Do you remember SOPA? The bill that would give government the right to spy on internet activity without warrant, and let them censor “unwanted” sites by blocking people’s access to them?
Meet its twin. But this time it’s all the more frightening; the House has passed it despite Obama’s threats to veto. And by an alarmingly large margin, at that. CISPA threatens the US constitution’s guarantees of due privacy and free speech, permitting any government agency to access and transfer of vast amounts of data- from internet records to even the content of personal e-mails, and all without obtaining a warrant.
What’s even more disgusting than this bill actually making through the House is some of the arguments used to help it’s passage, and comments made by one of the bill’s biggest supporters admitting the bill helps big business while insulting opposers (whose is also speculated to have personal reasons for wanting CISPA made into law).
This threatens every element of your online presence. From personal emails to general activity, any government agency will have the ability to go fishing without consequence.
Please, PLEASE, sign the following petitions. You don’t even have to be a US citizen to sign most of them or act against CISPA, and please keep in mind that if this shit flies in America, who knows what country might use its example to do it, too.
Petition: Avaaz: Save the Internet from the US
(you don’t have to be a US citizen to sign this)Petition: Sites Not Spies
(you don’t have to be a US citizen to sign this)Petition: CISPA is Back: Write Congress
Petition: Tell Mike Rogers more that 14-year-olds oppose CISPA
(you don’t have to be a US citizen to sign this)Twitter: Tweet @RepMikeRogers with your age
Twitter: Tweet @BarackObama and tell him to veto CISPA
Twitter: Tweet reps like @RepDelBene, @GovHankJohnson, @KeithEllison and @GovGaryJohnson and thanks them for acting against CISPA. Look for other reps that have spoken against it, and thank them.Call your reps: and tell them you strongly oppose the bill. You can look up your reps using the form on the lower portion of this page.
Resource: Fight for the Future
Reblog: This and other posts like it to raise awareness of this threat to internet freedom and privacy.
I will be posting more petitions and resources as I become aware of them.
it’s baaack D:
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. :(
kaiYARRR.: So like about a month ago (maybe more? I dunno man) I found out that...
So like about a month ago (maybe more? I dunno man) I found out that houseofz was attending the same college as me and like…I might have completely freaked out cause I thought she lived in America like everyone else AND I JUST WAS NOT PREPARED TO MEET HER IN PERSON SO WHEN I DID MEET HER FOR THE…
Dude, I totally a mini breakdown when I found out who you were. I hyperventilated silently and then you were hiding behind a pillar BUT THEN WE HAD BEAUTIFUL FANDOM BONDING MOMENTS! Think, if not for L, we might have gone to the same college and never even realised. No man, no.
Also, if I totally freaked you of with my explosive excited fangirling today, I’m so sorry and I swear I’m not actually a maniac, I just have a lot of feelings, man. And now I have someone who understands when I say ‘Richard Armitage’.
mesita asked: I wanted to take the time to say the Stiles/Derek/Laura fanart you commissioned is absolutely GORGEOUS. I love Laura with her mask. The overall theme of the picture is just amazing. So amazing, in fact, I want to stare at it all the time on my desktop. I know how important feedback is to creators so I thought I'd drop you a line. Fantastic.
That is so sweet of you, I got all mushy reading this because it does mean a lot and I’m grateful that you took time to write this! Thank you so much, you’ve made my day!
Here have a thing <3
Okay, back from the dead with the last of my charity commissions.
Commission for varlovian through the sterekcampaign, who asked for Derek, Stiles and Laura from her own Nightwish/GoT/Winter-typesque universe.
Thanks to all my commissioners for the wolf pack charity auctions, your donations were/are appreciated!
Sterek, Laura - Teen Wolf, Commission 2013
Thank you so, so, so much! This is absolutely gorgeous. Everyone is perfect, exactly how I imagined them - Laura, especially. I’ll link you up when the story is written for sure. Thanks again for such an amazing answer to my prompt. ♥
No worries! While it was challenging, it was fun to do and I’m pleased with how it turned out. I’m glad you like it and thanks again for being so patient with me! I’ll look forward to reading the fic :D
Okay, back from the dead with the last of my charity commissions.
Commission for varlovian through the sterekcampaign, who asked for Derek, Stiles and Laura from her own Nightwish/GoT/Winter-typesque universe.
Thanks to all my commissioners for the wolf pack charity auctions, your donations were/are appreciated!
Sterek, Laura - Teen Wolf, Commission 2013
Argh! It’s been forever since I’ve updated, sorry guys, start of uni plus art block plus no time equals no drawing, but I’m almost done with this, it just needs some colour… yes… just. *Sobs* /o\
(Thank you to the commissioner for being so patient, she’s been so awesome, I promise it’ll be up soon!)
Sterek and Laura - Teen Wolf, 2013 commission
