#tumblr is the future

[darnellclayton]

Oh wow! I am surprised that @eltonjohn has left Twitter. Maybe he will return to @Tumblr‽

Not surprisingly Elon Musk replied:

I do not think that Elon Musk realizes that he is the problem here.

In recent days, the platform’s new CEO has reactivated the accounts of known neo-Nazis; shared a picture of a white supremacist who said he’d like Trump to be more like Hitler; failed to prevent users from posting videos of the Christchurch massacre; tweeted a popular alt-right meme; used a known antisemitic trope; and, inadvertently or not, shared a dogwhistle that white supremacists interpreted as praise for Hitler. […]

“As soon as he took over Twitter, we saw extremists trying to exploit the platform, we’ve seen hate of all kinds increase, so these messages that he’s sending have to be understood in the context of what is happening to that platform,” Oren Segal, vice president of the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, told VICE News. “As it’s becoming a hellscape for antisemitism and racism and bigotry, it just so happens that he is putting out the type of language that is appreciated by those who are doing that.”

This is a major problem. I have noticed a massive increase of hate upon the platform of all kinds (not just white supremacy). Right now companies are fighting for the right to replace Twitter, but Tumblr & Mastodon are leading that fight.

For what it’s worth this whole Twitter debacle has reignited the geek passion within me which inspired me to:

Double down on Tumblr by investing resources here & Darnell.co

Upgrade my Vimeo account (which was expensive) to integrate with current & future sites

Upgrade my WordPress account: Darnell.tv

Launch a solo hosted Mastodon account: one.Darnell.one/@Darnell

Launch a solo hosted Pixelfed account: darnell.app/darnell (as I am having unrelated issues with Instagram)

Launch a solo hosted Matrix account: Darnell.ooo

Start a solo hosted WriteFreely account: Darnell.day (it’s a blog platform that is fully integrated with ActivityPub)

Restart my medium account: Darnell.Africa

I do not think Twitter will disappear completely from the Internet (pending governmental fines), but if the place becomes too toxic I desire avenues I can express myself upon without interference.

[monstermonger]

It's Autumn and the Leaves are Aflame!

Brought back an old lil sticker sheet, with a few of my fav lil dragons in the theme of my fav season c:

[alkiores]

[kurohaai]

Also idk if I need to state this publicly again but hello, Ai is my name and I'm an artist but I draw things with my hands. I'm not artificial intelligence; if anything, I'm organic stupidity.

[futuristichedge]

Keeping the future fixed [original post here]

[verflares]

caution: dog will bite

[secondbeatsongs]

for anyone too young to know this: watching The Truman Show is a vastly different experience now, compared to how it was before youtube and social media influencers became normal

before it was like, "what a horrifying thing to do to a human being! to take away their autonomy and privacy, all for the sake of profits! to create fake scenarios for them to react to, just to retain viewership! to ruin their happiness just so some corporate entity could harvest money from their very humanity! how could anyone do something so evil?"

and now it's like, "ah, yeah. this is still deeply fucked up, but it's pretty much what every influencer has been doing to their kids for a decade now. probably bad that we've normalized this experience"

[deadbaguette]

Dear children of Priam, were you doomed all along?

[jessgasparart]

riverside

prints available! link in bio :)

[miss-major]

the futuristic era 🔮

[vimusntd1e]

Doing very important things.

old little silly sketch that i forgot to post here.

[paprika-chuki]

2000's walkman study

[ougipen]

Now we're back in bismuth!

[caemidraws]

Night of the Masks

[espyspecter]

In Squid Yuri We Trust

Lesbians are so cool I wish they were real

[rafry]

🪐 orbital resonance 🪐