Red Velvet Ribbons

I don’t want to disappear without a forewarning.

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 02:27:52 -0700

As of July 4th 2018, the Internet as we know it might be dead for good.
The European Parliament is passing a new Copyright Directive.
Article 13 #CensorshipMachine will impose widespread censorship of all the content we share online. Art, fanfiction, parodies, remixes, mashups, memes, etc.. Anything that you do not hold the rights over will be taken down.
Article 13 would force all online platforms to police and prevent the uploading of copyrighted content, or make people seek the correct licenses to post that content. Internet platforms hosting large amounts of user-uploaded content must monitor user behaviour and filter their contributions to identify and prevent copyright infringement.
Such filters will be mandatory for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and Instagram, but also much smaller websites.
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This doesn’t just affect Europe. The content creators you love are going to be in hot water for sharing their art and writing with you online. Any and all content that doesn’t belong to us will be filtered. Even memes are at risk, as the person who took the original photo may want to file complaints against any platform that allows it to be used without permission. But it goes even further than that.
Last Tuesday (19th June 2018) a group of more than 70 people who have played important roles in building the internet and developing it (Tim Berners-Lee, Vincent Cerf, Jimmy Wales, Mitchell Baker…) into what it is today addressed an open letter to the members of the European Parliament:
“As creators ourselves, we share the concern that there should be a fair distribution of revenues from the online use of copyright works, that benefits creators, publishers, and platforms alike.
But Article 13 is not the right way to achieve this. By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users. […] The damage that this may do to the free and open Internet as we know it is hard to predict, but in our opinions could be substantial.”
Here is the original Article 13. It’s even scarier. / Link 2
Here is how to contact your MEPs.
Here is a full list of everything that will be affected.
Europe is facing a huge problem, and unlike with Net Neutrality, the world doesn’t seem to care.

homo-sex-shoe-whale: Do you ever just stop and think, “Damn, how did I ever think I was straight?”

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 23:34:04 -0700

homo-sex-shoe-whale:

Do you ever just stop and think, “Damn, how did I ever think I was straight?”

nyagga: amuzed1: LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Janelle Monae...

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 23:19:34 -0700

nyagga:

amuzed1:

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Janelle Monae attends the 2018 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 24, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

NOTHING BUT RESPECT FOR MY PRESIDENT.

tomhollandxreader: marvel actors—and actors in general—don’t owe you shit. they do panels like this...

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 11:19:55 -0700

tomhollandxreader:

marvel actors—and actors in general—don’t owe you shit. they do panels like this as a way to connect with fans and answer thoughtful questions people have about the characters they portray, not say hi to all your friends and get shit on; stop wasting everyone’s time with asking for favors and being rude. be grateful that you had the means to speak to them, because lots of us don’t.

The Signs as Feminist Quotes

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:02:00 -0700

strawberryastrology:

Aries: “I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” - Madonna

Taurus: “It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful. I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.” -Warsan Shire

Gemini: “The history of men’s opposition to women’s emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.” - Virginia Woolf

Cancer: “Woman’s degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.” - Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Leo: “When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch.” - Bette Davis

Virgo: “Women belong in the house… and the Senate.” - Author Unknown

Libra: “A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, ‘For a man, you’re kind of ignorant.‘” - Anne Hathaway

Scorpio: “A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

Sagittarius: “Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Capricorn: I myself have never been able to find out what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. -Rebecca West

Aquarius: “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.”
- Gloria Steinem

Pisces: “Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” - Maya Angelou

Bullet journal quotes part II

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:00:51 -0700

marias-studyblr:

hello! Because part I has hit 4K notes in so little time!!, I decided to keep it coming for you guys with new themes, hope you enjoy them! ♡
If you don’t know, these are quotes to decorate/use in the bullet journal, and are super useful for those moments when you desperately want a quote to relate to something but can’t seem to find one. You can use them for a source of beauty, wisdom and inspiration. Part I featured: dedication/work/motivation, finances, love, positivity, health and some funny ones.
Discipline:
“Dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates changes. So ditch the dream and be a doer.” - Shonda Rhimes
“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” - Michael John Bobak
“With self discipline most anything is possible.” - Theodore Roosevelt
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” - Jim Rohn
“Discipline is remembering what you want.” - David Campbell
“Just do it.” - Nike
Art:
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” - Finley Dunne/Cesar A. Cruz/ Banksy
“Every artist was first an amateur.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.” - Vincent van Gogh
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” - Pablo Picasso
“Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.” - Pablo Picasso
“Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.” - Karl Marx
Education/Studying:
“Education is the most powerful weapon wich you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela
“Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.” - Martin Luther King
“Study without desire spoils the memory and it retains nothing that it takes in.” - Leonardo da Vinci
“The roots of education are bitter but the fruit is sweet.” - Aristotle
“Learning never exhausts the mind.” - Leonardo da Vinci
“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” - Albert Einstein
“Education is that which remains, if one has forgotten everything he learned in school.” - Albert Einstein
“Education is not preparation for life, it is life itself.” - John Dewey
“Education is the movement from darkness to light.” - Allan Bloom
Coffee:
“As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?” - Cassandra Clare in City of Ashes
“Behind every successful women is a substantial amount of coffee.” - Stephanie Piro
“Life’s too short to drink crappy coffee and cry over boys who don’t care.” - Matty Healy
“A morning coffee is my favorite way of starting the day, settling the nerves so that they don’t later fray.” - Marcia Carrington
“It is inhumane to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.” - Dave Barry
“I don’t really like coffee but I don’t really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either.” - Brian Andreas
“Insert coffee to begin.” - Unknown
“Drink coffee and destroy.” - Unknown
Feminism:
“Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.” - George Carlin
For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.” - Virginia Wolf
“Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” - G. D. Anderson
“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures.” - Jane Austen in Persuasion
“Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.” - Cheris Kramarae
If you have any suggestions for new themes, feel free to drop them in my ask box! :)

blueboyluca: Bob Ross gets it.

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 01:18:59 -0700

blueboyluca:

Bob Ross gets it.

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Tue, 19 Jun 2018 01:13:00 -0700

poorlydrawnpeople: sees a dog god i hope he thinks im cool

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 21:57:53 -0700

poorlydrawnpeople:

*sees a dog* god i hope he thinks im cool

c-inismus: INSTAGRAM

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 15:29:03 -0700

c-inismus:

INSTAGRAM

sadeon: if your girlfriend is cold, be a gentleman. put her in the oven for 40 minutes on 350....

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 15:28:57 -0700

sadeon:

if your girlfriend is cold, be a gentleman. put her in the oven for 40 minutes on 350. check often and serve plain or with white gravy

phobias: you’d be the coolest person breathing if i hold my breath

Fri, 08 Jun 2018 01:06:20 -0700

phobias:

you’d be the coolest person breathing if i hold my breath

gemike: psychic-sara: Reblog for a miracle to happen tonight

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:54:13 -0700

gemike:

psychic-sara:

Reblog for a miracle to happen tonight

spelnieni-e:edit

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:11:19 -0700

spelnieni-e:

edit

shn-wxnho: “People want to hear songs with the words they’re afraid to say.” — (via...

Sun, 03 Jun 2018 04:53:07 -0700

shn-wxnho:

“People want to hear songs with the words they’re afraid to say.”

— (via lilpieceofmyworld)

sexanax:sir before i suck ur dick what is ur moon and rising sign

Sun, 03 Jun 2018 04:42:28 -0700

sexanax:

sir before i suck ur dick what is ur moon and rising sign

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Sat, 02 Jun 2018 22:22:12 -0700

idratherlivefreetofail: “When you start doubting yourself, remember everything that you’ve faced,...

Sat, 02 Jun 2018 22:22:07 -0700

idratherlivefreetofail:

“When you start doubting yourself, remember everything that you’ve faced, all of the battles that you’ve won, and all of the fears you’ve overcome.”

— (via cwote)

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Sat, 02 Jun 2018 22:22:04 -0700

wholesome–support:It’s not wrong to feel emotion. It hurts sometimes, or maybe a lot of the time,...

Sat, 02 Jun 2018 22:19:16 -0700

wholesome–support:

It’s not wrong to feel emotion. It hurts sometimes, or maybe a lot of the time, but it’s not wrong.