On this day in 1923, the U.S. Supreme Court decided unanimously to bar South Asians from becoming American citizens and to denaturalize those who had already done so. Learn more.
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seriously tho to the ppl who go all “finally there’s a girl who is badass but still feminine!”: hmu i want the names of the gnc characters you apparently got swarmed with at some point
Today marks the anniversary of FDR signing executive order 9066, which authorized the “indefinite detention” of nearly 150,000 people on American soil.
The order authorized the Secretary of War and the U.S. Army to create military zones “from which any or all persons may be excluded.” The order left who might be excluded to the military’s discretion. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt inked his name to EO9066 on Feb. 19, 1942, it opened the door for the roundup of some 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese citizens living along the west coast of the U.S. and their imprisonment in concentration camps. In addition, between 1,200 and 1,800 people of Japanese descent watched the war from behind barbed wire fences in Hawaii. Of those interned, 62 percent were U.S. citizens. The U.S. government also caged around 11,000 Americans of German ancestry and some 3,000 Italian-Americans.
When you think you reordered your insulin pump supplies and start freaking out when you haven’t heard anything about your order, and you’re about to run out…then you go back to the website and realize that at some point during the order process you got distracted and only put the items in your cart and didn’t actually order them…things like that are what the $15 over-night shipping is truly for.
EVERYONE CALM DOWN
Before you reblog everything to do with Nosdrinker’s blog being deleted, consider some things:
1. Tumblr doesn’t even HAVE a ‘get function’ when it comes to audio. In fact the only way to download audio is to have xkit – and if that was the problem, then it would be xkit who’d get into trouble, not the bloggers.
2. Nosdrinker made a post saying ‘my music blog is still up?’ which implies that his blog being deleted wasn’t necessarily to do with all of this.
3. This whole ‘it’s fully automated’ thing is UTTER BULLSHIT, I can tell you that now. For one thing if it WAS automated, then a shit tonne more blogs than nosdrinker’s would’ve been deleted. Record companies may hold copyrights, and may well be able to send out legal documents for the removal of music, but ultimately they could not get an ENTIRE BLOG removed without Tumblr’s consent or a Court order for removal. Let’s face it: Tumblr never remove anything, so they wouldn’t consent to it.
I just cannot help but think that this whole thing has been taken WIDELY out of context, and people are panicking and getting antsy over absolutely nothing. At best, the individual post itself would be deleted, but not an entire blog that could be anything up to 7 years old.
I mean come on, common sense, folks. Not even the likes of YouTube are THAT shitty. You’d get a warning at the very least, and a chance to fix the problem.
FAQ about tumblr account terminations for music copyright violations.
Q: What is happening?
A: Tumblr is using an automated process to delete/terminate Tumblr accounts which have uploaded copyrighted songs. Tumblr user nosdrinker (now nosdrinkerisdead) is a recent prominent example.
Q: Why is this happening now, and not a year ago?
A: Many reasons, but the most important: Around February 1, 2015, Yahoo changed Tumblr audio posts to add download functionality (a “get” button), which would turn Tumblr into a pirated-music-hub unless Yahoo gives the music industry free rein to search and destroy — and Yahoo has.
Q: How do the account terminations happen?
A: Music industry (especially the IFPI) search bots analyze Tumblr posts, looking for metadata such as song titles and song lyrics. When they get matches, the music industry bots automatically send a takedown (DMCA) notice to Tumblr. If three takedown notices are sent within an 18 month period, the account is automatically deleted/terminated by Tumblr. No actual human being looks at the Tumblr posts or the Tumblr blog in question.
Q: Are accounts getting deleted in error?
A: Hell yes. See the IFPI and Jeremy Banks tags for the latest sadness. People have had their accounts terminated for using two lines of a song in a mashup, for translating song lyrics, and for posting their original music.
Q: What determines Tumblr’s “three copyright violations in 18 months = account termination” rule?
A: Nothing. Tumblr made it up. Tumblr could choose to delete the posts with alleged copyright violation and do nothing else. Tumblr is not required to delete accounts.
Q: Should I delete my old audio upload posts?
A: Yes, if you do not wish to have your account terminated. nosdrinkerisdead recommends using the website trntbl.me to locate your old audio posts; it will list your original audio posts as well as those you have reblogged. Folks have had takedowns for music posts from two years back.
Q: I deleted the audio posts I created. Should I delete audio posts I have reblogged?
A: Maybe. At this time, only original posts have bot searchable metadata such as tags, so if you reblog something a bot is not going to find it. Also, when an original audio post is deleted due to a takedown, then all reblogs of it should become empty posts, so going after reblogs makes no sense. However, once you have a “copyright violation” strike, there may be poorly paid music industry interns who periodically check your blog manually to look at your music tag or whatever. I expect the IFPI and others maintain databases of “previous violators.” I’ve removed all my reblogged music, since I’m sure I’m on what is known colloquially as a “shitlist.”
Q: Should I delete an audio post in which I uploaded like fifteen seconds of a copyrighted song?
A: I would. In case I haven’t made it clear, the account terminations have nothing to do with common sense or fair use. The music industry bots do not give a shit about your blog getting destroyed in error, and neither does Tumblr. Every DMCA, no matter how bizarre, is counted as a valid strike unless you file a DMCA Counter-Notification. If you aren’t interested in doing that, and do not want your account deleted, then when in doubt I would delete.
Q: What about a vid of me singing one minute of a song, or a photo on which I pasted text of song lyrics?
A: Did you put the song lyrics or the song title in your tags? If so, the bots might flag it as a copyright violation. Bots are stupid.
Q: Are there songs I should be particularly worried about?
A: Yes, anything managed by the IFPI. IFPI bots are producing the most takedowns.
Q: What about spotify and soundcloud audio posts?
A: Should be fine, because you didn’t upload the music, you just linked to it at spotify and soundcloud. The issue at this time is only with audio posts in which you uploaded music from your computer.
Q: What should I do if my account was terminated for music copyright violations?
A: Start a new Tumblr blog if you want to continue using Tumblr. You will need a new username and a new email account.
Q: But the music was music I wrote! It’s mine!
A: Use Tumblr’s DMCA Counter-Notification process to fight the content deletion/takedown.
Q: But I bought the music through Amazon or iTunes or on a CD, and thought it was okay to share through streaming audio on Tumblr.
A: So did we all. For years, Tumblr allowed us to upload music (up to five audio posts a day) because it substantially increased Tumblr’s user base and user “activity,” therefore increasing Tumblr’s value to its eventual buyer, Yahoo, and to the advertisers Yahoo is so eager to court. Now Yahoo/Tumblr is letting us take the DMCA fall for it.
Q: How do you know this?
A: Because my account was terminated in December, 2014. See my dmca tag for the tale. I have also worked in the Intarweb business since the 1990s, and have written/supported the kind of account termination automated foolishness going on at Tumblr.
(via stewardessme)
DON’T POST COPYRIGHTED SONGS ON TUMBLR ANYMORE. STAFF IS DELETING BLOGS FOR IT.
please spread this around so it doesn’t get you like it got nosdrinker
Why is this happening now? Many reasons, but the most important: Around February 1, 2015, Yahoo changed Tumblr audio posts to add download functionality (a “get” button), which would turn Tumblr into a pirated-music-hub unless Yahoo gives the music industry free rein to search and destroy — and Yahoo has.
Tumblr support staff is not involved in the account terminations. They are down to the music industry (especially the IFPI) and their bots, which continually search Tumblr audio and video posts for song metadata, including song titles and song lyrics. Using the data gathered by the bots, music industry companies automatically generate Tumblr takedown notices (DMCAs), which at Tumblr automatically generates content removal, content removal notifications, and account terminations. The entire process is automated.
Are there errors? Hell yes. See the IFPI and Jeremy Banks tags for the latest sadness.
The music industry bots search content going way back; people have had their accounts terminated for stuff posted more than two years ago, so you need to delete all of your old copyrighted music posts to evade the bots. Why? Tumblr accounts are terminated after three copyright violations within 18 months, which doesn’t sound so bad — but the 18 month time period does not apply to when you uploaded the content, but to the dates of the takedown notices. If you upload only one song a year for three years in a row, but the bots issue takedowns on them within an 18 month period, you have just qualified for immediate and automatic account termination.
I cannot stress enough that Tumblr support staff is not involved. Yahoo is not devoting Tumblr staff to reviewing bot-generated account terminations, because there are millions of audio posts on Tumblr, and personal reviews would cost Yahoo more money than Yahoo would like to spend, which is zero.
Yahoo takes the music industry bot’s “word” as proof of copyright violation because that is the cheapest thing to do. Sad emails to Tumblr about your post content being fair use will be ignored. The only way to get your account or content restored is through a DMCA Counter-Notification.
For years, Tumblr allowed us to upload music (up to five audio posts a day) because it substantially increased Tumblr’s user base and user “activity,” therefore increasing Tumblr’s value to its eventual buyer, Yahoo, and to the advertisers Yahoo is so eager to court. Now Yahoo/Tumblr is letting us take the DMCA fall for it, reminding us yet again that we aren’t the customers, but the product being sold to advertisers.
Oh hey a detailed explanation over what the hell’s going on and what you can do! Spread this version instead of any of those fear-mongering ones!
reblog if you think romantic orientations not matching sexual orientations are completely valid and normal
Shared on the “spoon shortage” Facebook page
this is why its depressing to work in a pharmacy.
I was definitely a profit killer when I worked in a pharmacy (which honestly was my favorite job in the entire world, but it was short-lived and nowadays you can’t work at a pharmacy like that, it’s all tied in with corporate retail and no one should ever trust me with a cash register ever). It was not, however, actually a profit killer for the pharmacy, just for the drug companies, so no one cared. These days I do medical billing, which means I actually bill OUT from hospitals so I’m mostly spending my professional time taking money away from insurance companies.
I will now impart all of my profit killing resources onto you, in case you don’t know them. I think most of you know them, now. But just in case you don’t.
THIS IS US-CENTRIC. I’M SORRY.
1. GoodRx – this thing has an app now, so you can look up the best places to get your expensive medicines at the lowest possible prices without insurance on the go, and you no longer have to print coupons because you can just hand over your phone or tablet. Times have changed for the better with GoodRx. Definitely use it before trying to fill your scrip, because it will tell you the best place to go. (You can do that on the website, too.)
2. NeedyMeds – Needymeds is basically the clearinghouse of drug payment assistance. They have their own discount cards, but also connections to many patient assistance programs run by drug companies themselves. They are good assistance programs, too.
3. Ask your county – This is not a link. This is a pro tip. Most county social services will have pharmacy discount programs for people with no and/or shitty pharmaceutical coverage. You can often just find them hanging around at social services offices; you can just pick one up and walk off with it.
4. Ordering online – There are a few safe online pharmacies. I keep a little database in a text file on my computer. Most of them are courtesy of CFS forums, my mother or voidbat, so a lot of that is a hat tip to other people, but if you’re in need of a place to get a drug without a prescription … first I’ll make sure you 100% know what you’re doing for safety reasons and then I’m happy to turn over a link.
5. Healthfinder – A government resource that helps find patient assistance programs in your area. This might also point out the convenient county card thing. RxHope is something a lot of people get pointed to via Healthfinder that’s a good program.
6. Mental Health America – Keeps a list of their best PAPs for psychiatric medications, which can be some of the most expensive and a lot of pharmacy plans don’t cover them at all.
This is so important ppl.
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Hey glaad!
While I appreciate the intent behind a campaign encouraging allies to speak up for LGBTQPIA communities, I strongly question the way you’ve chosen to do it. There’s nothing wrong with #gotyourback as a concept. But there’s a lot wrong with the phrase “A is for Ally”.
Did you know that Asexual, Aromantic and Agender people are repeatedly told that they don’t deserve or need representation. Even when the acronym is extended to include “A”, we are told that the “A is for Ally”- that cis hetero people are more deserving of recognition and representation than we are. Even if that was not your intent behind using the phrase “A is for Ally”, by using the phrase, you are showing disrespect to three communities at once. The last thing we need is for an organisation that is supposed to represent the interests of queer people to forget that we exist, and appropriate our letter for someone who doesn’t need it.
Asexual people are at risk of corrective sexual assault.
Aromantic people are told that they are freaks and robots and that romantic love is a “basic human need”. Asexual people are told the same thing about sex.
Agender people are forced to be something they are not, shoved into gender stereotypes that do not represent them and that stifle who they are as a person.
Asexual, Aromantic and Agender people deserve to be recognised as part of your community. They deserve your protection.
A is for Asexual
A is for Aromantic
A is for Agender
A is not and has NEVER been for Ally
What was the reasoning behind using the phrase “A is for Ally” in your campaign? Does GLAAD recognise the existence of Asexual, Aromantic and Agender people? Does GLAAD acknowledge these as LGBTQPIA identities? Was GLAAD unaware of the real-life struggles faced by Asexual, Aromantic and Agender people everyday? Was GLAAD aware of the offensive connotations of the phrase “A is for Ally” to these communities?
Since we’ve tweeted you and tagged you in tumblr posts, GLAAD can no longer claim to be ignorant of our needs, even if it was before. Therefore, what does GLAAD intend to do about the use of this offensive and erasive phrase?
A is not for Ally. And GLAAD, we are asking you to #GiveItBack.
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