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HAPPY WIDE WITCH WEDNESDAY

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todayborday

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“I’m the Labor Day Fairy and I’m here to teach you the true meaning of collective bargaining.”

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Guys, Todaybor Day got shouted out by Puyo Puyo

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Today-bor Day-bor is Labor Day-bor

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It’s alright, I’ve been in the pits of despair before…I know the feeling. Take all the time you need to rest and recover. Lord knows how long it took for me to drag myself back to my feet after falling so deeply into the dark. You just gotta keep pressing forwards and look for your port in the storm through the mental torrents that is life.

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I’ll link and spread your new KoFi when the time comes, and hope that others will show their support both now and in the future.

Just take solace in knowing that there will always be those that love you, I couldn’t imagine my Tumblr experience without ya being there…You were formative to me actually doing things on this Hell Site.

Hey Did Something Happen? I went to check up on your KoFi link to see the donation progress, and your page isn’t showing up for me.

Was it an error localized on my end cause this is a really poor time for KoFi to play fuck fuck games.

I mean…Your literally suffering internal bleeding of some description, or perhaps something closer to the outside has been rendered so raw as to bleed. (Been there many times)

Either way, you need those donations and I’ve been doing my best to reblog and spread links periodically since I don’t have the cash to donate currently.

I promise I’ll donate as soon as I get a job, hopefully I can at least get something part time at this local Grocery Outlet.

I've been in a VERY bad place mentally as of late. Between my struggles with paying for all those medical bills and just the side effects of my condition (constant discomfort and exhaustion)

So earlier this week in a fit of despair I sorta... gave up and deleted my ko-fi. I almost deleted this blog too, as well as uh... more extreme things

BUT I've been getting help with this stuff and I'm slowly getting back up on my own two feet

I'll make a new ko-fi eventually, but for now I just wanna get my shit together internally

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Well said, it’s honestly been amazing seeing so many folks of different stripes get into Gundam as a whole through G-Witch. From watching the other Anime series to actually getting into Gunpla. It’s been wild also being able to share the experience with others, I actually watched through Witch from Mercury in a Voice Call through a Watch Together service so we're all on the same page.

It was honestly magical, and I really hope to do another Gundam Watch Together at some point. Mayhaps with some folks who haven’t watched Witch or Gundam as a whole, maybe with the same Gundam Friends as before.

All in all…I’m quite hopeful about the healthiness of Gundam going forwards!

Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - Semifinals

This poll is a celebration of fandom and fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

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I mean…As a Gundam Fan, this is a no brainer choice. It’s very rare for Gundam…Anything really to pop up in a pop culture/fandom event in general, let alone an event/tournament like this. Most Gundam related tournaments are usually kept within the greater Gundam sphere.

Well…

It’s time for us to go beyond our limited Sphere, and branch out to Other spheres! Beginning here, in the Tumblr Sphere. This is gonna be a regular Earth Drop folks!

Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - Semifinals

This poll is a celebration of fandom and fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

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Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - Quarterfinals

This poll is a celebration of fandom and fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

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Oh dang, I haven't checked up on Tumblr in awhile so I've been making rounds trying to piece back together folks I haven't checked up again in awhile. Sorry for how long it's been since I've lasted popped up. I would've reblogged and boosted far sooner had I known.

I really hope you get your help soon, I've never had something messing with my plumbing like that in years...But I still remember the hospital trips to this day.

Hopefully things will get better, with a little luck and everyone doing what they can to support ya.

Well for those who have been paying attention this won't come as a surprise, but my health has been quickly deteriorating since February

or to put it more blunty I've had the shits for over 2 months now and that has completely fucked my health

We're still trying to figure out what caused this, but there's been no new developments

So that has left me with two options:

I either continue to rely on my country's universe health care system and continue to wait months between tests, and continue to let my physical and mental health go to shit (haha) even longer

OR I talk to a private clinic about this and start paying to get this dealt with as quickly as possible

This donation goal is to help me do the latter, so my life can return to some sense of normality and so I don't need extra cushions to sit at the lunch table anymore

Anything helps at this point. Even if you can't donate just giving this a boost would do wonders

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Scotland - Ban Conversion Therapy Consultation

Scotland is currently consulting the public on banning conversion therapy. Unfortunately, it is not going well. The consultation has been brigaded by transphobes and it needs a lot submissions in support.

The Equality Network, who we did the Hollow Knight fundraiser for, has put together a guide on how to fill in the consultation form.

There is nothing in the consultation which limits the scope of who can submit their thoughts.

Please consider filling this in and help push to end conversion therapy in Scotland.

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The ACLU has launched a petition against Mastercard’s policies on adult content!

Mastercard put into effect a new policy regulating adult content sellers that makes it extremely hard for sex workers to earn a living online. It must be stopped.

The policy itself imposes strict and invasive requirements on adult content websites using Mastercard’s financial services – including pre-approval of all content before publication, forbidding certain search terms, and monitoring the age and identity verification process for all performers.

Americans sign here!!

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everyone forgot about this wholesome video so i dug through the deep files of the internet cause it needs to be seen again

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Ok! This is important!

I don't have a big community here on Tumblr, but I do have you guys who know what Matt Mullenweg has done, (and here's some more content on that, and this). So since my poll turnouts came in, I promised to do this.

Sign this petition, and I will repetitively shove it down Tumblr staff's throat when it gets a decent amount of signatures.

I know you may say this won't work, but I've gotten multiple users who support xenosatanism, are transphobic, and harass minors banned by the power of having you guys here to assist shoving it down Tumblr's throat (awh and yet we ain't got @toplayistowin banned yet but oh well).

Since I am apparently 'notorious' (in the #undertale community tags) for being 'problematic' and even being named 'controversial' for simply existing, and I've managed to nuke the ones calling me that, maybe I can shoot and try to help nuke Matt Mullenweg before he helps implement more trans slandering moderation. Also just because what this man has done is downright wrong and he shouldn't be in any position of power.

I don't know how many signatures I need to aim for, but I know we need a decent amount so please help boost this petition anywhere you can.

I promise to do my part and shove it down Tumblr's throat (I am great at doing that), but I need your guys' assistance in both doing that, and getting the signatures in the first place.

Reblog, boost, blaze(?), do whatever. This isn't about notes though, this is about signatures and this is about where the petition is shared to. So share the petition, do anything you can to help out.

Thank you.

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A message from a few of the trans staff at Tumblr & Automattic:

We want trans people, and LGBTQ+ people broadly, to feel welcome on Tumblr, in part because we as trans people at Tumblr and Automattic want it to be a space where we ourselves feel included. We want to feel like this is a platform that supports us and fights for our safety. Tumblr is made brighter and more vibrant by your presence, and the LGBTQ+ folks who help run it are fighting all the time for this, for you, internally. 

A few days ago, Matt Mullenweg (the CEO of Automattic, Tumblr’s parent company) responded to a user’s ask about an account suspension in a way that negatively affected Tumblr’s LGBTQ+ community. We believe that Matt's response to this ask and his continued commentary has been unwarranted and harmful. Tumblr staff do not comment on moderation decisions as a matter of policy for a variety of reasons—including the privacy of those involved, and the practicalities of moderating thousands of reports a day. The downside of this policy is that it is very easy for rumors and incorrect information about actions taken by our Trust & Safety team to spread unchecked. Given this, we want to clarify a few different pieces of this situation:

The reality of predstrogen's suspension was not accurately conveyed, and made it seem like we were reaching for opportunities to ban trans feminine people on the platform. This is not the case. The example comment shared in the post linked above does not meet our definition of a realistic threat of violence, and was not the deciding factor in the account suspension.

Matt thereafter failed to recognize the harm to the community as a result of this suspension. Matt does not speak on behalf of the LGBTQ+ people who help run Tumblr or Automattic, and we were not consulted in the construction of a response to these events.

Last year, the "mature" and "sexual themes" community labels were erroneously applied to some users' posts. An outside team of contractors tasked with applying community labels to posts were responsible for this larger trend of mislabeling trans-related content. When our Trust & Safety team discovered this issue (thanks largely to reports from the community), we removed the contracted team’s ability to apply community labels and added more oversight to ensure it does not happen again. In the Staff post about this, LGBTQ+ staff pushed to be more transparent but were overruled by leadership. The termination of a contractor mentioned in the original ask response was for an unrelated incident which was incorrectly attributed to this case. We regret that the mislabeling ever happened, and the negative impact it has had on the trans community on Tumblr. 

Transition timelines are not against our community guidelines, and weren’t a factor considered by the moderation team when discussing suspensions and subsequent appeals. We do not take action against content that is related to transitioning or trans bodies unless it includes violations of the Community Guidelines.

When it comes to the experience of trans folks on Tumblr encountering transphobic content, and interacting with bigoted users, we understand and share your frustrations. Tumblr’s policies, and Automattic’s policies, are written to ensure freedom of speech and expression. We prohibit harassment as defined in our Community Guidelines, but we know that this policy falls short of protecting users from the wider scope of harmful speech often used against LGBTQ+ and other marginalized people.

Going forward, Tumblr is taking the following actions:

Prioritizing anti-harassment features that will empower users to more effectively protect themselves from harassment.

Building more internal tooling for us as Staff to proactively identify and mitigate instances of harassment.

Reviewing which of the tags frequently used by the trans community are blocked, and working to make them available next week.

We’re sorry for how this all transpired, and we’re actively fighting to make our voices heard more and prevent something like this from happening again in the future. We know firsthand that having to deal with situations like this as a Tumblr user is difficult, particularly as a member of an already frequently targeted and harassed community. We know it will take time to regain your trust, and we’re going to put in the work to rebuild it.

We appreciate the space we have been given to express our concerns and dissent, and we are thankful that Matt’s (and Automattic’s) strong commitment to freedom of expression has facilitated it.

We will continue to fight to make Tumblr safe for us all.

— This statement was authored by multiple trans employees of Tumblr and Automattic.