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Everybody who wears The One Ring in LOTR starts to refer to it as ‘My Precious,’ and Tolkien’s right that is super creepy, but what I really love is that everybody does it, which says to me that this super powerful scary evil sentient ring has a favorite pet name and just, like, will not respond to anything else.

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i have not booped half of you as well as i would have liked, and i have booped half of you half as well as you deserve.

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I hate you AI, I hate you sites making deals with souless corporations that think creativity can be replicated by an unthinking machine, I hate you money-hungry investors and ceos, I hate you opt-out models, I hate you tech bros, I hate you having to spend precious free time having to scramble our art in a desperate attempt not to getting stolen from, I hate you minimization of the hard work we put into our craft, I hate ''''machine learning''''' being compared to a very human person putting in the hours to better themselves, I hate you commodification of the very core of human's expression, I hate you scams being helped along by uber plagiarism, I hate you AI, I hate you AI, I hate you AI, I HATE YOU AI

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From instructions on how to opt out, look at the official staff post on the topic. It also gives more information on Tumblr's new policies. If you are opting out, remember to opt out each separate blog individually.

Please reblog this post, so it will get more votes!

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They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

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What is this about the tumblr staff wanting to sell art data to midjourney?

An ex-colleague of mine mentioned yesterday that there may be contacts between Automattic and midjourney in that direction, but nothing is public yet and I don't have any more info. They probably won't have anything specific to share either, since they left the company weeks ago too. That being said:

I have no reason to doubt my ex-coworker word, they are a trustworthy person.

Tumblr's CEO has been absurdly enthusiastic (comically, even) about AI, and is a big fan of LLMs and 'AI' companies.

A deal with midjourney could solve tumblr financial issues (not the same company, but openAi is paying up to 5 million/year to news companies to use their content as training data... tumblr generates several orders of magnitude more content than any newspaper or any media company and it only would need a 20 to 30 million per year deal to be profitable)

So I don't have any extra info yet, but I'm keeping my ears open.

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Good news, fellow artists! Nightshade has finally been released by the UChicago team! If you aren't aware of what Nightshade is, it's a tool that helps poison AI datasets so that the model "sees" something different from what an image actually depicts. It's the same team that released Glaze, which helps protect art against style mimicry (aka those finetuned models that try to rip off a specific artist). As they show in their paper, even a hundred poisoned concepts make a huge difference.

(Reminder that glazing your art is more important than nighshading it, as they mention in their tweets above, so when you're uploading your art, try to glaze it at the very least.)

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Lock your Ao3 accounts from public viewing, make it that only registered users can see it

Google's new AI is not just targeting your Google docs

It's going for anything publicly available. Which means the works you posted lovingly, for free can be used by Google in their scrapping without credit. Google has admitted this and is currently facing a class action lawsuit about it, but nothing they're doing is technically illegal because no ai laws

Private your shit, don't use Google docs or web-based/internet connected versions of Microsoft Word. If anyone has links to free writing sources, please reblog with them.

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It’s finally here! The Reforged preorder store is now open for business!

Come on over to reforgedzine.com to get sweet early bird specials before Saturday, Feb 18 ends for awesome limited time deals. Choose from: 1) Digital Zine: Just the PDF - €12 2) Printed Zine: Printed and PDF - €35 3) Small Merch Pack: Printed, PDF, postcard, 2 stickers, washi tape - €45 4) Big Merch Pack: Printed, PDF, small merch, 3 acrylic charms, enamel pin - €65 5/6) Big Merch Pack PLUS an additional, original sketch by either KotaRiverroad or MassiveSpaceWren - €90

+ Add our NSFW bonus book for 50 pages of steamy, 18+ comics, art, and fic!

Early Bird Specials are an additional FOUR prints, if you order before Saturday, Feb 18 ends.

The preorder shop will close after March 11, so get your zine while you can!

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Marked down the clear grey winteriron one since it does have a crack in the top left piece from the cutting process- it is held in place by the solder so even if it does someday run all the way through it will stay there, but still

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~ Prices are what is shown + shipping (and I will only charge what it costs to ship- if you want an idea ahead of time I’m shipping from 50014 USA)

~ DM me either here or on Discord (Ibreathebooks#6783) with which pieces you want and the address you would like them shipped to, I’ll double check total price with you including shipping to make sure you are still okay with that

~ Payment is only through PayPal

~ First come first serve, but I’ll keep a waiting list incase someone else changes their mind or you would like to be specifically pinged next time I have that item ~ right now going to be posting listings here and at least one discord server,

so feel free to let me know where you’d like a ping

~ Yes I will ship international, just be aware of how much shipping might be

~ Any questions please ask

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@capreversebb, @starkbucksbingo and @tonystarkbingo info under the cut

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Also please read this fic Missing Pieces written by @marvel-kitten for the @capreversebb bang! (masterpost here)

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meme but it's king shark and constantine

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Being an extremely picky reader, I have a lot of sympathy for people who can't find the kind of fic they want to read, who don't resonate with many popular fanon, who have tastes that just aren't often addressed in most fic. The smaller the fandom, the worse off these woes, usually. What I don't give two shuddering shits about are the folks who make this the authors' problem.

Fanfic detractors love to say it's not real writing, but even putting aside the 101 ways that's total bullshit, the sheer act of writing takes time. At my fastest, I could write maximum 1200 words an hour; these days, it's closer to 500. Yet, you have so many writers churning out fic after fic, ranging from bite-sized bits to epic-length monstrosities. That's hours and hours of our lives. I set aside 2–3 hours a day for writing, and you can bet those add up fast.

So here you have these people creating scores of content for the hell of it, putting it up for free, and expecting damn near nothing in return. There are outliers, of course, but the general sentiment I've seen is that we don't want money, and we don't demand comments, though we appreciate the everloving shit out of them. At the core of it, writing fic is a labour of love, and fandom is a gift economy.

You know what's not a gift? Being a little shit in the comment/ask boxes of your local fandom writers.

It's fine, absolutely a-okay, spectacularly acceptable to not like or even viscerally hate any given character, trope, ship, or even specific fic. But listen, that's a you problem—and it doesn't have to be problem at all if you just click that pretty X and exit the story posthaste. The author won't even know you'd been there, and you're free to go wash out the taste of whatever fuckery made you nope out. If you're inclined toward writing yourself, you can even give the tried-and-true art of writing out of spite a go.

But, for the love of god, don't hop into the comment box and list all the ways in which the author could've made the story the one you wanted.

It's not your story. It's also clearly not for you. The writer wrote the story they wanted the way they wanted it. Leave it the fuck alone.

Some writers may ask for concrit; feel free to give it, provided you've nailed the constructive part of constructive criticism.

But their writing has typos and grammar errors: Shit happens, and we're not robots. Ignore it, or if you can't stand it, stop reading.

But it'd have been better if it was another ship/character/direction: That's your opinion, which will remain valid for only as long as it stays solely in your head. Again, stop reading. Exit quietly.

But the content is problematic: My brother in Christ, it was meant to be. We're not all pearl-clutching puritans. Stop reading things that upset you, especially if they're tagged!

Harassing authors won't get you the content you want. Nor, for that matter, will politely pestering them make them see the holy light of whatever crusade you're on. Most you'll manage is break the confidence of a fledgling writer or drive someone vulnerable out of fandom. And if that's your endgame, you're the kind of trash a handful of words from voxofthevoid.tungle.com can't change, so fuck you anyway.

Creativity begets more creativity. In every fandom I've written for, I started writing because, after a point, reading wasn't enough. I have specific tastes that don't always align with broader fandom tastes—for instance, I like out-and-proud sadists and writing my favs as tops/doms, whereas the predominant trends seem to favor the opposite. I also like very specific kinds of fuckery with my fluff, which are often hard to find. All that's fine. I have MS Word and the will to use it.

Granted, writing fic deliberately tailored to my tastes isn't the same as reading fic that's coincidentally tailored to my tastes, but that's fine too. I can be immeasurably grateful to the wonderful folks whose writing does strike a chord in me while also endeavouring to one day make someone say, "Damn, voxofthevoid, this is exactly the story I needed." That's what I want to give to fandom.

Others are free to think, "Yikes, voxofthevoid, you're fucked in the head," and be on their merry way; just don't make it my problem.

And if you, personally, don't have the time or inclination to be the porn fic you want to see in the world, there are other ways to encourage the kind of content you want to see. Participate in fandom exchanges. Seek out writers that take prompts or requests. Send positive encouragement (not rude demands) to the writers whose work you enjoy.

Don't throw a tantrum in the comment/ask box. It helps no one. It pisses off a lot of people. Nobody benefits.

Sincerely,

Someone who's very, very tired of seeing entitled shits make fandom a nightmare for everyone

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Oh God.

I just found that madamefaust, one of my favourite authors from the Hobbit fandom, hast deleted her AO3 account. All her precious fic is… just gone. All those treasures, her Durin family saga that had a profound influence on my headcanons, and the wonderful Dis-centric Quest fic Wild Geese… and she deleted her tumblr too. We were mutuals, but I didn’t notice and I don’t know why. People come and go, that doesn’t mean they’ll drop out completely - most of the time I remember my mutuals fondly, even if we haven’t heard from each other in ages, and think that maybe our digital paths will cross again one day. But she’s vanished and all her works are missing. Even the tumblr ficlets. It’s probably been a while, too.

Of course everyone ist entitled to do with their works as they damn well please, and I’m sure she had a good reason. But still, it hurts. I wish there was a way to tell her what those stories meant to me.

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Title: Topmasts and Treachery Author: @rise-up-ting-ting-like-glitter Author's AO3 account: Wiggle Artist: @feignedsobriquet Pairing: James “Bucky” Barnes/Tony Stark Rating: Teen Warnings: The reports of Tony Stark's death are greatly exaggerated. Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Steampunk, Airships, Wings, Mechanical Wings, Kidnapped Tony Stark, Time for a rescue!, BAMF Tony Stark, Flirting, flirting on the high skies, Pre-Relationship, getting together, not so pre-relationship, kissy kissy Word count: 4500 Summary: In the wake of Tony Stark's death, acting Stark Industries head, Obadiah Stane, contacts Bucky to find his other nephew.

Skyships! Mystery! Villains! and Kissing.

Living myth and legend Tony Stark can't really be dead, can he?

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@buckybarnesbingo info below the cut

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@tonystarkbingo & @starkbucksbingo info below the cut

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one day i will finish this for you? when i have successfully learnt how to paint fur? D: but also.... GOATS also... abhorsen au also??👀👀👀👀

I FEEL YOU WORDS ARE SO HARD but plz I must know about "Aristocats:Catnapped"

and ghosthunters

and maybe even the one with the goats

I WISH YOU ALL THE WORDS AND ALL THE TIME TO WRITE THEM 💖

THANK YOU AND WELL WISHES TO YOU AS WELL (yes plz your words are so lovely i wish you all of them <3 <3)

Aristocats:Catnapped It's Aristocats but WINTERIRON! Blame/gratitude for this totally falls on @feignedsobriquet who may or may not remember their lovely art because it's been...awhile. Cat!Tony and his litter of kittens (Morgan, Peter, Harley, Riri, Morgan, Nebula) are catnapped and left in the wilds and who should find them but lovable rogue cat!Bucky??

ghosthunters Tony & Rhodey are ghosthunters who don't believe in ghosts.

Bucky is a ghost whose sort of pissed off about the whole ghost thing and haunts Tony for shits & giggles.

Then Tony gets a little too close to what happened to Bucky... DUN DUN DUN.

the one with goats SPOILERS there are goats!! and also a Bucky and a Winter Soldier who take care of the goats but struggle with the whole 2 personalities & 1 body thing. Then there's Tony, who is only supposed to be in Wakanda for the cool tech but turns out he can't not meddle with people who have even worse communication issues than he does. CACW feels but we're going for some RECONCILIATION and also some GOAT FEELS and i don't know if it will be relevant yet but i totally watched a youtube video about a goat giving birth for this.