#29 July 2023

[sunshineandlyrics]

❤️‍🔥 The absolute confidence walking onto the stage and singing The Greatest!

FITFWT Forest Hills, 29 July 2023

[louiswearbook]

Louis Tomlinson performing in Forest Hills, NY for show #40 of the Faith in the Future World Tour | July 29, 2023

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Prada X Mytheresa Technical Pants

[€690, £640, $850]

📸 ftdtiste

[blanked007]

في مرة حبيت اوسع مدارك اخويا ف وريته فيلم قاسي شوية مجمع كل الامراض النفسية والانتهاكات الجرائمية ومبني على أحداث حقيقية وكنت مستغربة اوي ازاي معجبهوش:)! .. المهم انه من ساعتها وهو بيقرف من ذوقي في الافلام والمسلسلات وحاجة اخر i feel offended :')

يلا هنسيبها للذكرى عشان ضحكتني :D

[dilf-in-peril]

he has perished

[card-of-the-day]

Today's Card Is: Cheatball

[allatariel]

O crabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

🦀🦀🦀

[dogstomp]

Dogstomp #3132 - July 29th

Patreon / Discord Server / Itaku / Bluesky

[sunshineandlyrics]

The glo up!

FITFWT Forest Hills, 29 July 2023

[louiswearbook]

Louis Tomlinson performing in Forest Hills, NY for show #40 of the Faith in the Future World Tour | July 29, 2023

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Tom Ford Sleeveless Jersey Vest

[€590, £570, $660]

📸 Stephen Lovekin

[omg-snakes]

Thoughts on Crab Day

I support this idea and I'll be participating on July 29th.

I see a lot of folks saying things to the effect of, "don't reward Tumblr for making things worse/not listening to their userbase/not adding features I need-want-like." I also see a lot of posts saying that the organizers of Crab Day are TERFs, neo-Nazis, and/or ultraconservatives.

While I agree that TERFs and Nazis (neo and paleo) need to be yote into the sun, whoever started this idea was not wrong about the site needing money to continue operating. Tumblr is a business. That's how businesses work.

Now, they can get money from advertisers and monetization partners, or they can get it from users. If they get it from advertisers/investors, those parties have the opportunity to weigh in on features they think will generate more revenue... like Tumblr Live... which is objectively trash. Tumblr Live is powered by LiveBox, an add-on service provider that enables sites to host live streaming content to generate revenue. Tumblr is also trying to attract users from the X-Twitter exodus by making the interface more familiar to these users. Was this a bad idea? Yes. It's a desperate attempt to attract more users so as to increase ad views and generate more revenue. But, remember, Tumblr is a business. That's how businesses work.

For YOU (and me!), Tumblr is a community. It's a platform for our art. It's a meeting place for friends and like-minded individuals. It's a safe space for self-expression. It's the last mostly-unmonetized bastion of social media in a landscape dominated by influencers, hustlers, and data-miners. For TUMBLR STAFF, Tumblr is a service that they are trying to sell so that they can obtain money that they can then exchange for food, housing, repayment of student loans, etc. If they can't afford those things by selling you their services, then they will literally go do something else. Yes, Tumblr is indeed a business and not just a passion project. That's how businesses work.

So by buying things directly from Tumblr, like a $3 crab-summoning gift, and especially as part of a coordinated effort like Crab Day and/or Crab Week, you are telling Tumblr Staff that YOU are a CUSTOMER, not just a monetizable data point. We are, in a very distant sense, establishing ourselves as a body of influence. If Tumblr sees that we can and will do this en masse, they are more likely to treat us as contributors and potentially shareholders who need to be kept happy. We each have a vested interest in the continuation of this site, and we have a rare opportunity to show the specific value of that interest.

Also, for those who want more accessibility tools, this is a great way to get those implemented. Accessibility for web applications is a big, big business and toolkits and training for accessibility standards tend to cost quite a lot. Training for a single accessibility plug-in toolkit can cost around $2000 per user*. That's about 667 crabs. By participating in Crab Day, even just a little bit or even just spreading the word about it or even just allowing others to participate as they please without pitching a ragequit tanty about it, you can tell Tumblr staff that you're here as a customer, your voice needs to be heard, and your needs are important.

If this doesn't work, and Tumblr doesn't take their userbase seriously after we make a concerted effort to support them, then please by all means go back to whatever version of complaining makes you feel most satisfied. But just for now, let's try something new!

*based on actual costs of a web accessibility training program offered by the agency for which I work

[blanked007]

اليوم كان محاولة لترويض بعض الأفكار ولاحتضان بعض المشاعر ، وأكتر حاجة عليها هايلاليت واضح هو صوص البلو بيري المِزز اوي. دايماً بنعت محاولاتي بأنها غير مجدية ، مش تشاؤم مني بس على المدى القصير بتبقى فعلاً غير مجدية بل ومثيرة للسخرية أحياناً.. بس انا انهاردة اخترت اترفّق بقلبي وأمتن لنفسي إني حاولت وبحاول وإن كانت النتايج لسة مش بالقرب اللي بتمناه ..

[glimmerofawesome]

[disproportionatelysculpting]

When the sun spilled light on sky and clouds like petrol on water.

[uroboros-if]

Update Post - 29th of July, 2023

... I just keep forgetting to make update posts, though I think about the IF daily!

Long story short — I've made peace with my previous life circumstances, and have been making progress on the IF again!! I will have an incredibly busy week ahead, but afterwards, I will dedicate myself to writing. Otherwise, since I don't have much to say, I'll take this time to muse on my future plans for the IF.

Uroboros is my passion project, a labor of love. While the story will reach a conclusion and have proper endings, I don't intend to be finished with Uroboros just yet.

Even when the story is "finished," I want to continue giving updates to it and adding more content along the way. More scenes, more routes, more features, and so on. Anything that I didn't have time to add to the game, I'd like to add after it is all done. Also, I will of course continue to refine and edit the writing, as far as pacing, grammar, and prose. Think of this as free updates (unrelated, but I love when developers continue to push free and expansive updates for released games, like Stardew Valley)!

While Uroboros will be a standalone story rather than part of a series, I want it to be complete and fulfilling! So, I will continue to add to it until it's become full and rich with everything I want it to be.

A good thing about self-publishing online and not relying on writing as my source of income is that I can take my time perfecting it, instead of rushing to make a finished product. Uroboros will be my eternal "work-in-progress"—even when the story is done.

I hope that works for you guys. Thank you so much for being along for the ride 💕

[ridleyytheriddler]

completely forgot it was crab day

[liltimfrance]

LILY-ROSE DEPP

Lily with Dani in West Hollywood on July 29 (2023)