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[lonelinessposting]

@staff, third party sharing should be OFF by default. Doing otherwise is incredibly shady, no matter how much publicity you give these settings.

Hi, Tumblr. It’s Tumblr. We’re working on some things that we want to share with you. 

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

Here are the important details:

We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 

We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.

To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 

For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 

Please note: If you’ve already chosen to discourage search crawling of your blog in your settings, we’ve automatically enabled the “Prevent third-party sharing” option.

If you have concerns, please read through the Help Center doc linked above and contact us via Support if you still have questions.

[lonelinessposting]

“If fascism is a disease, then the United States is a vulnerable, immunocompromised patient unaware of its own risk, unwilling to alter its behavior to protect itself, and working hard to convince itself that everything will be fine. There are many good people fighting the good fight, but institutionally we are either too blinkered or too slow to respond to the emerging crisis. Donald Trump is the embodiment of that crisis, but it’s not just him, his supporters, his enablers, or the opportunists looking to capitalize on the chaos he unleashes. The problem is deeper than that, and on dark days like yesterday it’s easier to see and that can be jolting and unnerving.”

— What The Hell Kind Of Day Was That?

[lonelinessposting]

In today's mood, after a rough night of sleep, I awake to feel the impending doom of late-stage capitalism in both a personal frustration and continued reminders of climate change. The former is just a frustration of an undelivered package, for which I know I will (probably, eventually) get my money back for the item. Still, because of corporate bullshit, I have to wait 48 hours before the company's website will even let me start the process (and failing that, there's always the option of a chargeback). But that pales in comparison to the fact that it feels like a pleasant spring day in EARLY FEBRUARY, and that leaves my brain screaming that this is not fine, things are fucked, and I can't do a damn thing about it. This is besides the ongoing worry about the threat of fascism in my country becoming more possible with each passing day, because, you know, that's also a thing.

[lonelinessposting]

I've been single for a year and a half now. If you count from when my ex asked for a divorce, over two years. Rationally, I want nothing more than to stop giving a shit about being alone. I've tried the online dating scene and it's gone nowhere. I like who I am but I feel like I'm never going to find someone who also does in terms of a romantic and sexual relationship. The most I can do is hop from one social engagement to another to try and distract myself from the loneliness. But that only works until my day is done, and I return to the loneliness of my apartment. I hate being alone like this and I hate that I can't make myself stop feeling this way, no matter what I do. Because giving up on finding someone would be easier.