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#and the response is 'we'll lie to defend you while continuing to supply you billions of dollars of weapons'

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Biden is shipping weapons to Israel every 36 hours

He has only disclosed to the public only 2 of his 100 shipments.

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Reblogs do seem to be affected by opting out, but the reason for that is because the opt out thing is kinda... Stupid

Yeah, that’s about what I expected. I’ll not be using tumblr and Wordpress from here on out.

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Hi, Tumblr. It’s Tumblr. We’re working on some things that we want to share with you. 

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

Here are the important details:

We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 

We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.

To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 

For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 

Please note: If you’ve already chosen to discourage search crawling of your blog in your settings, we’ve automatically enabled the “Prevent third-party sharing” option.

If you have concerns, please read through the Help Center doc linked above and contact us via Support if you still have questions.

#bye

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its official: tumblr is selling our data to Midjourney

we'd been hearing rumors about this for a bit but now its open and out there. some details from this article

it goes without saying, but if @staff goes through with this its going to be an utter shitshow and im all but certain the website will not survive it.

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HELLO??

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“You’re on a different path now.”

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Regarding Ventress and Dark Disciple:

“We love Asajj Ventress. She’s a character that we’ve been wanting to tell more stories about,” Brad Rau, supervising director and one of the executive producers of the series, tells StarWars.com. And he makes clear that her return will honor prior tales, including the book in which the character apparently perished. “We don't want to spoil anything, but want fans to know that any new storytelling with Ventress will align with the events of Star Wars: Dark Disciple.”

From StarWars.com! Watch the Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 3 Trailer | StarWars.com

#biting my tongue #staying in my lane #keeping quiet #minding my business #protecting my peace

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Behind the scenes of Revenge of the Sith

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Anakin // Ezra

“It’s not fair!”

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You’re always there when I need you most.

#i've been rewatching rebels with my friends who have never watched it and it's breaking me so bad #i miss them sooooooooooo baddddddddddddddddddddd

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So I just made a joke that "more women should poison their husbands" to my cool boss and then immediately found out that he got divorced because he was poisoned by his ex-wife

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Twilight of the Apprentice (2016) || Return of the King (2003)

[[ More Star Wars/Lord of the Rings Parallels ]]

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Star map inspired by Ahsoka’s ending credits

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Ralph McQuarrie working on a matte painting for The Empire Strikes Back, plus before-and-after images of his work.

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she's so funny