48hr tumblr blackout proposal

tumblr mobile has seadily become near unusable these past few updates. not just from a user experience perspective (which is important enough in itself) but also from an accessibility perspective.

examples include the new way the image viewer works (if you can call it "working"), the tumblr live button replacing the profile button, and that newly created blogs will be forced to have their main dashboard tab be the 'for you' page.

the demands of the protest would be along the lines of:

to protest against these usability issues, and inspired by the recent reddit blackout, i propose a 48 hour blackout (where you don't use tumblr at all). preferably of both mobile and web (since web has problems too) but mobile is the focus here.

I suggest the 48 hours between the 30th of June to the end of the 1st of July.

this marks the end of pride month (for the "queerest place on the internet") and the start of disability month (since accessibility is a massive issue here).

tumblr office is in San Francisco, USA, so the times and dates will be calculated using their time zone (PDT).

you can find out the times and dates for your timezone here.

i can't afford to blaze this post so please spread it around as much as possible! protests only work if significant numbers show up!

tumblr rejected the blaze campaigns for this post because they know it would hurt them. let's make this an indefinite blackout - it's the best way to get results.

(so the blackout would be from June 30th onwards)

@one-time-i-dreamt @i-am-a-fish @lizluvscupcakes tagging some larger blogs to hopefully get the word out more

yeah yeah lore drop or whatever anyway FIT SWAP!!!!!!

[Image Described: A baby capybara on a trans flag (blue, pink, white, pink, blue horizontal stripes). It's captioned "Every time you repost this capy a transphobic state legislator dies". End I.D]

Something really shitty has just been passed by the UK goverment.

A new bill that is stripping out human rights has been passed and we need to fight it before it costs lives. The new Human Rights Bill has made nazi Germans esc changes that will effect you or somone you love.

The most notiable parts being:

-If you are admitted to hospital with a disability or chronic condition a doctor can put a DNR do not ressusatate on you and you can’t appeal it.

-They are stopping woman from being able to move fowards with assault charges

- They are making it impossible for victims of terrorism to get justice. They won’t let people like the victims of  the hillsborough disaster hold the people responsible

Please do your own research if you must but we can’t let this happen!

There a petition to sign that’s already half way there so please share it around and tell ppl in the UK what is happening.

 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/607712

I would really REALLY appreciate it if my American followers come bring some recognition to the UK’s plight rn too.

Reblog if you think asexuality is a real thing that actually exists.

I'm trying to prove something.

meirl

I have waited over a year for this...

If you can’t reblog this, unfollow me now.

it’s fucking disgusting that i just lost 6 followers

I was looking up alarm clocks for deaf people and all amazon showed me was 'very loud alarm clock' How does that make sense?

I'm not deaf but I often use earplugs to sleep because I have to go to bed early cause I'm a nurse. But I'm afraid to overhear my alarm because of that so now I'm looking for a solution for that.

I found a watch that vibrates as an alarm, I think I'll try that. If you guys have any other ideas please tell me 💜

Hey, random passerby here.

I don’t know exactly what your situation is, but if you’re light sensitive (or wake up before daybreak), this clock has a light alarm option. It can just wake you up with a flashing light.

It’s a little on the pricey side though, and some of the reviews are less than satisfactory. I actually ordered this clock a few days ago, I’m just waiting for it to get here

Anyway, that’s my suggestion

so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post

…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment

likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post

i need all the help i can get for finals

Hey so

the last time I reblogged this post right before I got a great job, in a permanent work-from-home position, with benefits, retirement, and a salary literally 3x what I was making before, doing something I really like. 

So you know. 

This might be the real one, y’all.

happy indigenous peoples month. please dont forget that not all of us come from the americas.

this post is okay to reblog, even if you arent indigenous.

[id: tags that say "the whites can't even be bothered to remember there are indigenous people in central and south america. let alone anywhere else. /end id]

So, India is dying.

Look, I know a good number of you are from the US and things aren't amazing there either, but my country is literally on the brink of collapse. So I'd love it if we could talk about that for a minute.

If you can't do anything else, please just read and reblog.

P.S.A.

Been receiving some static for trying to make a point about ace awareness, and I felt compelled to share. Even if you guys don’t want to post it, I just felt the need to share with at least one other person who understands. Thanks for reading, I dig the page. <3 

I’m asexual. Not ashamed of it, but I am done with people trying to tell me that I’m “confused” or I “just haven’t been with the right person” and I am disgusted by people who think it’s “all made up” or that asexuals are making it up for some sort of attention or resources.

Full disclosure, I am not a virgin [since everyone wants to push the subject when it comes up], and I personally don’t make a habit of questioning LGBT friends’ personal lifestyles. I’m not gonna ask my trans or nonbinary friends if they’re “just going through a phase”, or tell my gay or lesbian friends that “they just haven’t been with the right partner yet”. I’m not one of those people who accuses others of being LGBT because it’s “the flavor of the week” or some kinda fascist crap like that. Also, I am genuinely sick and tired of making female or gay friends who literally start shamelessly flirting with me to the point where neither of us are comfortable around one another anymore. Believe me, I am NOT your effing “dream guy”.

We exist, we are valid, and we have the right to be treated the same as everybody else. If you have a problem with that, DNI.