This.
I will forever reblog this every time itβs on my dash because it should be this loud and simple. π
π

This.
I will forever reblog this every time itβs on my dash because it should be this loud and simple. π
π
demon: YOU HAVE SUMMONED ME, MORTAL. WHAT DEAL DO YOU WISH TO STRIKE WITH THE POWERS OF HELL?
roomba: [is a roomba]
demon:
roomba:
demon:
roomba:
demon: man cβmon you gotta work with me here a little bit
roomba: *slowly spells on floor* K N I F E
demon: ahhhhh I see. You have heard the legend of Stabby.
roomba: *vibrates excitedly*
demon: *lovingly tapes a knife onto the roomba* no charge
Roomba: >:3
I love it when tumblr posts become so legendary they just get referenced in other tumblr posts
Itβs not just the jpegs we play with like dolls
@fantasiesinflight @aquaticmercy @viking-raider @ofstarsandvibranium π€£ This is too good to pass up!
So happy it came around again!
@fantasiesinflight @knowledgeableknitter @ruckystarnes @the-wolf-and-moon @viking-raider @buckyalpine (I know I forgot people & in SO sorry! I'll tag your after)
[ ID: photo of David Attenborough sitting on an oceanside cliff, with the quote:Β
If I die while I have a pet, let my animal see my dead body. Let them see my dead body please. They understand death and seeing me dead will allow them to mourn, but if I just never show up one day theyβll think I abandoned them. I know what it feels like to be abandoned and I never want anyone to feel that way, especially my dog.
- Sir David Attenborough /ID ]
This is an alternate universe story set in 1899, near the end of the Gilded Age, in New York City. It is a time that appears to be prosperous, as economic expansion grows the economy, leading to better wages and a demand for skilled labourers, drawing immigrants from all over. But this time also has dark shadows. It is described by Mark Twain as an era of materialistic excess, combined with political corruption. Just as there are villains, there are heroes, the famed Avengers of the Society of Heroic Individuals and Estimable Lofty Deeds, or SHIELD. One in particular, Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes, of the United States Cavalry, has a tragic past, but the arrival of the new librarian / curator for the Society, brings thoughts of romance to his mind.
Format: Short fiction. 7 parts. Updated once per week.
Warnings: Violence, description of torture and medical experimentation. There will be some sexual content but as it is set in 1899, unmarried sexual relations were not commonly discussed in certain social circles and the OFC is inexperienced. The romance is a somewhat slow burn.
If youβre interested, please follow me and activate notifications. There are no tag lists.
All mood boards and banners will have AI generated images created by the author using Microsoft Copilot in Designer mode. (I wish I had the artistic talent to draw but I donβt.)
Chapters and more after the break. Divider by vecteezy.com
This should be more recognized. It's well done! I've enjoyed reading it againπ @sjsmith56 You my dear have done wonderful on this. @nastybuckybarnes @the-winter-spider @aquaticmercy You may enjoy this if you haven't already. π I do apologize for those I didn't tag who could enjoy this as well.
It's an open notes test and some dense motherfuckers still can't figure out the answers.
π€... This seems familiar....
@sashaisready @fantasiesinflight @viking-raider @aquaticmercy @the-winter-spider @pellucid-constellations
π I'll tag more shortly....
Hereβs to 2023, a year of as many little courageous kindnesses as possible. β₯οΈ
To a year of kindness in 2024
Bringing this back for 2025
SO HERE IS THE WHOLE STORY (SO FAR).
I am on my knees begging you to reblog this post and to stop reblogging the original ones I sent out yesterday. This is the complete account with all the most recent info; the other one is just sending people down senselessly panicked avenues that no longer lead anywhere.
IN SHORT
Cliff Weitzman, CEO of Speechify and (aspiring?) voice actor, used AI to scrape thousands of popular, finished works off AO3 to list them on his own for-profit website and in his attached app. He did this without getting any kind of permission from the authors of said work or informing AO3. Obviously.
When fandom at large was made aware of his theft and started pushing back, Weitzman issued a non-apology on the original social media postsβusingΒ
as reasons we should allow him to continue monetizing fanwork for his own financial gain.
When we less-than-kindly refused, he took down his βapologiesβ as well as his website (allegedlyβitβs possible that our complaints to his web host, the deluge of emails he received or the unanticipated traffic brought it down, since there wasnβt any sort of official statement made about it), and when it came back up several hours later, all of the work formerly listed in the fan fiction category was no longer there.Β
THE TAKEAWAYS
1. Cliff Weitzman (aka Ofek Weitzman) is a scumbag with no qualms about taking fanwork without permission, feeding it to AI and monetizing it for his own financial gain;Β
2. Fandom can really get things done when it wants to, andΒ
3. Our fanworks appear to be hidden, but theyβre NOT DELETED from Weitzmanβs servers, and independently published, original works are still listed without the authors' permission. We need to hold this man responsible for his theft, keep an eye on both his current and future endeavors, and take action immediately when he crosses the line again.Β
THE TIMELINE, THE DETAILS, THE SCREENSHOTS (behind the cut)
What the everloving fuck.....π‘
@imtryingbuck @viking-raider @sosa2imagines @fantasiesinflight @pellucid-constellations π it's 1:15am so I know I missed quite a few. I haven't forgotten...
demon: YOU HAVE SUMMONED ME, MORTAL. WHAT DEAL DO YOU WISH TO STRIKE WITH THE POWERS OF HELL?
roomba: [is a roomba]
demon:
roomba:
demon:
roomba:
demon: man cβmon you gotta work with me here a little bit
roomba: *slowly spells on floor* K N I F E
demon: ahhhhh I see. You have heard the legend of Stabby.
roomba: *vibrates excitedly*
demon: *lovingly tapes a knife onto the roomba* no charge
Roomba: >:3
I love it when tumblr posts become so legendary they just get referenced in other tumblr posts
Itβs not just the jpegs we play with like dolls
@fantasiesinflight @aquaticmercy @viking-raider @ofstarsandvibranium π€£ This is too good to pass up!
I was just starting to read a one shot WHEN π€¬ TUMBLR DECIDED TO RESET WHILE I WAS READING IT....!!! It was Bucky taking his friends sister(?) for a car ride in his convertible car. They stop for gas. He gets hit on. She grabs his hand because she thinks he's uncomfortable. THAT'S A FAR AS I GOT!!
I'm not even American but I need to vent.
I assure you Americans that elections and politics suck worldwide, and not just for you. Save from a few cases here and there, candidates are always either too old, too shady, or just too stupid.
But more than candidates, you are voting for their policies.
It's your duty to vote for the better or just the lesser evil policy among them.
The "two sides are equally awful" is seldom true and it's just a lie to excuse passivity.
You have a duty for your marginalized folks and yourself to make your society better or at least stop it from getting worse.
Biden has quite a interesting history of progressive policies done, while Donald Trump is just a convicted fellow, darling of white supremacy, and the god of religious freaks.
There's no place on Earth where these candidates are the same.
Even if your hate Biden based on his softness with the current Far-right government of Israel, Trump is cherished by Israel far-right, is deeply Islamophobic, and even use Palestinian as an insult. He will be even worse for Palestine.
You have to vote, you have to exercise your civic duties. The two parties aren't the same and saying that is just an excuse for passivity.
It won't fix the world I assure you. There will still be things to be one. You still will have to protest, to get involve with politics, to help good policy be made and set in motion. But just voting is the first, and most important step for it.