#move wordpress

[mudwerks]

(via Tumblr will move all of its blogs to WordPress — and you won’t even notice a difference - The Verge)

Soon, all of the blogs on Tumblr will be hosted on WordPress. Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com and Tumblr, announced on Wednesday that it will start to move the site’s half a billion blogs to the new WordPress-based backend.

This update shouldn’t affect the way Tumblr works for users, whom Automattic promises won’t notice any difference after the migration. Automattic says the change will make it easier to ship new features across both platforms and let Tumblr run on the stable infrastructure of WordPress.com. (WordPress.com is a private hosting service built on the open-source WordPress content management software.)

“We can build something once and bring it to both WordPress and Tumblr,” the post reads. “Tumblr will benefit from the collective effort that goes into the open source WordPress project.” However, Automattic acknowledges that the move “won’t be easy.” It also doesn’t say when the migration will be complete.

[sidewalk-scrawls]

I bet the reason the nested replies UI is so ugly is they're saving space to add reactions too. That's my conspiracy theory for today. 🧐 I'm onto u tumblr... I see the future......

WAIT actually no what if they added up/downvotes for replies instead. Introducing a ratio effect to a previously ratio-free site. The replies are traditionally the underfunded petting zoo of tumblr after all. Lotta laugh potential there.

Any of these options will still be very ugly though lol

Ha, we'll have to wait and see, but now you have receipts for the future if you're proven right!!

Of those two options, I think reactions are slightly more likely because upvotes/downvotes seem kind of antithetical to how engagement works on this site? But who knows, tumblr does what tumblr does lol

Honestly, though, I'd wager the devs just aren't particularly good at UI work and/or simply don't have the *time* to do UI work (since staff is so tiny these days). The spacing on the new reply panel looks to me like they plopped in the reply button icon, and then maybe spent a total of 5 seconds trying to adjust the padding in the CSS code before giving up lmao. Given this site's propensity for spaghetti code, it's also possible they *tried* to fix it, and had a contradictory style somewhere they couldn't find slfjddsl.

Basically, the layout has a lot of spacing that looks more to me like unnecessary padding rather than space for additional elements. Personally, though, I think tumblr should add exactly one (1) react button, and it should just be the tumbeasts from days of old

[percivalias]

Good website builders/hosts?

Hey gang. Looking to switch my website from its current platform to a new one here in a couple months when the annual subscription runs out but I'm not entirely sure what all the options are beyond the really big companies that dominate the market. I'm looking for something that has a visual editor that is easy to work with & flexible, while still letting me dig into the code and write custom HTML/CSS when I need that. Anyone have any recs?

[duskwingmoth]

Last week's phone drawrs

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

is anyone else interested in joining my server? not quite ready to invite people yet but should be soon. just gauging interest right now. “like” or reply to this post and when i’m ready i’ll send you an invite.

server will probably be dual purpose. 

there will be (1) a semi-public side oriented toward general discussion (topics like politics, books, history, philosophy, religion, media, science, tech, etc) and community building (nothing is set in stone yet but i am imagining activities like book club, movie watching, playing games, contests and giveaways, etc). and there will be (2) a private side dedicated to more focused discussions and internal cult matters.

the server won’t be a “safe space” -- i’m fine with a bit of edge (within ToS. not trying to get terminated.) -- but i do want this server (at least the semi-public side) to be /relatively/ welcoming and civil. so if you’re egregiously toxic or vulgar or prone to shitflinging or sperging out you won’t be welcome here. neither will you be welcome if you’re overly sensitive.

otherwise, as long as you follow the rules, you will be fine. though i always reserve the right to executively veto your presence for any reason.

[sheerakk]

final and first design of Shally for animation class.

I also have a comic assigment to do and I plan to use her in it as well as my Johan character from concept art assigment.

[utilitycaster]

hi! perhaps it's a stupid question, but i was wondering how do you read? are you making notes? highlight things? or you have a pretty good memory? thank you

Hi anon,

Is this like...apropos of something specific? Like a specific type of reading I do? It's not a bad question, but since I mostly talk about actual play here (ie, things I watch or listen to) rather than things I read, I'm not sure of the context.

For fiction, I mostly just read to be honest. I have a decent memory but I definitely forget a lot. The thing about giant epic fantasy series is that if you forget small details, or, to be honest, large ones, it's usually fine. At worst you'll be confused or say something kind of dumb, and because I don't really write meta about, say, Wheel of Time or Stormlight Archives, I don't care if I've forgotten lore. If I remember a book super well there's a good chance it's because I've read it multiple times, which means it's probably not a doorstopper fantasy novel.

I did take notes on reading when I was in grad school. I've never been a highlighter and I specifically find that, irritating as it can be, taking notes longhand and then transcribing them was the best way for me to fix things in my mind: the action of longhand + the repetition of transcription + the ability to search my notes once transcribed.

[carrionmansion]

html and css is so mean to me

[wild-at-mind]

cn mental health talk, queer community discourse

I don’t have depressive episodes in the sense that some people describe them- they seem to be heavily associated with loss of the ability to take care of yourself physically in today’s discourse about mental health. E.g. not being able to get out of bed, wash and eat. I have experienced that before in my life but the most common kind of depressive episodes I get are periods of extensive self loathing connected to online politics and how I fit into them. During these times my emotions become uncontrollable and very painful to have. I often have conversations with loved ones during these times that could be considered ‘begging for value’. Or maybe begging to be seen as a worthwhile person. I feel like leftist, queer, radical circles filter through my mind in this endless, sick swirl, where you must form your individual identity into the most impressive and perfect it can be. Sometimes it seems like the most radical thing is to not participate in society and to be outside of it (maybe in a trans separatist commune of some kind). Sometimes it seems like the pain and suffering someone has gone through is the most important, with the suffering of oppressed groups almost fetishised in a rather religious way, while those who are in privileged groups must reveal their traumatic experiences to show their experiences of suffering. Sometimes it seems like the most radical is to pick a section of the LGBTQ community to turn on and be cruel to, sometimes ignoring the historical context of sections of that community’s history (sections of the community with longer and more documented historys are at a disadvantage here). Sometimes it seems like your personal sex life is the site of radicalness- whether the sex you have is kinky enough to upset normative society with your queerness, whether you have enough partners (increasing your personal value with more partners= a v radical idea), and the amount you feel comfortable sharing about it will be seen as reflective on your stance on purity politics. In case you can’t tell, absolutely none of that is real. This is just what is going through my mind in a constant loop when I’m having an episode. These episodes can be waited out, and they all end in time, but during them every minute feels like agony. Sometimes I want to crawl out of my skin. But the truth is, it may not be real what my brain does with the input I get, but also these ideas are being hinted at and gestured at often on online radical queer leftist spaces. Sometimes as responses to something else, sometimes just as an idea someone had. Many people are unbothered by any of this, but some are affected. I have seen it said that in today’s world of the internet being the supposed front line of activism (it isn’t, but it can seem like that a lot), people are fighting really hard to be accepted in online communities that may be extremely judgemental and have very harsh social penalties for even slight disagreement. These places aren’t a substitute for close connection with real people who you know, care about and befriend. (IRL is my preference but you can meet people you know like this online too, in a more individual connection.) Becoming a member of a small, local LGBTQ community meetup group in my town has been so good for me, and has changed my life for the better. They accept me, and that’s not something I’ve felt very often (longterm social difficulties going back to childhood, yaay). But just a few minutes in the wrong place online, I start mentally stressing out about whether these people who I care about are radical and disruptive enough to the ‘system’ or whatever, and my carefully built up mental resources fall down and then I’m spiralling. tldr I guess: maybe radical leftist queer people should focus less time on carefully policing each other’s radicalness, both inherent and expressed. It’s cruel and it does hurt people

[finitevariety]

lol i went to find the source for the grrm news about him meeting with his publishers, and it was literally a throwaway line in his last notablog and now also notalivejournal entry

I also found time to meet with my British publisher, and my other British publisher, to talk WILD CARDS and A SONG OF ICE & FIRE and (of course) THE WINDS OF WINTER.

great fit though george

[stick-named-figure]

tumblrs like actively making this site bad. like this has been a thing for a while but like. the truncating of reblog chains (can no longer go to a previous reblog for some reason) and also now they're selling domains? i thought this before they started selling domains but i wouldnt be surprised if tumblr got rid of subdomains bc like. they seem to be trying to curtail on it (blogs not having subdomains by default, manually having to set a blog to "custom url" or whatever)

[fortunesrevolver]

Laptops Make Fantastic Weapons

To be clear, I never actually used my laptop as a weapon, but during my first semester away from home at university, I almost did. Like, almost launched it directly at someone’s face.

It wasn’t even my laptop. It was a laptop loaned to me by the school… but I like to believe they wouldn’t have charged me for damages if it was in self-defence.

I don’t think it’s any sort of secret that I went to Northern Michigan University up in Marquette. The city itself was lovely and the University was the largest city around. Even so, it was pretty isolated, but I still loved it there. Sometimes I wish I could go back or even move up there, but I don’t think I’d handle the isolation by myself very well long-term.

The point being, I was about 12-ish hours away from home long-term by myself for the first time in my life. Both a big step and a terrifying one.

Keep that in mind.

It was less than one month into my new uni life. I was still adjusting to all of it — sharing a room with someone new I didn’t know, setting a good schedule for myself, trying to keep a good diet… You know. All the things we promise ourselves we’ll do and maintain once we’re off Adulting.

I can’t say how it works for other Universities, but at mine, at least, you could get a loft kit for your bed for a small rental fee. Like the name implies, it turned your bed into a loft so you could open up the space under your bed for more room — very important in a small room you have to share. The point here being that, to get into my bed, you had to climb about six rungs to climb inside.

Remember that now.

So it’s about 3am. I’d just gotten off my laptop twenty minutes earlier and slipped it beside my pillow because I was too tired to climb down and set it on my desk. The next day was Friday and I had no classes, so I was very much looking forward to sleeping in and relaxing for most of the day before wandering around the campus to explore. The room was warm, my bed was comfortable, my pillows soft… It was all perfect for drifting off.

I heard the bathroom door open and shut (metal door, made a decent thunk) and I assumed it was my roommate going to the bathroom. Didn’t think much of it.

Until my bed started to shake. Shake with the weight of someone climbing the ladder to get IN it.

The next thing I knew my laptop was in my hands and held over my head as I prepared to LAUNCH it at whatever face showed up at the end of my bed.

To be honest, I’m surprised I didn’t scream: it looked like Sadoko had come right out of the well and decided my bed was the perfect one to climb into.

I must have made some sort of noise, because my roommate flipped her bedside lamp on seconds later and cleared her throat loudly. I looked to her and she was glaring at the foot of my bed. I mean she looked pissed, and to this day, I have never been more grateful that she was there. I genuinely wished we could have become better friends and kept in contact after that year ended.

I looked back at the end of my bed and saw one of our suitemates. Frozen, dead-eyed, and very, very obviously wasted. She just… didn’t move. Sat there frozen at the end of the bed and stared.

Part of me still wanted to throw the laptop at her, but I was still having something of a heart attack and unable to process what was happening once my brain managed to comprehend that, while not at all the ideal situation, I was no longer in danger of being murdered or assaulted.

When The Suitemate didn’t move, my roommate, bless her, announced loudly that this was not her room, and I guess that worked. She just… climbed out of bed and used our front door to walk out into the hallway. Both doors were immediately locked and we just… sat there for a while in silence.

I don’t even remember if I thanked her for what she did. I want to believe I did. I’m fairly sure I did… but there’s a bit of a blur after my bed was no longer inhabited by a drunken dollar store horror knock-off.

Yeah. Not even a month into my first semester. Barely two weeks.

I didn’t end up falling asleep until after 5am. I also kept an obnoxious pile of stuffed animals at the foot of the bed for almost a month. Just in case. Might as well slow down anyone else who tried to follow her example.

If anyone tried… well, I did still have a school-loaned laptop to throw at them. And a 6-inch knife under my pillow. Just in case.

Thankfully, I never had to break a laptop over a bitch’s head or stab them any of the 3.5 years it took me to graduate.

All in all, I’d say that’s a successful way to end one’s university career.

[roseandsalt]

endeavouring to post all 957 drafts in a move hailed as "incredibly brave" by several news outlets

[tiny-talks-big-tales]

Cyborg upgrades on the way (Original post date: 17.05.24)

In the last update post I described a lot of stuff that’s missing or going wrong. Some of those about stuff I need, but don’t yet have. Stuff for augmenting my disabled body to function better. Like a cyborg! I’m leaning into the silly cyborg analogy because it’s funny and makes me feel good.

So here are 4 currently pending cyborg upgrades that I should be getting in the near-ish future. If nothing more goes wrong to halt these processes, that is.

Highly custom power wheelchair: We’re awaiting parts needed for one more day of fitting, which will probably happen the first week of June. After that, the final chair delivery ETA is end of June. Only 1.5 months from now! I’ve been without a wheelchair since November last year and absolutely cannot describe how much I look forward to finally having one again. The techs working with me on it are also really good, and it seems like I might get a wheelchair that’s comfortable to sit in!!!

Dedicated AAC device with eyegaze option: A very cool Grid Pad Eye 15″ along with an adjustable floor stand should be sent out to me next week, for an extended home trial. After summer we’ll have a meeting about how it worked for me, and if it worked well i can apply to keep it indefinitely. It will be mountable on my new wheelchair, too.

Hearing tests and hearing aid evaluation: Got 2 appointments coming up, one in the end of May and one in early June. So far looks like i might actually be able to make it to these! I will ask for hearing aids and what I’ve been told so far in the process sounds like it shouldn’t be too hard to get? The audiologist I saw last year said I need them, and lots of sources has said the threshold for getting hearing aids covered is pretty low. So I’m hopeful.

Breathing better machine: All the doctors so far agree it sounds like I need one, probably a BiPAP? And I’m finally being referred to a pulmonology clinic for testing and evaluating for that. I really hope it works out, my breathing is so poor it knocks me out multiple times a day. Breathing alone is responsible for a significant chunk of my bad quality of life. It’s because my chest is too weak to inhale/exhale properly, and thankfully this is a well known issue with my levels of bad body strength. It being well known has made it pretty easy to be believed about it, so far. And the usual cyborg upgrade solution to this problem is “make a machine shove the air in harder”, which is hilariously crude compared to most of modern medicine.

Cross all your fingers and toes with me that all of this works out well because I am McHeckin Strugglin' :c

[incenseandcookies]

Oh Lord.

Im sure this is fine

[cfaith28]

Psychopomp

The world is never quiet like when I’m leaving, Never loved you more than when I do, Love, there’s hills to be climbed, I’ll be led by the path we trampled through, This morning road glistens, Blanketed by a virginal morning dew, I think your still sleeping, Just how I left you, For a moment, everything’s clean, There’s nothing left to do. – A soldier’s march forward, A brother…