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If you consume fanfic on ao3 and are 18+ and American I need you to lock in and call your senators saying you oppose a federal porn ban. This would effectively ban ao3 and being queer in public, among many other things, due to the intentionally vague language of the bill. I’m counting on queer tumblr and fandom tumblr to help me get the word out that you have to call your senators

vintageandroid

A script, if anyone needs:

For dems:

Hi, my name is [name] and I'm a constituent from [your address + zip code]. I am calling Senator [Name] today because I am opposed to censorship measures such as those outlined in the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act. In addition to feeling this bill would lead to dramaticcensorship, its broad definition would risk many marginalized people who are already at risk, and it would also make it harder for victims of the industry to seek help for fear of repercussions. Thank you.

For repubs:

Hi, my name is [name] and I'm a constituent from [your address + zip code]. I am calling Senator [Name] today to speak out against the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act and similar proposals. I believe the government's role in our personal lives should be small and not intrusive, and that this not only is against the constitution, but would waste a lot of tax dollars attempting to enforce it. Thank you.

If you would rather not speak to a person, wait until later in the day and leave a voice mail. Make sure you leave name and address so they can tally it.

roaldamundsen

stuffed animal contest

lou-wilham

Just a quick note from your friendly neighborhood bookworm/indie author

if you use kindle for the majority of your library, they will be shutting down the function that allows you to download your files and transfer them via USB on the 26th of February. Which doesn't sound like a huge deal, but this also means that if a book is taken off Amazon for any reason—like it being banned—they can scrape it off your kindle as well. So maybe backup your library?

whumpy-writings

How to Download Your Kindle Books (with screenshots)

From your Amazon homepage, click "Account & Lists" then click "Content Library"

Click "Books"

Find the book you want to download and click "More actions"

Click "Download & transfer via USB"

Click the button next to your device, then click "Download"

That's it! Your book file is now downloaded to your device. To my knowledge there isn't a way to bulk download everything, which means that your have to download books individually. (If anyone knows how to download multiple books at a time, please let me know!)

I use the free software Calibre to organize my ebook files. This video gives a good basic overview of how to download your ebooks from Amazon to Calibre, and also goes over how to use Calibre to transfer your ebooks to Kobo. I recently got a Kobo and have slowly been transferring my ebooks to it, and it is actually pretty easy!

If you're looking for ways to get ebooks without supporting Amazon, check out Smashwords, Bookshop.org, or see if your favorite author/publisher sells ebooks directly from their website.

Go forth and read!

nerdreamer

empireofmen

Hearing the whole “Americans didn’t beat the nazis” thing is so exhausting and counterproductive. Spoiler alert: America isn’t the only country affected by Trump, so this could apply to literally any allies in WW2 (which is more than you think, lots of countries fought alongside Britain and we’re eternally indebted to them). Also even if America failed to rid the world of Nazis in the past until like the last moment where they joined the allies, then surely now is simply an opportunity for them to do it earlier?

History is there to learn from, not to replicate in its entirety. Beat them back earlier this time, America. The rest of the world believes in you.

liberalsarecool

The cruelty of racist white men.

wolf840

Does anyone else remember when Elon was like "if anyone knows how to end world hunger for 6 billion USD, I'll fund it" and UNICEF was like "we're going to spend a month to make a plan to end world hunger for 6 billion USD and Elon is going to fund it" and Elon was like "actually, nah" and then bought Twitter instead?

I think that was one of the worst things I'll ever see in my life.

tiredspacedragon

I still think that should be the thing for which he's the most famous. It should be brought up every time he's mentioned. In any news article, any interview, any history book. "Elon Musk, who was offered a chance to end world hunger and turned it down." Put it on his fucking gravestone.

rederiswrites

Quietly losing my mind over the fact that Elon Musk has straight up orchestrated a coup of our executive branch and like....I don't even know what, if any, system we have in place to fix this. Like... He's just taken control of the money and locked out the actual appointed officials. What the fuck.

rederiswrites

Nazis are taking over my government, and like, not even just the Nazis we fucking elected! And I'm...making hamburgers? Because somebody has to make dinner? I just feel completely unhinged.

derinthescarletpescatarian

I think that's how random civillians generally feel in these situations. Someone's gotta make dinner.

lizardlicks

If you're wondering, there is plenty to be done about it, and plenty being done about it already, even if it's not happening instantly in a way you can perceive.

Yes. Let me break it down for you.

rederiswrites

Reblogging because this is an excellent article that both tells you about some of what's being done and breaks it down in a way that will help you understand and think about future action. Please read!