so. FUN FACT

tumblr is apparently rolling out a beta for a new post editor that essentially makes it so there are no longer post ���types” (text post, audio post, photo post, etc.), and instead all types of content are better integrated into a single post. pretty neat, right?

…until you read the fine print.

The maximum number of total content blocks allowed in a single post is 250.

i emailed support and asked whether each paragraph counts as a content block. i received this reply:

SO. each paragraph counts as a content block, and i’m only allowed 250 content blocks in one post. the solution provided was to reformat my fics by using shift+enter after every paragraph instead of simply enter. which is already unnecessarily annoying in of itself, but then you come to the second hurdle: 

The maximum character length of a single text block is 4096 characters.

so–what?? besides spending my time writing thousands upon thousands of words, i’m expected to copy-paste it and then reformat everything, counting every single one of those words to make sure they fit within the restrictions? or i’m supposed to chop my fics up into multiple parts, even when i don’t want to? how exactly are writers supposed to write on this platform?? as you all know, my style tends to run pretty dialogue-heavy, so i start new paragraphs (and, thus, content blocks!!!) pretty damn often. i did a quick check, and let it snow, at almost 19k, is 550 paragraphs. with this new system, i would be forced to upload it in three (3!!!!!) posts! even my shortest chapter of ego, at 8.8k, is 350 paragraphs, and i’d have to split it in two.

this is honestly a formatting nightmare as a writer, and this is a decision that is liable to drive content creators away from the site and change fandom culture as a whole. 

please. if you enjoy reading content on this site and want to continue enjoying content on this site, please don’t let tumblr make things harder for writers! since the tumblr team is supposedly eager to hear what everyone thinks, it would really help if you could message support and share your concern about the issue–maybe we can stop this disaster before it starts.

for fellow austins and the rest of texas

fuck ERCOT

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MANAUS

here some external links so you can have extra information

SE VOCÊ É DO BRAZIL VOCÊ PODE DOAR POR ESSES MÉTODOS QUALQUER QUANTIA AJUDA

PLEASE SHARE THIS MY COUNTRY IS PASSING THROUGH A CRISIS KEEP YOURSELF INFORMED ON OUR SITUATION

Black cats are lucky. (via leahweissmuller)

So I just got this message literally few minutes ago

And if YOU get this message in the future DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE CLINK ON THE LINK I FUCKING SWEAR TO GOD I WILL CUT YOUR HANDS OFF

A warning to all of my followers there no such a thing as @exposingthoselosers I just thought any form of information is good and can protect my followers from getting their phone or any other devices hacked if you’re connect to the wifi they might hack all of the devices connected.

DO NOT FUCKING CLICK ON ANU LINK YOU GET NOT EVEN FROM UR FRIENDS ON TUMBLR BECAUSE THEY COULD GET HACKED 👀

Pls share this awareness ⚠

SUPER IMPORTANT, please sign+reblog to support road accessibility for small village in Trinidad and Tobago

Hey guys, so as some of you may know my family is from Tobago which is the smaller sister island of Trinidad. My dad is from Moriah village and his family home is on King Peters Bay Hill, where the only access to any of the homes is through climbing 192 steep, old concrete steps. I’ve done it a few times. It’s exhausting, not to mention dangerous to the people who live there, especially the elders. Ambulances can’t get up there in emergencies. The people of Moriah made a petition for Tobago’s government to replace the steps with a paved road. Please sign and share!! Click here to sign

Super important for our sex worker friends out there!

source

so the new wonder woman movie is black hawk down levels of racist that’s fun

how come goyim will make 30k note posts about why not to use antisemitic memes but ignore the SEVERAL hate crimes that have been committed since chanukah started

https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop-execution-pervis-payne/

link to washington post article

justice for Matthew Rushin

https://www.change.org/p/governor-mike-dewine-pardon-keith-lamar

https://www.keithlamar.org/ (includes donations + info about his case)

https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/abolish-the-death-penalty-3?bucket=&source=twitter-share-button&utm_campaign=&utm_source=twitter&share=880fc3bf-d248-46e6-83a7-1b08fb1e6d9e

petition

justice for Julius Jones

obviously feel free to add more. Despite me not being the creator of the thread I still encourage others to see and share more information

Help me not go to prison!

Some of you might know the police stole my car (without a search warrant) near the end of May. This was a couple days before they broke into my partner and I's apartment using pepper balls, a couple of beanbag shotguns, MULTIPLE police cars, and an armored personnel carrier with an officer mounted in the gunner seat.

[Image ID]: Two GIFs. The first shows three police officers forcing me to back up in the hall of my home. One is holding a shield, another is behind him with a bright orange shot gun. The officer on the left is (young?) bald white man flickering his eyes between me and the ground, nametag says E. Kingery.

The second GIF is taken from the floor, when I was handcuffed and my phone was forced out of my hand. The man with the orange shotgun points his finger to the camera, realizing it is still recording. The two officers from the first GIF are standing aside. [End image ID]

[Image ID]: Two photos from my balcony. I sweeped the pepper ball shards into my mop bucket. There was still chemical powder covering the floor up to my door, which makes us cough a LOT. [End image ID]

[Image ID]: Officer Kingery is holding a shotgun with six shells, pointed towards the floor. My partner's dog is coming up towards him (she was fine). [End image ID]

At first they charged my girlfriend with a misdemeanor, then moved her case to mental health court (WHICH NO ONE KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT) all with our car in the cops' garage. A few days ago, we got a letter saying that as of Aug 19th the state of Washington is charging each of us with five counts of malicious mischief (which is a felony for property damage, basically). This is all happening whilst we're organizing a rent strike, dealing with a separate case (don't get me started on how confusing this legal stuff is), getting our medications in order, dealing with empty eviction threats from our landlord, setting up community aid, removing fascist propaganda from our town, and whatever other organizing effort we can spare (which is never enough). Because of our new charges, our wonderful, experienced, and life-saving lawyer needs to be compensated for his hard work. Unfortunately, that will cost us $5,000 each, for a grand total of $10,000 just for our basic legal fees.

Thankfully, wonderful friends and comrades have organized a gofundme to help pay for the costs. There's so much happening right now, and everyone is in dire need. That being said, if you can donate even a small amount towards our legal fees we can continue to do activism and NOT END UP IN A COVID INFESTED PRISON!

TL;DR Irresponsible police officers give us felony charges after jacking our car. Lawyers are expensive and we need to pay ours, $10k. We're disabled trans white working class women.

If anyone deserves a raise it’s the employee from four seasons total landscaping who answered the phone and went “yup, we can set up a podium and everything” and just acted like nothing was out of the ordinary.

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Sex workers (including strippers) in Oregon can apply for coronavirus relief grants! (It’s a separate organization, not the government) EDIT: I misread this at first, it is a separate nonprofit but it is distributing funds that ultimately come from the federal government

https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/11/oregon-sex-workers-can-apply-for-coronavirus-relief-grants.html