#what is vpn

[ritahayworrth]

there's currently a free japanese indie film festival being held online! all the films have subtitles in english, spanish (latin america), thai, indonesian, simplified chinese, and traditional chinese and the films are available to watch worldwide (except japan and some others depending on the movie):

bachiranun (2021)

tenzo (2019), not available in france, belgium, switzerland, korea

an artisan's legacy, tsunekazu-nishioka (2012)

lonely glory (2022)

hanagatami (2017), not available in china, us, canada, uk, and ireland

bon-uta, a song from home (2019)

and your bird can sing (2018), not available in korea, china, taiwan, us, and canada

hey! our dear don-chan (2022)

techno brothers (2023)

a muse never drowns (2022), not available in the netherlands, and canada

a girl in my room (2022), not available in korea, china, and taiwan

follow the light (2021)

the festival will be held until october 31, 2023 :))

[truegossipercom]

Here, you will learn about what is a VPN, working, uses, and pros and cons. We will also list out some of the best VPNs available in the market

[leveragehunters]

Google Germany blocking AO3 in search results

I haven't seen anything on this cross my dash, and I thought it was worth bringing here with as much accuracy as possible. (I first encountered it on Reddit.)

Currently (24.12.2022) Google is blocking AO3 from search results in Germany as a result of a complaint.

It is only Google, not other search engines. The government did not request it. It has nothing to do with copyright. It does not impact access to the site itself. ETA: If you use Chrome, it may not let you bookmark AO3 URLs (reports are mixed).

I tested it using a VPN set to Germany, searching for my AO3 username. This is a Google search for leveragehunters showing no AO3 results while connected to a German VPN:

The same search from Australia, with the first result AO3:

A DuckDuckGo search for leveragehunters while connected to a German VPN - AO3 is the third and fifth hit.

The bottom of the Google search using the German VPN states:

In response to a legal request submitted to Google, we have removed 2 results from this page. If you wish, you may read more about the request at LumenDatabase.org. This is the link to read more: https://lumendatabase.org/notices/9415.

What was the complaint? You can read it here (and it is seriously light on information): https://lumendatabase.org/notices/9415, but it says:

A URL that otherwise would have appeared in response to your search was not displayed because that URL was reported as illegal under German youth protection laws.

Ihre Suche hätte in den Suchergebnissen einen Treffer generiert, den wir Ihnen nicht anzeigen, da uns mitgeteilt wurde, dass die entsprechende URL rechtswidrig gemäß deutscher Jugendschutzgesetze ist.

Like I said up there, this was not a government request. Government requests to remove material from Google say so on the notice (see, for example: https://lumendatabase.org/notices/30045178 or all of these).

Anyone can make a complaint to Google and ask them to remove something for allegedly violating local laws. I suspect what's happened is that someone has reported the top level AO3 URL to Google through their procedures and that Google, being the knee-jerk risk-adverse devil company that it is, has blocked the site pending investigation (AKA lawyers saying yes or no) or just went stuff it, a shoddy complaint's good enough cause we don't actually care.

The Reddit thread is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AO3/comments/zsgt6v/is_ao3_blocked_from_being_displayed_in_google_in/, but mixed in with the reports from German users is a lot of maybe not so helpful/accurate information so, you know, grain of salt and all that.

@ao3org

[asmallmoon333]

I've decided to post small AUs I'll never write here lol.

Modern 2024 AU, everyone is human. Ryuk is internet famous for having a YouTube channel in which he makes videos Only about apples. He’s been doing this for years and is now a living Meme. He has a series, 10-20 min per episode, where each ep is him just rigorously reviewing a single type of apple. Light is his roommate who at the start would only occasionally appear in the background. Sometimes Light would also give his opinion on the apple if Ryuk couldn’t decide on a rating. Light would do so much less enthusiastically but so logically sound it was fascinating to witness.

Light eventually has his own fans, and people start wanting him to appear more. He does so, and the videos now include deep dives into the apple's history as a context for its availability, regional popularity, use in recipes, etc. The vids are now 40-60 min long, but people still love them. Light's deadpan superiority and Ryuk's unhinged enthusiasm are really entertaining.

Then one commenter (SweetRyuzaki) starts asking him detailed questions, often disputing Light’s historical facts, and Light gets annoyed and responds and they argue for like 50+ comments while the peanut gallery posts their fights on twitter and tumblr. Light eventually knows more about apples than wikipedia does, just to spite that one commenter.

Lots of subtle digs at SweetRyuzaki are now included in their videos.

Oh btw, L Lawliet is Ryuk and Light's classmate at Uni. He’s a big fan. L eventually gets involved in the channel too by procuring rare types of apples for Ryuk's videos. He's rich and is (secretly) funding crossbreeding programs to ensure new types never run out. Ryuk loves him and invites him over all the time, and L helps them film and edit. Light starts to rant to L about the evil SweetRyuzaki and his asinine opinions and conspiracy theories (that seems so true Light spends his weeknights researching them just to prove him wrong in the next video). The fans love their fights btw; they ship it and Light hates them all. Ryuk is having the time of his life.

L always nods along and agrees with Light that Ryuzaki is an evil troll. He volunteers his body to help Light 'get over' his anger and frustration after every video is posted. Lots of sex ensues.

L is winning at life. Until Light tracks down SweetRyuzaki's IP address.

[elbiotipo]

funniest comments in my copyright post are "here in (Western) Europe we don't care about THAT much about piracy either! it's just the goverment that fines us and we just use a vpn", and thanks for pirating I support you but I don't think you understand the fact that that also sounds nuts to me. The fact that you could even get some kind of legal punishment for pirating is completely alien to me, if there are any laws against piracy here they must be gathering dust in a archive somewhere. I have no idea what a VPN is.

[momhowell]

ummmmmm there is so much here but anyone else's heart go into a brief interlude of cardiac arrest when phil said "my fiance"

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

Kanaya: Attention Everyone: Yelling "FUCK YOU I DONT NEED THERAPY" At An Earth-C-Tube Advertisement Does Not Help Your Case.

[angels444yuri]

pinterest needs to start calling for donations or something to help fix the site bc this is truly getting out of hand

[squidkid15]

Horrible news, from my sleuthing it looks like LMK s5 is airing only on TV in korea. Not online. And it looks like it's only the first 2 episodes. English watchers got fucked again.

[i-dont-eat-drywall]

R4T3 MY F1T

1M 4 ALPH4W0LF!!!!

[hemaris]

so no baby assassins ep 2 official youtube upload??

[brokencrayons]

“You are the key…”

“Be empowered with this technique.”

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[yourfavouritemoondemon]

Hello friends, I barely know how to use this app but I know the magnus archives fans are here!!! Not sure how many people here are tma fans and also Aurora fans but I am being driven insane, absolutely berserk. Aurora just released an album and on it are two awesome songs, one called The blade and the other called My body is not mine. These songs have SUCH tma energy and I NEED someone else to know this and validate it. The blade to me is late TMA (like when everything goes to shit) and my body is not mine reminds me so much of Daisy!!!! So much!!! Honestly The blade also reminds me a lot of daisy, especially the ending. I have been artblocked for an ungodly amount of time but someone needs to make an Amv to these PLEASE

[honeymochibubbletea]

Guys… Twitter here in Brazil is literally dead right now… so can any of you guys keep me updated on Fluffpillow’s posts about Phantasmo?

@malin5520

@cabasasa

I’m posting this because i know some Phantasmo posts are not posted here on Tumblr sooo…