because no one else will

one of the ancient ones. deep in my star wars era (which is eternal); lots of cloneposting. half feral. expect nothing. in this house we (still) love and respect Ratonhnhaké:ton. 30. she/her, but call me sir.

[yavln4]

I like to make friends and I like talking to people but I'm bad at starting conversations and, as such, have no friends online. So if anyone would ever like to reach out and chat, feel free

[auxins-insanities]

this disability pride month lets be kinder to folks with moral ocd . no more “if you really care about this minority , you’ll reblog this post” , “someone will die if you don’t reblog this” , etc etc , and all other kinds of guilt tripping reblog bait . at the VERY LEAST tag your reblog bait so we can filter it out and avoid unnecessary spirals . it’s 2026 , we need to move past using guilt to get engagement .

[phantomrose96]

Wayward musing here but I'm thinking about how storage of images is far more expensive than storage of text. And storage of videos is far more expensive than storage of images. And--bringing compute into the mix--the constant churn of AI interaction is likely far far more expensive than managing video.

And financial sense is never ever what drove social media compete, considering their business model is far more to the pattern of lobotomized moths flocking to the same shiny flame. But we ARE being driven to a predominantly short-form-video and AI-generated-content landscape and? Who pays the bills. How do we pay the bills? Because the customers, we, are going to be holding the bag in due time.

The internet hasn't been 'free' in a very very long time, but what are we barreling toward? What advertiser pays enough once Google stops eating the cost of Youtube losses and AI content? What's the subscription price for an internet of slop and short-form content?

[phantomrose96]

Tumblr, sad unprofitable wretch of a website, might be skirting by under-heel as--being a predominantly text-based website--our storage and upkeep costs are negligible on the global social media scale. Even with ~15 years of global content, it's probably an order of magnitude or two beneath the cost of video giants and AI slop factories.

And polite low-maintenance doesn't keep the lights on forever, but it might be what's kept the lights on til now. The storage of every text post I've ever made probably costs a fraction of one Sora2 video.

[frostedmagnolias]

Brown Wool Bathing Suit

c. 1900

Kerry Taylor Auctions

[dame-de-pique]

Eclair photographié la nuit du 26 au 27 juillet 1902

[rosieandthemoon]

Vladimir Archipovich Bondarenko

[jadeseadragon]

Vladimir Bondarenko (Russian, 1866–1900), Forest Scene, 1880s, oil on Canvas, 174 × 133 cm; private collection.

[infectiouspiss]

it's so sick and twisted that you have to forge the life you deserve from the molten scraps of the life you were forced to have

[weepingwidar]

Mia Bergeron (US-American, 1979) - Pursuit (2026)

[thunderstruck9]

Mia Bergeron (American, 1979), Pursuit, 2026. Oil on aluminum, 29 1/2 × 41 1/2 in.

[gremlininho]

let me. innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[crochethub]

Medieval inspired tapestry with gold trimming embellishment by SpicyLatinaaaa

[threedollarsdotcom]

dont talk to me or my clone or my shadow self or my reflection or my me ever again

[frostedmagnolias]

Pendant with a Lion

17th century

Gold, amber, enamel, and pearls

Europe

Art Institute of Chicago

[raichett]

liking a ship but disliking the distinct set of stock fanon that they have been assigned is like one of those punishments dante came up with when he wrote the worldbuilding for hell in inferno

[greenishness]

i'm thinking about charlotte brontë spending her last years editing and publishing her sisters' writings and about christopher tolkien dedicating his life to the protection and meticulous reconstruction his father's life's work and about johanna van gogh publishing the letters between vincent and theo that would propel vincent van gogh into fame because she knew how much her husband had loved his brother, and about how so often art isn't just a reflection of the artist's mind and skills but a testament to the fact that they were loved

[greenishness]

My sister just quoted this post at me over dinner bc it was discussed in her philosophy class & I can't even smugly inform her of its authorship. Due to the mindhunter yaoi state of my most recent blog history.

[fullcravings]

S’mores Icebox Cake

[padmestrilogy]

it is funny that the climatic moment of the first six star wars movies hinges on luke cutting off vaders hand and going…wait…..i’ve become just like him….the cycle stops now…..meanwhile there’s his mentor spiders kenobi who cuts off 1000 limbs a day and dgaf. i’m not saying obi wan is evil but u have to admit that’s funny

[furryprovocateur]

"the early 2010s were better" no they weren't. "hey soul sister" was on the radio.

[hyumjim]

stereo. The way you move ain’t fair you know.