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Thank you for all of the amazing questions! You can catch The Harder They Fall in theaters and on Netflix.

DID YOU KNOW the characters in @Netflix’s western revenge tale #TheHarderTheyFall were based on actual figures from the old west? 🤠 👆 Check out this original art by Tumblr Creatr Nyanza D. based on the IRL Rufus Buck! Rufus Buck, the son of a Black woman and a Muscogee (Creek Indian) man, wasted no time jumping into his vocation as an outlaw. He was just 18 when he led his five-person gang of young Black and Indigenous gunslingers on a 13-day violent crime spree. His goal was to trigger an uprising and reclaim the parts of Indian Territory that later became Oklahoma and Arkansas for the native people who had lived there for centuries. Ultimately unsuccessful and arrested for his crimes on 1895, the young outlaw was hanged a year later at Fort Smith in Arkansas. (1877–1896) 🎥 Watch The Harder They Fall, playing in select theaters on October 22 and on Netflix globally on November 3.

Life imitates art again.

‘Squid Game’ Halloween Costumes Banned At NY-Area Schools After Kids Mimic Netflix Show’s Competitions At Recess

Americans watched 3 billion minutes of Netflix’s blockbuster hit Squid Game last week. Some of those viewers, apparently, were kids who now are clamoring for Squid-related Halloween costumes.

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🎶 Listen to our October staff picks from the Tumblr team 🎶

Featuring: @mothercain, @fablemusic, @thriftedpostcard, @danyahu & Dionne Warwick

Aida Rodriguez: Fighting Words - Trailer

For her first hourlong stand-up special, comedian/actress/producer Aida Rodriguez takes the stage in the Bronx to tackle the issues of the day – not just because they’re ripped from the headlines, but because they’re in the pages of her personal life story. With her grounded and unapologetic point of view,

Rodriguez gets candid about being worn out from political comedy, embracing both sides of her heritage, getting back into the dating game, and so much more. A hilarious, no-holds-barred exploration of identity and family, the special concludes with a documentary of Aida’s travels to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic – a celebration of these vibrant cultures as cameras capture Rodriguez reuniting with her estranged father and paying it forward for up-and-coming comedians.

We had some good times!!

Crew Love

#InsecureHBO “shows Black people just being Black without any extra sauce,” and that’s why it works so well. Now, as the series prepares to say goodbye, Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, and Jay Ellis reflect on the show’s hella great run, gush about supporting (and clowning) each other, and preview the final season.

The Stars Align

After impressing viewers separately in recent years, Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya get to team up in Denis Villeneuve’s epic ‘Dune’ adaptation.

The Obama portraits are in Brooklyn through October 24! Tune in as born and bred Brooklynite Donna Hill experiences these nontraditional presidential portraits up close and personal for the first time. Experience them for yourself—plan your visit at https://bit.ly/obamabkm. 

Video by GOOFYBEARDMAN. Image copyrights for Barack Obama and Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama: © 2018 Kehinde Wiley. © National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

WHOA 😳

Equal parts expected and terrifying. The entire study is here: https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktoks-algorithm-leads-users-transphobic-videos-far-right-rabbit-holes

Media Matters for America

TikTok's algorithm leads users from transphobic videos to far-right rabbit holes

TikTok’s “For You” page (FYP) recommendation algorithm appears to be leading users down far-right rabbit holes. By analyzing and coding over

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 11 Teaser

Premieres Oct 24, 2021 on HBO Max.

Star Wars: Visions

All Episodes Now Streaming on Disney+

Star Wars: Visions

All Episodes Now Streaming on Disney+

One day!!

Porsche 911 Turbo S

15 Minutes of Shame - Trailer

The groundbreaking documentary 15 Minutes of Shame, from executive producers Monica Lewinsky and Max Joseph, takes an in-depth look at the public shaming epidemic in our culture and explores our collective need to destroy one another.

Premieres October 7, 2021 on HBO Max.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the jurassic coast, old harry rocks [OC] [3276x4095]

📷: yungandreww

This is some serious stan work

Loki hair appreciation

What personal growth looks like.

Marvel's The Avengers (2012) | Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

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 With better luck, choices, or posture, Josh Corman could’ve been a star. Now he teaches fifth grade, and struggles to find happiness and meaning in a world that sometimes feels short on both. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in Mr. Corman. Watch on Apple TV+.

A lost iPhone is easily found with Apple Watch.

Exploded Console Posters made by Angerinet

WWDC21 and Tumblr… Recap!

By: Praveen Nagaraj

This year’s WWDC focused a lot on bringing improved experiences across iOS and macOS rather than adding a whole lot of new features. 👏

There was a lot of focus on making apps more inclusive and designing for accessibility. ♿️

Here is a summary of all the improvements I think Tumblr can make to its iOS app to improve the user experience! 🎈

1. Better support for larger screen sizes 🖥

This year, Apple improved upon the multitasking experience for the iPad.

Tumblr’s support for large screen sizes is rather poor 😔. The current approach is to include large white spaces on either side of the feed to compensate for the large screen size. The implementation is also rather inconsistent, as many places still have full width views.

Places like the post editor ✍️ on the iPad are full width, and do not represent how the post will look like when published. Paragraphs look more like a single sentence. This is one example of where better optimization for the larger screen will benefit the user experience.

It would be better if Tumblr could implement some sort of sidebar or complementary content to the side of the feed, to take advantage of the iPad’s larger screen size. Being a media-centric 🌄 platform, this would greatly improve the user experience.

2. Support for Quick Note ✏️

This year, Quick Notes were introduced to allow a user to quickly bring up a sticky note like user interface to make a note. 📝

Many use Tumblr for scrolling through fashion 👗 and decor inspiration. I personally know friends that use apps like Pinterest and Tumblr to search for inspiration, while jotting notes on the side.

Support for Quick Notes will allow Tumblr to show thumbnails of previously jotted Quick Notes for a specific post, when revisited. This will help users that use the app for this purpose quickly re-gather their thoughts 💭 .

3. Support for widgets 👀

This year’s updated support for more intelligent 🧠 widgets showed the importance of providing at least a few widget options to users.

Tumblr is filled with beautiful images in its posts. The iOS 14 widget craze showed how users love customizing their springboard.

By making widgets that show suggestions, trending posts, etc., it would be a great way to encourage more engagement on the app. It is also a better way to get the user’s attention.

4. Support for keyboard navigation ⌨️

One of the key focuses this year was on improving accessibility to our apps. ♿️

Supporting keyboard based navigation in our apps allow users that cannot easily access the touch screen to use the app.

There are special bluetooth input devices that these users can use to navigate through the app, if we support keyboard based navigation.

Conclusion

It was a great WWDC 🚀 , and it was definitely really fun taking a deep look at Tumblr’s iOS app and thinking about how to improve it! 😁

Vista

You might be worried that that soul might hinder the joy you once felt by torturing others.

Nailed it

TV Shows

Week Ending May 31st, 2021

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir +1

The Eurovision Song Contest -1

Powerpuff Girls

9-1-1 +4

Lucifer

Supernatural -2

Shadow and Bone -4

Amphibia -2

The Owl House -4

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier -1

Castlevania -4

Blue's Clues

The Bad Batch -2

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Doom At Your Service

The Umbrella Academy

Danny Phantom +1

Hannibal -6

Friends: The Reunion

wtFOCK -3

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous week. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last week.

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Entertainment Spotlight: Tenika Davis, Jupiter's Legacy

Actress, model, and Taekwondo champion Tenika Davis stars as Petra Small in Netflix’s first original comic book series, Jupiter’s Legacy. Tenika began her career as one of the finalists on the first season of Canada’s Next Top Model before signing with Ford Models. She played a lead role in the indie hit, Jumping the Broom, with other credits including Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Lost Girl, and Skins. Tenika lives in Ontario with her two cats, Maximillian and Symeon, and loves to travel, watch movies, read, study astrology, and paddle surf in her spare time.

How did you get into the mindset to play Petra Small? How do you stay in character?

Petra fights fiercely to protect the people she loves. That is something I was able to identify with. When I was growing up, all I wanted was to make my parents proud. I knew Fitz and Petra's family story all too well; as a child, my parents got divorced because of an extramarital affair. I remember thinking that their divorce was somehow my fault, and if I could do something to make them proud, it would bring my family back together. Petra is a classic overachiever. What drives her is the need for her father's love and approval. She wants a family and is able to find that dynamic through The Sampsons, who she considers family to her and Fitz.

Can you share a memory from the set of Jupiter’s Legacy that stands out to you?

During filming the big fight Supervillian fight scene, it was 3:30 am, and we had 30mins left after a 14 hour day, and only enough time for a few takes to get the shot. Everyone was feeling the pressure. I was the last person to go, and when they called action, I felt a fire erupt in me; I screamed and ran straight for the target throwing those punches as fast as I could. I broke through mental and physical limits that day and surprised myself with what I was capable of doing.

Your sun sign is Cancer. What's the truest meme you've ever seen about your sign?

They may forgive but never forget. Cancerians hold on to things forever.

What advice would you give to young Black talent looking to get their first break in the entertainment industry?

Everything is a process, and nothing great happens on your own. You will only be as great as your team and the people you surround yourself with. To make your dreams come true, it takes hard work, discipline, faith, and belief in yourself. These are the things that will keep you going in the face of adversity.

Without any spoilers, which of Petra Small’s scenes from Jupiter’s Legacy are you most excited for viewers to watch? Why?

There is a scene between Fitz and Petra at the Union of Justice. It's so touching because of the loving family dynamic. It's simple, a father seeing his daughter's struggle and saying exactly what she needs to hear to continue fighting. I think people will be affected by and see themselves in the beauty of that moment.

Which representation of the Black Experience helped shape you and your career?

Bishop TD Jakes was one of the first producers I worked with within my career. While filming Jumping the Broom, he gave the cast a few of his books. I didn't even know he was a pastor at the time. I read them all. I was so inspired by his story of how he built his church from scratch with no money. I knew that if he could do that, I could do the same thing with my career. He inspired me to never give up, keep pressing forward, and to this day is still one of my greatest mentors.

Can you give us a one-sentence modeling lesson or tip?

Think the thought, and your eyes will tell the story.

Do you know your moon and rising sign? Do those vibe with how you see yourself?

My moon sign is Aquarius; I enjoy spending time with myself, building my own future, and strive to become better with the power of my own will. I've always enjoyed setting my own standards and breaking through them. My rising sign is Pisces; there is a vulnerable child-like innocence and curiosity I've learned to love and appreciate about myself. It's true I can be and do most things I put my mind to. My mother actually named me 'Tenika' because she believed I would be a perfect 10.

What are you watching and/or listening to right now?

I'm a junkie for real-life success stories. Right now, I'm tuned into The Tony Robbins Podcast on Spotify. Not only is his story inspiring, but every person he has on the podcast has achieved excellence in their respective field. I've become obsessed with learning out how. Success leaves clues.

What’s next for you?

I want to learn every aspect of producing television & film and continue to learn how to use the medium to help create meaningful and impactful stories. As well as learn how to sword fight...

Thanks for taking the time, Tenika! Jupiter's Legacy is now streaming on Netflix. Photos courtesy of Netflix.

Hot debate on protocol 🤔

So is reblog is also not permitted?

That’s the difference. Reblogs are good! You promote the artist and their work.

At least for me repost is ok only in one condition: you asked permission and the artist said “yes”.

Ready for this summer of movies

Random Female Characters + guns 💥