Keeping Tumblr Safe in a Changing Online World

Tumblr has evolved a lot over the years, but some things never change. It remains a home for fandom, culture, and self-expression, where originality is celebrated and creativity doesn’t follow a formula. And we’ve maintained our commitment to user safety and being a responsible actor in any place our users may be. Sometimes that means updating our practices to keep up with the changing internet.  

Starting today, to comply with local laws, some users in Australia will need to verify their age to keep using their account (including all new users). If we need you to verify your age, you'll be prompted to provide additional information to help us confirm you meet the age requirement. If you’re not meeting the criteria yet, don’t worry, Tumblr will still be there for you, and we can’t wait to have you join us on the platform. 

We are working with a reputable partner to provide you with multiple verification methods. You may already be familiar with some of these methods: ConnectID, Photo ID, AgeKey, or using a selfie. You can read more here.

IMPORTANT: We value your privacy. The information you provide is processed for verification purposes only. No sensitive media will be retained by anyone, and only the final verification result will be stored and linked to your account. Tumblr won’t even have access to the information you submit, as we receive only the final age-verification result. Questions? Contact Tumblr support or learn more about these changes here.

my condolences to anyone in australia being forced to choose between complying with this invasive bullshit or abandoning the platform.

You know who didn't comply in advance when the UK started pulling this shit? Pillowfort.

Who wants a multi-use Pillowfort invite link?

https://www.pillowfort.social/users/sign_up?invite=i-xjr12KjgKkMhwMAoPBIw

I hope everyone has found a VPN or other websites to use in the meantime, but there's more I want to say here. Note how Tumblr and k-ID are boasting that they do not store your information, so this process is "totally safe, bro".

Tumblr says it never receives your information so it cannot store it, and only receives the final verdict on your age. Well duh I hope so. I hope none of us trust this fucking website.

But the service that they're hiring, k-ID, is ALSO claiming they do not receive or store your information, and only receives the final verdict on your age. I suppose it's easy, then, to boast about how "we keep your information so safe, we're so certified" if you do not store information in the first place.

You may be asking, "ok so who actually stores / looks at the extremely sensitive personal information that I'm sending out here". It's a good question to ask. And here are the answers!

https://security.k-id.com/subprocessors

Oh yeah I totally trust Amazon and Stripe and shit to not mishandle my personal information 🙄

Anyway here's another multi-use pillowfort invite link

https://www.pillowfort.social/users/sign_up?invite=ihH3lklwkeZyEGz46YaRqw

Praying that $1500 randomly comes to you when you need it the most this year.

Okay inflation is crazy.

We bumping up the price to $15,000 for 2026.

my toxic trait as a writer is that I’ll be like “I have free time. I am going to write right now” and then I. don’t

"at least venezuela lost a dictator" "the good thing about trump's invasion" "maduro deserved it" oh my god some of you are dangerously susceptible to fascist propaganda.

unfriendly and honestly hostile reminder that trump isn't invading venezuela because maduro is a dictator, or because of drug cartels. he's doing it only and exclusively because they have desirable oil reserves and no other reason. reminder that venezuela is a comparatively poor country that will never financially recover from this. reminder that venezuelans are suffering with the bombing and the air strikes. reminder that trump did it to steal from them and no one did anything. reminder that this sets a dangerous precedent and now all trump has to do to invade another country is claim they're in a dictatorship. reminder that trump is a fascist dictator.

this will only be bad, for venezuelans and for all of latin america (and possibly the whole world) in the long run. trump did this not to help the venezuelans or their country, but to steal their petrol and get away with it. and he will. because that's what dictators do.

being a woman isn't a feminist action btw

being a lesbian isn't a feminist action either. It's just a thing

There is nothing inherently evil or wrong about how masculine or feminine you are and I wish people would stop acting like one is better than the other. The way you act and speak as a person says more about what kind of person you are than your gender presentation. There is plenty of people capable of being horrible people and there are plenty of people that are capable of being good people. It's a choice, gender has nothing to do with it.

Couldn't stop thinking about this little man

So i got on ebay and found him

Effervescent

i see we're all on the same wavelength today

the thing that I can't stop noticing about commercials for chatgpt and other ai shit is that they can't even seem to come up with creative or interesting shit to do with it. like everything that they show people using it for is stuff that you could already do if you had, like, any friends or the ability to use any search engine

we should globally ban the introduction of more powerful computer hardware for 10-20 years, not as an AI safety thing (though we could frame it as that), but to force programmers to optimize their shit better

I reblogged this like 9 times kinda jokingly, but software should be able to run on older and less powerful hardware, and consume less power on newer hardware. Like, this is a real problem imo

I completely agree with this but I do need you to understand that the image above is 32 times the size of the lunar mission’s memory

We have lost the meaning of queerbait

Just because what you wanted didn't happen, doesn't mean it's queerbaiting. It is now being used an excuse when the ship you want didn't get together. Queerbaiting has to do with marketing.

Queerbait: A cookbook that you learned about from ads with pictures of people eating tasty looking soups and the author's social media posts about how soup lovers are going to love it, proves to have no soup recipes.

Not queerbait: A cookbook has no soup recipes. You assumed there would be some based on vibes and wishful thinking. No soups were ever advertised or promised.

Also not queerbait: A cookbook that was advertised as containing soup recipes has soup recipes but not for the types of soups you like.

“BACK WHEN TIME DIDN’T MATTER” — AN OIL PAINTING BY RIONA

putting the phrase "male gaze" on a high shelf until people learn to use it correctly.

enlighten us o liquidpaperfoundation1

male gaze theory is about how in movies the writing, camera angles, and costuming work together to tell stories in ways that portray men as relatable subjects and women as unrelatable objects. One of the ways this happens is through the sexual objectification of female characters.

For example, when a woman is getting carried off by a monster to some grisly fate, the camera angle focuses on her ass, breaking the immersion and sympathy with her terrifying situation in favor of titilating the presumed male audience.

but people just kind of use "male gaze" to mean "when woman is sexy" and "dressing for the male gaze vs the female gaze" has become a "feminist" way to say "those other girls dress in short skirts for men like sluts but I'm a good woman because I wear frills and less revealing (but still very very feminine) clothing." Essentially, it's slut shaming.

I do love the rare moments megumi’s childishness comes out because it is so at odds with his serious personality. sometimes in the manga you can see maki & nobara blushing/laughing when he speaks, not in a making fun way but in an endearing way. it’s like here is the most serious guy you know and he calls the sun “mr. sun” like it’s a personified cartoon character. he pouts and goes quiet when he’s excluded by his friends. he gets embarrassed when his friends see him injured or find out he’s got a reputation at his previous school. he smiles when he figures out a new part of his CT and wants to show his friends. it really reminds you that the jjk charas did have childhoods where they watched cartoons and eat sweet bread and spend time with others.

“average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

happy 10 years of spiders georg everyone

“average meme lasts 5 years” factoid actually just statistical error. average meme lasts 30 days or less. Spiders Georg, which started on this day 10 years ago, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

AND HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY

i think the most upsetting thing about american-flavor puritanism is how fucking patronizing it is. it's 2026 but the whole world still has to deal with a cultural hegemony grown from the gnarled vestiges of victorian-era paternalism. tax-paying adults with passports and the right to vote are treated like wayward children because of the antiquated idea that authorities must protect the weak minds of the unwashed masses from depravity and corruption. the average american can send a fellow citizen to the chair, but they can't piss in a ditch without being declared an outlaw. american entertainment media is saturated with sex, but you can't talk about it online without getting your account suspended. it's such blatant censorship at a universal scale, but because sexual content is framed as inherently dangerous, this restriction on basic adult autonomy, this blanket denial of moral and intellectual adulthood, can be reframed as protection, an expression of care, a moral duty. "won't someone think of the children!" I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN!

thank god that the video game that features slow motion animations of graphic gunshot wounds and is rated 18+ has a profanity filter in single player offline mode. thank you for protecting this 33 year old mind from the corrupting influence that is a horse named apple slut