#information is getting more accessable

[royalarchivist]

Quackity: These past days I've been in many calls, and I'm not done yet. I've spoken to a lot of people and creators. I've read your comments and I'm well aware of what needs to be done to carry out this project. I want to tell you all, beforehand, that for me the team's well-being is fundamental. I'm very involved in this topic to sort it out and I want to make that very clear. I want to tell you something... I want to tell you all that the administrative staff responsible for so much harm to the project has been fired. Specifically, those who made decisions without my permission, affecting the administrative and financial area of the project. Consequently, after this, I was in charge of doing a financial analysis that's carrying out for the QSMP.

Guys, to be really honest, it was not going to last. Therefore, I've had to make deep drastic structural changes that have lead me to reduce the performance of the server down to the most essential, and this is in order to ensure the well being of everyone involved in it. Having said this, I want to give a very important update: I want to let you all know that the QSMP will have to slow down temporarily. This is to ensure this new structure adapts to the project, because it's a restructuring that's taking place. I'm letting you know, and I reiterate, there are no voluntary positions inside the QSMP.

At the moment, there will not be any more individual update accounts of all 5 existing languages in the project. In any case, during this transition, there's going to be a temporal absence of all Eggs and NPCs. I know these are difficult changes, and I repeat, it's temporary until we adjust to these new conditions that will improve the performance of this new structure that's being made from scratch, both in the administrative and financial part. I'd like to reintegrate people fro the QSMP as time goes by if a financial viability can be found for the project Taking advantage of this update to tell you guys that within the changes of the server as it is, creators will have full control of their lore and stories. The team will not intervene in the way that it was being done. Moreover, efforts will be made to change the competitive dynamics inside the game so as to ease up the game style for the creators. Like I'm saying, all of these changes, and more, are being carrying out to have the project as best as possible, and they're being done little by little. This is a whole new structure that will ensure the best continuity and experience for the creators, the community and the team behind.

Guys, I want to make very clear that this is restructuring process, and again, it's not a fast one. The server being open does not mean everything's perfect, I understand that very well. Conversations will keep taking place, communication will continue and the constant improvement of the project as well. I ask, please, for everyone's patience and understanding regarding all changes. Please do wait for official announcements since a lot of incomplete and incorrect information is being spread. I want to tell you all something- if you don't trust in these changes or have many doubts about it, and don't want to consume any more of the project's content, I understand 100%. I have a personal commitment with the QSMP and I will work until it functions in the way it is supposed to do.

Lastly, I want to let you know that it was being worked on for months on finalizing the integration of Korean creators to the QSMP. For that reason, tomorrow we will be welcoming the new Korean creators of the QSMP, of course, taking into account all the changes I've just mentioned. I hope you can give the new Korean members warm welcome to the project. And as you know, their schedules are earlier. For everyone who would like to watch, they will be joining at 11am Mexico time and at 9am US time. Basically, I wanted to give that update regarding everything that's being done within the project. Again, thank you for your patience and understanding- these are necessary changes and I'm glad they're being done now. And many more things will keep being adjusted.

via @QuackitySubs

#Quackity #QSMP #QSMP Official #Translated #This is very long and I bolded parts to make it easier to read #but if there's a way to make it more accessible to folks lemme know! #I personally find the bolding thing helpful but I know everyone is different #Edit: got rid of the additional ''Quackity:'' bolded parts since that's unnecessary #since. you know. he's the only one speaking here #Quackity Subs also missed a few words in here so I added those in but otherwise this is exactly what was posted #Minus the part where they said ''fro'' #I don't know if they meant for or from but that's a very vital difference so I'm leaving that as-is #IMO: It's reassuring hearing the full statement #''Please do wait for official announcements since a lot of incomplete and incorrect information is being spread'' #is an especially important reminder #There has unfortunately been a lot of misinformation and catastrophizing / doomposting going around #I understand it's a very scary stressful time for many people #and it sucks being told to be patient #but we actually DO need to be patient if we want to get actual accurate information

[good-advice-ganondorf]

#okay so here's all the pros of getting a library card #it's free access to tons of information and not just books #free audiobooks since most libraries use libby or even have physical audiobooks #access to computers and printers and even sometimes 3d printers #some libraries have video games #free access to movies #one of my local libraries has cake tins in funny shapes #and even if you don't ever plan to use it. libraries will get more funding #cons of getting a library card #um. idk have to return or renew in 2 weeks #loz #tloz #ganondorf #the legend of zelda #good advice ganondorf #good advice

[working-dreamer]

It’s wild how shipping culture has changed so drastically over time on the internet.

In the old days people shipped characters who either had only one line of dialogue with each other, never even met, or not even from the same piece of media. It was the wild west and sure some ships were uncomfortable but people had the mindset to just block the tag and stay away from ships they didn’t enjoy.

Nowadays? It’s more like people have to clarify that their ship isn’t canon compliant, character adjacent, and story irrelevant otherwise they get a flood of comments saying “but this character isn’t like this in canon” and some people legitimately get angry if you’re not following the canon.

Like- shipping and fandom culture from what I understand it is about engaging with media in a way that caters to you. And if you don’t like a ship or show just… block the relevant tags and don’t engage in the ships? The internet isn’t supposed to cater to us- we have to cater ourselves to our internet environment. And no matter how many times people may harass others over a fandom or ship they don’t like, those ships are not gonna disappear.

The internet has just been getting worse when people have decided to place morality in their opinions by saying things like “if you enjoy the ship then you support (insert horrible thing here that’s usually completely unrelated to the ship itself)” when it used to be “eh, not my thing” and people just moved on.

And for the record this isn’t about a specific ship or anything- just an observation of how fandom has evolved (and regressed) over the years and I find it fascinating from a sociological perspective cause we still don’t know how having the internet from birth affects the development of kids and how that affects how they interact with others- isn’t that scary?

I know that’s slightly unrelated but the way people engage in media has been changing over they years and that also involves fandom and the maturity level thereof in the internet space and someone smarter than me could probably write a whole thesis paper about fandom culture and how the internet has hindered the social development of people and how that affects community specifically from a fandom lens.

Just- for your sanity younger internet children: it’s not worth harassing others over something as trivial as ‘it’s not canon that this character kisses another character.’ Just find ships you like. Block ships you don’t. And just enjoy your time doing what you like!

You can’t control the internet but you can nurture your little corner of it.

#shipping #canon ship #non canon ships #reader x character #self ship #I get so tired of seeing shipping posts and the comments or reply tweets are nothing but ‘but this isn’t canon tho!!!’ #sonny when I was your age we shipped characters who never even met in canon! #even with ships I don’t like- I get exhausted seeing people get bombarded by fourteen year olds who haven’t developed critical thinking yet #every day I agree more that people under 18 shouldn’t have access to the internet #this can also apply to people who act like ‘if you dont reblog or boost this post (insert social issue here) then you’re a bad person!!’ #like… no #you don’t have to apply moriality to a stinkin’ reblog button! #sure informing people is important but you don’t have to take the responsibility of the world’s issues #we’re all doing the best we can and you don’t have to prove your morality to be a good person #it’s okay to not engage with those kinds of posts if it makes you uncomfortable- that doesn’t affect your morality in any way #For example: ​I’m never gonna reblog gory posts showing battle zones #does that mean I support war? absolutely not! #I’m just protecting my mental health! and you need to as well #the internet is yours to make it how you want and if you want it to be an escape from the horrors of the world that’s okay #protect your happiness fam

[thekidthesuperkid]

Actually I'm not done talking about the Damian grew up in a cult thing. You see, the thing you might not get if you're relying on a pop-culture understanding of cults, is that they are very very good at brainwashing people and they dont let you know theyre doing it. It is their entire purpose in fact. Their entire purpose is to strip you of every bit of personality and individuality you have, take away your will to object, take away your ability to think and reason critically about what they're telling you, and then selectively feed you only what they want you to believe, and all of it without you even noticing its happening, like boiling a crab. They are very good at isolating you so you have nobody to snap you out of it. They are very good at making you distrusting and even afraid of the outside world so that you never willingly leave. They are very good at stripping away your self esteem and your confidence and your ability to trust yourself and your decisions so that you never make decisions contrary to their goals.

Let me make this clear: cults do not let you think. Cults do not let you use your own moral compass. Cults do not let you be opposed to anything they do.

Now imagine someone didn't just end up in a cult later in life, imagine they weren't trusting of the wrong person and that led to their being stuck in a cult, imagine instead that they were born in it. Imagine they didn't just have their personhood and individuality stripped away, imagine they were never allowed to develop it in the first place. Imagine they have never in their lives experienced a world outside that group, they can't even picture what it would be like. Imagine they never learned critical thinking skills, imagine they don't know how to just THINK about what they believe beyond what's been fed to them.

Imagine you are that person and you've just been forced to leave your entire world. Everything you believe is no longer true and you cant tell what IS true. Now that you're forced outside the cult, you're now in a situation you've been conditioned to be more afraid of than any other situation, even death. Now imagine yourself at ten years old and think of the scariest thing you experienced at that age and how lost and confused you felt and how little context and coping skills you had, and then think of the difference between how well you would be able to handle that same thing now versus when you were ten. And then take that difference and apply it to how you imagined it might feel like leaving a cult for you now at your current age.

Do you get it? Do you understand why Damian would've at first fallen back on familiar patterns of behaviour instead of immediately and perfectly molding to his new environment? Do you see why Damian needed a bit of time to adapt, let alone start forming a better moral compass?

Grown adults have fallen into much worse behaviors after leaving even milder cults than Damian did. Grown adults have come out the other side of cults that look like nothing in comparison to the League of Assassins, and never had the strength of will to grow or learn or improve. And Damian was a kid, even more vulnerable and impressionable and with even less maturity and mental and emotional strength. And he's LEARNING. He's growing and changing and improving and becoming a better person and developing his own ideals and standing by them. He's only four years out from leaving the League and he's already done so much. Some people leave cults much tamer than that and take their entire lives to make the progress he did. He's doing fucking incredible. And that's not even getting into the whole "being forced to kill as a child" thing.

Also here's some reading you can do on the mental effects of cults on children whove grown up in them:

EDIT: adding a basic model for understanding how cults function:

#do not even start with me with this damian is irredeemable bullshit i will hit you #and as i already said this isnt even getting into the impact of being made to kill as a child!!! #please for gods sake do some research before you say things on topics you dont understand!! #if youre not gonna read the comics at least read some of the other more easily accessible information out there #damian wayne #dc comics #my posts #tw cult

[aurosoulart]

some before-and-after pictures of how I’ve been using AI generated images in my art lately 🤖

I share other artists’ concerns about the unethical nature of the theft going on in the training data of AI art algorithms, so I refuse to spend any money on them or to consider the images generated by them to be true art, but I’m curious to hear people’s thoughts on using it for reference and paint-over like this?

my hope is that with proper regulation and more ethical use, AI could be a beneficial tool to help artists - instead of a way that allows people to steal from us more easily.

#ai art #art #digital art #artists on tumblr #right now i use ai as an extension of how i already create art #i make regular use of reference photos and free-use stock images for a variety of different purposes #and i think that with enough of a transformation of the source material #true art CAN be created from ai 'art' #but it's a complicated subject for sure #how do we decide how much transformation is enough to consider it an original work? #how do we regulate the use of image generation algorithms as more and more people get access to them #and start to run them for themselves? #we're in extremely uncharted territory here as technological progress continues to accelerate at an unprecedented pace #it's important to think about these questions and stay informed on how we're reacting #because no matter how hard we try technology doesn't go backwards #but we do still have a say in how we choose to use it and how we feel about it

[feminetomboy]

My prediction is that Cucurucho is trying to take down the Federation from the inside. And post.

#i thought there was something weird with Cellbit's logic #i was just watching back on Jaiden's last stream #cellbit insisted that they had him get rid of the information for them #but the thing that rubs me the wrong way is that. information is a very ver #*very powerful thing. and if they hadn't told Cellbit about it he wouldn't have found it in the first place #so sure. he no longer has all the actual logs. but he's read it. and they know cellbit will talk. they willingly let him access the most- #valuable if things: information about the federation #you wouldn't do that if you were trying to keep up the illusion of invulnerability the Federation seems to try and maintain #so i think there's much more to it than the Federation just using him to do their work #it seems way too messy for an organisation striving for perfection #rambles rambles rambles

[cookinguptales]

getting back into my greek mythology phase as an adult is so weird because like the stories are such a dear and a familiar part of my childhood (and honestly part of what helped me extricate myself from an abusive evangelical environment) but I've also grown a lot as a person since then so I can't help but view them through different lenses, y'know?

such as:

the lens of a religious studies scholar who can't help but be fascinated with vernacular religion, apotropaic magic, cultural variation in ritual, and hints that these stories might be signs of clashing religions from different regions

the lens of a feminist who's a lot less willing to accept some of the ideas that I accepted as a child who'd been raised in a very religious environment

the lens of a grown-ass adult who could probably save enough money to go see these places that were so unreachable as to be near-fictional to me when I was a child

#writing liveblogging #I did get to go to Athens once about a decade ago #I got to see the parthenon and its museum #but I had a really limited time there which was kind of devastating #I'd love to go back and take my time #really take time to explore some of the archaeological sites #go to more museums #maybe take a little boat to crete... #see knossos....... #also libgen is a fucking gamechanger these days lmao #it's so much easier to learn things than when I was a kid #I was very limited in the information that was available to me when I was a child #which colored how I saw the subject #now the world's information is much more available in many more ways #like I didn't even have internet access when I first read edith hamilton's mythology #now I have access to multiple university libraries close by and also The Internet

[aro-culture-is]

Aro culture is wondering why people stalk their crushes like yeah it's fine to look at their Instagram or know their birthday but why do you know their schedule and how the hell do you remember the day that you two met like what-

hey that's... not necessarily stalking and as someone who has been stalked, please be careful about using that term incorrectly. it isn't uncommon for people to know the first time they met someone, especially if the event was memorable. it isn't uncommon to know someone's schedule if you know them. there's a difference between stalking and knowing personal details that can be learned by pattern-recognition or by having a good memory.

#Anonymous #aro culture is #aro #aromantic #actually aro #actually aromantic #ask #mod alexander #sorry but no thanks #these behaviors can be part of stalking but really really don't define it without extreme behavior #and as someone who got stalked by someone who had a crush on me - as in #following me to every part of my schedule he physically could and contriving ways to gain as much access beyond that as possible #'stalking' someone's insta the way it gets used is really really different #and much more likely a person trying to get basic information to flesh out their perception of a person than. y'know. #extreme privacy violations and refusing to leave them alone even when unnanounced

[migrationtothenorth]

Article on Kissinger's role in propping up Pakistani General Yahya Khan's military crackdown on East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1971, which led to the Bangladeshi Liberation War. The Pakistani crackdown resulted in a genocide of students, intellectuals and the Hindu minority population in the area, and it is estimated that 200000-400000 (or even more) Bengali women were raped by the invading forces by the end of the war.

#henry kissinger #articles #both links are paywalled so use 12ft.io to access the articles #also gary j. bass wrote a book abt the nixon tapes and the motivations behind america's support of pakistan at the time #kinda dry but very informative. i'd recommend it for a general overview of the historical context #there are also sources on the birangonas (rape victims/literally 'war heroines') and use of mass rape as a tool by the pakistani military #as well as more detailed coverage of the general violence and atrocities but for obvious reasons those are harder to get through

[beauceronn]

Me: I should take a break from art for finals week.

Also me: if I don't draw a dog RIGHT NOW,

#i love dogs so much you guys #i was thinking last night #when i was a child (9ish) and had unfettered access to the internet #i would research breeds and email breeders and ask for more information about their programmes and breeds #i would ask so many questions and even though i was obviously a child a lot of breeders responded positively with resources and information #i wrote essays for fun about dog breeds #i made up my own dog breeds and wrote blurbs about every breed i learnt about #i would check out dog books from the library and read them over and over and over #and here i am #12 years later #actually. getting involved. irl. #screaming crying sobbing

[mossdeep]

mmmhmm yep! a great way to encourage people to read is by calling them stupid! that's awesome!

#i think people like this should have people with intellectual disabilities throw rocks at them #like yeah i'm sooo stupid i have trouble reading! its way easier for me to listen to videos and audio books! #like i get the point they're trying to make but #shouldn't information be widely available in different formats? #so that way everyone has access to quality information?? #its just frustrating. to be disabled #i remember it getting worse the older i got and one day breaking down crying because i couldn't finish the page i was on #it was like a record skipping and playing the same part over and over #because the lines would blend and my eyes couldn't keep track of the words or where i was #yet more often i see people being mean to people for having difficulty reading rather than offering resources

[markantonys]

thinking about gawyn during the coup. upon first read i took min's pov of his behavior at face value and was like "oh no, he's being so scary and cold!" but going back i realized Oh.............Actually, He Is Incredibly Traumatized :(

Worry and fear filled his blue eyes, and his face was a mask of determination not to give in to them.

He was as tight as coiled steel, ready to burst out in any direction.

Most frightening to Min, with that blood-masked face and half-glazed eyes, with his body tensed almost to quivering and his hand upflung as if he had forgotten it, he never raised his voice or put any emotion into it. He only sounded tired, more tired than she had ever heard anyone sound in her life.

“If anything happens to them,” he said in that expressionless voice, “to Egwene or my sister, I will find you, wherever you hide, and I will make sure the same happens to you.” Abruptly he stalked a dozen paces away and stood with his arms folded, head down as if he could not bear to look at them any longer.

he was brittle, ready to shatter at the wrong blow.

#in the books we only get min's pov of the coup and of the 5 minutes of gawyn's actions that she sees #and her assumptions about the rest of his actions #colored by her own MUCH GREATER knowledge/understanding of the siuan vs. elaida conflict #(information gawyn is not privy to in the slightest) #and filtered through a lens of 'gawyn!! how could you fight for The Wrong Side!!' #but i'd bet my bottom dollar that GAWYN'S pov of the coup would've painted a VASTLY different picture #and if we had gotten access to his pov of this scene then reader perception of him might have been different #many books later he reflects on the chaos and confusion of that day but by then it's too late #and the reader has already decided that he personally started the warder fighting and began murdering his teachers unprovoked #which is why i'm excited for the show! bc it will surely follow him during the coup and that will make him more sympathetic imo #also the way these passages could be so easily describing rand and HIS trauma reactions.........foils #gawyn trakand #wot #wot book spoilers #gawyn haters don't interact i just want to cry about my boy in peace with the 4 other people who care about him

[aspirationatwork]

#i personally favor tone #i can convey information more effectively with a good adjective than if i described every aspect of their jacket you know? #i don't want my ID to get so long that it stops being helpful #optimization #id #image description #accessibility #polls #image descriptions

[strawglue]

General consensus seems to be Kim’s an experienced investigator or whatever but … did you see how bad that man fumbled in the literal first minute of interacting with Chay in their tutoring session? ‘What about your brother?’ ‘.....how did you know I have a brother?’ like my man …. how did you mess up that bad that fast

#idk like maybe that fumble was an anomaly #and he’s usually super smooth with it or whatever #or maybe he never investigates personally?? like he does not give off the vibe of a man experienced w honeypot missions #like i’m pretty sure he’s more the ‘breaks into your house at night and goes thru all your things’ and ‘beats you up to make you talk’ type #than the ‘patiently gets to know you and waits to unlock friendship levels to hear you talk ab classified information you may #or may not have access to’ type #anyways #kinnporsche #kimchay #kim theerapanyakul

[paranormeow7]

in the midst of getting all of our news and opinions and information in general from social media so many people online have forgotten that it’s the wild fucking west and literally anyone can just lie and say they’re a doctor and that drinking bleach is good for you. I’ve been seeing so fucking many warning posts along the lines of “sometimes people online lie!! reminder that people online can pretend to be someone else and spread false information!!” like yeah I thought this was common knowledge. we as a society need to realize that the internet is not always a reliable source of information, and that the people on here hide behind a shroud of anonymity, allowing them to genuinely be anyone. do not trust xxboyslutxx on TikTok with how to treat your crippling acid reflux or lose 10 pounds or whatever. check your sources or read a book at your local library

#actual sugar post #not trying to sound bigoted or weird or anything because a lot of valuable information has gotten more accessible through the internet #but good god it is depressing to see that people need to be REMINDED that people online are capable of telling lies #this is the telling lies hub. the telling lies capital of the world #reactionary mindsets on here have just destroyed peoples ability to see when someone’s shitting you and when you should back up #don’t get too comfortable or trusting on here #I could absolutely be a middle aged man. you guys would never know #anyways. start teaching internet safety again it’s so important now more than ever #rambles #blabbering #internet safety #izzy.txt #text post

[thedisablednaturalist]

Unfortunately all chatgpt is good for is interview/job application stuff which I think says a lot about the hiring process as a whole

#wrenfea.exe #as an actual artifical intelligence? no its horrible bc it really ISNT one #its a writing synthesizer it generates writing based on data searches and boundaries from training #thats what a neural network is its a very convoluted input-output sequence #it has no capacity to understand the meaning behind what it generates #it is simply generating the specific things that the user is looking for #the job interview process has become so robotic and automized that ai fits in perfectly #but employers HATE that people are turning to chatgpt for cover letters and interview answers #so it was fair for them to use filtering programs to accept/deny applications before it got in front of an actual human being #and its ok for them to use ai and pre-written formats to make job announcements descriptions and interview questions #but god forbid we are forced to use those exact same tools to get a humans attention so we can get a job and not starve #pushing aside the whole copyright debate on chatgpt and the environmental impact of its power usage btw #im soley analyzing how its become commonly utilized on both sides #by interviewer and interviewed #the mechanization of the whole process is now on both sides #it just seems very inhuman.. #its also how some people have figured out how to somehow become employed multiple times by the same company due to lack of human oversight #and how automated theyve made their hiring process #probably should have made these tags into a separate reblog oops #also disclaimer do not cut and paste right into your application materials bc chatgpt often just lies #also many places now can tell you used chatgpt due to how similar its answers are #i only use it to make a template and see how things can be phrased to be more professional and buzzwordy #id never use it for something actually creative #and dear god do not write academic essays with it #i tried using it to supplement my own cover letter template but it was too robotic even for a cover letter #it is very good at accessing and summarizing publically available information #thats all it does not make sure the information is true or good