🚨 The internet needs you 🚨

You’re up again, Tumblr.

Back in 2015 you demanded that the FCC adopt strict net neutrality rules and establish a free and open internet. And you won.

That should’ve been the end of it. But apparently not.

The new head of the FCC wants to undo the net neutrality protections you fought so hard for.

His proposed changes open the door to your web traffic being slowed down, or even blocked altogether. You could be forced to pay extra to use your favorite apps. You could even be prevented from getting news from the sources you trust.

Title II protects consumers and democracy by ensuring all voices can be heard.

You know the drill. Here’s what to do:

The FCC is taking comments from the public, and dearfcc.org is making it as simple as possible for you to make your voice heard.

Go there now 👉 dearfcc.org ✌️

You’ll just need to provide a name, an address, and then say a little bit about why rolling back Title II protections is a bad idea. If you’re not quite sure what to write, here’s something to get you started:

I’m writing to urge you to keep our Open Internet rules based on Title II in place. Without them, we could lose the internet as we know it.

The proposed changes to FCC rules would allow fast lanes for sites that pay, and force everyone else into slow lanes. We’ve already seen access to streaming services like Netflix, popular games like League of Legends, and communication platforms like FaceTime slowed down, or even blocked. Conditions like this hurt businesses large and small, and penalize the users who patronize them.

The changes also open the door to unfair taxes on internet users, and could also make it harder for blogs, nonprofits, artists, and others who can’t pay up to have their voices heard.

Please leave the existing existing net neutrality rules based on Title II in place.

Thank you!

If you need more ammo, feel free to quote these experts from our net neutrality Issue Time. TechCrunch and Battle for the Net also have some good starters.

Everyone is counting on everyone else here. Do your part and tell the FCC to keep a free and open internet under Title II.

Sharing this – but it would help a little if Tumblr’s new Verizon overlords didn’t push against it.

10 Traits of Mentally Strong People

onlinecounsellingcollege:

1. They are able to stay calm, and maintain self-control.

2. They have clear boundaries between themselves and other people.

3. They respect their own and others’ boundaries.

4. They don’t become defensive, or feel completely crushed, when someone is critical of them or their work.

5. Where appropriate … they are able to take their fair share of the blame, and are quick to apologize when they are in the wrong.

6. They are flexible, and willing to adapt or change.

7. They know their limitations, and are happy to be helped.

8. They forgive themselves willingly – and then move on with life.

9. They don’t bear grudges, or play games with people’s feelings.

10. They are responsible, persistent, and are people of their word.

If you are neurodivergent, disabled, abused, suffer from mental illness, deal with minority culture displacement or live within different societal norms – please ignore.

Not everyone can fit the ableist criteria of ‘strong.’

We define strong for ourselves.

jaclcfrost:

can you imagine not being human & just living out your days as a weeping willow, though? beautiful? by the water? unburdened? ideal

Yes.

Until someone’s miniature schnauzer comes along and pees on me.

scotianostra:

Propaganda Posters

Sharing for @orangeyouglad8‘s Outlander AU, Sassenach.

the-gayest-pathfinder:

blanska:

classicaldynamics:

future-struggling-musician:

Always reblog when I see this video

and people say the baroque times weren’t fun. it was lit af back then. bach was turnt

Ooooomg. History humor is the best!!

helgasbattleax:

So what was Diana Prince up to during WWII?

Thank you for pointing out the other big flaw of keeping Diana in a WWI timeline – her introduction was fighting the Nazis. It kind of defined her. If she left the ‘world of men’ after the first world war, this implies she never fought the Nazis. That is the worst re-write of her history, really.

And all of it done, I suspect, so no one would think they were ripping off Captain America. ffs

I’m kind of hoping the sequel might correct this and be set in WWII.

alltheladiesyouhate:

do you ever watch something and think “this was written by a man”

Spiderman: Homecoming

hedahaven:

Clexa with their pet pauna and Wonder Woman admiring from afar. I’m bored.

Wonder Woman ships Clexa.

Of course.

A day in the life of Lexacoon

gramjams:

05:45 – Day starts with a healthy breakfast

06:30 – Short ride down to the training grounds for Nightblood lessons

07:00 – Teaching Nightbloods the importance of camouflage and stealth

09:25 – Hand to hand combat with Nightbloods

11:45 – Feign injury as an excuse to visit Wanheda and get patched up

12:30 – Pick flowers for Wanheda on way back to training grounds

13:15 – Time for lunch

14:00 – Surprise ambush on Nightbloods

15:30 – A rare afternoon off

19:00 – Bathe (rubber duck courtesy of Niylah’s Nik-Naks)

20:00 – Casually wait for Wanheda to visit and check up on your injury