[ID: 2 Images. The First Image Has Text That Reads: Double Life, Strings, Knots, Etc. Idea: All Players

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[ID: three images. All contain loosely rendered hands on a grey background. Image 1: Etho and Joel. Both hands are drawn facing away from the viewer, Joel’s hand has his fingers slightly splayed. Both have a yellow string in tied in a clove hitch knot. Text reads: Etho and Joel: Clove hitch knot. A boating knot that is quick and easily formed, but easily comes apart. — Image 2: Impulse and Bdubs. Their hands are drawn as if about to shake hands. Both have a green string tied in a true lovers knot. Text reads “impulse and bdubs: true lovers knot. Mostly decorative, still stable. Yknow, cause they really go for the whole ‘soulmates’ thing. There are three different knots with this name, it’s not relevant, just neat!”— image 3: Tango and Jimmy- both are drawn as if reaching out for something, both have a yellow string tied in a double constrictor knot. Text reads “Tango & Jimmy: double constrictor knot. Used in sutures. Incredibly strong and stable, to the point where it can damage and disfigure what it’s tied to. Nearly impossible to undo without cutting it. End ID]

Ideas about design, knot tying and “soulmate” relationships :]

here’s the original post for context , and the previous post!

In the mountaintop city of Timbre, the power struggle between the monarchy and the people becomes increasingly bloody and personal.

Roisin, a young boxer, attempts to navigate her relationship with violence and guilt in an environment that is not only unforgiving, but killing the ones she loves.

Working on a webtoon by the title of Bruiser - keep an eye out for its drop in the next month or so.

Hey remember when we talked about Pearl coming across and befriending spider Gem since Pearl’s very friendly and probably wouldn’t mind her new friend being a spider.

Well what if DL!Pearl, sad and alone after being left alone by her soulmate and companion, went caving a bit with Tilly to make sure she has enough supplies and gear so that she doesn’t need allies or a soulmate. And what if she found an abandoned mineshaft, lit well and even moderately furnished. And what if she stumbled upon a lonely spider, who’s been rejected and driven away from her former friends since no one likes spiders. And the two might’ve even found solace and friendship in each other, outcasts looking for allies. And what if they were both happy and besties and weren’t sad.

Anyways let Spider Gem and Dl!Pearl be besties and have a friendship and heal from their loneliness together.

thinkin about this

I WANT TO SIT WITH YOU AND HAVE HEALTHY CONVERSATIONS

OUR WANTS OUR WILLS OUR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS

SORT THROUGH FAULTS AND FEARS, THE HAPPIER YEARS

LET THE SMILES BE THE TEARS REPLACEMENT

48hr tumblr blackout proposal

tumblr mobile has seadily become near unusable these past few updates. not just from a user experience perspective (which is important enough in itself) but also from an accessibility perspective.

examples include the new way the image viewer works (if you can call it "working"), the tumblr live button replacing the profile button, and that newly created blogs will be forced to have their main dashboard tab be the 'for you' page.

the demands of the protest would be along the lines of:

reverse the recent image viewer update

scrap the new users 'for you' page default setting

let us turn off tumblr live indefinitely

increase efforts against spam / porn bots

make reporting abuse and hate speech as easy as reporting as reporting spam

let us go nuts show nuts again... for real this time

commit to improving usability and accessibility, and listening to users!

(suggestions welcome!)

to protest against these usability issues, and inspired by the recent reddit blackout, i propose a 48 hour blackout (where you don't use tumblr at all). preferably of both mobile and web (since web has problems too) but mobile is the focus here.

I suggest the 48 hours between the 30th of June to the end of the 1st of July.

this marks the end of pride month (for the "queerest place on the internet") and the start of disability month (since accessibility is a massive issue here).

tumblr office is in San Francisco, USA, so the times and dates will be calculated using their time zone (PDT).

you can find out the times and dates for your timezone here.

i can't afford to blaze this post so please spread it around as much as possible! protests only work if significant numbers show up!