it’s been nearly 24 hours without my wife (the several tabs i had open on ao3 that automatically reloaded when i opened them to try read and salvage what remained). my heart is broken, my crops are shrivelling, but i stand tall with my hand over my heart in honour of those fighting this great war. my heart goes out to the soldiers (volunteers), may their work be quick and successful.
The devil works hard, but the volunteers who run Ao3 work so much harder
internet censorship bill about to pass congress:
ao3 is facing a ddos attack from an overseas right-wing anonymous group because it contains "degeneracy and disgusting things like LGBT and NSFW".
they're not the only right-wing group that is attacking fanfiction sites because of queer & nsfw content. the Heritage foundation, the US right wing think tank that writes laws for republicans, wrote an article about how "big tech turns kids trans" in which they're advocating for the Kid's Online Safety Act to pass because it will give state attorney generals power to sue websites for "potentially harmful content towards minors". in this article they point out websites like wattpad, tumblr, tiktok, twitter as sites that GOP attorney generals can and will target for censorship if this bill passes. all places where fandom, that's mostly queer, hangs out.
if you think this bill has no chance of passing because of all the red flags it poses, think again. it currently has 38 cosponsors in the senate, and is being pushed by the democrats as a "protecting the children!!" type bill.
there are left-aligned orgs in congress rn lobbying for this bill to pass. july is extremely decisive, because if KOSA goes through to markup it'll be bundled with the Earn It act, Restrict, and all the other bad internet bills and passed as a package, completely censoring the internet forever.
it's ESSENTIAL that you call your members of congress, specifically Maria Cantwell (you can call from out of state) and tell them DO NOT PASS KOSA. this site here connects you to your members of congress and gives you a short simple script to read off of! super easy and doesn't take much out of your day! please do this now!!
Helmet Marko seeing the two drivers he sacked now in shit cars and qualifying better than the driver who replaced them in the fastest car is objectively hilarious
…Alex Albon casually bleeding into his fireproofs on the interview stage talking about the seat ripping into his shoulders in high speed corners and “it heals just in time for every weekend and rips open again” and Jenson just staring at him like a concerned older brother-
Not. Okay.
When a customer won't stop complaining about things you have no control over:
Charles Leclerc deserves better from his team.
but can xavi fight because enough is enough
and charles really says 'fuck you fia'
with his whole crew
me and jen came to a decision:
baby schumi and baby leclerc are double trouble of the paddock
chaotic babies club
chaotic babies covering for eachothers "crimes"
they’re innocent your honor!!
As their lawyer I request these charges be dropped
And as payment for this defamation my clients; demand cookies
reject modernity (red bull domination) embrace tradition (mercedes and ferrari twenty seconds ahead of the pack good pit stops decent strategies until the lead ferrari driver bottles it so lewis wins the championship once again)
reject modernity (red bull domination) embrace tradition (red bull domination but the guy winning is a blond german twink who terrorizes his teammate/lover for funsies)
MY king charles
happy coronation day to HIM
The ONLY KING Charles
I recognize
charles being a literal millionaire and still refusing to just repurchase stuff like he really will go as far as hunting criminals down with his car to get back a watch and somehow find surgical-looking tweezers at an *airport* to recover his airpods
Charles: Questa è tutta colpa tua!
Max: I know, I know
Charles, surprised: You speak Italian?
Max: No, my dad just made sure I know the phrase 'this is all your fault' in every language
the whole set makes it even funnier
This is the first time I've seen the whole thing and it DEFINITELY DOES
I owe my entire existence to you!
YES YES YES
DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH IT