This fight always reminds me that Jackie Chan is truly a modern day Chaplin/Keaton. When recognizing physical comedians, Jackie has to be considered a modern king. This concept is so simple. STICKY FLOOR. That’s about it. And yet he makes absolute magic out of it. He gives us a solid fight sequence, genuine humor and some cheeky, sexy stuff. Everything you want, really. This fight might not be the most ferocious action sequence he’s done but, as far as comedic ideas go, this one is up there I think. It’s great.
The fight is from The Myth which I’m not going to post a link to because it’s not very good. It has three great action sequences in it (including this one). Track it down at your own peril.
I thought with all the craziness yesterday that we weed something funny to watch!
In response to the NSFW ban being enacted by Tumblr Staff, on December 17th 2018 I propose that we all log off of our Tumblr accounts for 24 hours.
The lack of respect and communication between staff and users is stark. Users have been begging staff to delete the porn bot outbreak, which has plagued the website for well over a year. The porn bots oftentimes send people asks and messages, trying to get them to go to a website full of viruses. They also spam advertisements on others posts.
Users have also begged that Tumblr ban neo-nazis, child porn, and pedophiles, all which run rampant on the site. The site/app got so bad that it was taken off the app store.
However, instead of answering the users, Tumblr has instead taken the liberty to ban all NSFW content, regardless of age. But users have already run into issues of their SFW content being marked as sensitive and being flagged as NSFW, not allowing them to share their work.
Not only does this discriminate again content creators, but it also discriminates against sex workers. Disgustingly, the ban will be enacted on December 17 which is also International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
This ban is disgusting, and while I (and plenty of others) welcome porn bots and child porn being banned, the Tumblr filtration system is broken. It tags artistic work’s nipples as NSFW (when it is art), it tags SFW art as NSFW (when it is not), and does not stop the porn bots, neo-nazis and dozens of other issues.
This ban is discriminatory. This ban is ineffective. This ban is unacceptable.
To protest, log off of your Tumblr account for the entirety of December 17th. Log off at 12 am EST or 9PM PST and stay off for 24 hours. Don’t post. Don’t log on. Don’t even visit the website. Don’t give them that sweet ad revenue.
Tumblr’s stock has already taken a hard hit. Let’s make it tank. Maybe then they will listen to the users.
And interestingly enough, thesefourlovelypostsweren’t flagged. I guess the nipples aren’t “female-presenting”. *rolls eyes to the next dimension* But I won’t climb on a soapbox for this. (Yet…) So, practical matters.
Some of these are reblogs, so if you’re the Original Poster (and it’s randomly flagged - only two of them aren’t), you can request a review. If you’re an artist, or do some actual curating work (I’m thinking of @oldschoolfrp, with their amazing collection of vintage and hard to find RPG art), I suggest you go into that trouble, and also that you backup your work immediately, and consider exporting it to Wordpress or something.
If you’re an artist who makes NSFW art (or
art
otherwise doomed to deletion on tumblr), I AM SO SORRY. And I wish I had a cool alternative to suggest to you, but I don’t. Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook are all terrified of nipples. DeviantArt and ArtStation are great for a portfolio, and for connecting with other artists, but for connecting with fans, with your audience, not as much.
Tumblr, hellsite that it notoriously is (was?), did a pretty cool thing with the reblog/follow combo, attracting both creators and audience in equal measures, and allowing them to connect. If I don’t make art myself, but I have a blog where I follow people and reblog their art, I can feel like I’m doing something. Like I have a little place of my own, showcasing my impeccable taste if nothing else, along with my rants or whatever. On DeviantArt, all I can do is post comments on other people’s work, and it’s just not the same. It’s not “my” thing, I don’t have a personal stake, and I won’t stick around for long. So I don’t know what to suggest to you…
If someone does know of alternative sites for artists, PLEASE tell us.
That Robin Hood RPG picture is one of mine, but it currently doesn’t show as flagged to me. I think it may be one that was flagged in the past until I protested. It would be baffling if the reblogs still are flagged.
I’m hoping for the best, but I did follow the “Export your blog” procedure this morning to create an up-to-date backup:
It’s been running for over 40 minutes and I can’t tell if it’s still running or if it crashed. I have 328 pages beginning January 23, 2012, and I know I’m not the only one trying to siphon the servers today. (As an unofficial back up you can find a huge % of my posts reposted to Pinterest by other people.)
Most of my daily posts are spontaneous, but I have about 50 in the queue spread out as far into the future as November 2019. I’ve been here long enough to see many other crises come and go, but I understand why this one is bad for many people with a wide range of identities and interests.
