#I won’t be pushed around

[anonymeqaupdates]

About Lore.fm

I was talking with a writer friend earlier today and they told me about an app that aim to be ‘Audible for ao3’ except that they don’t seem to understand how Audible works so allow me to clarify a few things for them.

Audible pays for the rights of every book on their platform, meaning they asked for permission for it!

Audible do not use AI to read those books, but real people.

Audible respect copyright law and protects the works on their platform.

None of those points seems to be concern of the people behind Lore.fm.

It’s text to speech and it’s up to the user of the app, and not the writer, to put the work on the app, by simply copy pasting the url of the story.

As for the protection of the data on their app here are some points of concerns I found in their Privacy Policy that I found on the Apple Store:

“When you sign up for or use our Services, you voluntarily give us certain Personal Data, including:

• Your automatically generated username.

We collect this information as you use the App, Software, and/or Services to operate, but none of it is publicly available to anyone else who utilizes the services:

• User Content. This consists of all text, documents, or other content or information uploaded, entered, or otherwise transmitted by you in connection with your use of the Services and/or Software.”

So they will be keeping the works you upload on them into their database. They do say that the user information will not be accessed or sell to any third party, they should know better than anyone else that not everyone bother with things like asking for permission. If they found it to be trivial than others will too. And users usage information will be seen by third parties for analysis purposes.

“Usage information. This is information about the lore.fm, Software, and/or Services you use and how you use them. We may also obtain data from our third-party partners and service providers to analyze how users use our App, Software, and/or Services. For example, we will know how many users access a specific page on the App and which links they clicked on. We use this aggregated information to better understand and optimize the App.”

So there will be third parties involved (not specified who exactly, which is oh so reassuring!) but they shouldn’t access the content of the stories. Hopefully, but that’s not good enough for me. Especially when they finish off with this gem :

“Information submitted to lore.fm will be transferred to, processed, and stored in the United States. When you use the Software on your computing device, User Content you save will be stored locally on that device and synced with our servers. If you post or transfer any Information to or through our App, Software, and/or Services, you are agreeing to such Information, including Personal Data and User Content, being hosted and accessed in the United States.

Please note that the laws of the United States may be different from the privacy laws applicable to the place where you are resident. lore.fm is committed to protecting the security of your Information and takes reasonable precautions to protect it. However, internet data transmissions, whether wired or wireless, cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and as a result, we cannot ensure the security of Information you transmit to us, including Personal Data and User Consent; accordingly, you acknowledge that you do so at your own risk.”

This, omg, this is making me so mad! Basically if a breach do happen and works are leaked and stolen by, for exemple, other AI mining for material to create stories, they decline all responsibility. Too bad, so sad it’s up to the app user and the original writer is left with no recourse. And the audio files won’t just be on your phone but on their servers, another sign that they store the contents and if there’s text to speech, then them using speech to text later on isn’t out of the realm of possibilities.

So how do I, a writer can protect myself in this situation? Well I can put my work on private and only allow fellow members to use it since apparently locked worked should not be compatible with it. Or I could use a special font so that their AI can’t read my work. However I do not want to do that! I want my work to be accessible to non members and I want to people with reading impediments to not struggle with comic sans!

And I get that for people that struggle with blindness this app could be nice but, the thing is I want people to interact with my works on the website I put my work in. If Lore.fm was just a plug-in and that people wouldn’t leave ao3 to hear it I wouldn’t give a shit about this. But it’s not a plug-in and it means that my work and the works of other writers are going to end up on an app that we do not know and do not trust and we would have no control over what happens to it there.

You can send a mail to opt out to have your work on there, and I did so, I’ll put my mail and their answer bellow. However the fact that they act on blanket consent is distasteful, to put it nicely. The problem is you can’t opt out of something you don’t know exist and if it weren’t for my friend I would have no idea this app was a thing. It’s already on the App Store and Google store and I first heard of it today! It’s still on beta but still, us writer should have been made aware of it! And apparently since they’re not violating ao3 terms of use they can’t stop them either.

Then there’s the podfic community and honestly I feel bad for them the most as this is completely trampling what they do! You have those lovely people showing proper etiquette to the writers of stories they liked by asking them for permission to records their work, they do editing, some even add ambiance music, they work really hard on it and you have Lore.fm that come in and says fuck that, we won’t be doing any of those things. This is not okay.

So yeah, I’m angry, sad and infuriated by this situation. I can’t dictate anyone to not use the app but you really shouldn’t. What I can ask you however if that if you like what I write, don’t put it on that app.

I DO NOT CONSENT TO HAVE MY WORK ON LORE.FM OR ANY SIMILAR APP.

You can see below my email and will post a screenshot of their response when I’ll get it. I intend of documenting all of my interactions with them on this blog. I’m sorry if this isn’t a fun post but sometimes you need to speak out. Especially since some of my work on ao3 were requested for TWST Charity. I absolutely cannot allow those to be misplaced on the internet as they were meant to help raise money for charity.

Edit: some people have raised the concern that they may use phishing so if you wish to opt out use a burner email account. Their email is [email protected]

#ao3 #ai #boycott ai #lore.fm #I do NOT consent #leave my work alone #blanket consent is bullshit #i’m angry #I won’t be pushed around

[why-the-heck-not]

got a new laptop, feeling like a kid on christmas eve & I’m learning to use notion bc idk it fits the agenda of today (which is to transfer my life onto this one now)

#(new laptop bc everything broke on me lol and like it was time) #also I’m finally living the dream & started it from fresh so won’r be carrying around all those highschool essays #bunch of downloading etc now tho bc there’s nothing (been at this for 5h already lmao but it’s fun honestly) #i’m so glad tho that most of the things I do are somewhere on the internet/cloud bc didn’t lose too much work now that the old laptop won’t #open anymore (just like one commit that I hadn’t yet pushed to github and a thesis ’’brain dumb’’ thing but I dont think I had anything too #important there (I hope bc like if I did oh well it’s gone & I dont remember)) #february 2024 #2024

[sinnbaddie]

JJK Spoilers (Chapter 143)

I love both of their reactions here for opposite reasons

With Megumi, he’s consistently taking responsibility of the consequences of Yuji being alive. He has no regrets about it because he knows Yuji to his core is a good person

So when Yuji says this, Megumi looks absolutely disgusted and angry with him. He knows firsthand Yuji would never willingly kill someone, he’s too kind for that. So he shares the responsibility that Yuji feels is weighing him down instead of telling him “it’s not your fault” because he knows he could never convince him otherwise, he tells him it’s their fault so Yuji can lean on him, so he knows he’s not alone in this

Yuji on the other hand believes vehemently that he’s the one to blame because he harbors Sukuna. He saw the aftermath when he reverted back. Which is why he looks so desperate here, he wants – needs to convince Megumi that he’s dangerous and being around him will get you killed. He doesn’t want anyone but especially Megumi to end up hurt or dead, which is why he’s trying so hard here to make him understand that

That’s why Megumi was so incredibly smart for telling Yuji to save him. He knew too well that arguing with him would be pointless. He gives him solutions, distractions so Yuji wouldn’t sit on if he deserves to die or not.

The way they view Megumi saving Yuji that day is fascinating.

Megumi sees him saving Itadori as a good thing. He saved a good person who can change the world for the better. Yuji sees Fushiguro saving him as a ticking time bomb of destruction. His existence now is going to make the world worse off

The relationship between these two is so well done because really, they work phenomenally together. They care deeply as well as respect one another, especially their opinions. However the angst and tragedy of their writing falls within their own view of themselves and how they view each other, but even then, it’s not because they hate the other, it stems from a place of caring and love.

Megumi not only saved Yuji’s life, but he gave him a purpose when he truly thought his existence was evil. It all boils down to protecting the other.

#jujutsu kaisen #itafushi #megumi fushiguro #itadori yuji #this is why I will never believe Itafushi is one sided #you see how hard Yuji was trying to convince Megumi he’s dangerous? that he can’t have people around him? #he knows that what Megumi did was against the very existence of Jujutsu society so proving the higher ups right #destroyed him. he wants Megumi to stop caring about him so he won’t feel responsible for the evil within him #he wants to protect Megumi so much so that he would push him away and never see him again #and Megumi in response asked him to save him #asked for his help because he knew Yuji was the only one who could help him #he trusts him so much he put his life in his hands and it woke Yuji up #FUCK I love them I’m sorry for the rant I genuinely just love Itafushi so much #brainrot4ever

[jemmo]

i finally got the time to watch love is better the second time around and im not at all shocked that im obsessed with the adult second chance at love jbl - have you met me.

but it also needs to be known that shiraishi is my beloved, the actor plays this role so perfectly and i want my bitchy sad gay to find true love

#love is better the second time around #also i adore the mains a whole fucking lot #iwagawa is the perfect mix of pathetic and desperate veiled in cocky and sophisticated #and miyata’s character is just a gem like the way he has transformed from his younger self is so refreshing to see #like this is a kid that was so pure and sweet and open and when he believed that all got trampled on he didn’t let it go to the extreme of #becoming hard and emotionless instead he really has just matured into an adult that actually cares for and values himself #like that hurt made him feel worthless but now he knows he isn’t worthless #like he internalised it through the way he protects himself from others but he does it both to not feel that hurt again but also bc he #thinks well of himself and i just adore the fact we get to see a timid kid grow into someone with self-respect it’s so cool and refreshing #and even when it comes at his detriment bc he won’t let himself believe iwagawa is being honest or that he’s ever been - that it’s all just #a joke or teasing or whatever it’s not frustrating bc you both get where it comes from but also feel like you can support him pushing him #away bc he does it for himself and for the person he’s become #so like… to watch a show where you’re both deeply rooting for the couple but also support when they push each other away… idk how they did #it but they did. the premise is simple and the show is simple but every moment and interaction is electric and thrilling and that’s the kind #of show i love. one that can convey how seemingly interactions are full of tension and stakes for these people. it’s so hard to convey that #but this show nails it and i just can’t get enough now.

[obstinaterixatrix]

I need to get. blackout curtains.

#my ramblings #oh my god I feel awful. but also the window is rlly big #it’s gonna feel like terrible feng shui but maybe if I push my bed to the other wall and sleep the other way around…? #maybe if I do that at least I won’t have to buy shit

[pepprs]

not to p*riod post but like. it came so late last month and it’s even later this month probably both due to stress (lol) and i mean i never “hope” i will get it ever but i was hoping id get it during the fall break so it wouldn’t mess up any of the things i need to do this week and i think there’s like a 90% chance im gonna get it tomorrow which is a jam packed day during which im supposed to give a campus tour to a prominent vice president an hour after getting to the office so. lol

#purrs #i don’t want to call it when i don’t even have cramps yet but if i wake up in agony im probably going to work from home. im trying this new #thing where i don’t push myself to do the usual thing if im in agony and i know there’s stuff that needs to get done but it won’t get done #well if im not well first so. yeah. i feel so bad like the tour is at 10 and im probably gonna… idk. i shouldn’t say im going to do when i #don’t know for certain yet but it’s not looking good. also i am kinda worried abt why suddenly it’s getting later and later like ive been #thru much worse stuff than what’s happening currently and it came maybe like 2 days late at most but im getting to the point where it’s #around a week late now and ummmmm. i don’t think that is normal 😃 but i am trying not to think about it that hard bc nothing else is ‘wrong #that i can tell it’s just it’s late. idk. im dreading it so much i always dread it it’s so so painful and i hate knowing im about to #experience such severe pain i cant function for like 24-36 hrs 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 #delete later #probably gonna have to cancel the tour which will make me look like a flake but. 😐

[fellhellion]

as a Rebecca enjoyer I would really like to see some options in book 4 digging into how little has changed if your detective is seeking or ambivalent to reconciliation, or the absence of apologies. As well as detectives who aren’t seeking/rejecting reconciliation but Rebecca cannot let go of anyways. Especially since we’ve now had one of the few times, according to the detective’s memory, Rebecca explicitly expressing regret for her actions.

#I kind of disagree w most people that the narrative is pushing you into forgiving her #kind of. #I think wayhaven’s writing style is intentionally pretty transparent to the reader on character motivations #even when they/the detective aren’t explicitly aware #there’s enough context clues to get an idea of what’s sitting underneath the surface #so I think the emphasis on Rebecca’s grief around her kid is more about telling the audience that her feelings on these matters ARE sincere #in nature. at least to how Rebecca interprets then #but what id enjoy seeing some more of in book 4 is the choice to pull open the conflicts happening here #Rebecca runs away AND engages w the detective irrespective of their wishes because she simultaneously cannot accept this relationship as #broken beyond repair AND is unable to acknowledge to herself the core issue to their relationship #the job was an obstacle yeah but the true conflict to their relationship is Rebecca’s avoidance w dealing w grief #and it results in what we see in either relationship state #I can’t let you go/I can’t believe it’s broken beyond repair <- can’t acknowledge what I chose to do #I can’t break down these walls/won’t spend time with you <- won’t acknowledge I ran away from you out of grief #and I think the next step narrative wise now that the tone to their relationship has gone through the big revalation arcs #is to start unpacking the WHYS #allow the detective to have those hard conversations and deal w whether Rebecca runs away from those or not #tunes talks wayhaven

[howdydopillar]

im so going to puke from all of this stress and anxieties im getting it’s not even funny

#im stressed out about school. im stressed out about my party. im stressed about trying to manage making posts on here. #im so… exhausted. #i might need to take a break. #NOT a long one!! i just need some time to get through the marking period of my school and my party AND THEN I’ll be back to posting on here #it’s been… putting me off from eating and drinking. it doesn’t feel good having all of this stress on me. #i know it’s not from being stressed out from being on tumblr but like… some small parts… it is. #but it’s largely school and my party. #it’s been making me more irritable towards some people irl and really anxious too… #i just need to time to push through those things #and less time centering around being online #because if i don’t get my mental health back together then i won’t be able to make any actual posts for myself or for you guys… #I’ll probably be back around November. Just. Don’t think I left you guys. Okay? #I’ll be reblogging some stuff but I’ll still be on break which means I won’t be around to posting stuff; to answering the inbox; #or to answering messages either. I hope you all understand I’m not avoiding you but that I’m trying to help fix a bump in the road for my #mental health. Thank you if you read these tags. I’ll see you guys in a bit. :) #(me reblogging stuff will be sent through my queue. that will be getting it’s own queue/break tag. you’ll see it when it happens or #when it gets added to the pinned post.)

[bookwyrminspiration]

Grey by E.L. James, a summary

#50 shades trilogy #i haven’t actually finished the book I have a little bit left #but this is just. this has been the whole book #he’s like fuck I’m in love with Ana <- he doesn’t actually say it he won’t admit it #he keeps talking about this ‘unfamiliar scary feeling’ when he’s around her that he keeps pushing away #and since I’ve read the trilogy I know. it’s love :/ #this is unfortunately not in an aro adjacent way just in a he can’t confront his feelings way

[skillzissue]

Okay so I know it’s 2:43 AM rn but like guess who went insane and has another AU that they can’t keep to themselves

((It’s me))

OKAY SO BASICALLY-

What if their was an AU where When Leo decided to trap himself in the prison dimension KRAANG one didn’t JUST beat the shit out of our dear dumb ass Nardo but also Used his little mind trick thingie on him,- not to turn him into a Kraang monster, but to

Possess him completely.

Now I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. ((Bc I’m unwell <3)) but like Kraang has seen this before. The whole ‘duty’ and ‘sacrifice’ thing. He knows how it ends. He knows that this wouldn’t be the end for Leo- his brothers would be back. So of course, Kraang, in all his Madness and rage, uses a last resort.

Even if that last resort was to submit his sub conscious into a 16 year old mutant ninja turtle who only wanted to break a record 💀💀

#poor Leo #I really just like to push all the trauma into my favorites #projecting? what’s that #ANYWHIZZLE #I’ve been turning this idea around in my brain for so long cuz now I get to draw my favorite silly going insane >:) #and #I have ((again!!)) no idea what I’m gonna call this mf #A PROBLEM FOR FUTURE SKILLZ #Skillz au dump #Skillz won’t shut up moment #rottmnt #save rottmnt

[everythingtaylor13]

Considering having a dry christmas to support my husband and it’s so strange because I instantly started worrying about missing out because I won’t be drinking with my family like I usually do and it’s just…crazy how much alcohol plays such a major part in every aspect of our lives. I hope I can do this for my husband but also for myself

#we went to the shop earlier #and as you walked in there was alcohol on sale everywhere #in your face all the time #christmas revolves around alcohol #social gatherings revolve around alcohol #parties revolve around alcohol #it’s in all the shows and films and the songs and it’s pushed on your constantly #and the majority of the time as a hugely positive thing #and I say all this as someone who still drinks #but I lived through years of hell w my husband when he was struggling with his alcoholism #but maybe we all have a problem when we drink #bc I’m worrying about not being a proper part of things bc I won’t drink at xmas #let me just enjoy it as me as sober me #supporting my husband <33 bc he is so strong #anyway #text

[inga-don-studio]

3 work days down, another 3 … possibly 5 to go …

I’m grateful for work & all, but goddam I need to find something with a regular schedule so all my work days aren’t clumped together like this.

#🎃 Cryptid sighting #I have a jury summons (& one last work day) which is why I’m not sure how long it’s going to be until I can have a proper rest #But UGHHHHH between this being such a physically brutal job + not being able to sleep lately + wonky hormone-induced brain fog/cramps #Sure I’m built like an ox w/the constitution to match but it’s still not good to push myself this hard #I’ve worked longer workweeks elsewhere but this job is a by far more physically punishing #I’m so tempted to call in sick just so I can have a definite day off in here somewhere #That and I need time to curl up & enjoy a couple friends’ recent fics that I know my current tired unfocused brain meats won’t accommodate #I know I won’t call in but I hope I’m at least not on the jury list when I call to check the previous night. Need me some serious Zzzz’s #vent #I guess #Also an indirect explanation why I’m still not as present around here as I had hoped

[sluttyten]

crying laughing about the drama in my life right now😂😂

#so my work friend got fired yesterday because of bullshit reasoning rught #and so tonight I’m out in public telling my best friend about it #but like there’s no one around at the moment when we’re talking about this because it’s right after a movie we went to see #and she pushes the door of the theater open and we are the last ones leaving this showing ok #and she opens the door and she’s shit talking my boss because she once worked with me a long time ago so she knows him #plus I’ve given her all the details I know about this dumb situation #and who should walk by right as we fucking open that door?? #my boss’s boss…. the one who fired my work friend yesterday and who we were also lowkey shut talking #so I immediately shut the fuck up because he knows me well enough he could recognize my voice and/or my face even if I’m out of work and out #of uniform luckily he keeps walking straight and we walk in a different direction but I’m like ‘that was *insert boss’s boss’s name*’ so we #are both laughing like oh shit 😂😂 and she’s like damn hope you’re not the next one to get fired now which like cmon I don’t think they can #fire me for that even if I was saying this stuff at work #but we walk outside towards her car and we get close and realize that his truck is like 3 away from her car and I’m like hiding at this #point so he won’t see me bc he definitely went out a different exit door than us and pulled out of the parking spot right as we reached her #car but I’m like…. what are the odds of running into him here? he doesn’t even live here so I wouldn’t have thought he’d be hanging around a #and going to see a movie on a Thursday night by himself instead of driving home since he lives like 3 hours from here

[hoeforcheol]

The one day I need silence and relaxation and her dumbass brother has to come home early and start gassing the house with fucking onions

#I can deal with her #but I could not give less of a fuck about that kid #my door is literally locked because I don’t feel safe around him #he’s pushed me before and doesn’t know his own strength #I bet you money he’s destroying the kitchen I just spent an hour cleaning #he’s the reason this breakup started off so fucking traumatic #she and I talked like adults and even held each other and cried after #but he ruined both of my birthday celebrations #based on some shit I did a year and a half ago #she won’t admit it but he’s holding her back so much #she’s never gonna be able to heal with him living with her #he’s still in survival mode from their childhood #but he’s also a selfish #immature #alcoholic #whiny bitch #who can’t stand the idea of growing up #he’s literally 21 and just got his GED after 3 years #the program is technically only a year long before you have to restart #but ex got her GED there too and was a teacher (ish) for a while #so he got special treatment #I pray for him to get his shit together too one day #I don’t wish him bad #but I don’t really wish him good either #I hope that if his first love leaves him #he’ll understand even half of what he did #but I doubt it #he hasn’t even apologized #just pretends everything is normal #forgot to mention he’s got a major victim complex but he’ll project that onto anyone else so he doesn’t have to look in the mirror

[humanveil]

i dont want kids but i think i would thrive in the chaos of a disorganised school run

#first of all i love packing people lunch. it’s at least half of the reason i cook. #second of all i love watching people run around like a headless chicken while i stand there like ‘do you have your keys / your phone / did #you pack your lunch / did you check if there’s a train strike / remember your umbrella / etc. all while keeping an eye on the clock so i #can push them out the door early enough so they won’t be late #my mum wakes up at 4:30 for work and i wake up with her literally just so i can do this #then i lock up the house and go back to sleep for a couple of hours #except today i’m not tired so. hiiiiiii

[jimines]

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#this is just a little vent/update on some stupid shit going on on here regarding someone i won’t name #but i need to talk about it and vent bc im so frustrated at this whole thing #so i cut a friend off recently.. told them in a *very* heated message how i felt about all the terrible shit they'd said and done recently #and demanded they do not try to contact me anymore and blocked them immediately after #no surprise 5mins later i got two anons from them in my inbox trying to start a fight however i blocked the IP after those two #i even went so far as to disable my webpage for a few days to try and deter them both from sending anons and from stalking my page #and i shouldnt have had to unblock them to tell them for the second time to leave me alone and to stop trying to start things with me #because the last time we argued it was six weeks of emotional damage that i am still really messed up from #after all this it was radio silence - or so i thought #because i've received word now twice that this person has been saying untrue things to friends of friends #trying to start drama and rumours all because i cut them off and they didn't get that fight and that last word they so desperately need ? #i just…why? why why why? why does everything have to become a drama? this is why narcissists scare me.. #it took me over a year to realize thats what they are and that id been manipulated so fucking bad.. which is nothing short of embarassing #the way this anxiety has been weighing on my chest lately and dulling my time here is something that shouldnt be happening #im so so tired of all of it.. the drama and the fights and the rumours.. i physically cannot go through this kind of thing again #idk if anyone is reading this but im sorry for being so absent and unresponsive and (often times) really negative on my blog #its just so hard to be happy and positive and excited when this potential drama is looming over me day after day ya know? #im trying to push through and be here because i genuinely WANT to be here but its so fucking exhausting sometimes im constantly paranoid #i pray things will come to a rest and nothing will explode bc mentally i cannot take it anymore and i wont be sticking around in that case #i refuse to put myself through the emotional trauma that nicole put me through again. i REFUSE. so if i suddenly deactivate this is why. #but i wont be going down alone thats for sure #c.text