#Beyond Algorithms

[wickedzeevyln]

The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be

The film began with a black screen. A metal limb comes down like a hammer crushing a human skull, it almost got my brother and me leaping out of our seats. I remember the beating on my chest as the camera then faded in to reveal a post-apocalyptic wasteland littered with skulls, heaps of crackling fire, twisted metal, and hankering smoke and ash of a sky, sickly orange. This is the aftermath…

[bleaksqueak]

It is so unbelievably frustrating how the algorithm timeline keeps defaulting in a place that has been free of algo bullshit for so long. I cannot tell if it’s a glitch or if they’re just pushing it intentionally. It’s at least easy to go back to the following feed, but with bluesky users more and more depending on the discover feed and tumblr defaulting to the algorithm timeline it just feels like ‘be twitter’ is the shitty destiny being pushed everywhere.

Important video anyone should give a watch:

[hbpseverus]

i genuinely love alan rickman so much, i think he was genius and did an excellent job at portraying snape, but damn sometimes it drives me crazy how the general public who just watched the movies casually without diving much deeper into the franchise genuinely think that snape was a 60 year old man 😭 that doesn't even make any sense timeline wise

[caregivingchrysalises]

you don’t owe anyone material representation of your regression my love. your way of coping is always valid and worthy of love, care and respect dove. you don’t need to justify or prove your regression sweetheart. regression is as beautiful and unique as each and every star who engages with it. you aren’t stuck with the small age you share and it’s always okay to flutter through different ages, or be unsure of what age you are lovebug. you don’t need to conform to anyone else’s idea of what regression should look/sound like baby. you are valid as you are sweetheart. your royal prinx loves you so so much. there’s no “right” or “perfect” way to regress dearest one. you are doing such a good job my star, your buba is so incredibly proud of you darling. your regression is valid because it’s yours lovebug~ and you deserve to have your needs and wishes listened to honey.

{regression looks, feels and sounds different for every star~ and that is truly magical}

~you are worthy of so much love, your prinx

[as-dreamers-do]

brennan: uses "i want to pull a bomb out of my butt" as an example of chaotic energy he would try to redirect as a DM (source)

also brennan: *ruthie in county affair*

[mayordea]

HEY GUYS WHAT IF I POSTED CRINGE

i made redraws of utsup albums featuring robin fire emblem. i’m cringe but free etc etc

these two are based on traumatic and renaissance specifically. i also drew moksha but that has like an oc crossover going on and i don’t wanna unload that baggage rn

🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️

[mittensmorgul]

There’s another post going around about this, but tumblr won’t let me reblog it but...

When I read a story written by a human being, I’m not just reading it because I want to read a coffee shop AU with a specific plot description. I’m reading it because it’s making a connection to another human storyteller and seeing a piece of them carved into the words. Storytelling is a human act of sharing joy, angst, tension, resolution, satisfaction. It’s an act of love.

Writing and reading a story isn’t just an act of creation and consumption. I hate that commercialism and AI are reducing it to that sort of transaction. Like oh, you need words on this subject and that’s the end of it. Like what we really needed was just a vending machine we can push buttons on to get a fix, as if the human creating the story wasn’t a factor. That the author’s life experience and views and feelings haven’t infused the words with their own unique touches.

I’ve read hundreds of coffee shop AU’s over the years (and thousands of fics in general). I’ve seen many similar tropes reused across stories, and just like an AI would, I’ve learned things about writing them that I will always carry with me. But unlike an AI, a human author is not just the sum total of coffee shop AU’s we’ve consumed. Even if we used the same prompt, the same sets of tropes, the same characters. I will always choose the human-crafted story over the computer generated one.

Because again, I’m not just looking for a very specific fix via a series of words. I’m looking for a human connection through story.

Unlike an AI, I have BEEN to a coffee shop. I’ve had experiences in coffee shops. I’ve had funny little meet-cutes with people. I’ve accidentally spilled coffee on myself and knocked heads with someone as we both rushed to wipe it up. I know what it FEELS like. The machine doesn’t.

I’ve also read millions of things that aren’t fanfic, or coffee shop AU’s. I’ve experienced things OTHER than going to coffee shops and having meet-cutes. And I know what all those things feel like when processed through my personal human lens of experience, which is different from every other personal human lens of experience.

All the machine can do is spit out what it THINKS a human experience is, and I honestly don’t care about that at all. Fic is not a “product” to be “generated.” It’s an art form that connects us to other people who share the same love of a thing that we do.

People who, even when all writing the same characters in the same setting to the exact same prompt, will all add something or have a viewpoint about something or bring a completely different personality and life experience to the story that no one else on the planet could. That’s what I’m actually reading.

[literaryscribs]

Can I just say that I wish, I really really wish, people would quit calling 20-24 year old characters "bad" or "childish writing" for literally just... ACTING THEIR AGE?!??! Doubly if they have a disability or are specifically coded to be autistic, adhd etc.

Seriously? Is someone out there seriously implying that everyone magically matures into a grizzled, emotionally constipated war veteran the second a 19 year old crosses the threshold into their noughties?

Think real damn hard on things you did when you were younger if you're older currently. We've ALL done cringe stuff that keeps us up until the wee hours of the morning in embarrassment. Whether it be something we said or clogging up someone's toilet, puking all over the place because we partied too hard or sent literal car parts flying because you were learning to drive. You don't just snap your fingers and BAM! YOU'RE MATURE! CUE THE CELEBRATIONS!

Maturity comes from life experiences, the good times, the cringe moments and the failures. Not age. Otherwise you wouldn't have kids/teens behaving way beyond their years due to ongoing and consistent abuse/neglect, nor childish adults trying to relive their teen years at their 'prime' at the very least.

I don't care if it's a fantasy game or if it's set in the future. If a character is 21/22 I *expect* random stupidity, foot in mouth moments. I expect them to be over confident or make poor decisions at times. That's prime time to be figuring your own identity out, making yourself standalone, supporting friends via learning from said mistakes and experiences they've had. It's not supposed to be smooth or perfect.

[ecinmag]

How Social Media and Fast Fashion Shape Personal Style & Consumer Identity Pt.1

The rise of fast fashion and social media has transformed the fashion industry and how people express themselves through clothing. These forces have made fashion trends more accessible than ever, but they also encourage a culture of overconsumption and uniformity. Social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok constantly promote new styles, making personal identity tied to keeping up with the…

[bmpmp3]

tumblr mobile will NOT stop giving me horse giving birth ads what kind of jimmy mouthwashing psychological hell is this

[xenomeowph]

now that it’s dead i can say with confidence that cohost was too dedicated to privacy and i mean that. as a social media platform it would eternally be doomed to fail since there was almost virtually no way to discover other people on the website without a better passive way to discover other likeminded individuals on the website without manually going through each poster someone reblogged from or being linked someones account. from my own personal interactions with the website also, the tagging system wasn’t that stellar for finding people either. it was an antithesis to a social media blogging website. isolating and reliant on people posting about on other social media websites with larger userbases

[seenoweevil]

A tragedy that all the swifities at my camp hyped up chappel roan and played exclusively her music for 2 months and so now I think she’s overrated and dull.

[caregivingchrysalises]

age regression saves lives ༺❤︎༻

hi sweetheart, your darling prinx is flying in with a few big reminders for my darling small one~ you matter so much, to me, to the chrysalis and all of the creatures and companions whose path you cross. your existence is a gift, and you deserve to be cherished and cared for. big and small, your needs and wishes are always valid lovebug. you are worthy of time and space to feel your feelings, there’s no rush to fly through them dove~ your darling prinx is more than happy to sit with you in the times that the sun feels furthest away and laugh alongside you when it returns to brighten your day. you are so much braver than you think beloved. your uniqueness is another thing that makes you wonderful~ its okay to ask for help my love, there are so many people here for you dewdrop. needing/wishing for care doesn’t make you any less brave little bird. you’ve persevered through every single one of your toughest days darling, and that is such a joyous triumph to behold. you are not alone. i am so incredibly grateful to live in a world with you in it my love. thank you for being here sweetheart. the chrysalis and i are so happy you’re here.

{thank you for reading, and thank you for being here~ your presence is cherished in the chrysalis and beyond. today and every day i am cheering for you and all of the flutterings which shape your days}

~you matter, so so much, prinx atala.

[vampirecatprince]

I think one of the more frustrating parts about the Generative AI boom is the fact that it is genuinely hindering a project I am working on simply because it has rapidly a become a pain in the ass and a half to research Enemy Behavioral AI for my fucking RPG because of the term "AI" became a fucking trendy buzzword

[russellmoreton]

DSC_0961 Poetic Imagination/Images by Russell Moreton

[mobolanz]

gonna need to really work on some things before I'm gonna feel genuinely comfortable with being here again but in all honesty it's not an immediate priority as of now compared to things I found so much more time for with it out of my daily habits soooo still don't expect much anytime soon