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GET MICROWAVED @hiro-doodlez.

You guys really liked my last poll so

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in the latest cyber-news: the internet archive has lost their case against 4 major publishing houses (verge article). they’re going to appeal, but this is still a bad outcome. the fate of the internet is currently hanging in the balance because 4 multibillionare publishing groups missed out on like $15 of combined revenue during the pandemic because of the archive’s online library service. it’s so fucking stupid.

for those who don’t know what the internet archive is, it’s a virtual library full of media. books, magazines, recordings, visuals, flash games, websites - a lot of these things either don’t exist anymore or cannot be found & bought. heard of the wayback machine? that’s part of the internet archive. it is the most important website to exist, and i don’t say that lightly. if the internet archive goes down, the cultural loss will be immeasurable.

so how can you help?

boycott the publishing companies involved in this. they’re absolute ghouls, frankly, and don’t deserve a penny. the companies involved are harpercollins (imprints), wiley (imprints), penguin random house llc (imprints), and hachette book group (imprints). make sure the websites are set to your location as it may differ worldwide.

learn to torrent. download a torrent client (i recommend transmission), a vpn (i recommend protonvpn - sign up and choose the area that’s closest to your continent/country), and hit up /r/piracy on reddit for websites. with torrenting, you can get (almost) any media you want for free in high quality, with add-ons such as subtitles, and with no risks of loss. i would also recommend getting into the habit of watching stuff online for free. the less you can pay to a giant corporation, the better.

get into the habit of downloading and archiving materials. find a TB external hard drive, ideally the higher the better. it’ll probably cost around $60 for 1TB and continue to go up, but they’re so so useful. if you can’t afford a drive, look for any GB harddrives or memory sticks you have lying around and just fill them up. videos, pdfs, magazines, songs, movies, games - anything you can rip and download and fit on there, do it, because nothing is permanent.

donate to the internet archive. this is the most important option on the list. the IA relies entirely on funding, and it’s going to need more to fight this case. whatever you can donate, do it. i promise it’s helpful.

and finally…

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@moccasins

the ghost stories dubs give me a reason to stay on this earth

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Reblog to open a rail line from your blog to the person you reblogged this from

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to all my mutuals and friends. im so sorry

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erererrerererer

(+ bonuses)

^ quote from a friend " i quickly became a homophobe. "

this may be the last semi undertale related thing i post here LOL

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hi ultrakill fans

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you’re the real unfortunate one

DID FIR3LIT3 GIVE YOU MY TUMBLR WHAT????

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my gender is irrelevant because it doesn’t mean we have sappers in our lives

Type "my gender is" on your phone and let your phone finish the sentence, then tag your moots to keep the chain going, I'll go first.

My gender is a little bit more intense than I thought I could have done

@mirukosbitchywife @get-junpeid

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“Thinking about compression from a side view”

Source: Anime Private School on Twitter

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i saw this on imgur and well, even if something like this is going around on tumblr already it is important.

link to imgur post

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testing out some things. i might actually keep the style because it doesn’t require line work and it’s fast (also not complete and udder hell to do!!)

geno belongs to @loverofpiggies

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