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Holy shit

Do you ever cycle through the same 4 apps on your phone over and over again and feel like a tiger pacing its cage at the zoo

teratomarty

If you’re doing this, it is because you, like the tiger, need enrichment and variety in your life. May I suggest cramming just a whole bunch of raw hamburger into a pumpkin and rolling it around your enclosure?

k-eke

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theoldestchorusgirlintheworld

The thing that always gets me is how we still frame the idea of trying to be a good caring person as a huge laborious inconvenient inherent sacrifice instead of deeply comforting and rewarding and beneficial to one’s own self and a fundamental human need. Like joke really is on us, the loneliness of modern life is not mysterious.

cipheramnesia

Growing Up Cis

There's as many narratives of transition as there are queer trans women. The ones we know well are the women who grow up trans, knowing something is wrong. Told they have to wear certain clothes, traumatized when their body turns into something alien. It's a painful experience knowing from the start that who you are doesn't fit anywhere, right down to your own body.

This is not my story. I grew up straight and cis and trans people weren't even on my map. I grew up in a boring suburb where the only place you'd even get a hint of gender nonconformity was Bugs Bunny and maybe a body swap TV show episode. I grew up without even a glimmer of a question in my eyes. My enby wife likes to remind me that however much I didn't know at the time, didn't understand, it doesn't negate me as a woman. I like to hold onto that for comfort, but I didn't know, and so I grew up cis and straight.

Sort of.

Here's the thing about growing up cis. I never had the full context of cis and straight. Oh sure "we live in a society" and all that, I knew what was socially acceptable from context and mass media and all the usual external pressures. Where things get weird is that I had for the longest time been under the impression that what I internalized as cis and straight ideas of how to behave, what's normal about sex, what kind of feelings or mannerisms or modes of engagement are correct... I thought all of that was just typical for every straight cis human. Only now I'm learning inch by inch what I thought was part of life for every cis straight guy never was.

Growing up cis means that now, trans and queer, the fabric of my history is unraveling. I look back at all the things I was, all I hoped for, and one at a time those threads come loose with a little tug of "no, actually, that's not normal for most guys." A thousand days of being "not like other guys" lands like a ton of bricks on my head and strikes me dumb with the realization that they weren't just being polite.

That's my story, everything after the fact, my whole life is one great big missing piece because I never knew I was putting together a puzzle. I had to give up my history to make it into my future alive, and now I have a whole other life to figure out ahead of me.

[reblog okay]

jewishdragon

Writers should strive to describe women like Douglas Adams did

Example (taken from Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency):

Michael usually referred to his mother as an old battle axe, but if she was fairly to be compared to a battleaxe it would only be to an exquisitely crafted, beautifully balanced battleaxe, with an elegant minimum of fine engraving which stopped just short of its gleaming razored edge. One swipe from such an instrument and you wouldn’t even know you’d been hit until you tried to look at your watch a bit later and discovered that your arm wasn’t on.

NOW THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT

Compare more women to exquisite weaponry! And not to pretty little swords. big, heavy, scary weapons!

welcomedhappiness

Farewell online privacy

What happened?

Trump happened.

just get a VPN?

You can’t just tell people to ‘get a VPN (Virtual Private Network)’. Buying a VPN is like buying a house. It’s very very important. Having no VPN or having a ‘wrong’ one can seriously damage your life. Especially for Americans because their privacy laws are garbage. I am going to try explain why you should get a VPN but bare with me, I am from Germany and my English is far from perfect.

Let’s start with a simple test. Click this link here: https://whatismyipaddress.com/ It will tell your IP adres, your ISP (internet service provider), and your location. The location might not be very accurate, but then again, it’s just a simple website. Imagine what the government can do!

So basically, everyone can find out where you live. But there is more danger. Your ISP. Your ISP logs your every move online and they are required to keep it in case the government wants access to it (or if a 3rd party wants to buy your data (yikes). They have everything. What websites you visit. How long you stay on a website. What you download. Your search terms. European laws are more subtle on this but if you are from the US you are #@*#&, especially because Trump doesn’t support the open internet. It’s scary but maybe in the future you can’t get a job because the recruiter knows your searched on ‘how to deal with depression’ or anythings else that’s supposed to be private because it’s your f*cking right. Or you get a $100k fine because you pirated a movie 15 years ago. You need a VPN. You’re dumb for not using one. but what does a VPN do?

A VPN encrypts all your data so if it were be intercepted no one can ‘crack the code’ and damage your privacy.

Usually being online goes like this (simplified): Your computer —-> ISP (—–> keeps data —–> sells it)

But with a VPN it goes like: Your computer —–> VPN (encrypts data)—–> ISP (ISP can’t see shit)

Furthermore, a VPN hides your IP address and location by giving you another IP address located in Spain for example (you can often choose from a list and change as many times as you want).

Now that you know why you should get a VPN and what is does it is important to educate yourself because people often choose the wrong VPN. VPN providers are also businesses and have to obey the law. If you choose a VPN provider located in the US then you are throwing your money away because the laws in the US shits on your privacy. If the US gov wants the provider to give all their logs they have to obey. The ISP still can’t see what you are doing online and sell your data but the US gov can interfere with your VPN provider so NEVER CHOOSE A PROVIDER LOCATED IN THE US.

I just wanted to make that very clear so my followers don’t buy false security.

There is still more danger! Who says your VPN provider isn’t selling your data? You need to check their logging policy. Do they keep logs? If yes, what for? For how long do they keep them? Tip: Choose a provider who doesn’t keep logs

More about law The US is part of the Five Eyes program (the worst):

The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are bound by the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence (source)

There is also a Nine Eyes (bit better) and Fourteen Eyes Program (better). You don’t want a VPN provider who is located in one the Five Eyes countries. If you had to choose go for a provider located in a country that’s part of the Fourteen Eyes Program or even better, go for a country that isn’t part of any program!

I know this is a shitty explanation and please pardon my english but now it’s time to do your own research. Take your privacy seriously. Maybe WWIII breaks out and you get killed for liking the ‘wrong’ FB-page.

Go to this website: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/simple-vpn-comparison-chart/

Make sure that your future VPN provider both has green boxes for Privacy Jurisdiction and Privacy Logging.

I recommend ovpn.se and trust.zone. ovpn is located in Sweden so they are part of the 14 Eyes Program and they keep minimal logs. Their business ethics, however, are alright.

Trustzone is located in the Seychelles. No country can interfere and their privacy jurisdiction is the best you can get. The US want your data but needs to get it from Trustzone? The Seychelles will simply give them the finger and wave them goodbye. However, this makes this provider very appealing for people who torrent and criminals because they keep no logs (and that is how it shoud be) Also, there are almost no marketing efforts so this provider is one the cheapest)

Also, often providers such as ExpressVPN are being called ‘The Best’ on websites about VPNs but know that this is just marketing which also makes those provider more expensive (and they too shit on your privacy)

This must be the worst article you have ever read but please, please take your privacy very seriously.

EDIT: I got many people asking me which provider I use. For those who want to know, I use Trust Zone. They offer a free 3-day trial with no strings attached. But still do your own research!

writing-prompt-s

I am also with Trustzone but I think you forgot to explain one of it’s most important features. It protects you when you are using someone else’s Wi-Fi. If you are at Starbucks and you use their Wi-Fi your privacy is at risk. Anyone with ill intentions could steal your information. Especially if you are using an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot. With a VPN your data gets encrypted so no one can steal it.

rabbittiddy

Wait, what’s going, on? Did trump destroy internet privacy with a bill or something? Where’s the news? Oh wait, why am I getting visions of Alex Jones and selling water purifiers?

thecrystalfems

He hasn’t yet but he says he wants to. And if he is serious about it it would be really easy to do. Since all our data is already recorded, as the person above explained.

coltrer

Trump wants more surveillance of Muslim Americans. This in a country where internet privacy is already close to non-existent.

Trust.Zone has a free trial. Use it.

btw this post only has 11k notes? That’s quite disappointing for something this important.

Don’t reblog this post to save a life. Reblog this to protect an entire family!

imthedoctor12

@earth-ruins @writing-prompt-s Should I get trustzone for my mobile device?

writing-prompt-s

If you use public Wi-Fi, then yes. Which VPN you use is up to you, amigo. Take @earth-ruins advice. Do your own research first.

writing-prompt-s

@elvesfromthedeep just brought the current situation in the US to my attention (March 30, 2017).

Sources

Anger as US internet privacy law scrapped

Congress just voted to let internet providers sell your browsing history

To all my friends in the US, please read this entire post. Making everyone aware of VPNs is going to be my mission. Your privacy matters. Please reblog this post.

greeneyespurpleheart

Don’t tell me you just wanted to scroll past this. Stop looking at pictures of cats for a moment, okay? Don’t you realize how important this is? This is dangerous! ‘America, the best FREE country in the world’ my ass.

With this new law your ISP can sell your Internet history which could include passwords, usernames, religion, credit card numbers, race and much more to the highest bidder. So here is what I want you to do. You are going to read the whole thing and before you think ’this is so important. Let me reblog this real quick and go back to admiring cats again-’ NO! Don’t reblog this. Take action first. Then reblog. Sign up for a free trial! Trust.Zone offers one (here). Yes. It might be difficult to set up a VPN for some people. But is that going to stop you from protecting yourself and your family? 30 minutes. 30 minutes is all that it takes. 5 if you know how to install software. The problem with some of you is that you see ‘difficult’ as something negative. I want you to see difficult differently. I need you to push through this stuff. You are going to protect yourself. There is nothing negative about that. VPNs are fun and costsaving too! A VPN bypasses geographical restrictions so you can access websites you normally can’t or you could start Netflix’s one month free trial over and over again- forever. And it’s legal! (unless you use it to buy weapons etc.,) Don’t tell yourself that you are too tired and that you will do this tomorrow. Because that isn’t going to happen and you know it. You have to do this right now. You only have to click on it. Don’t let this/shit/life just happen to you. Take yourself seriously. Get a VPN.

Privacy is not a privilege, it’s a fundamental human right

tthatonefangirl-deactivated2019

Ok sorry that it’s so freaking long and also sorry for the language, but this is extremely important. Please reblog!

li-ionsandtigersandbears

Reblogging again bc this is important

clementinn

We have a VPN you should get one too

theesirenofthevoid

Please read.

urban-nandi

Always use Protection especially on the internet! Get VPN

badjokesbyjeff

Always use protection. When you do the do, use a condom. When you surf the internet, use a VPN.

xyuumeii

VPN: the condom of the internet

lovelydreamer77

how fangirls communicate

fan 1 : asdFGHJKL

fan 2 : i knOW RIGHT

h1234567890-deactivated

here’s some info you might like to share

gofundme takes up to 7.9% of everything people donate you + $0.30 per donation

that means that if 10 people help you raise $1000, you’re losing $82 bucks

gofundme doesn’t allow fundraisers for abortions but let darren wilson open a fundraiser after he murdered mike brown

instead, try using http://www.youcaring.com/ which is not only free but also pro-choice and not fucking racist to my knowledge

they can stay free because they ask everyone who donates to a cause whether they’d like to donate $1 to the website to keep it running

good luck w/ ur fundraisers!!

psychedelicfelon

Fuck Gofundme

copperbadge

Gofundme also apparently has a nasty habit of letting you hold your fundraiser and then telling you that you haven’t established your identity to their specifications and they won’t release your money until you do. Which could become a real problem for say, trans people who haven’t legally changed their names, people who don’t have easy access to their identity documents, people who have just escaped a stalker and don’t want their name and address stored anywhere, people who don’t have an address….the kinds of people who need to crowdfund for help….

Rallyup is also a good one if you have more complex needs like wanting to auction stuff. But yeah YouCaring is the best I or anyone I know have found so far.

bigbadbabymama-deactivated20220

heyyyy, yall! i’m Le'Andreia.. but y'all can call me Dreia (Drayuh) & i have cancer. i have none hodgkin’s lymphoma. im 22, homeless and my fiancée and i have been living in our car and w friends (neither one of our families live in kansas) our tags expired in august so we’ve been pretty stagnant. we do have jobs but trying to get around and avoid the police is a thing all in itself lol. before anyone else asks, we’re avoiding the police because our tags are bad!!!!!! we aren’t criminals! all i’m asking for is a little help w our vehicle, i need to make it to my last 4 chemo treatments. please help us!!! i’ve created a gofundme in the hopes that people will have a heart & pitch in lol. i previously had an acct but after i withdrew money, it closed out my acct!! please continue to donate, we’re still needing help! 👉🏾 https://www.gofundme.com/2ne7dwk 👈🏾 please donate!!!!

bigbadbabymama-deactivated20220

i’ve fallen into a pit of depression. please help me

iron-sunrise

Ok a white woman used her Black boyfriend as a prop today to beg for money to go to college and is now twice over her limit But this woman has NON HODGKINS LYMPHOMA and is homeless and losing all hope and has barely over $1k and only asked for $6k? Like, officially, do we ALL have to put ubiqutous 22 year old white girl pics up to crowdfund? Because apparently you can even be full of shit and an entitled skunk and get 2-3x what you asked for For god’s sake. This post wont even escape Black tumblr.

And what does she get in the notes? “What if its fake?” oh fuck off

iron-sunrise

Can I point out that just sharing this on my FB boosted her campaign by $135 and netted about 30 new shares. This aint a humblebrag, just pointing out the importance of getting campaigns for us out of the strict Black Tumblr orbit so I’m suggesting anyone who follows me does the same. Seriously, post this on your FB, twitter, Ello, whatever you can. Write a small amount about it. She needs actual help. Please?

infiniteglitterfall

They have a place now but they’re $325 short of making rent! (as of the morning of 3/29/17) Please help!

cosmic-noir

Boost!!!

upworthy

If your nude photos are posted online without your permission, Microsoft and Google want to know.

For years, most victims of revenge porn — people who have had their nude photos shared online without permission — basically couldn’t do anything about it.

According to one study, over 50% of all adults engage in sexting, and 70% admit to having received a nude photo online or over the phone.

And yet, despite the fact that we all (or at least more than half of us) do it, there’s still this weird, persistent, harmful notion that if your naked pictures get leaked or shared maliciously by an ex online, it’s your fault for taking them in the first place.

It’s completely backward, but sadly, the law seems to at least kind of agree.

As of September 2014, New Republic found, putting someone else’s illicit photos online without their consent was illegal in just 16 states, though laws have been proposed in more states. Not only is it typically impossible to prosecute the perpetrator, they note, it’s impossible to legally compel websites to take the images taken down most of the time.

But thankfully, Microsoft and Google — which operate two of the biggest search engines on the web — don’t think it’s your fault. And they’re finally saying “Enough is enough.”