Read Between The Lines

Somehow an Adult They/Them I have no idea what I’m doing but I’m doing it anyway

[gaslit-dipshits]

[appalachian-werewolf]

PoweredByWho — Who's Building Data Centers in Your Backyard?

Follow the money behind America's data center boom. Track 2,300+ projects, PAC spending, and the politicians who sign off on it.

[reasonsforhope]

Reasons for hope: Lots of amazing people did a ton of work to make this fantastic, fully interactive resource available - because no matter how bleak things seem, there are millions, and millions of people doing everything they can to protect both the world and their own communities.

You can use this to view and subscribe to updates, project statuses, and for at least some of them even whole dossiers. This is an amazing resource, I highly recommend checking it out

[huffy-the-bicycle-slayer]

I haven't seen dancing pumpkin guy ONCE this year, are you guys okay?

[huffy-the-bicycle-slayer]

FINE! I'll do it myself

[huffy-the-bicycle-slayer]

Why did 12 people reblog this today??? IT IS ONLY AUGUST!!!

[darker-than-darkstorm]

According to this site, August 1 is the first day of Halloween.

[my-dad-named-me-goose]

happy Halloween guys

[nudityandnerdery]

Just a casual reminder that posting on the internet about how you would want to do physical harm to members of the US government is something that they can (and will) detain you over, so just be careful what you say in public spaces like, uh, on Tumblr.

[nudityandnerdery]

I have got bad news for you about how connecting to the internet works and how corporations will respond to requests from the government.

[hearthfire-heartfire]

this is your semi-regular reminder that tumblr has cooperated with the fbi to hand over user information in a very public way at least once. and that's not the only way the feds can collect information on you either

[thesituation]

i don’t feel like debating that topic much farther bc truthfully if it comes down to “women will lose to men in every sport bc they don’t have as much testosterone!!!!!” my elite feminist response is honest to god “ok we will lose with honor as equals instead of having our own special Easy Mode Female category so we can win amongst ourselves” like i’m sorry i just can’t be persuaded. i’m a brick wall. i want co-ed sports

[thesituation]

i bring a sort of “women can lose at some sports against men if it means being regarded as equals” vibe to the debate that “testosterone objectively increases performance” people don’t really like

[zouisbreakup]

reblog to give a plushie to the person you reblogged this from

[pervocracy]

[judgejudyofficial]

thank god Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton came together to make a PSA about the dangers of fake news

[wifegideonnav]

“bits to use in everyday conversations”

[playwrongs]

I think strange horrible things should stop befalling my friends

[catastrophespouse]

I think strange wonderful things should start befalling my friends

[scooter-witch]

rb to give prev strange wonderful things

[charlesoberonn]

"Diversity of opinion" but the opinions are "We should use a chainsaw to rescue a cat from a tree" and "We should trap more cats on the tree and then set it on fire"

[charlesoberonn]

To clarify: If those are your only options (and they often are) it's your moral imperative to choose the chainsaw.

[creepykuroneko]

Fuck this rhetoric. You are not obligated to choose the chainsaw. Go create a better solution.

[charlesoberonn]

[terminally-twentyeight]

#mybloodchainsaw

[heathenvampires]

If you don't choose the chainsaw someone else will come along and choose fire

You can't whine for a better solution and refuse to engage with an imperfect one, all while knowing the alternative is the worst option.

Well, you can do that but it makes you fucking idiot.

[the-library-alcove]

There's a "fun" trolley problem IRL that takes a bunch of the abstract out... and it's all of this shit together.

Specifically, programming self-driving cars.

If the car is driving itself--which is the ideal, right?--then at some point, a self-driving car's brakes are going to fail At The Worst Moment. It's just a matter of probability.

Now, if that Worst Moment is "there is a family of five crossing the street in front of you"...

The trolley problem is literal.

It can crash into the family of five.

Or it can swerve and possibly hurt or kill you.

Classic trolley problem. How do you want it legislated that they get programmed?

Because if you don't mandate it, then you let Elon Musk and his bright boys at Tesla "create the better solution"... for their shareholders, by having the Tesla Autopilot cut out right before the crash so they can claim in court that "the Autopilot was not in control of the car before the impact."

[gayahithwen]

All of this, but also - back to the original dilemma: a chainsaw is a bad solution, but it's A solution, and the more people are around to help, the more likely it is that we can prevent the branch from crashing down in an unpredictable way that harms the cat.

And once that one cat is safe, and we've thoroughly rejected the "more cats in the tree and set it on fire" people as being ridiculous, THAT'S when we have the ability to create better solutions.

Like, we're all 100% in agreement that a chainsaw is not the ideal tool to rescue a scared cat from a tree. But the cat needs to get down, before the shitheads chase more cats up the tree and set it on fire.

So, we temporarily scare that cat with a very loud noise, and once the cat is back with its human and/or colony, we invest in ladders and safety nets and other things that help us get cats out of trees safely.

Creating better procedures is for the in-between times between different crises.

[voidpaws]

ok anyways. post this beast

[foxonrollerskates]

I HAVE THE OTHER PART TO THIS PHOTO

[sporesong]

support trans people.

[unteriors]

State Highway 67, Amsterdam, New York.

[doyouremem8erme]

first time trying one of these recreations but i saw the bed and couldnt resist

[transbaphomet]

remade in The Sims 2!

[aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh]

remade in ACNH!

[holykittens]

fallout 76 👴

[shramp-heaven-now]

Recreated in House flipper 2

[rainbowgod666]

Drawn it with Beeg Marker (the kind kids use because the standard ones "are for the grown ups" or smth)

[ridgeworld2006]

Doom

[eggl-rd]

Roblox

[disturbedkitsune]

Second Life

[hannukahmatata]

MakeRoom!

[astirysk2electricboogaloo]

animal jam play wild

[capn-rattlebones]

Lucid Blocks

[taibhsearachd]

World of Warcraft

[fixyourwritinghabits]

Hey, so this may be a weird place to put this, but if your college or school uses Canvas, it was likely affected by the recent data breach. As of right now, the most likely personal information swept up in this hack is names and email addresses. Login and financial information were not included in the breach (as far as we know).

Right now, as a student you should beware of phishing attempts. Do not click on links seeking your login or financial information. Do not respond to emails about financial aid until verifying the email is legitimate first. Call your school or go speak to an admin in person if you have to. Report any suspicious emails to your school's IT department.

[louisinart-like-cuisinart]

took me a minute to find, but the company that owns canvas has confirmed a "cybersecurity incident"

its being reported on by mashable, some smaller tech outlets, and Inside Higher Ed. i was also able to find a local news station reporting on their scool district's response to the attack

[fixyourwritinghabits]

Huge apologies, I swear I had sources linked but Tumblr mobile loves stripping my links for some reason.

(Also for clarity to some reblogs - Canvas is an Learning Management System in which online classes are hosted. Canva is the graphic design website. They are not the same, despite being frustratingly similarly named.)

[fixyourwritinghabits]

Hackers deface school login pages after claiming another Instructure hack | TechCrunch

The cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed to have hacked Instructure again, defacing the login pages of several Instructure customer schools

Whelp.

[project-catgirlpiller]

[tiny-space-whale]

Reblog if you are a human rights extremist who believes that all humans are equal and has no sense of loyalty to nation states.

[bundibird]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. We need a "This is absolutely NOT mature content" feedback button on posts. You can report a post as missing a community label. We should also be able to report posts as having a community label when they dont fucking need one.

[adhdchaosbean]

[prguitarman]

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[prguitarman]

Happy 15th birthday to Nyan Cat! The post above is the original and first post of the 8bit kitty back on April 2nd, 2011.

I drew it as a cake to celebrate 🎂🐈‍⬛✨