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something something og Leon S Kennedy

#leon s kennedy #resident evil

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Have you ever seen a volcano?

I have never seen a volcano

I have seen an extinct volcano

I have seen a dormant volcano

I have seen an active volcano

I have seen more than one of these

I’m not sure

#more than one! #seen a few #been on some as well #volcanic landscapes are so interesting

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A thought that hit as I was browsing some Lord of the Rings stuff.

You ever think when Eowyn was disguised as a man she made some Rhohirrim realize stuff about themselves.

Imagine it. Ten-ish years after the Battle of Pelenor Fields. Eowyn and Eomer are reminiscing with other soldiers that fought with king Theoden on that fateful day. Then one soldier, completely unaware, talks about seeing this beautiful rider. Golden haired and fierce, charging on the front lines. Fighting the Witch King.

Eomer is amused. Eowyn is nervous.

The soldier says the seeing this fine male specimen made him realize that he was attracted to men. Were it not for this gallant and sexy Rider of Rohan, he may have spent countless years confused and lost. At last, the soldier mentions he would love to see that Rhohirrim again, if only to thank him for giving him clarity.

Eowyn sinks further into her seat while Eomer is just like:

#lmao i love this #eowyn #lotr

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#johnny 'soap' mactavish #cod mw

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In all Seasons.

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#crying this is too funny

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Happy Women's day!

#ohhh lovely #as always #resident evil

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“No more green lights, Johnny. We’re on our own.”

#simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #cod mw

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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

#resident evil

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yk what i hate though. is when i find a meme and im like THIS IS SO [cool intimidating mutual i never talk to] I SHOULD SEND IT TO THEM but then i remember ive never talked to them ever and so i cant just like give them a meme out of the blue and so the meme just withers and rots in my camera roll 😔

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FYI artists and writers: some info regarding tumblr's new "third-party sharing" (aka selling your content to OpenAI and Midjourney)

You may have already seen the post by @staff regarding third-party sharing and how to opt out. You may have also already seen various news articles discussing the matter.

But here's a little further clarity re some questions I had, and you may too. Caveat: Not all of this is on official tumblr pages, so it's possible things may change.

(1) "I heard they already have access to my data and it doesn't really matter if I opt out"

From the 404 article:

A new FAQ section we reviewed is titled “What happens when you opt out?” states “If you opt out from the start, we will block crawlers from accessing your content by adding your site on a disallowed list. If you change your mind later, we also plan to update any partners about people who newly opt-out and ask that their content be removed from past sources and future training.”

So please, go click that opt-out button.

(2) Some future user: "I've been away from tumblr for months, and I just heard about all this. I didn't opt out before, so does it make a difference anymore?"

Another internal document shows that, on February 23, an employee asked in a staff-only thread, “Do we have assurances that if a user opts out of their data being shared with third parties that our existing data partners will be notified of such a change and remove their data?” Andrew Spittle, Automattic’s head of AI replied: “We will notify existing partners on a regular basis about anyone who's opted out since the last time we provided a list. I want this to be an ongoing process where we regularly advocate for past content to be excluded based on current preferences. We will ask that content be deleted and removed from any future training runs. I believe partners will honor this based on our conversations with them to this point. I don't think they gain much overall by retaining it.”

It should make a difference! Go click that button.

(3) "I opted out, but my art posts have been reblogged by so many people, and I don't know if they all opted out. What does that mean for my stuff?"

This answer is actually on the support page for the toggle:

This option will prevent your blog's content, even when reblogged, from being shared with our licensed network of content and research partners, including those that train AI models.

And some further clarification by the COO and a product manager:

zingring: A couple people from work have reached out to let me know that yes, it applies to reblogs of "don't scrape" content. If you opt out, your content is opted out, even in reblog form. cyle: yep, for reblogs, we're taking it so far as "if anybody in the reblog trail has opted out, all of the content in that reblog will be opted out", when a reblog could be scraped/shared.

So not only your reblogged posts, but anyone who contributed in a reblog (such as posts where someone has been inspired to draw fanart of the OP) will presumably be protected by your opt-out. (A good reason to opt out even if you yourself are not a creator.)

Furthermore, if you the OP were offline and didn't know about the opt-out, if someone contributed to a reblog and they are opted out, then your original work is also protected. (Which makes it very tempting to contribute "scrapeable content" now whenever I reblog from an abandoned/disused blog...)

(4) "What about deleted blogs? They can't opt out!"

I was told by someone (not official) that he read "deleted blogs are all opted-out by default". However, he didn't recall the source, and I can't find it, so I can't guarantee that info. If I get more details - like if/when tumblr puts up that FAQ as reported in the 404 article - I will add it here as soon as I can.

Edit, tumblr has updated their help page for the option to opt-out of third-party sharing! It now states:

The content which will not be shared with our licensed network of content and research partners, including those that train AI models, includes: • Posts and reblogs of posts from blogs who have enabled the "Prevent third-party sharing" option. • Posts and reblogs of posts from deleted blogs. • Posts and reblogs of posts from password-protected blogs. • Posts and reblogs of posts from explicit blogs. • Posts and reblogs of posts from suspended/deactivated blogs. • Private posts. • Drafts. • Messages. • Asks and submissions which have not been publicly posted. • Post+ subscriber-only posts. • Explicit posts.

So no need to worry about your old deleted blogs that still have reblogs floating around. *\o/*

But for your existing blogs, please use the opt out option. And a reminder of how to opt out, under the cut:

The opt-out toggle is in Blog Settings, and please note you need to do it for each one of your blogs / sideblogs.

On dashboard, the toggle is at https://www.tumblr.com/settings/blog/blogname [replace "blogname" as applicable] down by Visibility:

For mobile, you need the most recent update of the app. (Android version 33.4.1.100, iOs version 33.4.) Then go to your blog tab (the little person icon), and then the gear icon for Settings, then click Visibility.

Again, if you have a sideblog, go back to the blog tab, switch to it, and go to settings again. Repeat as necessary.

If you do not have access to the newest version of the app for whatever reason, you can also log into tumblr in your mobile browser. Same URL as per desktop above, same location.

Note you do not need to change settings in both desktop and the app, just one is fine.

I hope this helps!

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Borders 🚧

#soapghost #johnny 'soap' mactavish #simon 'ghost' riley #kyle 'gaz' garrick #john price #cod mw

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<3

#soapghost #johnny 'soap' mactavish #simon 'ghost' riley #cod mw

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Could you clip that one scene near the end of the Resident Evil 2 dub where Claire and Leon are fighting their individual bosses and Claire goes "It's electric! Boogie woogie woogie!" and then it cuts to Leon getting thrashed by his boss saying "It's a broken spine! Boogie woogie woogie!" Hope this isn't too inaccurate. Thank you

SnapCube's Real-Time Fandub | "Resident Evil 2" (2019) [YouTube]

#im crying #omg this is so funny