#INCLUDING HIM

[qqueenofhades]

Okay, sort of on that note: I know we are all thoroughly enjoying the Bird App's destruction and drama and firing shots in the air to keep our property values low and complaining about Twitter users moving here and all the rest. But I'm gonna be real with you for a second and offer a Hot Take that might well get my Tumblr elder credentials revoked:

As long as they are willing to play ball with us and understand the rules of the road and etc (and lbr, we have plenty of absolutely idiotic Disk Horse of our own, that will never go away), we should a) actually be glad that they're coming here and b) recognize the far more sinister aspect of Twitter's slow motion Jenga collapse. Because it's all fun and games until the massive human rights violations and democracy destruction starts (or rather, continues). Why is that? Well:

As noted a few weeks ago when this insanity started, the second-biggest investor in the Twitter takeover, apart from Musk himself, was the Saudi government. Now, I have a friend whose PhD dissertation in sociology I have been copy-editing/proofreading for the last few years (he is originally from Saudi Arabia but doing his PhD in the UK). A huge part of his research is about how ordinary Saudis use Twitter HEAVILY, and as a replacement for the freedom of speech they aren't allowed in any other formal aspect of their country, despite many cosmetic reforms and plans for greater international investment and openness. The Saudi government, while tolerating this newfound criticism on the surface, has also routinely jailed these citizens for one critical tweet about them, including those made while the person in question was not in the country. In other words, they're not nearly as happy about this as they like to pretend, even if they're putting a good face on it, and especially during the Arab Spring and other attempted uprisings/calls for reform in the region, Twitter was a hugely effective way to circumvent government narratives and get out community information. After all, it is the biggest communication platform in the world, and anyone can instantly use it.

So, enter Musk: a petty alt-right billionaire who pals with dictators and can do anything he wants by burning ungodly amounts of money. He partners with the Saudis. Two weeks later, Twitter is going down in flames, its entire top legal team has quit, Musk is braying about bankruptcy, advertisers have fled, it's 50-50 whether it survives the year. And yes, this could be because Musk is a sociopathic idiot, since he is. But if you consider that this one evil prick can literally destroy half of the world's only medium of quasi-free speech and community organising just by throwing $44 billion at it... well... that's a lot more sinister than just him wanting to make "free speech" for all the absolute dregs of the Internet who adore him. In other words, it starts to look awfully deliberate, and Musk is anything but a fan of democracy, community organising, and all the rest.

Anyway: Tumblr doesn't function the same as Twitter, we don't want it to, and we are able to laugh at its burning corpse because many of us don't rely on it as our one and only place of meaningful speech and ability to criticize the government. But if Twitter DOES go down in flames, it will be a huge and irreparable loss in a real sense, and in that case, if you see a Twitter user poking their head in here, give them some rules of the road, advise them to change their icon, and otherwise let 'em stay.

#hilary for ts #politics for ts #yes twitter is garbage in many ways and i want it gone or at least massively revamped #but the function it plays for those outside the west is also real #and basically i am starting to agree that musk bought it just to destroy it for his fellow sociopathic billionaires #including him #who don't like anything mean said about them ever #if tumblr can somehow fill even a small part of the information-sharing ecosystem on social media #imho that would be nice

[prettyinaccurate]

FUCK you *posts cringe*

#he had a cutie mark but his birth defect makes it so no one will never know what it is #including him #so he masters everything he does because theres nothing to tell him what his special talent was actually fated to be #his horn was broken during his time in the circus because his magic was developing to be really powerful #and they feared he would use it to fight back #normally he would also wear a cloak to hide the defect in addition to his mask #hashtag autism #mlp #phantom of the opera

[oblisker]

the idea that as a human duck would not only be young but the YOUNGEST of the 3 and he’s just fucking like that has always been so funny to me. he’s just spiritually a grandpa he can’t control it

#and like. not by much but he’s still the youngest and everyone #including him #is confused about it #duck dhmis #duck guy #dhmis duck #dhmis #three of them #don’t hug me i’m scared #human dhmis #dhmis humanized #yellow guy #yellow guy dhmis #dhmis yellow guy #red guy #red guy dhmis #dhmis red guy #i’m personally of the belief that yellow guy is the youngest #although not fully a small child #but this idea has always been so hilarious to me

[carpedzem]

impressed how much sapnap remembers considering half of dsmp ccs couldnt remember their own lore

#INCLUDING him

[dreemurr-skelememer]

(grips at floor) thinking about prismtale theory again and how ink was made to be the prism in his au's lives, built to shine and beam the beauty in everyone

#i like to imagine that everyone in his au all have monogamous palettes #including him #who starts off black and white #but when surrounded by his friends and family he reflects a rainbow #i also like to imagine that if he ever had a frisk #theyd represent a beam of light. yk. and when connected with ink #he just shines and glows rainbows #im thinking about this a lot. #prismtale #prismtale theory #no idea why im tagging it i think i just wanna save the idea for later #kia talks shit

[columboscreens]

#columbo #season 3 #any old port in a storm #for the 70s era asker. this is why columbo is 70s #everything is olive colored #including him #fuzzy little italian creature

[asha-mage]

Am I currently trying to puzzle out the HotD timeline, and figure out everyone's age and the important events relative to each other like which dragons where hatched when? Maybe so.

Is this because I am thinking of writing a fanfic, about Aegon sneaking off to Dragonstone regularly in an effort to persuade Jace he's no threat to Rhaenyra's claim, and as a result accidentally joining the Blacks and throwing all of his grandfather's plans into chaos? Also maybe so.

#HotD #House of the Dragon #Aegon II #jacaerys velaryon #Aegon II Targaryen #HoTD Fanfic #look I used to hate Aegon II with a firey passion #Being a firm member of Team Black #and Rhaenyra Truther #But then the show went a meow moew-ified him #and what I am supposed to do? #NOT wrap him in a blanket? #It's not his fault that his sister and mom are exes and his mom is making that EVERYONE ELSE'S problem #including him

[messysketchyobeyme]

Actually, no, I can't get over the fact how everyone is literally dying and/or about to die, and Barbatos is over like like "hehe :)"

#obey me #obey me barbatos #obey me spoilers #lesson 79 #lesson 79 spoilers #INCLUDING HIM #LIKE... #the power of love is so strong.......

[minty-bubblegum]

Isaac told me Jiya was crying and I said "oh no" in the most flat tone ever it sounded so sarcastic BUT IT WAS ON COMPLETE ACCIDENT BUT IT SOUNDED SO RUDE😭

OMFG YEAH I SAW HER WALKING OUT OF SOCIAL STUDIES WHEN I WAS WALKING IN?? WHY WAS SHE CRYING IS MY QUESTION

#moony 🌕 #CUS I ASKED LIKE THREE PEOPLE #INCLUDING HIM #AND THEY ALL SAID #idk #LIKE???? #BITCH YOU WAS IN THE SAME PERIOD AS HER #Well at least the other two people I asked #Mista big macca was there to see her cry

[asirensrage]

Seven Lines Tag

I was tagged by @chickensarentcheap. Thank you!

Soft tagging in return: @rey-of-luke @residentdormouse @ninjasawakenedmystar @starcrossedjedis @arrthurpendragon @nejires-hado and anyone else interested in playing!

let's see...7 lines? Have something from The Sacrifice (because I have it open)

“I am not interested in weak women.” “Chicken,” she retorts automatically. She feels a hand on her neck. The world blurs around her and when it finally stops, as fast as it started, she has to force nausea down. Her back is pressed against a solid chest and as she sees the furious blond in front of her, she knows who holds her. “The human wants to try,” he laughs. “I think I will let her and when she fails, I will show her what a true demon is capable of.” “Release her!” the blond yells. He looks livid. “I will,” the thing behind her says. “After she fails.”

#tag games #fic: the sacrifice #in which Kit antagonizes Akaza because she can and nearly gives everyone a heart attack #including him #oc: kit #demon slayer

[ghetsis]

Sigh. Everyone wants to get their fingers into Interpol's cookie jar.

#including him

[evansbby]

That puncture interview!!!!! He sounds so tired 🥹🥹those questions were shit for reallll u could tell he was thinking girl wtf

sooo disagree omg

#bro the journalists are just doing their job #unless they ask incredibly insulting or stupid questions #I’m sorry but I don’t feel bad for him at all #tired is me after working twelve hours on my feet all day and getting home at 1am #yet I still think I have it easy compared to others #I’m sorry it’s just very difficult for me to sympathise with celebs lol #including him #like I’m sure he was fine #he seems cute and okay #probably tired but not annoyed or anything #anon

[yelena-bellova]

um…THE OMITB FINALE???

#it had everything #including HIM #only murders in the building #only murders in the building spoilers

[atdutiesend]

{ hi darlings 💚 I am a starter hoarder. I know I take a while to actually reply to them, and you are 100% welcome to give me a poke if I haven't responded to something for a week or more. Odds are I'm hoarding it like a dragon, or waiting for my brain to give me actual words instead of excited flailing. I am a chatterbox of a cryptid who will show up to scree excitedly at you at random times and then take a while to actually respond to the thing we screed about, and that's because brains are stupid. I do tend to prioritize discord rp, so if you've got me there, 9 times outta 10 you'll get a faster response from me on the not-hellsite option. }

#out of cryptids #and the there are the days the Emet muse wakes up #And actively refuses to let me write anyone #Including him

[misscrazyfangirl321]

The scramble to remember a really interesting dream once you wake up and can feel it slipping away....

#i speak #dreams #one of my bosses had a key to something he shouldn't have? so did i? #there was a conspiracy where a lot of people broke the law for someone #and they felt guilty and wanted to come forward #and he let them #but after they testified he basically told the courts/judges/whoever that everyone was going to head home now #including him #i had a sister? #something about how my grandparents met too. a story i'd never heard #(i've heard how they met. this wasn't that story exactly-it was like. backstory) #ahhhh i can barely remember

[apollos-boyfriend]

after thinking it through. i Will be voting fuuta guilty. it won’t really do anything since i’m 90% sure the innocent votes will win in the end, but i just. don’t feel like he’s actually sorry for what he’s done. he’s horrified that his actions led to a death, but at the same time, he’s deflecting. he’s not truly sorry for what he’s done, more that he’s been placed in milgram. his apology isn’t to the victim, but to es/the audience. and while he does have a point, that he wasn’t fully at fault, that (at least) dozens of others also led to her suicide, he Was the instigator. he’s the first to lay down the spray paint. and it wasn’t as fully out of his hands as he wants to believe, as he cultivated his audience to be ruthless. to attack others because he told them to/started the attack. yeah, there’s no way to know if His comments specifically were the breaking point for his victim, but she likely wouldn’t have even been pushed to that point if he hadn’t sent his followers her way. his ideology is still flawed. that’s the ideology that’ll be validated if he’s voted innocent—that as long as he deflects blame, he’s not responsible. he didn’t know that would happen, despite cultivating that very audience. he was horrified, but he didn’t do anything to stop them, either. he’s still guilty—his thoughts are still flawed.

#icarus speaks #scramble for life #suicide tw #also i want to see him suffer more <333 #but like. all his apologies are to es #es says it themselves. fuuta has no apologies for his victim. he doesn’t see himself as a variable #he’s deflecting. placing the blame on others. when realistically everyone who harassed her was to blame #INCLUDING him #yes it’s unfair he was the only one placed in milgram. but that’s out of ALL of their control (to our knowledge) #even es’. #there’s no use getting mad at them for his placement. they can’t change that.