Idk how many of you are aware of this but by 2019, europeans might lose the internet as we know it forever. Article 13 has as a plan that if someone in europe goes against the copyright laws on the internet it‘s not that person itself anymore that will get in trouble but instead the entire website. If i for example used a copyrighted song in a youtube video and the creator of said song was against me using it, it would not be me who would get a lawsuit but youtube itself. So you can imagine how much trouble that would be for youtube to get lawsuits right and left 24/7. so Youtube decided to delete every european channel that does not belong to a major big company, in 2019.
That means every tutorial to create stuff, draw or learn a language or that one video you needed to learn for your science project or just simple entertainment like let‘s plays, vlogs or comedy made by europeans will be deleted, same thing goes for memes or if you post a quote or lyric from your favourite book/song online. The only european youtube videos you will be able to see at that point will belong to major companies like BILD (basically the german version of fox news). Youtube‘s slogan “broadcast yourself“ will no longer apply to europe, we will no longer be able to make videos, post art or quotes by authors we find amazing online.
Article 13 is taking away our right to speak our own opinion.
We need to fight Article 13 while we can. Spread #SaveYourInternet all over social media. Say why you are against Article 13. And yes non europeans can and should do this too. Please i know this is not about america! Please help us save the internet as we know it. Help us save our freedom of speech! I beg you
Fanfic written by 14-year-olds is so wild because they all think “smirk” is just a fancy word for smile so every serious romantic scene comes out looking like
The big story tonight, honestly I think, are the ballot initiatives. Here’s a partial list (note, I’m ignoring some really shitty ones, and the ones I know nothing about whatsoever, but…)
Colorado ended slavery in prisons
Florida added a constitutional amendment enfranchising felons
Maryland got same-day voter registration
Massachussetts got gender identity protection
Michigan got straight-ticket voting, automatic voter registration, same-day voter registration, and no-excuse absentee ballots as well as independent redistricting!
Missouri is getting $12 minimum wage by 2023 (currently it’s $7.85)
Nebraska expanded Medicaid
Oregon refused to ban public money for abortion
Then there’s taking the House, coming to a near miss in Texas Senate (get Beto more funding and have him take another shot in 2020, he’d do more good challenging for Senate again than running for President and losing the primary early), some state houses and senates, some governorships (even if not as many as we’d like)…
Over all, though it doesn’t FEEL like it because the big name races didn’t go great and the Senate got worse, this WAS a good night.
Caveat: these are all preliminary, but that’s what the numbers seem to show right now
I want to add one in my state: Washington votes to require all Law Enforcement to be trained in first aid, mental illnesses, and de-escalation techniques. They will also be required to administer first aid when needed and prove they attempted to de-escalate a situation. This absolutely will save lives.
That’s great! It didn’t have any results when I posted, but I am also here in Washington and was watching it.
yall can make fun of slam poems all you want but I’ve never felt more powerful than listening to women yell about their trauma to strangers
a lot of the difference between people who like slam poetry and people who hate slam poetry is comprised of whether you’ve heard slam poetry used constructively as a platform for the voices of the oppressed and those who would otherwise not have ways to express their emotions, or, alternatively, just heard it used by boring untalented white dudes who want a license to complain about how Smartphones Are Literally The Devil
Chartreuse Abstruseness Export 