ALTYusef Komunyakaa, from "The Cage Walker", Pleasure Dome: New & Collected Poems [ID in ALT]
Felix – Bvlgari Serpenti Exhibition in Seoul
CGI animators should unionize next. normally, their jobs would be too precarious to strike, since studios would replace them without a second thought, but if it's part of this larger general film strike, they might finally have meaningful power to better their working conditions
if CGI animators unionized, it would kill the MCU. straight up. the the entire business model is built on exploiting CGI animators
Tumblr already has a personalization algorithm it's called my beloved mutuals who have great taste and only wish to psychologically damage me sometimes
Because @staff is too cowardly…
What type of dashboard experience do you prefer?
An algorithm based feed where I get “the best of tumblr”.
Chronological feed that only features blogs I follow.
This doesn’t affect me personally.
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reblog. bigger sample size asap
DDoS Attack Against AO3: Correcting Misinformation
Normally I don't make any posts like this, but I have an interest in cybersecurity and sadly I've seen people are being really ignorant about this recent DDoS attack against the site AO3 (Archive of Our Own), so I thought I'd remind people of a few things:
- Anonymous Sudan appears to have no actual link to Sudan at all, or to any previous hacktivist groups that once operated there. This masquerade is probably based in anti-immigration and other racist sentiments, and utilizing those sentiments in other people to scare people and set up Muslims and Sudanese people as a target. This should be obvious from the language used in their note, but this was already known prior to this particular attack.
- This so-called Anonymous Sudan has actually been very active recently—remember that they claimed to attack Reddit, Flickr, Riot Games, a huge number of Microsoft web portals like OneDrive and Outlook, etc. before AO3, so AO3 was totally a logical target for them since they've gone after smaller entities before. DDoS attacks like this are easy for any script kiddie to set up, so it's not weird that they'd go for a smaller target like this.
- Honestly this group of posers probably just wants money, everybody. They sent AO3 a ransom note asking for Bitcoin (and just in case people don't know, do not pay a ransom if at all possible if this ever happens to you).
My advice to people who've noticed this attack is two-fold: calm down since this is part of a larger pattern that has literally resulted in basically no loss for the end-user of any of the sites, and... I don't really know a better way to put this, but don't believe everything you read. A religiously-motivated hate group wouldn't use terms like "LGBTQ+" and "smuts," and it's so blatantly obvious that the timing of every single one of these attacks is being used to smear Muslims and Sudanese people if you think about current events for like. One second. And if you look up Anonymous Sudan, you'll see their string of attacks and how all experts know that they have nothing to do with Sudan at all. Even AO3 itself told everybody that the group is lying about their motivations... though I think I'd go further than that personally because even their name itself is almost certainly a total sham.
To be clear: this post isn't targeted at anyone in particular. I've just seen a lot of people falling for this overall or not realizing this is part of a pattern, and I also wanted to remind everyone that this isn't anything to be concerned about. What is something to be concerned about is not doing research or thinking critically and then unwittingly spreading racist ideas.
eid! eid eid eid! the waiting for the moon to appear and the last minute frenzy when it does. the food and the beautiful clothes. the hugs and the presents. holding hands with your nearest and calling those further away from you that are your dearest. the smell of attar and the smiles of joy. you wouldn't want to be anywhere else at this moment but here. hands full of mehendi and plates being filled with second and third servings. there is no holding back today. remembering those who may not be with us anymore this eid and seeing a little one celebrate their first eid. feeling gratitude for all that you have in this moment around you and giving something in charity to better the life of someone else. the repeating of the takbeers, Allahu Akbar. feeling a closeness to Allah that He has gifted you this blessed day to rejoice to your heart's content for the entire month's worth of sacrifice and ibaadah you have made, whether that's sleep or hunger and thirst or dropping an old habit or starting a new one, during Ramadhan.
however it is that you're celebrating, eid ul fitr mubarak to you all!
تقبل الله منا ومنكم ۔
