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Tumblr has started playing audio ads as soon as I open the app. The only ways to stop the sound are to mute my phone or close the app. So this is goodbye, I guess. I’m quitting tumblr until they get rid of this type of advertising.

@staff

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Eagerly anticipated world premiere...

It's sooooo great to see BC and Sophie's names on the same publicity poster for a film!

I hope to see more collaborations between these two in the future. ❤️❤️

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Boss is asleep, cannot stop me from frogposting

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Roland Ruocco (United States) Sunburst

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#look what you made him do

I bet he is relieved that there is someone like you out there, young and strong, protecting him from all his other evil middle-aged female fans that don't pass your test. Someone who doesn't want anything from him other than that he is happy, being serious and setting boundaries towards all his false fans.

Brilliant, but why do I still think he wouldn't take you with him (and his wife and son and dog) to some lonely island because you'd give him the creeps.

Oh honey, I don't think for one second that Tom knows about my blog, nor do I expect him to. I don't expect him to thank me. He's not my friend, he doesn't know me. I don't do this to defend him, I do this because bullies need to be called out.

What do you think would creep him out the most? Someone who debuks lies about him or someone who has a side blog dedicated to his crotch?

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Australian Aboriginal Art by Ngayuku Ngura

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So both the Cumberbatches have contributions in LFF...

Sophie as a producer and BC as an actor.

The End We Start From is a "special presentation" film at the LFF and The Book of Clarence is one of the Gala films.

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Rave reviews for BC and Wes Anderson!

I have a feeling BC will find his way into more WA projects. Hurrah!

Such a wonderful reception for BC's first foray into Wes Anderson's world!

Now the cherry on top for me would be if TEWSF got positive notice too when it is shown at the LFF.!

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Source

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For those following the SAG and WGA strikes there’s new shit a-brewing, this time targeting background actors (aka extras).

Some may know that one of the issues SAG is fighting is that studios want to take virtual scans of background actors and use them in perpetuity (meaning forever) without any additional compensation to those background actors. So you would just see a bunch of AI generated humans in future movies based off of a background actor that worked one day.

This is already shitty because working as an extra for 3 days on a union set (if you receive a union voucher each day) is one of the main ways to qualify for SAG eligibility. This means that a lot of actors working background do not yet have union protection and likely do not have an agent or manager to protect them. Disney has already allegedly told background actors to do this on the set of Wanda Vision: https://www.avclub.com/wandavision-background-actors-say-disney-scanned-them-1850709900

Here’s where it's worse.

There is one main company that supplies background actors for major union and non union productions. Central Casting. They love to brag about their very long influence in the industry - in old movies dating back to the 40s you can hear jokes about hiring extras from Central Casting.

Central Casting has been including an electronic document for all actors in their database to sign as part of onboarding. Signing it gives Central Casting the right to use your images, your videos, and YOUR LIKENESS in perpetuity, forever. They would OWN your likeness. Instead of it being a studio supplying the AI background actors, it would be Central Casting instead.

Receiving any work from Central Casting in the future is conditional upon signing it. No signature = no extra work = no extra income for union actors trying to make health insurance minimums, no union extra work for pre-SAG members.

SAG already reached out to Central Casting to tell them to stop. Central Casting refused.

Edit to say: this is not new. It’s part of actors onboarding and is called the Photo, Image, and Video Release. It’s phrased to sound like you are just giving them permission to use your image and video for CC’s website and promotional purposes. But the actual language is much broader. It's only recently being brought up as a point for discussion because some casting directors (who are generally supportive of the strike) started pointing it out.

Central Casting is owned by Entertainment Partners which is also a giant software conglomerate and owns a lot of the software used to organize background casting and pay actors. https://www.ep.com/company/about-us/

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Patty

Didn't see the pictures before because everyone blocked her sorry ass a long time ago.

Or,

Didn't mention them before because it goes against her narrative.

Sophie looks nowhere near death in these pictures. She looks perfectly normal.

I'm really starting to think Patty is getting tired of her own shit. Either that or she has a hard time coming up with new crap. Her last 2 tea parties are pretty hard to beat stupidity wise. Add to that the fact that has barely any followers left, and I wouldn't be surprised if she came up with some bullshit excuse to go out.

Though if we see Ben and Sophie together, she just might act up again. But after 9 years, the few septics left are clearly running out of imagination. Who knows, if Patty dissolves her cult, maybe the likes of Mstoxictea will finally come to their senses.

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moment of silence for everyone who relied on AI chat bots for research when it’s going around saying shit like this.

[image description: search that reads “country in africa that starts with K”. the featured snipped is from www.emergentmind.com and reads “While there are 54 recognized countries in Africa, none of them begin with the letter "K". The closest is Kenya, which starts with a "K" sound, but is actually spelled with a "K" sound. It's always interesting to learn new trivia facts like this.” /end ID]

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if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to live in the midwest, this is it. 

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Having icons on the dashboard increases community. I don't take the time to read every username, but with a quick glance, I know who posted something. It means I can associate what they posted with them. Otherwise it's just Stuff. (It's also fun to see the icons. It's a unique personalization that makes people happy, and their prominence makes tumblr unique.) It doesn't take up space. Why take that away?

it's honestly alarming that they're making this shift to depersonalize and disintegrate community.

part of me feels like this is the progression they want:

can't tell who posts -> don't care who posts -> no connection to who is on your dash -> FYP/algorithm

and it's horrible that they seem to be taking such a beloved website and sending it in these directions. probably overreacting but it's sad and frustrating to watch it go

anyway. it's a good reminder to reblog the posts you love, because that's how the website can keep functioning like it does

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British government put radioactive salt on chapati that they fed to Punjabi mothers in Oxfordshire in the 1970s

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‘The Mower’

Jo March