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tyrantofthefirmament: creepycreepyspacewizard: If you’ve ever wondered how reposting hurts artists-...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:24:12 -0400

creepycreepyspacewizard:

If you’ve ever wondered how reposting hurts artists- yesterday I found a post from 2012ish featuring one of my Sherlock/Doctor Who pieces. That post had 17,604 notes. It wasn’t my post. My post of that art had 0 notes.

Apparently I saw the post once when it was at 6k because an artist I admired reblogged it, but at that stage I was very unwell & not experienced enough with Tumblr to realise what effect it might have.

Looking through the notes now I see that in the six years since then-

Several people got the design as a tattoo.

A number liked it enough to want custom designs but didn’t know how to contact me so that’s approximately £300 I didn’t get a chance to earn.

Someone used that art in the front cover of a comic by accident and while the company fixed it after I contacted them that’s exposure that it’s far too late to capitalise on now.

If you like an artwork that you find off tumblr, please, please I am begging you search for the artist’s name and see if they do actually have a Tumblr you could reblogged from instead. If you’re an artist search your username(s) every so often to see if your work has been taken.

A few hundred quid might not seem like a lot, but that’s a few months of income for me

occasionally do a reverse image search of your art too, to see if it pops up anywhere it shouldn’t

malirah: this is a cinematic masterpiece

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:23:31 -0400

malirah:

this is a cinematic masterpiece

toolmutual: toolmutual: queer eye is just “damn bitch, you live like this?” the show i want them...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:21:48 -0400

toolmutual:

toolmutual:

queer eye is just “damn bitch, you live like this?” the show

i want them to come to my house and just burn all my shit then prescribe me adderall

snootyfoxfashion: Gender Identity Postcard Set...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:15:20 -0400

snootyfoxfashion:

Gender Identity Postcard Set from QueerPrideUS

I have been exploring different ways to create simple but crisp design work that has a hint of queer culture/queer identity education in them. This postcard set fits perfectly into that because each card is for a different gender identity, some are better known than others. I was focused on picking identities that have both a symbol and established pride flag, then providing a short definition of that identity. On the back of each card is a bit of history about the flag and what each color means for that flag, or what is best known of that flag.

I don’t want to disappear without a forewarning.

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:14:29 -0400

lctor:

As of July 4th 2018, the Internet as we know it might be dead for good.

The European Parliament is passing a new Copyright Directive.
Article 13 #CensorshipMachine will impose widespread censorship of all the content we share online. Art, fanfiction, parodies, remixes, mashups, memes, etc.. Anything that you do not hold the rights over will be taken down.

Article 13 would force all online platforms to police and prevent the uploading of copyrighted content, or make people seek the correct licenses to post that content. Internet platforms hosting large amounts of user-uploaded content must monitor user behaviour and filter their contributions to identify and prevent copyright infringement.

Such filters will be mandatory for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and Instagram, but also much smaller websites.

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This doesn’t just affect Europe. The content creators you love are going to be in hot water for sharing their art and writing with you online. Any and all content that doesn’t belong to us will be filtered. Even memes are at risk, as the person who took the original photo may want to file complaints against any platform that allows it to be used without permission. But it goes even further than that.

Last Tuesday (19th June 2018) a group of more than 70 people who have played important roles in building the internet and developing it (Tim Berners-Lee, Vincent Cerf, Jimmy Wales, Mitchell Baker…) into what it is today addressed an open letter to the members of the European Parliament:

“As creators ourselves, we share the concern that there should be a fair distribution of revenues from the online use of copyright works, that benefits creators, publishers, and platforms alike.

But Article 13 is not the right way to achieve this. By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users. […] The damage that this may do to the free and open Internet as we know it is hard to predict, but in our opinions could be substantial.”

Here is the original Article 13. It’s even scarier. / Link 2

Here is how to contact your MEPs.

Here is a full list of everything that will be affected.

Europe is facing a huge problem, and unlike with Net Neutrality, the world doesn’t seem to care.

unidentified-flying-binch:

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:13:10 -0400

unidentified-flying-binch:

tigerator: microsoft called it the xbox one because they wanted people to refer to it as “the one”,...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:12:59 -0400

tigerator:

microsoft called it the xbox one because they wanted people to refer to it as “the one”, which was entirely marketing shit to make people want to buy xbox instead of playstation. certain lets players at the time that microsoft endorsed started calling it “the one” as well, to try and get that to catch on.

anyway, everyone said “that’s a stupid name” and then called it the x-bone

worm: mapsontheweb: Half of Australia lives here. this is so...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:12:42 -0400

worm:

mapsontheweb:

Half of Australia lives here.

this is so funny because the blue areas aren’t really distinct so it just looks like somebody has posted a picture of all of australia with the caption “half of australia lives here”

trnstlanticism: the one and only true mood for june

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:12:19 -0400

trnstlanticism:

the one and only true mood for june

Photo

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:46:15 -0400

Photo

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:46:12 -0400

patrickat: just-shower-thoughts: They say a gun cant kill someone itself. Well. Neither can e.coli...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:45:47 -0400

patrickat:

just-shower-thoughts:

They say a gun cant kill someone itself. Well. Neither can e.coli infected romaine lettuce, but instead of encouraging increased consumption, they removed the lettuce from society and the company responsible ended their harvest.

Seen in the comments: “Except food isn’t a right!”

America, y'all. :/

novellaqueen: nottnocommathebrave: succulentcutie: anotherdayforchaosfay: dr-octocat: thebiblio...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:40:15 -0400

novellaqueen:

nottnocommathebrave:

succulentcutie:

anotherdayforchaosfay:

dr-octocat:

thebibliosphere:

a-guys-random-blog:

spaceskater-tony:

whencartoonsruletheworld:

chainerstorment:

kingloptr:

chazzaroo47:

novellaqueen:

do older generations not get fatalistic humor?? like the other day my friend’s parents were hanging around and we were joking and i was like “well no matter what i can always fling myself off the nearest cliff” and they didn’t laugh then later the mom pulled me aside and was like “maybe you should get some help, sweetie” like stfu?? help? in this economy? i don’t think so, debra

I honestly don’t think they get it as a coping mechanism, they think it’s a cry for help rather than actually helping.

i’d even say it’s past just coping and is also now a category of Stuff Kids Got Used To When No One Was Looking; not everyone using that humor is even covering up something bigger, we just stopped thinking fatalistic = taboo/unspeakable somewhere along the line, and most parents don’t seem to know why or how ~

My boss opened a door and missed me by inches, he said “whoops, almost killed you there!” My result of “Oh, if only.” Led to an awkward end of shift debrief.

This generation shares the same humor as the goddamn Addams Family and the previous generation is the White Sixties Family™ that lives next door and runs away screaming at the end of the episode

I will say that it’s interesting because this kind of humor is very, very prevalent somewhere else…

the military.

Which is honestly a place you would expect fatalistic humor to be common and used as a coping method. You’re one “oops” away from death on the flight deck, one inch to the left and you don’t have a head anymore because the jet that just landed now owns it as a wing-tip decoration. So you joke about it because lowkey you’re fucking terrified it’ll happen, but you’re also desensitized to the danger itself because you face it every single day for 12 hours at a time.

Anyway so we all know the mindset you adopt in the military because of the danger, so to realise that an identical sense of humor has been adopted by normal people should probably tell you something very important about the amount of stress modern young folks experience in daily life.

That last one… it’s true

It was also common in previous generations that had to deal with say, war and economic depression on a massive scale.

One of my favorite movies is Singing In The Rain which came in out 1952, right on the tailcoat of two world wars and a looming cold one, and for all it’s a cheery happy musical, it’s got this really bleak witty humor too, things like “call me a cab!” “okay, you’re a cab!” or the scene where Don says he’ll be homeless by the next day and Cosmo cheerfully tells him not to be ridiculous…the bank bailiffs don’t open till Monday.

And then quite probably one of my favorite opening lines, where two young girls are watching Lina on screen and one says “She’s so refined. I think I’ll kill myself.”

Which really resonates with a lot of the things we say now when talking about people we find personally attractive, meaning not only is fatalism not a new trend, but those two girls at the starting sequence of Singing In The Rain are totally there for Lina, not Don.

You’re welcome.

I like everything about this post

My landlady (age 75) says I have her mother’s sense of humor. Great Depression, anyone?

My family has moved past worrying when I joke like this and now jokes with me. The only thing I can afford in this economy is a sense of humor

Being both a millennial AND a veteran, it’s blaringly obvious why I am the way I am.

I’m fucking….dead……“the only thing I can afford in this economy is a sense of humor” @succulentcutie

liamdryden: buzzfeed: nothing like a good ol’ fashioned creepy...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:43:40 -0400

liamdryden:

buzzfeed:

nothing like a good ol’ fashioned creepy asterisk.

this completely set off my fight or flight I feel like a fucking mandrill

ellibeanz:

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:41:53 -0400

ellibeanz:

biivory69: benepla: hyrude: tell me why this budgetless gay...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:41:53 -0400

biivory69:

benepla:

hyrude:

tell me why this budgetless gay youtube series made for fun by a group of friends has the best editing and writing of anything i’ve watched in a year.

also tell me how this single scene can contain every single one of the top three most iconic lines in history.

this is from “the gay and wondrous life of caleb gallo” & i implore u to look it up and watch every episode immediately

It’s Pride Month so I’m being this baby backs round cause yes!

pipistrellus: focsle: focsle: There is one patch of sunlight that falls in my apartment and every...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:39:08 -0400

pipistrellus:

focsle:

focsle:

There is one patch of sunlight that falls in my apartment and every time I see it I think ‘a cat would look so good there.’

I got a cat and she found it.

YOU WERE RIGHT

bootyscientist2: I remember a white kid in my class talking about how his parents made 320k combined...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:37:46 -0400

bootyscientist2:

I remember a white kid in my class talking about how his parents made 320k combined and they still “struggle” and thinking to myself: “It’s probably because they don’t know how to manage their fucking money and live above their means, but sure, just pretend it’s not their fault”

A few minutes later, he mentions that they vacation 3 times a year, own 3 cars, and spend $1000 a week (A WEEK) on food.

Long story short, I refuse to feel sorry for any of you upper-middle class folk that pretend you’re struggling financially too when you just have no sort of financial management skills.

princetpines-remade: 4chan vs Homestuck masterpost! (for some posts, I couldn’t...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:36:46 -0400

princetpines-remade:

4chan vs Homestuck masterpost! (for some posts, I couldn’t fit all of the post in because of my computer, sorry.) All credit to the original posters (and 4chan for being so hilariously idiotic)

2005bf: I usually don’t make fun of MOGAIs because what’s the...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:36:10 -0400

2005bf:

I usually don’t make fun of MOGAIs because what’s the point but like… flesh people…please just say humans