Opal Sparks

I need every single person to understand how horrible tumblr’s tagging system is

I go into the tag for epilepsy and its all flashing lights. We can’t use our own tag because people without epilepsy fill it up with improper warnings.

Use ‘flashing’ in place of ‘epilepsy’ in your tags. You aren’t warning people of epileptics, you’re warning us of flashing lights. Please please tag properly. Epileptics say this endlessly and constantly and it’s ignored. You are risking lives by doing this.

Here’s proof of what I mean:

Even if you don’t live there, if you still live somewhere in the states, please, listen up.

“The MA legislature and governor just proposed dangerous social media surveillance legislation that would require everyone in the state, including adults, to upload a government ID or submit to a face scan to create a social media account. If something like this passes here, it will spread to other states faster than activists can fight back.

I have an op-ed out in today's Boston Globe explaining why this legislation would hurt kids and help Trump attack LGBTQ youth and undocumented folks. You can read it here (no paywall) https://archive.ph/rAK4P

If you're in MA, please send this to your state senators and the governor! They need to read it! You can also use this tool to easily call the key lawmakers who will be making decisions about this: https://www.stoponlineidchecks.org/ma “

- Fight For the Future Signal chat

I encourage reading EFF’s article linked below as it goes into the greater details of the legislation aside from this, but key notes:

• Forces everyone (not just kids) to upload a government ID or submit to a facial recognition scan to create a social media account or post online, even on educational sites like Wikipedia

• Force parents to send even more sensitive information to Big Tech companies to “verify” custody in order for a minor to create an account (think: sending a birth certificate to Mark Zuckerberg to let your teen create an account)

• Allow unsupportive parents to lock queer and trans youth off the Internet, restricting access to life-saving community and information with zero recourse

• Expand the Trump admin’s surveillance capabilities, making it easier for them to persecute people organizing protests, monitoring ICE, and criticizing the administration

• Cost Massachusetts tax payers enormously, as the legislation is clearly unconstitutional and would face legal challenges.

• Specifically harm undocumented folks who use social media to warn communities about ICE activity and raise money for family members

• Fine smaller and non-profit tech platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky out of business, further expanding the monopolies of Big Tech platforms

It is one of many of the worst pieces of digital surveillance legislation right now in the states.

If you’re in MA, please call and write to your state senators and governor through EFF’s article below, and if you’re not, either spread the word or call them too, but, don’t give them your ZIP code so they don’t know where you are.

today i redesigned my old character development graphs to make them a lot more accessible and easy to use! i've always wanted a visual resource to build the general outlines of a character's personality, so i tried to create some templates that could be used for tons of different scenarios, no matter what kind of universe your character exists in! these can be filled out in ms paint, with a multiply layer or however you choose - feel free to use and repost them for your ocs, or even use them for canon characters!!!

(edit: imgur link with hi-res images for cleaner editing <3)

below the cut is an example of how they can be used!

unfortunately his own campaign is struggling. as many of you may know, mohammed has recently gotten married! he and his wife farah are trying their best to start a new life with a fresh start. their campaign goal is $10k, of which they currently have $3211. you can donate to them on chuffed here.

i also want to mention mohammed's little brother, yaser @yaseergaza. yaser is hard of hearing and has a cochlear implant. however due to the situation in gaza, he often struggles to keep his cochlear implant charged, and he has also had to discontinue his speech therapy sessions. he is trying to raise funds so that he can continue looking after his health, and currently has $695 out of a total goal of $10k. you can donate to him on chuffed here.

Apt comparisons.

DELUSIONAL AMOURSHIPPER.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 THANK YOU AND THE OTHER SERENA FANS FOR INFLUENCING THE WRITERS TO MAKE SERENA MOVE ON FROM HER FEELINGS FOR ASH IN THE VERY END, SO SHE COULD BE HER OWN CHARACTER. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

I AM PROUDLY DELUSUIONAL AMOURSHIPPER CRYING ABOUT IT LOUDER, I NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT MT FAVORITE SHIP.

DON'T LIKE IT? DON'T SEE IT? CAN'T DEAL WITH BASIC DECENCE? THINK WHAT YOU WANT AT LEAST I'M HAPPY AND I DON'T WASTE MY TIME LIKE YOU LMAO WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE

No one who is happy with themselves gets in the way of other people's lives. Go watch a series, go listen to some music, go breathe some air, eat something, drink some water, go out with someone, watch something you like, stop wasting your time and my time with this kind of thing stupid.

A fandom never dies when a shipper exists, whether he is delusional or not. If I am delusional, I don't care if you think so, at least I am real, in fact, that doesn't offend me.

So you are talking about Serena being a strong independent woman, and also reducing Misty and Dawn to having a chance with Ash. Okay. Weird to talk about independent women and be borderline misogynistic in one fell swoop.