrote earlier today:

There’s a strong and dangerous Libertarian ideology that runs deep in Silicon Valley that directly and indirectly supports actions that quite tellingly never affect CIS white hetero men, but have profoundly dangerous and harmful consequences for literally every other group of people.

Through actions like Tumblr’s upcoming ban that will (through post flagging) disproportionately affect LGBTQ people, like Jack Dorsey’s refusal to address the hate and white supremacy on Twitter, like Facebook’s decision to use right-wing anti-Semitic dogwhistles to deflect attention from its systemic privacy violations, like Reddit’s embrace of right-wing and white nationalist users, it is impossible to deny that the decision makers in the board rooms at the biggest social media platforms are at the very least sympathetic to the voices and ideas of white supremacists and misogynists, and at worst in total agreement with their positions. Every choice these people make moves what should be fringe voices and ideas further and further into the mainstream, while they marginalize and punish nonviolent voices that call for justice and equality.

Social media is broken and it’s the fault of the failed leaders at the main social media platforms, who will be remembered with disdain and contempt by history.

tl;dr: I hate it.

[cakemakethme]

Terry Crews coming in with some wisdom

[sociallyawkwardhufflepuff]

we need terry painting like bob ross on tv everyday 

[basketballamerican-deactivated2]

[smitethestate]

If there’s anything worth living for, it’s kittens trying to imitate their moms.

[ruinedchildhood]

[mcavoy]

At that [rehearsal], Tom saw that the production designer had put a giant lobster tank in the center of the restaurant and that was just a true design choice just to make it seem like a fancy restaurant. As soon as Tom sees it, he goes, ‘Well, I’m going to go in the tank.’

Even if you’re Tom Hardy, you don’t just jump in a lobster tank and call it day. “The designer was like, ‘We didn’t build it for somebody to go in!’” Fleischer says. “And, you know, they were all live lobsters.”

Then improvised direction required the rejiggering of major elements to allow for Eddie/Venom to plunge into and feast, and for Hardy to do it all safely. As anyone who witnessed the The Mask-like spectacle, they pulled off the construction and stunt work under the wire. And the lobsters gobbled up by a Venomized Eddie? Marshmallow crustaceans with chocolate syrup blood.

How the best scene in Venom was improvised 

[fearpact]

he’s making a list, he’s checking it twice!

he’s gonna find out who’s on thin fucking ice!

[damianmcgintleman]

🎶 Santa Claus is callin’ you out 🎶

[books-read-in-nooks]

Me: “Yeah I read all the time! I’m always reading a book-”

My books sitting unread on my bookshelf:

[notyourmothersspellbook]

Solidarity

A reminder here that for all of December 17th (tomorrow) I will be off of Tumblr and so this blog won’t have any new posts for tomorrow but will resume posting on Tuesday. I’m not sure how effective a site-wide log off protest will be in the long run, but I’m always in favor of solidarity. Here’s hoping to see you all on the other side of this misguided update.

[stream]

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018)

[humansofnewyork]

“Have you ever thought about how we’re living in a society designed to give us anything we want, but we’re essentially the same people who lived during tribal times?  We’re catering to the same base needs like warmth and sex and social gratification, but we’re doing so through unnatural means.  If you think about it, the scrolling mechanism on a phone is a bit like strolling through a forest.  We still come across unknown things.  But now the first judgment that comes to our mind is immediately reinforced.  We can say “I like it,” and we’ll be given more of the same.  Or we can say ‘I don’t like it,’ and the thing will go away forever.  That single mechanism ascribes permanence to our most basic instincts.  We’re never forced to ask: ‘Why do I like it?’  Or ‘Should I like it?’  We’re living in a world that always adapts to us, so we never have to adapt to the world.  I wonder how that affects us.  I also wonder why we like squirrels but hate rats.  Because they’re both rodents.”

[daisyjonhsons]

Did you just say I’m in the Bad Place?

[thepigeongazette]

live action lion king spoiler alert

Sorry I haven’t been posting guys, got a lot on my plate. Also! Reminder that while TPG will continue to update on Tumblr for the time being, people leaving can find me also on Twitter, Tapastic, Webtoons, Instagram and Facebook! Click the links!