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but it's an entirely new level of tragic when somebody you've actually spoken to gets turned into a bot account. it's like peeking at a zombie apocalypse through the window and realizing one of the shambling corpses was your friend.

and then the zombie catches sight of you, lurches up to your window, and shouts through the glass that they accidentally reported your account to tumblr and you'll be deactivated unless you click this link.

if you get something like this ↑ they're gonna follow up by instructing you to contact tumblr support on discord and give you contact info; or they're gonna link a website that looks sort of like tumblr support and say you have to email them; or any variety of "you must now contact tumblr, here is how you contact tumblr."

whatever they send you, it Does Not lead to tumblr. it leads to the master zombie that bit them and inducted them into the ranks of the undead, and will bite you the second they have your email and password. i might be confusing zombies and vampires. anyway,

it's easier to fall for these messages because the blog doesn't LOOK like a bot blog, because it ISN'T a bot blog. it's a normal person's blog that got accessed by a bot, meaning the blog's content CLEARLY looks like a real active user when you click on it. and yes—it might even be a blog you already know. sometimes bots like this go down a blog's DMs or reblogs and message people they've previously interacted with.

with this, you are invited to take part in the upcoming wonderful adults only evil game jam run and judged by the brilliant minds behind bangers like THERA, FAITHLESS//FLAGELLANT, WISHBLEED, wormgrubber and snowcorpse necromancy.

this time the panel of judges will pick five entries that receive $1000 each, and on top of that we will pick five personal honorable mentions which will receive $200 each.

bring your friends and sisters because this is a beginner friendly jam. join the community chat and ask for advice and plenty vn nerds will help you to the right direction. its easier than you imagine, the only thing you need is time and perversion which is the exact same thing as passion.

click the link for more in-depth details about the game jam and find the link for the community chat in the description.

but nadia nova i cant draw?? yes you can. maybe its bad but you can. trace some anime girls and go paw hands mode its good for the soul. and the thing is. you dont even need art for a visual novel. many of mine and many of my favorites dont have a single sprite or a cg. go play slime feet its literally just a text log and that shits making people bust and cry

but nadia nova i cant write?? if you can read you can write. all you need is imagination and decide you wanna go for it. pick your favorite story and make your own version of it. vent about your brain problems and put them on a character you want to throw down and up the staircase. do your own spin of a trope that pissed you off completely out of spite if thats what motivates you. literally just write smut about your favorite kinks. thats what im doing. theres infinite approaches.

but nadia nova. i want to write/draw GOOD if im going to make a thing!! i cant do it otherwise!! kill the perfectionism in your head. the only way to get better at those things is by doing it. its better to try and make something bad than to not do it at all. thats how i started. thats how everyone started. you can too

guhhh but nadia nova please my visual novel HAS TO HAVE amazing art and great writing and awesome cool brilliant custom ui!!!! then bring your friend who can complement your abilities or make something on your own while you get into the dev community and connect with other devs to work together!!! simply hanging out in spaces with other artists passively raises your own experience. even the lurkers grow stronger. thats just how it works.

nnghhhnghhnadiaaa but im so busy and my life is so full of shit to manage and i have depression and adhd and autism and evil brain disorder and have no time to commit!!! okay you got me there. in my humble and perfect always correct princess opinion this is literally the only valid point. but even then. examine it. how long do you spend just watching videos or playing games or doomscrolling?? you can chip some extra time and energy from a lot of places. many people who manage to make these entries are in surprisingly similar situations as you are. just scope small and go for it. your vn can literally be 5 minutes long. its longer than a vn thats 0 minutes long because it doest exist. and then you get better and more confident at it and suddenly you can do so much more.

hop on bitch i genuinely believe anyone passionate enough about creating can make a visual novel. its about the mindset and ive seen it come true countless of times. believe in yourself. i believe in you. even if you have read all of this and come to the conclusion that you dont have it in you be curious and read the rest of my thoughts on how to approach a project like this. its really fun. it really is. believe in the power of visual novels

In life you're going to encounter ethical questions that you've never considered before or you'll find reasons to question ethical questions that you always thought that you knew the answer to. And when that happens, you have to be comfortable thinking the whole things thru from all angles, even though your gut instinct tells you to settle for the easy answer that makes you comfortable.

You have to be able to ask questions like 'but is anyone harmed by the thing that disgusts me?', 'is this about improving the world or just about punishment'?, 'what if my assumptions about why people do this thing are wrong'?

You have to be comfortable not being sure yet what your conclusion will be. You have to be comfortable exploring opinions that differ from what your friends think. Thought experiments teach you this.

I work the door at a feminist club sometimes. We've got a big sign at the door in bold letters reading "No touch of any kind without consent, you will be kicked out". When new guests show up, we point out the rule and ask them to confirm that they'll follow this rule.

Every night, there will be a few guys whose response to this is to immediately put a finger somewhere on my body, like my shoulder or my arm, and ask "not even this?". If those guys are allowed to enter the club, they ALWAYS end up groping people. Their response to a boundary that was put in place to prevent harm, is to immediately push it, test it, see if they can do a little bit of harm, see how much harm we will tolerate. That's what that finger and "not even this?" shows.

In this club, little innocent touches without prior consent definitely happen. It's loud and it can get crowded on the dance floor and around the bar. Shoulders touch, people tap each other on their arm to signal that they want to get through the crowd. No harm is done. But "No touch of any kind without consent" stays up at the door because its an effective filter to keep out the predatory guys.

Social conventions around the n-word are a lot like that. While it is technically true that the sound of the n-word does no harm on its own and it's the intent that makes a slur into a slur, to point that out is to misunderstand why the "don't say the n-word ever" social rule is there. It's a test, like our "No touch of any kind without consent" rule. People who see that rule and respond by pushing its boundaries are telling on themselves. They're showing that they want to explore how much harm we will tolerate.

Clever, insightful thought experiments have no clear answer and challenge us to examine all sides of an issue, to dig deeper until we get to a more complex nuanced understanding of moral issues.

Neuschwanstein, literally the inspo for the castles in Disney's Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella

Hohenschwangau, the practical castle

Linderhof, the final, the smallest, and the MOST fab.

Every room is incredible and the park is beautiful, but shoutout to The Bedroom, the biggest room

The Hall of Mirrors, which he probably wandered by candle light because he was a serious night owl

The Dining Room, with a wishing table that lowers to the kitchen, and rises with a crank, returning magically full of food

The Venus Grotto, constructed for the sole use of Ludwig to larp to his heart's content

A full artificial cave, it features a waterfall, fake stalactites, and a custom-designed swan boat floating on an artificial lake. The first electricity in Bavaria was generated here, to change the colors of the stage lights and to power Ludwig's fountain and wave machine.

the public paid for zero of his fairytale castle hobby

TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire job was to listen to volunteers. Most of the people they fired were union organizers. Wikipedia’s editors are now threatening to strike in solidarity. The Foundation is sitting on $296 million in reserves and a freshly profitable AI revenue stream. This is a confrontation with global implications.

I am begging the UK trans community and its allies to attend the Mass Lobby at Parliament on June 25th, 11am-4pm, organised by Trans Solidarity Alliance.

The new EHRC Code of Practice pushes trans people out of toilets, hospital wards, and community spaces. It normalises gender policing based on appearance and stereotypes. It becomes statutory guidance in the UK by the end of June.

Trans people are now legally their assigned gender at birth and must join gendered spaces accordingly, but if they are perceived as their lived gender, they can also be ejected from those spaces. The guidance says: either break the law, or don’t pass too well.

A mass lobby is where you invite your MP to discuss your concerns with you in-person. Ask your MP to:

Demand full parliamentary scrutiny, debate, and use their free vote on the EHRC Code of Practice.

Support any motions rejecting the EHRC guidance. As of June 4th, Labour MP Nadia Whittome has submitted a prayer motion - Early Day Motion 240.

Write to Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities about our concerns

Your MP does not have to be an ally, they do not have to respond to your email for you to show up and greencard them (details below the cut.) What matters is that as many people as possible show up.

I cannot stress this enough: Showing up in person matters. It is much more effective than petitions, emails, and letters.

It is a horrible, stressful time, and I am so sorry if you're trans and live in the UK. But I was at last year's mass lobby and the line for greencarding alone stretched around the back gates. It was a record breaking mass lobby and made us impossible to ignore. Let's do even better this time. Details under the cut: