30/3/12

   
Not anymore. The popular blogging site whose tagline reads, "Tumblr lets you effortlessly share anything" will this week begin taking down blogs that support self-injury.

Tumblr said that while it is committed to supporting and defending freedom of speech, it does draw some limits.

"Some specific kinds of content aren’t welcome on Tumblr," the staff wrote. Blogs that cross the line into active promotion or glorification of self-harm behaviors will be removed.

In addition to taking down blogs that support eating disorders, cutting and suicide, Tumblr will refer readers to appropriate help organizations when they search for self-harm content. For instance, when a Tumblr user types in tags that are associated with support tips for anorexics such as “thinspiration,” “thinspo” and “pro-ana,” Tumblr will show a public service message such as:

“Eating disorders can cause serious health problems, and at their most severe can even be life-threatening. Please contact the [resource organization] at [helpline number] or [website].”

However, some Tumblr bloggers are concerned that the new policy will do more harm than good. "Self- harm blogs are helping me know that I’m not alone in this world," a Tumblr user wrote. "Without my blog and everyone else’s blogs, I’d probably be dead by now."

A London-based user has launched an online petition to stop the ban. She said that self-harm bloggers post this content because it is an accurate representation of feelings that they would otherwise not be able to express. To them, Tumblr is a form of therapy, she said.

Her petition has been signed by more than 1,650 supporters. It urges Tumblr to consider an alternative to the ban. Bloggers posting self-harm related content could be required to include a disclaimer that the author cannot be held responsible for how viewers interpret the content they post along with links to recovery sites.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/28/tumblr-bans-self-harm-blogs/#ixzz1qWNr2GE0

Tech Article 16/3

Due to the Hunger Games coming out many on Tumblr have chosen to make a pact of what they will do on opening night.  Three things have been decided between the tumblr fans.  One is to write a T on your hand to show you are from tumblr.

Second is to send in a picture of you saluting Rue that will be put into a video and sent to the cast and other people dealing with The Hunger Games.  Last they plan on standing in the theater and saluting Rue, by doing what Katniss does in this photo:

Secret cinema found beneath Paris
In September 2004, French police discovered a hidden chamber in the catacombs under Paris. It contained a full-sized movie screen, projection equipment, a bar, a pressure cooker for making couscous, a professionally installed electricity system, and at least three phone lines. Movies ranged from 1950s noir classics to recent thrillers.

Tech Article 2/3

In chain cupcake shop Sprinkles Cupcakes will soon be opening 24-Hour Sprinkles, an around-the-clock cupcake automat at their Beverly Hills, California storefront.

LAist got the official word from a Sprinkles spokesperson:

This automatic cupcake machine dispenses freshly baked cupcakes, cupcake mixes, apparel and even cupcakes for Fido! In the heart of Beverly Hills nestled between Sprinkles Cupcakes and the brand new Sprinkles Ice Cream, 24 Hour Sprinkles will be continuously restocked day and night with a variety of freshly baked cupcake flavors.

http://laughingsquid.com/24-hour-sprinkles-an-around-the-clock-cupcake-automat-in-beverly-hills/