#constant vigilance

[adenei]

What was your favorite subject in school?

Anon,

I am assuming you are the same person who asked me this and the animal question, and I'm going to be honest, I'm not answering them. It sounds sus, and they are legit security questions that many companies use to protect various accounts and I'm not going to give that information out.

I wasn't even going to answer, but decided I should in case I have Tumblr mutuals who are receiving the same anon messages with the friendly reminder of "please be careful regarding the personal information you give out on the internet!"

[jcollinswrites]

I grew up with a lot of siblings and we always fought or threw stuff at each other which now makes me flinch at everything sometimes so how do you think the ro’s would react to mc who flinches at sudden movements? Like how concerned would they be lmao

Narmer has that reaction too, although his is quite subtle, but he wouldn't find it weird. He may not even notice anything out of order.

Qenna would notice it, but they would probably need a bit of time until they mention it. I think it would depend on which MC you're playing whether they would be worried or not. Qenna knows the noble, so they know it's not because of physical abuse. They know about the thief's family too. For priest, they would probably ask around first, and for the captain... well, Qenna would be a bit worried there.

Zaia would not find it overly weird because they have seen these reactions many times before, so they would just assume MC is a bit more jumpy than normal.

Tabiry would notice it right away. After a few occasions, she would ask about it, but only subtly. Kinda like, "Are you okay? Are you nervous for some reason?" Stuff like that.

Ahmose would find it a bit weird at first. They usually aren't surrounded by people who do that, so they would think it's interesting. And then they would start thinking about why that could be, and then they would start worrying.

[loonyloopylupin96]

When Professor Moody said "you need to be prepared, you need to know what you're up against"...

He was talking about AO3 going down with over 24 hours notice.

[the-kingdom-of-ran]

Just found out that yet another song I liked and had saved in multiple playlists was actually made with AI. I am so mad right now.

Is nothing sacred anymore? Is nothing holy? Is anything real?

Fuck this shit. I'm moving to the 1980's.

In protest of this nonsense, I'm going to share a few small (ish) music creators that I KNOW aren't AI. I will include a link to their profile and maybe one of my favorite songs by them.

Starting with Aviators. He describe himself as an indie alternative musician. He makes fan music for various fandoms and has been around since 2011. He's done various collabs including some with Miracle of Sound. Some of my favorite songs by him are Let There Be Fire, Paralyzed, Dreams of the Deep (my introduction to him), and Stay Dead (inspired by Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom). He has a discord too.

Aviators

I'm an indie alternative, orchestral, and synthwave musician. I make fan music, create original compositions, remix other songs, and score v

Next I think we'll go with Em Behold. I will be honest I have only listened to one of her songs which is Numb Little Bug. She may not be as small as I feel like she is, but I don't know much about her (other than the fact that she's a real person) and I don't think she's someone you would typically find in the wild so I'm including her.

Em Beihold

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

Out of the dust is our next small artist. I have seen them in person with my own two eyes so I am beyond certain they are real. Out of the Dust is a Christian couple who divorced, got back together, and now writes music about their story and how God helped them through it all. A couple of songs I've listened to by them are Take This and This is Not Really Happening. Please check out their story and music. This link is to their website rather than their youtube page, but you can get to their youtube from it.

Out of the Dust

Home page of Out of the Dust, a Christian group. Telling the story of our restoration through music. Restored lives. Redemption music.

Here we have Arcane Anthems. He makes nerdy music for RPG's, mostly focused on DND. I listen mostly to his parodies, but he has completely original music as well that is royalty free.

Arcane Anthems

TTRPG Performer. Musician. Creator. I write TTRPG music! Backing tracks, parodies, originals, and more! All links: https://www.beacons.ai/

Ginny Di is the last one for now I think. I don't think music is her main focus, but she does have songs that she has done. She also has a lot of DND stories and tips on her channel as well as some cosplay stuff.

Ginny Di

I'm Ginny Di: Singer, YouTuber, cosplayer, tabletop gaming nerd! On this channel, you'll find advice for tabletop players and game masters,

Reblog with a REAL artist (or multiples) you want to share in protest of the AI infestation into the music and art community. I've noticed that a lot of the "AI artists" I come across are geared towards nerdy listeners and I don't know if that's because I listen to nerdy music a lot or if these AI music makers are targeting smaller communities that don't have a lot of music geared towards them specifically but whatever is going on it has got to stop. Let's do our best to support real people instead of machines. If you have been fooled by AI music, don't feel too bad. It's difficult to tell at first glance or listen if it's ai or not. Like Mad Eye Moody once said "CONSTANT VIGILANCE". It's needed to keep the AI music makers at bay, but it can be exhausting having to do thorough research on every artist you come across to make sure they are a real person or people. Anyway, I think that's all I have to say for now. Be safe. Fight the AI dark lords and support real people. Good luck out there soldiers.

[penandinkprincess]

Heya Pen - That story about the little kid being left alone in the shopping cart while her dad was just completely dropping the ball...I was getting so mad while reading that because WHAT ARE YOU DOING SIR THAT'S YOUR CHILD and the only way that I've been able to chill out about it is imagining Joel seeing that shit and giving that man an earful LOL You know Joel would be HAVING NONE OF THAT

I WAS LITERALLY IN THE STORE THINKING "joel miller would NEVER"

[blockie]

Recently learned about the Illusory truth effect (thanks to one of Ann Reardon's HTCT debunking videos) and it was kind of an eye-opener. Or a bit of a punch to the gut, perhaps?

Some quotes from that wiki link:

The illusory truth effect (also known as the illusion of truth effect, validity effect, truth effect, or the reiteration effect) is the tendency to believe false information to be correct after repeated exposure.[1] [...] In a 2015 study, researchers discovered that familiarity can overpower rationality and that repetitively hearing that a certain statement is wrong can paradoxically cause it to feel right.[4]

I mean, "duh", I know. But to know there's a word for it...

Let's scroll down.

Although the truth effect has been demonstrated scientifically only in recent years, it is a phenomenon with which people have been familiar for millennia. One study notes that the Roman statesman Cato closed each of his speeches with a call to destroy Carthage ("Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam"), knowing that the repetition would breed agreement.

(Bold mine.) I bet you can think of some examples for that yourself. I know I can!

[anxietyriddenllama]

[bunnies-and-sunshine]

Constant vigilance!

Even while sleeping hard, Simon is guarding his food dish from any would-be pellet thieves.