#offline blog

[sillyfrin]

websiffing

[dinozaurtual]

its weird how as israelis, or even just as jews in general, as soon as you extend sympathy towards the people who were massacred on october 7th u immediately get blamed for "supporting israel" and "not holding your state accountable".

when its like. WE are the ones who have been fighting non-stop to make our government and military officials take responsibility for this. WE have been begging our leaders to take accountability while u guys are sitting there overseas typing out shit like "its actually okay to murder babies as long as theyre settler babies"

[nenelonomh]

how the algorithms are erasing culture & ruining our lives

watch this video by ashley embers, oh my. (link above)

though i don't fully agree with her end statements for this video - it is an important watch since it explains exceptionally how algorithms work and how they are affecting us (as individuals) and humanity as a whole.

here's some quotes that i adore

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"... steadily consuming more ours of our day to the point that we're spending more time online than we are offline ... if social media had a net positive effect on our lives, this wouldn't be a problem."

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"as time goes on we feel more and more of our autonomy being stripped away from us and replaced by an algorithm that claims to know us better than ourselves."

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"the internet, once celebrated for connecting diverse cultures is now blending said cultures into a monotonous sameness, breaking them down into their lowest common denominator as the algorithm optimized for engagement."

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"we love to wash our hands from these menial tasks that take mental energy. doing these things by yourself requires you to go out and find what you like whether that's from a bookstore, a group of friends, or an online forum. without the algorithm you would have to navigate your own route, butter up the bank teller or actually organize your inbox for the first time in your life. point being - it all takes intentionality. intentionality, we would love to offload to someone else because we have enough things to worry about, but the truth is the integration of these algorithms wasn't just for our benefit. in fact, the primary incentives of incorporating algorithms don't even take into account what's good for us."

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"they're not showing you your family and friends, they're showing you newness because the algorithms rely on newness to keep you scrolling. the problem with social networks is that their shareholders require constant growth to sustain themselves and this means that making the same profit every year is actually a failure, even if you're making millions of dollars, and this is is why social networks are just not focused on connection anymore when their priority is growth - and what drives more growth; and more profit: more attention. they're coming for every second of your life."

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i seriously think the video is worth the watch - even if you turn it on in the background whilst you're getting ready to leave the house, or cleaning your room.

let me know what you think if you watch it! conversation about topics like this is just as important as hearing them out. ❤️nene

[askthe-littlepoet]

[Marko almost crashes into your door, but stopped themself in time to knock with their hand instead of their face. They're bouncing excitedly on their toes as they wait for you to open the door.]

@marko-the-yellow-cat

"...woah!"

(They notice the loud thwack at their doorstep, and rush to open it.)

"Oh! It's you, hey Marko!"

[rookflower]

squirrelflight my friend squirrelflight

[abtheb]

December 16, 2024

Cat pictures from my period of temporary custody:

Bonus one for the fans:

[griem]

ijbol idk man releasing screenshots of very polarizing things said in a private discord server between friends in a public "callout" post is #the most #tumblrific thing ive ever seen LOL.

#opinion 😱 in tags

[beiyuanism]

au where fadel has a cooking blog under a fake name where he posts his recipes. every entry has that typical long, oddly personal introduction, except he assumes no one ever reads them anyway so he uses it as a diary of sorts. like, "growing up, mother would often be gone for weeks at a time, unless it was time for my younger brother and i to train to become assassins, so i was the one to cook in our household most of the time. this is the dish i would make on the days when i had no energy to cook after spending them at the shooting range" or "i developed this recipe for my late boyfriend a few years ago. he was the love of my life, so it really hurt me when i had to kill him on mother's orders, and i haven't made this dish again since then, but it's honestly a really good recipe and it would be a shame not to share it".

at some point, someone posts about it on twitter and it goes viral. people think it's just a very good bit and the author is extremely committed to it, because through the pieces of information you can actually piece together a full story of his life since childhood to most recent events, and it's so bizarre that no one considers it could be anything but a creative writing exercise for a bored housewife whose name he publishes under. that is, until someone accidentally remembers that a recent recipe on that one cooking blog had a story scarily similar to the assassination they're just hearing about on the news now, and people start connecting the blog posts to other unsolved assassinations. in the end, the consensus is that this is either a very dedicated expert in politics who is coincidentally crazy enough to cosplay as a killer in a niche cooking blog, or someone who knows enough about the mechanics of political killings to accidentally predict things. anyone who thinks the infamous assassin who's managed to escape dozens of times is writing about this on a public blog in his free time is treated as a conspiracy theorist, because, really, you have to be stupid to think that.

[pokemonranch]

Y'all won't BELIEVE the three months I've had

[the-sonic-crew]

Hii :3 may I ask, what’s your opinion of furries and therians, if you know what they are, that is :3

-a very happy fox :p

They're super cool!

-SONIc!?

[penisbilt]

waving hello everyone so uh sorry for just kinda up and vanishing for um. months and months and months. i kind of exploded and then died and then lived briefly and then died again. but with the days getting longer and me being brave and being outdoors more (Even Though its starting to get real wintery outside) it feels like im coming to life again AND developing social tendencies for the first time in uhh ummmm. so anyway yeah hi i can almost handle the thought of communicating with other human beings again in the near future, stay tuned

[vellichorom]

skinny thierry is so cursed please make him fat again

it's okay he was just sucking it in i promise ❤️

[movie-robotnik-positivity]

Excuse me?? What do you MEAN my country won't be getting the movie until January 2nd!? That's two whole weeks after everyone else!

So much of the fun comes from being able to discuss it with others, I'm going to be late to the party and no one will care. Not to mention I'm totally going to get spoiled. This sucks...

[liquidstar]

sleepovers save money on hotel rooms while on missions 👍

[a-lost-author]

{Off-Screen Post!}

(@gymleadergarnet)

--

[Suddenly, behind Ford, a Gardevoir--to him, he'd likely say that it looks like an ethereal woman with green hair and a white dress--teleports into existence, her arms folded disapprovingly.]

Hello there. [Her voice rings telepathically through the area.]

(He immediately straightens up, whips around and stares at the Gardevoir with a mix of confusion and surprise.)

"Where did you come from?"

(He really does look exhausted, his stance unstable no matter how many times he tries to adjust.)

[br1ghtestlight]

the ii neg tumblr blog is like my actual personal #1 enemy i cant BELIEVE they followed me over a joke ask i responded to over a year ago (i blocked them and have blocked every account they've remade lmao) just such hateful bullshit looking for ANY excuse to attack this random youtube webseries and the ppl who work on it including MANY STATEMENTS that are just straight up not true. someone could send them an ask like "hey justin is actually homophobic and called me slurs irl i hope they all die in a car crash <3" and they will post it without any questions. no further research cuz it isnt about what's true or actually offering constructive criticism on the writing of the show it's about being hateful and cruel and spreading lies & death threats. some actual famous people dont have accounts as dedicated to attacking them and every aspect of their identity and career as these random ass guys who make a YOUTUBE WEBSERIES do like why are you actively wishing death upon them?? are you insane?

IF YOU DONT LIKE THE SHOW THEN STOP WATCHING IT. DONT ENGAGE? like do you seriously have fucking nothing better to do than spread lies online about literal nobodies with the smallest amount of online influence. for reasons i cannot even fathom. be so fucking serious