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A better, more positive Tumblr

Since its founding in 2007, Tumblr has always been a place for wide open, creative self-expression at the heart of community and culture. To borrow from our founder David Karp, we’re proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and crusaders to redefine our culture and to help empower individuality.

Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. We’ve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change. Some of that change began with fostering more constructive dialogue among our community members. Today, we’re taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions).  

Let’s first be unequivocal about something that should not be confused with today’s policy change: posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community. We’ve always had and always will have a zero tolerance policy for this type of content. To this end, we continuously invest in the enforcement of this policy, including industry-standard machine monitoring, a growing team of human moderators, and user tools that make it easy to report abuse. We also closely partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, two invaluable organizations at the forefront of protecting our children from abuse, and through these partnerships we report violations of this policy to law enforcement authorities. We can never prevent all bad actors from attempting to abuse our platform, but we make it our highest priority to keep the community as safe as possible.

So what is changing?

Posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr, and we’ve updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change. We recognize Tumblr is also a place to speak freely about topics like art, sex positivity, your relationships, your sexuality, and your personal journey. We want to make sure that we continue to foster this type of diversity of expression in the community, so our new policy strives to strike a balance.

Why are we doing this?

It is our continued, humble aspiration that Tumblr be a safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community. As Tumblr continues to grow and evolve, and our understanding of our impact on our world becomes clearer, we have a responsibility to consider that impact across different age groups, demographics, cultures, and mindsets. We spent considerable time weighing the pros and cons of expression in the community that includes adult content. In doing so, it became clear that without this content we have the opportunity to create a place where more people feel comfortable expressing themselves.

Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.

So what’s next?

Starting December 17, 2018, we will begin enforcing this new policy. Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose. All changes won’t happen overnight as something of this complexity takes time.

Another thing, filtering this type of content versus say, a political protest with nudity or the statue of David, is not simple at scale. We’re relying on automated tools to identify adult content and humans to help train and keep our systems in check. We know there will be mistakes, but we’ve done our best to create and enforce a policy that acknowledges the breadth of expression we see in the community.

Most importantly, we’re going to be as transparent as possible with you about the decisions we’re making and resources available to you, including more detailed information, product enhancements, and more content moderators to interface directly with the community and content.

Like you, we love Tumblr and what it’s come to mean for millions of people around the world. Our actions are out of love and hope for our community. We won’t always get this right, especially in the beginning, but we are determined to make your experience a positive one.

Jeff D’Onofrio CEO

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PARTY PLAYLIST

Death of a Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco

Youngblood - 5 Seconds Of Summer

Kiwi - Harry Styles

Boom Clap - Charli XCX

Round & Round - Selena Gomez

Electric Love - BØRNS

Party In The USA - Miley Cyrus

Just Give Me A Reason - P!nk

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers

Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

Pompeii - Bastille

Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran

Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke

Riptide - Vance Joy

Slow Hands - Niall Horan

Shake It Off - Taylor Swift

Don’t Stop Believin’ - Journey

We Can’t Stop - Miley Cyrus

American Idiot - Green Day

All The Small Things - Blink-182

Some Nights - fun.

I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston

In My Blood - Shawn Mendes

Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves

Mr. Brightside - The Killers

Take On Me - a-ha

Hey, Soul Sister - Train

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) -Rupert Holmes

Hey There Delilah - Plain White T’s

Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

Boys - Charli XCX

Fergalicious - Fergie

Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani

Stressed Out - Twenty One Pilots

Bloom - Troye Sivan

My! My! My! - Troye Sivan

Heart Attack - Demi Lovato

7/11 - Beyoncé

Toxic - Britney Spears

Scary Love - The Neighbourhood

The Sound - The 1975

No. Party Anthem - Arctic Monkeys

Diamond Heart - Lady Gaga

The Climb - Miley Cyrus

Don’t Cry, 2020 - COIN

Boyfriend - Justin Bieber

Steal My Girl - One Direction

Dig Down - MUSE

You’re The One That I Want - Grease

LISTEN HERE: https://open.spotify.com/user/erika.spake/playlist/0Gva98PKcNFK9CTWZfynia?si=tKmL2DyqS1eRnmSgJdEx5w

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Tag yourself - Zodiac Sign edition

Aries

super loud

naive

gets excited easily

forgets to moisturize

accidentially punches ppl too hard

Taurus

sleeps a lot

loved by animals

edgy artist™️

likes rocks

forgets where left is

Gemini

too many unread books

judges a show after one episode

always rambling

can’t pick favourites

knows all the people

Cancer

blankets

always listening to music

low-key angry all the time

really nice to hug

kinda scary

Leo

knows all the drama

IS all the drama

has great hair

“okay but”

v nice

Virgo

too helpful

always judging

secretly high key freaks

everyone would be lost without them

lowkey a mess

Libra

flirt

has great style

too concerned about image

too many emojis

an angel

Scorpio

high key always angry

runs an edgy blog

only wears black

likes twenty one pilots

just wants a hug

Sagittarius

always preaching

uses exaggerations too much

nobody knows how they became friends with them

can’t cut themselves short

big dreams

Capricorn

doesn’t use emojis

secretly a goofball

probs gonna be successful

lives off of coffee

likes cats better

Aquarius

goes to bed at 3am

knows all the facts

kinda mean

watches documentaries

p cool

Pisces

listens to lana del rey

always spacing out

has crazy dreams

lowkey manipulative

a puppy

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BCM Gunfighter History : Travis Haley

An Exercise in Compromise

Hanging in my office, is a clone of the rifle I carried on two combat tours(Iraq and Liberia). It’s a reminder of where I came from, where I stand today, where I am going and why I am going there.

While serving in 2nd Force Reconnaissance in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, my unit started seeing radical advances in small arms and light weaponry via the SOPMOD program. Suddenly, carbines could quickly be fine tuned for specific missions by mounting night vision systems, laser aiming devices, weapon lights and red dot optics to the 1913 Picatinny Rail Systems on the upper receiver and handguard.

These technologies opened up whole new tactics, techniques and procedures that could be employed to prosecute our mission of specialized reconnaissance, ambush and direct action raids.

Despite the additional capabilities the SOPMOD program delivered, opinions were sharply divided on the program. Some saw these tools as a burden, adding a lot of “crap” that would only increase the amount of weight our Marines carried on mission for little tangible benefit. A maxed out M4 could run up to 14 pounds, but we didn’t need every component for every mission.

TWO POUNDS OF METAL

The SOPMOD accessory package that my platoon ended up running included almost two pounds of weight in mounting interfaces alone. When I challenged this, I got a typical Marine Corps answer, “Because that’s what you are issued, now quit asking irrelevant questions Too Speed.” (Too Speed was my call sign)

I couldn’t accept that answer. It was an institutional answer that repeated a party line and the lives of my teammates were, and will always be, more important than not rocking the boat.

After some trial and error, the first mod I made was to ditch the Surefire M951 Weapon Light and replace it with a Surefire 6P in a shotgun tube light mount that I scored at a sporting goods shop near base. After swapping the 6P tail cap for the M951 remote switch assembly, I then ran the tape switch on the left side of the 203 so activating the light wouldn’t impact my weapons manipulation.

Getting a weapon light in tight with a rail and shaving weight off the interface was something I would spend the next 10 years fiddling with before I had a eureka moment and Haley Strategic Partners released the Thorntail Adaptive Series of light mounts, currently in use by military, security contractors and law enforcement worldwide.

This time was a defining moment for me, as it was when I first started tweaking and eventually building original components for my platoon based on the unique requirements of our missions. These experiences of shaving weight, improving ergonomics and finding a balance between capability and utility, would drive the development of so many of the components I have commercialized in my post-service career.

THE RIFLE I TOOK TO WAR

Colt M4 with 14.5” Barrel Colt M203 40 mm Grenade Launcher Knights Armament RAS Handguard PEQ-2 IR Aiming Laser Surefire Classic 6P with a custom “Simply Dynamic” mount Boone & Packer Redi-Mag Simply Dynamic Multi-Mission Sling (commercialized by Magpul as the MS3)

LOAD OUT

Prior to the invasion of Iraq, Force was trained up for both Green Side(reconnaissance) and Black Side(direct action) missions, with the assumption we would be tasked to one or the other. However, when we entered Iraq, our platoon found ourselves doing a combination of both at the same time. Force Recon is a special operations unit that prepares the battlespace and gathers intelligence for the MAGTF(Marine Air Ground Task Force) and then prosecutes specialized targets as directed.  

With a few days under our belts, the entire platoon started striping gear and mags, looking for that perfect balance of speed, utility and capability. If you can’t move, you can’t be effective. Most of the Marines went from 13 rifle magazines to between five or six. I ended up with four on my vest and two taped together on my carbine with riggers tape and offset with a stick.

Force Recon ran low signature loads outs, often working out of vehicles(mil and civilian), and running a double mag on the carbine meant I had 60 rounds at the ready. When I saw the “Redi-Mag” in a copy of Shotgun News, I ordered it and had it delivered to me overseas. Despite the weight, the Redi-Mag was more versatile than the old riggers tape and stick, and cut my carbine reloads to sub one second.

I no longer run a Redi-Mag because there are so many excellent belt mounted magazine pouches available today, that I can reload at almost the exact speed as from a Redi-Mag. That said, you will sometimes find them on my house and car guns, as I do not expect to be kitting up if someone breaks into my house or I find myself engaged with an active shooter around vehicles in the streets.

M203

The M203 is a vital component to small and agile units, like Force, who operate in small units in semi and non-permissive settings. It becomes even more essential in worst case scenarios where the mission is compromised or the unit is outright ambushed by an enemy force.

We prepared for scenarios where 203s could be employed for a hasty breach, in instances where a short count/stack was not possible. Also, as a posturing tool to achieve immediate fire superiority in the face of an ambush. Finally, we practiced employing them to suppress fortified enemy positions in buildings by putting accurate fire through windows or open doors.

In fact, in the first gunfight I was involved in during OIF, I put this into practice, pumping 40mm HEDP(High Explosive Dual Purpose) rounds through windows of enemy positions 50 meters out. This fire created instant hate and discontent on target, where crew served weapons and M4s did not offer as much of an immediate positive effect. We had never trained to fire the M203 at such a close distance for safety reasons, but I held at the top of the window frame with my Aimpoint and the round went straight where I wanted it.

MEUSOC 1911

The MEUSOC 1911 has an almost legendary reputation among 1911 and handgun enthusiasts. One of the most high performance handguns ever built, the MEUSOC 1911 we ran was hand built by Marine Armorers from the Precision Weapons Section at MCBQ (Marine Corps Base Quantico). They fine tuned our 1911’s, hand selecting barrels, link pins, sear springs, ejectors, firing pin stops, mainspring housings and mainsprings. Slides were custom built by Springfield Armory with beavertail safeties and recoil spring guides by Ed Brown, Novak rear sights, Wilson Combat extractors + mag release buttons, and King’s Gun Works ambi thumb safeties.

Force ran the 1911 specifically in direct action raid or ambush missions. It was not a primary and would only come into play if our carbines had run dry or malfunctioned. We carried 10 round magazines with 230 Grain 45 ACP. More than enough to deal with any immediate situation and then refocus on the carbine to get it back into action.

On DRP(Deep Reconnaissance Patrol) Missions, I personally chose my Berretta M92, which was our only 9mm alternative at the time. The flatter trajectory at range of the 9mm and the larger magazine meant more bullets to deal with more problems in the event my carbine was down or permanently disabled.

When I later worked as a security contractor on Ambassador Bremmer’s detail with Blackwater, we would run Glock 17s. But in the end, the mission drives the gear. But more importantly, the mission drives the man.

THE MISSION DRIVES THE MAN

When I first started making gear, I was doing it to help keep my guys alive. When I started my first company, Simply Dynamic Tactical, I wasn’t in it to get rich. I was doing it to pass on what I learned in combat and to provide tools that would stack the deck in the favor of the men and women who were going overseas or out on our streets as warfighters, law enforcement or private citizens.

Surviving war is an awesome responsibility. For those who have been in combat, you never forget the brothers you lost. When you are one of those who made it back, you carry a weight that is difficult to put into words. I was lucky to have known such great men in my life. I was lucky to have a second family closer than any people I will ever know.

As I approach the 5th year in business with Haley Strategic Partners, we have tried to bring this industry together and to stay focused on that one mission. Enable brave men and women to complete their missions as safely as possible. Through training, through gear and through mindset.  

Stay Sharp and be safe,

Travis Haley October, 2015

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I need this!

The Colonel. Available now here.

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I'm interested.

I think I’ve decided I’m going to start a new blog and delete this one. I don’t want to be a popular blog. I’m tired of words being put in my mouth, I’m tired of being attacked cause fucking morons assume I’m talking about something I didn’t even mention. I’m tired of people with keyboards and the emotionally maturity and reasoning abilities of a toddler.

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New toy came in the mail from #RavenConcealment.

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Lovely Adult Performers on Tumblr!

Here is a list of some of the amazing content producers (between photo modeling, camming, clip models, etc.) I follow. Follow them, support them, and buy some of their content! If I follow you and you don’t find yourself on this list, I’m sorry! I’m doing all of these by memory.

@camdamage

@ixnay-on-the-oddk

@dollyleighofficial

@theunicornkittenkween

@cherryvonfairy

@vextape

@twatandcollards

@ravynalexander

@zoe–maria

@yhivi

@gothamswhore

@blathh

@ivyaura

@nickisunshine

@thekiranoir

@ev0nne

@psy-faerie

@berpl

@thehalophoenix

@yourgoddess-marley

@kenyagoldengirl

@evegunn

@crypiggy

@partyiningridsmouth

@iamjalisaelite

@kellliver

@carmitabonita

I think that about covers it! These performers are honestly amazing. They offer such a wide variety of styles, niches, and types of content. If you’re not following and buying from them, you’re missing out.

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Im the crazy one no one knows how to handle. 

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I can't wait to get this. Gonna get back into riding and need a good, quality bike to do so.

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Random text from someone I ether don't know, or don't have the number saved... So much win