A Florida man was murdered early Sunday morning defending his gay friends from a drunk homophobe who followed them out of the restaurant where they were eating.
Multiple witnesses reported that the killer came after the group and shouted, “If we were in my country I’d kill all of you like rats. I hate you damned gays. I’m going to kill you all here.”
The victim, 22-year-old Juan Javier Cruz , was shot dead with a handgun Mena pulled from his pocket after defending his friends.
This is not right that people have to die just because homophobia is flourishing in America.
Previews of my submissions for the @vldmattzine! :D Be sure to check it out! The mods and everyone participating are working super hard and everyone’s work is great!
Call your reps saying you’re not happy with the new bill, donate to the ACLU if you can, and call Microsoft’s customer support line to complain about their new TOS.
“Call Microsoft Customer Service direct - 1-800-642-7676 - hours 5 AM til 9 PM PST time (USA) - Saturday and Sunday, 6:00 AM – 3:00 PM PST time (USA). In Canada, call (877)568-2495.”
not even gonna pretend this is the single most urgent issue on my radar right now, but also I am incredibly not pleased with this New Puritan norm-shifting initiative; I for one prefer in a world where the infrastructure isn’t coercively G-rated.
What the actual fuck?
this TOS goes into effect May 1 and finally there’s some contact info here so YELL AT THEM YALL. this is censorship. microsoft already had provisions against slander and hate speech and sex trafficking; this is just puritanical bullshit.
if you want to switch away from MS Office, here’s libreoffice and openoffice for your productivity needs. (libreoffice lets you save as .docx, which is useful for assignments and such, while openoffice doesn’t. both let you save as PDF.)
the bill mentioned above (because i missed it on my first read of this post) is SESTA, or FOSTA-SESTA. here’s a good article explaining some of the factors and downsides. here’s one on FOSTA from the electronic freedom foundation. here’s one that goes into more legal detail. be informed. talk to your reps. fuck this.
BTW, I write all my manuscripts in LibreOffice (linked to above), and highly recommend it. It’s free, open source, and does just about everything MS Office does (unless you’re using some truly obscure feature).
20 days left until the repeal rules for the fcc’s repeal on NN punches America in the face.
April 23rd is our FINAL DEADLINE everyone!
From what I know we still the the 51st senator, I’ll start counting down on this blog. This is a huge problem how it died out again from my dash. Signal boosting and reblogging DOES help a lot, please keep fighting everyone!!!
Call and email your senators and reps if you’re in America, and if you’re not in America or too young to do much then reblog and find information to share as much as you can because every little bit helps.
WE HAVE 20 DAYS IN AMERICA SO PLEASE KEEP FIGHTING EVERYONE!!! WE ARE SO CLOSE AND ALMOST OUT OF TIME!!!
I encourage urgency but DO NOT panic!!! We don’t need anyone panicking, just keep fighting more and keep Net Neutrality trending as much as possible on social medias outside of tumblr too!!!