iosefkoranison:

I am sick and tired of people having conventions and concerts and live shows and sports games during a global pandemic. “Oh it’s only 100 people” STILL DANGEROUS AND STUPID “Oh everyone is vaccinated and wearing masks” STILL. DANGEROUS. AND. STUPID. I’ve managed to avoid getting covid this whole time. But like look at all the people who died and people who got sick and had their lives potentially altered forever because of this. And you want to INCREASE THE RISK! You’re telling everyone that it’s worth reopening and it’s worth pushing for “things to get back to normal” when you do this stuff. STOP. IT. I have blocked so many friends because people keep doing this. If you think it’s safe or reasonable to do this kind of thing I do NOT want you in my life. I don’t care who you are. You are dangerous and I can’t trust you. Block me. Get the hell away from me.

It’s one thing for people to keep working at their job, you know? People have to work because we live in a hell world. I get that. I don’t fault people who live with family members that are like anti vax/mask who end up having to go to stuff because they have no choice. The world is not black and white. But when people have a choice, and they just “Hurr durr I’m gonna go to a concert” or whatever the fuck? No. Fuck you.

I’m not as bothered by it now with how many different boosters there have been for the vaccine. But covid is still out there and I’m still worried about it. I won’t personally go to a concert or book signing or movie theater, but I’m not gonna hate someone for doing it now. Still don’t want anything to do with people who were doing things like that back in 2021 or 22. 23 is iffy but probably fine.

watchtheswitch:

A Message of Hope: Why We’re Giving Away TV’s First Trans Sitcom for Free

Ten years ago, a small, independent team of filmmakers and actors in Vancouver, Canada, made history. We created The Switch, the world’s first television show with a predominantly transgender cast in leading roles, created and produced by a transgender showrunner. It was a TV comedy about work, love, and the beautifully messy reality of life in uncertain times, centered on a community of trans and gender-nonconforming characters.

The Switch was a labour of community love, produced for a tiny fraction of the cost of a network show. It found a home on OUTtv in Canada and broadcasters in Europe, earning a brief streaming run in the US. But its creators always knew its reach was limited by traditional television. The people who needed its message most—the young trans person in a small town, the ally seeking understanding, the family member wanting to connect—never had the chance to see it.

Today, that changes. And in these times, it has to.

We have entered an era of unprecedented, open hostility towards transgender people. In the United States, the United Kingdom, and around the globe, authoritarians and oligarchs scapegoat trans people, pushing discriminatory laws and hate, until the very existence of trans individuals is threatened. The need for joyful, authentic trans stories has never been more urgent.

That is why we, the producers of The Switch, are taking an unprecedented step - another world first. We are officially placing the entire series into the Creative Commons, making it history’s first TV show to be given this status by its creators

What does this mean? It means The Switch is now yours. It’s free for everyone, forever.

We are making the show available in every way we can, to ensure it reaches every corner of the internet:

• Stream it now on Vimeo, YouTube, and Tubi.
• Download it directly from our website.
• Share and Pirate it far and wide. We wholeheartedly encourage you to share it on torrent sites. Share it. Pirate it. Post it. The more people who see it, the better.

Our goal is no longer to profit from this series, but to profit the community it represents. We believe in the power of stories. We believe in the power of seeing yourself on screen. We believe that trans joy is a radical, beautiful, and necessary act of resistance.

The Switch was ahead of its time, but its time is now. Help us spread this message of hope. Watch the show, share it with your friends, your family, your community, and anyone who you think needs to see it.

The revolution will not be televised; it will be streamed, downloaded, and shared.

Follow the journey:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/welovetheswitch/
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theswitch.tv
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeLoveTheSwitch/
• Web: https://www.WeLoveTheSwitch.com

As of August 1st, 2025, all existing episodes of The Switch: Work, Love, Mortal Danger are available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Creative Commons license from now, until the day they enter the public domain. Enjoy!

uncahier:

crystal-mouse:

happy last same year as it was yesterday 2024 tuesday

todays the only/last day you can reblog this lol

ayeforscotland:

Tumblr is doing some stupid AI shit so go to blog settings > Visibility > Prevent third-party sharing.

ayeforscotland:

Tumblr is doing some stupid AI shit so go to blog settings > Visibility > Prevent third-party sharing.

cumstainedfishnets-deactivated2:

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ostinlein:

I’ve been animating this commission for a long time.
The character turned out to be very detailed.
There was another reason.
My cat Enya died in the summer of August 5th at 19 years of age.
As I write this, I realize that it is still very difficult for me.

I once animated short film for my college. There was character based on my cat in it. Would you like to see it? I made it in 2014. Quite raw and unfinished work. I now have a dream - to redo this short with my current skills.

I don’t plan to open commissions anytime soon. I’m thinking of finishing the gift and animating one commission that was promised a long time ago.
After this I hope to start remake of a short film. Maybe couple of commissions between the scenes.

brw:

you know when irish people were fighting for freedom the rebels were never considered revolutionaries or freedom fighters. we had only ever been called terrorists by the british government, because when you call a people fighting for their rights and their freedoms terrorists you can distance yourself from them. people aren’t fighting because they’ve been radicalised by 800 years of colonialism or 75 years of brutal settler imperialism, they’re fighting because they’re dirty terrorists trying to hurt our democracy and kill our children. and now we don’t have any responsibility to reckon with the years of subjugation and settler violence and attempted genocide, because how can you expect us to deal with terrorists? the same story repeats itself over and over n it’s shocking how people will eat it up every time when it comes to protecting and maintaining western power.

rozcdust:

also, a friendly reminder, the world we live in now consists of an active genocide.

of warcrimes being posted on twitter by the official account of israeli government.

of people looking at children, women and men being bombed, killed, starved and butchered and saying it is okay because of a single terrorist group, THAT ISRAEL CREATED.

of westerners saying to look away from the slaughter happening in gaza because your mental health is more important than thousands of lives.

of israeli politicians straight up using propaganda from nazi handbooks to dehumanise palestinians, calling them less than human, less than the rest of us, animals.

and what one palestinian man posted on his social media hit me more than anything: “if we actually were animals, people would care.”

autismproblems:

autismproblems:

autismproblems:

the death toll in Gaza has reached over 4,000, and half of Gaza’s population is under eighteen. Gaza is under siege and only a small amount of supplies are getting through. the number of the dead is dwarfed by the number of the injured, many of whom are without painkillers or food. Gaza’s kids are dying hungry and thirsty. Gaza’s kids are dying without painkillers or anesthesia. they’re dying terrified, trapped in the rubble of buildings, knowing that their families have already died or knowing that their families might be next. the usa was the ONLY country in the un to vote against and veto a HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE. PLEASE call your senators and representatives and ask them to PUBLICLY CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE. it takes five minutes and it won’t harm you in any way!

Names written on children's bodies speak to the fears of Gazan parents amid the Israel-Hamas war | CNN

The bodies of three children lie on a steel tray inside what appears to be a Gaza hospital morgue, one leg of their trousers pushed up to re

CNN

USCPR script:

My name is [YOUR FIRST & LAST NAME], and I’m a constituent of [SENATOR’S NAME]. I’m calling about Palestine and Israel. The senator must take immediate steps to deescalate, by calling for a ceasefire, pressuring Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, and refusing to send any additional weapons or funding to the Israeli military. I am asking the senator to publicly call for a ceasefire along the lines of the new resolution in the House led by Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib.

shittyshabang:

weirdquark:

mostlysignssomeportents:

NLRB rules that any union busting triggers automatic union recognition

ALT

Tonight (September 6) at 7pm, I’ll be hosting Naomi Klein at the LA Public Library for the launch of Doppelganger.

On September 12 at 7pm, I’ll be at Toronto’s Another Story Bookshop with my new book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.

American support for unions is at its highest level in generations, from 70% (general population) to 88% (Millenials) – and yet, American unionization rates are pathetic.

That’s about to change.

The National Labor Relations Board just handed down a landmark ruling – the Cemex case – that “brought worker rights back from the dead.”

https://prospect.org/labor/2023-08-28-bidens-nlrb-brings-workers-rights-back/

At issue in Cemex was what the NLRB should do about employers that violate labor law during union drives. For decades, even the most flagrantly illegal union-busting was met with a wrist-slap. For example, if a boss threatened or fired an employee for participating in a union drive, the NLRB would typically issue a small fine and order the employer to re-hire the worker and provide back-pay.

Everyone knows that “a fine is a price.” The NLRB’s toothless response to cheating presented an easily solved equation for corrupt, union-hating bosses: if the fine amounts to less than the total, lifetime costs of paying a fair wage and offering fair labor conditions, you should cheat – hell, it’s practically a fiduciary duty:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/468061

Enter the Cemex ruling: once a majority of workers have signed a union card, any Unfair Labor Practice by their employer triggers immediate, automatic recognition of the union. In other words, the NLRB has fitted a tilt sensor in the American labor pinball machine, and if the boss tries to cheat, they automatically lose.

Keep reading

I love this ruling. Try to bust a union with staff support? Get a union.

yoooooo

iosefkoranison:

@staff @support @wip

“Snoozing Tumblr Live will continue to hide Live from your dashboard feeds, but the navigation icon will remain in your navigation bar. This means you’ll be able to watch anyone you follow go Live without having to unsnooze the whole thing. Additionally, we’ve increased the snooze period from 7 to 30 days. (There is a bug with the “New” indicator — check “Ongoing” below.)” Just let me turn it off forever. I do not want tumblr live and I will never want tumblr live. TURN. IT. OFF. And REMOVE IT FROM THE NAVIGATION! I DO NOT WANT IT!

Another complaint: Get rid of this ridiculous twitter-esque sidebar. Put the dashboard back the way it was. I do not want this. It is too cramped, and I miss the icons up in the corner. Stop trying to turn this into twitter. Stop trying to turn this into tiktok. This is tumblr and we like it the way it was.

I saw a post that staff are considering using mp4 instead of gifs. Please don’t do that. Gifs are awesome. What about a feature where the user can decide if gifs load automatically or not? Like mobile has. But instead of being tied to whether you’re on wi-fi, you can just choose to have things like “only allow automatic loading from users you choose” or “don’t allow gifs to load unless I click on them” or “allow all gifs to load”.

Also, I will not pay you to get rid of ads. Ever. Even if I had the money to, I wouldn’t. Of course I don’t really have the money anyway, for anything really. But if you say “oh you want us to get rid of the ads? you have to pay for that” I won’t. Ads should never be forced on anyone in the first place. They should always be opt-in.

And please undo the porn ban. It didn’t stop the porn bots. It just did serious damage to tumblr. Multiple communities. I like where things are going with community labels “you can post some things if you label them appropriately”. Because it feels like maybe you’re testing the waters to see if you can bring things back fully? I really hope so. Like if users affirm their age when signing up, and they use community labels, why can’t they post porn? Art, pictures, videos. Go nuts, show nuts, whatever, remember? Please.

Oh and another thing? Please don’t get rid of reblog chains. That is such a core part of the tumblr experience. Do NOT remove it. PLEASE. If you keep changing tumblr like this you’re just going to lose more people.

@staff @support @wip

“Snoozing Tumblr Live will continue to hide Live from your dashboard feeds, but the navigation icon will remain in your navigation bar. This means you’ll be able to watch anyone you follow go Live without having to unsnooze the whole thing. Additionally, we’ve increased the snooze period from 7 to 30 days. (There is a bug with the “New” indicator — check “Ongoing” below.)” Just let me turn it off forever. I do not want tumblr live and I will never want tumblr live. TURN. IT. OFF. And REMOVE IT FROM THE NAVIGATION! I DO NOT WANT IT!

Another complaint: Get rid of this ridiculous twitter-esque sidebar. Put the dashboard back the way it was. I do not want this. It is too cramped, and I miss the icons up in the corner. Stop trying to turn this into twitter. Stop trying to turn this into tiktok. This is tumblr and we like it the way it was.

I saw a post that staff are considering using mp4 instead of gifs. Please don’t do that. Gifs are awesome. What about a feature where the user can decide if gifs load automatically or not? Like mobile has. But instead of being tied to whether you’re on wi-fi, you can just choose to have things like “only allow automatic loading from users you choose” or “don’t allow gifs to load unless I click on them” or “allow all gifs to load”.

Also, I will not pay you to get rid of ads. Ever. Even if I had the money to, I wouldn’t. Of course I don’t really have the money anyway, for anything really. But if you say “oh you want us to get rid of the ads? you have to pay for that” I won’t. Ads should never be forced on anyone in the first place. They should always be opt-in.

And please undo the porn ban. It didn’t stop the porn bots. It just did serious damage to tumblr. Multiple communities. I like where things are going with community labels “you can post some things if you label them appropriately”. Because it feels like maybe you’re testing the waters to see if you can bring things back fully? I really hope so. Like if users affirm their age when signing up, and they use community labels, why can’t they post porn? Art, pictures, videos. Go nuts, show nuts, whatever, remember? Please.

“People keep leaving our site when we change things to make it more like twi- COUGH COUGH I MEAN X? Let’s keep doing it, surely it’ll work eventually” -Tumblr probably