racemash:

racismfreeontario:

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signal boost, please spread this

gutsygumshoe:

jakenglishsexual:

marintan:

demonoflight:

deadling:

windows-vriska:

meowgon:

seriously, it was the Year Of Homestuck, i think it really deserves to win

haha oh my god? this is great

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PLEASE VOTE

aw yeah 31 % now were getting somewhere!!!

LETS DO THIS. LETS MAKE THIS HAPEN.

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holy shit its winning

(Source: strongtroll)

producermatthew:

Tumblr users are asking 1,000 bloggers to sign an online petition that calls for a controversial publisher to be removed as an editor of an enhanced tag on the site.

The petition targets user “Ryking,” with the claim that the blogger has defended “rapists, calling women who disagree with him ‘feminazis,’ using gendered slurs against women, and repeatedly heaping praise upon men who have threatened to beat and rape women.”

The author of the petition says “Ryking” is not “a positive representation of the [Tumblr] community and should not be in a leadership/editorial position.”

The petition had close to 700 electronic signatures as of 6pm ET Thursday. “Ryking,” whose actual name is Alexander Ryking, is listed as the “Top Editor” on the site.

i read the first page of this man’s blog and wanted to vomit

deadasdisco:

From ars technica:

Google has also added some new security functionality to Chrome. Every time that the user downloads a file, the browser will compare it against a whiltelist of known-good files and publishers. If the file isn’t in the whitelist, its URL will be transmitted to Google’s servers, which will perform an automatic analysis and attempt to guess if the file is malicious based on various factors like the trustworthiness of its source. If the file is deemed a potential risk, the user will receive a warning.

Google says that data collected by the browser for the malware detection feature is only used to flag malicious files and isn’t used for any other purpose. The company will retain the IP address of the user and other metadata for a period of two weeks, at which point all of the data except the URL of the file will be purged from Google’s databases.

Users who are concerned about the privacy implications of this functionality can prevent the browser from relaying this information to Google by disabling the phishing and malware protection features in the browser’s preferences. You can refer to the official Chromium blog for additional details about the malware detection feature.

(Source: widowings)

sirmuarjo:

lordmeowrail:

( I’d like to ask that anyone who reads this to PLEASE reblog this so there isn’t a widespread panic and violent protests. Tumblr needs to stop posting partial information. It is counterproductive and we need to know the truth so we don’t give up and think the fight is over. )

There wasn’t a vote. It was a signing and the voting isn’t going to happen for a while.

“The committee will most likely hold its vote on the ratification of the treaty in April or May, with a full parliament vote expected in June.” - Source

“The countries signed the treaty, which aims to harmonise copyright enforcement across much of the world, in Tokyo on Thursday. However, the signatures of the EU member states and the EU itself will count for nothing unless the European Parliament gives its approval to ACTA in June, and digital activists have urged citizens to lobby their MEPs against voting yes.”

“”The signature ceremony in Tokyo was just another step in the procedure that allows ACTA to now be taken to the European Parliament for a free, open and vigorous debate that we fully support,” he said.” - Source

“The European Parliament will be debating ACTA and activists are urging people to contact their MEPs putting forward arguments opposing ACTA. The European Parliament and each of the member states must approve ACTA before it goes into effect in the EU.” - Source

“But the political atmosphere in the EU remains very much in flux. The key to the future is that, unlike the US, the EU has admitted that ACTA is a binding international agreement and therefore requires parliamentary approval. But Parliamentary approval in the EU is in doubt.” - Source

Please read this. It has a list of countries that have signed, the countries that have not, and links and information on what you  can do to help out:

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-01/26/eu-signs-up-to-acta

Once again, please reblog this wherever you can so the word gets around.

Finally a post with some fucking sources!!!

soundtrick:

reeses-peixes:

golgothas-horrorterror:

enderbat:

digiportplz:

cartoonfanatic:

niklauz:

stormofthunder:

“From what I can tell it’s even LESS known than ACTA. I haven’t even been able to find any YouTube videos on it.

Here are two lovely quotes I think you will find interesting:

“A leaked version of the February 2011 draft U.S. TPP Intellectual Property Rights Chapter indicates that U.S. negotiators are pushing for the adoption of copyright measures far more restrictive than currently required by international treaties, including the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.”

“The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is pursuing a TPP agreement that will require signatory counties to adopt heightened copyright protection that advances the agenda of the U.S. entertainment and pharmaceutical industries, but omits the flexibilities and exceptions that protect Internet users and technology innovators.”

Yep, more restrictive than ACTA.

Countries will be forced to rewrite their copyright laws and adopt this agreement’s (beyond sucky) laws.

I don’t really know much about this myself, but here are a few points summarized from the article:
-Temporary reproductions of copyrighted works without permission will count as infringement. (So I’m guessing you can’t put your music on an external drive if you’re getting a new computer?)
-Countries can’t import legitimate goods without copyright owner approval. (So basically Japan could say that USA is no longer allowed to import anime.)
-Extend the Life+70 years copyright in individual work, and the 95 years after publication/120 years for corporation stuff.
-Ban circumvention of digital locks. (DMCA is a whole host of issues in and of itself.)
-“Adopt criminal sanctions for copyright infringement that is done without a commercial motivation.” (Pretty self-explanatory there.)
-“Adopt the U.S. DMCA Internet Intermediaries copyright safe harbor regime in its entirety. This would require Chile to rewrite its forward-looking 2010 copyright law that currently provides for a judicial notice and takedown regime, which provides greater protection to Internet users’ expression and privacy than the DMCA’s copyright safe harbor regime.” (Couldn’t have said it better myself.)” - WindieDragon

Mother of fucking god, I am seriously getting tired of the fucking US continuously fucking trying to fuck shit up by making so much fucking shit and caring so fucking much about fucking copyright and fucking intellectual fucking properly fucking problems when there are so many other fucking much more fucking important fucking problems that have to be fucking taken fucking care of. Fuck.

I don’t fucking care if this will fucking fill my fucking fuck quota of the fucking month, holy fucking shit balls on a dick.

I don’t fucking even fucking FUCK.

Just spread this shit. Just fucking do it.

What the fucking fuck, can’t they fucking give the internet a fucking break?!

>: I have no response to express my anger

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HOLY FUCK IT’S LIKE IT KEEPS DIGIVOLVING.

GAAAH

oh come the heck on

Haha, at this point I’m going to die from the stress. :)

hey look more stuff to be scared of

i’m going to throw up

fuck

they’re multiplying like single-celled organisms