Some good news, I’ve been talking to two developers now and got them working together, we just had a meeting with the guys behind an existing large (millions of users) site similar to Tumblr, with a vibrant and open-minded community, and more importantly, it has open-minded owners who believe in free speech. They think we can get something done here to rescue the whole community.
I’m not allowed to reveal the site name yet. I can tell you it’s mainstream, open to everyone, open-minded and welcoming. (It’s not WordPress or any site owned by Facebook or Twitter. It’s not Pillowfort, that’s in closed beta. It’s not Ello, that’s mainly for artists. It’s not kinkspace or fetlife, those are too specialist. It’s not jux, that seems to be closed. It’s not Soup, that seems still in development and too small.)
One of the reasons for delaying the announcement for next few days is they don’t want a “land grab” where people take the names of current popular Tumblr users over there (cyber squatting). So they are looking at ways for existing Tumblr users to keep the same names on the new site.
More info over the days to come.
The plan is, broadly:
1. By December 9th, announcement of the new site and how to secure your username there
2. By December 10th, an online tool for bloggers to copy their existing content to the new site automatically, with the same tags and captions.
3. Bloggers will need to copy their content across between December 10th and December 17th if they want to use the automatic tool.
4. My understanding is that after December 17th there will be no public access to any “flagged” posts on Tumblr, but the original poster will still be able to see the flagged post (for a short time at least). Therefore, the original poster may still be able to manually download a post to their own PC or phone, after December 17th, and manually upload it to the other site. But if you have lots of posts that will take a long time, it will be better to use the automatic tool before December 17th.
Please understand that these dates are approximate and may change for technical or other reasons.
There may be a few rough edges or not so perfect looking site design on the transfer tool. Everyone is doing their best. The main goal here is to help as many people as possible preserve access to their content, in the short space of time Tumblr has allowed us, and preserve as much as possible of the Tumblr community spirit somewhere new.
The new site will cater for photo, GIF, text and html posts. It will not offer video and audio posts, due to cost reasons – maybe in future, but for now you will need to preserve video and audio content yourself in some other place.
If your Tumblr blog has a mixture of original content and reblogs, or all reblogs, all of that can be copied over to the new site. Reblogs will become “your” original content if nobody else posted them yet, otherwise they will be shown as reblogs. The devs are looking at ways to preserve attribution of reblogs back to the original Tumblr poster, if that person also moves to the new site.
Important: your Likes cannot be copied from Tumblr to the new site. You will have to go find the same posts again on the new site, and like them afresh.
(Similarly, existing reblog comments, asks, messages and other user interaction on Tumblr cannot be copied to the new site – that’s just too much to do, in the short time available.)
If you want to preserve any of your existing Liked posts on Tumblr, you will need to either: (1) download the post to your own PC, or: (2A) reblog it now to your own Tumblr blog, and then (2B) use the automatic tool, before December 17th, to move your whole Tumblr blog across to the new site.
If you have Liked a lot of posts here on Tumblr, the gridllr.com webapp should be able to help you do steps 1 and 2A quickly, I mean download or reblog.
(Someone complained to me today about the appearance of Gridllr on a phone. It’s best to use Gridllr on a PC, Mac or Tablet with a large screen.)
If you have liked a post here on Tumblr and the original poster decides to delete it, or even to delete their entire blog, some time before December 17th, then that post will be permanently lost. So if you want to be sure to preserve any of your Liked posts, you should best download or reblog as soon as possible. If it’s reblogged to your own blog it is safe from deletion, at least for next few days.
Obviously, you will lose access, after December 17th, to all past posts you have liked, if Tumblr has flagged them as NSFW. Again, the steps (1), or (2A) and (2B) covered above will be the only way to hold on to these posts.
The Trans Mountain oil pipeline is costing a Canadian Crown corporation some staggering interest expenses that cast doubt on strong revenues from the infrastructure touted in the federal government’s recent economic update.
The interest expenses were $20 million over a single month in September, right after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government purchased the pipeline and related assets from Texas energy company Kinder Morgan for $4.5 billion.
As part of the purchase, the government also had to set aside an additional $500 million as a security deposit in case of environmental damage, and this appears to be part of the interest expenses.
If the interest expenses continue to pile up at that rate over the year, they will come to represent a larger sum than the amount of money that the government has said the pipeline is on track to raise this year primarily from toll charges.
Oil pipelines earn revenues by charging tolls to companies that are shipping fuels on the infrastructure. The Trudeau government has said that the proposed Trans Mountain expansion project, if completed, would generate more revenues and could be sold back to the private sector, along with existing assets, as a profitable venture.
I have no money for the entirety of December. One of my back teeth broke 2 weeks ago and I was unable to chew for a week, and I had to spend £60 on emergency care for it. I haven’t been able to pay my rent and I’m probably going to be evicted before the new year. I am dealing with a myriad of health issues and I can’t see any way out of my current situation. If you could spare £1/$1 that would help immensely when I inevitably lose my apartment. I’m sorry to beg on tumblr but I literally have nothing to lose at this point. Thanks and happy holidays.
First things first, BDSM isn’t banned in Canada. However, it emerged during the Jian Gomeshi trial that the Crown considers that there is a limit to what can be considered consensual sexual acts. IIRC the courts judged that individuals cannot consent to being seriously harmed (Gomeshi’s defense was that his victims consented to his acts) and that there is a point at which BDSM practices may be considered to turn into assault. I’m not too sure on the specifics or the factors taken into consideration, but I think that’s the argument.
The story about books being confiscated by authorities has to do with the laws regarding the importation of goods into Canada, such as books, movies, etc. that are considered obscene. CBSA have rights to overrule certain sections of the charter of rights and freedoms when it comes to preventing obscene material from entering the country. Of course, the CBSA has to prove the validity of its claim in court.
You can read up about that here (the memorandum specifically cites the case you mention as part of its service standard) :
It looks like Justin Trudeau caved to Trump and the Republicans in allowing LGBTQ protections in the new NAFTA deal (USMCA) to be rolled back (at least in the USA).
Hey guys I know I don’t post or talk as much as I’d like on here but my sister and I really need some help. See this adorable little guy here:
His name is Elijah and he’s my nephew. He was born with a rare hand deformity and also diagnosed with autism. He had his first surgery last year.
He’s going to need another one now to separate his middle and ring finger in order to help it’s growth. Unfortunately, the insurance isn’t going to cover everything. She’s a single mother with two kids who have special needs. She applied for SSI and disability for Elijah but he was denied because of her income. I would greatly appreciate it if you could donate to the GoFundMe link below and if not, could you please reblog this for others to see. PLEASE AND THANK YOU!
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