Got all these links from XKCD which is blacked out in protest.

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EFF: One-page guide to SOPA
reddit: A technical overview of the SOPA and PIPA bills
DYN: How these bills would break DNS
EFF: Free speech on the web

ACT:
Contact information for US elected officials

Apeconmyth has an excellent info flowsheet about SOPA/PIPA. Glorious, easy to understand information. Plus, a FREEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOM chibi.

The Oatmeal has an entertaining & informative GIF explaining the consequences of these bills. And because s/he asked so nicely, I am sharing the GIF.

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Me and my little corner of intarwebs activism because you can take the girl out of the Fine Arts faculty but you can't take the Fine Arts Faculty out of the girl especially if she lives in the land where hippies retire.

Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its little sister, Protect IP Act(PIPA) bills are being introduced to the USA legislative ( Read more... )

Quoted from Kurt Busiek's twitter.
To remember on 9/11. Those fallen. Those responsible. Our national identity, spirit and ideals. And that criminals did this, not a religion.

It's freakin' sad when The Onion gets it better than "legitimate" news.

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Did you see the little girl in the beginning? She has RAGE. So. Much. Rage. She'll probably turn to nu-emo as a teenager.

On Women's Gold and Equality: Best damn caption about the whole thing ( Read more... )

handyhunter linked me to dhobikikutti's Master List of Chromatic Recasting Posts which is EPIC. It has 3 DCU posts (4 if you count Vertigo) and 4 Marvel posts and ALSO, ALSO, ALSO Supernatural, Disney Princesses, Harry Potter, Chronicles and Narnia OH MY GAWD. *twiiiiiiiiirls*

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ETA: forgot to add that kkglinka first brought this to my attention.

I bring you the awesome that is Shyaporn Theerakulstit

THIS HAS SPOILERS. BE WAAAAAAAAAARNED!

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Think that was awesome? Check out Wolverine in 30 seconds and a one-man rendition of One Day More from Les Miserables

And on a slightly serious note but not really, an Asian response to ( Read more... )