like i'm literally trying to put this as simply as humanly possible. the way that you are taught to view what it means to be a canadian or american or brit or whatever, the idea of Who you are, has built into it that by being From There you are fundamentally different or better or more Real than the rest of the world, and this is conveyed to you both overtly and subtly from an extremely young age, sometimes passively and sometimes directly, and you are taught these basic assumptions about the world, they become part of the way you navigate the world before you really have the words to explain or describe it. and i'm telling you that people born in the global south are typically not told these things, not conveyed this about ourselves from childhood, this is not something we are taught. the assumption, from an extremely young age, is that the world is full of "real people" and "real countries", whatever that means. there are more specific sectarian or communalist things taught to us depending on where we live and other aspects of the material conditions we are born into, but the basic assumption of "my country is the only real country in the world" and "only people born in my country are real people" is not universal, you did not enter this life thinking that way, it is something ingrained in you. and you can choose to unlearn that, or you can choose not to, but if you whine on the internet about people from the developing world being mean to you because you are insisting on your right to not view us as human beings i think you are too far gone

the worst thing that will happen to you for expressing western chauvinistic ignorance is to get bullied by people from the rest of the world online. the worst thing that happens to us because you have this ideology is that we, Real People all over this whole world, get killed en masse, and then you go online and complain about having to see that too. i don't even know what to say anymore

I had the pleasure of working on this commission for the very kind @bee-boppin her character is so cute!~

How to Backup your Tumblr

I was just semi-complaining that I was still looking for a decent way to backup my +6k posts without having to use paid services or even just wordpress (which has an import from tumblr tool that asks for permission to access your blog and also make posts), when I decided to actually put some effort into my google search. 

Results were positive: I have successfully backed up my blog* 

*By which I mean: everything that I have ever posted.  Not included: drafts, queue, likes, followers, following, comments, notes, chat. 

I followed this method (word by word), and now have a 450 MB folder on my computer with the name of my blog on it containing: 

1. Folder “Archive” (contains .html files listed by month) 2. Folder “Media” (contains gifs and images, mine has +1k files in it; might contain also audios but I have no way of confirming that because I’ve never reblogged an audio post from this blog) 3. Folder “Posts” (contains single .html files, each one a post; I have +4k files in it) 4. Folder “Theme” (contains only my avatar, but it might be a matter of if you have personalized themes or not) 5. .html file “Index” (by opening it it will give you the archive of your blog organized by month; clicking on a month will open up the archive for that month, and you’ll be able to read all the posts for that month as if you were on your blog**, except sans your theme graphic, with each page containing 50 posts)

**I can see gifs, links, embedded videos, tags, number of notes (but I can’t open up the notes, clearly), text is also correctly formatted. 

So yeah, in case anyone wants a very quick way to back up their blog, it took me less than 10 minutes. 

P.S. I didn’t have any issue, but to be on the safe side always check for spyware and virus threats before and after downloading anything. 

this is actually really useful if you have an art blog full of years of work that you otherwise no longer have access to the original files. A lot of the art I have in the early days of my art blog are in that boat. I did this process JUST for that reason and I was pretty astonished at just how many pieces of media it backs up! (literally all of it) Drawings I didn’t even realize were sitting in my archive due to having been posted to text posts or undercuts, or untagged for years! It’s worth it if just for that, even if tumblr isn’t shutting down or deleting your blog.

For those of you wondering: This includes your posts in all forms, and your reblogs, as well as the number of notes they got. Furthermore, it’s implemented in a way that archives your posts by month in an index.html file that can be used while offline. You can search your tags per month by simply using ctrl+f. The only thing it doesn’t do is save the images that are in the reblogs, and it cannot save videos.

I just did this and it took less than ten minutes, and while I can say I would not have much difficulty if it had more obtuse instructions, the format of the steps is extremely simple and easy to follow for people who may be intimidated with this method.

cameoappearance manyblinkinglights My blog is a lot bigger, but this seems worth trying even if it takes up Way Too Much disk space #tumblr itself grimroth cameoappearance I’ve been looking for a solid method to grab my blog in ages and this particular python script never came up! Just tried it out, and it works great. #!!! onerealperson Anyone know a way to back up drafts folders? thesoulzofhades fiction-is-not-reality It’s finally downloading but says unknown time… I don’t know how many hours it was processing for but it was a long time because I’ve been here since 2011. This might be a few GB big but I’m going to move it to my USB. dadmondmiles dadmondmiles There is also TumbleThree, a standalone program, if you prefer a GUI over command-line. Also seems to have more options, such as downloading your liked posts. #tumblr bandicoot88 Can someone help me? I’m stuck on the ‘Control Panel. Search for Advanced System Settings’ part. I do not have this. I am on Windows 7. I’d love to back up my Tumblr if possible! Thanks. spinnerprincess kresnikclan fyi if you want this to go very very fast and more want a record of your text than anything else, the flag “-k” at the command line section will refrain from downloading images when backing up, which is mainly what would make it take a long time to do a backup + make said backup huge. it makes the program link to the image files instead of downloading them #open “tumblr_backup.md” in notepad or something if you vaguely know how command line flags work and there are more of them #neat tool. belovedsheith I use TumbleThree! I haven’t found it to be as easy to look up which images go to which posts, but it WILL download all the content. It’s been easier for me to figure out than the other methods and it’s better than nothing. niniblack fiction-is-not-reality Reblogging for followers but I’m gonna level with you, this is too much work for me.  #tumblr bs archivesandfeminism Anybody else getting a blog that’s not theirs in the output? shilo-morkaisin I got all the way to the last step, but then it just wouldn’t download any content Help? birbidot acelordsin fwiw, it works great, but my blog has ~65k posts, which is a LOT MORE DATA and takes a LOT MORE TIME than this person. It works well, just keep that in shelveddoll bisexualmichaelangdon Is there a way to back up tumblr from an iPad? #signal boost skyholdherbalist crystal-grace Boost!  Better info here than in my post, and points directly to the Windows guide.  If you’re a Windows user, here you go.   #tumblr backup sdcruzart bearicorn this is actually really useful if you have an art blog full of years of work that you otherwise no longer have access to the original files. A lot of the art I have in the early days of my art blog are in that boat. I did this process JUST for that reason and I was pretty astonished at just how many pieces of media it backs up! (literally all of it) Drawings I didn’t even realize were sitting in my archive due to having been posted to text posts or undercuts, or untagged for years! It’s worth it… lightsmalltalk nonbinarypastels can somebody help me with this? i’m confused about the paths part. i don’t understand what i’m supposed to add. i’m also not sure if i’m supposed to add it to the user variables or the system variables.  theselectivesmutmeister vegasbondage-deactivated2018120 Not exactly what I’ve been looking for, but given that I’ve had zero luck finding any Tumblr management tools, definitely worth a reblog. #“ #‽ #OffTopic topnbottom vegasbondage-deactivated2018120 Good advice. I’ve used the command line tool in the past. Super geeky but it works great. fiction-is-not-reality2 defunctzombie Except that the tumblr export tool doesn’t work for everyone (for me it would stay loading for hours and hours and hours and just get stuck there), so this was one of the possible external alternatives that didn’t involve using wordpress.  #reblogging on this blog as well #tumblr stuff #ref aethergeologist glassesblu-main I tried tumblethree, and although it works, it will save your blog as seperate image, video and audio files, and then one single file for all your text posts. So it’s not particularly convenient. #reblog #tumblr incredifishface radishhoney is there a SIMPLE CLEAR mac version of this. I’ve been doing research and i’ve never felt more computer illiterate in my whole life solluxisms solluxisms The first method worked easily for me and only took around 30 minutes to back up my entire 24k-post blog. #notmine #nothomestuck #tumblr backup #tumblr backups hellolovelyscientist quakerlasss Anyone know back-up tips for Mac OS users? iPad or MacBook? allionne hanni-bunny-lecter Getting a (free) wordpress blog and importing your blog there works as well. (And then getting the stuff down from there at your leisure later) #tumblr #backup hotpresscopper robotmango how to keep your stuff.  Also note; you can backup other people’s blogs if there is someone who has gone inactive and you want their content. ashtarasilunar ashtarasilunar I’ve seen the option for exporting stuff to wordpress, but this is a local backup option if you aren’t interested in that.  Does involve use of command prompt, but the instructions are straightforward. #tumblr #backups #signal boost mayalaen mayalaen REBLOGGING AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS AWESOME!! It even gave me archive pages that show my entire month on one page and it’s organized by YEAR/MONTH. #tumblr issues destroying-you-slowly seaymph Does anyone have Mac instructions? timeclonemike violettherainwing Keep in mind that the longer you have been on tumblr and the more stuff you have posted or reblogged, the bigger the file will be. #backup #export matthewonart raptorcivilization hey guys use this instead of the Export function #tumblr.txt #psa brin-bellway cosmic-llin I have recommended the OP’s method for some time, and now more than ever. #reply via reblog #(look you know what I *meant* about hoping to use that tag again someday) #The Great Tumblr Apocalypse #The Last Tumblr Apocalypse #101 Uses for Infrastructureless Computers #(the following category tag was added retroactively:) #Wordpress blackdalek jewishdragon i cannot backup mine for some reason, first time it never finished, now i click the button but nothing happens #there’s nothing i can do about it so fuck that #i was really sad when tumblr deleted my tumblr #now i just care about the friends i made here #i dont want to lose them #i dont really care about everything else sigistoneshield sigistoneshield guys I got stuck because the computer couldn’t find the httplib module, does anyoone know how to fix that (win7)? friedcherryblossomprincess enscenic This seems to be working for me. It’s partway through backing up my posts atm. tumblr apocalypse #how to back up your blog damn-anotherangel greetings-and-defiance yeah, I’m on a mac and these methods don’t offer an option for me, can I still beg for help? inner–monologue dr-sparklefairy I’m a 10-year veteran on “The HellsiteTM” and I highly recommend using this method or even Tumblr’s onboard backup. I have 20+ GB of my online life safely squirreled away now. cafiffle psycrowe if there is a similar resource for Mac users I would appreciate it a lot, I’ve done some googling but am nervous about the results/don’t want to fuck up my whole life by trying something I don’t know enough about leotardsanity alxblack17 Tumblr actually has its own export tool now, and it does include your chat logs. #personal #tumblr ravurian magdaliny A warning, tho. My download, when I did this, ended up being 26gb in a single fucking zip file . There was nothing to indicate how big that file was going to be before I started the download, or how long it would take, and no option to pick and choose what you wanted to download. I just got the lot - every picture, every gif, every video or media file, every chat, everything, as many times as I reblogged them. Just bear in mind if your hard drive is full, you’re going to need space. Good luck… vampireadamooc annachibi I cannot for the life of me get this to work. I’m just not Python compatible apparently. #tumblr #annachibi chipuggle epicukulelesolo I just did this for my main, and now I’m doing it for side blogs. RIP hellsite gotenboner sendgays Make sure to make a backup to use on Pillowfort.io later this week!! wajjs imperatorsendak the first method doesn’t work if your system isn’t in english.  i tried following it, but there’s not a direct translation for things between a system in english and one in spanish, and as much as i tried, i couldn’t make it work.  maybe someone who’s more versed than me in this kind of thing will be able to, i just know that i struggled a lot and in the end i couldn’t find a way around it. #the first method doesn’t work if your system isn’t in english #i still need to find a guide in spanish #tumblr ref theeye368 hypno-moon-gazer I got this to work on Windows. Not sure about Mac users. olsiekj aliakbar925 Anyone know how to back a blog up legitly on mobile? :( art-twink robinofnazareth luckily i have all my art backed up to google drive (just in case) but ty this may be useful for some others rn  anon1adult nisaki-chan Holy shit. I did not expect it to work that well!! #Yup xcziel kat8porgs just fyi this github tutorial is for windows weirdstuffifindinteresting thehatterslab For non-Windows users, the RipMe app works well.  I just used it on my soon-to-die NSFW blog. #this has been a psa #Public Service Announcement the-wolfbats forthegaytergood It works on Mac, the only thing is the PATH will be formatted differently (see image). summon-daze summon-daze Uh im getting directory errror messages, anyone mind helping me out? brotherxii brotherxii Can someone explain how to do this? 78nanosieverts charlesoberonn (note: this doesn’t work with other versions of python, which should have been obvious to me but I didn’t realize that my computer wasn’t running the same version as is laid out in the tutorial. if you don’t have v2.7.12 go download that before following the rest of this github page!) #reference illusoriy sl-walker IIRC the github guide only goes into details for people running Windows; I had to adapt it slightly for Mac use. my how-to is here for anyone else who wants to back up to a Mac and doesn’t feel like doing it through trial and error the way I did the first time around lmao p0wersurg3 professorsparklepants I want this, but does it also save your likes as well? #I have many liked things #That I didn’t reblog #Many NSFW #Tasteful and otherwise galaxy-lilies nightcatssketchbook I don’t have a PC rip oricalcon gaybrielwatch For those of you wondering: This includes your posts in all forms, and your reblogs, as well as the number of notes they got. Furthermore, it’s implemented in a way that archives your posts by month in an index.html file that can be used while offline. You can search your tags per month by simply using ctrl+f. The only thing it doesn’t do is save the images that are in the reblogs, and it cannot save videos. comedicallyobsessed ana-the-unknown Holy shit, I just backed up 20,287 posts across 3 blogs in an hour. Altogether it was 24.9GB  #tumblr #useful #awesome #fandom this has been sitting here for hours. your mileage may vary. queerlullaby itemfinder This is the method I used and I can confirm it works! maxbroforce xfreischutz My hurrdurr brain struggled for a hot minute, but basically steps 3 and 4 need to be combined: caiusmajor stunt-muppet I’ve used the tumblr-utils program that OP links successfully in the past, and hastilly pulled it up in the current situation. It still works well. #tumblr #backups #psa tigerliliesandcherryblossoms lockrum I am not even close to a programmer. This worked. OP is a Deity. All Hail! weizhentian caiusmajor If you have a different version of Python running the script is going to be a nightmare. Someone in the git repository made a version for Python 3, but it doesn’t work for 3.5. supah-effin-nova supah-effin-nova Okay while this is really cool and works… I just have an image of every photo I ever reblogged or that was on a post I ever reblogged with no context and this is confusing as fuck. LMAO thegothiest wilfyy @dinklebertarts if you’re willing to go through a little bit of trouble, here’s how you can back up your old blog if you really wanted to… saw this and thought of your old blog I don’t have anything I’m particularly invested in saving on mine, since most of my posts are reblogs or links to my LPs which are alive on YouTube.  But for anyone who wants a faster way of backing up their own content, here’s something you can do. annethecaptain geneeste If anyone has a good version for MAC (this one is Windows only) I’d love to know about it ASAP! meeedeee destinaf Does it include reblogs? #borrowed tags-reblog does not mean endorsement oathkeeper-of-tarth owldee Give this a shot! I have been using tumblr-utils for a while now and absolutely recommend it, as well as taking a look at some of the more advanced options it has (such as backing up posts of only a certain type, saving a particular tag, saving your liked posts, etc. - it’s well documented, and with the guide linked in the OP shouldn’t be hard to get started with). #backup #tumblr #how are we all doin’ on this fine 2002-smut-ban-tasting day #sigh #i do have some pillowfort keys left over i think #i’ll have to check everything when it comes back up #the great tumblr fuckening of 2018 king-artoria king-artoria note; you MUST get python 2, and not 3, or it wont work. follow this to the LETTER. farlinns thanos-the-rad-titan Probably don’t know how to do it even with instructions…… twisted-taylor britishsixtiesbeat this took a little bit to figure out but its actually pretty easy to backup once you get it down music-in-the-bell-jar nomtheburritos For not windows users, and also everyone, Tumblr has a native backup function. Settings–>click on your blog you want to backup–>scroll all the way down, there’s an “Export” option. Done. May take awhile to get all your shit for download, but leaving the page doesn’t stop the process, and you don’t have to fiddle with command line stuff like in the above link (though shout out to the contributors for it!) imaginal fourthousandnyan If you’re a blog like me that’s been around for… a while and is mainly reblogs (I tried to backup my blog in August, it’s still not done because I have over 300k posts), I recommend just, opening up a new sideblog, reblogging anything you wanna save (ex anything in your art tag) and then backing up the sideblog neargoddamninvincible asexualthorin This is the only thing that has worked for me thus far! Wordpress can’t handle the length of my blog apparently, and the tumblr backup keeps saying it’s processing but it isn’t getting anywhere. This is pulling posts for me as we speak! saintrichard shadowthekitsunereturns It took me hours and it was still not working… numinous-queer wonderwanda Mac sent me an answer! #thank you Mac!!!! #SMA kids got each others’ backs in these weird times #also how many of us at the nerd table turned out queer? #I think 1/3 to ½ of us #and that’s in a Catholic girls’ school #(being a trans guy there was weird) uniwolfwerecorn lukearnold I tried using tumblr’s archive function, and it didn’t work, or at least not the way I thought it should, then I used this and it’s absolutely great! All my posts, even those that I tried to forget, are there, and it’s beautifully displayed and in order. Highly recommended. uhh-what eighthchiharu Used this, totally worked. 10 mins or less, all my posts and pictures saved. Amazing, ty whoever wrote this lovely thing. artsyneurotic falsesecuritysketches I’m currently running this program and it does indeed seem to be grabbing all my posts/media, so this is another good option for people who want a backup of their tumblr just in case. #tumblr backup encharrneer canadianthiefshu This tumblr-utils program also work on nsfw blog that can’t be access with out login to tumblr too! artsyneurotic artsyneurotic Oh just as a heads-up though… this does not seem to grab tumblr video clips (videos that are uploaded into tumblr) it only seems to grab a thumbnail frame of it.  So if you uploaded a lot of video, you may need to look for an alternate way to save those.   foxystardust literal-ghost If you want to be able to properly browse your posts this is a better alternative than Tumblrs own backup system. fiction-is-not-reality2 yoonbum-in-drag Last time i had notifications for this post on the 20th there were 4k notes. At least I’m not seeing my notification page implode #ref #tumblr backup supernova-system-dreams dedalvs Windows users!!! If you can use this!!!! It apparently has been tested!!! nerianasims fiction-is-not-reality2 This is a pretty clear method to backup your blog. Bonus: Lets you read your backup on your computer like you can on Tumblr. Also, it will probably help when you need to import your blog somewhere else to have an index like this. asleepinawell followthebluebell @geoclaire the first method described seems to be working for me. definitely takes a while to run but it’s actively saving files to my computer. #the fuckening of tumblr ladytp uniwolfwerecorn I did this and it worked great! My whole Tumblr is now backed up, in order, texts and images, easy to view, month by month… Recommend! #Tumblr woes #back up #this worked well #signalboost #yay 5hit-happened archgayge Nothing for Mac users? redheadgleek  This actually worked (after some big trial and error) on my Mac! I’ve got my blog saved now and a bunch of the fan art blogs. What a relief! #ill give instructions tomorrow #just make sure you have the latest python2 installed #and my mac required something else that makes python work better #once i got those it was easy redheadgleek Here’s a few additions to the process.  I use an older Macbook Pro, so I had to download Python and install it on my computer. The first time I did this, I just followed the link to Python that the instructions above posted and downloaded/installed, and it took several hours with several error messages to download my blog. After a little bit of research, I discovered that it probably because I didn’t have everything installed properly. So I then followed the instructions here to install Python and Homebrew through Terminal, which made the process much faster (installing Homebrew was terrifying as all of a sudden my computer seemed possessed by a demon spitting out words I didn’t understand, but it calmed down).  I know next to nothing about Python, so I couldn’t figure out how to open/use any of the applications once I installed Python, so I did everything through Terminal which worked just fine for me (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal). Somebody created a How-To Guide for Mac here and another person asked about using it on a Mac, so I followed those instructions. In fact, I moved “bbolli-tumblr-utils” files to Documents, renamed it TUMBLRARCHIVE, and just copied the location from the last comment on the second link.  There are options that you can add to the program when it downloads (just insert it with a space between the “python tumblr_backup.py” part and your blogname. I highly suggest -D, as it creates a folder for each post, with the HTML index and the media files so everything stays nicely arranged. I also did -l which downloads your likes as well.  I have not tried to download videos and audio yet- that’s going to be the next project.  These are BIG downloads. I have 17K posts (and 14K likes) and it takes 23B on my hard drive. I’ll be moving it to an external drive once I’ve gone through everything.  scereyaha joanhello2 Okay but tumblr does have an export function… Does it not work? I’m trying it now. ignis-lupus yuriskittles does it save your liked posts too? spikeluv84 loserchildhotpants I tried to download my Tumblr, but it’s not working for some reason. :( di-elle livinginthequestion since the official back up is way too slow, try this method, people. #tumblr #tumblr madness #backup

the-strangest-love photo-ugolok it works. I just want to you know that it works. (for example, my “the-stangest-love” blog is 2,38 gb). #useful #in case you need it #you can only save on disk C #then move it when it’s ready hkvoyage redheadgleek Warning: it does take a bit of time to back up you Tumblr account, so do it before you go to sleep. mashiarasdream livebloggingmydescentintomadness My backup has been running for 18 hours now and still is shown as “processing”?! I really hope it’ll finish on its own because I have no idea how to troubleshoot this. #tumblr fuzipenguin fuzipenguin Has anyone else done this one? I keep getting stuck on step 3,  #6. The command prompt doesn’t recognize the downloaded and unzipped file #fuzi converses #stuck noregretsnotearsnoanxieties cdragontogacotar I’ve been on the site since 2012ish, so I’ve got over 100,000 posts and it takes a while the more posts you have, but it’s a pretty easy to follow tutorial. Just a note: I’m getting a few error messages (mostly for graphics) but not too many, and a few time out messages since I have so many posts, so expect that if you have a ton. #tumblr #archiving #back up your blog rebecca2525 zhivchik It’s not just for Windows users – Linux and Mac users will already have Python 2.x installed, so they can skip that step, and entering directory names in the command line will be a bit different. #tumblr backup #glad i’m so paranoid i’ve been already doing this since forever #tumblr steeleye1 porcupine-girl back up your blog because as long as your stuff is on someone else’s server it’s really not safe. #keep your stuff #tumblr’s backup is not working for me #is it working for you? whomthegodswoulddestroy literal-ghost 450mb is unrealistically small. I’m assuming then that it doesn’t snag copies of the actual images or videos posted, only links to them? In which case it’s nigh-useless for a number of us. mremaknu mremaknu I’m probably going to reblog this post daily until the 17th because unlike Tumblr’s own export tool, I know for a fact that it works. #daily reblurb mostlyanything19 hikari-kaitou Keep in mind: if you have a very large blog you might have to run the command several times over for it to really catch everything. It’ll add the posts it missed to the ones already backed up, no problems, but i have almost 40.000 posts by now and I had to run it about five times to get everything. #…i actually backed up my blog a couple days before this all even happened #just because i’m a ParanoidTM and it always made me nervous not having a backup of six years of my life online #so yeah THIS WORKS. if you want your entire blog on your harddrive which i do #it ever preserves your tags! #tumblr nonsense #c dreamy94-poop-infos makaalpacaa This actually works >8U #cuz i scared to lose my works #I tried to get all my shits #with the help from the previous post #but none worked #and I do this #BOOM #i got all my things back #use this #if you dont wanna lose your posts #its really useful #bless the person who made that redheadgleek honeysucklepink My blog contains just less than 17K posts and it took up 23GB. And I didn’t get video and audio downloaded, I’m going to do that next. So, yes, it’s going to be a huge amount of space. Once I get everything downloaded, I’m moving it to another drive. #tumblr backup miome-decompression godihatethisfreakingcat I did a code review of the present version ( f234953 on Aug 9 ), and I didn’t see anything potentially harmful or suspicious. I like that it has an option to not backup reblogs, just your original posts. I’m going to try that out and let folks know how it goes. spockshair cassiopeiasara This program works well until it encounters an image that has been flagged or isn’t hosted on the web anymore. jestermolly rocketonthemoon Oh thank god. I’m just looking to save certain tags and this is perfect. melanoradrood cupcakemolotov I’ve heard that some people are having issues with wordpress. This is the method that I’m going with. Save your stuff, before tumblr staff fucks it up. I’m doing fucking everything - all of my blogs. Do it! #tbd #important lordtrekie agentbrompton If anyone I know can’t get this to work, or just doesn’t give two hoots about trying to do it themselves, I’ve got it working and will gladly run a backup for you and somehow get you the file. taperwolf airyairyquitecontrary For Macs, use the linked command-line instructions but skip step 1 — OS X comes with python preinstalled. silly-sketch sephythespooky For all my windows followers. If you have a Mac instead, ask a Windows friend to back it up for you and send it to you through Google Drive or Dropbox. taperwolf taperwolf Okay, I missed that there was a bunch of stuff about paths and Windows’ command line-specific stuff in there too, which can really confuse the issue, so here’s the quick howto for Mac users, assuming you’re not used to using the command line: younhide octoswan I don’t know what to do with this error… #tumblr #tumblr policy felinalain katieskarlette It works near 95% of saving, it couldn’t save some of my posts due to it being deleted media or weird characters that it couldn’t save #TUMBLR WHY kigamin kigamin reblogging again to confirm it works well. make sure to wait till the command line finishes executing (dont be impatient like me basically) because even when the posts are saved, the program still runs to generate the index page. #havbent checked for security issues but my antivirus didnt scream at me akaluan moon6shadow-main So I was going to tag-talk, but I feel like people who follow me might want to see the TYPE of output they can expect from both versions of backup #tumblr #tumblr backup #i suspected the python script would have a better output #just a feeling i got by looking at the two projects #if you have a mac scroll up a bit in the reblog comments #one user gave very clear instructions on how to use the python script in a mac #taperwolf is the user you’re looking for musicallover85 musicallover85 ok but, what about the messages you send to another user? Will it also store those as well or will it do nothing? I’m asking cause I have some really, really important things I want and need to save on there. almost 2 years of stuff. can someone please help me on this I can’t bare to lose the things I have messaged. #musicallover85 #musical ramble #reblog #pls #request #ramble #askgoldengaming00 #may i know more? #it important #signal boost rockinrpmemes sandsofchaos The instructions linked don’t really help those of using MAC OSX or higher, so if anyone knows how to do this ^^^^ by way of a MAC please reblog with how you did it please. #backing your tumblr help hurricane-in-a-teacup meeedeee Just used this, surprisingly quick. Note that it doesn’t save anything behind a cut. #fandom is my fandom ykoriana ykoriana I have just tried this with my sideblog and it worked like a charm! Currently backing up the main blog. sjjellyfish stormwaterwitch I have 8 sideblogs plus my main and I successfully saved all 8 of them using this method and it only took me a day. This thing is legit

Btw much as I love to make fun of twitter and reddit's business decisions, I have 0% trust in tumblr's management to not go a similar route so this is your gentle reminder that you should regularly go to your blog settings to export your blog. That's a fancy way of saying you can download a backup of your blog so if everything goes down you'll still have a backup of your posts & convos.

It's gonna come as a surprise to most of you, but if you don't want to do that for whatever reason you're allowed to not reblog this post. I'm not holding a gun to your head here I'm just trying to spread the word for people who do want a backup of their stuff.

Also, made this guide for backup Tumblr blogs (ft. export blog method, and python 3 script method):

SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON — 2002, dir. Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook

Hi, my name is Mosab , and I’m from Gaza. Life here has been harder than I could ever imagine, but today I’m sharing my story with hope in my heart, because your kindness has already given us so much strength.

This journey hasn’t been easy. The war has taken 25 family members from us—25 beautiful souls we loved deeply. Their laughter, their presence, their love… all of it is gone, leaving behind memories that are both precious and painful. Every day, I carry the weight of their loss, but I also carry their spirit, which gives me the strength to keep going.

Our Journey So Far

When I first reached out, I couldn’t have imagined we’d make it this far. Your support has been a light in these difficult times, and we are so deeply grateful for every single contribution.

But the road ahead is still challenging. Every day, we’re reminded of how much we’ve lost and how much we still need to rebuild.

Here’s what life in Gaza looks like for my family right now:

🏠 Safety: The uncertainty of tomorrow weighs heavily on us.

😢 Loss: The absence of the 25 family members we’ve lost is a pain we carry every moment.

💔 Dreams on Hold: The future feels so far away when survival takes all our strength.

How You Can Help Us Cross the Finish Line Even the smallest act of kindness can make a difference:

✅️ Vetted by @gazavetters ( #309 ) ✅️

Why Your Support Matters Your kindness isn’t just about helping us meet our goal—it’s about reminding us that we’re not alone in this fight. It’s about hope. It’s about survival. And it’s about giving my family a chance to rebuild our lives, even in the face of unimaginable loss.

Thank you for helping us get this far. Your generosity and compassion have already brought us closer to a better tomorrow, and for that, I’m endlessly grateful.

With all my love and gratitude,

Mosab and Family ❤️

Pharmacist here - I know this is just asking 'can you' but I'm seeing a lot of replies saying that's the only way some of you take your meds and I'm very concerned for y'all. Dry-swallowing pills, especially daily or more often, can cause the medicine to get stuck or scrape against your esophageal tissue, creating tears (leading to esophagitis/ulcers), which can cause bleeding, scarring (which can lead to further issues swallowing/eating, like pain), and increased risk of infection, among other things. This can happen with any size med, even 'small' ones. Additionally, some medications actually need to be taken with water to help with their absorption, and dry-swallowing them will mean the drug is not as effective as it's supposed to be. Always take your oral solid medications with water (at least a shot size, but ideally a full glass). You're not House, do not destroy your throats.

in loving memory of tumblr's april fools' pranks 💐 2014 - 2024

icymi, tumblr used to do an elaborate april fool's prank every year, but this year they suddenly stopped. here's a somewhat detailed recap of everything they did over the decade:

2013 - mishapocalypse (honourable mention): tumblr staff didn’t start doing april fools until 2014, but the mishapocalypse happened on tumblr in 2013 and i feel like this list would be incomplete without it

2014 - tumblrpro: upon opening your dash you were greeted by an “inspirational” video, that ended with the option to get “tumblrpro (for free)”. all it did was put a top hat on your icon.

2015 - tumblr executivesuite/coppy: a copying machine appeared in the corner of your dash. it would offer tips on how to use tumblr, like clippy the paperclip used to do in microsoft word. as the day went on, it slowly broke down and died right in front of your eyes. many people hated him (but not me). you could also make a (small) spreadsheet. @executivesuite2016 is the official blog.

2016 - this is decision/lizard election/tumblrdecides: a parody of the 2016 US elections. there were 4 lizards (well, one of them turned out to be a salamander in a scandal) to vote for. the dash looked different and there was a live news report with election updates, as well as an election blog for each lizard. they all had their own slogans and you would get an "i voted" button after you voted that would get slapped next to your icon. there were built-in functions to make an election poster for your favourite lizard and to create a text post that supported your lizard of choice that autogenerated a statement for all your followers to read. imo tumblr’s april fools peak. @thisisdecision2016-blog is the official blog, @mop-2016-blog @wretchedtooth @timefordeborah-blog were candidates. rick also had a blog (rick-official) but that now seems to have vanished because he ended up dropping out of the election. mop won, if you're curious. by far the most elaborate prank tumblr ever did.

2017 - horse friend: a tamagotchi-inspired game where you had to take care of a little horse in the corner of your screen. it came with a randomly generated name, and you had to feed and clean up after it. if you didnt take good care of it, it died. you could then hatch (yes, hatch) a new one. there was also an option to look at the names of all your dead horses. this is now available to buy in the tumblr shop. @horse-friends is the official blog.

2018 - tumblcoin: a parody of cryptocurrency (this was the year bitcoin took off). you could ‘invest’ in tumblcoin, with which you could in turn buy things with to spice up your dash, including last year’s horse friend, coppy from 2015, and a frame for around your icon. you could share the amount of tumblcoin you owned in an automatically generated gif post which would be tagged #tbc2018 and #tumblcoin. @tumblcoin is the official blog.

2019 - @memories: this blog still functions the way it did on april fools itself! it's like mad libs, where it takes post templates and then adds in tags you use a lot and users you frequently interact with on your main blog. like a personalized shitpost bot.

2020 - group chat prank/@storybot: it was so hard to find info on this because it was contained entirely in the now-defunct group chat function, which no one used. i had to go through the notes of this post for information because no one cared enough to actually write anything explaining it. turns out, you could write a story with your mutuals by adding storybot to your group chat. it also kept working after april fools (well, up until the group chats were deleted) just like memories. many people missed out on it entirely because they did not use the group chat function.

2021 - tumblcryptids: tumblr allowed you to adopt “non-fungible tumblcryptids”, a parody of NFTs. clicking a button that said "Summon thy Tumblrcryptid" would spawn an image of a little blob-shaped creature with a short description, which would always read "Hi! My name is [randomly generated name]. I love [thing most people like]. I hate [thing most people dislike]. Like my parent, I can't get enough of #[tag from your main blog]." you could share them in a post, which would automatically add the tag #NFTumblcryptids to your post. and yes, people on the piss on the poor website freaked out about it because they thought they were real NFTs harming the environment. @tumblcryptidadoptioncenter is the official blog.

2022 - click-a-thon: when you clicked a light switch on your dashboard, a bunch of colourful things showed up, like a sponge you could move around, an "engagament meter", clickable buttons, and a “Summon Crab!” button, which would summon a crab when you clicked it. you could. the crabs, like horse friend, are still available in the tumblr store as of 2025. here's some screenshots. there were various ways to share your crab activities, which would all get tagged #april fools 2022. the prank was presented as a marketing technique created by Brick Whartley, a fictional businessman character created by tumblr, who (afaik) originated in a post on the official blog of the 2018 april fools prank, albeit originally in a different role. around this time he also started functioning as the mascot for tumblr's shop ( @emporium )

2023 - abstract reactions (emoji reacts): buttons were added to every post that allowed you to add emoji reactions, many of them based on tumblr inside jokes (horse as a reference to horse plinko/horse friend, vanilla for the vanilla extract meme, pikaman, bug for bug race, and brick whartley, who wasn't a meme but staff really wanted him to be). if one specific emoji was used a certain amount of times it would add an effect to the post, eg many cheese emoji reacts would cover the post in cheese. this was also attributed to Brick Whartley ("his" blog @brickwhartley also documented the day)

2024 - boop-o-meter: allowed you to “boop” other users who had opted in to the booping, like facebook’s poke feature back in the day. depending on how long you held the button, you would either boop, super boop, or evil boop. on the dashboard there was a counter for both how many times you had booped others and how many times others had booped you, as well as how many boops were given side-wide. when booping someone, an image of a cat paw appeared. you would get badges (which can still be used) for booping 1, 100 and 1000 times. if you got more than 999 boops, the counter would simply say “WOW”. this was brought back for halloween 2024 (as BOOp-o-meter. get it), with a ghost, skeleton and mummy paw. no official blog, but here's an official recap for april first from staff. i believe this was the only april fools prank that was mobile user friendly.

2025 - @fandom is running some polls, i guess

I miss you blockbuster I miss you cds I miss you little buttons that played song previews in walmart I miss you vhs tapes I miss you blocky tv with rabbit ears that only had 10 channels I miss you scratched dvds from the library I miss you envelopes of developed photos from a film camera I miss you flip phones covered in stickers I miss you physical media