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Deprecating New XKit

Hi all, it's been a while!

tl;dr: You should use XKit Rewritten, it's new, shiny, and getting consistent updates. Get it from here: https://addons.tumblr.com/post/661324873572974592/xkit-rewritten. If you want to customize the appearance of Tumblr you should use the built-in settings or Palettes for Tumblr. You shouldn't rely on New XKit, it's old and busted.

Around four years ago, April, a core contributor to New XKit, started the XKit Rewritten and wider @addons projects to create a modern alternative to the already somewhat moldy New XKit. This was with our complete support, and many members of the New XKit team now also help out with XKit Rewritten and other addons.

Chrome and Firefox have both phased out support for older extensions, requiring challenging workarounds to install New XKit. It's become very clear that anyone who is still using New XKit would really have a better time using XKit Rewritten, Palettes and Outbox for Tumblr, and the couple XKit-inspired core Tumblr features.

If you continue to use New XKit for some key part of your Tumblr workflow be warned that it's past the end of its digital lifespan. Despite the name, New XKit is a crumbling old cathedral. You can still walk around in it if you really want to, but it has been fenced off for safety and a brick might fall on your head.

One key difference we'd like to highlight is that XKit Rewritten intentionally doesn't have a Blacklist feature, leaving it to Tumblr's native post filtering functionality. If you still need the specific functionality of New XKit's Blacklist, you can keep it installed alongside XKit Rewritten. Click here for a list of other frequently asked questions.

To summarize: Get XKit Rewritten here: https://addons.tumblr.com/post/661324873572974592/xkit-rewritten. It's like New XKit but designed for modern Tumblr and consistently updated. New XKit will still be around for anyone who really needs it but is a much buggier experience.

Thank you all very much for using New XKit! On behalf of the whole team it's been a great time with all of you here on [tumblr].

#tumblr

waneella

Tea Time

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teller-of-tragedies

theres only one choice

no one asked but

- my COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN. you can send me a dm for more info

- you can buy prints on my inprnt (https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/teller-of-tragedies/)

- you can also find me on tiktok (https://www.tiktok.com/@teller.of.tragedies) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/teller.of.tragedies/)

have a nice day :)

staticnoisesss

how you can help palestine

*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*

Donations

donations currently reaching gaza:

help buy e-sims for people in gaza (PLEASE HELP CONNECT GAZANS TO THE WORLD. if you would like to stay updated, please follow @/Mirna_elhelbawi on twitter)

currently holafly e-sims are needed. please donate.

donate to get food packages to gaza - care for gaza

support palestinians: buy a keffiyeh from the last and only factory in palestine - hirbawi

secondary donations:

palestine children's relief fund

palestine red crescent society

save palestine - islamic relief canada

send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association

click to donate - arab.org

donate for the recovery of hisham awartani - gofundme

one of the three palestinian students shot by a racist in vermont for wearing kufiyas and speaking arabic. hisham’s injuries have left him paralysed from below the chest.

help bring down israel's weapon trade - palaction

NOTE: journalists based in gaza are saying a demand for ceasefire is the priority as not all donations are reaching gazans (focus on the donations that are directly reaching gaza). so please contact your local MPs every single day demanding as such. palestine need a permanent ceasefire.

Petitions

petition to investigate war crimes committed by israeli military

demand ceasefire - amnesty.org

open call for immediate ceasefire

american government call for immediate ceasefire

american government to stop funding israeli military

ceasefire and increase humanitarian assistance - oxfam au

petition to get canva to address their pro-israel stance

invoke the genocide convention to call for ceasefire in gaza - world beyond war

location specific petitions

gaza call for ceasefire - oxfam (UK)

end israeli occupation - parliament uk (UK)

email your MP - medical aid for palestine (UK)

protect gaza civilians - islamic relief (UK)

stop fuelling genocide - action network (USA)

@ biden: call for ceasefire now - move on (USA)

ceasefirenow.com - jewishvoiceofpeace (USA)

call congress and demand a ceasefire - uscpr (USA - they provide a script of what you should say, so don't worry about it)

note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.

australia call on israel to stop attacking palestinians - apan (AUS)

immediate ceasefire and increase in humanitarian aid in gaza - actionaid (AUS)

email your MPs - stand with palestine (AUS)

[EN5622] call for ceasefire and end to occupation - parliament of australia (AUS)

closes 13 dec @ 8.59pm AEST

[EN5628] retract governmental support to israel and demand ceasefire - parliament of australia (AUS)

closes 13 dec @ 8.59pm AEST

sign to send letter to MP for ceasefire - nccm (CANADA)

ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)

ceasefire and allow aid to enter gaza - oxfam (CANADA)

house of commons petition 4661 (CANADA)

closes 9 dec @ 11.03am EDT

cessez-le-feu et un couloir humanitaire - le mouvement (FRANCE)

write to your député - assemblée nationale (FRANCE)

skydda civilbefolkningen i gaza! - mittskifte (SWEDEN)

singaporeans call for immediate ceasefire (SIN)

contact your elected reps and demand a ceasefire (GERMANY)

write to the EU demanding a ceasefire (EUROPE)

template of letters you can send (EU)

guide on how to contact your MPs in EU

p.s. if the template is outdated, just use it as a guide and add a few sentences here and there that reflect the current situation. i can’t find any recent templates so :/ at least this is something

multiple actions you can take to help palestine - plant een olifbloom (NETHERLANDS)

includes: links for donations, emails to MP, emails to media, links to petitions and demonstrations

den haag, maak nú werk van vrede in israël/Palestina - the right forum (NETHERLANDS)

māori call for palestine - ourActionStation (NZ)

special visa for palestinians in gaza with family in NZ - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)

deem israeli actions as war crimes - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)

basta ao genocídio em Gaza! - awaaz (BRAZIL)

globo e grande mídia, parem de desumanizar civis palestinos - the intercept (BRAZIL)

Campaigns

friends of al-aqsa

❥ UK-specific

urge your MP to speak up for palestine

hands off al-aqsa

stop administrative detention

petition for UK to stop arming israel

❥ International

boycott puma — email them to end their partnership with israel

boycott coca-cola

palestine action

join the resistance

islamic relief canada

urge your MP to rally for ceasefire

decolonise palestine

poster campaign to raise awareness on the war crimes being committed against palestinians | (very very important please share + read the sources provided)

text/call campaign for people living in USA

text CEASEFIRE @ 51905 to call for a ceasefire

text RESIST @ 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103–a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel

download 5Calls app to contact members of your congress | (more info)

fax campaign for people in the USA

go on this website to send 5 free faxes per day

here’s a link to a pre-written fax copy you can download to send (the first link on the linktree)

here’s a video that explains how to fax your senator (it’s very easy and all you need is a valid email address)

BDS movement

get involved in boycotting companies associated with israel

please let me know if you have any more links. i will add them in. and please reblog the original post!!

UPCOMING PROTESTS

PALESTINIAN LITERATURE READING LIST

evergreenqveen

Stardew Valley Polly Pocket 🌽🍅🥬🍓

nagisa-cchi

“My heart is stronger now that you’re in it”

~ Shou (The Secret World of Arriety)

atomic-lola

Just wanted to put a plug in for one of my new fav websites, Can I Play That?, which focuses on accessbility reviews of video games by disabled gamers. As someone with a dexterity/mobility disability in my hands (carpal tunnel) I NEED games that allow easy and convenient ways to push buttons to do stuff and let me rebind keys at will. I’m now checking Can I Play That? before buying games since their reviews are ++. They include accessibility reviews for deaf/hard of hearing and cognitive disabiliies too.

Can I Play That provides accessibility focused game reviews and news. For Disabled Gamers, By Disabled Gamers.

maddiesharafian

The Need to Stay

(Thought I’d upload my recent comics to Tumblr! I totally forgot it only lets you upload 10 pics at a time, and this is 11, but fingers crossed it works!)

kyloren

In my grandparents’ time, it was believed that spirits existed everywhere… in trees, rivers, insects, wells, anything… I like the idea that we should all treasure everything because spirits might exist there, and we should treasure everything because there is a kind of life to everything. — Hayao Miyazaki.

scenery in SPIRITED AWAY / 千と千尋の神隠し 2001 | dir. Hayao Miyazaki / 宮崎駿

#spirited away #ghibli #gif

wednesdaysky

Hi! I've been following you since your DGM scanlation days and seeing your recent post, it seems that you're doing fine even during these trying times which is a big relief! If it's alright with you, I'd like to take the opportunity to ask you some questions, like how to interact with Japanese fandom in general and if you do translation commissions for things like Drama CDs (which I'm happy to pay for!). Sorry for being so forward and ty for reading!

Wow, hi!! Yeah I remember you :D I’ve seen your Tumblr around, and I snooped a bit and you used to go by Yamamoto Kou right? Good to see you still around ☺ And gosh someone actually remembers that I scanlated DGM for five minutes!!??!?! I’m very flattered and sorry that we didn’t go on with that for longer lol. Anyway gotta be honest, it’s been a minute since DGM for me so my memory is a little fuzzy lol, but I recall you being a chill cool person :) Hope you’re doing all right yourself, goodness knows it has been a struggle for everybody in the hell year of 2020.

As for your questions, let’s see...

Interacting with Japanese fandom: Gonna be honest, it’s been a while since I did a lot of this. It is very hard to break into Japanese-language fandom spaces in terms of like, actually making friends, if you’re not Japanese yourself. If you really wanna make a serious go of it I’d say you pretty much have to be out there producing fanworks on a regular basis, or starting interesting discussions on Twitter on a regular basis, that sort of thing. As in English-speaking fandom, being prolific with posting and proactively going out to interact is the easiest way to get noticed by like-minded people. Though at least these days you probably don’t have to be on Mixi or anything like that lol since Japan has adopted Twitter so enthusiastically. Japanese fandom can be extremely insular though, a lot of stuff takes place in private spaces or completely at offline events, and obviously the latter is something that most English-speaking fans simply aren’t going to be able to break into for the sheer effort and expense -- I’m not sure how that side of things has been affected by the pandemic, but still, the fandom has that tendency. Sorry this is very generalized but if anyone else has any more detailed thoughts, please do feel free to leave your own comments. I don’t have more specific advice because the last time I had the time and energy to genuinely (unsuccessfully) try to make Japan fandom friends was several years ago lol.

Translation commissions: I absolutely take commissions! I used to do this more formally in the past and had a site and stuff, but I never really got any bites so it’s more of a case-by-base basis when people ask me these days. Mostly I am a J→E text translator: my standard rate for fandom stuff is USD $0.04/character for pure text, $1/page for manga (text script, scanlation is extra). I have not been asked to do a drama CD before as I normally don’t work with audio, but I’m open to the idea! I’d probably have to listen to and transcribe the CD before translation (unless of course you already have a text script) which can be a quite labor-intensive process, especially as my auditory processing isn’t the greatest, so that would be an extra fee; but I’d be very glad to give you a quote on what I would charge if you want to discuss details. (Incidentally I have also been commissioned to do E→J in the past, which I’m happy to do as well with the caveat that I’m not a Japanese native speaker so I can never guarantee complete accuracy in that direction.)

Anyhoo, you haven’t been forward at all, it was nice to hear from you! :) Feel free to shoot me another ask if you wanna talk commission stuff or just about anything in general. I’m also happy to privately send you my Discord if you might like to chat over there - again, just about anything at all lol :D Have a good one!!

onewayworld

Yeah, that’s me! I’m glad that I left a positive impression since we last talked!

Anyway, yes! I’d appreciate it if we can talk over Discord about those commissions!

Also thanks for the advice. My major concern though is would there be any backlash if I try tweeting with broken Japanese? Considering I don’t have much experience interacting with native speakers and am struggling to get through Japanese media, my Japanese is probably not even at primary school level. I’d like to use it more often hence tweeting fandom stuff in Japanese but is that frowned upon?

afeelgoodblog

How this blind person’s friends explained colors to them

somethoughtseeds

Where to find me

A list:

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Actually there is one scene that I’m perplexed by. In the Viz translation at the part Deku tells Uraraka and Iida that the Deku isn’t his name its just Kacchan being a bully but Viz made Iida say “A derogatory pet name?“ I know it’s not a radically major scene but it so stuck out when I reread the volumes over the fan translations.

so i can’t actually find the raws for the chapter (if anyone wants to help me out that’d be greatly appreciated) but in the anime i know iida just says “an insult?” so i think that’s probably pretty accurate. viz takes more liberties w/ their translations than you’d think

fun fact: bakugou’s behavior has never been referred to as bullying or him being a bully, not even by ochako. it’s only ever referred to as “バカにする“ which just means “to make fun of”

onewayworld

I don’t know if anyone’s gotten back to you about this so here you go:

They’re talking about chapter 7 pg 10(?) where IIda uses the word “ 蔑称 “, which is:

a disparaging word ((for)); 〔差別用語〕a derogatory term