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VAIXU

@vaixu / vaixu.tumblr.com

'96, ♓︎, pan, non-binary, Austria/Vienna. art only blog
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: ✨ @vaixu

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I'm Louis, a queer artist from Vienna who loves to draw character focused digital illustrations.

When my brain isn't occupied by some DnD campaign I'm part of, I love daydreaming about making visual novels of the stories that so far have mostly stayed in my head (and my close friends' DMs).

Instagram: vaixu_

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Have you heard? Our zine is available to pre-order until the 24th! You'll receive more than 60 pages filled to the brim with OCs by over 40 different artists. Currently we have three different bundles available ranging from 5€ to 25€, more infos below! All proceeds go to queerbasevienna as well as to our artists receiving a free physical copy of the zine ✨

🩷 Visit: queeroc.bigcartel.com to pre-order

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Hi, Tumblr. It’s Tumblr. We’re working on some things that we want to share with you. 

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

Here are the important details:

  • We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 
  • We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.
  • To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 
  • For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 
  • Please note: If you’ve already chosen to discourage search crawling of your blog in your settings, we’ve automatically enabled the “Prevent third-party sharing” option.

If you have concerns, please read through the Help Center doc linked above and contact us via Support if you still have questions.

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unfortunately, a lot of the userbase won't opt out. those who don't see this post, those who have posted to tumblr but don't anymore, users on older versions of the app who forget to opt out next time they're on desktop, etc. the point of making it opt-out is to take advantage of people who wouldn't have opted in but don't/can't opt out in time. automatically opting out people who have discouraged search crawling is a gesture that helps Tumblr look more kind, but from the fact that everyone else has to manually opt out, Tumblr is definitely not looking benevolent.

I wonder, will Tumblr/Automattic be selling images from deactivated blogs? I assume deactivated blogs can't opt out.

when will they start selling this data? Is it already too late to keep them from selling every image you've posted before you opted out?

and if they're especially malicious, I wonder if they could get away with saying "this image is from a blog that's opted out, but it was reblogged by a blog that hasn't opted out, so we're selling the image that's on that non-opted-out blog."

making users need to opt out to keep their images from being taken and sold is a shitty move that makes it clear Tumblr/Automattic don't respect our privacy, and @staff are really not giving us much info here to suggest otherwise.

As a fairly large account on this platform, let me just say: I will 100% leave this site and never use it again if they don't respect the fact that I toggled "prevent third party sharing" (and let it be clear that *having* to opt out at all is ridiculous; it should be opt out by default for the reasons stated above).

I find this entire development deeply disappointing, tumblr @staff.

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Tumblr is doing some stupid AI shit so go to blog settings > Visibility > Prevent third-party sharing.

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also use Nightshade and Glaze to protect your artwork and images!!!!

best combination is usin Nightshade then Glaze on your images. Glaze creates a protective layer and Nightshade poisons the A.I. software.

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euqinim0dart

It's the best defense we've got from all this (the bar is so fucking low)

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PRE-ORDERS OPEN FROM THE 01.03 UNTIL THE 24.03

It's finally time for us to officially announce our pre-orders and show you a little something of what our incredibly talented artists have cooked up 🌟

Artists featured in our preview (left to right): @luposlipaphobya, @the-nothing-maker, @vaskiart, @d-cybele

Sharing this means the world to us, thank you for your generous support and interest in our humble zine. 🙇 More info under the cut or on our bigcartel!

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: ✨ @churchofpossum

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Hi, my names Lumen and I'm an artist from Austria.

I have a love for fall, opossums and armored men. When I'm not huddled up in front of my tablet or sitting at the local coffee shop to people watch, I am probably hanging out around the royal armory for inspiration.

Twitter: ScribblingSarah

NSFW Twitter: churchofpossum

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: ✨ NERO ✨

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HI hi ✨ NERO here!

I create illustrations and characters that are rich in detail and color.

I'm currently working on a story titled 'Heavenly Bastards' as well as an artbook, which features the characters that I will be drawing for this zine.

EXCITED

Twitter: nero_nee

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: ✨ @luposlipaphobya

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Lupo is a tired trans masc obsessed with queer romance, gentle knights carrying big swords, and handsome devils. When he's not napping, he spends his time playing D&D, baking crepes or drawing his OCs (who are mainly tieflings and warlocks because he's very queer and it shows in his special interests).

Instagram: luposlipaphobya

linktr.ee/luposlipaphobya

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: ✨ @lekrow

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Howdy, I'm Lucian (or LeKrow online) and I'm a queer artist from the midwest!

I've been pursuing art and have been active in the local art scene since 2016 and came out as trans in 2018.

Along with drawing my favorite queer OCs from various TTRPGs, I also love bird-watching, cowboys, and my 13-year-old cat, Niamh.

Instagram: lekrow.art

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Over the past three months, Israel has waged the heaviest conventional bombing campaign in the history of warfare, Hassim told the court, dropping 6000 bombs per week, including 2000-lb bombs on hundreds of occasions. Over 23,000 Palestinians have perished, 70% of them women and children, Hassim told the court. At least seven thousand are unaccounted for, dead or dying beneath the rubble. “No one has been spared. Not even babies.”  Physically, Gaza is in ruins, Hassim continued. Homes, shelters, hospitals, schools, mosques, and churches have all been destroyed. Irish attorney Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh was particularly graphic. Quoting UN officials, Ní Ghrálaigh described Gaza as “a crisis of humanity,” a “living hell,” a “bloodbath,” and a “situation of utter, deepening, and unmatched horror where an entire population is besieged and under attack, denied access to the essentials of survival on a massive scale.” 

In an exhaustive presentation, lawyers for South Africa presented its case to the International Court of Justice that Israel has failed to prevent and is continuing to commit acts of genocide against the Palestinian people of Gaza.

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