Politics?? On my blog???

action: “A person’s dignity does not depend on them being a citizen, a migrant, or a refugee....

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:45:24 -0400

“A person’s dignity does not depend on them being a citizen, a migrant, or a refugee. Saving the life of someone fleeing war and poverty is an act of humanity.”

— Pope Francis (via azspot)

Youtubers you’ll no longer be able to watch if European’s copyright laws passes

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:22:20 -0400

septic-italian:

teach-me-how-to-buggy:

Pewdiepie, Jacksepticeye, DanTDM, Daniel Howell, Phil Lester, Caspar, Marzia, and many more.

Anyone and everyone in Europe will no longer be able to view fanwork, Let’s Plays, memes, etc. This is so much worse than Net Neutrality will/would be.

Petition if you live outside of Europe/UK

Petition you can only sign if you live in Europe/UK

Here are three other links that provide more info.

TL;DR
The upcoming European copyright laws = mass Internet censorship

@altruistic-skittles you can sign the petition!

LGBTQ Americans will not be counted in the 2020 U.S. Census after all

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:47:42 -0400

LGBTQ Americans will not be counted in the 2020 U.S. Census after all:

profeminist:

“LGBTQ advocacy groups are outraged after proposed questions regarding sexual orientation and gender identity were quickly removed from a just-released draft of the 2020 U.S. Census.

The U.S. Census Bureau, which is part of the Department of Commerce, is required to issue a list of categories it plans to track three years before the survey is conducted. Tuesday’s list showed categories ranging from race and gender to the type of plumbing in homes and the length of a person’s daily commute to work. Each category is followed by a table showing the federal agencies that rely on the data to make decisions about law enforcement, health care, equal employment opportunities and more.”

Read the full piece here

THEY ARE LITERALLY ERASING LGBTQIA+ FOLKS FROM THE SURVEY, WHICH IS USED TO DETERMINE RESOURCES AND FUNDING FOR COMMUNITIES.

THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON LGBTQIA+ WON’T STOP UNTIL WE STOP IT. U.S. READERS, REGISTER TO VOTE HERE

antyc67: arithanas: gaylileofigaro: This is worse. Looking at...

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 16:02:16 -0400

antyc67:

arithanas:

gaylileofigaro:

This is worse. Looking at these you can tell they have no significant monetary value. They were confiscated as a fear tactic. Nothing more.

This picture breaks my heart everytime it appears in my dash. It’s a fear tactic, alright but—

The first one in the left corner: It’s a first communion rosary, and it’s not cheap.

The black one in the first line: That’s a widow rosary and it’s old.

The white one in the second line: is a commemoration rosary. It has a miniature picture in the round part. I haven’t seen that since the 70′s.

In the third line, multicolor one: It’s an Anima mundi, I have only seen those in the hands of Rosary ministery’s old ladies. The oldest ones are from the 80′s after Juan Pablo II came to Mexico for the first time. It’s one of the old ones, I know because the crucifixes are different.

The third one on the fourth line: Red and gold. The style is old, the metal is dark, that’s a 50′s rosary, probably a quinceañera one (or it’s maybe older, from the 40′s when the brides carried red roses with their offerings).

The fifth one on the fourth line: It’s a quinceañera rosary with Ignatius’s tear. The style is old and in my part of Mexico is orphan girls who used it. At least it was when I was young.

The third one of the fifth line: the blue one with the anchor. That one I have only seen in Veracruz and it doesn’t look new.

The fifth one on the fifth line: That’s a 90′s wedding rosary. Black and white patterns were popular on that date.

The fourth one on the last line: That’s a first communion rosary from the 30′s. It’s delicate and most probably silver.

The rest wrench my heart too, the humble everyday rosaries with wooden beads and knots. Those are cheap and bear the wear and tear of their user handling. But those I described are much more.

Those are mother’s rosaries.

Those are not just rosaries. Those are mementos, that’s the proof of their families stories. They are taking from them the only portable things they can carry to feel the connection to their families.

It’s not a fear tactic. Call it like by its name.

It’s dehumanization.

I’m having decidedly unChristian thoughts about this entire administration.

In two days, an EU committee will vote to crown Google and Facebook permanent lords of internet censorship [[SHARE THIS!!]]

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 16:00:07 -0400

cisnowflake:

friendly-neighborhood-ehrhardt:

canmom:

mostlysignssomeportents:

On June 20, the EU’s legislative committee will vote on the new Copyright directive, and decide whether it will include the controversial “Article 13” (automated censorship of anything an algorithm identifies as a copyright violation) and “Article 11” (no linking to news stories without paid permission from the site).

These proposals will make starting new internet companies effectively impossible – Google, Facebook, Twitter, Apple, and the other US giants will be able to negotiate favourable rates and build out the infrastructure to comply with these proposals, but no one else will. The EU’s regional tech success stories – say Seznam.cz, a successful Czech search competitor to Google – don’t have $60-100,000,000 lying around to build out their filters, and lack the leverage to extract favorable linking licenses from news sites.

If Articles 11 and 13 pass, American companies will be in charge of Europe’s conversations, deciding which photos and tweets and videos can be seen by the public, and who may speak.

The MEP Julia Reda has written up the state of play on the vote, and it’s very bad. Both left- and right-wing parties have backed this proposal, including (incredibly) the French Front National, whose Youtube channel was just deleted by a copyright filter of the sort they’re about to vote to universalise.

So far, the focus in the debate has been on the intended consequences of the proposals: the idea that a certain amount of free expression and competition must be sacrificed to enable rightsholders to force Google and Facebook to share their profits.

But the unintended – and utterly foreseeable – consequences are even more important. Article 11’s link tax allows news sites to decide who gets to link to them, meaning that they can exclude their critics. With election cycles dominated by hoaxes and fake news, the right of a news publisher to decide who gets to criticise it is carte blanche to lie and spin.

Article 13’s copyright filters are even more vulnerable to attack: the proposals contain no penalties for false claims of copyright ownership, but they do mandate that the filters must accept copyright claims in bulk, allowing rightsholders to upload millions of works at once in order to claim their copyright and prevent anyone from posting them.

That opens the doors to all kinds of attacks. The obvious one is that trolls might sow mischief by uploading millions of works they don’t hold the copyright to, in order to prevent others from quoting them: the works of Shakespeare, say, or everything ever posted to Wikipedia, or my novels, or your family photos.

More insidious is the possibility of targeted strikes during crisis: stock-market manipulators could use bots to claim copyright over news about a company, suppressing its sharing on social media; political actors could suppress key articles during referendums or elections; corrupt governments could use arms-length trolls to falsely claim ownership of footage of human rights abuses.

It’s asymmetric warfare: falsely claiming a copyright will be easy (because the rightsholders who want this system will not tolerate jumping through hoops to make their claims) and instant (because rightsholders won’t tolerate delays when their new releases are being shared online at their moment of peak popularity). Removing a false claim of copyright will require that a human at an internet giant looks at it, sleuths out the truth of the ownership of the work, and adjusts the database – for millions of works at once. Bots will be able to pollute the copyright databases much faster than humans could possibly clear it.

I spoke with Wired UK’s KG Orphanides about this, and their excellent article on the proposal is the best explanation I’ve seen of the uses of these copyright filters to create unstoppable disinformation campaigns.

https://boingboing.net/2018/06/18/asymmetric-information-war.html

The Legal Affairs committee vote is in just over a day (Wednesday 20). Presently there’s apparently 13 MEPs in favour of these articles, and 12 resisting them.

There’s pretty detailed information about the law from the above-mentioned Julia Reda here.

This site gives info on the 10 remaining ‘undecided’ MEPs, and contact information. (Oddly, it seems to be a different list from this other set of undecided MEPs on the committee.) I don’t get the impression any MEPs outside the Legal Affairs committee have any influence at this point in the legal process.

There’s a gadget on this page that will apparently identify your MEP and set up a call between your phone number and them.

I admit I’m not sure what I can say that would make the Conservative MEP ‘representing’ me prioritise things like artistic expression and access over the wealth of giant tech and media companies, but I can try.

friendly reminder for my european followers.

Important stuff.

galactic-soft-boy: flowersinmyphro: carl-thecreator: JUST...

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 09:55:44 -0400

galactic-soft-boy:

flowersinmyphro:

carl-thecreator:

JUST LETTING Y'ALL KNOW WHERE THIS BLOG STANDS.

Reblog every time it hits my Dash

Yes!

Also, burning flags is protected under Freedom of Speech. It’s more American to burn these flags than to fly them.

A little psa

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 09:50:41 -0400

probablyatree:

novi-la:

lavendertitties:

lavendertitties:

mostly toward my younger followers, be on the look out for anyone who has the acronym “MAP” on their blog. MAP stands for minor attracted person which is a code word for pedophile. If you see any around just block, report and stay away

Another acronym that has been in use is NOP which stands for “non offending pedophile” which there is no such thing. There is a full community of these people on this site and if you come across any, DO NOT INTERACT! Block, report and stay away

Also virped which is “virtuous pedophile” also meaning “non offending”

Also beware of NOMAP, meaning the same thing.

deliamelodyofficial: goldaquarius: thesunsword: jehovahhthickn...

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 09:48:54 -0400

deliamelodyofficial:

goldaquarius:

thesunsword:

jehovahhthickness:

jessnesquik:

jehovahhthickness:

Stop dating abusive women 2018

Hardly any women are gonna reblog this tbh 🙃

A lot of women behave like this and think this ain’t abuse

But let a nigga slap them, damage their clothes and pour a drink on them, all hell will break loose.

EVERYONE CAN BE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC ABUSE!

Buddy has the soul of an angel and composure out of this world

Just in case anyone wants the context: He has been making music in Chicago, he recently performed to a large audience and met London on da track, who offered him an opportunity in LA. She didn’t want to leave Chicago because of her business there. He told her that she doesn’t have to go, he just needs to do this for his music. She got upset because he straight up told her that he valued his career over their relationship and she did this.

Now I’m not a relationship expert, but I will never understand how some of y’all expect people to put you above the shit they have to do. Always put your career, your job, your livelihood first. This was all kinds of fucked up, really fucking abusive and manipulative, he should definitely go to LA with or without her.

Many women *WILL* reblog this, because part of feminism is acknowledging that women are just as capable of being abusive as men. Acting as though women cannot be abusive is misogyny, and relies on the misogynist tropes that women are frail, and innocent in comparison to men. Any true feminist must acknowledge that neither of these things are necessarily true and that a woman is in fact capable of being abusive whether it’s to another woman, a man, or a nonbinary person.

The reason we focus on abuse from men towards women is that it is more prevalent, and institutionally encouraged, justified, and allowed without consequence, while a woman even “talking back” to a man is to be “put in her place.”

Don’t bring your weak, fragile “Few women will reblog this” shit up in here. We know what abuse looks like when we see it.

stebens: stebens: guess what i’m drinking tonight!!!!! cheers fam!!!

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 14:49:17 -0400

stebens:

stebens:

guess what i’m drinking tonight!!!!!

cheers fam!!!

aydenisabadkid: airdramon: awenyddogamulosx: ruthlesswoodcarver...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:49:20 -0400

aydenisabadkid:

airdramon:

awenyddogamulosx:

ruthlesswoodcarver:

mothensidhe:

fatfury:

omgxchrissy:

cumleak:

deux-zero-deux:

demands-with-menace:

Queen Hatshepsut of Ancient Egypt. She has a lovely smile for someone who’s been dead for thousands of years.

she wasn’t a queen. she was a pharaoh and wanted to be referred to as such. she even had her statues modeled after the male pharaoh’s statues to state her dominance and authority. she was actually one of the most successful pharaohs in all of ancient egyptian history and she reigned longer than any other woman in power in egypt.

damn no wonder she died and smiled for a trillion years afterwards

The fact that we know about her is marvelous.

the next Pharaoh after her Tuthmosis III tried to erase Hatshepsut out of history ,chiseled her name off her monuments ,covered the text on her obelisks with stone,knocked down and defaced her statues .

she was even left off the list of pharaohs ..talk about some patriarchy bullshit

her name was lost for a couple of millennia, her body was found in a unmarked grave in early twentieth century

sad part is in Egyptian belief is if your are forgotten in the living world you don’t exist in the afterlife,so he was trying to kill her even in death

My best friend throwing down some herstory. A+ commentary

She wore a fake beard, you guys.
She was the fucking boss.

If we remember her now does that save her from an awful afterlife?

I’m just picturing the Kemetic afterlife. All the Pharaohs are hanging out in some kind of swanky club, drinking and congratulating each other on being bros.

The doors slam open and Hatshepsut strides in, glorious, robes swirling, rocking the fake beard and the insane amounts of wealth and power. “Miss me, bitches?”

Then she punches Tuthmosis III straight in the dick.

Reblog so Hatshepsut can dick punch tuthmosis in the afterlife.

glyxiebear: camben24: 4wns: how is trump alive?? like hes rlly gone thru his whole life like That...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:48:27 -0400

glyxiebear:

camben24:

4wns:

how is trump alive?? like hes rlly gone thru his whole life like That …. and no one has ever just fuckin decked him?? gave him the ole one two? knocked his lights out??? incredible

sorry to improve your day without much notice but

NEVERMIND REBLOGGING AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE ALL NEED

erikkillmongerdontpullout: thatpettyblackgirl: Nigga threw him...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:47:45 -0400

erikkillmongerdontpullout:

thatpettyblackgirl:

Nigga threw him so hard it fixed the ice cream machine

This bitch racist

YEET

thatpettyblackgirl: All lives matter and pro-life folks are suspiciously quiet regarding the ...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:47:03 -0400

thatpettyblackgirl:

All lives matter and pro-life folks are suspiciously quiet regarding the children being detained at the border… it’s almost as if… not all lives matter?

mediamattersforamerica:Corey Lewandowski can fuck right off.

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:46:25 -0400

mediamattersforamerica:

Corey Lewandowski can fuck right off.

thefingerfuckingfemalefury: mikkeneko: ambient-entropy: sallyyates: Welcome to June 2018, and...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:16:41 -0400

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

mikkeneko:

ambient-entropy:

sallyyates:

Welcome to June 2018, and

Why is this con man not yet in prison??? 😤🤨😡

Hello hello it’s a monday and the president is abusing his office for personal gain again

Donald Trump for Prison 2018

theradicalgardener: property-is-theft: Attention! Attention! A NAZI RALLY HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR...

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:19:09 -0400

theradicalgardener:

property-is-theft:

Attention! Attention!
A NAZI RALLY HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR AUGUST 11th AND 12th IN DC!
THIS IS ORGANIZED BY THE SAME SHITHEADS WHO ORGANIZED CHARLOTTESVILLE!
THEY ARE SUING CHARLOTTESVILLE (WHICH HAS FOR NOW DENIED THEIR APPLICATION) TO RALLY THERE AGAIN! IF THEY WIN THEYLL HOLD ANOTHER RALLY THERE ON AUGUST 12th!
YOU NOW KNOW!

Here’s a source: https://www.inquisitr.com/4951774/a-white-civil-rights-rally-is-planned-for-the-anniversary-of-the-deadly-charlottesville-protests/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+google%2FyDYq+%28The+Inquisitr+-+News%29

athingofvikings: qeztotz: kuriquinn: labambinafantasma: If you’re European, in a couple of weeks...

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 12:27:43 -0400

athingofvikings:

qeztotz:

kuriquinn:

labambinafantasma:

If you’re European, in a couple of weeks you will be denied any and all access to fandom contents on Tumblr and everywhere else on the internet. Here’s why.

On June, 20th the JURI of European Parliament approved of the articles 11 and 13 of the new Copyright Law. These articles are also known as the “Link Tax” and the “Censorship Machines” articles.

Articles 13 in particular forces every internet platform to filter all the contents we upload online, ending once and for all the fandom culture. Which means you won’t be able to upload any type of fandom works like fan arts, fan fictions, gif sets from your favourite films and series, edits, because it’s all copyrighted material. And you won’t also be able to share, enjoy or download other’s contents, because the use of links will be completely restricted.

But not everything’s lost yet. There’s another round of voting scheduled for the early days of July.

What you can do now to save our internet, is to share these informations with all of your family members and friends, and to ask to your MEP (the members of the European Parliament from your country) to vote NO at the next round, to vote against articles 11 and 13.

Here you can find more news and all the details to contact your MEP:

https://saveyourinternet.eu

Also, sign and share this petition:

https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet?recruiter=50668942&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial

We have just a couple of weeks to stop this complete madness, don’t let them dictating the way we enjoy our internet.

#SaveYourInternet now!

what the actual fuck?! euro-followers and others alike, pass this on so everyone knows!

I believe that there was another post going around showing how the above stuff is false but I don’t have time to search. If I remember correctly it’s because article 13 isn’t binding by law and is only an encouragement for companies to screen actual illegal stuff like hatespeech and the like.

EDIT: above post is true, other post made by troll blog

yay…

gen-z-culture-is: Gen-Z culture is learning more about the world, ways to change things, your...

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 12:26:46 -0400

gen-z-culture-is:

Gen-Z culture is learning more about the world, ways to change things, your sexuality(or sexuality’s in general),mental health and/or forming opinions that will most likely follow you into adult life through technology but having parents and teachers think your just being lazy and putting off school work and other things they view as more important

thatpettyblackgirl:

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:32:53 -0400

thatpettyblackgirl:

weirdmageddon: weirdmageddon: i feel kinda fucked up that im living in a country with a nazi...

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 10:58:49 -0400

weirdmageddon:

weirdmageddon:

i feel kinda fucked up that im living in a country with a nazi regime and not being able to do anything about it and nothing is working. we need to take to the streets in droves and riot. gather thousands of people. throw rocks at the white house. sprinkle sugar on the campgrounds where the tents are gonna be built (2 lbs of sugar can ruin up to one ton of unset concrete). or throw hydrogen peroxide filled water balloons at the exposed steel to corrode it faster because theyre literally building concentration camps in 106°F texas heat for children who cannot regulate their body temperature like adults

nobody in power is listening so we have to do it ourselves

more info on the location and science on how to destroy the building site

children count and weather source

and remember

just. fight back. please…dont just stand by. do whatever you can, spreading info is something everyone can do

Politics?? On my blog???

action: “A person’s dignity does not depend on them being a citizen, a migrant, or a refugee....

Youtubers you’ll no longer be able to watch if European’s copyright laws passes

LGBTQ Americans will not be counted in the 2020 U.S. Census after all

THEY ARE LITERALLY ERASING LGBTQIA+ FOLKS FROM THE SURVEY, WHICH IS USED TO DETERMINE RESOURCES AND FUNDING FOR COMMUNITIES.

THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON LGBTQIA+ WON’T STOP UNTIL WE STOP IT. U.S. READERS, REGISTER TO VOTE HERE

antyc67: arithanas: gaylileofigaro: This is worse. Looking at...

In two days, an EU committee will vote to crown Google and Facebook permanent lords of internet censorship [[SHARE THIS!!]]

galactic-soft-boy: flowersinmyphro: carl-thecreator: JUST...

A little psa

deliamelodyofficial: goldaquarius: thesunsword: jehovahhthickn...

stebens: stebens: guess what i’m drinking tonight!!!!! cheers fam!!!

cheers fam!!!

aydenisabadkid: airdramon: awenyddogamulosx: ruthlesswoodcarver...

glyxiebear: camben24: 4wns: how is trump alive?? like hes rlly gone thru his whole life like That...

erikkillmongerdontpullout: thatpettyblackgirl: Nigga threw him...

thatpettyblackgirl: All lives matter and pro-life folks are suspiciously quiet regarding the ...

mediamattersforamerica:Corey Lewandowski can fuck right off.

thefingerfuckingfemalefury: mikkeneko: ambient-entropy: sallyyates: Welcome to June 2018, and...

Welcome to June 2018, and

theradicalgardener: property-is-theft: Attention! Attention! A NAZI RALLY HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR...

Attention! Attention!

A NAZI RALLY HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR AUGUST 11th AND 12th IN DC!

THIS IS ORGANIZED BY THE SAME SHITHEADS WHO ORGANIZED CHARLOTTESVILLE!

THEY ARE SUING CHARLOTTESVILLE (WHICH HAS FOR NOW DENIED THEIR APPLICATION) TO RALLY THERE AGAIN! IF THEY WIN THEYLL HOLD ANOTHER RALLY THERE ON AUGUST 12th!

YOU NOW KNOW!

athingofvikings: qeztotz: kuriquinn: labambinafantasma: If you’re European, in a couple of weeks...

If you’re European, in a couple of weeks you will be denied any and all access to fandom contents on Tumblr and everywhere else on the internet. Here’s why.

On June, 20th the JURI of European Parliament approved of the articles 11 and 13 of the new Copyright Law. These articles are also known as the “Link Tax” and the “Censorship Machines” articles.

But not everything’s lost yet. There’s another round of voting scheduled for the early days of July.

What you can do now to save our internet, is to share these informations with all of your family members and friends, and to ask to your MEP (the members of the European Parliament from your country) to vote NO at the next round, to vote against articles 11 and 13.

Here you can find more news and all the details to contact your MEP:

https://saveyourinternet.eu

Also, sign and share this petition:

https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet?recruiter=50668942&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial

We have just a couple of weeks to stop this complete madness, don’t let them dictating the way we enjoy our internet.

#SaveYourInternet now!

gen-z-culture-is: Gen-Z culture is learning more about the world, ways to change things, your...

thatpettyblackgirl:

weirdmageddon: weirdmageddon: i feel kinda fucked up that im living in a country with a nazi...