brb crying over sylvari

Our last post isn't moving

We had to spend many days in a hotel room after grandpa tried to force a haircut on our daughter because she is trans, she needs a new haircut to fix what he did to her.

On top of that weather has been shit, we keep getting blackouts and low voltage, our connection has been unreliable, we also have had our water supply cut alongside many other people in the neighborhood, the water company swears supply will be up shortly but we've been like this for over a week.

The blackouts spoiled our food and insulin, we need help getting insulin while we file for a refill with their healthcare.

We also want help being safe at home, grandpa is willing to go visit his siblings in back on his home town, don't see it as helping a transphobic man, more like helping a trans family feel safe for a while.

Our trans son has missed his last two weekly T shots, it is pride month, he shouldn't be depressed and spiraling due to dysphoria, please, help him.

And the mold is coming back full force due to the constant rains and humidity.

My partner is recovering from an ankle injury after his dad pulled his cane from him during an argument and my mother in law's sciatica and disc pain has been horrible, she needs to go to her doctor.

Im ashamed to say we're still unemployed, we do have a new student but our connection has been so unreliable i can't be sure to give a proper class if this continues.

Please consider helping us, maybe check the stuff we need on throne like some phones or the Ensure suplements, or the cart so we can carry water easier.

And my healthcare renewal notice came in, I need $138 to keep my healthcare please 🙇

Really, anything helps please please PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

$100/$800

Paypal kofi throne

i cant even open the laptop without him trying to smash it shut so "my lazy ass" can get to cleaning and "being useful"

we need help affording some stuff to be safer here like affording a couple of doors so we can hide from him and such, we know it's not the perfect plan but we can't just throw a disabled elderly man to the streets even if we hate him

$0/$350

We hope the specialist might clear up what is going on, give us a proper diagnosis but we need $125, this already takes into account paypal and instant transfer fees.

Thank you

$0/$125

Well played Merriam-Webster.

DID THE JOURNAL FACTORY FUCKING EXPLODE???

you said it yourself: you're looking to vent it LITERALLY ANYWHERE

so vent it somewhere private. or at least not literally aimed AT another person, a total stranger at that

Like, this reblogger sounds so insanely self centered in their reblog. notice how both options focus on how being rude would affect THEM. "B has no consequences for me so it's perfectly fine to do"

More info from GLAAD:

https://glaad.org/fcc/

They have some good tips about writing a comment and protecting your privacy which, fuck it, I'll just paste here:

Providing an email address is optional. If you have concerns about privacy, you may use your initials or public address in your local area, such as City Hall. Do not use a joke name. It diminishes the comment’s credibility.

Your submission does not need to be long. A single, well-reasoned paragraph is sufficient.

Do not copy/paste a template comment. The FCC values unique perspectives, and an original comment carries significantly more weight in the public record. You can explain why this matters to you without revealing private or sensitive personal information.

Here's what I said:

“Free speech is a fundamental American freedom. I do not need a warning about seeing queer people, much like I do not need a warning about women, veterans, or any other group of people.”

Here's the link to submit your comment by May 22:

The case in Memphis also challenges Tennessee’s Halo Law, which criminalizes anyone who gets within 25 feet of an officer after they’ve been warned to step away. Task force agents are invoking the law against observers who are not interfering, and sometimes forcing them back even farther than required so they can no longer see or hear. “It unconstitutionally burdens people’s ability to engage in gathering information and recording what task force agents are doing,” ACLU attorney Scarlet Kim told me. [...]

The surge has not gotten much national attention in part because Tennessee’s Republican governor supports it—he has said it will continue indefinitely. And the Trump administration has framed it not as an immigration crackdown, which would get a lot of press coverage, but as a crime crackdown. (Task force officers from other agencies are arresting people primarily for traffic violations and crimes, but they call DHS officers when they encounter immigrants.)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-leahy-a7b5a8161

UK legislation: Online Safety Act 2023

Brazil legislation: Digital Statute For Children And Adolescents

Apple App Store Age Verification

These are not tumblr specific policies. Tumblr is implementing age verification in response to legislative moves that were made months ago.

Tumblr is a failing social media site that has escaped death multiple times already; they do not have the social cachet to defy state regulatory agencies. We know they won't say no to Apple, either--the porn ban on tumblr was in response to Apple's crackdown on explicit content.

If you did not know this was happening, you were behind the curve. That is fine. You're caught up now. The next step is to link up with people in your country who are working to preserve privacy, to roll back these laws where they exist, and to prevent their passage where they do not. In the US the organization you want is Stop KOSA--in the EU you can start with Fight Chat Control.