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trollhuntersimagine:I’m pretty sure this violates some sort of...

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:52:00 -0400

I’m pretty sure this violates some sort of international law- France how does one resist properly

In America, Naturalized Citizens No Longer Have an Assumption of Permanence

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 14:33:27 -0400

In America, Naturalized Citizens No Longer Have an Assumption of Permanence:

theroguefeminist:

newyorker:

Last week, it emerged that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (U.S.C.I.S.) had formed a task force in order to identify people who lied on their citizenship applications and to denaturalize them. Amid the overwhelming flow of reports of families being separated at the border and children being warehoused, this bit of bureaucratic news went largely unnoticed. But it adds an important piece to our understanding of how American politics and culture are changing.

Read more.

This is…so alarming

What the fuck

emboushitter: flowersinmyphro: carl-thecreator: JUST LETTING...

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 14:32:45 -0400

emboushitter:

flowersinmyphro:

carl-thecreator:

JUST LETTING Y'ALL KNOW WHERE THIS BLOG STANDS.

Reblog every time it hits my Dash

Same

rosescentimental: church of satan throwing shade

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 13:46:46 -0400

rosescentimental:

church of satan throwing shade

feminismfuckyeah: If only more parents thought like this…

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 13:44:53 -0400

feminismfuckyeah:

If only more parents thought like this…

1-800-garbage: NEED ME A FREAK LIKE THIS

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 23:50:51 -0400

1-800-garbage:

NEED ME A FREAK LIKE THIS

chainsxwsmile: Lemon sharks may occasionally get possessive of...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 23:50:16 -0400

chainsxwsmile:

Lemon sharks may occasionally get possessive of divers giving attention to other sharks, and try to chase off any tiger sharks of whom the lemons might be jealous.

bokunoheroes-stories: bakugou-jpg: neuropunk-travesty: Teacher: “I don’t get why you can’t get...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:56:35 -0400

bokunoheroes-stories:

bakugou-jpg:

neuropunk-travesty:

Teacher: “I don’t get why you can’t get your work in on time or pay attention in class. It’s easy for all your classmates.”

Me, a child with ADHD:

In my life i’ve never seen something so relatable and felt so much pain by a photo.

RIGHT! It’s just so much emotions coming up especially in a school environment. Arg!

BUT HEY! Atleast I graduated from that that crap. Next stop, college

4sk-l4tul4-pyrop3: micaxiii: deductionfreak: hazelguay: The...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:53:25 -0400

4sk-l4tul4-pyrop3:

micaxiii:

deductionfreak:

hazelguay:

The most valuable chart…

yes thanks for colouring it I had a hard time reading that

// I’m going to reblog this to help all RPers when it comes to descriptions

// Even if you’re a great RPer you still need this.

// To describe

// y’know

// the things

lookhereiam: This just in

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:11:20 -0400

lookhereiam:

This just in

kimreesesdaughter: kimreesesdaughter: I’m 500 miles away from...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:15:47 -0400

kimreesesdaughter:

kimreesesdaughter:

I’m 500 miles away from home and so fucking proud! D.C. will always be ours!

A little more background on how they successfully gentrified Chocolate City: I was probably in 11th grade when I started noticing the area around my church (which was 6 blocks of Black owned shops and brownstones) started being flooded with White People walking their dogs. Remind you, White People knew better than to come in certain parts of DC and Maryland but here they were with ice cream parlors and dog parks.

By 2012, my Black Owned childhood block had absolutely no Black People in it. They knocked on doors (actually knocked, face-to-face) and wrote checks from anywhere between $350K-$750K for the brownstones in my church’s neighborhood on the spot. Same year sold those homes for 3.5 million and up.

A lot of people refused the money and were still forced out with the property taxes being damn near quadrupled. Couldn’t afford it and had to cop out. There were also some illegal measures taken as well. The same thing is happening in Fort Washington, MD RIGHT NOW.

All Black DC residents were forced into my hometown of PG County. I can’t give an actual legitimate number but from my trips home, it seems like less than 20% of DC is Black.

S/O to Southeast DC still holding on!

meltedsnowgirl: i

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:14:10 -0400

meltedsnowgirl:

i

sapphiresoulmate: daughterofscotland: thememacat: ninestepsoft...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:09:36 -0400

sapphiresoulmate:

daughterofscotland:

thememacat:

ninestepsofthor:

kropotkhristian:

comradeanacrime:

trunkyjusket:

fetus-cakes:

fattyatomicmutant:

daddyapo:

courtingcatholicism:

Hear that cracking sound in the distance? It’s my hEART BREAKING

why take their rosaries??? what the fuck does that accomplish? You’re already taking everything else from them, at least let them have god

But what about their religious freedom? No outrage from the cloistered wealthy mega churches and their team of lawyers?

so why are Christians in the US not getting into a huge snit about this??

PICTURES LIKE THIS SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED THE ENVIRONMENT TO HAPPEN

This is sickening

Abolish ICE

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-janitors-collection-of-things-confiscated-from-migrants-in-the-desert

Heres the article. Its about a janitor who took the confiscated items that were thrown away and turned it into a photography project. It says he’s keepimg them in hopes that one day theyll be housed in a museum dedicated to migration

They take the rosaries because they are a touch-point with these peoples’ faith. Faith gives them hope and strength, and they want to deny them that comfort. I believe Hitler’s Nazis took their Jewish prisoners’ ‘mogen davids’ (stars) the same way, for the same reason.

One more proof that American Christianity isn’t actual Christianity.

Listen, I, myself ain’t very religious but really what the fuck? A good number of people from less developed countries rely on this. A whole chunk of people who can’t trust their government to protect them when push comes to shove put their trust on their family and their faith. It’s a cultural coping mechanism and really it makes sense. When your government ain’t going to give you food, shelter, education and the basic needs of human beings for free, you rely on your family for these things and on faith to keep yourself grounded especially when you’re the one providing. And wow, these monsters are just taking the two most important pillars of these people, family and faith. Do you feel better now for stripping people of the things they cared for the most? for wrecking their entire support system? ICE fits their name. Their conscience is as cold as fucking Ice.

misteranthrope: lastqueenoftexas: There it is. Germans learned...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:07:36 -0400

misteranthrope:

lastqueenoftexas:

There it is.

Germans learned a hard lesson in the pitfalls of nationalism that Americans have yet to learn.

roleplay-extravaganza: juicetrump: exactly I would reblog this...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:07:03 -0400

roleplay-extravaganza:

juicetrump:

exactly

I would reblog this a million times if i could…

catchymemes: Anti vaxxers are happy mistakes

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:06:23 -0400

catchymemes:

Anti vaxxers are happy mistakes

ahjareyn:I’m sorry, but if you think you can only make a sexy...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:05:50 -0400

ahjareyn:

I’m sorry, but if you think you can only make a sexy Hollywood movie by infringing on a woman’s safety and well-being, then you are 900% doing it wrong.

sampsans: commiedyke: This is feminism Why did he put on...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:02:20 -0400

sampsans:

commiedyke:

This is feminism

Why did he put on like three different hats

babyanimalgifs: Dog bios that will hilariously remind you of...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 03:38:59 -0400

babyanimalgifs:

Dog bios that will hilariously remind you of somebody you know
(#5 @ralphienyc)

effelants: theconqueeror: labambinafantasma: If you’re European, in a couple of weeks you will be...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 03:37:07 -0400

effelants:

theconqueeror:

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!

It’s funny how y'all will reblog any and all US things but when whole Europe might lose access to internet then everything is quiet.

Hey, guys! It’s me, your friendly neighborhood law student!

I am seeing this circling my dashboard (yet again) and I would like to say a few things about it. Once again, as I have stated before when I’ve weighed in on something, I am not a lawyer (yet). But, that being said…

Please stop being sensationalist. There are many legitimate criticisms of this directive, but these are not the criticisms I am seeing being spread around. Instead, what’s being spread around amounts to fearmongering. I don’t blame you for doing so - the vast majority of this is being started by the people this will hit hardest, AKA big corporate giants such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft. They have the kind of press pull that very easily leads to this kind of panic.

So, for any of my followers having anxiety about this, let me soothe your worries and address them point by point.

1. “This will destroy the internet in two weeks”

No, no, it won’t. This is a directive, meaning (unlike, say, the the last thing to bring my work onto my tumblr, the fucking GDPR) that it leaves the goals of the directive open to somewhat free implementation by member states, as long as the basic goals of the directive are met on time. As such, it will be years before we actually see any binding legislation as a result of this directive, and how member states choose to implement it will vary on the state in question.

2. “Article 11 will completely restrict the use of links”

Article 11, AKA what is being referred to as the link tax, essentially implements what we call the ancillary copyright of press publishers. This right gives press publishers the right to demand compensation when snippets of their content are displayed on other web pages. So, essentially, this is an article almost directly designed to bop Google (who currently holds the kind of leading market position that the EU sees as incredibly problematic because it kind of goes against everything the EU stands for) on the nose. This would force Google (and, with it, other companies) to compensate the writers of articles that are mirrored to their sites in a truncated form, often leading to less traffic to the actual site in question and thus the mirroring site gaining the revenue that would otherwise be due to the writer of the article.

Now - there are legitimate criticisms of this, which mostly hinge on the fact that forcing people to pay the content creator for content they are using may lead some people to stop using that content. Personally, I think it’s better for people to receive compensation for their work, even if it comes at the cost of less sharing of the work. You are allowed to disagree. The most legitimate form of criticism of this article, in my humble opinion, is that it may lead to a picking and choosing of what content to share and what not to. The thing is - is this not something that is being done already? What does this article add to that other than to make sure that if you do choose to share someone else’s work, that other party gets compensated accordingly?

3. “Article 13 will destroy fandom culture”

No, no, it won’t. The vast majority of fandom culture falls under what US law refers to as fair use and most European national laws (which, in the case of EU countries, are harmonized according to the European Union Copyright Directive) refer to as private use. Article 13 in and of itself does not change the allowances made for private use of media in derivative works already. It merely mandates that companies must take effective measures to stop the users of their services from sharing media that infringes on copyright.

Again, I am in the boring camp of agreeing with the EU - I believe it is better for people to be compensated for their work. If the way we are currently using media in fandom is infringing on copyright, then I think we should stop using it that way. You are entirely welcome to disagree with me on this. Notice how the wording of the article constantly emphasizes how measures taken must be appropriate and proportionate. How the the content recognition technology is mentioned as an example of effective measures that could be taken to stop the uploading and sharing of copyrighted works, not as the only way of doing so. Notice how the entire third paragraph of this article deals with best practices and appropriate and proportionate technology which takes into account the availability and effectiveness of technology - so, essentially, if it sucks and flags too many things as infringing on copyright, it should not be used because it is not appropriate, proportionate or effective. And that’s right there in the directive.

And, yet again, there are legitimate criticisms of this article, including the one mentioned in the OP I am replying to regarding the limitations of sharing copyrighted material on, say, Youtube. That’s true - but you haven’t been allowed to upload full films onto Youtube as is, have you? Videos with copyrighted music in the background have been muted or deleted, as well. The most legitimate criticism I’ve seen is that these automatic copyright infringement flagging algorithms are generally overzealous, and this could lead to over-censoring of content that would actually fall under fair use/personal use/whatever you want to call it. That’s true, very true - but the article doesn’t require countries to enforce algorithms being used if they don’t work as they should. See above paragraph.

So, in conclusion: yes, this directive could stand to be worded better. Yes, it may technically lead to the kinds of doomsday scenarios people are imagining - but I really don’t think it will. In fact, I doubt you’ll notice much difference when (in a few years) these laws actually start getting implemented. Notice how no one has heard about the GDPR for like three weeks now, even though we’re living in that supposedly apocalyptic post-GDPR world? (I say, bitterly, as I wade through piles of GDPR every day at work… :D)

Still don’t like the directive proposal? That’s totally fine. By all means, call up your MEP, take a stand! Now, you’re doing it for the right reasons.

Articles cited retrieved from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52016PC0593 on 21.06.18 at around 10AM GMT.