Python 3 script for backing up your Tumblor blog; I can confirm it works perfectly once you add your API key using the README instructions. I did have to pass –no-ssl-verify on the command line, because without that it spat out of a bunch of SSL failures, but other than that it worked (and very quickly too, my ~5000 posts took less than a minute)
WordPress itself also has an import tool that can bring Tumblr over to any WordPress blog- mine is up at https://thestonesgowalking.wordpress.com/ Just look for the ‘import’ tab under ‘tools’ in your dashboard there. WordPress has been showing an interest in the fediverse, so I’m hoping that at some point in the future I can double-import from Tumblr->Wordpress->Hypothetical Fediverse Thing, basically to keep blogging with as much continuity as possible and maintain a (theoretically) searchable history across platforms.
As always, multiple backups are better than one, so I’ll be using this python script as well. Tumblr isn’t being formally shuttered yet, but with @staff down to a skeleton crew, they won’t have as many resources to throw at hardware failures, technical snafus, and other such problems. You should take final responsibility for your own data at this point; don’t assume that you’ll get much warning if the worst does happen.
And of course, pour one out for the folks that put so much work in to the site. There was a phenomenal amount of human energy that went in to keeping our collective garbage fire burning, and I am, truly, so very grateful to them for that.
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#I can’t reblog The Post because jv turned off reblogs in an attempt to stem the overwhelming flood of Discourse #(Discourse with‚ disappointingly but unsurprisingly‚ quite a lot of bad reading comprehension) #((meanwhile the CEO‚ Tumblr user photomatt‚ is desperately doing damage control)) #((”there are amazing examples like OpenAI and Telegram running circles around much bigger players with small teams. #That’s what we hope to replicate.”)) #((”since people leaving Tumblr aren’t being laid off #they’re just switching to other teams within Automattic #if something doesn’t work or breaks we can always pull them back in to work on it.”)) #but really‚ when it comes down to it: #there isn’t much left for me to say that I have not already said #and very little left for me to feel that I have not already felt #y’all know where to find me #I keep a local copy of the list of Tumblrs I follow‚ and I’ll look y’all up elsewhere if need be #call this an evacuation drill #Tumblr’s final demise may or may not turn out to be causally downstream of this incident #but someday it *will* die #(…also‚ uh‚ contemplate LiveJournal’s current state for a few moments) #it’s just been declared Backup Awareness Week here on Tumblr‚ and I will be moving posts on digital preparedness to the front of the queue #as for this specific post: #I did not know there was a Python 3 version of tumblr-utils! #maybe I will be able to finally uninstall Python 2 now #I’ll have to test this out #Tumblr: a User’s Guide #recs #The Great Tumblr Apocalypse #101 Uses for Infrastructureless Computers #tag rambles
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