#pls signal boost!

[bibuckbuckley]

eddiescowboy >> santadiazz

eddiescowboy has won the poll! tysm for everyone who voted it was so much fun to watch!!

#kj speaks #pls signal boost!

[itwasnightwhenyoudied]

turboheller > itwasnightwhenyoudied

(fourthofjulynatural)

#url change #omg #pls signal boost! #deancas #destiel #spn

[valiumvenus]

In the name of my friends, I am asking for help:

"Please SIGN and SHARE this petition against censorship at the University of Vienna! Give us back our lectures on Palestine!" 🇵🇸🕊️

TLDR: The University of Vienna is canceling lectures about Palestine, and disinviting scholars who have a pro-Palestinian stance; please sign & share the petition to show people everywhere care. The students' demands are listed in the petition. Anyone can sign.

Censorship surrounding topics of Palestine is nothing new - but in the last few months there has been an alarming increase in censorship, where artists have their exhibitions shut down, universities are setting up barriers to knowledge about Palestine, highly unserious articles with very serious accusations about academics are popping up, ... Now two lectures on Palestine were canceled, and another scholar was just uninvited for what he posted on his social media (pro-Palestinian content). A previous protest letter from the academic community was ignored by the University, and a recent sit-in there was met with an unnecessarily high number of police who intimidated the small group of protesters. That is the only reaction anti-Zionist protests yield. -> more info in the petition link

Why/How does the University of Vienna do this? Basically, any public criticism of the Israeli government is misconstrued as antisemitism. Then, the University disinvites the academics in question and cancels lectures, or forces lecturers to "adjust" their content. Scholars are being muzzled. The University doesn't want its students to learn about various perspectives on Palestine. Mind you, this is a public institution we're talking about.

The petition is intended to show the University that people disapprove of these practices. The argument of "safety" is brought up all the time, but at the same time, the University gladly erects barriers between their students and the valuable knowledge that would foster critical thinking and understanding. Palestinians are directly affected by this deadly apathy, and Muslim and Jewish people everywhere suffer from heightened antisemitism and islamophobia fueled by misinformation and myths. And at the end of the day, censorship is nothing but bad academic practice. It is an attempt to shape the minds of students by making information harder to access and to exclude scholars who talk about/are from Palestine. It's discrimination against Palestinians and it's shameless instrumentalization of Jewish trauma.

Anybody who is concerned can sign. Please share widely with any and all communities! The petition should go international! Every signature counts.

Say NO to all barriers to knowledge. 🇵🇸🕊️

#free palestine #signal boost #petition #censorship #palestine #gaza #west bank #university #pls idk how to tag shit.. #academia #vienna

[felassan]

[source (Senior Reporter at Kotaku), linked Kotaku article, two, 'FC 24's performance link', three, four, @/N7SeveranceDay (source of the last two images, "Account supporting BioWare employees laid off in 2023."), five, six, Polygon tweet, Polygon article]

"BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance" statement transcript:

“BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance On August 23 of this year, BioWare eliminated “approximately 50 roles at BioWare”. Following the layoffs, seven ex-BioWare employees engaged the services of R. Alex Kennedy to represent their interests, stating that the amount of severance offered was insufficient under Alberta common law. Counsel for the employees has attempted to reach a compromise that would avoid requiring lengthy court proceedings, but BioWare’s lawyers refused any offers to negotiate and settle out of court. The basis of Kennedy’s claim is that according to Alberta precedents and under Canadian law, these employees should be receiving approximately 1.7 months of severance per year of service they gave to BioWare. BioWare has now filed a Statement of Defence, which argues that the seven terminated employees are only entitled to two weeks of severance per year spent in service to BioWare, because of a contract provision that Kennedy says is not enforceable. The filing means BioWare will be taking these former employees to court rather than working towards finding an out of court resolution. The developers involved in the suit have expressed their disappointment: - “We are disappointed that BioWare prefers stalling and intimidation tactics to fair dealing with people who have given years, and in some cases decades, of dedication and hard work to the company.” - “We believe they are using intimidation and stalling tactics to try and get us to drop out. A lot of the more junior employees and those with families, who had more monetary pressure on them, could not risk waiting on a court case that may take many months more to resolve, and have already had to drop out.” - “At the time of the layoffs, BioWare offered us professional assistance in finding new employment, and an additional payment, but ONLY on the condition that we signed an agreement saying we cannot talk about any details of the settlement, and that we would completely waive any right to legal action or even to complain in any way about anyone associated with BioWare now or ever in the future. Tactics like that sure make me think that BioWare knows it is in the wrong.” - “Despite what they publicly announced when they laid us off, this process has been anything but empathetic, respectful, and communicative.” The latest BioWare layoffs were the third round so far this year, and many of the developers affected even in earlier rounds are still searching for work, though some have started to find new positions. Regardless of employment status, the members of the current lawsuit state they remain determined to pursue BioWare in court, regardless of their employment status: - “We strongly believe that if Dragon Age: Dreadwolf does not do as well as BioWare or EA wants at launch, there will be more, even larger layoffs. Therefore, regardless of our own well-being, we believe it is important to hold BioWare responsible and get a clear decision on what settlement amount is legal. We’re no longer part of the development team, so the best way we can help our former teammates now is to hold BioWare accountable and ensure that the next group who is laid off are not treated as poorly as we were.” November 7th marks “N7 Day”, which is a fan celebration of BioWare’s Mass Effect games featuring Commander Shepard and the crew of the Normandy. The developers involved in the lawsuit are hoping N7 Day this year will be a reminder to BioWare of the importance of loyalty to your crew, and hope fans can have a little fun and help express their support with memes and images using an #N7SeveranceDay hashtag. The ex-employees involved in the suit are all based in Canada and have an average of 14 years at BioWare.”

[source]

You can express your support using the hashtag #N7SeveranceDay.

Edit: [Part 2/update] [more on the Keywords topic]

#dragon age: dreadwolf #dragon age 4 #the dread wolf rises #da4 #dragon age #bioware #mass effect #video games #long post #longpost #mj best of #next mass effect #signal boost #N7SeveranceDay #worker solidarity #labor rights #pls note that i did not create any of the images in this post #or the N7Severance twitter account. pls see source links

[artemis-pendragon]

GOFUNDME

Contact hioo.sh on Instagram for more details as she is the gofundme organizer!

Her TikTok where she's updating on her situation is here: Haya.Orouq

She is only 18 years old doing everything she can to save her family!! Even if you can't donate pls pls pls share! We've already gotten several generous donations after people shared the post! Even the smallest donation can have the biggest difference, so if you can spare even a dollar or two that's huge! Thank you to everyone who has shared and donated so far! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

#any amount you can spare we have to support them pls pls pls 🙏❤️🇵🇸 #free palestine #palestine #gofundme #rafah #palestine resources #palestine gofundme #donate #important #signal boost

[pinkhairswagtourney]

consider helping a homeless + disabled trans lesbian seek shelter this winter

my friend harmony was kicked out of her abusive + transphobic parents' house last month for being trans . she was able to stay with someone for a week before she was once again , kicked out for being trans . the person who let her stay has a partner who was extremely transphobic towards harmony and forced her to leave . she is once again without a place to sleep .

she has a few job interviews set up but needs help until she has a source of income . per her request , she has asked for money for hotel rooms , food , gas , and at the very least , a good winter jacket and a blanket if she has to sleep in her car . if you can , consider helping her by sending a few dollars her way , i'm extremely worried about her and it's been dropping to below freezing temperatures .

please rb this and spread the word

c-sh-pp + p-yp-l

#mutual aid #financial aid #trans #transgender #signal boost #crowdfund #trans crowdfund #fundraising #important #transphobia mention / #abuse mention / #ask to tag #i dont have a ton but i sent some -- hopefully enough for a blanket at least #im seriously so worried abt her #if you reblogged my post asking for help PLS reblog this one as well !!!!! her situation is so urgent

[kimdokjas]

wait wait, what’s the change tumblr did to the reblog chains ? 🥲🥲🥲 I’m so lost

okay so basically, let's say you see a post on your dash

before the update, if you clicked on a url, you could do 3 things:

view that specific reblog on the blog you follow (A)

view the previous reblog on the blog A reblogged it from (B)

view the original post on op's blog (C)

however, staff recently implemented an update where clicking on a url no longer takes you to that specific post. now, clicking on a url just takes you to the blog itself.

this means that you now get 5 things:

view ONLY that specific reblog on the blog you follow (A) -> changed location near header. also, you will now ONLY see that post and nothing else

view ONLY the original post on op's blog (C) -> changed location near header. you will only see that post and nothing else. and ONLY if the op hasn't deleted it, otherwise it just shows an error

view the blog of the person you follow (D)

view the blog of the person D reblogged it from (F) -> option B no longer exists

view the blog of the op (E)

you might be thinking: "cool! i get more options so that's good, right?" well, no.

there are SEVERAL things wrong with this and it goes beyond the prev tags issue

1) first of all, it's counterintuitive that A and C changed locations to the area near the header, especially if your userbase was already used to the previous functions. it just seems like horrible UX design to me but let's put that aside for now.

2) as you can see, option B which allowed you to see the previous reblog of a post no longer exists.

now, if you click on the previous url, you will just be taken to their entire blog. you can no longer view the post itself.

someone asked staff about this, and they replied in this post that the change was INTENTIONAL and if you want to view the previous reblog you would have to "go through the notes view".

to borrow what someone else said:

basically, this update just killed the prev tags culture in one fell swoop.

(sure, you can still use it to reply directly to the person you're reblogging from, but it's now literally useless to use "prev tags" for everyone else involved. sure, you can choose to copy tags or peer review them, but again, if people will have to copy them then the less people are likely to use them, and not every prev lends itself to peer-reviewing imo)

now, listen. i know not everyone likes the prev tags culture, but it just seems like such a poorly-thought decision to kill a culture that like... half of your entire userbase uses (see this poll as a quick reference) and that's UNIQUE to your site and sets you apart from other social media.

but it's also not even just prev tags. let's say you want to remove an annoying addition on a post's reblog chain? you can no longer do that.

however, i feel like this is the most important point:

regardless of how you may feel about the prev tags culture, the pure UI aspect of it should remain

what i mean by this is: even if you don't like prev tags, simply 1) being able to access the reblog chain, and 2) clicking on a post and actually have it take you to their BLOG (and not just a page with that one single post) is literally essential navigation.

this update threatens to drive down user engagement (which is already critically low) by making it harder to navigate. which is actually another point:

3) even if you click on A and C now to view those specific posts, it's NOT the same as it used to be.

before, you could view the reblog directly on the blog. so you could just scroll down and see the other posts leading up to it. now, you will be taken to a page where you will ONLY see that post and nothing else.

but also, you can no longer easily navigate other people's blogs.

you know how sometimes you would see like 50 notifications of someone going through an entire tag on your blog? that's going to happen a lot less, i'm afraid.

let's suppose you want to go to op's blog because they're an artist and you want to see more of their art. so you click on C and see that the tag they use for posts with their art is "#my art"

cool! before, you could just click on that tag and immediately view ALL of their art as long as the posts have that tag.

but now, if you click on that tag, it will take you to the ENTIRE tumblr tag with literally all the posts that everyone in the history of time has tagged with that specific tag.

now, to do the same thing that just took 2 clicks before, you would have to: click on C to view the post -> look for the tag you want to navigate -> click E to view their whole blog -> scroll and look for a post that just so happens to have that tag (the search function is literally useless) and hope to god that there's a recent one or you'll have to scroll for ages or simply give up -> if you happen to find it, click on that tag to navigate their posts.

you see how this is counterproductive, right? you see how this can literally drive down engagement with content creators, right?

if you make people's blogs harder to navigate, you will literally drive down the number of likes and reblogs on their posts, which have already been steadily declining for years now.

4) options D and E to view the blogs and not the posts are literally useless because you could already access other people's blogs before. you just had to click on their url to view their blogs starting from that specific post AND you could choose to just refresh it to view their newest posts.

either way, the change just seems completely unnecessary. and again, it's not just about the prev tags culture but about basic UI.

so what can we do about it?

i normally don't advocate for flooding staff with messages but i do feel like this is one of the worst updates staff has ever done (and that's saying something) and something needs to change.

even if they don't retcon the entire update, that's fine, but staff could at least add the option to view the reblog chain as a different feature (maybe even opt-in) for example. there are better ways to go about this than just axing an entire existing feature.

also, this same issue that makes it harder to navigate blogs needs to change. i feel like content creators will be especially affected by this unless this changes because you can no longer easily navigate their tags, so it will inevitably drive down engagement.

so please, contact staff and let them know we want a change.

you can contact support here!

here's a template for a possible message you could send, but feel free to edit it. (under category you can choose "Feedback")

Hi, I would like to politely request a change to the recent update that affects the reblog chain of posts. Regardless of the "prev tags" culture itself, the UI aspect of being able to view the reblog chain of a post is essential for navigation on this website. Even adding it as a separate, opt-in feature would be a huge help. Additionally, clicking on a post and then on one of the tags now takes you to the entire tumblr tag instead of the tag on that blog, which makes it harder to navigate blogs. Both of these issues have the potential to drive down user engagement by actively making it harder to navigate Tumblr, but especially for content creators. I hope you can do something to address these issues as soon as possible. Thanks in advance and have a nice day.

also, if you can and/or want, reblogs are appreciated to help spread the word!

that's pretty much the gist of the issue from what i've seen, but if anyone else has anything to add or a different way we could contact staff to make ourselves heard, please feel free to let me know!

TLDR: it's not just about prev tags, this update affects basic functionality and content creators as well

#pls reblog if u can to help spread the word!! #@anon this turned out a lot longer than i expected omg #i hope u don't mind me hijacking this ask to make a general informative post about this issue!! #ask #anonymous #tumblr #tumblr update #prev tags #signal boost #supportcontentcreators #evansyhelp #staff #long post for ts #196

[aromanticbuck]

apparently this is the year for this...

Please Help Us Out With Bills

Currently, I'm virtually unemployed due to health issues and my employer all but refuses to give me short term disability pay because I don't have a diagnosis yet. I'm doing DoorDash as much as I can, which brings in ~$150 a week if that. It leaves my roommate, @kitthekazoo, to cover most of the mutual bills - like rent - virtually on her own. But that does mean she can't pay her own bills (like car and insurance) after paying the second half of our rent this month.

Like I said, I'm doing DoorDash around doctor's appointments and other activities, like school (which is paid for by my employer, who I still technically work for, I'm just on an extended medical leave - it's excused time off, but I don't get paid at all), but that doesn't bring in much. My checking account (where my DD money goes) is negative almost $400 because things keep taking out and every single one of those charges also incurs an insufficient funds fee of $31.

I would need ~$750 just to get positive enough to pay Kit back for my half of this rent payment. Plus I have my own bills to pay - car insurance, credit cards I'm desperately trying to catch up with the payments on, gas so I can keep doing DD, etc.

I know it's a lofty goal, but getting $1k by the end of the month will keep us sane and housed while I navigate my medical issues. Hopefully, after we run a few tests next week, they'll have a better idea of what's going on and when I'll be able to go back to work, and these money issues won't keep coming up...

I'll link my accounts below, including my etsy where you can buy some crochet projects from me if you want something in return for your donation! Or feel free to message me here or on etsy if you want something made that isn't listed in my shop.

Thank you in advance for any little bit, even if you can just reblog to spread the word. 💜

paypal venmo: amwallace95 etsy

so far: 230/1000

EDIT: I fixed the links!

#alex says things #mutual aid #signal boost #pls? #i feel so bad not being able to make money #because it stresses out both of us #but my credit union is determined to dig me a whole i can't get out of #so i'll just have a breakdown over here and try to keep it together #please reblog if you can't send money #or even if you can #we're so stressed and worried right now

[lizzydizzyyo]

KOSA (ANTI-QUEER AND OTHER MINORITY CENSORSHIP BILL) IS GOING TO GO INTO VOTING PERIOD IN SEPTEMBER. CALL YOUR REPS TO TELL THEM TO FUCK OFF AND NOT PASS IT.

#net neutrality #signal boost #important #KOSA #us politics #lgbtq+ #whump community #i have a feeling if they discover what whump this bill is also gonna affect our trope/community so pls if ur american go call your reps #me

[princesschubbi]

I'm making a post on this account because the one on my other account feels like no one is even seeing it but I'm not sure 🥹 I really really need help getting some groceries. If any can donate to help me get some groceries I can offer you a free month of onlyfans in return? Absolutely anything helps. If you can't donate but would still like to help please reblog this so others might see it and maybe I'll get funded if I get enough reach 🥺🙏 please and thank you if you read all this and helped in any form, I would appreciate any help so so much.

My links are here if anyone can donate to help 🥹💕

$0/$50

#princesschubbi #princess chubbi #please help if you can #help needed #please help me #please help #pls help #anything helps #crowdfunding #signal boost #reblog to boost #boost post #please boost #mutaid #mutual aid #please donate anything if you can #pls donate if you can #please donate if you can #donate if you can #please donate #grocery funds #funds

[arcane-gold]

THEYRE LIVE BABEEYYYY

16x20 in prints are up!!! they’re SO high quality and so beautiful and if you’re in the market for a statement art piece then NOWS UR CHANCE!!!!!

#pls share this if u can!!! wanna reach a bigger audience!!! #tsoa #the song of achilles #patrochilles #patroclus #signal boost #my art #preorder

[samijami]

Ya'know something weird about the Tumblr blackout?

It was scheduled for the end of pride month, and the beginning of disability pride month.

And everyone knows that this won't work, given this never works. The best way to get a change would be review bombing.

Now, the blackout targets the last day we can celebrate pride month on Tumblr, and the first few days of disability pride month on Tumblr. And I think it's rather purposeful.

Now let me make an official proposal.

Let's review bomb the shit out of Tumblr from now onwards until we get a change. It might take a while, but it won't kill off a social media for no reason whatsoever.

Let's annoy the everloving shit out of Tumblr.

#tumblr blackout #review bombing #tumblr review bombing #review bomb tumblr #don't do the blackout #important #spread this #please share #signal boost #reblog this #pls boost #boost this

[mx-menace]

Hi all, I'm a bit embarrassed to be doing this but it's become necessary. My current living situation has become abusive and is no longer safe for me to be in. I found an apartment to move into near my partner, but it is over 100 miles from my current living place. Once I speak up about my intentions to move, I will lose all finances I have right now as my abuser has been my only source of income for months.

My goal is to raise $800 so I can have a small safety net for moving costs, but the minimum I need is $560 by my move-in date on March 8. If you are able to donate even $5, it would really help me out right now. Please share as widely as possible too. Thank you so much ♥️

Current funds: 259 / 560

#i speaks #like if you see pls #signal boost #important #donations #mutual aid #mutual aid needed #financial aid needed #financial aid

[foxprints]

Commissions are open! I've got reduced work hours and could really use some supplemental income. I'll be taking up to three commissions at a time!

#open commissions #commissions #commissions open #artists on tumblr #artistsoftumblr #pls signal boost

[jigokuhana]

just a heads up to any of my followers who watch Hazbin or Helluva Boss, or even non-fans:

please block & report the user chai/foot/steps (w/o the breaks in the name. soft/fur/sunlight on twitter), as they are a very loud & very toxic voice within the hatedom against Vivziepop.

they're a massive hypocrite, an abuser, a stalker, a zoophile, and has used a fan's suicide from ship bullying as another means to slander Vivziepop (which is against the wishes/views of the victim's friend).

DO NOT engage with them.

just BLOCK and REPORT.

if you need proof of their actions, their abuse victim has a twitter (here) that compiles all their actions thus far.

i don't usually do callout posts, but i do feel like this is warranted, as they are putting people in danger (Viv's family, of which includes a minor) with their hatred.

whatever your opinions are on Vivziepop, anyone should agree that none of this obsessive hatred and behavior is right or moral.

#my thoughts #psa #signal boost #pls block/report this person for everyone's safety #hazbin hotel #helluva boss #vivziepop

[sweet-yzabelle]

HELP!! I was reading this satosugu x reader fic and I forgot the title and who posted it because tumblr suddenly refreshed and I LOST IT!!! Please help me find it!

I remember it was college au and Gojo is taking a business program and is on the basketball team while Geto is in bioengineering I think and that he's on the lacrosse team. Reader is roommates with Shoko and Utahime, and the two always helps reader whenever SatoSugu tries to come onto her.

Please help!! I NEED IT SO BAD OMG

#pls help #send help #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #jujutsu kaisen fanfic #jjk fanfic #gojo satoru #geto suguru #satosugu #gojo satoru x reader #gojo satoru x you #geto suguru x reader #geto suguru x you #satosugu x reader #signal boost