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Tumblr users, you don’t have to uncheck everything manually!
F12 -> console
EDIT: The previous version of the code didn’t work due to an oversight on my part, it’s fixed now, thanks to @der_rod.
var boxes = document.querySelectorAll('input[type=checkbox]'); for (var i = 0; i < boxes.length; ++i){ boxes[i].checked && boxes[i].click(); }
I don’t have a cookie consent button... Help.
Hahaha don’t you love getting into fights with your parents because you refuse to be polite to your homophobic relatives and then being thrown out and having to sleep on your friend’s floor? Haha so fun.
My dad just sent me a crazy long text about how I’m being ridiculous and intolerant! THE IRONY
“I’m SICK of you thinking you can run this house. Don’t come back until you can learn to RESPECT YOUR FAMILY.” Looks like I’m never going back because there’s no way I can respect my uncle who fucking laughed in my face when I came out LOL
You know you have good friends when one offers to slash your dad’s tires and you know they mean it ❤❤❤
Oh for those asking yes I am mostly just okay. Just crying a lot. But my friend has got me on a mattress on her floor so it’s okay. I’m sure dad will calm down in the morning, he’s just a very angry man.
Just got off the phone to mum and she says I should stay away from the house for a few days because dad is pissed. Apparently he’s been ranting about me being so entitled and is being homophobic and it’s just a really bad situation. We’re both really shocked because dad’s always been supportive of me being gay and this is coming from nowhere. Even mum is confused.
Idk what to do, this is stressful. I can sleep on my friend’s floor but she can’t feed me, she can barely afford to feed herself. I don’t get paid until Wednesday afternoon and until then I’ve got no money. I guess in the morning I’ll have to see if any other friends can have me for a couple of days. Wish we weren’t all such poor bitches LOL. Nah but it’ll be fine.
If you wanna help me eat before I get paid I do have a PayPal https://www.paypal.me/emilygwen but it’s no biggie
i’m seeing a lot of people reblogging suicide hotlines and this is just a reminder that this is a suicide help line that works like a text-based instant messenger for people who may need to talk to someone but have trouble/are uncomfortable making phone calls
Never don’t reblog this. There are so many people who have such bad anxiety about phone calls. This can save so many lives
This moth was the highlight of my day. I had to take it off my truck and move it to a better spot.
IT’S THE MONEY MOTH EVERYBODY REBLOG IT
HELLO MONEY MOTH!
Oh wow a white lined sphinx moth!!
Hi, if you are a teen or an adult who watches/uses things that were “made for kids” or where kids were the target market,
(ex: Disney movies, stuffed animals, Steven Universe)
Please like or reblog this, I’m trying to prove a point.
"Always credit authors. It's important."
“However, more often than not, people will liberally share artists’ work without attribution. (Just ask any self-employed artist online about this.)“By doing this, they are making it more difficult for people interested in our work to find us, and therefore, losing chances of getting a job,” López explained.“For someone who lives [off] occasional commissions, it’s vital that every work we share has a proper credit.“In late October, López received an email from a Spanish editorial company asking if they’d be interested testing for a position as an illustrator.”
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Helps to prove your point, eh? :)
Guys…okay guys?
THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT!
You might literally get me a JOB if you properly source to my tumblr blog and credit me properly!
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Paul “The Thirst Order” Krueger @NotLikeFreddy Nov 21, 2017
Tweet 1: Hey. I know things look dark for Net Neutrality, but remember: this vote is three weeks away. We have three weeks to show everyone with a vote that this move is career suicide.
Tweet 2: We can’t control a megacorp toady like Ajit Pai. But we can make it clear to the people he answers to that this time next year, they’ll be out of a job if they back this play.
Tweet 3: You’ve been calling your reps all year, and it’s saved our healthcare three times. YOU did that. And you should lend your voice to this, too, because unregulated internet has become as vital to America’s future as socialized healthcare.
Tweet 4: In these times of staggering wealth inequality, the internet is one of the few levers of economic advancement left. It’s allowed the marginalized to shed light on issues we’ve spent generations ignoring. It may be the only avenue in which the American Dream is still viable.
Tweet 5: Call your congresspeople. Call your senators. Tell them that the key to securing your vote next November is a statement unambiguously condemning Pai’s actions, and affirming Net Neutrality.
And head over to BattleForTheNet.com to find out more and take action
The whole net neutrality discussion seems to be focusing on download speeds and access to particular services, but does anybody remember back in 2006 when AOL got caught blocking people from sending or receiving emails that expressed criticism of AOL? There was no sign that it was happening, and the emails would appear to be delivered - AOL’s mail servers would even report a normal “accepted for delivery” status code - but they’d just never show up in the recipient’s inbox. Or how about the incident a year earlier where Telus imposed fake service outages for websites expressing support for the Telecommunications Workers Union? Again, no indication that any blocking was taking place: just a error page falsely claiming the affected sites were down.
Under the proposed deregulations, this sort of thing would be explicitly permitted, and we know it’s possible because it’s been done. Now consider how much more communication happens via the Internet in 2017 than in 2005/2006. It’s not even email or websites; big chunks of the telephone network now pass through ISP-mediated VOIP channels, and those conversations would likewise be targetable by faked outages.
Like, this isn’t some dystopian sci-fi scenario; we’re talking about horseshit that major ISPs were getting up to on the sly over a decade ago, and are now about to be told can be engaged in without regulatory penalty.
This happened? That’s serious.
By the way, that kind of scenario is how censorship in China works. They don’t throw up a page saying the content is illegal, they just route it in such a way that the packets go around in circles and time out. ISPs could easily start pulling all kinds of tricks to demote things they don’t like – they have the option of not routing it correctly, slowing the bandwidth to a crawl, or just stopping the request and sending back a 404. We need to keep Net Neutrality.
Oh, yeah, it happened. The cited incidents aren’t even the half of it - they’re just a couple of the better known ones.
For example, there was the time that Comcast blocked Boston-area subscribers from accessing their GMail inboxes, and when folks called their support line to complain, they falsely claimed that it was a technical issue on Google’s end and tried to sell them a Comcast email account.
Or the time that Madison River Communications ended up getting fined for their VOIP-metering scheme when it turned out that they were interfering with 911 calls made by users in their service area.
Or the time Verizon started selectively blocking text messages sent by pro-choice advocacy groups, even to recipients who’d explicitly opted into them.
Again, none of this is hypothetical - this isn’t stuff we imagine major telecoms will do in the absence of strong net neutrality protections, but stuff they already have done, and in many cases only stopped due to regulatory pressure at the federal level.
One last note for you, Especially for those of you who don’t think their vote counts.
A district in RED Oklahoma just went to the democrats for a state senate seat. The winner, Allison Ikley-Freeman, won by a margin of 31 votes. It’s a small district, only 4437 people voted.
YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
I also found out later that she’s a happily married lesbian! s’awesome.
No, y’all don’t know how huge this actually is.
Allison Ikley-Freeman also works as a mental health care professional for a low-cost clinic in a very poor part of Tulsa. She is only 26. She has 3 children and is married to a Black woman. She had never run for office before, and is only the third openly gay person to be elected to the Oklahoma legislature. We are one of the poorest and most ill and mentally ill states in the country and a key part of her platform is increasing access to health care and mental health care in a tragically underserved area.
This is my district, the West Tulsa district, and I live here. Tulsa is a pretty liberal area for Oklahoma – Tulsa County was blue for a while during the 2016 election – but it is still an uphill battle. Conservatives are motivated and organized in a way that liberals generally are not.
It was a special election, which means it was very small, for only the state senate seats, and was not held on the “usual” election dates. Interest is low for these. Turnout for special elections is usually minimal, most people don’t even know there IS an election coming up, and usually only dedicated voters show up to cast their ballots. Those voters skew strongly older – a more conservative demographic to begin with – with the most dedicated being Republican.
Three times in two years – and now twice this year – Oklahoma, one of the most conservative states in the country, has flipped a Republican out of office in a special election.
Ikley-Freeman and her team worked tirelessly to get word out in the district, to try to get Democrats to show up to this election. They managed it, but only barely. I almost stayed home, because I was sick that day. I didn’t. If I had? Just 31 more people like me would have lost Ikley-Freeman that seat.
To put things more into perspective, from the Tulsa World:
…Results showed Ikley-Freeman with 2,234 votes to 2,203 for O’Hara. As is usual with special elections, low voter turnout was an important fact — only 4,437 people voted in this election, compared to almost 32,000 in last year’s regular general election.
Ikley-Freeman needed less than 2,000 people to believe in her. That’s all. This is indeed an excellent example of what can be accomplished when people simply show up to vote. Especially in smaller elections. I urge you all to update your registration, locate your polling place, and use your voice. Especially if you are able-bodied, straight, neurotypical, white. People like me, disabled people, queer people, mentally ill people, as well as POC experiencing oppressions I do not, need you to show up.
Voting is a HUGE thing you can do to help us protect ourselves from Trump and his disgusting parasites. Vote in Democrats at the local level. It provides some protection.
We can take back our country, not be persuading the bigots to change their habits, but by getting the people who care about other people to vote.
Republicans are a minority. 24% of the country are Republicans. (31% Dem; more people identify as independent than either.) Straight White Men are a minority.
There are NO unflippable districts. EVERY vote matters. ESPECIALLY off-year votes, especially special elections… keep this momentum and we can turn the majority of the country’s leadership long before the 2020 presidential election.
Find out what’s available to vote in your area. Vote. If you think, “I wish that job were done better,” consider running. We need more people willing to say, “I’m willing to do that job.”
If there’s one lesson to learn from the 2016 election, it’s that there’s no such thing as underqualified for an office. If you want it done well, and you’re willing to study what’s involved, you’re already more qualified than the president and a large swarm of senators.
Voting in Democrats to even very low-ranking positions primes those people to pursue higher offices. The next great leaders have to start somewhere. Just show up. Vote straight-ticket Democrat if you don’t know what else to do. At this point, it’s infinitely better than staying home and not voting.
If you're not scared right now about losing net neutrality; You should be. Study up folks, or 2018 is going to fucking suck.
This isn’t my type of post but Net Neutrality is so important.
Forget your page’s aesthetic, share this with everyone you know. Without Net Neutrality, the internet itself would change.
Companies would be able to charge websites if they want them to load faster than others on your computer. This means that they would purposefully bottleneck speeds on every website that doesn’t have the funding to pay for it faster speed. There’s NO reason for this. Are you a small business with a website and can’t afford to pay enough to get faster speeds? Too bad. Are you someone with a personal blog? Slow page loading. Do you want to view a website written by a nonprofit organization for your school project? You’ll have to wait until the page loads because, since they’re nonprofit, they can’t afford to pay enough to cable companies so that their page loads faster.
An alternative to this would be having to pay for faster internet. Internet service should be priced by usage, not speed. For home internet, unlimited use isn’t all that expensive so it’s really common. You wouldn’t want to pay extra for more speed.
This would possibly affect the way that the internet works on other devices such as your phone, gaming system, laptop, tablet, etc.
We NEED Net Neutrality.
If a company doesn’t agree with a specific website, they could purposefully limit traffic to their site. This would be censorship, something that nobody likes.
There are many other reason as to why you should protect Net Neutrality.
This is an issue whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, Left-wing, Right-wing, young, old, male, female, rich, poor, etc.
EVERYONE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR NET NEUTRALITY.
Guys, also think about he wider costs. Every business, school, hospital, pharmacy, first responder, government service—every single one uses the Internet. So, yes, the individual user will pay more for access, but so will the institutional users. The thing is, the institutional users aren’t just going to eat the increase in costs. They will pass them on to the consumer. They always do.
Education, healthcare, every single product and service, plus your local, state, and Federal taxes, will all GO UP.
Losing net neutrality will affect the cost of every single product and service offered in this country. Every. Single. One.
So what do we do?
Call Congress - https://www.battleforthenet.com/
If you don’t want to or can’t call, text RESIST to 50409 to directly fax them a letter!
Internet access is an amenity, not a luxury
In working closely with social services, I’ve discovered that some internet providers actually offer discounted internet packages to those on disability, due to the fact that to most, internet is a required amenity
I’ve had multiple people tell me this is silly and that this is just people on disability leeching off the government, especially those who entered adulthood before the rise of the internet, but things have changed since then.
Without the internet, those on disability can’t:
-Check their bank accounts and track their bills remotely
-Apply for a job with a company that only offers online applications (yes, that’s a very real thing) or discover job opportunities that aren’t listed in the newspaper
-Discover new community resources, such as upcoming food and clothing drives
-Order groceries online if they have low mobility and can’t go to the store themselves
-Pursue schooling by studying online, rather than spending their livelyhood on textbooks
-Look up tutorials on things such as cooking and what cleaners to use for specific tasks, instead of endangering themselves by going into those tasks blind
Internet is an amenity. Society is dependent on it and taking it away from those who can’t afford it would take so much more from them in the long run.
it is so strange to me when people tell me they never had an ancient egyptian phase…like, what did you even do during your childhood?
this is oddly specific?? and over 3000 people relate???
That egyptology book was too golden and shiny to resist
Ok but were you an Egyptology kid, a Dragonology kid, or a Wizardology kid?
k so i made a post about this a while ago but i’m still seeing a lot of people reblog posts with links to these sites:
B*eautiful H*alo
D*ress L*ily
T*winkle D*eals
S*ammy D*ress
THEY ARE SCAMS, and they’re all run by the same person. more often than not they don’t deliver their products, and when they do, they’re usually late, and/or much poorer quality than advertised. some people even complain that there were holes or stains in the clothes. also, their customer service doesn’t refund anyone.
many tumblr blogs will post a suspicious amount of “fashion” or “wishlist” posts which redirect to these addresses. they’re either paid to do so or are run by the company, i’m assuming. (there’s a big issue on tumblr where people are asked to advertise for these companies and have their accounts deactivated as a result. also, many of them weren’t actually compensated)
be careful who you buy from and who you follow. and no matter how strapped you are for cash, agreeing to advertise for these people isn’t a wise choice
since it’s nearing Christmas, I figure now is a good time to bring this back. don’t buy from skeezy sweatshops, if you can help it.
not only are there misleading blog posts which have links to these sites, but a year or two ago i remember getting an inbox message asking for my email address, for a commission opportunity. someone from one of these sites asked me to draw fictional characters in b*eautiful h*alo clothing and link back to the site, for compensation! these people are crafty. be mindful of where you shop!!
Wait, are the sites scams, or the links? Cuz I have a friend who ordered from Sam my Dres s many times and I’m wondering if I should tell her to be on the look out for id theft/fraud or weird charges. D:
Reminder that the right to internet access was deemed a human right by the United Nations in 2003 as it’s a form of expression and opinion. Please remind your representatives that curtailing your access to websites and accounts is a violation of human rights.
Guys, please be careful to vet that what you choose to signal boost is actually accurate. I’m seeing a lot of well-intentioned posts today about Net Neutrality that are likely to do just as much harm as good due to misinformation in them.
For instance, we are not all suddenly shouting that the sky is falling because the FCC has PASSED the bill abolishing Net Neutrality and the changes are to be put in place some time this month. As claimed by one post I just saw with over 5,000 notes already. This is simply, unequivocally NOT true, and it can actually get in the way of the call to action that very post made, asking people to call and email their congressmen, because a lot of people who see that might think “what’s the point, if its already passed?”
It hasn’t. Chairman Ajit Pai of the FCC unveiled in April his proposed plan to strike back the Net Neutrality regulations Obama’s administration passed in 2015, and which have since 2015 been upheld by the courts in the face of Republican opposition’s attempts to claim they overreached. What has people shouting the sky is falling NOW is because yesterday (November 21st) is when the date of the official vote on this proposed plan was announced. That date is December 14th.
Which means there IS still time to affect the outcome of the vote. People are pessimistic about the chances of this vote because the FCC board is held by a Republican majority at the moment, but make the passing of this bill seem toxic enough to other Republican interests and there is still a chance to keep it from passing.
Which is still a hell of a lot better than assuming the bill has already passed and that there’s really no point.
We have until December 14th to kick up enough of a fuss that the Republicans on the FCC board think twice about voting for this bill. And even after that, there are still legal recourses. The courts have refused to uphold other bills Trump’s administration has attempted to pass as overreaching, unconstitutional, and/or in opposition of the true will of the people - just as the Republicans attempted to do back in 2015 when the FCC under Obama passed the Net Neutrality laws in the first place.
This does not mean be complacent. This does not mean assume enough other people will raise enough of a fuss without adding your voice to the mix. It simply means THERE IS STILL TIME TO ACT. The sky may be falling, but until it finishes falling, there’s still a chance to catch it instead.
We have until December 14th to kick up enough of a fuss that the Republicans on the FCC board think twice about voting for this bill.
there IS still time to affect the outcome of the vote.
**Please help!!
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Hey guys, I know that I keep making these annoying posts but I’m getting really, really desperate. I had to pay my rent today (November 24th) and I only have £6.52 left of my benefit after paying it and that’s to get me through all of December (Christmas/New Year) and you can’t imagine what kind of struggle that’s going to be for food/bills and I am unable to receive help from anywhere else (local council or food banks)
If anyone could possibly spare anything at all, even if it’s just £1/$1, please consider donating to my PayPal
($/€ donations please use the PayPal icon on my blog)
Thank you ❤❤
November 27th: Please, please consider donating guys if you possibly can. I’m in such a horrible situation and I have no idea how I’m going to make it through the next month!!
UPS workers say the company is cutting their health benefits.
UPS workers are threatening to go on strike amid the busy holiday shipping season because of a disagreement over changes to their health care benefits.
UPS aircraft mechanics and related employees who maintain the company’s air cargo fleet are taking out ads in USA Today and the Seattle Times that state: “What every American should know before they ship with UPS during the holidays: UPS wants to make deep cuts to its aircraft mechanics’ health care benefits. That’s why the 1,300 aircraft mechanics who keep UPS planes running during the holiday season are ready to strike.”
The workers, represented by the Teamsters Local 2727 union, say UPS wants to make massive cuts to their health care benefits.
“The holiday shipping season is UPS’ busiest and most critical time, and before our customers ship with UPS, we want them to know about the instability in our already distressed workforce,” Tim Boyle, president of Teamsters Local 2727, said in a statement. “The aircraft maintenance workforce is united and won’t let UPS executives gamble with our families’ health care.”
Ohhhh so THAT’S why I keep seeing/hearing ads for jobs with UPS, they’re hiring scabs to undercut the looming strike lol fuck you UPS.
Just another great reason why we NEED a United States Postal Service, always! I know that Conservatives have been working on making the USPS look bad for a long time, but we use it to ship things every day and let me tell you- It is reliable, fast, and a much better price than any of the private companies like UPS or FedEx. I hated getting gouged shipping when I lived in Alaska, and I’ll never, ever put my customers through that experience- but if they manage to do away with the USPS like they’ve been trying to do, we’ll be stuck with only private companies like UPS that can start hacking away at worker benefits and making the job go to the lowest wage and reward rather than having a system with actual careers and salaries and, y’know, livelihoods!
Ship USPS this season if you can!
