Article 13 got approved and that means the internet will be censored for all countries under the EU. If that happens, it’s likely bloggers from affected countries cannot post content anymore. I wouldn’t be able to post gifs, edits, icons, anything anymore. Even adding links to posts could cost money. You can get more information here and here or simply using google to find information from a source you trust. Please sign the petition here and here (everyone can sign this one apparently) to prevent this from happening. I don’t want to lose my blog.
Article 13 didn’t get approved yet. It’s voted on tomorrow, July 5. Signing a change.org petition won’t do much. What you have to do is go to saveyourinternet.eu, and from there e-mail/phone/tweet your country’s representatives in the European Parliament and ask them to vote against it tomorrow.
The proposal will continue being debated, and a new mandate will be voted on in September. It’s just a setback for the proponents of this law. The will behind this proposal still exists and they will still try to push it through in one form or the other.
Continue to contact your MEP. And don’t forget to vote in the European Parliament election next year in March!
Torako and Haji deal with a Murder Hallway, Dipper engages in fisticuffs with an upstart demon, and Bentley gets even (with horrifying results).
There are lots of mention of blood in this. I tried to tone it down, especially after I realized how many times I was writing the word in a row, but be forewarned.
Chapter 10: Haji is Not Qualified For
This Situation
The pocket dimension was, in two
words, clearly unstable.
The walls glowed soft pink. This
wouldn’t have been so bad if shards of them weren’t flickering brighter or
darker, or if they didn’t seem to sharpen or blur in Torako’s vision. She
didn’t like that very much. She especially didn’t like it when a bit of the
wall and the floor decided to suddenly not
exist before fuzzing back into place. That was not, she thought, somewhere
she was going to put her feet. Or hands. Or anything.
“This is bad,” Haji said, eyes wide.
“This is very very bad.”
I can lounge about at the pool in my monofin and be a beautiful lesbian mermaid hhhhh I need this
Subtle and beautiful i want 10
Gonna be strolling through pool wrapped in bisexuality luxury
at some point this will wind up being worn as a cape and I am 1000% okay with that
this would actually be safe to get for me bc my parents have like,,, zero knowledge of pride flags other than the standard rainbow one. and I could just be like “it’s a cool towel” and if anybody asked if it was a pan flag I would just smirk,wink, and walk away.
A bipartisan report released by the CIA, FBI, NSA, and ODNI stated unequivocally that Russia, under orders from Putin, carried out a far-reaching cyber operation with the goal of interfering in the 2016 U.S. elections.
One branch of this attack involved fake Russian accounts spreading disinformation, discord, and inflammatory content (in a word, propaganda) across many social media platforms, most notably Facebook and Instagram, but also tumblr. The Department of Justice indicted 13 Russians and 3 Russian companies for these actions. The defendants referred to their activities as “information warfare”, and stated that their goal was to “spread distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general.”
In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, President Trump has dismissed reports of Russian meddling as “ridiculous”, and has publicly stated that he believes Putin’s assertions that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 U.S. elections.
We should all be concerned about outside powers seeking to interfere with the integrity of our elections, regardless of which candidates or parties benefit from such interference.
As the midterms approach, be wary of voices sowing discord, fear, and despair. Look for solutions and ways to help instead.
Be wary of anyone who says your vote doesn’t matter. It does.
Be wary of anyone who says that “both sides” are the same. They’re not.
Be wary of anyone who says an election result is a foregone conclusion. It isn’t.
Be wary of anyone who argues for ideological purity and categorical rejection of “flawed” candidates. Perfect people do not exist.
Be wary of sharing posts from sources you do not recognize or know to be trustworthy. Always corroborate with a reputable source.
These people want you to stay home on election day. They don’t want you to exercise your rights and your power at the ballot box. Remember, voter turnout is always lower in non-presidential years, which means your vote counts for more.
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