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2025 on Tumblr: Trends That Defined the Year
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cherry valley forever
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#extradirty
One Nice Bug Per Day
Show & Tell
JVL
Keni
almost home
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if i look back, i am lost
Three Goblin Art
Stranger Things
祝日 / Permanent Vacation
styofa doing anything
i don't do bad sauce passes
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@sammypompeius
they're still terming random transfems as i type this i see which does make quite a statement doing this today specifically
watched three girls who reblogged its new blog mutual aidpost (made literally 15 minutes ago) already disappear from its notifs. transfems are not included in their pride :/
QUITE the statement to be nuking transfems at the current accelerated pace right at the start of pride month like this, isn't it
So to be 100% clear:
tumblr just added an update that requires you to verify your age in order to view "mature content". I'm not sure how they do the verification (haven't yet checked), but given recent similar updates from things like Discord, it most likely involves sending them a photo of either your face or your ID.
In addition, over the past few months, and also years in the long-term, tumblr has been incorrectly marking things as mature content. These include:
Notifications about missing persons and requests for help
Posts about youth liberation
Posts about sex education
Posts about how the mature content is poorly implemented
Posts about being trans, more specifically about trans women and transmisogyny by both tumblr and users on tumblr
Non-sexual selfies by trans women/transfems
Trans womens'/transefems' ENTIRE BLOGS even if the blog contains no sexual content
Reblogs made by various blogs, mostly trans women, which add no additional content but somehow are marked as containing mature content, when the original post is not
Posts talking about racism and antiblackness both on and off tumblr
Posts by black people, especially black trans people, that are non-sexual
And likely many more I haven't seen
In essence, this update has mandated that a majority of users must either a) submit their personal information to tumblr, a website whose moderation has been EXTREMELY biased against marginalised people and who I would not trust with my ID, or b) be excluded from absolutely all conversations tumblr decides are "mature content", whether they are actually sexual in nature or not. Furthermore, anyone not over 18 will also not be allowed to take part in these conversations, or even see them, or interact with many trans women or people of colour on this site, as tumblr decides.
This update is complete bullshit designed to censor and exclude marginalised people, poorly hidden under a guise of "protecting teenagers from sexual content", and they know it.
Layla Al-Attar, Iraqi artist and painter, killed by a U.S. missile attack on Baghdad in 1993, as ordered by Bill Clinton
Mother Earth, Layla Al-Attar
The countdown to the new year brings more brutality in Gaza. Israel is banning thirty-seven aid organizations at midnight, January 1 2026.
Even though the October ceasefire agreement stipulated that 600 trucks of aid must enter Gaza every day, Israel has blocked an average of 300-500 trucks per day. Now Israel is banning aid from all over the world on the basis that these organizations refused to submit lists with detailed information on all of their Palestinian employees.
I know that it's impossible to truly comprehend the enormity of death and destruction in Gaza. We cannot wrap our minds around the numbers of the martyred, injured, displaced, homeless, and starving.
Perhaps simplifying and presenting in fractions might help. Imagine being in a room of 33 people. Half are children. Now imagine an explosion hits. One of those people is dead. Three are disabled by injury. 30 of you discover your homes are destroyed.
Ahmed is one of the children. His home is destroyed, and his family is living in a tent that has been repeatedly flooded by winter storms. They have all been sick for weeks and unable to recover because they cannot afford medicine. He is disabled but there is no treatment left in Gaza. He has only raised €6,131 so far, because only 295 people have donated to him.
In 2025, Ahmed has been forcibly displaced multiple times, making the distance by foot while carrying all of his belongings because his family could not afford fuel. He has been starved and shot at while trying to get food. He has been denied access to clean water for months. He has been kept up with gunfire, floods, and illness.
Now Israel is banning aid organizations. Every time aid is blocked, the price of supplies soars. Price gouging reaches incomprehensible levels as dying people pay anything for enough food to survive another day.
Please, please help Ahmed (@ahmedaldani333) and his family escape. Things are going to get worse in the new year, and I fear deeply for him and his family.
My name is Ahmad Dany. I am writing to you from the heart of the daily suffering we … Ahmad dany needs your support for Help Ahmed And His F
With the arrival of the New Year, everyone is happy, watching television, feeling warm and safe, and eating sweets. But here in Gaza, we are sad, cold, hungry, tired, and sick because we have no basic necessities. We have no healthy food, no bread, and no safe place to live. We are sitting in our completely torn tent, without a roof. It's about to collapse because its poles are broken, and the weather today is bitterly cold and harsh.
We need your help. Please donate so we can repair our tent, buy healthy food and medicine, and escape this suffering. Please, please, help us and donate to us.
let's hang out on the floor together
I don’t think we’re rick rolling each other enough anymore. 1. it CANNOT die out 2. this under saturated market is perfect for unsuspecting victims who’ve been lulled into a false sense of security. be the person you hate. bring back the dastardly link
someone actually studied the falling Rick Roll rate for their Ph.D dissertation recently and published the paper
okay but this made me wonder if there was actually any academic literature on rickrolling and YES THERE IS this is a paper about rickrolling WITHIN academic literature. As in, studies that attempt to rickroll the people reading them. Best part is no one is going to believe me and click that link even though it’s 100% true.
My friend's book is mentioned in this paper!!
There is no earthy way of convincing anyone that the rickroll study link is real. But for what it's worth. It is
how c.ai works and why it's unethical
Okay, since the AI discourse is happening again, I want to make this very clear, because a few weeks ago I had to explain to a (well meaning) person in the community how AI works. I'm going to be addressing people who are maybe younger or aren't familiar with the latest type of "AI", not people who purposely devalue the work of creatives and/or are shills.
The name "Artificial Intelligence" is a bit misleading when it comes to things like AI chatbots. When you think of AI, you think of a robot, and you might think that by making a chatbot you're simply programming a robot to talk about something you want them to talk about, and it's similar to an rp partner. But with current technology, that's not how AI works. For a breakdown on how AI is programmed, CGP grey made a great video about this several years ago (he updated the title and thumbnail recently)
I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend you watch this because CGP Grey is good at explaining, but the tl;dr for this post is this: bots are made with a metric shit-ton of data. In C.AI's case, the data is writing. Stolen writing, usually scraped fanfiction.
How do we know chatbots are stealing from fanfiction writers? It knows what omegaverse is [SOURCE] (it's a Wired article, put it in incognito mode if it won't let you read it), and when a Reddit user asked a chatbot to write a story about "Steve", it automatically wrote about characters named "Bucky" and "Tony" [SOURCE].
I also said this in the tags of a previous reblog, but when you're talking to C.AI bots, it's also taking your writing and using it in its algorithm: which seems fine until you realize 1. They're using your work uncredited 2. It's not staying private, they're using your work to make their service better, a service they're trying to make money off of.
"But Bucca," you might say. "Human writers work like that too. We read books and other fanfictions and that's how we come up with material for roleplay or fanfiction."
Well, what's the difference between plagiarism and original writing? The answer is that plagiarism is taking what someone else has made and simply editing it or mixing it up to look original. You didn't do any thinking yourself. C.AI doesn't "think" because it's not a brain, it takes all the fanfiction it was taught on, mixes it up with whatever topic you've given it, and generates a response like in old-timey mysteries where somebody cuts a bunch of letters out of magazines and pastes them together to write a letter.
(And might I remind you, people can't monetize their fanfiction the way C.AI is trying to monetize itself. Authors are very lax about fanfiction nowadays: we've come a long way since the Anne Rice days of terror. But this issue is cropping back up again with BookTok complaining that they can't pay someone else for bound copies of fanfiction. Don't do that either.)
Bottom line, here are the problems with using things like C.AI:
It is using material it doesn't have permission to use and doesn't credit anybody. Not only is it ethically wrong, but AI is already beginning to contend with copyright issues.
C.AI sucks at its job anyway. It's not good at basic story structure like building tension, and can't even remember things you've told it. I've also seen many instances of bots saying triggering or disgusting things that deeply upset the user. You don't get that with properly trigger tagged fanworks.
Your work and your time put into the app can be taken away from you at any moment and used to make money for someone else. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people who use AI panic about accidentally deleting a bot that they spent hours conversing with. Your time and effort is so much more stable and well-preserved if you wrote a fanfiction or roleplayed with someone and saved the chatlogs. The company that owns and runs C.AI can not only use whatever you've written as they see fit, they can take your shit away on a whim, either on purpose or by accident due to the nature of the Internet.
DON'T USE C.AI, OR AT THE VERY BARE MINIMUM DO NOT DO THE AI'S WORK FOR IT BY STEALING OTHER PEOPLES' WORK TO PUT INTO IT. Writing fanfiction is a communal labor of love. We share it with each other for free for the love of the original work and ideas we share. Not only can AI not replicate this, but it shouldn't.
(also, this goes without saying, but this entire post also applies to ai art)
(Please don’t harass this person, I want to address this point as well)
Look, I fully acknowledge that people have real attachment to their AIs. I even acknowledged that work in the post. I understand that they bring comfort and tangible benefits to people. That’s why they’re so popular.
But what I would specifically like you to know is that C.AI is unethical because they can take that from you. They can censor your bot, it can be deleted without your consent, and whatever you tell them is fed into the algorithm. And I reiterate, sometimes bots will tell you highly upsetting and triggering content with no warning. It’s an awful position to be in, and I wouldn’t wish that on anybody.
how c.ai works and why it's unethical
Okay, since the AI discourse is happening again, I want to make this very clear, because a few weeks ago I had to explain to a (well meaning) person in the community how AI works. I'm going to be addressing people who are maybe younger or aren't familiar with the latest type of "AI", not people who purposely devalue the work of creatives and/or are shills.
The name "Artificial Intelligence" is a bit misleading when it comes to things like AI chatbots. When you think of AI, you think of a robot, and you might think that by making a chatbot you're simply programming a robot to talk about something you want them to talk about, and it's similar to an rp partner. But with current technology, that's not how AI works. For a breakdown on how AI is programmed, CGP grey made a great video about this several years ago (he updated the title and thumbnail recently)
I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend you watch this because CGP Grey is good at explaining, but the tl;dr for this post is this: bots are made with a metric shit-ton of data. In C.AI's case, the data is writing. Stolen writing, usually scraped fanfiction.
How do we know chatbots are stealing from fanfiction writers? It knows what omegaverse is [SOURCE] (it's a Wired article, put it in incognito mode if it won't let you read it), and when a Reddit user asked a chatbot to write a story about "Steve", it automatically wrote about characters named "Bucky" and "Tony" [SOURCE].
I also said this in the tags of a previous reblog, but when you're talking to C.AI bots, it's also taking your writing and using it in its algorithm: which seems fine until you realize 1. They're using your work uncredited 2. It's not staying private, they're using your work to make their service better, a service they're trying to make money off of.
"But Bucca," you might say. "Human writers work like that too. We read books and other fanfictions and that's how we come up with material for roleplay or fanfiction."
Well, what's the difference between plagiarism and original writing? The answer is that plagiarism is taking what someone else has made and simply editing it or mixing it up to look original. You didn't do any thinking yourself. C.AI doesn't "think" because it's not a brain, it takes all the fanfiction it was taught on, mixes it up with whatever topic you've given it, and generates a response like in old-timey mysteries where somebody cuts a bunch of letters out of magazines and pastes them together to write a letter.
(And might I remind you, people can't monetize their fanfiction the way C.AI is trying to monetize itself. Authors are very lax about fanfiction nowadays: we've come a long way since the Anne Rice days of terror. But this issue is cropping back up again with BookTok complaining that they can't pay someone else for bound copies of fanfiction. Don't do that either.)
Bottom line, here are the problems with using things like C.AI:
It is using material it doesn't have permission to use and doesn't credit anybody. Not only is it ethically wrong, but AI is already beginning to contend with copyright issues.
C.AI sucks at its job anyway. It's not good at basic story structure like building tension, and can't even remember things you've told it. I've also seen many instances of bots saying triggering or disgusting things that deeply upset the user. You don't get that with properly trigger tagged fanworks.
Your work and your time put into the app can be taken away from you at any moment and used to make money for someone else. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people who use AI panic about accidentally deleting a bot that they spent hours conversing with. Your time and effort is so much more stable and well-preserved if you wrote a fanfiction or roleplayed with someone and saved the chatlogs. The company that owns and runs C.AI can not only use whatever you've written as they see fit, they can take your shit away on a whim, either on purpose or by accident due to the nature of the Internet.
DON'T USE C.AI, OR AT THE VERY BARE MINIMUM DO NOT DO THE AI'S WORK FOR IT BY STEALING OTHER PEOPLES' WORK TO PUT INTO IT. Writing fanfiction is a communal labor of love. We share it with each other for free for the love of the original work and ideas we share. Not only can AI not replicate this, but it shouldn't.
(also, this goes without saying, but this entire post also applies to ai art)
brave and loyal knight want a treat
brave and loyal knight want a fucking break from it all
with love. you have to fact check shit. yes you. you still have to fact check shit. a lot of people are great at fact checking stuff they don’t want to be true, but somehow are still absolute ass at fact checking stuff that’s rhetorically convenient to them. even people my age, who I KNOW grew up doing internet/bibliography literacy workshops, and being warned not to believe anything that isn’t reliably sourced, people who DO harp on fact checking conservative output or whatever, are still kneejerk sharing unsourced shit that is partially or wholly untrue or misleading, because it suits whatever narrative they’re pursuing in that moment, without even a “take this with a grain of salt”. fact check!!!!!! look at the sources!!!!! yes it’s a drag!!! do it!!!!!
The entire Al Jazeera crew in Gaza City was assassinated, including its reporters and cameramen:
Reporter: Anas Al-Sharif
Reporter: Mohammed Qreiqah
Cameraman: Ibrahim Zaher
Cameraman: Mo’men Alwiyeh
Crew driver: Mohammed Noufal
Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.
It is very difficult for me to balance my feelings for losing my brother and remembering how Israel killed him and he kept bleeding until he died in my arms and my feelings of fear for following the condition of my injured father and my sister and younger brothers. I look at them and pray that they do not die as well, but the situation is difficult here...
The doctors told me that my sister’s leg from the entire thigh area is at risk of amputation !! Please all of you, I am very tired. Please help me to collect the costs of my family’s treatment
Donation link here or paypal here Verification here
My sister's foot is at risk of amputation I need all of your support please pls
The previous government proposed changes to the NHS constitution which would mean transgender hospital patients in England may not be treate
Well fucks? Get to it!
Netanyahu now acknowledges the intent that prevailed from the outset: complete control of Gaza. The displaced are already forced to live in only 25% of Gaza, and now Israel wants to reduce that to 0%. The Israeli colonial settlement project can only be completed through the annihilation of the Palestinians. They have destroyed the infrastructure, devastated the environment, killed people, starved children, and continue to commit heinous crimes against the entire Palestinian people and the people of Gaza in general. This is truly horrific and we must not remain silent about it.
Unfortunately, this is true and this is what is happening now in the Gaza Strip. The situation is more than difficult and catastrophic. Please help us and get us out of this hell. Please donate to us.
We are living under bombardment, amidst hunger, deprivation, and skyr… Nader Family needs your support for Help us overcome all this loss an
please help^^^ or share, Nader needs all the help he can get to support himself and his family
Thank you Salem. I hope one of these kind people like you can help us. We really need all the support and assistance.
Please share so Nader can get the funds he needs for his family's health and safety. The link to their gofundme is here!
Again: If aid does not enter to Gaza Strip within the next 48 hours — especially baby formula and flour — then prepare yourselves for the largest mass death crime in history.
The president promises the U.S. will work with Europe to get aid to Gaza amid growing humanitarian crisis.
The famine is over just on TV screens and social media, but here in Gaza it has just begun.
We only see what enters the Gaza Strip, like you, on the Internet and TV screens, but the pictures do not feed our sons and children. They are still hungry and nothing has reached them for a month or more. 147 motors are starving to death so far, most of them children. 71,000 children and adolescents have entered a state of extreme danger due to famine and deliberate starvation by the brutal Zionist occupation.
Yes, Netanyahu lies, lies, and lies. He does not allow anything to enter the warehouses to be delivered to those who deserve it. We are dying of hunger. Please do something. Do not let us die in silence. We only want food and milk for our children and grandchildren. Please share and donate
17 days without milk, without food, our bodies can't take it anymore, at any moment we could die, is this okay for you, we are children and this is very difficult for us
I do not usually post personal details on here, but I need to say I have been thinking a lot about the parents and children in Gaza. How hard it must be to find food for one little one, let alone four... Please help this family eat.
I want to eat some leaves to satisfy some of my hunger. It is not reasonable that you are passing by here and doing nothing.
I feel like my intestines want to come out of their place. Oh, I think I will tie stones on my stomach to avoid hunger for a longer time Please, we want a small meal. I am trying to help Nasser and his campaign is documented by @gazavetters Number 19 in the campaign please continue
I understand what you are going through, but children like Nasser and his brothers do not know the meaning of hunger, especially in light of this great neglect. Please donate to him from here so that he can save his family from opening the crossing. Donate to him. We are not numbers.
Do not stand with Israel, but be a cover for us from them. Please do anything, anything will help us a lot. Any donation to Nasser’s family, please donate to him. He does not know that I created a post for him. Please donate, donate, donate.
Guys don't stop let's make this post the first trend please please share share share
I will not forgive anyone who blocked me because I asked him for help, even though he is a supporter. Am I hated or what? Honestly, I do not care much about this matter. Share this post, my friend.
Hey Guys, hundreds of people are dying of hunger and I don't know how you feel now, but all I can say is that we will be fine without ignoring you guys. Please participate and donate.
I want you to be with us. I don't know if we will be the next ones. Nasser and our young children are starving and we don't want to lose one of them to hunger or even killing by the occupation. Don't leave us alone. Please donate.
Guys, have you ever expected that someone in this world would die of hunger? Please tell me, we are dying here of hunger, coffee, water, disease, and all kinds of killing. Please donate to Nasser.
Did you expect to see deaths from hunger?
yes
no
They literally see hell. They are under a lot of pressure from all sides. I see videos of people in Gaza unable to walk due to lack of food. Donate to Nasser's family and never stop sharing.
My dear friend, share this post and do not ignore this message. This time, okay? The biggest crime the occupation will commit is killing people through hunger, which is what is happening in Gaza. Think and donate.
Why do we have to die in Gaza? Why do we have to starve? Why? Please, my dear friends, continue to express your feelings and do not stop. Come on, my dear friends, share this post and donate as well. Consider Nasser your little son and you cannot…If you want to feed him, please donate.
No, brother, don’t say that. There are people who know our humanity. Please donate to Nasser. Ibrahim is suffering. Where is my sister and his family? Donate. My heart aches.
