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They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

#data scraping #ai scraping #LD reblogs #public service announcement #psa

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Are you constantly wanting to do A Thing but never know how to do The Thing?

Does figuring out where to start a task and knowing what steps need to be taken to complete the task stress you out?

Lemme introduce you to...

goblin.tools

For example, you want to clean your oven.

You simply go to the website and in the "Add new item" box, you type "clean the oven". You can then also use the lil chillies next to the plus to change the level of breaking-down you'd like. Next, hit the magic wand-looking button to break it down!

You can check off items as you go, and further break things down if desired!

It works on large tasks such as planning a cross-country trip, writing a book or going on vacation and smaller tasks such as cleaning an oven.

There's also tools for task time estimation, meal-prep that takes into account dietary constraints, equipment and such, and a braindump compiler.

It's available as an IOS/Android app for less than a dollar, or a free web app. I can't hype this up enough, the developers deserve so much love for this.

#executive function #executive function tools #mental illness #mental health #adulting #LD reference

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new to tumblr?

found yourself getting blocked for seemingly no reason?

does your profile look like this:

you're getting blocked because people think you're a bot

do yourself a favour and change your profile images to literally anything except the defaults. give your blog a name, give yourself a bio even if it simply says "new, figuring this out" or something. please, just do ANYTHING that shows everyone you're a human. then you wont get blocked anymore and you'll have a lot more fun here!

oh and while we're here, another hot tip: reblog things. likes do nothing here, there's no algorithm

okay happy tumblring tumblrinos, tumblrinas and tumblrinehs!

#tumblr bots #new to tumblr #new people #new followers #bots #LD reblogs

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I think people get mixed up a lot about what is fun and what is rewarding. These are two very different kinds of pleasure. You need to be able to tell them apart because if you don't have a balanced diet of both then it will fuck you up, and I mean that in a "known cause of persistent clinical depression" kind of way.

#mental health #fun #reward #hobbies

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Glaze is out!

Tired of having your artwork used for AI training but find watermarks dismaying and ineffective?

Well check this out! Software that makes your Art look messed up to training AIs and unusable in a data set but nearly unchanged to human eyes.

I just learned about this. It's in Beta. Please read all the information before using.

#ai art #image generation #data scraping #digital art #art resources #LD reference

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Useful information

#medicine #healthcare #chronic illness #disability #american healthcare

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This is a big fucking deal: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/22/1195141913/borrowers-can-now-apply-for-new-income-based-student-loan-repayment

Under the SAVE plan, as long as borrowers make their monthly payments, interest will not accumulate. With previous plans, borrowers with low or $0 payments — too low to cover their monthly interest charge — saw that interest accrue. Now, the government says, that won't happen.

The department says that under the old plan, borrowers repaid, on average, $10,956 for every $10,000 they borrowed. Under the new plan, they would pay back just $6,121.

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Borrowers can now apply at studentaid.gov/SAVE . In an announcement video, President Biden assured borrowers that the application will take "10 minutes."

The program allows borrowers to opt in to a feature that allows the Education Department to access their tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service. This will allow the department to automatically recertify borrowers' enrollment every year, so they don't have to keep applying and updating.

The administration is urging borrowers to apply soon because, after three years of pause extensions, student loan payments are set to resume in October, with interest starting to accrue in September.

studentaid.gov/SAVE

#YES THANK YOU #student loans #student loan forgiveness #student loan repayment #financial aid

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Tagged by @bobthedragon ! It's a meme to share five songs that you're currently listening to a lot or are living in your head rent free. Right now my five top-listened songs are: The Calling - The Amazing Devil - I just learned about this band recently and I love them, also super fun to sing along with. This one especially has been On My Brain lately Dabin - Home (Acoustic) - This song hits me right in the feels, especially knowing the story behind it, and how the singer's childhood forest sanctuary was bulldozed for urban development Subtact - Burden - Another sad one because I listen to a lot of sad music. This one also has OC feels and may be in an OC playlist... Nouveau Arcade - Only Happy When It Rains - Yeah it's a cover of that one song. I've been on a darksynth kick for like two years and I'm only finally starting to listen to other stuff again oops Fury Weekend - Automatic Love - Along with Home, this song features Essenger, who is one of my favorite musicians. This is a good song. For uh, reasons. I'm tagging @kolaholismi , @beepony, @tikaka , @teechew , @ariawaifu , @lykusart , @poshtearex , @monarobot , @radiodark, and @maldefekt . You don't have to do it, but feel free! Also do it if I haven't tagged you and you want to, I won't tell.

#music #music meme #top 5 songs #i have other bands I may prefer overall but these have been my big ones lately #LD reblogs #meme

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Mistake

WRITERS

If you see this, spoil your WIP's biggest plot twist using ONLY ONE WORD

Here's mine!

Dying

#writing #playing gods #zehuderan #>:) #LD reblogs

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I do have a piece of writing advice, actually.

See, the first time I grew parsnips, I fucked it up good. I hadn't seen parsnips sprouting before, right, and in my eagerness I was keeping a close eye on the row. And every time I saw some intruding grass coming up, I twitched it right out, and went back to anticipating the germination of my parsnips.

But it turns out parsnips take a bit longer than anything else I'd ever grown to distinguish themselves visually. It's just the two little split leaves, almost identical to a newly seeded bit of kentucky bluegrass when they first come up, and they take a good bit to establish themselves and spread out flat before the main stem with its first distinctive scallopy leaf gets going.

I didn't get any parsnips, not that year, because I'd weeded them all out as soon as they showed their faces, with my 'ugh no that's grass' twitchy horticulture finger.

The next year, having in retrospect come to suspect what had happened, I left the row alone and didn't weed anything until all the sprouts coming up had all had a bit to set in and show their colors, and I've grown lots of parsnips since. They're kind of a slow crop, not a huge return, but I like them and watching them grow and digging them up, and their papery little seeds in the second year, if you don't harvest one either on purpose or because you misjudged the frost, so it's worth it.

Anyway, whenever I see someone stuck and struggling with their writing who's gotten into that frustration loop of typing a few words, rejecting them, backspacing, and starting again, I find myself thinking, you gotta stop weeding your parsnips, man.

#writing. #writing advice #writing tips #perfectionism #creativity #LD reference #writing reference #writing

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Are you trapped on tumblr right now?

Is there something you planned to do before you got trapped in the endless tumblr scroll?

Are you yelling at yourself to get up and do the thing, but you can’t, because you’re trapped in the endless tumblr scroll?

Consider this your save point.

Put tumblr down, stand up, stretch, and go do the thing you planned to do. Future you will be incredibly grateful.

#doomscrolling #adhd #impulse control #endless scrolling #LD reblogs

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Anyone: Hey (asks about a special interest of mine)? Me: Becomes an unskippable cutscene

#oh god this is so me #special interest #hyperfixation #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #LD reblogs

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everyone has dreams about being lost at school, late to work, cant find bathroom etc but whats yalls most common Uncommon stress dream. ill always have dreams about having various problems with my fish tank

#i have a lot of gross or horrific tooth dreams #they're not That uncommon but I get them a lot #cw: body horror #tw: body horror #i often dream that I bite down too hard and my teeth simply start to crumble like old bricks #i also had one where I had a little plastic thing stuck under the gum like a popcorn kernel #when i pulled it out it turned out to be attached like plastic wrap to my skull #i peeled it away and my flesh tore and peeles away with it like stripping the backing off of adhesive #i also had a lot of dreams while pregnant with recurring themes of water and/or parasites #LD reblogs #dreams

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how do draw good

fill 14 sketch book

bad stuff is good stuff bc you made stuff

do you like sparkle???? draw sparkle

draw what make your heart do the smiley emote

member to drink lotsa agua or else bad time

d ont stress friend all is well

your art is hot like potato crisps

don’t let anyone piss on your good mood amigo

if they do

eat

them

#art meme #classic memes #art reference #drawing reference #LD reblogs

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Thanks for the tag! No pressure tagging @kolaholismi , @beepony , @teechew , @tikaka

and anybody else who wants to do this!

tagged by @bbyquokka 💙

link

tagging @astro-yechan @l3visbby @fangirlnation @bbujiikseu @byjeekies @seraphicsolitude @mal-lunar-28 @multi-stan-jenny @starlostseungmin @end0rchans @alexa17chanana

#picrew #character maker #art meme #i don't know what to call these things #thanks for the tag!

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FYI to sick or disabled folks and those who assist or care for them:  Simplicity patterns has a new line of adaptive sewing patterns.  Designs include tops with port access, clothing with velcro closures, bags and cushions for mobility aids, bibs, chemo hats, and more.

I’m excited about these because they are the first patterns of this kind I’ve seen anywhere.  And Simplicity patterns are great for beginning sewists, with very clear step by step instructions and illustrations.

Patterns can be purchased here:  https://simplicity.com/simplicity/adaptive/

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#sewing #sewing patterns #disability #chronic illness #clothing #LD reference

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there’s been a recent uptick in spam blogs following me lately, some of them with VERY explicit posts in the blog itself (which I haven’t seen from these spam blogs in ages, hi again, totally did not miss getting jumpscared by a stranger’s vulva), so here is a reminder that if your blog has a default icon (or an icon that’s a generic photo of a person), a default header, and no posts, I and a lot of other people will block you on sight. Even if you are really a real person!! It doesn’t matter. If there’s no way for me to tell that at a glance, I’ll probably block you.

Put ANYTHING in your blog that’s a sign of life! Even just making your icon something like a fandom picture or an animal or a stock photo of a head of broccoli is enough. It’s fine if you just want to lurk and not reblog anything (even if that’s… counter to how tumblr is really meant to be used, but that’s a whole other thing)! Just please. PLEASE add a personal touch to your blog. Don’t get blocked by accident. Thank you.

#followers #new followers #psa #tumblr bots #spam bots #follow bots