Author: immortalwave

cornsnoot:

sassy-in-glasses:

staff:

🚨 The internet needs you 🚨

You’re up again, Tumblr. 

Back in 2015 you demanded that the FCC adopt strict net neutrality rules and establish a free and open internet. And you won. 

That should’ve been the end of it. But apparently not.

The new head of the FCC wants to undo the net neutrality protections you fought so hard for.

His proposed changes open the door to your web traffic being slowed down, or even blocked altogether. You could be forced to pay extra to use your favorite apps. You could even be prevented from getting news from the sources you trust.

Title II protects consumers and democracy by ensuring all voices can be heard.

You know the drill. Here’s what to do:

The FCC is taking comments from the public, and dearfcc.org is making it as simple as possible for you to make your voice heard.

Go there now 👉 dearfcc.org ✌️

You’ll just need to provide a name, an address, and then say a little bit about why rolling back Title II protections is a bad idea. If you’re not quite sure what to write, here’s something to get you started:

I’m writing to urge you to keep our Open Internet rules based on Title II in place. Without them, we could lose the internet as we know it.

The proposed changes to FCC rules would allow fast lanes for sites that pay, and force everyone else into slow lanes. We’ve already seen access to streaming services like Netflix, popular games like League of Legends, and communication platforms like FaceTime slowed down, or even blocked. Conditions like this hurt businesses large and small, and penalize the users who patronize them. 

The changes also open the door to unfair taxes on internet users, and could also make it harder for blogs, nonprofits, artists, and others who can’t pay up to have their voices heard.

Please leave the existing net neutrality rules based on Title II in place.

Thank you!

If you need more ammo, feel free to quote these experts from our net neutrality Issue Time. TechCrunch and Battle for the Net also have some good starters.

Everyone is counting on everyone else here. Do your part and tell the FCC to keep a free and open internet under Title II. 

THE ONE TIME I AGREE WITH @staff

alright I’ve been hesitant to reblog a net neutrality post to my snake blog but fuck, even staff is on this boat, I hope it comes across as important

schizoidsuggestions:

having auditory processing difficulties

someone: so, [says an entire paragraph of words or is it just nonsense spewing out? no one knows]. you know what i mean?

me: ….y es…?

someone: …you do?

me, sweating: …………………y….yes..??????

strangerdarkerbetter:

Shoutout to autistic people who don’t know whether they have high or low empathy

To the autistic people with alexithymia who can barely figure out what they’re feeling, let alone what others are feeling

To the autistic people with fluctuating empathy that changes from day to day or moment to moment

To the autistic people who feel some things so strongly and other things not at all

Shoutout to the autistic people with low empathy

To the autistic people who don’t feel what other people are feeling 

To the autistic people who are driven to help anyways

To the autistic people who have no idea what other’s are feeling unless it is explicitly stated

Shoutout to the autistic people with high empathy

To the autistic people who feel so strongly for animals or objects but feel little for other humans

To the autistic people who feel the emotions of others way too strongly

To the autistic people who can’t sort out their own feelings from the feelings others

No matter how you experience empathy, it’s ok. You’re not a bad person for experiencing empathy differently from neurotypicals. You’re not cold or uncaring if you have low empathy. You’re not too sensitive if you have high empathy. It’s ok to not know how you experience empathy. It’s ok if how you experience empathy changes. No matter how you experience empathy, it’s ok. 

autisticeducator:

levathian:

The fact that I Don’t Seem Autistic™ is mostly a sign that I’m spending way too much time and resources pretending I’m allistic so you don’t get uncomfortable. I’m not “high-functioning” or “well-adjusted”, I’m behaving. I had to go through years of abuse so you don’t get embarassed when I flap my hands in public.

Don’t use “You don’t look autistic to me.” as a compliment.

“You don’t look/seem autistic” is one of the biggest insults you can say to me.

yugiohnineinthesky:

ladymdej:

candidlyautistic:

That autistic / ADHD feel when you want to do… something.

I call this “activity cravings” because it’s like when you want a certain food but you aren’t sure which food. But for activities.

Do I want to go for a walk? Play a game? If so, what kind of game? DO I want to make things? Read? Watch tv? A movie?

Wait, do neurotypical people not experience this?

hi hey hello this post has been made before but please try not to make fun of people for their autistic traits such as

kentuckyfriednug:

bassethoundcinnamonroll:

• telling the same joke/ wanting to have the same conversation over and over again

• not having much coordination and having a tough time doing “easy” things like tying shoelaces

• having trouble understanding what you mean and needing lots of clarification

• needing things to be broken down into little steps

• having extremely high or extremely low empathy

• getting very attached to things like inanimate objects

there are a lot more but these are just ones i haven’t seen mentioned before!! feel free to add on if u think of anything else

  • having a monotonous voice
  • obsessing over special interests
  • getting sensory overload in loud/bright places

angryqueerautie:

A lifetime of being forced to hide my autistic traits has made it where people don’t believe I’m autistic. Some people who know I’m autistic even seem to forget. So here’s your regular reminder to stop pretending that all autistic people act the same way. I am not “less autistic” because I’ve been trained to hide who I am.