Reblogging to potentially save a fur friends life
reblog this if you think the toggle for tumblr live should be permanent instead of a 7-day snooze
trying to prove something to @staff
User hostile UI design is why I left Instagram for tumblr, don’t let the UI become awful here too
There is no reason "don't show me this thing" should be temporary, for any aspect of the UI.
- When I set my dash to pages instead of infinite scroll, I don't have to reset it every week.
- When I set my dash to not show "recommended posts," I don't have to reset that.
- When I pick a color theme, it doesn't revert to the default setting once a week.
Tumblr Live should be no different. People who don't want it, should not have to keep saying so.
AND when the toggle switch says "snooze," it should be OFF. You shouldn't have to turn it ON and then BACK OFF to snooze it.
Practical tip for those dealing with wildfire smoke now: you can make a very effective air filter for a reasonable amount of money using a box fan & one of those filters meant for your furnace.
Also, I've managed to pick up 2 of the box fans for very cheap/free from yard sales. Make sure you get a filter rated for wildfire smoke, I think this one cost about $20.
These make a huge difference in the indoor air quality.
Posting again because of the fire situation up in Canada and resulting smoke. If you're dealing with wildfire smoke, these are surprisingly effective and relatively cheap.
Just tape the filter to the fan, making sure the air can't sneak around the edges. I used painter's tape, but I'm sure duct tape or similar would work just as well.
If you were/are not active on COVID prevention social media, you may not have seen the better version of the box fan filter: the Corsi-Rosenthal Box (named after the environmental engineer and the filter manufacturer who worked together to improve on the concept). I started with the above kind of filter with the "box fan filter bands" to attach it for wildfire smoke, but then I upgraded during the pandemic as more and more people started testing and using CR boxes and I recommend it!
A HEPA air purifier can easily cost USD $100-500 and even cheaper ones can be $$$ to replace the filters, which you're supposed to do every 2-3 months. A Corsi-Rosenthal Box can last for months or even a year depending on use, takes about 15 minutes to assemble, and costs between USD $50-150 for materials. If you can tape up a package, you can make a CR Box – the hardest part is cutting the circle in the cardboard shroud.
Instructions: https://cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filters/
Diagram by Shiventaneja • CC BY-SA 4.0
Another diagram:
👉 Do not put it against a wall - it needs to be as close to the middle of the room as you can get it, but at least with space for airflow around it.
👉 You can design it with the fan on the top or on a side.
👉 Even if you already have a box fan, if it's cheap to buy a new one, it will be cleaner and also comes in the cardboard box which is already the right size to make the base and shroud needed.
👉 Make sure the filter arrows are all pointing to the inside of the box! (It's a big pain to remove the duct tape if you did it wrong.)
👉 The "Filterbuy" brand "MERV-13" filters that are everywhere on Amazon are not the best ones to buy, they don't perform that well in tests compared to other brands of MERV-13 filters. Still: better than nothing if that is your only option!
They take up about a 22" cube of space. They are lightweight to carry and pretty sturdy. They are also good at preventing airborne diseases if you are using the MERV-13 level filters (lower grade filters are not recommended because they can't catch the fine particles). I run mine during pollen season and at indoor gatherings, too, and they are great for classrooms. Good luck! 🍀
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I’m paying to force seven thousand strangers to see a photo of my late husband having fun with his dog. Tumblr Blaze is totally worth it. XD
Thank-you to all of my new Internet stranger friends for being so gracious about having my post shoved onto your dashboards. I loved reading all of your kind tags and comments! Both Martin and Bosco have been gone for several years now but for 24 hours, they felt very present in my life. I greatly appreciate this gift. ❤️
Reblog to have your dashboard be visited by the spirit of joy that death can end but not erase.
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Resources for you!
Character Ideas:
- Character creation masterpost
- Character Alignment Chart
- More character alignment descriptions
- Muslim Character questions
- Characters with magical powers
- Building a new character advice
- How to create a character for an online or tabletop RPG (also a good guide on creating characters in general)
- Royalty/nobility TV Tropes page
- Basic character profile
- OC masterpost
- Random character generators - (1), (2), (3), (4)
- D&D Character Building Tool
Character Design Ideas:
- How clothing affects a character’s personality
- Character Design Inspiration blog
- Concept art, fan art, cool art to be inspired by
- Character design references and inspiration
- Sources for POC character design ideas and models
- Create your own character model using HeroForge
- For horned characters
- Body and hair types guide
- Random outfit generator
Naming Help:
- Amazing site with an endless amount of naming resources
- General advice on avoiding naming appropriation
- Hispanic Surnames
- Gothic Victorian names
- Huge master list for character things in general
- Masterlist of names of all types - including but not limited to ancient/old world names, Celtic, African, Northern European, Southern and Central American Native names, Japanese, Chinese, Mongolian, Polynesian, and more
- Another name masterlist
- How to pick a character name guide
- Yet another names masterlist
Creating Background/backstory:
- Character Sheet/Development Sheet
- Another character development list
- In-depth character personality, motivations and traits sheet
- 320 talents and passions for characters
- On writing likes and dislikes that aren’t frivolous
- Why you should write non-human characters non-conforming to the gender binary
- Stereotypes, tropes, and archetypes
- Random backstory generator
- Assassin and thief character tropes to avoid
Character Interactions and putting your character into your world/story:
- Comparing character height/height references
- Characters who are scientists and writing about them doing science
- Describing what different voices sound like
- Describing skin tones
- Writing friendship interactions that are platonic
- Why having one character knock their friend unconscious to prevent them from doing something is a bad idea
- Advice on shipping OCs with canon characters and what to avoid doing
- Sweet Polly Oliver and Sweet on Polly Oliver situations (think of Disney’s Mulan for an example)
- How to write multiple viewpoints/juggling a main cast of more than 4 to 6 characters
- How to make readers care about your morally gray hero/anti-hero
- On platonic OC and canon character relationships
- How to avoid Godmodding in RPs
- When it’s cheap to kill off a character
- Writing dialogue
- Things you shouldn’t do to canon characters
- Avoiding purple prose in writing and RPs
- Slang resources
- Dialogue tips
- Websites to chart your story/plot/character relationships
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this is potentially really important:
I have someone staying in my hotel tonight that made me think that this would be worth sharing here.
If you are running away/trying to hide from someone that is frightening, abusing, harassing you, and you find yourself staying in a hotel to avoid being found, there’s an extra precaution you can take.
When you check in, ask the front desk clerk to put you as “Unlisted”. They’ll know what you’re talking about. What this means is that as far as anyone other than you and the front desk clerks are concerned, you’re not there. If someone tries to call for you and your room, “I’m sorry. I don’t have anyone registered under that name.” Same thing goes for it someone shows up at the desk. “Unlisted” means you’re untouchable.
Please, please, if you find yourself in trouble and seeking refuge in a hotel, do this. It’s really quick, easy, and painless for the front desk clerk to do, and they are not going to judge you for it.
Tip from a hotel receptionist: (I work for the Green and Blue ending in Express- hotels will vary but this is generally a Thing hotels do.)
If you tell the front desk you do not wish to be contacted, they can and will put a note to everyone else who works there that unless you SPECIFICALLY say that a certain person is allowed to call/come up to your room, they will not let ANYONE near your room- ID will be checked for that person for your safety. If someone asks for you by name that isn’t allowed to know you’re there, the staff will simply say “There is no one here by that name.” If they press, the staff will insist no one is there and they need to leave. Also, housekeeping will be informed of your desire to be left alone and will announce at the door that they are housekeeping, for your peace of mind.
A good tip is to have someone else drive you to the hotel if you’re able- that way your harasser cannot find your car and wait by it for you. Also, if you CAN, stay in a hotel where all the room are indoors- usually smaller indoor hotels do not let non-guests past the lobby, especially if they ask for someone/someone’s room number. Third floor helps, too- at my hotel, we usually put people who are hiding from abusers on the third floor at the end- since you can’t enter the side doors without a key and the elevator is in the middle of the hotel. Always check to see if the outside doors are key-access only, and make sure you know where the elevators are, and see if you can get a room closer to the more secure area!
Also, if you know their car, or the car of anyone they know and might use, tell the receptionist, especially if you think they may come looking for you. Tell the receptionist what it looks like. If you see it, or if they see it circling the hotel or in the parking areas, they can and will call the police if you need them to. I myself have called the police to chase off an abuser who wouldn’t stop circling the hotel.
Sadly, this is not an uncommon thing, and since I started working at a hotel, I’ve seen my hotel shelter no less than six people fleeing from abusers/stalkers etc, but everyone at the front desk was accommodating and protective- just let the staff know you’re at risk, and they’ll do everything they can to keep you safe.
I used to work in hotels for like 10 years, and if you’re running from an abuser, DEFINITELY tell the staff. If the series of hotels I worked at are any indication, a lot of the desk and housekeeping staff have been exactly where you are and know exactly what you’re going through. We were trained to protect your privacy and safety, and most of us would take that shit PERSONALLY when it went down.
Make a special point to tell the night shift desk worker, though. If there’s going to be one person who’s accidentally left out of the loop, it’ll be them every time. That said, the night shifters are usually also prepared to deal with just about any bullshit and con that your abuser will offer. We have seen it all.
As a former hotel front desk worker on the night shift, all of this is 100% true and you should use it for your own safety.
As a current worker in a large ER/Trauma Center, DO IT IN HOSPITALS TOO! If you’re running away from an abusive situation, the chances are high that you need to seek medical care for injuries sustained from your abuser. The moment you check in, you have two options:
1) Ask to be listed as a Private patient. This means that there will be a red flag on your name for EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER in the hospital and if anyone shows up looking for you or calls the hospital asking about you, you don’t exist. You will have an option to list a password if there are one or two people you DO want to visit you or receive updates about you, but you’ll need to provide the password to those individuals on your own; the hospital won’t do it for you. The hospital will never acknowledge to anybody that you’re there, unless that person gives the password unprompted (as in, we can’t ask them for the password - they have to volunteer it without suggestion from us). Unlike a hotel, if a hospital breaks this policy they can be subjected to absolutely massive federal fines.
2) Ask to be listed as an Alias patient. This means that we will literally change the name in your medical chart and not change it back until after you’ve been discharged. For the duration of your stay, you will be listed under a fake name. This will NOT list you as Private so anyone calling or showing up and asking about your pseudonym WILL be told that you’re there, but they would have to know said pseudonym ahead of time. Hospitals use this function for celebrities, people in political power, high-ranking members of the organization (like the hospital CEO), and - most commonly - regular members of staff who don’t want to let their colleagues know they’re being treated in the same facility where they work. Usually, being listed as a Private patient is enough, but if you work at the hospital where you’ve sought treatment, I would highly recommend using an Alias.
THESE OPTIONS ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. By that, I mean you CAN use both at the same time, and none of the hospital staff can tell you otherwise. Whether or not you use either or both options is entirely up to YOU and whether you feel safe enough. Take whatever measures necessary to protect yourself.
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- Unsplash - photography, illustration, and art
- Pixabay - same as unsplash
- Pexels - stock photos and videos
- Stockvault.net - stock photos
- freepngimg - icons, pictures and clipart
- Veceezy - vectors and clipart
- Kissclipart and kissPNG - more vectors and clipart (often transparent!)
- Getdrawings - simplistic images and drawing tutorials
- Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)
- Canva - needs login but has lots of templates
- Library of Congress - historical posters and photos
- NASA - you guessed it
- Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie
- Even Adobe has some free images
There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without infringing copyright! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own.
Please add on if you know any more sites for free images <3
