https://glitch1999.tumblr.com/

disgustedorite: the worst part is, three of those are fanart...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 20:50:31 -0400

the worst part is, three of those are fanart and half the rest are taken from an angle where Peridot’s head would look bigger due to a little thing called perspective

a message to all lesbians

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 20:49:52 -0400

caduceusangels:

you are all lovely and wonderful and i love you all

ajandmagnus: Illegal

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:24:19 -0400

ajandmagnus:

Illegal

straightboyfriend: trans people matter. trans people are important. trans people aren’t out to hurt...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:21:13 -0400

straightboyfriend:

trans people matter. trans people are important. trans people aren’t out to hurt you. trans people aren’t your enemies. remember this pride month & even when it isn’t pride month to protect & let the trans people in your life know they’re cared for

Photo

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:44:58 -0400

weavemama: ddestr0yedd: weavemama: anyway black women are...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:44:39 -0400

weavemama:

ddestr0yedd:

weavemama:

anyway black women are having miscarriages in Flint and there has yet to be an outrage from the “pro-life” community

can we call this a genocide yet?

keep in mind this is a MAN-MADE health crisis. they changed the water of a lower-income black community for a reason. 12 people have died so far because of the water and now the women are suffering from miscarriages. this story needs as much attention as possible. a black community is still being poisoned and pro-lifers don’t seem to give a shit

darkus-rubanoid: thatpettyblackgirl: abolish ICE now please...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:44:21 -0400

darkus-rubanoid:

thatpettyblackgirl:

abolish ICE now

please someone fuckin decimate ICE

justsomeantifas: thatpettyblackgirl: abolish ICE now @wapo

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:44:12 -0400

justsomeantifas:

thatpettyblackgirl:

abolish ICE now

@wapo

autpunq: lesbwian: No cop at pride just spiderman spriderman

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:43:44 -0400

autpunq:

lesbwian:

No cop at pride just spiderman

spriderman

welcometonegrotown: And people will see this and still be like...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:43:29 -0400

welcometonegrotown:

And people will see this and still be like ‘nah, could never happen here.’

It’s already fucking happening!

sodomymcscurvylegs: sodomymcscurvylegs: “Millennials are killing this industry!” Nope. You’re a...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:42:23 -0400

sodomymcscurvylegs:

sodomymcscurvylegs:

“Millennials are killing this industry!”

Nope. You’re a capitalist, and capitalism runs on supply and demand. Your industry not adapting to our needs or not providing anything we need or want is part of that supply and demand equation. Previous generations didn’t “kill the chariot” industry because cars became a more viable and faster way of travel.

The “killing industries” articles are a way for these corporations to play victim and pretend that their complete uselessness in the modern age - like diamonds in jewelry - is a problem caused by consumers rather than taking responsibility for their products failing to sell for numerous reasons.

marvel-feed: JAMES GUNN HAS FINISHED THE SCRIPT FOR ‘GUARDIANS...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:40:50 -0400

marvel-feed:

JAMES GUNN HAS FINISHED THE SCRIPT FOR ‘GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 3′!

As revealed on his Twitter account with the above image!

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Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:39:25 -0400

YOU CANT SPELL WALUIGI WITH OUT U AND I

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:39:13 -0400

tracerrs: Gamer bros: if gaming industries keep pandering to the feminists and lgbt im never...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:38:59 -0400

tracerrs:

Gamer bros: if gaming industries keep pandering to the feminists and lgbt im never playing video games again.

everyone else:

i-am-al-capone: profeminist: “Plenty of gay guys in HS get...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:31:46 -0400

i-am-al-capone:

profeminist:

“Plenty of gay guys in HS get bullied, play video games, & get rejected for dates. And yet we don’t hear about them going on killing sprees after getting turned down by a boy they like. This is about misogyny & a society that tells men they are entitled to women’s bodies.”

- @TheJWQ

And that’s the tea

catifex: effelants: theconqueeror: labambinafantasma: If you’re European, in a couple of weeks...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:30:16 -0400

catifex:

effelants:

theconqueeror:

labambinafantasma:

If you’re European, in a couple of weeks you will be denied any and all access to fandom contents on Tumblr and everywhere else on the internet. Here’s why.

On June, 20th the JURI of European Parliament approved of the articles 11 and 13 of the new Copyright Law. These articles are also known as the “Link Tax” and the “Censorship Machines” articles.

Articles 13 in particular forces every internet platform to filter all the contents we upload online, ending once and for all the fandom culture. Which means you won’t be able to upload any type of fandom works like fan arts, fan fictions, gif sets from your favourite films and series, edits, because it’s all copyrighted material. And you won’t also be able to share, enjoy or download other’s contents, because the use of links will be completely restricted.

But not everything’s lost yet. There’s another round of voting scheduled for the early days of July.

What you can do now to save our internet, is to share these informations with all of your family members and friends, and to ask to your MEP (the members of the European Parliament from your country) to vote NO at the next round, to vote against articles 11 and 13.

Here you can find more news and all the details to contact your MEP:

https://saveyourinternet.eu

Also, sign and share this petition:

https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet?recruiter=50668942&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial

We have just a couple of weeks to stop this complete madness, don’t let them dictating the way we enjoy our internet.

#SaveYourInternet now!

It’s funny how y'all will reblog any and all US things but when whole Europe might lose access to internet then everything is quiet.

Hey, guys! It’s me, your friendly neighborhood law student!

I am seeing this circling my dashboard (yet again) and I would like to say a few things about it. Once again, as I have stated before when I’ve weighed in on something, I am not a lawyer (yet). But, that being said…

Please stop being sensationalist. There are many legitimate criticisms of this directive, but these are not the criticisms I am seeing being spread around. Instead, what’s being spread around amounts to fearmongering. I don’t blame you for doing so - the vast majority of this is being started by the people this will hit hardest, AKA big corporate giants such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft. They have the kind of press pull that very easily leads to this kind of panic.

So, for any of my followers having anxiety about this, let me soothe your worries and address them point by point.

1. “This will destroy the internet in two weeks”

No, no, it won’t. This is a directive, meaning (unlike, say, the the last thing to bring my work onto my tumblr, the fucking GDPR) that it leaves the goals of the directive open to somewhat free implementation by member states, as long as the basic goals of the directive are met on time. As such, it will be years before we actually see any binding legislation as a result of this directive, and how member states choose to implement it will vary on the state in question.

2. “Article 11 will completely restrict the use of links”

Article 11, AKA what is being referred to as the link tax, essentially implements what we call the ancillary copyright of press publishers. This right gives press publishers the right to demand compensation when snippets of their content are displayed on other web pages. So, essentially, this is an article almost directly designed to bop Google (who currently holds the kind of leading market position that the EU sees as incredibly problematic because it kind of goes against everything the EU stands for) on the nose. This would force Google (and, with it, other companies) to compensate the writers of articles that are mirrored to their sites in a truncated form, often leading to less traffic to the actual site in question and thus the mirroring site gaining the revenue that would otherwise be due to the writer of the article.

Now - there are legitimate criticisms of this, which mostly hinge on the fact that forcing people to pay the content creator for content they are using may lead some people to stop using that content. Personally, I think it’s better for people to receive compensation for their work, even if it comes at the cost of less sharing of the work. You are allowed to disagree. The most legitimate form of criticism of this article, in my humble opinion, is that it may lead to a picking and choosing of what content to share and what not to. The thing is - is this not something that is being done already? What does this article add to that other than to make sure that if you do choose to share someone else’s work, that other party gets compensated accordingly?

3. “Article 13 will destroy fandom culture”

No, no, it won’t. The vast majority of fandom culture falls under what US law refers to as fair use and most European national laws (which, in the case of EU countries, are harmonized according to the European Union Copyright Directive) refer to as private use. Article 13 in and of itself does not change the allowances made for private use of media in derivative works already. It merely mandates that companies must take effective measures to stop the users of their services from sharing media that infringes on copyright.

Again, I am in the boring camp of agreeing with the EU - I believe it is better for people to be compensated for their work. If the way we are currently using media in fandom is infringing on copyright, then I think we should stop using it that way. You are entirely welcome to disagree with me on this. Notice how the wording of the article constantly emphasizes how measures taken must be appropriate and proportionate. How the the content recognition technology is mentioned as an example of effective measures that could be taken to stop the uploading and sharing of copyrighted works, not as the only way of doing so. Notice how the entire third paragraph of this article deals with best practices and appropriate and proportionate technology which takes into account the availability and effectiveness of technology - so, essentially, if it sucks and flags too many things as infringing on copyright, it should not be used because it is not appropriate, proportionate or effective. And that’s right there in the directive.

And, yet again, there are legitimate criticisms of this article, including the one mentioned in the OP I am replying to regarding the limitations of sharing copyrighted material on, say, Youtube. That’s true - but you haven’t been allowed to upload full films onto Youtube as is, have you? Videos with copyrighted music in the background have been muted or deleted, as well. The most legitimate criticism I’ve seen is that these automatic copyright infringement flagging algorithms are generally overzealous, and this could lead to over-censoring of content that would actually fall under fair use/personal use/whatever you want to call it. That’s true, very true - but the article doesn’t require countries to enforce algorithms being used if they don’t work as they should. See above paragraph.

So, in conclusion: yes, this directive could stand to be worded better. Yes, it may technically lead to the kinds of doomsday scenarios people are imagining - but I really don’t think it will. In fact, I doubt you’ll notice much difference when (in a few years) these laws actually start getting implemented. Notice how no one has heard about the GDPR for like three weeks now, even though we’re living in that supposedly apocalyptic post-GDPR world? (I say, bitterly, as I wade through piles of GDPR every day at work… :D)

Still don’t like the directive proposal? That’s totally fine. By all means, call up your MEP, take a stand! Now, you’re doing it for the right reasons.

Articles cited retrieved from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52016PC0593 on 21.06.18 at around 10AM GMT.

phew @effelants thank you I am so glad I follow you

onyourleftbooob: “if i was living during “[insert horrifying historic event]” i would have wanted...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:30:01 -0400

onyourleftbooob:

“if i was living during “[insert horrifying historic event]” i would have wanted to do something“ well we are living one through one now and can everyone who is eligible to vote please vote

nikolatesla-go: cheskamouse: saywhat-politics: Because...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:29:39 -0400

nikolatesla-go:

cheskamouse:

saywhat-politics:

Because Sometimes You Can’t Not Make Nazi Comparisons

“These are no longer humans, these are animals”

Fact: Godwin’s Law no longer applies, Godwin himself said so.

emmilinne: I’ve been asked to do tutorials over the years which I won’t do because honestly I am a...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:42:11 -0400

emmilinne:

I’ve been asked to do tutorials over the years which I won’t do because honestly I am a bad teacher and I don’t want anyone picking up what I know are bad art habits. Instead, have some tips/encouragement I would like to go back and give to 13 year old me and remind myself of now.

1. DRAW SOME DAMN HANDS. No, everyone does not walk around with hands in their pockets. The faster you get over an “avoidance” with drawing the faster your art can level up. An avoidance can be anything - hands, feet, creatures/animals, backgrounds, etc. Tackle those things. It doesn’t have to be good you just have to try.

2. USE SOME DAMN REFERENCES. If you can draw a prince in battle armour wielding a sword wrought by faeries as he leaps from a cliff to slay an ice breathing dragon all by memory, more power to you. Most people can have an awesome idea but the execution is hard because how does the amour fit? What does a sword hilt look like? How do ice reflections work? You get the point. Google the crap out of all that stuff and learn how things work. It’s not cheating, I promise.

3. GIVE YOURSELF A DAMN BREAK. Stretch your wrists, shoulders, back, neck on the reg. Go for a walk if you’ve been sitting all day. Rest your eyes if you’ve been looking at a screen for too long. If you’re feeling stuck, frustrated, and in a rut - stop for a bit. Go out into the world and gather inspiration, return when refreshed.

4. DON’T COMPARE YOURSELF TO OTHERS, DAMMIT. It is easy to consume lots of beautiful and inspiring art. This has the potential to take a nasty turn when it causes you to doubt and put down your own abilities. Stop comparing your art to other’s. Instead, look at art with a critical eye - what exactly is it that draws you to their art? Are they exceptional at using color? Do they convey emotion that feels tangible? Are they using dynamic poses? Use this critical eye to pinpoint what is appealing to you and work on developing those things in your own art. You level up when you go from “I wish I could draw like that” to “Damn they really understand how curly hair moves - now I will go Google lots of photos of curly hair and learn how it works”. (Also - tricked you, this goes back to #2)

5. TAKE YOUR DAMN TIME. You have your whole life to draw - draw as much and as often as you can, but remember that you’re not going to become Monet in one night. I used to feel like I needed to get better at drawing NOW and every drawing had to level up which put immense pressure on me. Sometimes you will have bursts where your art improves noticeably, sometimes you will hit a plateau even when you are striving to get better. This is just a part of your art journey. Don’t let urgency and frustration consume you. Enjoy the process, listen to your muse, and the rest will come in time.

Happy drawing!