Superblueluver - I'm A Mess

in the latest cyber-news: the internet archive has lost their case against 4 major publishing houses (verge article). they’re going to appeal, but this is still a bad outcome. the fate of the internet is currently hanging in the balance because 4 multibillionare publishing groups missed out on like $15 of combined revenue during the pandemic because of the archive’s online library service. it’s so fucking stupid.

for those who don’t know what the internet archive is, it’s a virtual library full of media. books, magazines, recordings, visuals, flash games, websites - a lot of these things either don’t exist anymore or cannot be found & bought. heard of the wayback machine? that’s part of the internet archive. it is the most important website to exist, and i don’t say that lightly. if the internet archive goes down, the cultural loss will be immeasurable.

so how can you help?

boycott the publishing companies involved in this. they’re absolute ghouls, frankly, and don’t deserve a penny. the companies involved are harpercollins (imprints), wiley (imprints), penguin random house llc (imprints), and hachette book group (imprints). make sure the websites are set to your location as it may differ worldwide.

learn to torrent. download a torrent client (i recommend transmission), a vpn (i recommend protonvpn - sign up and choose the area that’s closest to your continent/country), and hit up /r/piracy on reddit for websites. with torrenting, you can get (almost) any media you want for free in high quality, with add-ons such as subtitles, and with no risks of loss. i would also recommend getting into the habit of watching stuff online for free. the less you can pay to a giant corporation, the better.

get into the habit of downloading and archiving materials. find a TB external hard drive, ideally the higher the better. it’ll probably cost around $60 for 1TB and continue to go up, but they’re so so useful. if you can’t afford a drive, look for any GB harddrives or memory sticks you have lying around and just fill them up. videos, pdfs, magazines, songs, movies, games - anything you can rip and download and fit on there, do it, because nothing is permanent.

donate to the internet archive. this is the most important option on the list. the IA relies entirely on funding, and it’s going to need more to fight this case. whatever you can donate, do it. i promise it’s helpful.

and finally…

Listen up!

You see a post like this? Where OP might hurt/kill themselves? You hit that button that I circled

Hit that.

Click Suicide or Self-harm Concern

Yes.

Fill in the rest of it, and hit submit. The "content you reported" will fill itself in

Tumblr will follow up and help them.

Warning: this is only for mobile. If anyone knows how to do this for desktop, please add it!

This could SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO REBLOG THIS.

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF IT DOESN'T GO WITH YOUR BLOG'S THEME.

And yes, REBLOG. Liking does no shit at all. This isn't ig.

You reblog, people see it. You don't, people don't see it. This shit's that simple.

This could save someone's life. It's not a joke.

@ask-the-bone-boys I don't know if you already saw this, but I thought you should know about this just in case

Please pay attention. 

I earnestly ask that you stop naming Swapfell(Red) as Fellswap. Please protect the credits of the creator. Thank you for Reblog.

Translated by myself.

See whole image at once: https://imgur.com/Eo2bksP

Original source(twitter)—————————————

Eng: https://twitter.com/ziznine_ut/status/959997362797084673

日本語: https://twitter.com/ziznine_ut/status/959996876761088000

한국어: https://twitter.com/ziznine_ut/status/959996243878453248

“But if you forget to reblog Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”

crash

@underhealing

I've had glasses since second grade. I'm thankful to my teacher for caring enough to notice that I had to walk to the front of the classroom to read the board every class

reblog if you wear glasses. too many mutuals don't know they have glasses wearers in their midsts

@rahafwabas This person follows you, and is an art thief... I do NOT blame you in any way, nor am I accusing you of anything. I was simply hoping that, since you have a rather large fan base, you could spread the word that this person is stealing art. I hope you are willing to help!

IMPORTANT NOTE: please read

I have just been notified that a user by the name of stariartz27 has been stealing artwork from another user

How disgusting can you get right?

As an artist myself this is still happening to me and I’m sick of this shit

Artist don’t create just so our hard work can be stolen

This is a art piece by @blueberryflamedash27

That they rebloged …

And how stupid can you get

They actually downloaded that same exact picture and claimed it as there’s

If you scroll down though the comments

You can see many people telling them to stop this madness

But refuses

GUYS THIS IS WRONG DONT EVERSTEAL ART YOUR JUST GOING TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE

IF YOU ARE A ARTIST YOURSELF DEEPKY CONSIDER BLOCKING THIS USER

This is a screenshot of part of a funny Pokemon Go two panel comic that I find accurate @underfart-snas