- I’m so tired of trying to say things to people and having them not listen.
(via strikematch)
wut4:
Maurice Sendak on The Colbert Report, January 24, 2012
Straight talk.
Yup.
cwnl:
Anonymous Just Deleted CBS.com and Took Down Universal
Taking a shorter break than their last vacation, Anonymous is back at it already. Reports are coming in that they had completely knocked out CBS.com and are continuing their revenge spree. The CBS takedown wasn’t your regular DDoS attack because if you went to CBS.com at the time Anon attacked it, there was nothing except an index page with a single file. That’s it. Basically, Anonymous gained access to CBS.com and deleted EVERYTHING.
CBS.com has managed to put itself back up but we’ll be on the lookout of Anonymous’ next move. This is going to be interesting. Last time Anon went on a revenge spree, well, the DOJ, RIAA, MPAA, Universal, EMI, FBI and others all got a piece of the takedown fun.
Update: Looks like they just took down UniversalMusic.com again too!
Update 2: Anon is now going after websites in Brazil. The Hacker News reports that websites of Brazil’s federal district, the city of Tangara da Serra and popular Brazilian singer Paula Fernandes have been brought offline in a DDoS attack. Anonymous’ message on the affected websites? “If Megaupload is down, you are down too.”
Update 3: Vivendi, a French media company involved in music, film, TV, video games, etc., has been brought down too. Vivendi used to own Universal
World Wide Web War I = WWWI
Other Updates:
Update: Anonymous says they’ve also knocked off the RIAA’s site—looks down for us at the moment as well.
Update 2: Universal Music Group has also fallen off an e-cliff.
Update 3: Goodbye for now, MPAA.org.
Update 4: Affected sites are bouncing in and out of life, and are at the very least super slow to load. Anon agents are currently trying to coordinate their DDoS attacks in the same direction via IRC.
Update 5: The US Copyright Office joins the list.
Update 6: This Anon sums up the mood in their “official” chat room at the moment:
Danzu: STOP EVERYTHING, who are we DoSing right now?
Update 7: Russian news service RT claims this is the largest coordinated attack in Anonymous’ history—over 5,600 DDoS zealots blasting at once.
Update 8: the Anonymous DDoS planning committee is chittering so quickly, it’s making my laptop fan spin.
Update 9: Major record label EMI is down for the count.
Update 10: La résistance est international—French copyright authority HADOPI bites the dust under Anon pressure.
Update 11: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has fallen and can’t get up.
Update 12: Anonymous has released a statement about today’s attacks.
Source#2: http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonymous-kills-department-of-justice-site-in-megaupload-revenge-strike/
FBI seems to be back
Damn Anonymous is serious.
(via thatsocialjusticebitch)
“Why me?”
“Why not?”
“I just thought… wouldn’t you rather take, I don’t know, I mean-“
“Sherlock? Nah. Between you and me, Molly, he doesn’t seem like he’d be much fun. I like to have fun every now and again, keeps me young. And I’d have to keep apologising for him. I have enough trouble keeping track of who I need to apologise to for myself, I can’t be having that.”
“John, then? You said… it was dangerous, and I’m not- I mean, I don’t know how to fight or anything.”
“Not a big fan of fighting myself. You don’t mind about that by the way, do you? That it’s dangerous.”
“…No.”
“Well then. What’s the problem?”
(via terribletardis)
(via travellingbohemian)
A few things about ACTA and what it and its consequences will mean to you as an individual as well as to you as a part of the Internet
I am sure that we have all heard about ACTA to some extent, whether it’s now, nearing crisis point, or before, going as far as two or three years back, when only a very few people paid any attention or tried protesting.
This is not going to be a dense, heavy post about the technicalities. This is going to be a post of anger and upset, because I realise what ACTA will DO to me and my rights.
All of us are responsible for doing something about it. I’m a casual fandom reblogger typing away at this until 5am because I felt that instead of drooling over my latest fandom crush, I should be a little more concerned for my rights and for my bloody internets, or maybe there wouldn’t BE a bloody online fandom for me to roll around in anymore. ACTA is not a distant threat. This is not at home during the great war, amping up production and keeping up morale. This, for citizens of the internet, is facing the enemy’s rifle’s rapid rattle. Or the stutter of their fucking machine guns as it sweeps the front and prepares to mow us down. As 30 Seconds to Mars knows, This is War.
What ACTA says it is:
- Protection for intellectual property
- For the benefit of rights holders, and “legitimate businesses”
- For sustainable development of world economy
- Combating copyright infringement, piracy, “theft” of intellectual property
What ACTA is
- Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
- Pandering to the outdated economic module the MPAA/RIAA (now calleDd the MAFIAA, guys) and their little (or not so little) Mafia wants the world to run on but has really become steadily more obsolete with the digital age,
- WORLD WIDE, NOT JUST EUROPEAN.
- INCLUDING The US, for those of you getting complacent with our small victory over SOPA.
- A VIOLATION OF OUR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS in some of its parts.
- Aimed only to benefit a very rich and very powerful minority while infringing upon the rights of every bloody one else.
- SIGNED AND NEGOTIATED IN SECRET, Sometimes by people who were not elected to represent their countries.
- Wrong
- Gonna fuck up our internets.
- Available to read here as a pdf, thanks to being leaked.
What ACTA will mean for the Internet
- Sites shut down. Tumblr, Youtube, Twitter, etc. All these sites that we love and cherish and which foster our creativity and artistic expression and all those unnecessary little lovelies will be easily taken down.
- Sites like MediaFire, Piratebay, etc. Direct downloads or torrents, it doesn’t matter. Gone. Just like Megaupload.
- Covers of Lady Gaga songs and lolcats of a cat’s head photoshopped onto Superman’s body. Gone.
- Fanfiction too, depending on how far they take it. Well, not really. But would you really put it past these people?
- Remember this lovely It Gets Better video? Part of the Google Chrome campaign of “The web is what you make of it”? Well, not anymore it isn’t fuckers.
What ACTA will mean for you as an individual with free thoughts and the right to express them
- Constant monitoring of all information you send and receive on the Internet. Scat, tentacles, watersports, fisting, Rebecca Black, Nyan cat, Nicholas Cage movies, cybersex with your significant other or a not so significant Omegle user. Emotastic blog entries, bad poetry, bad anime fanart. Everything you send and receive, your ISP provider will be required to monitor for any signs of copyright violation, etc. You could get sent to jail and also fined a fucking hefty sum for it if you are caught. And now, you ARE just one bad Justin Bieber cover away from copyright violation
- Also talk about border checks to see what pirated goodies exist on your laptop. Take that shit right out and rattle off a list of all your downloaded You Me at Six albums. Or maybe your old copy of Photoshop before you improved enough to be motivated to buy it. Or your horriblesubs folder. Whatever it is. This clause is not agreed upon by all parties, but the possibility of it is still quite real.
What you can do
- ARGUE against it and take action, which means
- Petitioning to your government
- Raising awareness for what ACTA can do
- Contacting your members of parliament, etc
- Lash out against groups like the MPAA/RIAA/MAFIAA or whatever pretty names they’ve tacked onto themselves. Whatever rich bullies lobbying to suppress our rights.
- RAISE HELL FOR YOUR RIGHTS.
I’m saving that PDF before the
censorship boardgovernment decides it’s not proper viewing material.
(via face-down-asgard-up)
they are not fucking playing anymore
sweet mother of fuck
Is this real
IS THIS REALLY A THING GOING DOWN
I AM SCARED AND I MAY WELL SHIT MY PANTS IN FEAR
okay I’m fucking shitting myself right now
like
I don’t know if they truly will go through with this but I am seriously scared
Holy hell.
Whelp, they just become the biggest ass holes in the world. At this point, I’m kinda ok if the internet goes down because these idiots won’t be able to hack in our bank accounts and shut that down.
Okay okay—- I’M SERIOUS WHEN I SAY.
Does ANYONE get a Death Note feel from this?
Guys— This. is. SCARY.
Wow this is really fucking terrifying.
reblogs this again
….uh
welp
i
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(via how-ood)
953 dead people voted in the South Carolina GOP primary
How not at all surprising.
This is the kind of shit that they’re going to use to justify voter ID laws.
Deadmocracy?
(via face-down-asgard-up)
Rick Santorum launches CUM: Conservatives Unite Moneybomb
Seriously.
No. NO. This can’t be real. It is real. Oh my God, it’s real.
this is the greatest day of my life.
WHY WOULD HE
DOES HE NOT KNOW
HOW DOES HE THINK THAT WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
DYING
CRYING.
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i couldn’t not reblog this.
OH MY FUcking god
I hope people can hear this from my window
Jesus bless my soul
oh my god
Mind blown.
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this is a beautiful thing
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AIR
DEAR WORLD, Internet service providers will begin spying on you!
This is not just the USA, this is also Europe, UK, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and more.
ACTA is another attempt by Hollywood and others to end privacy and freedom to protect their profits.
These well done videos provide an overview:
We got to stop this!
Europe, contact your representatives.
USA, reblog this post. Make new posts. Join the EFF. Stay involved.
They won’t give up, and neither will we.
(via e-myself-and-pi)
"As we mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this Supreme Court decision not only protects a woman’s health and reproductive freedom, but also affirms a broader principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters. I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose and this fundamental constitutional right. While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue—no matter what our views, we must stay united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, support pregnant woman and mothers, reduce the need for abortion, encourage healthy relationships, and promote adoption. And as we remember this historic anniversary, we must also continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams."
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President Obama’s statement on the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (via barackobama)
I love my president
*not just women can get pregnant
(via iamateenagefeminist)
(via face-down-asgard-up)
