Important Psa - Blog Posts
One of my friends on Discord shared this and I think it's important, esp since there r a lot of fanfic writers not just in the tadc fandom but on this website/app in general. Spread the word y'all!
PSA
Still using they/them after finding out someone's pronouns doesn't include they/them is misgendering
If someone specifies that they don't use they/them, don't use it. That's misgendering them.
Using they/them after someone has specified that they don't use they/them is misgendering
If you continue to use they/them after learning that they don't use it. You are misgendering them.
They/them is misgendering if you know their pronouns (and it doesn't include they/them)
Again for the people in the back,
They/Them is not a catch all pronoun if you know their preferred pronouns already
So, you may have heard that Tumblr is using people’s art to train AI. It does this by taking any images people upload, and feeding them to the AI for training.
So I made a little thing you can use to defend against this. It might not be SUPER effective, but it’ll at least slow things down and hurt the overall effectiveness of AIs trained on it.
This is my anti-AI image. It’s designed to clog up the training of the AI by being mass reblogged / uploaded.
To understand how this works, you first have to understand how AI image generation works. The AI is trained on a massive amount of images, and learns to reproduce images that are similar.
Now, we want to make a significant portion of the AI’s training data consist of this image. If we do this, then the AI will struggle to generate art effectively, as it won’t have as much viable training data. Instead it’ll be more likely to just generate an image similar to this one.
Reblog it to spread the word, but be sure to take a screenshot or download the image instead, rather than just reblogging. That way it counts it as a new image, and feeds it to the AI again.
Even predators can have predators- and can do much more harm.
my human body cannot do quads themselves- and it just makes me uncomfortable as a whole when i try, but this video is important to listen to; especially the last parts.
yes- people can sexualize you in shorts and fully clothed yes- there are people who have a fetish for bare feet and armpits yes- two is better then one, think of your trusted one as a sorta account manager or virtual bodyguard (mini yes- even wwe wrestlers have bodyguards, no need to say your tough and can 'fight them off'- trust me, adults know how to handle screaming kicking people of any age, height and weight.)
i would say your good within the whole 'location identify' thing as long as your in a big city or place with lots of individuals and away from where you actually live- ex: parks, businesses, EMPTY parking lots (cars have much more identity then you think), docks, even statues (remember the city bit though- i heavily would not do if its a town or smaller as theres much more chances of you being identified)
**every community has its creeps, and we cannot stop it no matter what- best is to just not bother with that corner of the party.**
Please watch!!
Therian safety, especially towards minors! ⚠️
Credits: birdydogs on tiktok
PSA for Moon Helios
For all those who read Moon Helios I would like to say this. Y/n is not the greatest person. She’s morally grey at best and she’s not the most merciful soul. She is a trained soldier from the moment she was eight, (There will be a flash back in the next chapter.) She is a broken person who has a strong heart. Her fury gets the better of her and she’s down right cruel to people sometimes. As the story continues u would like to note that she does some questionable things. One of the reasons Aleksander falls so madly in love with her (eventually) is because they are so alike in nature. However Y/n is not the monster she sees herself as. I just wanted it to be stated before any continues to read because their will be many trigger warnings for many of the things Y/n does. Personally I quite like a darker!reader but that is not to everyone’s taste. However I do hope you enjoy the next chapter coming out soon.
Would tags like "photosensitive"/ "photosensitive warning" or "flashing lights warning" work out and what other tags should we use as well to prevent this from happening?
I don't have any posts regarding flashing lights, but if I happen to post something like that in the future, I want to make sure I'm tagging appropriately
Please stop trigger tagging with #epilepsy tw/cw/warning/etc.
I need every single person to understand how horrible tumblr’s tagging system is
I go into the tag for epilepsy and its all flashing lights. We can’t use our own tag because people without epilepsy fill it up with improper warnings.
Use ‘flashing’ in place of ‘epilepsy’ in your tags. You aren’t warning people of epileptics, you’re warning us of flashing lights. Please please tag properly. Epileptics say this endlessly and constantly and it’s ignored. You are risking lives by doing this.
Here’s proof of what I mean:
THIS POST IS 100% OKAY TO REBLOG, I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WITHOUT EPILEPSY TO ESPECIALLY DO SO!
A PSA about what to do about online predators
As many know, the internet can be home to some of the best people one can meet. But it can also be home to some of the worst people.
Aka, Pedophiles and Zoophiles (For those who do not know what they mean; pedophiles are adults who are attracted to minors, zoophiles are people with a sexual attraction towards animals.)
Everything that is wrong about social media and the internet is multiplied by 10 trillion thanks to these individuals. If you or a loved one are a victim or witness of a pedo/zoo; Please do the following.
*Take screenshots and gather evidence against pedos/zoos
*Give the evidence to the police or the proper authorities. In the event you are unable to do so, post the evidence online so the truth can be spread
*If you were able to give evidence to the police, make sure that they arrest the individual(s) in question.
I am being 100% serious when I say this. You, your friends and loved ones do not need to become victims of pedophiles/zoophiles. Spread the word about these individuals and stay safe.
just an FYI, 4ch*n trolls are using the Ukraine crisis as a means to stoke antiblack racism on Twitter. There's already a bunch of people believing this bait and blaming "SJWs", "those people" (i.e. black people), and "BLM". Racist trolls do this every time there's a crisis and it's absolutely disgusting. Don't fall for this divisive propaganda.
Russia Invaded Ukraine
DONATION LINKS:
https://savelife.in.ua
https://voices.org.ua/en/
https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/
SUPPORT SANCTIONS OF RUSSIA
In 2014, Russia annexed a part of Ukraine (Crimea) and since then has been funding and arming Pro-Russian separatist and terrorist groups that have seized Donbas, an eastern region in Ukraine. Russia has been funding a civil war in Ukraine, essentially. Recently, the separatist groups have been sending civilian women, children and elderly out of Ukraine and into Russia, but leaving fighting-age men inside. These separatist are directly controlled by Kremlin (the government of Russia) and they are how Russia has been leading a proxy war on Ukraine since 2014.
But now, Russia has sent their own troops in, which is an invasion. They are doing it under the pretence of ‘peacekeeping’, but this is an obvious lie.
Russia accuses Ukraine of aggressing on Donbas and on Russia, prompting the war on Russia and conducting genocide on its own people. None of this is true. Russia is the one arming Pro-Russian terrorists in Ukraine, Russia has been surrounding and provoking Ukraine with military, and is the one that has been spreading misleading historically-inaccurate disinformation. It’s what Russia did in Georgia in 2008 and similar to what Germany did in Poland in 1939.
Making this post cuz I don’t see anything on tumblr about this, and to spread links and information.
If I find any more donation fund links, I will add them to this post.
shoutout to slow creators!
i know it can be disheartening to work so slowly when it seems like everyone around you works so fast and churns out great content left and right. i know it's easy to get frustrated with yourself for having to spend so much time on one thing and sometimes it's hard to stay motivated long enough to finish. but the things you make are so good, and taking lot of time on something isn't a bad thing. creation can be a very painstaking process, but the amount of love and care and effort and attention you pour into your work bleeds through. people can feel it. they appreciate it. they see how hard you try and they see how your thoughtful approach to creation affects the quality of the end product. speed is definitely a skill you can develop and chances are as you practice more and get more comfortable with things, you'll be able to work faster. but no matter what, the things you make are worth waiting for. keep creating! you are wonderful!
Seizure First Aid.
Learn it. Share it. Know it. Use it.
Anti-ship culture is opening an incognito tab to scroll the proshipper tags of a fandom and blocking people on a separate tag while also finding it funny how they're actually making this content unironically and acting like it's somehow cute/romantic (it's really not)
Bonus points if you see your own ships that you thought were fine (and they are) there and getting scared before realizing that some proshippers don't ONLY ship icky stuff and feeling almost offended that they would dare also ship the thing you like
.
note that antiship-culture-is does not encourage nor condone harassment. blocking people is awesome though
This isn’t related to my blog aesthetic but I’m tired of seeing posts where people are making others paranoid that they’re in a coma or something. You’re not. I know lots of us know it’s just a bad “joke,” but some people don’t have the luxury of being able to believe that after seeing others tell them otherwise.
You’re awake. Everything is okay.
A tall ghoulish looking man with a green robe and strange symbols on his cheeks comes up to you and says "hey sexy. Drink this"
Would you?
Hey! I'm a trans artist stuck in a transphobic and narcissistic household! I'm doing commissions to raise money so i can finally move out!
Even if you can't buy a commission reblogs help!! DM me for more info!!!
fuck it. be creative even if you never really *make* anything. write out plot synopses of stories and then move on. design OCs you'll never use. make mood boards and concept art and don't do anything with them. life's too short to forget everything that inspired you and creation doesn't have to be "complete" to be worth the time you put into it.
Picture this, you're stressed out because Covid and climate change finds you out of a job and now you can't pay for dental work so as you listen to the hold music to the dental clinic to cancel your wisdom teeth surgery you log into tumblr to calm your nerves only to be greeted by a Destiel meme informing you that the word flashing is banned and you realise fellow tumblr users can't use a warning for post that could trigger your epilepsy. Imagine this, you're now afraid and there's nothing you can do, no tag to filter out, no warning to safe you.
How to spot a NSFW bot in a tumblr community (Or how to know if someone who’s joined your community might post it)
——————
This is just stuff I’ve noticed. Let me know if I should add something. I’m getting sick and tired of getting jump scared by them.
(Also, this list might be updated later when I come up with more stuff)
They have either spam lettered usernames or those basic ones they give you when you first make an account. It’s always the accounts with users villigantskyyodeler or ldlfjkd124. Not all accounts who use the suggested names or keyboard smashes are like this, of course.
They have an empty or undecorated blog, or have reblogged another bot’s spam. Again, not all empty blogs are like this, but from what I’ve noticed, the blogs are always the default.
They post a random letter or post an unrelated gif in your community. This is them getting their link ready to post, so this will disappear in a minute or two. If you see this in time, it’s best to immediately block and report the post!
Look out for these things, and if you have anything to add, let me know! It wouldn’t be a great idea to click the link either (I don’t care how horny you are lol). If you own a community and constantly see bots come in, it’s best to make your community to where people have to request to join, then you can watch out for these things! And, to the people who might have 1 and 2 and get denied entry to their community, I suggest decorating your blog and messaging them!
This has been a PSA! Reblog (if you’d like) to spread awareness!!
Animals who are endangered: (w/ links)
Sea Lions - Approx. 300,000 individuals exist today.
Marine iguana - Approx. 200,000 and 300,000 individuals exist today.
Hippopotamus - Approx. 125,000 and 148,000 individuals exist today.
Jaguar - Approx. 64,000 individuals exist today.
Polar bears - Approx. 22,000 to 31,000 individuals exist today.
Asian elephant - Approx. 20,000 to 40,000 individuals exist today.
Leatherback turtle - Approx. less than 25,000 individuals exist today.
White Rhinos - Approx. 18,000 individuals exist today.
Hyenas - Approx. 5,000 to 14,000 individuals exist today.
Red pandas - Approx. 10,000 individuals exist today.
Snow leopard - Approx. 4,080 to 6,590 individuals exist today.
Cuban Crocodile - Approx. 3,000 to 6,000 individuals exist today.
Black rhinos - Approx. 5,600 individuals exist today.
Greater One-Horned Rhino - Approx. 3,700 individuals exist today.
Great white shark - Approx. 3,000 individuals exist today.
Tiger - Approx. 3,900 individuals exist today.
Giant panda - Approx. 2,464 individuals exist today.
Monarch butterflies - Approx. less than 2,000 individuals exist today.
Saola - Approx. less than 750 individuals exist today.
Beluga - Approx. 279 individuals exist today.
Cross River Gorillas - Approx. 200 to 300 individuals exist today.
Amur leopard - Approx. 60 to 80 individuals exist today.
Javen Rhinos - Approx. 67 individuals exist today.
Red wolf - Approx. 20 to 25 individuals exist today.
Vaquita - 10 individuals exist today.
────────────────────────────────────────────
And please remember that there are so many more animals species who are endangered and need your help! These are only a few, so please do what you can!
I will make a pt. 2 soon because there are so many more I could do to spread awareness. I'll also try to find websites and sources you can use! If you have any please share.
────────────────────────────────────────────
Thank GOD I stopped being active in the servers he was in with me. Don't ever forget that "No" is always a full sentence. Please reach out to someone if an individual is being inappropriate online, especially if you or another person is a minor.
PLEASE READ!!!
TW: Grooming, sexually charged messages
Snow SDA/Shadow The Dark Angel/Dark Angel Dubs has been actively engaging in predatory behavior with numerous minors. He has also (until today) been actively dating a 15-year-old. She reached out to me regarding their relationship and has since cut contact, but this individual is a danger to all minors and NEEDS to be blacklisted from the fandom. Evidence below the cut.
Everything we know so far is outlined in this thread, which originally came from Beni. After receiving more information, I have elaborated with evidence of my own.
He even had the AUDACITY to post the most half-assed, nothingburger of an apology I've ever seen.
Here are several of his accounts, PLEASE block this man and warn others of his behavior. Main: https://x.com/SnowSDA319 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@darkangeldubsofficial/videos
reblog if you think these are all valid reasons for a student or an employee to take a day off from their school or their job without their grades or paycheck being affected in any way:
- period cramps
- exhaustion, be it mental or physical
- depression, anxiety, and other mental health related issues
reblog if you think these are all valid reasons for a student or an employee to take a day off from their school or their job without their grades or paycheck being affected in any way:
- period cramps
- exhaustion, be it mental or physical
- depression, anxiety, and other mental health related issues
Here is my small piece of advice/plea for for the future for y'all for today, and I may be lightly skirting an NDA to say it, so please listen:
If you can, buy physical books.
I work in publishing and I'm scared about what the election results are going to mean for the future of books by and about marginalized people, especially books for children. There are a lot of things you can do by trying to get involved locally, especially to mobilize against book bans and laws targeting libraries and schools. Voting with your wallet is still an extremely important tactic, because we're going to be hit with economic issues re: diverse books before we get hit with legal ones. But my immediate concern is what might happen with e-books.
It's already a known problem that if you "buy" a book on Kindle or another e-reader, that you're essentially renting it from that retailer, and if that retailer decides to remove that book, they can wipe it from your device. We also know that servers can be shut down. Content policies can change. It could get very difficult to find a copy of the files to pirate, much less to purchase.
But you can't delete a physical book from the world.
Physical books are about to become very important repositories. Collect them, if you can. Go to library sales. Go to thrift stores. Go to your local bookstore -- and bonus point here: independent bookstores are and will be great hubs for organizing in the coming days. Hell, I'd even encourage you to go through Amazon to send a message that these books are still financially viable. Lord knows the latter doesn't want to advertise them to you.
I know (I know) that physical books are expensive and getting more so. I know space is at a premium in a world where we're being pushed to live in smaller and smaller apartments with more and more roommates. But if there's a book that was important to you, and if it's a book you think a bigot wouldn't want to exist in the world, I urge you to get your hands on a physical copy of that book. If nothing else, to preserve it for the next generation.
ALL of us can be librarians. ALL of us can be archivists. ALL of us can work together to preserve marginalized voices, and to ensure that they are heard.
I love you. Keep fighting. We're in this together.
>"Because of their size, bats are notoriously difficult to find deceased from natural causes, and by the time they are found, the bodies have often already decomposed beyond value."
Sad, but true point to mention here: if one were to visit a wind-energy farm during bat migration season, one will find dead bats. Aeorestes cinereus in particular are all but doomed to be sacrificed on the altar of capitalism/the dollar, it seems...
Here's your yearly reminder NOT to purchase bat taxidermy products.
Because of their size, bats are notoriously difficult to find deceased from natural causes, and by the time they are found, the bodies have often already decomposed beyond value.
As sad as it is, it's true — As holidays approach, I know many people with an interest in these critters have the potential to receive gifts that are very unethical for the creatures they care about. Bats are killed for the sole purpose of displays like this as a soulless cash grab. Already, there are dozens of bat species that are threatened or endangered. It is not fair to them to support an industry that is actively trying to extinguish their life for decoration.
You can read more about this crisis here and here.
Photo provided by Denley Photography on Unsplash.
Reblogs on this post are encouraged.
‼️Please, read if you're up to supporting a young artist‼️
In all honesty tho-I should've stated this earlier, but oh, well, better late than never!
Ignore the text change, mid way this Ibis-Paint decided I won't be using the text tool anymore
So! With that being said..
I'm opening 5 more slots on my Ko-Fi commissions! and if you can't get into Ko-Fi, Followers of my account can request directly PayPal payment!
I wouldn't ask or, be insisting in this kind of things since, it makes me feel uncomfortable.. somehow- But I need the money and, since things having been the best lately, maybe I'll have to consider using commissions for college costs and such in the nearby future..
‼️Thanks for reading, and if you cannot commission me, please consider reblogging this post‼️
Price Sheet & TOS:
