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wild that we have a popup “hey do you want to add tags to this before you post?” message all the goddamn time but there’s no popup for “are you sure you want to follow/unfollow this user?” leading to surprise (sometimes unwelcome) posts on your dash from people you never meant to follow and, worse, horrendous unintentional betrayal of mutuals

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According to a recent report published by the Aargauer Zeitung (h/t Golem.de), around three million smart toothbrushes have been infected by hackers and enslaved into botnets.

The most cyberpunk thing on your dash today.

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(As of 2001, anyway…)

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ZhanChengXian Exchange -- Tag Nominations

Hello! A few weeks ago, we ran a survey of sorts to see what kind of ZCX events you guys are interested in, and a gift exchange won!

This exchange will be run on AO3. Here is the AO3 Collection, where sign ups will be held. Our tag set can be found here. Submit any prompts you would like to see, whether they're canonical tags or not (examples include: "Inappropriate Use of Zidian", "WWX has two hands", and "LWJ crushing on CX during Cloud Recesses Arc")

Here's our timeline:

Tag Noms Open: Today! (Saturday, April 27th)

Sign Ups Open: Monday, April 29th

Sign Ups & Tag Noms Close: Wednesday, May 8th

Assignments Given: Friday, May 10th

Works Due: Thursday, May 30th

Works Revealed: Friday, May 31st

Authors Revealed: Monday, Jun 3rd

Have any questions? Ask us here!

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When people get a little too gung-ho about-

wait. cancel post. gung-ho cannot be English. where did that phrase come from? China?

ok, yes. gōnghé, which is…an abbreviation for “industrial cooperative”? Like it was just a term for a worker-run organization? A specific U.S. marine stationed in China interpreted it as a motivational slogan about teamwork, and as a commander he got his whole battalion using it, and other U.S. marines found those guys so exhausting that it migrated into English slang with the meaning “overly enthusiastic”.

That’s…wild. What was I talking about?

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Paper Lady Amalthea from The Last Unicorn! The previous time I made her, I used one of my favorite papers on her hair, and was veeery tempted to use it again this time. But ultimately, I went with this paper - the cresting white waves seemed very fitting to evoke the sea into which the unicorns were driven, and from which they emerge.

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My cartoon for this weekend’s @guardian books

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OP talking to her boyfriend like she's in a shortform video drama

Translation request by @myhamartiaishubris.

English added by me :)

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WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THIS HEADLINE DESERVES A PULITZER.

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A small victory to celebrate for today