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Sat, 18 May 2013 20:57:26 -0700

Things Yahoo! Has Made Better

Damn. Maybe a bullet to the head is better than the years-long...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:38:00 -0700

Damn. Maybe a bullet to the head is better than the years-long bleeding-out Reader has been suffering, but this is still shitty news.

stevekovach:

I’m so upset.

“What just happened?”

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:49:12 -0700

“What just happened?”

explore the world

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:21:39 -0800

explore the world

THE Woman

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:39:39 -0800

THE Woman

blaineys: caffeinatedqueer: consultingt-rex: braangster: what if i did my homework in Circular...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:23:52 -0800

blaineys:

caffeinatedqueer:

consultingt-rex:

braangster:

what if i did my homework in Circular Gallifreyan

what if i did my homework

what if i did a Gallifreyan

Wibbly-wobbly, bumpy-grindy?

Flawless victory! Beyoncé at the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:56:27 -0800

Flawless victory!

Beyoncé at the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show

Come look at the new thing (that doesn’t work)! Stuff is...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:36:00 -0800

Come look at the new thing (that doesn’t work)!

Stuff is still broken:

Reblogging on a desktop machine is impossible, not without first saving something as a draft (which, before I discovered that wrinkle, led me to asking for a Tumblr Support ticket to be closed since I’d forgotten to reboot/flush cache first. Turns out it wasn’t operator error, and that things really are FUBAR)
…but post sharing options (i.e. Facebook, Twitter) disappear once you’ve saved a post to your drafts.
Editing a post that has Markdown code in it fucks it up… blockquotes don’t work when your angle brackets (i.e. >’s) are turned into HTML entities (i.e. literal >’s).
EDITED TO ADD: Also, editing doesn’t work! I’ve had to go to Mobile Safari on the iPad, and the older, more functional interface Tumblr still serves up there, to make my edits.
Post preview doesn’t interpret any Markdown code— I thought the Markdown editor was still “our engineers are aware of the issue”-broken, when, no, that works but the preview now doesn’t.
I love how every post interaction requires loading the entire dashboard in the background… ‘cause why open a simple, quick edit form when you can also load ten thousand animated gifs at the same time?

So baseline stuff doesn’t work— still obviously doesn’t work— and yet the support site still shows me the goddamn “We see you’re using the browser hack ‘Missing e’” FUD message.

staff:

An upgrade, years in the making…

When we imagined Tumblr more than seven years ago, we dreamed of offering creators a new canvas. Every post would be a raw look through the author’s eyes and mind. We imagined the interface disappearing as these subjects came to life.

For years, this vision was challenged by limits in browser technology and an increasingly daunting set of Tumblr features to support. But today, we take a huge step.

After months of careful crafting, we’ve reduced creation on Tumblr to its essence, while carrying over every single feature and making room for some BIG new ones (like completely customizable drag-and-drop photoset creation, faster uploads, and inline reblogging!). We can’t wait for you to try it.

The upgrades have started rolling out and will be available for everyone by the end of the weekend. Most of the bugs and omissions you’ve reported have already been fixed, but please let us know if you run in to any other issues!

gnomees: Hey, Victoria. I think they’re playing your...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:16:00 -0800

gnomees:

Hey, Victoria. I think they’re playing your song.

Oh, hell yes.

I love me some Mord’Sith action, and to my mind Denna is queen of the Mord’Sith.

“Recovering My Religion” A group called MajorScaled...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:00:55 -0800

“Recovering My Religion”

A group called MajorScaled TV takes minor-key songs and digitally reworks them into major keys. Here, they’ve worked their magic on REM’s “Losing My Religion.”

Vimeo (4:46), via Boing Boing

For the unfamiliar, here’s the original.

jadefyre: Bilbo wakes up suddenly to DON’T STOP BELIEVING It was an unexpected Journey

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:46:17 -0800

jadefyre:

Bilbo wakes up suddenly to DON’T STOP BELIEVING

It was an unexpected Journey

just a coffee shop Pulp Fiction

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:41:42 -0800

just a coffee shop

Pulp Fiction

Which logical fallacy covers "STFU"?

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:44:19 -0800

gnomees:

lesbianese:

When a person of color says that they hate white people, they hate white people as an institution (aka white supremacy/hegemony)

When a woman says that they hate men, they hate men as an institution (aka male dominance/patriarchy)

When a queer person says that they hate straight people, they hate straight people as an institution (aka heteronormativity)

When a trans* person says that they hate cisgender people, they hate cisgender people as an institution (aka gender essentialism/rigid gender roles)

SO WHEN ANY OF THESE PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY HATE ANY OF THESE GROUPS, DON’T RESPOND WITH “NOT ALL WHITE PEOPLE/MEN/STRAIGHT/CIS PEOPLE ARE LIKE THAT”. WE KNOW THAT. IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU PERSONALLY. IT’S ABOUT INSTITUTIONS AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY, AS INSTITUTIONS, OPPRESS US. SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Reblogging because I still have issues remembering this. I still sometimes knee-jerk a defensive reaction. I still have to remind myself that unless someone makes it personal, it isn’t. It’s probably my biggest, most frustrating obstacle to being the ally I’d like to be.

What a bunch of horseshit. How fucking hard is it to use all the words? Clearly, it doesn’t take an avalanche of verbosity to say what you’re really railing against— lesbianese managed the decoding quite handily.

I remain mystified at the absolute hunger some seem to have for being rampaging assholes, all in the name of social justice. If your argument is predicated on “shut the fuck up,” then just go back to shouting at the wind for all the good you’re doing.

What do smart girls get? Cats, mostly. I ♥ Modern Family.

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:00:17 -0800

What do smart girls get? Cats, mostly.

I ♥ Modern Family.

“number ‘not one of them’”

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:33:41 -0800

“number ‘not one of them’”

The Force is strong with this beverage, man! via g33kgasm:...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:00:06 -0800

The Force is strong with this beverage, man!

via g33kgasm: lazercoon:

HOLY CRAP THIS IS THE BEST GIF I HAVE EVER SEEN.

PSA: Things People Need to Realize About Mental Illness

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:00:28 -0800

phiremangston:

When you’re having a panic attack or a depressive episode or anything else, your brain is not your own. Telling someone that they need to mentally, logically realize that “things aren’t that bad!” is completely useless. Because their brain is not under their control. I know it’s hard to fathom, but guess what! It happens, and it’s just as terrifying as it sounds.

Mental illness is not weakness.

Mental illness is not weakness.

Mental illness is not weakness.

Mental illness is also not laziness, or stubbornness, or misplaced fears. It is an illness, and is not anyone’s fault.

Hinting that things will get better if you just try harder does not help. It just makes you feel guilty about being ill. It’s ridiculous to make someone feel guilty about having leukemia. Same thing goes for mental illness.

A lot of times, people with mental illness feel like they’re fighting a neverending battle with the orcs that live inside their brain (yes, this is turning into a Helm’s Deep reference). They win the war every day that they’re still alive, but it’s really hard to see that when you’re under siege 24 hours a day.

If someone bursts into uncontrollable sobbing over the phone, don’t assume they’re PMSing. Hormones can, yes, make things worse if you’re suffering from depression and anxiety, but they are not the only cause for every breakdown ever.

If you know someone doesn’t feel safe with their own mind, and needs someone to be there for their safety, don’t fucking text them to ask how they’re doing and then leave them be if they don’t answer. Drive to their fucking apartment (if you’re in their area) and get that door open. At the very least provide some sort of support until the urge to self-harm or anything subsides.

Sometimes mental illness is chronic. A lot of people with mental illness understand this, and know that things are potentially never going to get completely better. Telling people things will get better and they will have a normal life rings false, and is unhelpful.

Calling in sick to work because your depression flares up and you physically can’t get out of bed is not laziness. Having someone call in on your behalf is not irresponsible. Taking an FMLA day to recuperate after having a violent outburst is not letting everyone down.

Sometimes there is nothing that will make it better. Sometimes there are just things that will make it worse. Learn what those things are, because sometimes avoiding making it worse is the only thing you can do.

Being afraid of your own body is not silly or stupid. Just like sometimes your brain is terrifying, your body can be terrifying. It doesn’t have to be logical, or rational. If it is, it is.

Chronic anxiety is like this: There’s a fear response in your brain, right? THAT SWITCH IS ALWAYS ON. Low- to mid-level anxiety is a constant in my life, and I don’t think I’d know what to do if it suddenly went away. Because it’s how I’ve always functioned.

It’s entirely possible to lie curled in a ball on the floor for hours or days at a time. That’s not laziness. Do you actually think people want to do that? Guess what. They don’t. But they can’t not. Because their mind is not their own in those moments.

A lot of times people with mental illness will forget to eat, which is bad in all sorts of ways, because usually taking your meds on an empty stomach will make you at the very least nauseous, if not make you actually vomit it up. Online ordering is a godsend. Send someone a pizza if they’re having an episode.

If someone has OCD, don’t take away their coping mechanisms and expect them to magically be cured. Expect them to react like you just threw them out of an airplane without a parachute, because that’s what it feels like.

Oh, yeah. And mental illness is not weakness.

Feel free to add to this post.

abuseexcuse:

You should not shame someone who is suffering from suicidal ideation. Saying they are just trying to get attention or that they are selfish completely ignores the fact that they may need some attention in the form of a listening ear, support, or, if they ask, help- which is why they are sharing their thoughts with you in the first place.

Not everyone with a mental illness is violent or ‘impossible to deal with.’ Making these judgments based on someone’s mental illness is invalidating and reinforces stigma against those with mental illness.

Just because something happened in the past does not mean it is no longer relevant or important. Especially to those with PSTD, Complex PTSD, Borderline, and Dissociative disorder— to survive past trauma and/or abuse reactions and memories have been compartmentalized in such a way that they have only been dealt with slightly, if at all, and these people often relive their abuse and trauma in the present when triggered or from some sort of attempt to work through it.

Never take the side of/defend a known abuser. Victims of abuse do not owe their abuser anything. We don’t owe them our company, our forgiveness, friendship, a relationship of any sort, reports on how we’re doing, fucking nothing. We decide for ourselves what we want and we determine what is safe for us once we are in a position to do so. Our abusers didn’t consider our feelings while abusing us, and certainly not when trying to make it appear that we were imagining abuse or overreacting to their behavior, so why the fuck would anyone be concerned about the feelings of the abuser? You weren’t there, you don’t know the situation, and if you consider my abuser’s feelings to be more important than mine when I was the one who was abused, you are certainly not my fucking friend or ally, and I neither need nor desire your bullshit.

via reluctantmanwitch

"It’s a New Year and with it comes a fresh opportunity to shape our world.So this is my wish, a..."

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:54:00 -0800

“It’s a New Year and with it comes a fresh opportunity to shape our world.

So this is my wish, a wish for me as much as it is a wish for you: in the world to come, let us be brave – let us walk into the dark without fear, and step into the unknown with smiles on our faces, even if we’re faking them.

And whatever happens to us, whatever we make, whatever we learn, let us take joy in it. We can find joy in the world if it’s joy we’re looking for, we can take joy in the act of creation.

So that is my wish for you, and for me. Bravery and joy.”

- Neil Gaiman, “My New Year’s Wish…”

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Things Yahoo! Has Made Better via ilovecharts

Things Yahoo! Has Made Better

Damn. Maybe a bullet to the head is better than the years-long...

“What just happened?”

“What just happened?”

explore the world

explore the world

THE Woman

THE Woman

blaineys: caffeinatedqueer: consultingt-rex: braangster: what if i did my homework in Circular...

Flawless victory! Beyoncé at the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show

Flawless victory!

Come look at the new thing (that doesn’t work)! Stuff is...

Come look at the new thing (that doesn’t work)!

gnomees: Hey, Victoria. I think they’re playing your...

“Recovering My Religion” A group called MajorScaled...

“Recovering My Religion”

jadefyre: Bilbo wakes up suddenly to DON’T STOP BELIEVING It was an unexpected Journey

just a coffee shop Pulp Fiction

just a coffee shop

Which logical fallacy covers "STFU"?

What do smart girls get? Cats, mostly. I ♥ Modern Family.

What do smart girls get? Cats, mostly.

“number ‘not one of them’”

“number ‘not one of them’”

The Force is strong with this beverage, man! via g33kgasm:...

The Force is strong with this beverage, man!

PSA: Things People Need to Realize About Mental Illness

"It’s a New Year and with it comes a fresh opportunity to shape our world.So this is my wish, a..."

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

RISE

RISE