Want To Try The Rewrite Vs. Canon Trend After Being Inspired By And Seeing My Friend @gritsandbrits Doing

I shall reblog this

JUSTICE FOR JAAHNAVI KANDULA

23 year old Jaahnavi Kadula was hit and killed on January 23, 2023. She was hit and killed bye police officer Dave Auderer, who happened to be the VICE PRESIDENT OF HIS UNION according to NBC News. Body cam footage has been released of the man joking about her death and saying she had “limited value” because she was young and was laughing throughout the footage. Laughed when he said to “just write a check for $11,000.” It’s disgusting how we are just barely finding out about the death of an incredibly smart woman who was taken too soon, and was treated so horribly after being brutally killed. How are we supposed to feel safe with the dangers of the world going on when our own police officers are so disgusting? How are we supposed to live our lives when we aren’t safe from our own “protectors”? I pray the family of Jaahnavi Kadula finds peace and that both Jaahnavi and her family get the justice they deserve.

TO ALL TUMBLR USERS OUT THERE, PLEASE REBLOG THIS SO THAT WE CAN HELP THIS PERSON GET HELP!!!

Listen up!

You see a post like this? Where OP might hurt/kill themselves? You hit that button that I circled

Hit that.

Click Suicide or Self-harm Concern

Yes.

Fill in the rest of it, and hit submit. The "content you reported" will fill itself in

Tumblr will follow up and help them.

Warning: this is only for mobile. If anyone knows how to do this for desktop, please add it!

This could SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO REBLOG THIS.

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF IT DOESN'T GO WITH YOUR BLOG'S THEME.

And yes, REBLOG. Liking does no shit at all. This isn't ig.

You reblog, people see it. You don't, people don't see it. This shit's that simple.

This could save someone's life. It's not a joke.

REBLOG IF ITS OKAY TO TALK TO YOU.

Please.

Okay I'm kinda curious about this

Reblog if you're a self shipper-

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from Lets Talk Palestine, 02/Feb/2024:

🇵🇸Misinformation alert ⏰ — while we wish for a ceasefire, it simply is not true that one has been reached. There are too many moving parts and unknowns regarding a potential deal — there is still much to be figured out to still. But we hope this means that we are close, so do not stop putting pressure on your governments and representatives so that we can can bring an end to this genocide.

The best feeling in the world is coming back to one of your f/o’s you used to be in love with, then falling in love with them again.

It’s like taking a blanket out of the dryer and wrapping yourself in it.

Your f/o’s will always have their arms open for you, no matter how long it’s been.

Can someone help me why I can't view and receive messages?

Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!

Saw a post like this with negative outlook so I asked for it to be fixed