love them SO MUCH

There are currently ~2300 works in AO3 tagged with "Created Using Generative AI"

I'll be upfront with my opinion, which mirrors my opinion in regards to my field: using AI will only hasten your own obsolescence. The point of fanfiction is not to crank out fics, but rather to enjoy the hobby and communities of writing and fandom.

pro-AI in the sense of "they taught a bread scanning computer to recognize cancer cells" etc etc

against AI in the sense of "we stole artwork from hundreds to thousands of artists, didn't credit them and didn't financially compensate them"

If you're not familiar with the Accountability Archive I highly recommend checking it out. It's a website dedicated to keeping record of journalists, politicians, and public figures who endorse/encourage the ethnic cleansing of Gaza/Palestinians.

The goal of this website is to archive the data to be used in a number of ways. It will be available to future historians and researchers to understand how this type of mass killing can take place through research. It will also potentially be a resource for lawyers looking for supporting evidence in trying defamation and war crime cases.

I urge you to visit their website and submit evidence you've gathered. I don't think people who support an apartheid state/genocide should get to walk around without being held accountable.

Pollice Verso, 1872 by Jean-Léon Gerome (French, 1824–1904)

I just think johnny could convince simon to wear a kilt

i hope shein gets shut down i hope ai projects get shut down i hope billionaires go bankrupt i hope public transportation expands fast i am so tired of the world’s bs

hey nick, you and me gotta get tattoos that say 'bros'

I think about the writers who stopped writing because people went after them.

I think about the new reader who got scared off from commenting because they might say the wrong thing.

I think about the artist who was going to dip their toes in, but saw a blacklist posted and debated in the fandom they so recently were excited about.

I think about all the people who would be here with us, writing meta and squeeing and creating and lifting up creators. Who became ghosts, afraid that to speak up is to stick out your neck.

How many stories won't we get to read, how many pieces of art won't take our breath away, how many comments won't be put in notes or on stories that push us through our blocks... because anger and pettiness and jealousy and aggression are so common in fandoms that so many become ghosts before their time, and the ones who stick through it are still healing from their battle scars?

I mourn all the stories I will never see, all the friends I will never make, all the headcanons that will never bring stars to my eyes.

And I hope that all those who went quiet before they could speak will find a place to be safe, so that one day I may hear their voice.

ideas for tumblr staff

dont remove the boop button

stop banning trans women for no reason

A few pages each and I can potentially update Retread and Pollice Verso one after the other 😮

what's absolutely infuriating is that the majority of Americans support a ceasefire and if our politicians actually listened to us, they'd stop supplying Israel with weapons. and then they'd lose the stick they're beating Palestine with.

and then they'd fucking stop because Israel would be a mewling kitten without the support of its western allies.

but America is a war machine at heart, not a country, and defense contractors love producing missiles. so you know.

the average American can't afford rent without 3 roommates and people can't afford to have families anymore, but government money is definitely well spent when it lines the pockets of the self satisfied billionaires living on Massachusetts Avenue and Prospect Street who will never be held accountable for their blood soaked greed. they'll be buried in their suits and gold watches, while their victims are buried under rubble.

Thank you!! I'm actually working on the next chapter now! The next part (Ellis) is just taking me a bit structure wise. Thank you for enjoying this story so much!!! 💜💜💜

Retread - Chapter 10

Nick has made it to safety, once again by the skin of his teeth. What happens after is healing and isolation. Machinations are put in place that confirm, yet again, that they never should have crossed that bridge in New Orleans.