this too shall pass

Here's what I need you to do:

If you see a post with a "mature content" label, and it's 2026, DM me a link to the post.

Yes, that's really it.

I am hoping to collect several thousand such posts, so that I have a decent sized dataset. I do not care what the post is about; if it's labeled as "mature content", I want to add it to my dataset.

i inherited my grandmother's embroidery stand, took it apart for storage and only realised at the final step of disassembly i should have taken pictures for reference to put it back together whoops

putting it back together has foiled both me and my mother (who is really good at contraptions so that was. kind of a shock).

does anyone have an embroidery stand or experience putting them together that could help me figure out how it goes together?

this is what we have so far. we can't figure out how to attach the actual frame which holds the fabric (not pictured for privacy reasons but happy to share in dms if it would help). we're pretty sure we're mostly there: the top of the frame is secured under the block at the top, there's space for it. but there's nothing for the frame to rest on at the bottom, except maybe those two arms closest to the front, but they aren't stable and the frame doesn't fit on them comfortably. any advice welcome, and please share if you can for reach!

Has a fic ever absolutely devastated you to the point you can’t form a coherent thought? That’s okay! That’s where picture comments come in! Here’s how!

I would be reluctant to use fridging in this exact context, because this isn't some imaginary scenario to generate manpain for a white hero, this is a much more common experience of Native American and First Nation people, having their wives and daughters and sisters (in particular, but not exclusively) go missing. And never getting answers, never learning what happened, and not being believed that there's a problem in the first place.

This is like how being rescued from a tower by a prince is not particularly empowering or affirming to cis physically able straight thin perisex white women and girls, but can be for basically anybody else. Particularly black girls and women, who do not get a lot of cultural messages that treat them as people who are so valuable and precious, who may not have the strength to save themselves, or may wish that they didn't fucking have to save themselves (and everyone else) all the time.

White men have this story so often happen that we have a trope name specific to one specific and particularly egregious version of this, but you don't often see men who look like Robbie dealing with this type of story in fictional settings, even though it happens for men like Robbie in real life with horrifying frequency.

The twins !!! 🐦‍⬛🪶🐻🏹

if you've made replies on posts there is now a tab on your blog showing every post youve replied to and your reply.

if this is not what you want, either go to your blog and click comments and disable it from there or just go to your individual blogs setting pages. just change it from blue to grey if you dont want everyone to see your replies AND the post you're replying to

PLEASE BE ADVISED that it is set to disabled for blogs that have not made any replies but it will turn ON if you reply with that blog in the future.! i just tested it with my main, which was greyed out but it turned on the moment i left a test reply

so couple of clarifications. comments are disabled as default for primary blogs that have their likes disabled. they are seemingly enabled for all other blogs that have replied to posts

Typing this from Graphene now, in fact. But, both of those take the Android Open Source Project, without all the bloatware--and largely de-Google the whole thing. They give you much more control over privacy and what the apps you choose to install can do and access on your phone.

I know Graphene sandboxes everything, including the optionally installed Google Play Services which a lot of apps unfortunately require to run. (Lineage uses an alternative to Play Services instead.) So, you can install what would normally be unacceptably intrusive apps and just lock them away from pulling any funny shit with your data, or phoning home. Including the couple of Google things I do still keep around.

I also prefer running much more transparent, privacy-respecting open source apps where possible. Besides the transparency, I'd rather avoid the shitty tech corps entirely where I can. There are pretty good alternatives available for a lot of the usual suspects.

An alternative app store:

Yes, I know I have other drawings to finish, but I've kind of found a new obsession🙂‍↕️

the new content filters and the flagging system require every reblogger to appeal independently from the poster.

What is happening?

With the latest tumblr content filter updates, every reblog is flagged independently from the original post without the OP knowing. This means that if your post is reblogged by someone and that reblog is flagged, you won't know. The note count will go up, but the note is hidden: you can't see it on the rebloggers blog or any other reblogs branching from the flagged post.

What should I do?

Every reblogger needs to appeal for their own reblogs. Thankfully the review time on Tumblr's side has been fast, usually in a couple of hours they restore the post. If you can notify the OP, grand. If you have time, leave a support ticket, choose feedback and tell them why you think this is a bad model.

Why and how should I do it?

Hello critters!

Back in September, we announced the establishment of the Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series) and Critical Role: Aramán (Web Series) fandom tags, in preparation for Campaign 4. Thankfully, this restructure was well-received, and you guys have been super busy posting works to those new fandom tags!

Since The Legend of Vox Machina started airing a few years ago, many critters have asked for a Critical Role metatag to make it easier to find works about either the actual play campaigns or the animated adaptations. Similarly, many critters have for years asked for the ability to tag and filter more granularly for specific campaigns when posting or browsing fanworks. With the recently announced Changes to Fandom Metatag Wrangling Guidelines, we’re now ready to give it to you!

The TL;DR is that we’ve now created the Critical Role Exandrian Universe fandom metatag! This metatag will function as an umbrella fandom for fandoms like Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), The Legend of Vox Machina (Cartoon) and The Mighty Nein (Cartoon) – as well as many more newly-canonised Critical Role fandom tags!

Please read on after the cut for the full details of the restructure. We hope that this change will help provide more freedom and flexibility when posting and searching for works within the ever-expanding Critical Role fandom.

We wish you all happy browsing and… is it Thursday yet?

An overview of the full restructure:

As mentioned above, Critical Role Exandrian Universe will now serve as a top-level umbrella fandom for all Critical Role works set within the Exandria canon. Additionally, we’ve now split out the individual actual play campaigns and subtagged them to Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series). Finally, we have also canonised the Critical Role books and comics that have been tagged for on AO3 so far and subtagged them to the CREU metatag.

This is what the fandom metatag/subtag structure now looks like, with all existing and newly-canonised fandoms included:

Metatag: Critical Role Exandrian Universe

Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)

Critical Role: Campaign 1 - Vox Machina (Web Series)

Critical Role: Campaign 2 - The Mighty Nein (Web Series)

Critical Role: Campaign 3 - Bells Hells (Web Series)

Exandria Unlimited: Prime (Web Series)

Exandria Unlimited: Calamity (Web Series)

Exandria Unlimited: Divergence (Web Series)

Wildemount Wildlings (Web Series)

The Legend of Vox Machina (Cartoon) The Mighty Nein (Cartoon) Critical Role: Kith & Kin - Marieke Nijkamp Critical Role: The Nine Eyes of Lucien - Madeleine Roux Critical Role: What Doesn't Break - Cassandra Khaw Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins (Dark Horse Comics)

But what does this actually mean?

This means that if you want to find works about any and all of the above-listed fandoms, you can now easily find them by filtering on the metatag Critical Role Exandrian Universe! If, however, you’re only interested in finding works about the book Critical Role: Kith & Kin - Marieke Nijkamp or the animated show The Mighty Nein (Cartoon), then no problem; you can still find works on the specific sub-fandoms without getting inundated with results from the parts of the CR fandom you’re not interested in.

By creating a metatag, it also means that any fandoms included in this metatag structure no longer counts as a crossover! Before now, if you filtered on Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series) and excluded crossovers in your search, it would automatically exclude works tagged with The Legend of Vox Machina (Cartoon) or The Mighty Nein (Cartoon) as well – even though these shows are adaptations of the actual play campaigns and therefore definitely shouldn’t count as crossovers. It’s a happy day for both crossover lovers and haters alike!

Why are the individual campaigns subtagged to Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), rather than directly to the metatag?

This is to make sure that all actual play content set in Exandria can still be found in one place, without having to include results for adaptations and other tie-in material.

From now on, we will canonise all major campaigns and miniseries set in Exandria as subtags under the Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series) fandom tag. Since Exandria is a sprawling place with campaigns set in different parts of the world and the overall timeline, this will hopefully provide a lot more freedom and flexibility when it comes to finding works about the specific campaigns or adventure parties you are interested in.

Please note, however, that solo one-shots will primarily still be merged into the overall Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series) tag, unless they get a sequel or other kind of continuation.

I’ve posted works under the Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series) fandom tag. Do I need to re-tag them to specify which campaign they’re about?

You can if you’d like, but no, that’s absolutely not necessary! The Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series) fandom is meant to encompass all actual play content set in Exandria, so how broadly or granularly you tag your works is completely up to you!

However, if you’ve also added a tag like “Critical Role Campaign 1” or “ExU Calamity - Fandom” in the Fandom field on your work, then good news! Your work will now automatically show up under the appropriate campaign fandom tag as well.

Why does this metatag only include the Exandrian part of Critical Role? What about all the other series and one-shots set outside of Exandria?

As described in the Changes to Fandom Metatag Wrangling Guidelines announcement, the recent metatag policy update includes specifications for both when a metatag can and cannot be created. Specifically, for when a metatag is not appropriate, it says:

“Fandoms which share a performer, director, or creator/creative team but are not related through a shared continuity, shared characters, or other shared elements”

The first three major campaigns of Critical Role, the mini-campaigns like Exandria Unlimited, the animated adaptations and the book/comic tie-in material are all connected by sharing the same world, and so they qualify for a metatag. However, other Critical Role productions like Campaign 4, Candela Obscura, or Age of Umbra share nothing in common except a shared creative team. This is why it is only possible for us to include the Exandria branch of the fandom under the new metatag.

Will you make a metatag like this for Aramán too?

Not at this point in time. Since we currently only have Campaign 4 set in Aramán and only one fandom tag on AO3, Critical Role: Aramán (Web Series), a metatag would be redundant. If Critical Role eventually decides to produce other campaigns, adaptations, or tie-in material set in Aramán, then yes, we will likely at that point create a metatag for the Aramán branch of the fandom as well.

So what about Critical Role content set outside of Exandria? Where do I find works about those?

For many years now, one-shots and miniseries unrelated to Exandria have been given their own separate fandom canonicals whenever tagged for! For ease of reference, these are all the Critical Role productions that currently have their own fandom canonical tags on AO3:

Campaign 4:

Critical Role: Aramán (Web Series)

One-shots and miniseries set outside of Exandria or Aramán:

Age of Umbra (Critical Role Web Series)

Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace (Web Series)

Candela Obscura (Critical Role Web Series)

Cinderbrush (Web Series)

A Daggerheart Critmas Story (Web Series)

The Nautilus Ark: A Johnson Corp Odyssey (Web Series)

NordVPN "Critical Role Nordverse" Commercials

Thresher (Critical Role Web Series)

Thursday By Night (Web Series)

UnDeadwood (Web Series)

We highly encourage you to use these fandom tags to help you browse or filter works about Critical Role’s various self-contained productions. We will continue to canonise non-Exandria/non-Aramán productions as separate fandoms — you just need to keep tagging for them in the Fandom field if you post works about them!

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The reblog chain is one of the things that makes Tumblr unlike anywhere else. All the notes on reblogs are attributed to the original post, no matter which branch people actually liked or reblogged. We want to keep encouraging conversations, and give contributors the recognition they deserve. 

Soon, you'll be able to like, reblog, or reply to any part of a reblog chain, and that note will go to that reblog's author. Each reblog will have its own counts, instead of one aggregated number from every version of the post. And yes, you’ll be able to like multiple posts in one chain.

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