The Violet Tower @violettimemage - Tumblr Blog

Have you guys noticed how much the internet/technology just does not listen to you anymore? I click “don’t show this artist” on Spotify and I get recommended a music video by them on the front page. I click “skip this update” on a pop up every time I open a file organization app and it’s right back there every time. O click unsubscribe on a newsletter and it keeps showing up in my inbox!! I click “delete my account” and the next time I open the website they suggest I “reactivate”.

asteroidtroglodyte

Power is a funny thing.

petrovalinescrossedstrings

So if for some goddamn reason you still have tiktok? Maybe delete it

This shit is dystopian as fuck

Delete it as soon as you can do not fucking use the app at all

arahir

they are also collecting your precise location data.

i need everyone to be really clear that they are explicitly collecting this data for the united states government and explicitly intend to use AI tools to sift through it all.

if you still use tiktok you are not only putting yourself in danger, but those around you.

arahir

i think it's important to realize that they can extrapolate these facts about you from how you use the app, not just what you post voluntarily. and they do and are.

yellbug

telling my cat to stop licking trash using the following bank of adventure game protagonist voice lines:

that's not for kitties

kitties can't use that

i don't think so. not for kitties, I guess.

heh... no way... that's not for kitties

huh? kitties can't use that...

kitties won't be able to use that

retquits

so don't get too comfortable.

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mightier

gala Scion envoys to the WukSphene wedding-

j4gm

big fan of "one william" as a quantity. keep it up

dovecote

It makes me think of the mysterious Williamcoin I received in the mail recently.

dovecote

Behold, One William.

j4gm

holy shit, you found it. one william dollar.

dovecote

So, very unfortunate news. I actually received a follow up in the mail, too.

Forbidden Williamcoin

human-blob-nessie

this is art i can't breathe thats too good

petewentzisblack1312

heres my challenge to everyone for next month, for black history month. any time you want to draw inspiration from art, like poetry, music etc, pick a black artist. web weave with langston hughes and james baldwin and jamaica kinkaid and hanif abdurraqib and derek walcott and set your edits to meghan thee stallion and beyoncé and eartha kitt and coltrane and invoke basquiat in your art and it can be fanworks or original stuff and importantly, it doesnt have to be about race. obviously be cognizant of the context of the art youre using because a lot of the artists i mention specifically create art about racism but like. take your white doomed yaoi ship and make a webweave to poem by langston hughes. set an edit to body by meghan thee stallion. engage with black art in all contexts.

petewentzisblack1312

you can reblog this. other people should also be exposed to this idea.

necroman666

molly/caleb for the soul

monstersovka

star dragon 💫

animentality

zigdirty

I know the bubonic plague comment was in jest (as sarcasm) but the Black Death has never actually been eradicated and that is actually a very distinct (albeit potentially distant) possibility.

😬

anexperimentallife

Allowing an addict to eat might be the most holy thing my tax dollars have ever done.

stout-stoat

[ ID: a Facebook post, reading “I've been hearing criticisms about the type of people some folk think take advantage of government assistance. "But Josh, what if it's a drug addict that uses SNAP funds?" Oh honey, my American tax dollars have funded terror across the world.

It has purchased bullets that murdered civilians in Iraq, paid for bombs dropped on children in Gaza, financed police violence against Black and Brown bodies in my own country, subsidized private prisons, been used to exploit the poor, and enhanced the wealth of billionaires.

Allowing an addict to eat might be the most holy thing my tax dollars have ever done.” It was posted to Facebook by Dr. Josh Olds. end ID]

mckitterick

the only "welfare fraud" I care about is handing billionaires and rich corporations our tax dollars

vagisil

the people yearn for nonplastic fabrics

spaceshipsandpurpledrank

It's so nice to see black men be vulnerable and fun.

theothin

#correct on every level#don't go out sick. have some fun with your life. be open to taking care of one another. restaurant french toast fucks

galileosballs

I don't know who needs to hear this, but the idea that you can make a little mistake while doing your taxes and then go to jail for it is mostly not a thing. If you make a mistake on your taxes you'll get a letter in the mail that says 'hey you made a mistake on your taxes' and then you can fix it (source: I have made mistakes on my taxes, international tax treaties are complicated). The only time people typically go to jail for tax stuff is if they commit massive intentional (or negligent, like if they run a business and never consult any expert on how payroll taxes work) fraud over a long period of time.

There's basically no way for a person new to doing taxes - and presumably not handling a lot of money - to accidentally fuck up those taxes in a way that's going to end with that person in jail.

pscottm

Avelo Airlines cuts ties with ICE, ends deportation flights - al.com

The budget carrier signed an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security in April 2025.

partisan-by-default

Avelo Airlines, the only commercial carrier believed to have been operating full deportation flights on a regular basis for the Trump administration, is ending its relationship with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and will no longer charter those deportations.

The budget carrier signed an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security in April 2025 to operate ICE flights out of Arizona, drawing immediate protests and calls to boycott.

At the time, the airline acknowledged the decision may be controversial but said it was expected to support company expansion and job protection. However, after less than a year since inking the deal, Avelo has admitted that the program became too costly and complex to continue.

CEO Andrew Levy acknowledged the backlash in an email to employees late Tuesday.

“We moved a portion of our fleet into a government program which promised more financial stability but placed us in the center of a political controversy,” Levy wrote in the email, obtained by CNBC.

“The program provided short-term benefits but ultimately did not deliver enough consistent and predictable revenue to overcome its operational complexity and costs.” (aph)