a rat with range

Frozen with excitement from recieving a dried pea

I read snoopy everyone's tags btw

best friends moment

Since I’m currently finding a home for Hal (something I’ve been thinking about for a good while now) I suppose I should mention that I obviously won’t really be posting rats anymore, or at least nothing new. I won’t be shutting down this blog as it’s my general “pets” blog but in case anyone was wondering, there’s a very low chance I’ll have any more pocket puppies in the future 😔

hehe banana

Gee, Tumblr would probably really hate it if you shared and spread this damning article … To the surprise of absolutely none of Tumblr’s LGBTQ users, it turns out the independent NYC human rights agency Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) found that Tumblr’s ham-fisted adult content ban in December 2018 disproportionately targeted LGBTQ users. The CCHR’s investigation revealed Tumbler’s moderation algorithms is demonstrably biased against queer content. As part of the settlement, Tumblr was obligated to review their prejudicial anti-gay moderation policies. Even more mortifyingly, they’ve also had to hire an expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) issues and provide unconscious bias training to their moderators. I frankly doubt Tumblr has learned a thing from this humbling experience. Just recently the Tumblr algorithm flagged three ancient posts of mine as violating their terms. All three “offenders” were vintage homoerotic beefcake images (softcore by modern standards) roughly 50 – 65-years-old by Bruce of Los Angeles, Bob Mizer and Tom of Finland. (These are of course pioneering queer artists who routinely faced censorship and imprisonment in the fifties and sixties. Plus ca change!). They've been visible on my page - corrupting viewers -  for years at this point. I appealed all three immediately. Only the Tom of Finland one was approved. The other two are now hidden. So, they haven't learned much. Apparently, Tumblr – who loves to declare how hip, youthful, inclusive and progressive their values are - wants to restore trust with their queer users. I’d recommend we remember their hypocrisy when Pride rolls around and Tumblr splashes rainbow flags everywhere and attempts to pink wash their image.

In honour of Pride Month, this is worth a reblog! Don’t buy into Tumblr’s hypocritical “pink washing.” 

TL;DR: Poster is making up claims that aren't even in the article. Automattic (Wordpress) took over and walked into the pre-existing lawsuit going "OK the last guys botched this, but we will cooperate so we can figure out what they did wrong and how WE can fix it."

A: The article is from Feb of LAST YEAR, and as of the time Automattic!Tumblr took over the lawsuit they'd already started changing some of the problematic elements;

B: The lawsuit was filed against Verizon!Tumblr, not Automattic!Tumblr.

It is incredibly important context that Tumblr has changed hands since then. Massive difference in management.

RTFA. :/

Temporarily reblogging this to main for my followers, in case it's popping up on any of your dashboards as well. :) This kind of hostile misinformation bothers me immensely. :)

The only upside of this unbearably hot weather is that rats become liquid and turn into adorable pancakes.

This dummy still sometimes sleeps in a hammock.

They all turned one year this month. How time flies.

Ace + transmasc rat board for @aces-and-anime​

Did you know? it costs zero (0) cents to respect personal boundaries! On the other hand, it can cost the victim’s mental wellbeing to violate them. Thank you for your respect– it will be returned to you!

Today’s mouse is Diddl from Diddl!

Encantober Day 23 ~ Rats 🐀

I really wanted to do this day because I had this idea at the front of my mind so it’s a day late but I did it and that what matters haha.

Bruno shows Mirabel his little family of Siamese rats🥺 and she wants to feed them cheese cubes.

what species of slug is this

just a guy chilling on his porch

(source)

We went out for 2 baby rats and came home with 3. And we're still getting 2 more in a couple weeks. 6 baby rats!!!

(The guy said he had one girl unsold and asked if we wanted her)

(Tbh i wouldn't be surprised if he just wanted an extra sale but eh, I'm a sucker)

We have a dark brown with silvermane, a soft gray, and a tan Rex (bonus baby)! So far the brown girl is the stinker, she already escaped once and I had to catch her with their snuggle bag.

They're currently hanging out in the carrier with big sister Pippi, who's twice their age and size at 2 months.

Today’s rat is Jenner from The Secret of NIMH (1982)!