Tumblr,

Earlier today we announced to the press that we are running a beta test program for Post+, Tumblr’s newest add-on subscription tool. Post+ is a completely optional tool that will allow creators to make some of their posts exclusive to their paid subscribers. You can read more about it right over here on our @postplus Tumblr. This feature is being tested by a small group of incredible creators on Tumblr.

We want to hear about what you like, what you love, and what concerns you. Even if it’s not very nice. Tell us. We can take it. We WANT that feedback. It helps us make Tumblr better.

What we won’t ever accept is the targeted harassment and threats these creators have endured since this afternoon. These creators are some of the most talented people around, and all they’re doing is testing out a feature. These are the people who graciously agreed to pilot a program to help us discover bugs before we open it up to all creators. These are the humans who are testing a feature that we hope will soon help thousands of Tumblr creators feel empowered, get rewarded for their efforts, and find support within their community.

Our Community Guidelines are clear: Don’t engage in targeted abuse, bullying, or harassment.

Anyone in violation of these guidelines will be dealt with swiftly and will be forced to contend with the appropriate consequences. It’s okay to tell us how you feel. It’s not okay to bully someone because you disagree with their choices.

POST PLUS IS COMING, WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT

Despite the fancy survey, changes to the UI and TOS reveal we’re getting the service in the future whether we want it or not. Obviously, Post+ is a terrible idea that is trying to bank revenue on user content. Unlike patreon or onlyfans, tumblr’s primary focus is on FAN content. The legality of this is NOT in the users favor and as the new tumblr TOS states, said users will be entirely liable for whatever legal matter arise.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING?

Besides filling out the survey, it’s time to show tumblr we mean business and show our displeasure by hitting them where it hurts.

Ad revenue.

We’re proposing a 24 hour log off as phase one of this protest.

WHEN IS THE PROTEST?

AUGUST 6th, 2021        12 am Eastern Time (US0          5 am Greenwich Mean Time          6 am Central European Time          8 am Moscow Standard Time          1 pm Australian Western Time          2 pm Japan Standard Time          3:30 pm Australian Central Time          4 pm Australian Eastern Time AUGUST 5th, 2021          11 pm Mountain Time (US)            9 pm Pacific Time (US)

THE END TIME IS 24 HOURS FROM START TIME!!!

So no posting, no queues, no likes, and no reblogs!

WHAT IF I CAN’T/WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?

Like this post and share it. Use the hashtags #tumblrlogoff2021 or #postplusprotest on ANY and ALL social media.

WILL THIS WORK?

Maybe, maybe not. It’s an attempt at doing SOMETHING.

!!!!!!!

Yo just so y’all know I’m doing this

sure, sounds good! i don’t want tumblr to be monetized :/

Okay pog i guess

Gods I love OSP.

note to self: just because someone did the thing you were thinking about doing, and did it way better than you could ever hope to do, doesn’t mean it would be stupid or pointless to go ahead and try to still do the thing anyway. 

Also, when it comes to creative things? There really is no “better”.

Sure, someone might be more technically accomplished than you - you might not be able to colour as nicely or craft a sentence that rings as poetically - but art is only really secondarily about that. It’s firstmost about what you, uniquely, have to express, and how the precise way you express it might be what others need to relate to it - even if it’s less flashy, less “beautiful”, and gets fewer notes.

I promise you this: there are obscure fanfics with only a handful of notes that are the read-and-re-read favourites of someone too anxious to comment. There are drawings done by 14-year-olds in poorly-blended markers that are someone’s favourite because they spoke to something that nothing else did. There are covers of songs where your voice cracks and you cringe every time you hear it but someone thinks the way it cracked just at that moment added beauty to the song. There are angsty three-line poems you wrote at 4am that someone once called “pretentious emo trash” that are loved by someone else going through the same thing as you.

And I guarantee you, there is something unique about your art. Even if you’re “saying something someone else has said”. Even if you’re the thousandth person to take on the subject. Even if you feel like you’re not at all unique. You’re bound to express something, however subtle, that didn’t exist until then.

Art is about connection. And the more you create, the more chance you have of finding other people who experience the world the way you do.

“But the one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.“ via @neil-gaiman

The “two cakes” theory of content production. 

It was only yesterday that I was lamenting thing I no longer felt allowed to do because someone had done similar.   I ought to read this post daily.  Maybe twice daily.

Art is about connection. And the more you create, the more chance you have of finding other people who experience the world the way you do.

“But if multiple people do the same thing then it’s not unique” -> how do you think art movements were made? A bunch of artists all did the same thing in their own ways and we praise them for that.

oh no

I found the godawful high fantasy novel I was writing in third grade

the characters say things like “thee said thee would take off thy hood” and “by the Blue Tulip!” and the main character has a maid who is named—I shit you not—Ratata

there are a lot of duels and fake words

I have transcribed it and posted it on Ao3 

L-like the Pokemon? Rattata?

look, I had never played Pokémon in my life, I was just struggling with the eternal problem of inventing fantasy names

It's good.

teenagers are just like that

looking back I’m amused by how much I clearly liked the concept of duels, yet found actually writing them to be very dull. this has not changed.

I also like how the enemy king has no guards to speak of and had his throne room at the very top of a poorly-maintained tower. Power move. Then again, he’s armed to the teeth (a bow AND an axe AND a sword in rapid succession?) and can apparently teleport, and if “Napeton Eank” is his greatest knight, I suppose I wouldn’t trust someone else to guard me either.

I started reading this and I did not expect to get slam dunked by the name Master Jerkins.

it’s ok he changers his name to Master Jenkins between scenes

“We know who we are,” Page says. “People cling to these firm ideas [about gender] because it makes people feel safe. But if we could just celebrate all the wonderful complexities of people, the world would be such a better place.”

ELLIOT PAGE for Time Magazine // March 2021

letting ‘cis’ people play with pronouns is one of the ways a lot of my friends have realized theyre nonbinary but also for ACTUALLY cis people its a fun way to express yourself and it normalizes ‘weird’ pronouns and pronouns that dont ‘match’ someones gender. and also like that includes straight people too. u dont have to be any sort of lgbt to use whatever pronouns you like its just words you use to express yourself

to be absolutely clear: this means cis people who are not questioning their gender!!! this means cis people who were questioning their gender and decided theyre cis and still want to use alternate pronouns! a lot of people are mentioning people who are questioning their gender in the tags and its very helpful to know you can experiment with pronouns while youre still questioning but this post includes cis people who know theyre cis and are comfortable being cis. thats the whole point! you dont have to be any specific anything to use different pronouns

Pregnant as a teen trans guy

I never thought I would end up in this situation, but here I am, and I hope that this can be signal boosted to reach people who can help, donate, or at least give me advice on what to do.

I'm a trans guy, I go by the name "Kai", online, but my real name is Theo Krusee, (my deadname, which will be listed on my PayPal and Cashapp is Khalia Krusee)

I've been dating my now ex boyfriend for almost four years, and recently, because of a screw up with my birth control, I ended up pregnant. Because I continued to take my bc after, I thought for a while that my missed period was simply because of birth control, and I didn't catch the pregnancy until I was at my local hospital doing blood work in preparation to start Testosterone. Unfortunately, the stress of the situation was too much for my relationship to handle, so I'll be going through this alone.

I'm barely 18. I'm a full time college student, and I have no job or insurance. Until now, I've been living off of savings, and a family college fund, which I will be kicked off of when my parents find out that I'm pregnant.

I will likely be opting for adoption, because I found out when I was already 8 weeks pregnant, and because I am in no financial or emotional position to keep and take care of a baby, however, regardless of what happens, there are medical costs coming soon that I have no way to afford.

So far, even just the prenatal appointment for confirmation of pregnancy, with both blood and urine testing, and std/sti screening has cost me almost $500 out of pocket.

"For a healthy pregnancy, your doctor will probably want to see you on the following recommended schedule of prenatal visits: Weeks 4 to 28: 1 prenatal visit a month. Weeks 28 to 36: 1 prenatal visit every 2 weeks. Weeks 36 to 40: 1 prenatal visit every week."

These will range in cost, from as low as $60, up to almost $1000 for certain medically necessary tests.

This isn't even taking into account the cost of birth, and newborn hospital care, which where I live, in California, without insurance a vaginal birth can cost between 10,000 for a healthy and uncomplicated birth, to more than 30,000 dollars for a c-section, a complicated labor, or an unhealthy pregnancy.

Midwife and Doula fees are much cheaper, usually $4,000- $6,500, but at this point in my pregnancy, I have no way of knowing what complications may arise, and if a midwife guided home birth is even possible for me.

I am stressed, emotional, heartbroken, and terrified for my future. My transition will be on hold for at least the next 8 months, likely more than a year, I will be kicked out by my parents in around 4-6 months when I can no longer deny the pregnancy, and will have to drop out of college to work full time.

I know that I am the person who put myself in this situation, but I really need help, from anyone who can. Even if all you can do is donate a dollar, or send this post to a friend, I'll be so beyond thankful.

In the next few posts I'll add medical papers that confirm what I'm saying, pictures of myself, and info from my current OBGYN confirming what the costs will be.

Thank you for reading to the end, I appreciate your time.

Theo Krusee.

https://www.paypal.me/ladylazarusrising

If you have any further questions, my Gmail is the same as my Tumblr account.

A few people asked, my Cashapp account is

$khaliakrusee

and I just made a Venmo, the account is also

khaliakrusee

I'm getting some basic testing done tomorrow, so I'll post the results, pregnancy confirmation from last time, all that stuff

Thank you all so much for how kind, patient, helpful and understanding you have been. I'm so lucky to have a community of people who are willing to take time out of their day to ask how I am, give me advice, or otherwise support me. It means the world to me, and you'll never understand just how grateful I am.

Herbier général de l'amateur (1816-1827)

In Yiddish we don’t say “I love you” we say “דאַלוי פּאָליציי” which roughly translates to “you’re my moon” and I think that’s beautiful. 

cute!!!

sorry so this is an old joke I reblogged recently based off a meme format from like 5 years ago that I thought my mutuals would still find funny and didn’t realize people would think I’m serious. the phrase above, daloy politsey, actually translates to “fuck the police” 

cute!!!

the GRINCH X TONY THE TIGER Fanfic is live on ao3! hope this causes you all tremendous distress 😘

monthly subscribers can skip ahead to the next chapter

NEW CHAPTER is up!

alternate ending is on ko-fi! (I decided it was too much angst)

At this point people have stopped complaining at how well-written it is, and are just genuinely unabashedly invested in the storyline.

I feel so powerful I think I might weep

if fallout 76 really is a world where “every character is a real person” & there’s no NPCs im making it my civic duty to be like this lowly tavern barkeep and then once i’ve established enough of a rapport i’m going to nuke all of west virginia and it will be in character 

someone help where’s the screenshot of some post somewhere about the mmo player who barkept for a longass time then fucked absolutely everyone over

This one? @team0player0

This is like if Gone Girl was an MMO

date of origin: 11th of august, 2012.

Inbox is closed bc of executive dysfunction pileup. In the meantime please enjoy this sea cucumber!

And here is a Pink Sea Star!

Fun fact! Starfish are carnivorous predators!

Is it true that straight boys eat footballs for breakfast

yeah everyday, the leather makes them feel more secure about their inability to satisfy women

Do you think Jesus ever got many carpenter requests after he started preaching? Like did anyone ever go up to him and be like; "My Lord! My Lord!" And the disciples are all: "The Master won't do anymore miracles today." But obviously Jesus is like; "Yes, my child?" And they just ask what his basic rate is to fix their door.

No one talks enough about the fact that Jesus had a day job.

He repaired the relationship between humanity and god, he also repaired the table in his friend Mary's house cuz it wobbled too much.

“Jesus!”

“How can I help you my child?”

“So the Chair I got from you and your dad is great, but I tripped over it and it broke, I was hoping you could fix it?”

“Go home and be at peace, your chair is fixed.”

“Lord, did you really just use a miracle to fix his chair?”

“Luke my son, it was still under warranty.”

“honey that guy who made our table got crucified” 

While this is super interesting and ive reblogged it before because the concept is funny, theologians/historians question whether Jesus was actually a carpenter. You see the Kione Greek word used in that instance later came to mean specifically "carpenter" however at the original time of documentation, it had a slightly higher connotation, merely meaning "day-laboror". A carpenter would have been in the absolute barest of poverty, and would never have been able to leave His mother at home to go preaching across the country side. Even if He left her with His cousins/family, His family would have been extremely poor as well, and they wouldn't have been able to financially support her.

Its theorized that Jesus actually worked in - essentially - construction. Laying bricks and building buildings. This would have made Him very muscular and healthy, and would have provided enough income for Him to realistically leave His trade to become a Rabbi.

This also means he would understand the complexities of building the Temple and why it took so long. So add that to the shock value of Him saying He will rebuild it in 3 days.

TL;DR Jesus probably didn't work with wood, but did skilled labor building cities and was probably ripped because of it.

Jesus was swole as fuck

Someone give me a fact about history that will make me examine my assumptions about the world

The Black Panther Party is directly responsible for schools having free and reduced breakfasts and lunches

This is true and I recommend reading this article. The FBI sabotaged the Black Panther’s Free Breakfast program at every turn. J. Edgar Hoover saw the program, which fed tens of thousands of schoolchildren, “many of whom had never eaten breakfast before the Panthers started their program,” as a huge threat, and authorized his agents to:

Ultimately the FBI succeeded in destroying the program, but not before great public pressure was put on political leaders to fund similar breakfast programs. The Black Panther Party is absolutely the reason that 15 million school children are able to eat breakfast today–with conservatives fighting constantly to repeal these programs, which children need not only to survive, but also to learn and function at school.

every time i listen to “you’re a mean one mr. grinch” i can’t help but sit there and think “what did the grinch do to hurt you?” because dude just stands there for 2 minutes and 58 seconds and drags the grinch into the dirt

he stole christmas, kayla! stop with your #notallgrinches propaganda!

you know what if someone told me i was a three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce i’d probably be bitter enough to steal christmas too 

Interestingly, though The Grinch Who Stole Christmas is narrated by Boris Karloff, the big musical number is sung by the late Thurl Ravenscroft - an American voice actor better known as the voice of Tony the Tiger.

My headcanon is that the Grinch and Tony the Tiger had a bad breakup, and “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” is the resulting breakup song.

Did this really HAVE to be the first thing I see when I opened up Tumblr?

Yes.

oh god theres art

@altadude you know what must be done.

ive been avoiding reblogging this honestly but just. What the fuck. What the fuck tumblr

I apologize to all my followers for this

if i had to read this you do too

I have a hate-hate relationship with this

………

Good grief… I’m sorry, but I can’t not reblog this…

Tis the season bitches

DAMN IT WHY WOULD YOU BRING THIS BACK YOU HEATHEN

Why is this on my dash?

…..I’m.. Bothered? by the fact that I’m not bothered by this.

You’re not bothered?? I’m not only not bothered, I’m freaking invested. I’m having actual empathetic sadness for The Grinch. I want them to go into couple’s counseling. I want the “ten years later” when Tony visits Whoville on business and meets the reformed Grinch whose heart has grown 3 times its usual size. I want them to reminisce over a shared dinner of roast beast and wine, then spend a drunken night together, then realize that maybe things are different and people really do change. I want a 3-act story where there’s a long dark night of soul searching and the realization that maybe we’ve all got a little bit of bad banana with greasy black peel inside us, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make a damned fine banana bread if someone will give us a chance. 

“maybe we’ve all got a little bit of bad banana with greasy black peel inside us, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make a damned fine banana bread if someone will give us a chance” is an incredibly profound quote and I did NOT expect to get it from a Grinch x Tony the Tiger post

so i’ve decided to make this happen actually

CHAPTER 2 IS OUT

This is actually an amazing fic, I highly recommend :3

oh yeah, everyone’s actually super angry at how well-written it is

and my personal favorite: “I wish you all the best, but I do hope you one day suffer for your sins”