I haven’t done an update on Net Neutrality in a while as I was trying to find a reasonable “next step”, especially since it’s been out of the “news cycle” for a bit. Well, I have some good news.
According to the senator (minority leader Chuck Schumer) from New York, they now have a total of 50 votes for a Senate resolution of disapproval that would restore the Open Internet Order of 2015 and deliver a stiff rebuke to Ajit Pai and other Republican members of the FCC. It would also prevent the agency from passing a similar measure in the future, all but guaranteeing Net Neutrality is permanently preserved
What’s stopping them now? They need just ONE more Republican and they have less than 30 days to do it.
So goes the next actionable step. You have to contact your senators and get them to suppose the Congressional Review of “the Open Internet Order of 2015″.
2) Via https://resist.bot/ – you can write to Congress using this site or Text RESIST to Resistbot on Telegram, Messenger, or to 50409 on SMS. By providing basic information, you can write your Senator to move forward.
Now, if you got a Democratic Senator, push them on to find that one Republican Senator. If you got a Republican Senator, encourage them to reconsider their stance on Net Neutrality.
We just need ONE Republican Senator and we have less than 30 days to do so.
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This apparently happened in June 2017. I only found out last night.
Down at #9 is
this post, but the link they use goes to
I am extremely saddened by this. Not only did I never once think this situation was funny, but nobody contacted me that it was featured on their site.
The harassment, abuse, and trauma endured by disabled people was looked at by College Humor as being funny. I do not know why they link to my post with a screenshot of another, but someone saw my post and thought that it was appropriate to link in a humor article.
I am ill with incurable conditions that may kill me soon. I have been sick for a very long time and my health has ruined all of my hopes and dreams in life.
This event with my substitute is only a glimpse into an extremely traumatic school life of being yelled at for dying. I was isolated and harassed by my peers for doing so much as not looking disabled enough. For talking. For smiling. For using my legs. For being sad about being horribly ill when “other people have it worse”. I was doubted and harassed by teachers and staff growing up and have been discriminated against and harassed whenever I went out in public. I am completely isolated and alone. I am in pain every day and every night. I can rarely leave my home. I might die in the next few years. For my trauma to be exploited for profit by a company that claims to be funny is
I cannot describe this feeling. I feel like someone kicked me in the face. I try so hard to put my situation out there, to be open with my struggles, to reach out to anyone in hopes that someone can help me at all, and someone looks at my struggles, calls them funny, and then makes money off of them. I am literally dying. I am struggling to stay alive and a huge company looks at my struggles, laughs, and makes money off of it when I am absolutely desperate to make a single cent or have any opportunities or live any sort of fulfilling life with whatever time I have left
I was up sick and in a lot of pain last night, so I Googled myself to see if anyone was linking my letter campaign. Looking for something comforting, you know? I found the opposite of people trying to help. I found a news outlet making fun of my trauma and exploiting it for profit.
I normally have a good time when websites link to something I do, but…
“i hope my parents will accept who i am” is something that seems so gentle in movies but is actually such a violent and repulsive way to feel. even worse maybe is it’s cousin – the knowing that they won’t accept you, that you are a disappointment/a black sheep/a failure. the terrible duality of “i need them to love me” and “i don’t care they’re terrible people” never seems to cease.
so i’ll say this. you were not made in a factory. you are a random assortment of alleles. some of these will be just as they wished: your mother’s eyes, your father’s chin. some of these will be the complete opposite. their failure to love you is not an expression of your own success. it’s simply as far as their heart goes at the moment. i hope one day they overcome it.
but in the meantime, love doesn’t need to come from them. you aren’t a toy. you aren’t a robot built to fulfill expectations. you are just yourself, and living, and they are just two people trying to live through you. and you need to live your own life. “to thine own self be true.” those who look for failure will always find it. and those who look for love will too.
and if all else fails: come to me. i know plenty of others who will accept you.
The FCC voted to repeal Net Neutrality, but I would like to reiterate to all of you that now is not the time to panic. It’s time to get angry and active, but not time to panic.
Clickbait sites are painting today as the definitive “end” of it all, but it’s not. This shit’s still got to go through the courts.
The FCC has tried to repeal net neutrality twice before, and both times it got repealed by the courts.
The voting public’s support for Net Neutrality is overwhelming. Last I checked, 83% of polled voters nationwide are in support of Net Neutrality staying.
Republican politicians and lawmakers are aware of this overwhelming support and have been voicing their support as well.
Doug Jones victory in Alabama was a wake-up call for Republican politicians, letting them know they are not invincible.
Join the millions of Americans making their voices heard. Contact your representatives. Call them. Email them. Tweet at them. Anything you can do helps. Use the links provided on this website:
Okay, so I was going about my usual business, looking at some Steven Universe fanart, looking up stuff, when I stumble upon Wikipedia.
They’re in trouble.
Guys, I know that not all of you live in the U.S., but if you do, I want you to go to Wiki right now and donate. Legit, its the first thing that should pop up on Wiki. Whatever you have left over, donate, and don’t forget: big companies have tried to buy Wikipedia, but by making small donations, people have kept it the reliable, up-to-date, FREE encyclopedia, so keep it free and keep donating.
Guys, 90% of my Homestuck research has been done off Wikipedia, and it’s my personal suspicion that we’re meant to use it as an accompaniment to the comic to understand it’s subtler symbolic nuances.
If for no other reason than that, I suggest pitching in what you can to protect the accessibility of open, true information.
Hey Tumblr, I’m struggling and could use some help.
For the last month or so I’ve been reeling from the sudden breakdown of one of my closest friendships. The breakup was complicated and I don’t want to rehash the whole thing here, but one of the biggest factors was that I became privy to some serious allegations about my friend’s creepy and harassing behaviour, and both my attempts to talk to him about it and try and let people know that I believe them & will listen to them went poorly.
Most people were supportive of my efforts; he, however, wasn’t as receptive as I’d hoped and instead became more cruel than I’d ever seen from him. It was like a weird personality shift. I ended the friendship for self-protection but am still wrestling with my decisions and the pain of losing someone I still love – not just because I’ve called an end to the friendship (until he gets a clue) but because he’s become someone I don’t recognise.
Here’s what I could use some help with, since y’all are pretty good at resource-hunting. You know that video Sarah Silverman made about loving someone who’s a sexual harasser? I’m looking for more in that vein. What to do when it’s your friend or loved one who’s been accused. What to do when you’re trying to keep them accountable and they’re not willing. Especially stuff from transformative justice angles.
I’ve seen a lot of resources that are either targeted at the victim, the perpetrator, or society writ large, but not much really about people in my position, especially people who felt responsible enough to feel like they had to do something about it. At the very least I’d like to know that I’m not alone in my experiences.
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Flying through Storytelling 