Talk about issues or talk about me

 He/Him, Australia

[josephbrassey]

“Haha remember when murder-hornets were gonna be a thing? What a nothingburger.”

Yes, because the Washington state government activated like a sleeper-cell and ruthlessly, systematically hunted them down and annihilated them.

“Y2K came to nothing amirite?”

Yes because an army of software engineers working around the clock, losing sleep, and busting ass till the last minute prevented it from happening.

“Remember the hole in the ozone layer?”

You mean the one that was fixed through rigorous world wide government action?

One of the root problems of our society is a refusal or inability by media to articulate that all those “it’s gonna be an apocalypse” disasters were not disasters because we collectively did something about them.

The good news is this is actually quite correctable. I maintain my firm belief that we as humans are capable of solving almost all of our problems, when we decide to do so.

And I still think that’s going to happen. I don’t know when or how, but I do know that abandoning hope won’t help bring it about.

And I refuse to let the cynics own a chunk of my heart.

[nudityandnerdery]

"[Y]our Harry Potter games are Cybertrucks" is such a good way to put it.

[boybeetles]

Watching queer people debate the law in the uk about arresting people over fiction the uk government doesn’t like as if the next step in censoring ‘obscene’ things isn’t to define queer people as ‘obscene’

[boybeetles]

Tbhhhh I don’t think governments should be able to control what fiction people consume/publish or what roleplay people do. It’s pretend it’s playing . It’s stuff you do in private . If no actual abuse is involved the police have no business in what you jerk off to or what porn people make.

[production-run]

"Censorship is bad" is like the absolute most basic milquetoast progressive-ish political position you can have. If you support censorship of "obscene" material, you are effectively a conservative. Your policy goals align more closely with Nigel Farage or Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin than with anyone who could reasonably be described as progressive or leftist. There is no substantial difference between a "leftist" arguing in favor of "problematic" pornography being restricted and the fascist trying to defund my local library over them carrying queer literature that I had to go to a county board meeting to argue against recently.

[rudavoidish]

Y'all if you're American please email your politicians and senators against the parents decide act. I'm fucking begging because we're reaching a tipping point.

[hetrosjistin]

Call or Write Congress About H.R. 8250: Parents Decide Act - GovTrack.us

Quick and easy link to both find your congressmen/women and giving you a quick and easy way to copy / paste the message into it. You want to oppose. It's an act that will demand that all major OS makers integrate a direct forced age verification control into all OS.

[rudavoidish]

I received a comment on this that I figured would be very helpful- it's a template for communicating with your representatives. Be sure to use it for reference

Dear Representative [Name],

I am writing to express my strong opposition to H.R. 8250 (The "Parents Decide Act"). As your constituent and a concerned citizen, I believe this bill introduces unprecedented risks to digital privacy and security.

Specifically, I am alarmed by:

SEC. 2(a)(1)(B): Requiring age verification to even use an operating system creates a mandatory "hardware lockout" that ends anonymous computing and forces users to hand over sensitive identification data to major corporations just to power on their devices.

SEC. 2(a)(3): Mandating that OS providers create a system for all app developers to access verification data is a massive security vulnerability. This effectively creates a centralized API of user identities accessible to thousands of third-party developers, many of whom may lack adequate data protection.

This bill does not protect children; it creates a centralized surveillance infrastructure at the OS level. I urge you to protect the privacy of your constituents and vote NO on H.R. 8250.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Zip Code]

[willowtree1527]

This is a hell that us down under in Australia are already living in, and it’s not even effective at what it claims to do in protecting children.

Given that, in the wake of this mandatory identification policy, my country seems to be moving to hand over its citizens biometric data, like fingerprints, Face ID files, and identification documents, over to the USA and to ICE to maintain the visa free travel (ESTA) we have, I strongly urge any US resident to send these emails, or make calls.

But if you can’t do that, the most powerful thing you can do is spread the word. Tell your friends, family, coworkers, anyone who can help.

My reach will likely be small, and so I don’t know if this will mean very much in the grand scheme of things, but I cannot stand to see this tracking happen to another population as it did to mine.

And if you think it won’t affect you, it will. All anonymity goes out the window when your accounts can be linked via your personal ID

I wish you all luck in preventing this act from going through.

[elbiotipo]

Also I am asking all of you, once again, to learn about ecosystem conservation and restoration instead of wallowing in "we are already past the point of no return" or that it will take "millennia" to restore ecosystems.

You have to understand that nature does not work in the same timeframe as ours. Protecting and restoring ecosystems is RIDICULOUSLY inexpensive and requires very little industrial technology; shovels and saplings are not exactly high-tech. But it takes time and long-term projects with people determined to do it. Maybe we are too focused in our "we want it now" thinking, but what you see today is not what you may see in 10, 20, 50, even 80 years if you live that long.

But it works. It's working right now, and when capitalism is replaced by socialism and we stop thinking on short-term gain, when our societies are focused into the common welfare instead of accumulation, it will even work better. Again I could point out to individual examples but instead, I encourage you to learn about ecology. We are well past from the catastrophic "Earth will die and there's nothing we can do" predictions from the 80s. We know what to do, we know it can work.

[elbiotipo]

First-of-its-kind study definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss

A new study published online today, April 25, in the scientific journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nat

This article talks about this very much in the "see? ecology can help the economy too!" tone that unfortunately is sort of necessary to convince people in the current capitalist system. But I don't want you to focus on this right now.

I want you to KNOW how doable this is. How inexpensive this is, how POSSIBLE THIS IS. That people working and loving the land and nature they live in is possible. That these projects WORK, THEY DO restore and preserve ecosystems. That humanity is neither a plague that destroys everything or a passive bystander on its own destruction but that these are actual things that can be, are, and will be implemented, backed by actual science and results. This is not empty #hopecore #hopepunk feel good stuff, these are things you can learn about, even work towards, and you can most certainly demand they are part of our society.

Are you listening to me?

[solarpunkcast]

"I'm just losing hope." Then get some fucking conviction. Millions of people around the globe are working their asses off and seeing results. What they are doing IS WORKING.

This orange peel story was huge years ago: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-fruitful-experiment-in-land-conservation/

Beavers reintroduced to historic wetlands improve them at such a level that we can see the improvements from space: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/nasa-satellites-reveal-restoration-power-of-beavers/

Africa is successfully slowing desertification and restoring historic farming soil with their Green Wall project: https://welcomeafrica.org/en/africa-combats-desertification-with-a-belt-of-life/

There has even been success at regrowing coral reefs--something which I am old enough to be told was impossible. But people have been hard at work for decades since then, and this is one of the results: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240308123248.htm

REPAIRING THE DAMAGE IS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.

THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE IF YOU HAVE THE CONVICTION TO BACK IT UP.

[crabussy]

KIA ORA CREW!!!! they're building a five billion dollar AI data centre of absolutely colossal size in waihōpai/invercargill.

if you don't want this to happen, it's VERY QUICK to sign this petition which will eventually be sent to parliament! you don't have to be from aotearoa to sign.

no community should have to face the consequences of an AI data centre of this size. the cost is also heinous. this money could go towards so many causes. it would mean the world if you could give this a quick boost by sharing or taking 15 seconds to sign the petition!

[planefood]

If the radio I heard about this on is correct, this Data centre would take as much energy to run annually as the entirety of Wellington City (the capital city for those unaware) all of this during a fuel crisis. None of us asked for this

[crabussy]

great! great! great! wow! great! yay!

[munida]

Not to mention that the groundwater throughout most of Southland - that the data centre will be drawing on for cooling - has extensive nitrate pollution from decades of intense dairy farming.

The same conditions as in Oregon USA, which is rather in the spotlight right now as the data centres there using nitrate-polluted groundwater for cooling have intensified that pollution so much that it's causing cancer and miscarriages.

There's a good chance that on top of being an immense waste of power and decimating the surrounding environment, it's going to kill people

[bovineblogger]

you don't have to be from here to sign! please, please help us stop this.

[ranijaisichaal]

I request all Indians to please, please submit this attached form. As progressive and empathetic citizens to whom fundamental human rights matter - it is our moral and ethical duty to firmly condemn and oppose the new Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026. Do take a moment to read the form, but the gist of the matter is - the Indian government is changing the definition of what "transgender" means in Indian law, in a way that explicitly, specifically dismisses individuals with "self-perceived" gender identities from any kind of legal protection. There are several more extremely harmful layers to the definition change that make this already insidious bill even more malicious, all of which has been elaborated upon in the write-up. Please, please fill the form, it comes from a legitimate source and can be submitted completely anonymously. If you are not from India, please reblog this to make sure it reaches as many Indian citizens as possible. Please guys, we can't let this happen to our country! We can't let the identities of our fellow Indians get illegitimised!

Signing the Collective Statement on Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026

Collective Statement on Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026. Note: Translations of this statement in multiple I

[india-official]

Hell yeah trans lives matter 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

Also slipped my mind earlier but this petition is also floating around, please take out just 30 seconds to sign it, your help matters.

Sign the Petition

Oppose the amendment redefining transgender identity in India

[chestharrington]

PSA: For fan works, reblog and like from OP

Tumblr is rolling out a new reblog/notes system that completely disregards creators. In their new system, they're taking a twitter-style approach where reblogs will have their own notes that DO NOT contribute to the original post's notes.

Because of this, creators will no longer be able to see an accurate display of likes/reblogs/etc. This is completely altering the way feedback and responses to works are going to be received on this website.

If you come across a fan work that you enjoy, please take the extra step to go to OPs original post, and leave your comment/like/reblog there. Or go one step further and send an ask to OP directly to tell them what you liked!

I really hope Tumblr staff reverses course and reverts to the original reblog system for the sake of the large base of creators who use this site to share their works, but until then, please be considerate and make sure the creators here see/feel the love.

[dyrdeer]

for everyone asking, tumblr is making it impossible for you to add onto ANY post without making it its own separate post. If you put any addition on someone's post its now your post. The OP won't even be privy to any notes it gets unless they check that specific post. This makes it impossible to track anything which is really detrimental to artists who need to know their reach or just see what people are saying about their work. It also just means you can't reblog with any additions without taking notes away from your original post. This is part of what made twitter hostile and its the last gasping breath of a site run by people who don't understand it.

[willelmikes]

okay well i hate the tumblr update too but instead of dooming and threatening to leave the site for the 394538793420182475th time maybe we could, i don't know, send in feedback tickets, because i do like it here and i don't want it to all be ruined by 1 shitty update,,,,

[lady-raziel]

so what you're saying is that theyre implementing a system where OPs are gonna be the ones with the least amount of notes most likely. on all their own original posts

they are codifying "person who repeats the joke you just made and gets all the laughs" as a system

[kedreeva]

it could have been a good update, if they had simply ADDED a feature instead of CHANGING the feature.

JUST adding the ability to reblog from anywhere in the thread (thus saving us the trouble of going up a poster to remove a reblog we don't want/need, such as sometimes I go up a reblog to not carry on a ping someone did to me, as that doesn't need to follow the post everywhere)? Cool. We were already doing that kind of stuff. People have up-chained to remove additions since time immemorial on this hellsite. This would literally have just been a time-saver button.

JUST adding in a comment-adder getting notification ALSO if their addition was reblogged (and NOT removing the notification/notes from the original post), so that OP and the commenter get notified? Yeah okay. Nothing would have been taken away from anyone, and this would actually add a function that would allow commenters to respond to people who reply to them, even if the person didn't reblog directly from them. OP would also see, so they could also be in the conversation they started. No one gets cut out of the conversation if they've added to it. That would be neat.

But to cut OP out of the conversation if someone reblogged from them and commented?? what kind of hot garbage?? what kind of drug-induced hallucination created this community-killing change? Who on earth approved this? What was the goal of this move?? You could have done something good and useful with your time instead of pissing on your poor userbase and calling it rain.

@changes @staff @tumblr @humans

[talisidekick]

If you want to stand up for transgender Canadians, then there's a petition to ask the federal government to repeal the acts signed into law that restrict transgender medical care for transgender youth:

You need only be a resident of Canada, not a citizen to sign. Please help us give transgender youth a fighting chance. Their medical care decisions should be between the handling physician and family only. This isn't a matter for politicians to decide.

[quasi-normalcy]

hey, so I would he grateful if people living in Canada could sign this and if non-Canadians could signal boost, please.

[gehayi]

The petition will be closed for signatures on February 16, 2026.

[codotafterdark]

This needs to be boosted.

[pyrogaynia]

Reminder that your signature does not count unless you confirm it. The confirmation email often takes a day or two so keep an eye on your inbox

[verstopia]

This subfandom thinks of itself as Oh So Important and it's not only embarrassing but also downright harmful.

The reason ep7 has a 5.6 rating is not because you decided to review-bomb it based on a stupid, senseless conspiracy theory about how vol2 is actually really good and conveniently included all the plot points you wanted before it was censored last minute by the evil Netflix. It's because you decided to side with homophobes who are review-bombing it because they don't like that Will being gay is a big plot point for his character at all.

Episode 7 was mediocre, just like episode 6 was mediocre, and yet one of them has a 5.6 rating while the other one has an 8.5. If you genuinely think this is due to "objective criticism," you are wilfully deluding yourself.

This is what you're supporting with this vitriolic hate that is not earned. I don't like the scene, and I have many problems with the writing since season 3, but it is simply not as bad as you are painting it to be.

You are not proving a point about queerbaiting, the show is not even over, for fucks sake. You are, at most, showing to big companies that it's not worth to include queer representation in big shows. For a fandom who likes to talk so much about homophobia from other people and how if homophobes agree with your points than, maybe, they're not good ones, you clearly have a problem in recognition when it's you doing it.

[brainrotdept]

if you're review bombing an episode in which a queer character comes out, released in this current political/cultural climate, I am going to need you to: take a deep breath, think, hop offline, and retether yourself to the reality of the situation.

[sweetfirebird]

Hey the US government is proposing to get rid of the Endangered Species Act. Please go comment.

(yes this entirely for corporate profit)

Cut and paste the docket number to put in your response if you remember. You can comment anonymously if you want.

The Oregon Zoo has some sample arguments you can make.

We have until December 22nd!

[i-suggest-becoming-a-guy]

Well folks, it’s happening. We need to fight for our sisters in New Hampshire so they may use the bathroom as they please. This is ridiculous!

I am pleading with any NH residents, please mail your local legislatures, get your, protest, something! This is an obvious overreach of government power and it will become more common if we do not shoot it down now!

New Hampshire Republicans Want to Keep Trans People Out of Restrooms in Private Businesses

If passed, the bill would be the farthest reaching anti-trans legislation.

[almonddespair]

If you're near New Hampshire do everything you can to help fight this, if you're not, PLEASE spread the word! The trans women there deserve your support and solidarity, not just thoughts and prayers! I know how scary it can be to call and mail your government officials and I know how disheartening the empty platitudes they often respond with if they respond at all can be, but your voice can and does make a difference, especially when it isn't alone, so I am begging you not to be a bystander here!