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Your one and only mod here is declaring this blog to be on a temporary hiatus. For medical reasons.

Normally there would be nothing like this ever posted here, but it’s the easiest way to explain things. So until this hot mess is over the squad will be even more inactive than usual.

Thanks for understanding!

I’m not sure if this blog has already been reported to you, but I was just exposed to pomegranates-at-midnight. They feature some antisemitic ideas, anti-abortion, and transphobic sentiments (and that’s just what I found from a quick scroll). I just blocked them but figured I’d pass it along to you

Confirmed on all counts.

It seems like they don’t post often, for what that’s worth.

For your consideration, followers.

will-o-the-witch

If there was a sideblog that just gathered receipts of other blogs being antisemitic so that Jews could block them before getting threats/harassment would people be into that

underworld-vibes

I think @valkyriesquad does that! Although I don’t know how active the mods are.

valkyriesquad

There is one of me. And I’m tired after doing this since day one of this blog, and am falling behind.

But still here!

..... kind of

hey there. does anyone know anything about "Leaves of Yggrdasil" by Freya Aswynn. someone offered me the book and the look of the cover didn't quite sit well with me, looking at the choice of colors. just wanted to make sure it's not some kind of tr*dfem/ N*zi propaganda or whatever.

She was removed from the Troth for racist views. That in itself should tell you something. Evidently the book is now considered a "collector's item", though?

yekkes

Apparently there is going to be a sequel to "The Boy In The Stripped Pyjamas," reminder that this book is historically inaccurate and actively harmful, a study in the UK found that student readers of this book regularly elicited sympathy for Nazis and that many students believed the book to be "realistic" and "truthful." Because so many readers of "The Boy In The Stripped Pyjamas" believe that the portrayal of the Holocaust in the book is true and realistic, this can also lead to the belief that Germans "didn't know" about the Holocaust when it was happening, which is false, impossible, and Nazi propaganda.

The Problem with 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' - The Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre

A sequel is just going to promote even more Nazi sympathies and dangerously false Holocaust myths and misinformation. In a generation where so many people are deeply uneducated about the Holocaust as it is, this is deeply disturbing and we need to make a stink in opposition to this book.

jenniferdiazisatransgirl

A Step By Step Guide To Getting an Uncensored Tumblr App on iOS

Hey everyone,

So Tumblr has come out with a ridiculous banned tags list on iOS thanks to Apple. However, early this year Microsoft was trying to launch their Cloud Gaming on iOS and had a similar issue with Apple censors. Their solution was a browser version which utilises some of iOS’s in built systems. Interestingly enough, they also work with Tumblr’s browser. So here is a step by step guide of what to do;

1. Open Safari

2. Load the Tumblr webpage in Safari.

3. Tap on the share button

4. In the share menu, tap “Add to Home Screen”

5. Tap “Add”

6. You should be taken to the Home Screen where you will see a new Tumblr app. Open it.

7. Log in and enjoy.

I hope this helps people 😊 It isn’t perfect but it helps get round Apple censorship.

About the banned tags on iOS, I have no idea if this is a coincidence or not but apparently a strike started at Apple on the 24th of December. Just throwing it out there🤷

Mod gwwh here, adding onto this for a couple of reasons.

First: since this is a submission, it had the submission tag automatically added, which... uh... is a blocked tag.

Second: Spot on information! And from what I've gathered, not only is there an Apple strike that began on the 24th, but the strikers are asking people to AVOID BUYING APPLE PRODUCTS until demands are met. But if you want to start putting in complaints, now is a good time! If they get a big enough backlog of unfinished work, somebody will eventually realize how important workers are. So.

bannedtags

'submission' is banned too

They literally tag submissions with that automatically I can't with this website

hellbabyfromhell

fyi if someone sends you one of those, this is how it appears in your inbox 🤪

valkyriesquad

Seems this could be relevant. So, uh... there's that. Also, anybody who is trying to contact staff and support about this, please remember that this is Apple and ios specific. We can push for the app to be dropped from the apple store whatever-it-is (I don't know, I've been using android since forever), but that's about it.

stitch-n-time

@staff

@support

What’s with the banned tags?

People are no longer allowed to tag stuff as their own? Things that are our own work, that we have put together?

People can’t tag triggers, or antisemitism, or domestic violence, or hate crimes?

We have been asking for YEARS that you remove white supremacists, remove their tags, remove the people who are perpetuating the hate speech, and instead this is what happens?

It’s time to push back against apple and the ios platform. Take a stand. Grow a pair (whether they be testicles or ovaries - both banned). This is where the “no nips” thing started that cost millions of dollars when the resulting mass exodus happened. Are you really going to do it again?

bannedtags

A Growing List of Banned Tags

This is my second go at making this blog. The first time, I got shadowbanned immediately for writing a post with these words on it, so I’m going to have to link to a google doc instead.

You can find my current list HERE

If you’d like to contribute tags you’ve found, please send it via an ask or submission so I can double check and add it to the list.

EDIT: Right now many of these are only banned on IOS, but that really doesn’t make it better

valkyriesquad

I'm reblogging this here because... wow. Followers, this isn't right. Antisemitism is on this list, but nazi is not. Things like "me" or "mine" are on this list. I don't know about you all, but I'm tired. Let's all contact staff and support and see if there's something that can be done. --mod gwwh

underworld-vibes

Those Joy of Satan assholes are creeping back into Tumblr again.

Joy of Satan is a Nazi organization which spreads antisemitism under the guise of occultism.

@staff

@valkyriesquad

valkyriesquad

Ah... Evidently not being notified when tagged. Again. So I just went to the blog of 887266161 and... uh... While there's nothing overt, this person seems to be trolling the heathen posts in particular, reblogging them, and adding those three websites. It's not a good look. --mod gwwh

lokis-bookish-boy-deactivated20

@valkyriesquad

Me and at least two other Heathen blogs had asks probably from this person, asking about our opinion of Joy Of Satan. They even decided ask me why the Satanists couldn't be Nazis since Abrahamic religions are pure evil😤

valkyriesquad

There are a few blogs trying to push forward this white supremacist crap again. There has been a rash recenty.

underworld-vibes

Those Joy of Satan assholes are creeping back into Tumblr again.

Joy of Satan is a Nazi organization which spreads antisemitism under the guise of occultism.

@staff

@valkyriesquad

valkyriesquad

noyoucanthavemyshit-deactivated

Hi, because I just saw it in the tags again (now with more “Celtic” flavoring from the Anons) in case you need a reminder and / or you’re new or unfamiliar with Paganism, especially in relation to its Satanist cousins: Joy Of Satan is a Nazi organization that masquerades as a Satanist religion / church.

It is not Pagan, nor is it Satanist. It is a Nazi group that was founded by the wife of the American NSM cofounder (who was later forced to resign as the NSM’s Chairman because of his ties to JOS), and is well known to co-opt the language and imagery of Satanism and Western Esotericism in order to act as an esoteric funnel for the group, and for Neo-Nazism as a whole; this has been a well known and well established fact for a long time now.

Please. No matter how well meaning you are about it: Do not interact. Do not promote. Do not encourage. Do not debate; Delete pro-JOS comments and block pro-JOS members. They are Neo-Nazis. Do not give them a platform.

lokis-bookish-boy-deactivated20

Nazis On The Loose

Heads up, everyone, an Odinist hate group called the Norroena Society has been reportedly invading Heathen spaces on the internet. Unfortunately, they're good at gaslighting people into following their racist belief system. For those of you who don't know this one of the big red flags in Norse Paganism is any reference to heritage. This is because Folkish Odinists -- AKA Nazi whyte supremacists -- believe that Norse Paganism should be a closed religion that only people of European heritage -- IE whyte people -- have access to. They push racist and queerphobic rhetoric, which has been the source of A LOT of Loki hate throughout the years. https://norroena.org/about-us/

valkyriesquad

Oof. I read that about us page, and there are plenty of dog whistles as well a statement that could easily be read as "you now belong to us, and we are more important than literally anything else" - a classic earmark of a cult. --mod gwwh

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

valkyriesquad

While the very selective enforcement of hate speech and threatening behaviors are being talked about, can I just put out there that this particular blog has been active since April 2014 because of the consistent presence of people who are a threat to others?

No wonder I’m tired... It’s been so long, and very little has been done to help!

So, yes, @staff and @support both - What are you going to do? Are you going to stand behind your words? Are you going to support the community here? Why should we trust you?

And please, followers, take the survey. They need to know how bad an idea this is.

genxwitch

“These are screenshots and a video of the author Ivy Mulligan using incredibly racial slurs towards someone in the Heathen community. Full v

Author Ivy Mulligan has a sizeable following on Facebook (30k+) she is also a closet racist (one who manages to hide their racism from the majority) who showed her true colors recently. She writes about Norse Heathenry and proclaims to be a Norse Pagan. Sadly, that community does have its share of white supremacists though many, many make it clear they are not welcome. Read the Twitter post above, there are videos on TikTok as well.

I refuse to touch Facebook, but if you are on there, maybe let her know her bullshit isn't welcome in the pagan community.

Also, let me know if I need to add any additional content warnings and I will.

ravenousnightwind

This photo and experience is not mine. But it was shared to me a while ago. Ivy spreads misinformation about history, and is a racist. Do not interact with Ivy Mulligan. She is a crazy bitch.

Hey there. Had a blog called "theeuropeanroots" reblog one of my research posts a few minutes ago and the header was enough for me to block, so just sending a heads up in case they hadn't been noted yet (it does take a slight bit of scrolling but the rest of the blog... well, lives up to the header image)

Confirmed.

White supremacy out the wazoo, among other goodies.

--mod gwwh

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