Not To Ruin My Blog's Theme.. But

Not to ruin my blog's theme.. but

@staff @support

An Open Letter to Tumblr about the Adult Content Ban and How it is Hurting Your Users:

Recently, Tumblr was removed from the Apple app store due to an incident involving child pornography. This incident is incredibly unfortunate, but it doesn’t stand alone. Tumblr was also removed from the app store due to the large influx of porn bots and pornographic spam, users claiming to be proud to be pedophiles, blatant Nazism, racists who are not deleted for sending hate and harassing users, and more. I myself reported someone for harassing me, but because I had blocked the person and couldn’t access the messages where they harassed me, they were still able to send me anonymous asks. Your support staff, with back doors to the website (presumably), claimed they could not access the messages, and I was left SOL. Many features on this website do nothing to actually protect your users from harassment, racism, homophobia, transphobia, Nazis, pedophiles, predators, porn bots, and more. 

You claim in your statement to us that you “have been working on these problems for a long time”. This is blatantly untrue. Please do not lie to us and patronize us. We’ve been here. We’ve seen you do nothing over, and over, and over again. 

We complained to you for months and months about the rampant porn bots, and you did nothing except add a report button on mobile which only reported sensitive content or spam at best. You could have addressed this problem with an effective algorithm, but you did not. We complained to you about being harassed and sent hate speech for being LGBT+, and you did nothing. We complained to you about blogs being randomly deleted, and sometimes you’ve restored them, other times you have not. We complained to you that there were people proudly claiming to be “Minor Attracted Persons”, or pedophiles, and you did nothing. We complained to you about people proudly claiming to be white supremacists, and you did nothing. All of these things are “against the community guidelines”, and yet over and over, you have not found effective ways to handle these problems or suppress the feeling of welcome that these users claim to get here. You have had a long time to work on these problems, but you haven’t addressed them. To say you have is untrue. 

 Multiple other social networking websites, such as Wordpress, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and others have effectively dealt with rampant pornography, racism, pedophilia, and other problems without causing massive issues for their users who are not misusing the platform. They are continuing to find new, effective ways to deal with these issues without causing problems for their userbase as a whole.  There is no reason that you are unable to do this effectively other than that you wanted to do it quickly. You have once again chosen your stock holders over your users. And we have had enough. 

You have already started to ban “Adult” content with a new algorithm. Here are screenshots of just a fraction of the posts you have flagged as containing adult content:

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Your new system of simply tackling everything at once is not working. At all. And each of these screenshots is proof of your utter incompetence. None of these posts contain pornographic acts, “female nipples”, or any community violation of any kind. 

We, the users, have been asking you for months to deal with these problems - particularly, the porn bots and bots that spam. In order to block a bot from a side blog, I have to do it manually, even though they are in my side blog’s feed. This is a huge issue for mobile - only users. They keep cropping up in droves, taking over our posts and tricking google into making it look like a legitimate blog linked to a pornographic website. We have complained to you for months and months now, and your solution to simply “ban all adult content” is ineffective. I agree that children should not be able to access pornography - but this is not how you tackle a porn bot problem. Your system is utterly useless, allows for racists, pedophiles, porn bots, and Nazis to remain untouched. It also harms sex workers and real people who may use this website for some forms of adult content responsibly. Moreover, as seen above, it harms plenty of users who have in no way violated your terms of service.

 If you keep this up, you threaten your website and company as a whole. Many of us are backing up our blogs and planning places to go to. 

You already have a content filter for “sensitive” content (content inappropriate for younger viewers). You could have improved this, instead of attacking your entire user base. It seems to be a very lazy “solution”, if you could call it one at all, and one that harms your entire userbase.

If you are going to keep this filter in place and make Tumblr, a website that has never been known for being family friendly and has never claimed to be, you are going to lose millions of your users. We are already planning our exodus. It isn’t hard to follow. Censor us, and we will go somewhere else. That is not a threat. It is a promise. 

Sincerely, 

The users of your website. 

@staff @support

More Posts from Witchun-li and Others

6 years ago

Flowers that Help Save the Bees

- Lavender

- Thyme

- Sage

- Borage

- Fennel

- Cilantro

- Hollyhock

- Crocus

- Buttercup

- Snowdrop

- Geranium

- Aster

- Poppy

- Calendula

- Sweet Alyssum

- Sunflower

- Zinnia

- Heliotropium

5 years ago

If Brand Names Were Anime Characters

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Credit: @sillvi_illustrations

6 years ago

some iconic dialogue that sounds like its from the great canon of literature but are actually from memes

I will face God and walk backwards into Hell

“I’ll do whatever you want” “then perish”

I have been through hell and come out singing

feel free to add more!

6 years ago

You aren’t afraid of being alone in dark.you are afraid of not being alone in dark.

6 years ago

Herbs for Magical Teas

Herbs For Magical Teas

Alfalfa Leaf: home protection; money draw; prosperity; security.

Bergamont: money draw; success.

Black Cohosh: relaxation; turn worries aside.

Boneset: call upon devas; divination; protection; ward negativity.

Burdock Root: protection; purification; ward negativity.

Chamomile: calmness; meditation; prosperity; purification.

Chickweed: Crone Wisdom; divination; honesty; love; trust.

Comfrey: health; money draw; safety.

Damiana Leaf: attraction; divination; love.

Dandelion Root: divination; Fairies; good luck; honor/invoke devas; psychic power.

Echinacea: body’s self-defense; empowerment; invoke healing devas.

Elder Flower: Fairie blessing; honor/invoke the Goddess; healing; prosperity; rest.

Eyebright: mental sharpness; psychic awareness.

Fennel: healing; honor/invoke Horned God; protection; purification.

Fenugreek Seed: attract money; skill in verbal communication.

Feverfew: health; protection; purification; ward sickness.

Goldenseal: healing; honor/invoke the God; joy; prosperity; success.

Hops: comfort; good health; relaxation; well-being.

Hyssop: purification; ward negativity.

Irish Moss: invoke Fairies; luck; money draw; protection.

Lemon Balm: health; love; success.

Linden (Tila): love; luck; Otherworld; protection; rest.

Mint: Devas; money; protection; prosperity.

Mugwort: Hecate; divination; inspiration.

Mullein: between the worlds travel; courage; divination; health; protection.

Nettle: healing; love; protection; ward negativity.

Orange Peel: divination; love; luck.

Parsley: purification; protection.

Raspberry Leaf: Fairie blessings; health; love; protection.

Rose Hips: divination; consecration; Elves; protection; ward negativity.

Skullcap: healing (esp. headaches); hidden knowledge; Lord of Shadows; protection; wisdom.

Slippery Elm Bark: clear communication; persuasive speech; protection from envy, gossip, and slander.

Uva Ursa: divination; honor/invoke Artemis; purification; psychic awareness.

Valerian Root: Crone magics; love; protection; purification; psychic awareness.

White Oak Bark: fertility; honor/invoke the Green Man; health; protection.

Wild Cherry Bark: creativity; divination; love.

Willow Bark: health; mental acuity; reduce headache pain.

From Ann Moura’s “Grimoire for the Green Witch”

6 years ago

Fixed Signs - Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius:

Have trouble asking and accepting help. They don't want to compromise a position of control or their independence by revealing any weak spots that could relegate them, or have people questioning their competence, resilience, or state of mind. But it's all just a scenario in this cyclic head. People usually see them as being stronger and more capable by virtue of letting their defences down, sharing truthfully, exposing vulnerabilities, and reaching out for help

6 years ago

95 FOAMed Sites

FOAMed - Free & Open Access Medical Education resources

Famous ones

MEDSKL - endorsed by Canadian Federation of Medical Students

Geeky Medics - the UK

Docdoc: Specialties, Procedures, Conditions - by docdoc in Singapore

Khan Academy: Health & Med - the US

Figure 1 - Canada

Grepmed: Clinical Relevant Med Images - the US

JAMA Summary Videos - the US

FreeMedEd

Youtube

Osmosis - the US

Picmonic - the US

Lecturio - Germany

Kenhub - Germany

Strong Medicine - by Dr. Eric Strong in the US

Armando Hasudungan (Biology & Medical Videos) - Australia

Neuroscientifically Challenged - by Marc Dingman in the US

Human Anatomy Education - by Akram Jaffar in Canada

Speed Pharmacology

Medinaz

Med Notes

Sketchy Medicine (doodles for learning) - Canada

Brosencephalon: Pre-Clinical Flashcard Collection - Canada

Abi’s Anatomy: Free MCAT Notes & More - by Abigail in the US

Medicowesome: Med notes - by Nakeya Dewaswala in the US

Medics4u: Med notes - by Simon Mung in the UK

Sqadia: Illustrated Medical Facts - Denmark

Medimab: Stat dose of Med knowledge

Anatomy & Physiology

Innerbody: Navigate the human body - the US

Lectures in Respiratory Physiology - by UC San Diego in the US

Koibana.info: Human Anatomy Drawing Reference - the US

Anatomy & Physiology: A learning initiative

Internal Medicine Podcast

Core IM Podcast - the US

The Curbsiders - the US

Emergency Medicine Podcast

Emergency Medicine Cases - Canada & the US

EM Clerkship - by Zack Olsen in the US

Core EM - by NYU Langone Health in the US

EMS Reference - the US

EM Crit Project - by Josh Farkas in the US

EM Resident - the US

FOAM Case: A Free Open Access Emergency Medicine-Core Content Mash Up - the US

Paramedic World - India

EM Notes: FOAMed in EM - by Jack CF Chong in Taiwan

Canadiem - Canada

Surgery

Surgery ABCs - by University of Alberta in Canada

Surgery101 - by University of Alberta in Canada

Orthoracle - UK

Pathology

Internal Pathology Lab for MedEd - by University of Utah in the US

Pathology student - by Kristine Krafts in the US

Neuro

Functional Neuroanatomy - by University of British Columbia in Canada

Cranial Nerves Illustrated - by Linda Wilson-Pauwels at UofT in Canada

Cranial Nerve Learning Module - by University of Utah in the US

Critical Care

MIMIC-III (a freely accessible critical care database) - the US

eICU (Collaborative Research Database) - the US

Critical Care Northampton - the UK

Encyclopedia, References, Directory, & Textbooks

BCcampus Open Textbook (Health-related & Science categories) - Canada

Simple English Wikipedia Medicine Knowledge Group - Global

Global Rx Ph (Clinician’s Ultimate Reference): Medical Abbreviation - the US

Medical Encyclopedia - by MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine in the US

Health Topics in Heart, Lungs - by NHIBI in the US

Science Education: by National Institute of General Medical Science in the US

World Directory of Med School - Global

Medical Interpretation

Health information translations - by Ohio State University in the US

Health Infomation in multi-languages - by NSW Government in Australia

Medical Dictionary of Health Terms - by Harvard Health Publishing in the US

Wikipedia: Medical Roots, Suffixes & Prefixes - Global

Medical Animation

Mechanisms in Medicine - Canada

Blausen Medical Videos (available in multilanguages) - the US

Alila Medical Media - the US

Nucleus Medical Media - the US

Exam Prep

Premed 101 Forum

Canada Qbank Youtube Channel - Canada

NCLEXQuiz

Diagnosis

Easy Auscultation - the US

Op-Med: Voices from Doximity - the US

Clinical Presentation / Diagnosis - by Medical Council of Canada

Radiology

Radiopaedia - Australia

UBC Radiology app - Canada

Microbiology

Microbiology Online - the UK

Chemistry

Chemistry elements character design - by Kaycie D. in the US

Medical Books

B-ok: All you can search and download, over 3 millions books https://b-ok.org/

Library Genesis

FOAMed in Mandarin 中文医学资源

A+医学百科(医学电子书)

NEJM 医学前沿 -

百科名医(医学百科 & 科普视频)

影像园

病理学原地

专业医学词典

医学英语教育网

可汗学院卫生与医学模块

健康信息翻译(中英对照)

MedlinePlus:健康信息中文版

FOAMed in Japanese 日语医学资源

医歯薬英語辞書

家庭の医学 by Qlife

Anatomy.tokyo

Medical Spanish 医学西班牙语

Medical Spanish videos

Dialogues with Patients in Spanish

Medical German 医学德语

Diseases in German - by krank.de

Medical Swedish 医学瑞典语

Svensk MeSH - by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden

6 years ago

honestly like real talk like real actual ““discourse”“

the problem with trying to define who is and isn’t lgbt+ is like….that’s…not….really how it works…..

like we don’t have membership. there’s no test to take. no one has a roster of people with gay credentials. and even if there were, the people demanding this stuff aren’t part of any High Council with the power to banish people. if someone says they’re lgbt+ the traditional way of dealing with it is just…believing them and not bothering to comb through every action they’ve taken to prove anything. and labels are so deeply personal and the possibility of mislabeling yourself is always on the table, so it’s really just like. if you feel an affinity for the community then sure. you’re probably right, at the very least you’re questioning now. so what up enjoy your stay.

6 years ago

Poem for Sabbats

Samhain begins the witches’ new year, and now Winter soon is here; the leaves fall, the harvest is done, so call your ancestors and let’s have some fun. 

Yule is the longest night, and signals the return of light. Everything is newly remade, and we wait for darkness to fade.

Imbolc we clean, cleanse and prepare for what the Spring may come to bear. Light the candles, light the fire, and build in yourself what does inspire. 

Ostara comes and Spring growth arrives, and all the Earth is truly alive. Winter is over and in it’s stead we bless our homes and our covensteads. 

Beltane, the fine May eve, we thank our gods for fertility. Bless the growing harvest and romance as we eat, drink, sing, and dance.

Litha is the longest day, the sun at it’s brightest but soon will fade. The Earth’s bounty is at it’s top, and abundance aids our spells nonstop. 

Lughnasadh, Lammas, both names are fine, herald the advent of harvest time. When fear and uncertainty are about, we ward our homes and both in and out. 

Mabon is a balance of seasons, where darkness and light remain within reason. The last harvest is called and the Summer is done, we give our thanks and farewell the sun. 

As every cycle begins once again, the wheel spins ‘round and we greet grandly Samhain.

Requested by @fish-egs. Thank you! :)

6 years ago

Pluto has five moons – Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra.

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