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nor had i erred in my calculations , not had i endured in vain. i at length felt that i was free. the surcingle hung in ribands from my body. but the stroke of the pendulum already pressed upon my bosom. it had divided the serge of the robe. it had cut through the linen beneath. twice again it swung, and a sharp sense of pain shot through every nerve. but the moment of escape had arrived. at a wave of my hand my deliverers hurried tumultuously away. with a steady movement, cautious, sidelong,shrinking, and slow, i slid from the embrace of the bandages and beyond the reach of the scimitar. for the moment, at least i was free...

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No, Samsung. I do not want to accept your terms of service. Leave me alone 😀

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I'm sitting on my bed is the dark but by the light of my desktop, nestled by devices and Tembleque while drawing on an avatar on Vroid while listening to Jackal Queenston's Slop and high on weed.

Welcome 2023, I'm in the future 🤪

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I think I finally found the next art software that will help me improve my style, yes I am now using Vroid Studio!

Would you pay me to make you an avatar like this?

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The dark era of VRChat will begin with a cult scandal, because clearly it is not pedophiles.

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I wonder, since VR is much more accessible now... Could someone please make a パラパラ dance game PLEASE

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I have been trying out Vroid for a bit, so I finally feel confident enough to start working on my first avatar. What a better opportunity to whip out Bazookistan's shiro manba pics for reference 🥰

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I had an awful dream that Gerber decided to host a virtual world and it looked like Worlds.com but a bit better and I kept waking up to get out of the dream and it would just not go away. So I decided to grief the fucking server and next thing you know I am hiding from police that are following me all because this shitty virtual world by a baby food company would not let me escape it at all 😭

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My artstyle, 13 vs 26 <3

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What nobody has talked about the Neverending Story...

[I have already made a video about this on my tiktok account, but the platform decided to shadowban it and not that many people got to see it.]

We already know that Bastion gave the name "Moonchild" to the childlike Empress, but everyone keeps asking if that is a name that makes sense at all. It is a very uncommon name... Unless... Bastion's mother was Native American! Think about it! How would Bastion have been exposed to Native American culture to the point of admiring Atreyu as his favorite character? It would make sense if his mother exposed him to all of the legends thanks to their heritage.

If anyone were to go by the movies they would've been exposed to some of Bastion's memories and seen a white woman acting as his mother, why would a white woman be called Moonchild? It makes no sense otherwise.

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I was already an user, I simply do not engage in posts that are intended to spread drama or hate.

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My Ibis Paint creations :,D

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0w0

~ Super Silly Japanese Pun Time ~

Q. What do call a Gyarados from Kyoto that is a gyaru? A. ギャルどす (Gyaru-dos)* *Note: "Dosu" is Kyoto dialect for "desu" in standard Japanese.

Originally from my tweet here: https://twitter.com/MishimaKitan/status/1551151652329357313 *** Credits: Hair from free clip art site, Irasutoya (https://irasutoya.com/2017/06/blog-post_249.html…) Other doodlings: me

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These are old photos I never got around to share.

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To this I must say, I don’t agree as the internet is not even meant to be accessed by young children per the limitations on age being 13-16 and older. I am sick and tired of all the major platforms going from free and open to “safe” and closed-minded for the sake of a population that shouldn't even be meant to access this platform because even making an email requires the user to be above said age and you cannot register on this site without an email [and it is why ALL child-oriented sites do not require it and only ask for username and password]. This site has way more issues that need to be addressed but are constantly ignored by the staff that greatly affect the artists that are doing their best in order to keep on going. The reason why sexual material made it into this platform is because this site, unlike the many advertisement and virus ridden pornography websites] people have enough freedom to express themselves with tools that somewhat ease the process of self-expression. The slippery slope that you’re taking towards censoring what could be said the majority of the community will become an additional expense for many as in order to get the same features elsewhere when in reality, the application YOU yourselves developed couldn't even index any of the more mature content anyway, there could have been other methods included like age validation through valid, legal documentation just like what any other site that allows adult content does to prevent illegal entry of minors. If there’s anything that weighs more that you should be doing instead of wiping out all of these people s accounts, you need to fix is the ease of access for people’s content to be protected from theft instead. I might not be a popular artist out there and probably nobody will even read this post, but most of us have experienced some severe art theft coming from industries looking for a quick buck and none of us have the capital to fight it.  On January 1 of 2017 I found out someone took a design I made with the intention of being used as a wallpaper which they decided to turn into a jacket print that per unit sold for over $80 each, this individual was getting a commission of every sale from art that he did not make which I set out in the world for no charge at all while I was literally hurting my arms at a part-time job with abusive staff because job scarcity made it hard for me to gain any sort of financial independence. Although I eventually licensed out the image to the dealer I am aware that someone out there is still using my designs without my permission and I had no way to stop that because whatever it is I have to do on my part to protect the content on my blog simply does not work, leaving my art unprotected and open to be taken by people who want to eat free on me. I am very likely not the only one who has had this happen and ever since this occurred to me I decided to simply stop posting my content here because nobody should be making profit of things I made for free thanks to you not having a system in place from the start that protects our content from being taken and distributed under someone else’s name.  THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM, a bigger problem than having people posting their genitals on the internet because at least they get the luxury of nobody being able to look like them and claim their work as theirs and I throughout the years have not seen anyone’s approach to fixing this issue and instead everyone just bitches and moans that there isn’t a proper filtering system that would allow people that don’t want to see certain things to not be surprised by them while scrolling.

A better, more positive Tumblr

Since its founding in 2007, Tumblr has always been a place for wide open, creative self-expression at the heart of community and culture. To borrow from our founder David Karp, we’re proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and crusaders to redefine our culture and to help empower individuality.

Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. We’ve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change. Some of that change began with fostering more constructive dialogue among our community members. Today, we’re taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions).  

Let’s first be unequivocal about something that should not be confused with today’s policy change: posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community. We’ve always had and always will have a zero tolerance policy for this type of content. To this end, we continuously invest in the enforcement of this policy, including industry-standard machine monitoring, a growing team of human moderators, and user tools that make it easy to report abuse. We also closely partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, two invaluable organizations at the forefront of protecting our children from abuse, and through these partnerships we report violations of this policy to law enforcement authorities. We can never prevent all bad actors from attempting to abuse our platform, but we make it our highest priority to keep the community as safe as possible.

So what is changing?

Posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr, and we’ve updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change. We recognize Tumblr is also a place to speak freely about topics like art, sex positivity, your relationships, your sexuality, and your personal journey. We want to make sure that we continue to foster this type of diversity of expression in the community, so our new policy strives to strike a balance.

Why are we doing this?

It is our continued, humble aspiration that Tumblr be a safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community. As Tumblr continues to grow and evolve, and our understanding of our impact on our world becomes clearer, we have a responsibility to consider that impact across different age groups, demographics, cultures, and mindsets. We spent considerable time weighing the pros and cons of expression in the community that includes adult content. In doing so, it became clear that without this content we have the opportunity to create a place where more people feel comfortable expressing themselves.

Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.

So what’s next?

Starting December 17, 2018, we will begin enforcing this new policy. Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose. All changes won’t happen overnight as something of this complexity takes time.

Another thing, filtering this type of content versus say, a political protest with nudity or the statue of David, is not simple at scale. We’re relying on automated tools to identify adult content and humans to help train and keep our systems in check. We know there will be mistakes, but we’ve done our best to create and enforce a policy that acknowledges the breadth of expression we see in the community.

Most importantly, we’re going to be as transparent as possible with you about the decisions we’re making and resources available to you, including more detailed information, product enhancements, and more content moderators to interface directly with the community and content.

Like you, we love Tumblr and what it’s come to mean for millions of people around the world. Our actions are out of love and hope for our community. We won’t always get this right, especially in the beginning, but we are determined to make your experience a positive one.

Jeff D’Onofrio CEO