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I don’t want to disappear without a forewarning.

As of July 4th 2018, the Internet as we know it might be dead for good. 

The European Parliament is passing a new Copyright Directive.  Article 13 #CensorshipMachine will impose widespread censorship of all the content we share online. Art, fanfiction, parodies, remixes, mashups, memes, etc.. Anything that you do not hold the rights over will be taken down. 

Article 13 would force all online platforms to police and prevent the uploading of copyrighted content, or make people seek the correct licenses to post that content. Internet platforms hosting large amounts of user-uploaded content must monitor user behaviour and filter their contributions to identify and prevent copyright infringement. 

Such filters will be mandatory for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and Instagram, but also much smaller websites. 

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This doesn’t just affect Europe. The content creators you love are going to be in hot water for sharing their art and writing with you online. Any and all content that doesn’t belong to us will be filtered. Even memes are at risk, as the person who took the original photo may want to file complaints against any platform that allows it to be used without permission. But it goes even further than that.

Last Tuesday (19th June 2018) a group of more than 70 people who have played important roles in building the internet and developing it (Tim Berners-Lee, Vincent Cerf, Jimmy Wales, Mitchell Baker…) into what it is today addressed an open letter to the members of the European Parliament:

“As creators ourselves, we share the concern that there should be a fair distribution of revenues from the online use of copyright works, that benefits creators, publishers, and platforms alike.

But Article 13 is not the right way to achieve this. By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users. […] The damage that this may do to the free and open Internet as we know it is hard to predict, but in our opinions could be substantial.”

Here is the original Article 13. It’s even scarier. / Link 2 

Here is how to contact your MEPs. 

Here is a full list of everything that will be affected.

Europe is facing a huge problem, and unlike with Net Neutrality, the world doesn’t seem to care. 

Come forth, fellow asexuals!

Re-blog if you would accept somebody you knew who came out as asexual

I’m honestly really curious to see how many people actually accept it. Because there are allot of people who don’t believe it’s real. Or at the least don’t accept it when somebody they know come out as asexual. 

AAAAAAAAAAAH

Egg

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!

Happy to be included ^-^

REBLOG IF YOU AREN'T HOMOPHOBIC

I’ll be writing down every url that reblogs in a notebook and I’m giving it to my homophobic father.

WARNING: THE INCREDIBLES 2  IS NOT EPILEPSY SAFE.

This is not a joke. I was at a premier showing tonight, and my immediate thought was how disasterously unsafe this movie is for my photosensitive epilepic friends. @markingatlightspeed I’m tagging you with this specifically because this would be extremely dangerous for you to watch. There are multiple scenes in this movie with full-screen, black-and-white flashing strobe effects. They all happen without warning, and last anywhere between a few seconds to more than two minutes. In a darkened movie theater, this means the likelihood of a seizure could be VERY HIGH if you are sensitive to these effects. If you have photosensitive epilepsy or another disorder that is triggered by strobe lights, I would highly recommend you DO NOT SEE THE INCREDIBLES 2 IN THEATERS. Wait until the movie’s released on digital/Bluray, and you can watch it in a fully-lit room, with someone with you who will be able to help if the strobe effects do trigger a seizure. Please stay safe.

Welcome to Tumblr.

[ Clearing some things up ]

Sorry for this random ass post, but I just had to make something clear, after being informed a hella lot

You can still go on the internet, even after Net Neutrality is repealed

We can still fight back, and get Net Neutrality restored, and the next vote for the House of Representatives is in a few weeks if I am correct

You may not see the effects tomorrow, but very slowly, the effects will kick-in very, very slowly that we won’t be able to see it overtime (Keep your eyes open if you see anything related to the effects)

Net Neutrality is still here, it’s just dying very, VERY slowly overtime

And fact, there’s ways to go on the internet when the effects kick in according to this post I have reblogged

Guys, we can do this, and we CAN win this, and we cannot give up, even after Net Neutrality gets repealed tomorrow

Keep fighting with your voices, this battle will end very soon, but we may not know what will happen to the vote

Keep. Fighting.

Okay curious now

I don’t usually share this kind of thing, and I will delete it later. But this June 20th the EU want to pass Article 13 that will destroy fair use on the internet and will effect non-EU residents too. Goodbye to making money from fan art and livestreaming games and parody videos. No can do. Visit saveyourinternet.eu to very simply send a pre-written email to you MEPs. Please spread awareness as there’s not much time.

I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE HERE FOR SHINY FANDOM. I KNOW MOST OF YOU STAY OUT OF POLITICS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN IGNORE.

IF THE EU PASSES THIS LEGISLATION IN JUNE IT WILL MEAN THE END OF FANDOM.

IT WILL SOUND THE END OF FREEUSE.

THAT MEANS NO MAKING OF GIFS. NO SHARING OF PICTURES YOU DID NOT TAKE. NO MEMES. NO LINKING TO CONTENT ON OTHER SITES UNLESS YOU PAY A LICENSE FEE TO THE EU. YOU CAN FORGET FANDOM VIDS. PARODY. FANFIC. THOSE THEORY VIDEOS YOU LIKE ON YOUTUBE .

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS - NO. GONE. IF YOU ARE NOT LICENSED TO REPORT ON AN EVENT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO.

PEER REVIEWED SCIENCE? NO. NOT UNLESS YOU HAVE PERMISSION FROM EVERY RIGHT HOLDER, TO QUOTE, ‘ON THE PLANET’.

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND READ.

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND READ.

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND READ.

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND READ.

IT AFFECTS YOU. IT AFFECTS THE CREATORS OF ALMOST ALL CONTENT ON THIS SITE.

It is so pervasive that not only would i not be allowed to link to this video, the video itself could not be made.

another virus is going around

i just got home and saw a message from a mutual i’ve never talked to, about a birthday gift. DONT CLICK ON THE LINK. i haven’t so i don’t know what it does, but i’ve heard it logs you out and sends you to a fake tumblr to take your information. it’s a hack. and it fucks up your computer/laptop/phone/device.

this is what the message looks like, and if you click the link, it sends it to every single one of your mutuals (or possibly ALL THE PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW YOU)

WHOEVER IS MAKING THESE VIRUSES, ARE MAKING NEW ONES THAT SEEM MORE REALISTIC. THEY ARENT USING CAPITALIZATION ANYMORE SO IT LOOKS MORE “REAL” BUT I SWEAR TO YOU ITS FALSE

PLEASE REBLOG THIS TO WARN YOUR FOLLOWERS, TO SAFE SAFE BECAUSE MORE ARE BEING MADE.

Centifish or Fishipede? You decide.

nervous

If a girl is to do the same superman thing where he takes off his disguise, we just look pervy. Not the same effect

A simple mental health pain scale.

I actually thought it was for a minute......

SO THIS WAS THE MOVIE POSTER FOR DEADPOOL 2 AT THE MOVIE THEATRE IN MY TOWN THEY MADE IT THEMSELVES BECAUSE THE ACTUAL POSTER NEVER GOT HERE

🌺THIS PERSON WOULD PROTECT BUMBLEBEE WITH THEIR LIFE🌺

my favorite seal is that one that just goes “uuunhh. eggs” and makes fart sounds with his mouth

Reading about abusive men and the way they think. Very unsettling and an incredible book so far. Here are my very professional notes.

Things kinda followed movie plot...they both ended up dying..

Not really much of an ask but I just got two fish for a science fair project for school (I nicknamed it Project Atlantis so it would sound cooler) and named my Betta Fish sons Atlas and Squirt before rightly nicknaming them both 5 (Atlas) and 6 (Squirt) and I thought it would make your day as you are another 9 fan :D

To be fair

Five and Six are not terrible names for pets

Reblog if you're gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, transgender or a supporter.

This should be reblogged by everyone. Even if you’re straight, you should be a supporter.

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By-pass?

Bepis.

Bepis

Color Synonyms

White

also: pale; blanched; sallow; pallid; waxen; spectral; translucent; albino; 

Grey

also: dust; stone; pepper;  

Black

also:  coal; slate; dusky; ebon; shadow; murky; 

Tan

also: flesh; khaki; cream; tawny; 

Brown

also:  henna; russet; sepia; chestnut; cocoa; drab; bronze; 

Red

also: terracotta ; rouge; carmine;  fire-engine; ruddy

Orange

also:  pumpkin ; rust ; 

Yellow

also: sunny; amber; saffron; hay; straw; platinum; 

Green

also: viridescent; grass; jade; forest; 

Blue

also: turquoise; cyan; ultramarine; royal; aqua; aquamarine;

Purple

also: berry;  amaranthine;

Pink

also: flushed; candy; cherry blossom; petal pink ; 

—– source: http://ingridsundberg.com/

—–additional synonyms added by me

My girlfriend asks me the exact same thing and I have to explain that We. Have. Hills!

Stop saying Kansas is flat. It’s not. I’ve hit some very big bumps while riding my bike on the sidewalk.

Just finished Dragon Hunters....not much to fill the void now...I’ve got dragons on the brain...

I remember once I was speaking with a friend about chainsaws at my locker. Now, I’m known notoriously around school for being really odd so people usually expect weird stuff from me. The girl who had her locker right next to mine looked over and asked if I had any spare pencils and, being the fool I am, replied

“Oh yeah, I have tons of chainsaws you can use.” Before I could stop myself. The look of concern still makes me laugh

21 People Who Forgot A Word And Just Made Some Shit Up

Happy Anniversary 9!

‘We had such potential. Such promise. But we squandered our gifts, our intelligence. Our blind pursuit of technology only sped us quicker to our doom. Our world is ending. But life must go on,’

NO.

There’s two ways to count to 9

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 2, 8, 5, 6, 1, 3, 4, 7, 9