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YO. *claps hands*. IMPORTANT THING.
For those of you who might not want to bother clicking on the link without knowing what’s up, Ao3 has a legal team and there are three new potential issues out there looking to become Problems for those of us in USA fandom spaces. I won’t cover all the details because I am very bad at understanding legalese but basically-
1. there’s a Bill that just got past the House of Representatives that is called SHOP SAFE and it basically means that ya’ll can kiss your fan merch goodbye on places like ebay, etsy, patreon, etc. For obvious reasons that’s really bad, not just for those of us who want to buy cool fan merch made by fellow fans but for those of us who can’t find/hold a regular job for various reasons and need to pay rent by selling this sort of thing.
2. there’s a proposed bill called the EARN IT act that is supposed to help crack down on photography/posting of child porn, which obviously would be a good thing, but it’s worded *so loosely* that it means anti-lgbt+ lobbiests/other people could use it to crack down on lgbt+ artwork/photography and force searches of internet users’ private materials. Which obviously is a big no-no on the privacy front.
3. there is a new proposal that would force websites, including Ao3 and other fan posting sites, to try to filter out “copyright infringing material”. Ie your fanfic/art/etc. These measures wouldn’t take into account fair use material and like-
You’re on tumblr. You lived through the nsfw-filtering ai fiasco like the rest of us. Do you really want things like that and like Youtube’s brain dead copyright strike system to become the norm for other websites and fan spaces?
Seriously read the blog post for all the details including how to help slap sense into the people trying to push this stuff through if you live in the USA. Also go yell at your local senator/representative.
Also also please reblog this so that other people can also yell at the idiots who won’t leave our fan spaces alone.
@hamelin-born thought you might wanna know about this/reblog this too.
Feeling frustrated with myself for being exhausted and falling asleep on the couch, when i remembered that I am working off of 90 minutes of sleep, and I have been up for sixteen hours for work. Yeah, I am an adult. I can put myself to bed.
Alright, folks, let’s talk about how to sleep sitting up, because apparently people don’t know how to do that. As someone who has spent two or so months out of every year for over half my life having to sleep propped up, can’t relate, but we move on.
First, you need a solid base layer to put everything else on. Preferably a solid pillow, but anything that gives you a base layer slightly above the bed level. Next, a big fluffy layer between the back and the headboard. This serves to prop up your shoulders and is ultimately what your head rests against. Up to you how tall. The essential third layer. The flimsiest, squishiest layer. It bridges the gap between the bed and your other layers and provides your lower back with support.
Exact angles and heights are up to you and are between you and your body. Go forth and sleep comfortably when you can’t lie down.
Manager: Mouse, do this task. [simple, should be fast] Me: ok. Other Manager: Mouse, go to lunch.
Me, looking at the clock, realizing I’ve been on shift less than two hours but knowing I won’t get another chance if I beg off: o-kayyyy
Come back from lunch, resume Task A Coworker: step down to that Mouse to get help.
Me, still trying to do Thing A: ok, give me-
Cokworker, to the next one: step down to Mouse and get helped after last costumer
Me: … This is going to be a Thing I can tell.
Apparently people who don't have executive dysfunction think that actually working on something is the hardest part of doing something. And that's why they get mad that you call the rest of the project "easy" after you've finally worked through doing the plan and know what to do when you're working.
So when you're through with the epiphany of how to make it physically possible to make the thing you're making, and you're sharing the plan with excitement, because the hard part is over, and now you only have to get your hands moving and do it, they get mad at you like
"it's not that easy! It's a lot of hard work! >:C"
they mean it, because
to them, working is the hardest part.
They don't have to fight their brains to get started. They don't have to fight their way through making the choices, making the plan, making yourself make the thing. People who don't suffer from executive dysfunction think that the hardest part is actually doing the thing.