no offense but i cant believe you guys are, on purpose, bringing back the Harry Potter epilogue? like, we’re just all going to blithely reblog the most embarrassing piece of writing ever committed to print like it’s something we ENJOYED?? something we might think of with FOND NOSTALGIA and want to be reminded of?? a series of words we might choose to READ AGAIN, for PLEASURE????? get a grip
unreal how many people are commenting on this post like “It’s okay for people to celebrate stuff that meant a lot to them even if it’s not very good” or “‘THE MOST embarrassing piece of writing’ seems a little dramatic” or “I have a different opinion than you about what is enjoyable.” No. Everyone must like the same stuff, and dislike the same stuff, and the correct stuff to dislike is the stuff that I, personally, dislike, here on my blog. I don’t know how much clearer I can make this
Inspired by this post, here’s a graphic and a link roundup:
No new content Sept 1 2017, in protest of Tumblr @staff‘s complete lack of effort to take any action to control rampant white-supremacist hate speech on this platform.
(There’s even a lovely write-up of it from this very month: Nazis On Tumblr Are Attempting To Make White Supremacy Hip.) (There’s a change.org petition about it too, which has a nice write-up of exactly how much absolutely-nothing Tumblr @staff are willing to do about egregious hate speech.) (No, I’m not involved with either of those links, nor the original post I’m referecing above, I just thought I’d Google it before I made a graphic. I know very little about this but it all seems pretty gross, now doesn’t it.)
I’m posting this now, then I’ll put it in my queue on the 1st and have that be the only thing that posts on that day (for those of us who can’t shut our queues down easily, that’s a solution). And then, no posts, no replies, no chats, no inbox, no messages, no visits to the site for the duration of the 1st in my timezone.
[Image description: On a blue background, white bold text says: “9/1/17 Tumblr Strike: This blog is posting no new content to protest Tumblr’s unwillingness to take action against white nationalist hate speech”]
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!
And for people who are wondering about timezone, I’m suggesting that since the Tumblr office is in New York, we use that timezone.
(And to everyone believe I’m so naive as to think a one-day boycott will stop it – c’mon. I know that. I’m trying to bring attention to this very serious issue, that’s it.)
If you’re on the East Coast of Australia and you want to participate, the go silent for 24 hours from 2pm onward on 01/09/2017 (that’s tomorrow if you’re not keeping track)
Check out these wild original concepts for the new (in the 1970s) X-Men that never made print! Nightcrawler was an alien from another dimension who was named Baalshazzar who bayed at the moon, Storm was a catgirl, and some goofy-looking guy named Typhoon was the team weather-controller instead!
Jellyfish Lake in Palau. Apparently the jellies have lost their ability to sting because of lack of predators in the lake and you can swim with them!
BUCKET LIST.
WAIT BUT THAT’S NOT EVEN THE COOLEST PART: These jellyfish carry small populations of algae inside their bodies and derive much of their nutrition from the sugars that the algae produce. The jellyfish follow the sun across the lake each day and rotate continuously, so that the algae are always getting maximum sunlight exposure for photosynthesis. Then at night they dive to deeper parts of the lake so the algae can absorb nitrogen. It’s one of the best examples of endosymbiosis in action and it’s KICKASS.
FLOATY FRIEND CABBAGES
buoyant cabbages o’luv
I want to go there ❤ Moon jellies ‘n golden jellies
hello! I don’t know if anyone has already made a post about this before, but I just stumbled upon this app made specifically for when you’ve gone into a nonverbal anxiety attack!!!
it was made by Jeroen De Busser who is an autistic computer science student.
the app is really easy to use! all you do is open it and hand your phone to someone you need to communicate with during an attack but physically cannot, and it shows this cool little alert for the person to read, and then it takes them to an easy to use chat (that looks a lot like texting! except both of you are communicating using the same device).
the alert message is completely customizable and you can have it say whatever you need!
the app is called Emergency Chat and it’s available in the Apple Store and google play store.
I highly recommend it to anyone who might need it 🙂
OH MY GOD?!?!?? BOOST
That’s so bootiful!
thank you so much for this because i never know what to do when i cant talk to people and they just start trying to ask me questions and its really hard to force myself to say i cant talk and stuff. im definately getting this right now
!! This is so amazing! I have full on anxiety attacks only very occasionally, but they always leave me nonverbal and this would be a huge help
kiragecko 