The Legends of Dhoom

[thegayestminotaur]

Welcome!

Howdy! People sure have been looking at my blog recently. Kinda weird, but if you’re checking out my stuff here, you might be interested in looking at my stuff elsewhere. Ko-Fi Patreon

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A lot of my art is related to the Venture Brothers, which is my favorite animated television show. I have my own fanfiction that I illustrate, which is called (kinda ironically considering the implications of the name on Tumblr) All or Nothing, and is a Rusty/Byron AU. My Art is Tagged Thusly

Venture Bros Art Only Here

A lot of my art is posted on my Ko-fi page, NSFW and access to my discord is $1 on my Patreon, and I stream Tuesdays at 7 PM MST on my Twitch. Thank you for your interest! :3

[thegayestminotaur]

This Blog is Anti-AI

I know I have very few followers, but as more of you become aware of new setting allowing AI to scrape art from blogs and reblogs, I want to make my stance on the issue extremely clear: If I wanted to feed an artificial intelligence algorithm my art, I would have done so myself. Until the AI is fully removed from Tumblr, I will not be hosting my art here. Until the AI is fully removed from Tumblr, I will not be using the site or the app. Until the AI is removed from Tumblr, this is not a safe place for me to exist or express my ideas. I'm sorry if this inconveniences you. I genuinely appreciate all the follows and reblogs y'all have blessed me with. I still have art available on my Patreon, Ko-Fi, Discord, and Twitch. You can find those sites in my pinned post and you can follow my Patreon for free. I'll be restructuring my Patreon in March to allow people to access my SFW art for free, so if that's an option y'all are interested in, feel free to drop a follow there. This is a topic I feel very seriously about. I always said that I wouldn't leave Tumblr no matter how bad things got, but I guess I'm eating my words now. To me, the ability to create art is a quantifiable aspect of the human soul and to have it stripped down and sold for corporate use like this (specifically: without the consent of the artist for data mining and ai training) is indescribably vile.

I think that AI can be used ethically, but this? This ain't it, chief.

[nanobreaker]

I sent a long message to Support to share my thoughts on the Open AI and Midjourney deal.

You can contact Support via the link below; select the 'Feedback' option from the dropdown:

https://www.tumblr.com/support

While it may be too late to change things, I think it's worth letting companies know how you feel and the impact decisions will have on you.

It's best to remain polite in any messages — and please bear in mind that this decision has not been made by regular tumblr staff.

One of the reasons why tumblr has struggled financially so much over the years is because there was a strong stance against selling user data. At the moment, I can't find the posts from a few years ago that talked about this, but I recall that staff were instrumental in preventing things precisely like this deal going through, because they understand what tumblr is about — and because they understand the tumblr user base. As far as I am aware, staff were made aware of this decision very late in the day (link to jv's post with the 404 Media article).

(Also, the article names one staff member consistently — please note that he's been critical of AI for months. This isn't on him, either.)

[were--ralph]

art reposters you better opt out of that ai shit so fucking fast

go to settings now

[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.

[jv]

For the people in the notes requesting this to be an opt-in and not and opt-out... It doesn't matter much. This is straight from the person in charge of this heist:

Andrew Spittle, Automattic's head of AI replied: "We will notify existing partners on a regular basis about anyone who's opted out since the last time we provided a list. [...] I believe partners will honor this based on our conversations with them to this point."

So the setting only function is to kindly request openAI to not use your data, and it's entirely up to them to do it or not.

[were--ralph]

i think its time to stop being nice and just start a revolution

[assdevourer]

the usa shouldn’t be the political and economic focal point of the entire fucking planet, actually

[briarrolfe]

I just learned that my medication is out of stock COUNTRYWIDE because America is restricting how much ADHD medication Australia is allowed to make... and they're just flat out ignoring Australia's request to meet to negotiate more.

[deepseametro]

America's Federal Trade Commission is taking public comments on this exact situation right now.

If you've been affected by the actions of US-based regulation in regards to accessing your ADHD medication, please submit a comment! Even if you're outside of the United States. The fact this has such far-reaching consequences is something that needs to be known!

You have until April 15th, 2024 to submit a comment. Please make your voice heard!

[pencil-line-deactivated20241029]

method actor this method actor that. toshiro mifune played a guy getting shot at by arrows by getting shot at by arrows

and yeah i believe it. ^ this is the face of a guy getting shot at by arrows

[lysenkoite]

[wizardarchetypes]

i have a question for uhhhhh idk maybe anthropologists?

something that fills me with wonder beyond words are realistic models of ancient humans and our relatives. I’m well and truly obsessed.

i recently had the great pleasure of seeing perhaps my favorite neanderthal model of all, “neanderthal father and child” by kennis & kennis:

however, what always confuses and even disappoints me on even the most beautiful reconstructions I’ve seen, including this one, is the matted hair.

the hair is almost always matted. not tangled, as perhaps might happen to a child in a day of play, but truly “would have to cut it and start fresh” matted. the kind of matting that takes months of neglect to develop.

this troubles me because we of course know that matting poses health risks. to name a few—insect infestations, scalp sores which can become infected, and even mold growth.

Keeping hair clean and untangled isn’t just an aesthetic choice or luxury, it’s a medical necessity.

it’s for this reason that grooming practices feature so heavily in the social bonding of so many animals today. not just in primates, but in birds, cats, and more.

so it’s difficult for me to imagine that Neanderthals and indeed early humans would have walked around with matted hair, or to imagine at least matting would be the norm.

around the world, regardless of hair texture and ethnic heritage, humans of countless cultures use various braiding techniques as protective styles, to this day.

And we know that Neanderthals could twist cord. And of course that humans have been braiding hair for thousands of years.

so I again, I cannot imagine that our ancestors and relatives would have been walking around with their hair matted to the scalp.

even without protective styles, surely finger combing and detangling would have been common practice?

Am I missing something here? It seems like this is just an oversight & even stereotype that has become commonplace in this specific genre of scientific art. seems like a very reductive idea of the “dirty caveman” which has made its way into even modern scientific models.

[homosexualslug]

obsessed with the Willy Wonka Experience, both a lesson in the dangers of AI and an incredible contender for the new dashcon/fyre festival (x)

I feel bad because it was probably families with kids who got scammed but to be fair this is what their website looks like... there were signs (x)

[elodieunderglass]

Please look at this 💀

[luanneclatterbuck]

LOOK AT THESE… WORDSSSSS

I just pulled this directly from the website a minute ago.

Humanity is doomed. PUT AI BACK WHERE YOU FOUND IT AND DONT TOUCH IT FOR 50 YEARS

[elodieunderglass]

I also share a state of dogjection from the ukxepcted twits of the twdrding

[sharkface]

They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

[writterings]

here's some instructions for anyone who doesn't know how to opt out:

login in on desktop, it's not available on mobile yet

click "Account"

click on your blog

go to "Blog Settings"

go to "Visibility"

Scroll down to the bottom option

turn the toggle ON, not off

you will have to do this individually for each sideblog you have too, no way to do it for each account in one go

[tippenfunkaport]

the normal part of my brain: the concept art of Future!Bow is wearing glasses because Lance wears them and he takes after his dad! 🥰

the rest of my brain: he's wearing glasses because Glimmer friggin' glows so the glasses are because poor regular guy develops eyestrain from being that close to such bright light all the time 😔

Anyway, pretend I never said that second thing, we're going with the first one.

[soon-palestine]

Just a Hebrew article confirming IOF killed 10 hostages while knowing their location. These stories are never shared in English or western media.

חשיפת "המקום": צה"ל חשד שיש חטופים במבנה ובכל זאת תקף. יוסי שרעבי נהרג - המקום הכי חם

16 חטופים הגיעו לשבי החמאס כשהם בחיים, עד שצה"ל הודיע שהם כבר לא. תחקיר המקום חושף שעשרה מהם נהרגו כתוצאה מפעילות צה"ל. "עם כל הכבוד לתהליך

[determinate-negation]

has any mainstream american media at all reported on the confirmed facts that the idf was responsible for many deaths on oct 7 and killed a bunch of hostages over the past months? its been reported in israeli media frequently but almost as a rule never appears in corporate american reporting

[writing-with-olive]

when you call your reps to ask them to pretty please stop taking away your rights, remember:

In deep red areas you're a republican who is thinking of voting for someone else if they don't vote what you want on this specific bill because it impacts your republican ideals so very much

In swing states you're an undecided voter who's gonna go blue if they don't vote how you like

remember to call because that way their phone is going off and their peers can hear it because their offices are close together (emails and letters don't work like that), so it can rattle them if they get high volumes. remember that you gotta make them feel like they're losing something.

[notafain]

Talking points I've been using in my blood red state:

"I'm a small business owner and [example: anti-drag bill] is making me lose money!" OR "[Anti-drag bill] is going to cost us millions in taxable sales" - If you talk about how it's making you personally lose money and absolutely need to bullshit, you run a bar or do freelance photography. The intern they have on the other line does not have the resources or the know-how to check that.

"I'm concerned that [anti abortion bill] is the government infringing on my personal rights." - Self explanatory.

"[Anti-gay bill] goes against family values in my church." - They aren't going to call your local Pentecostal chapter to fact check this. You don't even need to be Pentecost, you just need to assert that you're part of a community and a major voting bloc.

Remember: In smaller towns, literally every vote counts. And voters generally don't call in, so your call can carry quite the advantage.

[socalgal]

"rest in power" is for black people who have lost their lives to antiblack violence. we shouldnt have to keep saying this and you all shouldnt keep ignoring us.

[asneakyfox]

the problem with not voting in order to send the message that you hate all the candidates and the entire system and therefore refuse to participate is that it's completely indistinguishable, as a signal, from not bothering to vote because you think the system is great and all the candidates are great and you'd be fine with any of them. so you might want to rethink the strategy there

[anneemay]

[usurperss]

Artists who know how to draw armors or very detailed clothing are powerful

[usurperss]

oh to draw embroidery like Alexander Roslin does