Not All There

I just share stuff. Nothing profound.

[staff]

Tumblr,

Earlier today we announced to the press that we are running a beta test program for Post+, Tumblr’s newest add-on subscription tool. Post+ is a completely optional tool that will allow creators to make some of their posts exclusive to their paid subscribers. You can read more about it right over here on our @postplus Tumblr. This feature is being tested by a small group of incredible creators on Tumblr.

We want to hear about what you like, what you love, and what concerns you. Even if it’s not very nice. Tell us. We can take it. We WANT that feedback. It helps us make Tumblr better.

What we won’t ever accept is the targeted harassment and threats these creators have endured since this afternoon. These creators are some of the most talented people around, and all they’re doing is testing out a feature. These are the people who graciously agreed to pilot a program to help us discover bugs before we open it up to all creators. These are the humans who are testing a feature that we hope will soon help thousands of Tumblr creators feel empowered, get rewarded for their efforts, and find support within their community.

Our Community Guidelines are clear: Don’t engage in targeted abuse, bullying, or harassment.

Anyone in violation of these guidelines will be dealt with swiftly and will be forced to contend with the appropriate consequences. It’s okay to tell us how you feel. It’s not okay to bully someone because you disagree with their choices.

[serialreblogger]

@staff​​​ it’s great to hear that you “won’t ever accept targeted harassment and threats”!

now: can you tell me what that looks like? genuinely, please, can you tell me what the fuck you’re going to do to put a stop to it?

because let’s be clear: the creators beta testing this (extremely poorly-thought-out) feature, which is *going* to result in enough lawsuits to possibly actually shut tumblr down for good, are not fair game for criticism here. like: the whole point, the whole appeal of tumblr is that everyone here is in the same boat. we’re all poor as dirt, probably mentally ill, neurodivergent, queer, and/or disabled; the preferred term for a tumblr user is “dumpster-diving shrieking opossum.”

the people who were targeted for beta testing are not jeff bezos. they’re your local cashier and sales clerk just trying to survive. the backlash they’ve received is unwarranted, inappropriate, misdirected and cruel. @kaijuno​​ has received hundreds of death threats in one fucking day, and that’s not okay.

so, @staff​​​, what are you going to do to stop it?

because it doesn’t seem like you’ve done a thing to protect kaijuno, or any of your “post+” beta testers. users who’ve been suckered into this crapshoot are taking the fall for your tone-deaf decision making, so what are you going to do to compensate them? you want to talk about emotional damages, maybe there’s a place to have that conversation when the reason they’re being targeted, on your platform, is because of you.

and while we’re here, let’s talk about one other section of the community guidelines you’ve mentioned:

let’s talk about how one of the common tags on tumblr, common enough that it pops up when i type “terf” in the tag bar, is “terfs do interact”. let’s talk about how tumblr, the place where pretty much all the most recent LGBT+ pride flags have originated, the so-called queerest place on the internet, is actively fostering the growth of a transphobic subculture. let’s talk about how your inaction has allowed ace exclusionists to gain a foothold in the young queer community, how your unwillingness to enforce the ban on actual hate speech has led to a generation unfamiliar with the legitimate history of the word “queer.”

(side note for general readers: a good rule of thumb is, if a term has entered the lexicon of academia, it is more or less universally accepted as the Appropriate Name For The Thing. that’s your number one tipoff for the revisionist history behind this “queer is a slur” discourse, which was kicked off and is carried on primarily by TERFs).

so yeah: let’s talk about the community guidelines. let’s talk about selectively enforcing them.

because i’m happy to hear you’re not going to stand for targeted harassment and hate speech anymore. genuinely, i am. what i want to know is whether you mean it.

do you care about the health and safety of your userbase, and respect your so-called community guidelines? or are they just a convenient excuse for you to distance yourself from the latest shitstorm you’ve kicked off, defend the honour of your financial assets, and wash your hands entirely of the fallout?

[fungalnebula]

I also want to add to this to say please take the survey! I know people who don’t want a feature usually just don’t take whatever survey but this is extremely important. We need @staff to know that we do not want this feature and to do that we actually have to tell them. Please take the survey and please write how much you do not want this feature.

Tumblr is not the place for paid content, it’s a social media website/app. There are far better websites for paid content that people already use and are comfortable with, not only is this a bad idea for website content in general, it’s also a bad business idea. You will never be able to compete with OnlyFans, Patreon, KoFi, Twitch, or even just someone’s independent website shop. This website is not set up to house paid content and if this truly gets implemented, it will only be a disorganized mess.

This is a bad idea.

Previously when this idea has been tested, it’s had a horrible backlash as well. Sixpenceee, Striders, Egberts, and other bloggers have tried to monetize their blogs only to face horrible repercussions. One of the main philosophies present in this website is anti-capitalism!!

So anyone reading this I’m begging you to take this survey and tell @staff how awful of an idea this is and how you will not support it. Don’t just ignore the survey.

BE LOUD

[isa-ghost]

I took the survey but i’ll reiterate: MONETIZING TUIMBLR IS SO FUCKING STUPID.

Not only that but the system will enable stalkers and creeps from being unblockable if they pay for content. And god knows what copyright fiascos will go down. There’s so much more than that too, that I don’t have the energy to list out.

Hey @staff, instead of trying to monetize a largely anti-capitalist userbase, why dont you fucking listen to the issues we’ve been BEGGING get fixed for YEARS??

If you monetize your hellsite, good fucking luck not losing another massive chunk of your users to the Dumb Fucking Bird App

[chaotic-archaeologist]

Best and worst things to discover at a dig?

Worst is a body that shouldn’t be there.

_Areid

[audkitty]

Conversely, best is a body that should.

[chaotic-archaeologist]

Absolute worst case scenario: You find a body that should be there but when you come back it’s gone

[theeclectickoalastudent]

“Guys?  Where’d she go?”

[chaotic-archaeologist]

She’s behind you

[art-thropologist]

Me [beating at the bog body with a shovel]: WE. DIDN’T. TAKE. SITU. PHOTOS. YET. Get back in that hole! You can go for a walk after.

[archaeo-geek]

The fact that I can picture myself and pretty much all of my archaeologist colleagues grabbing a shovel and doing this last bit just makes it that much funnier.

[mias-back-from-the-dead]

god this has to be one of the dumbest things i spent 5 minutes on but it sprouted fully formed in my brain the second i saw this post

(sorry for quality i’m drawing on a mouse)

[imhilien]

That episode of Time Team you didn’t see.

[spacelizart]

You know you fucked up when archaeologists drop their coffee. Always take photos before you take a break, just in case the dead come back to life and destroy your trench!

[chaotic-archaeologist]

OH MY GOD

[whitepeopletwitter]

[wordsofdiana]

This is why they fucked him up so bad.

[kyraneko]

Control the elves, control the dwarves, control the men, decide that covers everything important, oopsie doodles, your penultimate piece of bling is sizzling in a volcano because you FORGOT SOMEONE, didn’t you?

[sunfortune]

[tschaikovsky]

[barelyup]

Oh my god ❤️

[lilbluemoo]

Absolutely love this

[caffeinatedlanddetective]

Wow.

Please watch this. 

[doeing]

i was a little apprehensive to watch this because it’s four minutes long and i have a short attention span, but within the first 30 seconds i was hooked.

watch this. please, you won’t regret it.

[dancinbutterfly]

Sorry but is this a trans 🏳️‍⚧️ Holocaust survival story? Cuz wow fucking yes.

[awesomepudding]

This is a Holocaust survival story, but it is not a trans Holocaust survival story. It’s an issue with translating le bébé which in French just means the baby into English. La bébé isn’t used really in French. Also there’s the part where the speaker Francine describes the baby’s true birth once they’re free from the camp and she says “c'est la, sa naissance” which is “her birth”.

[dancinbutterfly]

Thanks!

[allthecanadianpolitics]

I just don’t know what to say anymore. Lytton, BC has today reached 49.5 degrees Celsius, which is over 121 F.

This is a preliminary reading, and the final reading could be higher.

https://twitter.com/ecccweatherbc/status/1410017678216024067?s=21

ECCC Weather British Columbia on Twitter

“At 4:20pm, Lytton Climate Station reported 49.5°C, once again, breaking the daily and all-time temperature records for the 3rd straight day

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[omgdidyouseethato-o]

for reference, the highest temperature ever recorded in Las Vegas, NV: 117F (47C)

[allthecanadianpolitics]

At least 65 people in Vancouver alone, have died directly from this heatwave in British Columbia, since Friday, June 25th, 2021.

https://twitter.com/AngelaSterritt/status/1409996584725618689?s=20

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[allthecanadianpolitics]

B.C. heat wave shatters temperature records across the province

Lytton, Abbotsford and Lillooet were some of the hottest places in B.C. on Saturday

From Abbotsford to Yoho National Park, a heat wave shattered temperature records in British Columbia on Saturday — and meteorologists expect the weather to get even hotter over the next couple of days.

The Village of Lytton was the hottest place in the country Saturday, with a record-breaking 43.2 C according to Environment Canada. The previous record there was set in 2006, at 39.9 C.

Other notable highs include the Fraser Valley, which broke 40 C at Cultus Lake for the first time yesterday.

In the Cache Creek area, temperatures soared to 42.5 C, and Lillooet set a new record at 43.1 C. Temperatures in the Pemberton Valley are so high an evacuation order has been issued because of rising river levels caused by snowmelt.

Continue Reading.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[allthecanadianpolitics]

This heatwave is starting to get terrifying:

Tagging: @politicsofcanada​

[quilliums]

For all Americans keeping track 50c is around 123f i think. It’s what the summer temps in Arizona and New Mexico are like usually.

[meggory84]

And for anyone who would like to say “lol that’s just summer here, nbd,” these are places where homes and most businesses do not generally have air conditioning. It doesn’t get hot enough during the summer to have a/c. Care homes might not have a/c in individual rooms. People are going to die from this. Forests are going to burn because of this.

[stars-trash-18]

Texan here.

Put foil on your windows and block with heavy blankets or curtains to keep sunlight out, that’s where the majority of your cool air leaves.

If you can’t get a hold of fans buy ice packs and stuff the freezer with em, you can place wrap them in towels and place them on pulse points on your body to keep you cool and avoid heat stroke.

If you do have a fan place a bowl of ice behind it to spread that cold air around the room

Wear your lightest clothing both in fabric and color WEAR LONG SLEEVES IN A LOOSE LIGHTWEIGHT FABRIC IT TRAPS SWEAT AND IT KEEPS YOU COOL, heat is attracted to dark colors.

Drink water no matter how thirsty you are, mix in gatorade to keep electrolytes up. Try to avoid ice cold though because it causes your body to heat up even more.

I hope this helps any of my Canadian followers. Some of us Texans still suffer so help these tips we use down here help ya’ll up there.

[prismatic-bell]

So it IS true that “this is just summer” where I am, but that means I know survival things you don’t and y’all were very kind to Texans during the polar vortex so from an Arizonan to all my overheating Canadians:

1) strip down to nothing. Pick out a light shirt and pants. (I like pajama pants for this.) Put them on. NO UNDERWEAR, it’ll make the next step suck. Now go get in a cool shower. Yes, with your clothes on. You can sit on a towel when you get out if you have cloth furniture. If you have long hair, use this opportunity to braid and bun it. It’ll stay wet longer, and keep you cooler.

2) stay indoors as much as possible.

3) If you have box fans, put a tub of ice water behind each one and aim it toward the ceiling on a 45-degree angle. Cool air sinks, so this will help circulation in your space and keep it cooler.

4) try to sleep during the day, if you can—body temperature automatically lowers during sleep. Dampen your top sheet and sleep under only that, in the nude if your living situation allows.

5) NO SODA. NO COFFEE. NO TEA. If you must drink these things, keep it to a minimum. In extremely hot weather, they can dehydrate you (especially soda).

6) find a friend or family member you can check in with at least once a day. Extreme heat can make you sluggish and disoriented even if you’re not in danger of overheating. Having someone to touch base with can help keep you engaged.

7) plan cold meals and do any necessary cooking at night. If you can stay awake this long, 2-3am will be the coolest part of the night and the most ideal for cooking. You’ll want lots of things like sandwiches, cut fruit, meat and veg that you like when they’re cold. Cooking during the day will heat up the house and you won’t want what you’ve made because it’s warm.

8) in the same vein, plan on 5-6 small meals rather than three moderate-to-large ones. You’ll find that you’re not actually all that hungry, and it’ll be easier to have a sandwich now and another in two hours than to eat a soup and sandwich and fruit right now. If you have an eating disorder and eating this way concerns you for your recovery, find a buddy to check in with, and remember: THIS IS HEALING. This is allowing your body to digest small amounts at a time so it’s not overwhelmed by unusual heat. You are eating the same amount overall, just in smaller bits.

9) buckle your seatbelts when you get out of the car, and if you have to park outside, leave your windows open by a couple of centimeters. This will prevent heat buildup (the hottest I’ve ever registered the inside of my car was 142 degrees—about 61C). If you have access to a piece of cardboard, put it inside your windshield to block out the sun. It really does help.

Stay safe, friends. Take care.

[nudesornaw]

if you’re having a bad day, here’s a cute little marching band

this actually made me cry with joy also one of them is eating noodles

[readsquirrel]

It just keeps going and getting better. *^^*

[involuntaryorange]

Me two minutes ago: “cry with joy? an animation of cats playing instruments made someone cry with joy?”

Me now: (sobs into a tissue) “OH MY GOD THAT ONE IS PLAYING TWO RECORDERS AT THE SAME TIME” (blows nose)

[son-of-a-tenth-place]

CAT PARADE IS BACK

[astolat]

I just saw the duck for the first time :’) 

[siir-poesia]

Where are we going? Wherever the wind takes us …

siir-poesia ©

Dónde vamos ? - Donde nos lleve el viento …

siir-poesia ©

[thelonelybrilliance]

Funny how everyone (including media) is asking school teachers who don't homeschool how to homeschool...if only there were people who had successfully educated kids at home AND people who were successfully educated at home to whom we could speak...

[dariabel-jew]

To the world🥂

Movable brooches "Aziraphale" and "Crowley" inspired by opening titles of GoodOmens show.

Materials: cooper, brass, german silver, feathers, patina.

P.s. Thanks quarantine for time, which I spent to this work 😅

[sillysasswriter]

I want.

[animeandvibez]

Since grown ppl don’t know this

[anarchopuppy]

It’s not about the productivity. If we worked less, we’d have time to cook our own meals, fix our devices, do DIY projects, grow food, talk to our neighbors, improve our communities, get our stuff from real stores instead of ordering on amazon, maybe even go around and find a small business instead of just going to walmart because it’s easy, walk or bike instead of drive, play in the park instead of collapsing in front of the TV to turn our brains off, look around a public library instead of just buying online, etc, etc, etc

Exhausted people are easy to sell convenience to and easy to isolate. If we had time, we’d realize we don’t need them

Liberalism can’t explain things like why we still work 8 hour days when it’s well-proven that 4 hour days increase both happiness and overall productivity because it can’t recognize the fundamentally adversarial relationship we have with the owning class. The missing piece of the puzzle is that the rich directly benefit from keeping us miserable, and that will continue to be the case as long as they’re rewarded for exploiting us. Reform won’t fix that, taxation won’t fix it, redistribution won’t fix it. Only abolishing centralized ownership of the means of production will

[mrbangchannie-deactivated202011]

Hi, sorry for the non-fandom content but my friend just sent me this and it's really heartbreaking. I wanted to share this with you all. It's sad to watch the world burn right before your eyes. Let's forget about the conspiracies of how serious or not serious the disease is and just remember all the people who are losing their lives because of this and various other events that have taken place recently.

You may have already seen the safety precautions, so remember to wash your hands before you touch your face/eat food, cook your food well, avoid crowded places, cover your face when you sneeze/cough etc and don't keep your throat dry, keep drinking water.

Take care.

[aspiritualwarrior]

“Somewhere in this process you will come face-to-face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking gibbering madhouse on wheels barreling pell-mell down the hill utterly out of control and hopeless. No problem. You are not crazier than you were yesterday. It has always been this way and you just never noticed. You are also no crazier than everybody else around you. The only real difference is that you have confronted the situation they have not.”

— Henepola Gunaratana

[sillysasswriter]