Ren’s Room

ren | they/them | eng | a whole adult

[rens-room]

if another bot account follows me I will go nuclear

edit: if you are a real blog - make yourself look legit before following me because anything perceived as a bot is blocked and reported on sight.

[ellierenae]

writers, reminder that this is now a toggle in your blog settings!

[writing-with-olive]

damn okay why is this even an option

[staff]

Hi, Tumblr. It’s Tumblr. We’re working on some things that we want to share with you. 

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

Here are the important details:

We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 

We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.

To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 

For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 

Please note: If you’ve already chosen to discourage search crawling of your blog in your settings, we’ve automatically enabled the “Prevent third-party sharing” option.

If you have concerns, please read through the Help Center doc linked above and contact us via Support if you still have questions.

[toki-pona]

unfortunately, a lot of the userbase won't opt out. those who don't see this post, those who have posted to tumblr but don't anymore, users on older versions of the app who forget to opt out next time they're on desktop, etc. the point of making it opt-out is to take advantage of people who wouldn't have opted in but don't/can't opt out in time. automatically opting out people who have discouraged search crawling is a gesture that helps Tumblr look more kind, but from the fact that everyone else has to manually opt out, Tumblr is definitely not looking benevolent.

I wonder, will Tumblr/Automattic be selling images from deactivated blogs? I assume deactivated blogs can't opt out.

when will they start selling this data? Is it already too late to keep them from selling every image you've posted before you opted out?

and if they're especially malicious, I wonder if they could get away with saying "this image is from a blog that's opted out, but it was reblogged by a blog that hasn't opted out, so we're selling the image that's on that non-opted-out blog."

making users need to opt out to keep their images from being taken and sold is a shitty move that makes it clear Tumblr/Automattic don't respect our privacy, and @staff are really not giving us much info here to suggest otherwise.

[j-lyn]

his best quality: his wiggles

[headspace-hotel]

These are the most exquisite wiggles I’ve ever seen

[kainablue]

Exceptionally fluent in wiggles

[drtanner]

The poise! The focus! The tail! A+ wiggles, just incredible. <3

[shinyhappygoth]

〰️

[calstone-light-o]

[calm-before-the]

i havent been on my computer in a week what do i used this for again

[fodsley]

you can move files around on your desktop using click and drag. try it now

[calm-before-the]

this is so fuckign stressful

[everythingfox]

Meow meow meow meow

[k009]

My back hurts

[fluffydancer618]

Happy New Year This tweet is accurate now

[thinkingabout-girls]

can i be a hater for a second. i think everyone’s new year’s resolution should be to reblog more art

[thinkingabout-girls]

btw art does not just mean drawings. reblog drawings and gif sets and fics and meta and edits and moodboards and anything else i may have missed. reblog people’s creations

[cuteautumn]

TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN!!!

[tomatoreddsworld-deactivated201]

WHAT THE FUCK IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE WHY DID SOMEONE REBLOG THIS

[derranger-deactivated20220102]

TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN!!!

[imokube-deactivated20240203]

TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN!!!

[mr-freezo-42069-inactive]

🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN!!!

🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

[hallowed-be-thy-ween]

TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN

[viejospellejos]

[that-house]

little man you are straight up going nowhere

[cosmonautroger]

[unwastelandunbaby]

the past isn’t behind you it coils inside your body that’s why some years you feel closer and more nostalgic for certain ages than others just fyi

[unwastelandunbaby]

for visual learners

[wikipediaboyfriend]

sue zhao

[only-tiktoks]

[bread--quest]

[Video description: The video opens with an older white woman standing on a ladder, and an older white man holding the latter. Text over it says "Did your mom ever tell you?!" The woman says "Hi everybody, it's Babs!", and the man says "And Mr. Babs holding the ladder!" The camera zooms up and in to Babs as she says "Did your mom or dad ever tell you 'you either prepare now or pay later?' You know how to winterize your home? We're here to help." It cuts to Babs still on the ladder, holding a pile of dead leaves in a large spoon, as she says "One, after all the leaves have fallen, clean your gutters. This will prevent water damage to the interior or exterior of your home. And if your gutters are easy to reach and you can do it yourself, just use a spaghetti spoon! It'll collect the leaves and drain the water." It cuts again to Babs outside her house, pointing at the hose attached to the side of the house. She says "Tip number 2: make sure you shut off the main water source to the outside. Once you do that, remove the hose--righty tighty lefty loosey--and then drain any remaining water." She removes the hose and holds her hand under the spigot as she says this, and then it cuts to her standing up with the hose wrapped over her arm as she says "This will prevent a burst pipe and a huge plumbing bill. Hoses inside." It cuts again to Babs standing inside the house holding a large, gray, fuzzy furnace filter as she says "Tip number 3: time to clean or replace those furnace filters. This will prevent super high energy bills. A clean filter will save you 15% on energy cost. Ours definitely needs to be replaced!" It then cuts again to her holding a white, clean furnace filter and saying "This is what the new filter looks like!", and then her sliding it into the furnace as she says "And in she goes, all set for the winter." Finally, it cuts to her standing on a chair and pointing at a smoke detector on the ceiling as she says "And the last tip: Good time to check the batteries on your smoke detector and carbon monoxide detectors." The video is from @brunchwithbabs. End ID.]

[rens-room]

sometimes I still think about when I got in my friends car and he restarted his spotify playlist from the beginning and didn’t shuffle it. it wasn’t shuffled when I got in the car either. he just re-listened to the same songs in the same order and I think I could never.

[cyberxbattalion]

Rainbow iridescent pileus clouds filmed in Haikou, China, 08.23.2022

[boibortion]

nothing exists

[caspertheghostguy]

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