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Don't think I've seen them all together in one big video like this before

Tumblr engineering...

We do what we must, because we can.

For the good of all of us,

Except the ones who are banned.

But there's no sense crying over every mistake.

You just keep on trying till you run out of bells.

And the engineering gets done, and you dev some neat crabs,

For the people who are still around

That's why I chose a work from home job, nobody knows I'm wearing my bugs bunny jumpsuit on an all-team video call. Wait...

the most fictional thing about series and movies is people all dressed up at home

please don't ever come to house without warning first or you'll find me in my pjs

I'm feeling the same! Not sure if they can handle drawing avatars for the whole staff though, we're like at least 12 people!

not me changing the avatar again...

This looks better than instagram filters. Happy to be the model in your photos! Royalties are incurred though. Please contact my agent asap.

went to the canary islands with a terrible point-and-shoot camera and some very expired film, got some decent results.

it's real

Next Sunday that title is mine!

Our guild managed to get the Immortal last night! No one died even though things were getting pretty scary towards the end. @rangerzath got mind controlled toward the end on their DK... who almost murdered a few people and was subsequently almost murdered by our druids on accident as they tried to cyclone.

Felt like a long time coming!

Can I post a baguette or is it against the community guidelines?

Americans are aslept¹! Quick, post pictures of real bread²!

¹ or whatever they do on thanksgiving. It's thanksgiving over there according to all my coworkers who are on holidays today.

² Because everybody knows that there is no real yummy bread in the US.

Goncharov to himself: Will you be here when I return?

To this day, that line gives me chills.

@cyle the bearded wizard

Sayin a lil' prayer for the Tumblr Infra team, which I assume is two unwashed interns, a reanimated 15th century wizard, and a cron job that's been running since 2009

tap for a surprise

oh shit are we all coming back here now? has the time finally come?

now why is THIS godforesaken site running so slow

We are going to the Moon!

At 1:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2022, our Orion spacecraft launched aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from historic Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a path to the Moon, officially beginning the Artemis I mission.

This mission is the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, the SLS rocket, and Kennedy ground systems. This is the very first time this rocket and spacecraft have flown together, and it’s the first of many Artemis missions to the Moon. Artemis I is uncrewed, but it lays the groundwork for increasingly complex missions that will land humans on the lunar surface, including the first woman and the first person of color to do so.

With Artemis, we will build a long-term human presence on the Moon and prepare humanity for future exploration plans to Mars and beyond.

See more photos of Artemis I on our Flickr.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

Artemis I liftoff

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A Tumblr Quick Start Guide

A year ago, I realized that every time I logged onto Twitter, I felt my blood pressure rise. It's a platform that runs on anger and outrage, and I wanted someplace better to spend my screen time. In my almost-year on Tumblr, I now realize I log on here and get one or two good laughs every time I check my dashboard.

Tumblr has given me a lot lately, but it is a bit different than other platforms. I'd like to give back a little and provide a quick-start guide on how being new to Tumblr worked for me.

Finding Things to Follow

The biggest thing I had to get used to was realizing that on Tumblr, you don't necessarily follow people or celebrities or politicians. You follow your interests. In fact, it's pretty common to follow only strangers that post things you like. That can make your empty dash daunting to fill! Let's fill it with things you love and make you happy.

Make a list, mental or otherwise, of things you're interested in. Be both broad and specific! Board Games. Magic The Gathering. Supernatural. Marvel. Video Games. 8-Bit. Urban planning. Any and all things that you like!

Pick one of your interests and search for that tag. Flip between "Latest" and "Top" and browse around to see what kind of content is in that tag. You'll notice images, art, gif sets, TikToks, videos, essays - all sorts of things!

If you see a lot of things you like, cool! Click the button to Follow that tag if you want to keep up to date on it and find things later (we'll come back to this).

If you see a post you love, check out who posted or reblogged it. Scroll around on their blog. Do they post similar stuff? Are there other things you like here? Are they posting often? If you like what they post, follow the blog! Congrats, you've followed your first blog!

Take some time and check out some other tags and follow the same process - follow tags you like and blogs you might be interested in. It's not possible to over-follow! You can always curate your list later. This isn't Twitter - no one cares if you unfollow someone. Find what makes you happy.

Go back to your main dashboard - how are things looking? Filled with things you're interested in? Excellent. If things don't work for you, don't be afraid to unfollow blogs.

Want to follow more blogs? New episode of Andor drop? Go to the "Your Tags" header and scroll around to find some more juicy content. Check out blogs you like, follow 'em if you like em, rinse and repeat! That's curating your dash!

Your Blog is Your House

Okay, so you have a dashboard of content that you like - but what do you do with it all? Someone once described a Tumblr blog to me like your little house that you can fill with all the things you like. There is no rhyme or reason, and you don't need an excuse to reblog something other than the fact that you liked it!

If you see something you like, reblog it! To me, I reblog things when I say "I like this and I want it to live in my house so other people can see it when they come visit"

Reblogging is like passing a message along to other people. You can just reblog it on its own to amplify it, or you can add your own tags, or if you have a funny reaction gif/thought/video/thousand-word-essay, add to it when you reblog!

Use tags. People actually find posts through tags here. Use them to help people discover that really cool reblog you found! You can also search for tags on specific blogs. This makes them great for categorizing posts on your own blog. For example, I use #2022 Game Journal when I blog about whatever game I'm playing so I can do a year-end review later and find all the posts later.

Like things too. Likes don't amplify posts, but they're nice to let a poster know you appreciated it! I also use likes a bookmark. Sometimes I don't have time to watch that TikTok, so I'll like it as a reminder to come back to it later.

Be Weird. You can have sideblogs to hold more specific content, but don't be afraid to just scoop up anything you like and put it in your house! Reblogging is how content gets passed around.

Random Blog Tips

Wow nice job, your blog's looking great! Before you know it, someone will find it, check out your posts, and maybe give you a follow if they like what you've made or what your reblog! The last thing I'll touch on here are some nitty-gritty tips that can help you think about all the meta stuff about Tumblr:

Tumblr is the most anonymous social media platform. No one has to know who you are. Take advantage of all the privacy options.

You can also hide likes and who you follow from public view - that's no one else's business! Turn off asks too if you want.

Play around with your settings in general - there are lots of customization options and other dash tabs that you can use to find new content. You can also turn on timestamps so you know if a post you see is a "heritage post," as they say. Content is evergreen here and I personally like to see that in action.

You can filter and hide tags that you don't want to see.

Just block people liberally, it's cool.

You can pay to remove ads (nice), but you can also leave the option to see Blazed posts on. Blazed posts are ones that people pay for impressions for - and any post can be Blazed. The kicker is, there's no ad targeting. It can be quite funny or quite annoying depending on what you want.

When viewing the notes on a post, you'll see comments, reblogs, and likes. For the reblogs section, I like to filter by "Comments only" to find what people have added to the post.

Like all social media sites, there are dark corners here. I think Tumblr more than most puts you in control to curate your Dashboard to only see what you want. Block a user, hide a post, and move on.

That should be quite enough to get started! Tumblr can take a little more time to "get" compared to other social media platforms (and get in on the long-running jokes!), but trust me, after a week, you'll notice the difference between checking your Tumblr dashboard and checking your Twitter timeline.

Your blood pressure will thank you.

Tumblr Redemption Ark ⛵

Hello, new Tumblr users! Welcome aboard! 🦀

I stumbled upon this post yesterday.

@jv wrote, I quote: "Tumblr redemption ark".

And then, @unnecessaryportmanteaus replied: "It'll probably be a redemption arc. Unless you're building a boat, in which case carry on."

Man, that was so funny. 🤣 And this scene just popped into my mind.

Tumblr is so fun. 😁

if a crab was verified would it do it like this or like this

accurate

how staff decisions are made at tumblr

Manager: ok sorry for bringing you all in for a morning meeting but it's kind of urgent

Dave, an australian: its midnight here, fuck you.

Manager: yeah sorry dave. it's just. people have been talking and. we're still short on money.

Moss, already on xeir fourth cup of coffee for the day and tired of everyone's shit: how the fuck are we short on money again.

Edna, who definitely doesn't have a suspicious secret tumblr blog about organ harvesting: have we tried selling everyone's organs?

Manager: thats the fourth time this month you've suggested that, Edna, the answer is still 'no'.

Edna: >:-(

Keith, who is definitely high and has been using his phone instead of paying attention to the meeting: omg... twitter users have to pay eight dollars a month to get verified now lmaoooooo. Hey wait guys you know what would be funny?

programmers, already writing out code: yep, on it.

Manager: and the employee of the month award goes to Keith

this year on tumblr we’ve had:

•horse plinko

•time for crab

•tumblr blaze

•manscaped

•live slug reaction

•twitter exodus I & II

•Dracula daily

•the Supernatural fandom killing the Queen

•adult content being *not* unbanned

•Sans > Reigen tumblr sexyman killing the queen

•the t logo coming to life

•2014 tumblr becoming a trend

•MCR reunion

•new Arctic Monkeys & The 1975 albums

•the rise of The Sandman and Bee and PuppyCat

•female presenting nipples are back

truly one of the years of all time on this hellsite

I used to think Tumblr was weird, but now I own a whole shelf of glup shitto figurines, and I still think Tumblr is weird.

Something that all the people shouting "the Twitter invasion will ruin Tumblr!!!!!" are not understanding is that those newcomers... belonged here all along.

We are talking about people who are willing to uproot from their social safe place and move to a wild new frontier... Because Elon Musk bought Twitter.

See, your average Twitter user who don't care about Musk, or even may dislike him in an abstract manner, is not going to move anywhere.

It's the people who oppose what Musk ideologically represents who will end here. Those who will get harassed there for being leftist, gay, trans, socially conscious, etc.

You know, the people who will fit well in the site of the blue haired people with all kind of pronouns and genders and identities.

They are our stranded siblings, they belong here. Be nice to them!