i solve my problems by blatantly ignoring them and going on the internet

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Hey, all:

I paid for a bit of internet service, so I’ll be tumblin’ tonight. I hope everything’s been going well for everyone since I’ve been offline—I’ve certainly been having a good time, this vacation has been really good for me.

That’s my friend Emma on the left—I’m on the right with the red dress.

:)

To stave off worries that I’ve disappeared or something:

I’m getting on a plane tomorrow and probably won’t have regular internet access until the follow Friday—we’ll see if I can convince my fellow vacationers to hang out in Starbucks once or twice for a little while. In the mean time, to keep my blog active, I’ve got a queue set up that hopefully won’t do any of the weird things that tumblr queues have been known to do.

I hope this week is a lovely one for everyone, and I’ll be around again for realz when I get back!

FOUND THE OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PETITION TO STOP ACTA. 

agniology:

westfalias:

voldemortattacks:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/end-acta-and-protect-our-right-privacy-internet/MwfSVNBK

Please pass along and sign!

signal boost go!

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(via stfuconservatives)

apriki:

If you’re planning to continue to use a downloading system (and I honestly hope you do - saying megaupload shutting down is the end of downloads would be like saying file sharing was dead when napster got taken), here are a few tips:

FOR UPLOADING

• rename your files something simple - for example, “GOT” or even “throne” for Game of Thrones, or “TVD” or “vampire” for The Vampire Diaries. Sometimes files will be taken down for being named something copyrighted.
• change the extension of your file to .ppt or .abc - after downloading the person can change it back to .avi
• put http://anonym.to/ before your url link

FOR DOWNLOADING

• there are lots of other downloading sites! Filesonic, fileshare, rapidshare, mediafire… get out there and explore for your links, you’ll find heaps of them (and probably in HD - megaupload was the go-to source of medium quality files, but 720p is usually uploaded to other servers)
• tehparadox is a goldmine for links - and most of them are filesonic/fileserve, which means they’re still valid.
• you can use torrenting! Here is a guide for everything you need to know about torrents and how to use them. It’s not complicated at all, and in some ways a lot simpler than direct download.
• Install JDownloader! It will change your life, I swear. 
• filestube is a great way to find links - just be really cautious as to what links you’re sent to - if you’re getting vibes that it isn’t a legit link (size is often an indicator here: regular shows should be about 350mb, movies 700mb - anything incredibly large (unless it’s HD) or small in size is not the real deal), don’t download it.
• AVOID programs like limewire - i hope this doesn’t even need to be said, but downloading programs are crawling with viruses.

FOR STREAMING

• ngl, the loss of megavideo is a blow in this department. I would say that if you can, download, but if you can’t, livestreams like justintv can work well.
• tumblr tags! Searching for a movie or show in the tags can produce a wealth of download or streaming links (the “shame” tag has been going off lately for this reason, fyi). 
• American sites like ABC often stream episodes after they’ve aired - for Americans only, of course. Use a proxy program like tunnelbear or hotspot shield to bypass country limits - this can be used for sites like hulu as well.

Have fun and be smart when it comes to downloads!!

(via ancient-amateur)

RIP MEGAUPLOAD AND MEGAVIDEO 

sexlock:

Shit guys IT’S HAPPENING.

FBI, SOPA, same thing, same shit.

http://nooooooooooooooo.com/

Fight SOPA! 

stfuconservatives:

starkwords submitted

PROTECT IP (S. 968)/SOPA (HR. 3261) creates the first system for Internet censorship - this bill has sweeping provisions that give the government and corporations leeway and legal cover for taking down sites “by accident,” mistakenly, or for NOT doing “enough” to protect the interests of Hollywood. These bills that are moving very quickly through Congress and can pass before Christmas aim to give the US government and corporations the ability to block sites over infringing links posted by their users and give ISPs the release to take any means to block peoples’ sites, including slowing down your connection. That’s right, some say this bill is a workaround to net neutrality and is bigger than net neutrality.

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Basically what this means is that any site that has ever made copyright material available in ANY WAY could be completely blocked in the USA. That includes ALL of Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, and anywhere else with user-generated content that could potentially be used to share copyright material. 

Learn more about it here

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It’s probably a good thing that my last day to pack is the day when our internet inexplicably becomes mind-numbingly slow.

On the other hand, it’s extremely irritating.

For example, I typed the above several minutes ago, but the page hasn’t loaded enough for there to be a “post” button.

So I’m just hanging out, become slowly enraged, as I wait to be able to post about my rage.

There would be an angry David Tennant gif here if I didn’t think it would kill my internet to go looking for one.

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Yeah, the post button never loaded, I had to copy/paste the text and then reload the page.

Of course this time, everything loaded immediately.

cindysherman replied to your post: cindysherman replied to your post: I’ve just…

I CAN BRING THE LEFTOVERS. But seriously, we’re gonna need to feed ourselves for 2+ days.

True facts.

Facts at that are also tasty.

Tasty, tasty facts.

(Clearly the internet has rotted my brain.)

(Edited to correct my typo.  Because I felt like it.)

Our internet is broken, 

and I hate trying to view tumblr on the little phone screen, so I’ll be away for a bit. Be back soon (hopefully)!

ETA: Oh, it’s back.  Sweet!