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I need feminism because other people shouldn’t shame me for wanting to be a single mom
This. Fucking this. Always.
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Love this! It’s so true & perfect!
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This is why gender neutral bathrooms are necessary
Some places around here have gender neutral bathrooms...
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All things truly wicked start from innocence.
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His shirt reads “They gave me a medal for killing two men, and a discharge for loving one.”
You are a bad-ass.
“…and we need a little cooperation from the people who are stealing, who are stealing these movies, and we’re not getting it!” — Bill Mayer, “Real Time with Bill Mayer,” in defense of SOPA, a bill which he admits he did not read, and “doesn’t get.”
No, Bill. Do you really expect criminals to cooperate with the law? REALLY? You admit that you don’t understand what this bill is really about, that you haven’t read it. You admit the reason you even CARE is because when you released “Religulous,” you lost a large amount of profit to illegal file-sharing.
When Jennifer Granholm pointed out that at the very least, we could admire the proof that our individual citizens, when banded together, still had power in our government, you laughed it off, saying, “No, they just want free shit! They don’t want to stop getting free shit!”
Hey, Bill, I don’t pirate. That’s not to say I don’t want free shit, its just against my personal morals. Plenty of people were against SOPA on grounds that weren’t about saving their own asses. You know why we didn’t want SOPA passed? Because we felt there was a big difference between uploading the entire “Family Guy” series to your site and then selling ad space, versus taking a home video of your grandma’s centennial—where the whole nursing home gathered round and sang “Happy Birthday”—and uploading it to YouTube.
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BLACK MARCH
Thursday, March 1st 2012 to Saturday 31st March 2012With the continuing campaigns for Internet-censoring litigation such as SOPA and PIPA, and the closure of sites such as Megaupload under allegations of ‘piracy’ and ‘conspiracy’ the time has come to take a stand against music, film and media companies’ lobbyists.
The only way is to hit them where it truly hurts.
Their profit margins.March 2012 is the end of the 1st quarter in economic reports worldwide.
Do not buy a single record. Do not download a single song, legally or illegally. Do not go to see a single film in cinemas, or download a copy, Do not buy a DVD in the stores. Do not buy a videogame. Do not buy a single book or magazine.
Wait the 4 weeks to buy them in April: see the film later, etc. Holding out for just 4 weeks, maximum, will leave a gaping hole in media and entertainment companies’ profits for the 1st quarter, an economic hit which will in turn be observed by governments worldwide as stocks and shares will blip from a large enough loss of incomes.
This action can give a statement of intent:”We will not tolerate the Media Industries’ lobbying for legistation which will censor the internet.”
Doing. Plus, this will give me more time to read the Hunger Games trilogy :)
Anonymous Goes On Megaupload Revenge Spree
Anonymous has sure been quiet lately, but today’s federal bust of Megaupload riled ‘em up good: a retaliatory strike against DoJ.gov has left it completely dead.
DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com is reporting the department’s site as universally nuked, and an Anonymous-affiliated Twitter account is boasting success. This is almost certainly the result of a quickly assembled DDoS attack, and easily the widest in scope we’ve seen in some time. If you had any doubts Anonymous is still a hacker wrecking ball, doubt no more.
The combination of the hacking nebula’s SOPA animosity — they’ve been a vocal opponent of the bill since its inception — combined with today’s sudden Megaupload news has made the group bubble over: hundreds upon hundreds of Anon operatives are in a plotting frenzy, chatting about which site will go down next. In Anon’s eyes, the government and media interests are responsible for the undue destruction of Megaupload (and the arrest of four of its operators), so it’ll be exactly those entities that are feeling the pain right now. Pretty much every company that makes movies, TV or music, along with the entirety of the federal government, is in Anonymous’ crosshairs.
Update: Anonymous says they’ve also knocked off the RIAA’s site — looks down for us at the moment as well.
Update 2: Universal Music Group has also fallen off an e-cliff.
Update 3: Goodbye for now, MPAA.org.
Update 4: Affected sites are bouncing in and out of life, and are at the very least super slow to load. Anon agents are currently trying to coordinate their DDoS attacks in the same direction via IRC.
Update 5: The US Copyright Office joins the list.
Update 6: This Anon sums up the mood in their “official” chat room at the moment:
Danzu: STOP EVERYTHING, who are we DoSing right now?
Update 7: Russian news service RT claims this is the largest coordinated attack in Anonymous’ history — over 5600 DDoS zealots blasting at once.
haha OH WOW
KILL THE GIBSON
Damn.
Owned.
(via crunchybytes)
Worried about Internet censorship? Want to stop illegal piracy but think forcibly shutting down massive websites (like Google, Wikipedia, Facebook, and YouTube) based on an individual user’s content is a bad idea? Think that it’s a bad idea to give our government complete control over which websites you can visit? Think the way China and Iran censor their citizens’ access to the Internet is at best mis-guided?
Then chances are you’re against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), two bills currently on their way to being passed by the US government. Want to help stop them? Then let your representatives know. Follow the link above and enter your zipcode to get contact information. Call and e-mail them for quick and maximum impact.
Writing or calling your reps but don’t know what to say? There’s plenty of places online to get a pre-written message you can copy/paste or recite when you reach voicemail. In fact, here’s one right now:
” I am writing to you today about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). While stopping Internet piracy and protecting the intellectual and creative property of artists in any medium are both noble goals, these bills are inherently flawed. They create a situation in which companies are responsible for policing the speech of individuals. The ambiguous and overbroad language of the bills will open the door to censorship of free speech by any individual or collective entity. What is perhaps most important, however, is that both bills will effectively allow the government to shut down entire websites. This is the type of censorship we see in countries like China or Iran. I firmly believe that such censorship goes against the fundamental values of the United States, and thus has no place in our country. Stopping piracy is important, but neither of these bills are the way to do it. I urge you to please take a stand against censorship, and vote against both SOPA & PIPA. Thank you.”
