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        Af, Books, and Community: ti skerb Retweeted
 Shan AF RJ mesa 15 - AF SP mesa 71 @ShanaBRX Jun 14
 Fuck everyone who whines about ao3
 News
 All News
 May 2019 Newsletter, Volume 135
 Published: Thu 13 Jun 2019 01:03PM 03 Comments: 4
 Recently, the Archive of Our Own has received an influx of
 new Chinese users, a result of tightening content restrictions
 on other platforms. We would like to extend our warmest
 welcome to them, and remind everyone that our committees
 are working to make AO3 as accessible as possible in
 languages other than English
 Read more...
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ao3tagoftheday:

zoe2213414:
eabevella:

naryrising:

You can read the post here for more info, but I wanted to just add a bit about what this entails from my POV, on the Support team.  Somewhere between Âŧ to 1/3 of all our tickets last month were in Chinese (somewhere upwards of 300 out of 1200 or so), almost all from users just setting up their accounts or trying to find out how to get an invitation.  A lot of the tickets are what I’d characterize as “intro” tickets - they say hi, list favourite fandoms or pairings, or provide samples of fic they’ve written. Although this isn’t necessary on AO3, this is not uncommon in Chinese fandom sites that you have to prove your credentials to get in (in fact it wasn’t uncommon in English-language fandom sites 15-20 years ago).  We respond to all of these tickets, even the ones that just say hi.  We check whether the user has managed to receive their invite or get their account sent up, and if they haven’t, we help them do so.  This means taking every single ticket through our Chinese translation team twice, once so we make sure we understand the initial ticket, and then again to translate our reply. 
This is a challenging process, although we’ve found ways to streamline it and can normally get a reply out pretty quickly (like within a few days).  We do it because this is part of why AO3 exists in the first place - to provide a safe haven where users can post their works without worrying about censorship or sudden crackdowns on certain kinds of content.  We do it because this is important, and helping these users get their accounts and be able to share their works safely is why we’re here.  We hope that we’ll be able to help as many of them as possible.  
There have been a few (thankfully few, that I’ve seen) complaints about these new AO3 users not always knowing how things work - what language to tag with, or what fandom tags to use, for instance.  To this I would say:
1. Have patience and be considerate.  They are coming to a new site that they aren’t familiar with, and using it in a language they may not be expert in, and it might take a while to learn the ropes.  You can filter out works tagged in Chinese if you don’t want to see them.  Or just scroll past.  
2. You can report works tagged with the wrong language or the wrong fandom to our Policy and Abuse team using the link at the bottom of any page.  This will not cause the authors to “get in trouble” (a concern I’ve heard before, as people are reluctant to report for these reasons).  It means the Policy and Abuse team will contact them to ask them to change the language/fandom tag, and if the creator doesn’t, they can edit it directly. 
If you remember Strikethrough or the FF.net porn ban or similar purges, please keep them in mind and consider that these users are going through something similar or potentially worse.  This is why AO3 exists.  We are doing our best to try and help make the transition smooth.  

I am a Taiwanese and I’d like to put some context behind the recent influx of China based AO3 users.
China is tightening their freedom of speech in recent years after Xi has became the chairman (he even canceled the 10 years long term of service of chairman, meaning he can stay as the leader of China as long as he lives–he has became a dictator). 
They censor words that are deemed “sensitive”, you can’t type anything to criticize the chinise government. Big social media platform won’t even post the posts containing sensitive words. You don’t have the freedom of publish books without the books being approved by the government either.
To disguise this whole Ninety Eighty-Four nightmare, they started to pick on the easy target: the women and the minorities (China is getting more and more misogynistic as a result of the government trying to control their male population through encouraging them to control the female population through “chinese tradition family value” but that’s another story). 
Last year, the chinese government arrested a woman who is a famous yaoi/BL novel writer named 夊一 and sentenced her 10 years in jail for “selling obscene publications” and “illegal publication” (she’s not the only BL writer who got arrested. Meanwhile, multiple cases where men raped women only get about 2 years of jail time in China). It’s a warning to anyone who want to publish anything that’s “not approved” by the government that they can literally ruin you.  
Just recently the chinese government “contacted” website owners of one of their largest romance/yaoi/slash fiction sites 
æ™‰æąŸ

and announced that for now on, for the sake of a Clean Society, they can’t write anything that’s slightly “obscene”. No sex scene, no sexual interaction, they can’t even write any bodily interaction below neck (I’m not kidding here). 
But that’s not their actual goal. They also listed other restriction such as: can’t write anything that’s about the government, the military, the police, “sensitive history”, “race problems”, which isâ€Ļ you basically can’t write anything that might be used as a tool to criticize the government (as many novels did). 
This recent development really hurt the chinese fanfic writers. They can’t write anything without the fear of being put on the guillotine by the government to show their control. Most of them don’t even think that deep politically, they just want to write slash fictions. But there are no platform safe in China, that’s why the sudden influx of chinese users to AO3. 
I bet it won’t be long before AO3 got banned in China, but until then, be a little bit patient to them. As much as I hate the chinese government, I pity their people. 


I’m crying so loudâ€ĻAs a Chinese, you don’t know how your kindness meant to us. When I’m young, I read 1984, and I thought this story is so unrealistic, but now, it’s getting tougher and tougher for fanfic and the writer in China. Thank you ao3. Thank you for the people who care about Chinese people. (hope I didn’t spell anything wrong)


Hi everyone! As much as I poke fun at ao3 culture on this blog, I love the platform and the community and I’m glad that it can function as a refuge for Chinese fans, both writers and readers.So followers! I encourage you all to be welcoming and helpful to Chinese fans joining us on ao3 and to be patient as the platform figures out how to integrate them. If any of you are Chinese speakers and are inclined to volunteer with ao3, I’m sure that would be appreciated. As for the rest of us, let’s remember that ao3 exists as a sanctuary for our community, especially exactly those parts of it that are most at risk under Chinese censorship (lgbt+ content, explicit fics, etc.) and let’s take this opportunity to be grateful that our community has worked together so well for so long in order to create this sanctuary. I’m delighted that that effort can now be helpful to Chinese fans facing censorship, and I’m excited to see how Chinese fans and fan culture will interact and co-create with English speaking fandom.And with that, I’m off to slip ao3 an extra 10 dollars.
        

            
            

                
                
                    Af, Books, and Community: ti skerb Retweeted
 Shan AF RJ mesa 15 - AF SP mesa 71 @ShanaBRX Jun 14
 Fuck everyone who whines about ao3
 News
 All News
 May 2019 Newsletter, Volume 135
 Published: Thu 13 Jun 2019 01:03PM 03 Comments: 4
 Recently, the Archive of Our Own has received an influx of
 new Chinese users, a result of tightening content restrictions
 on other platforms. We would like to extend our warmest
 welcome to them, and remind everyone that our committees
 are working to make AO3 as accessible as possible in
 languages other than English
 Read more...
 20
 t 2.8K
 6.4K
 Show this thread
ao3tagoftheday:

zoe2213414:
eabevella:

naryrising:

You can read the post here for more info, but I wanted to just add a bit about what this entails from my POV, on the Support team.  Somewhere between Âŧ to 1/3 of all our tickets last month were in Chinese (somewhere upwards of 300 out of 1200 or so), almost all from users just setting up their accounts or trying to find out how to get an invitation.  A lot of the tickets are what I’d characterize as “intro” tickets - they say hi, list favourite fandoms or pairings, or provide samples of fic they’ve written. Although this isn’t necessary on AO3, this is not uncommon in Chinese fandom sites that you have to prove your credentials to get in (in fact it wasn’t uncommon in English-language fandom sites 15-20 years ago).  We respond to all of these tickets, even the ones that just say hi.  We check whether the user has managed to receive their invite or get their account sent up, and if they haven’t, we help them do so.  This means taking every single ticket through our Chinese translation team twice, once so we make sure we understand the initial ticket, and then again to translate our reply. 
This is a challenging process, although we’ve found ways to streamline it and can normally get a reply out pretty quickly (like within a few days).  We do it because this is part of why AO3 exists in the first place - to provide a safe haven where users can post their works without worrying about censorship or sudden crackdowns on certain kinds of content.  We do it because this is important, and helping these users get their accounts and be able to share their works safely is why we’re here.  We hope that we’ll be able to help as many of them as possible.  
There have been a few (thankfully few, that I’ve seen) complaints about these new AO3 users not always knowing how things work - what language to tag with, or what fandom tags to use, for instance.  To this I would say:
1. Have patience and be considerate.  They are coming to a new site that they aren’t familiar with, and using it in a language they may not be expert in, and it might take a while to learn the ropes.  You can filter out works tagged in Chinese if you don’t want to see them.  Or just scroll past.  
2. You can report works tagged with the wrong language or the wrong fandom to our Policy and Abuse team using the link at the bottom of any page.  This will not cause the authors to “get in trouble” (a concern I’ve heard before, as people are reluctant to report for these reasons).  It means the Policy and Abuse team will contact them to ask them to change the language/fandom tag, and if the creator doesn’t, they can edit it directly. 
If you remember Strikethrough or the FF.net porn ban or similar purges, please keep them in mind and consider that these users are going through something similar or potentially worse.  This is why AO3 exists.  We are doing our best to try and help make the transition smooth.  

I am a Taiwanese and I’d like to put some context behind the recent influx of China based AO3 users.
China is tightening their freedom of speech in recent years after Xi has became the chairman (he even canceled the 10 years long term of service of chairman, meaning he can stay as the leader of China as long as he lives–he has became a dictator). 
They censor words that are deemed “sensitive”, you can’t type anything to criticize the chinise government. Big social media platform won’t even post the posts containing sensitive words. You don’t have the freedom of publish books without the books being approved by the government either.
To disguise this whole Ninety Eighty-Four nightmare, they started to pick on the easy target: the women and the minorities (China is getting more and more misogynistic as a result of the government trying to control their male population through encouraging them to control the female population through “chinese tradition family value” but that’s another story). 
Last year, the chinese government arrested a woman who is a famous yaoi/BL novel writer named 夊一 and sentenced her 10 years in jail for “selling obscene publications” and “illegal publication” (she’s not the only BL writer who got arrested. Meanwhile, multiple cases where men raped women only get about 2 years of jail time in China). It’s a warning to anyone who want to publish anything that’s “not approved” by the government that they can literally ruin you.  
Just recently the chinese government “contacted” website owners of one of their largest romance/yaoi/slash fiction sites 
æ™‰æąŸ

and announced that for now on, for the sake of a Clean Society, they can’t write anything that’s slightly “obscene”. No sex scene, no sexual interaction, they can’t even write any bodily interaction below neck (I’m not kidding here). 
But that’s not their actual goal. They also listed other restriction such as: can’t write anything that’s about the government, the military, the police, “sensitive history”, “race problems”, which isâ€Ļ you basically can’t write anything that might be used as a tool to criticize the government (as many novels did). 
This recent development really hurt the chinese fanfic writers. They can’t write anything without the fear of being put on the guillotine by the government to show their control. Most of them don’t even think that deep politically, they just want to write slash fictions. But there are no platform safe in China, that’s why the sudden influx of chinese users to AO3. 
I bet it won’t be long before AO3 got banned in China, but until then, be a little bit patient to them. As much as I hate the chinese government, I pity their people. 


I’m crying so loudâ€ĻAs a Chinese, you don’t know how your kindness meant to us. When I’m young, I read 1984, and I thought this story is so unrealistic, but now, it’s getting tougher and tougher for fanfic and the writer in China. Thank you ao3. Thank you for the people who care about Chinese people. (hope I didn’t spell anything wrong)


Hi everyone! As much as I poke fun at ao3 culture on this blog, I love the platform and the community and I’m glad that it can function as a refuge for Chinese fans, both writers and readers.So followers! I encourage you all to be welcoming and helpful to Chinese fans joining us on ao3 and to be patient as the platform figures out how to integrate them. If any of you are Chinese speakers and are inclined to volunteer with ao3, I’m sure that would be appreciated. As for the rest of us, let’s remember that ao3 exists as a sanctuary for our community, especially exactly those parts of it that are most at risk under Chinese censorship (lgbt+ content, explicit fics, etc.) and let’s take this opportunity to be grateful that our community has worked together so well for so long in order to create this sanctuary. I’m delighted that that effort can now be helpful to Chinese fans facing censorship, and I’m excited to see how Chinese fans and fan culture will interact and co-create with English speaking fandom.And with that, I’m off to slip ao3 an extra 10 dollars.
                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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        Beard, Beautiful, and Children: hu by Tami
feminismandmedia:

fairyofsomething:

affinityforthestars:

jumpingjacktrash:

curlicuecal:

uluhlynx:

sweet-saccharin:
if this ain’t the most beautiful mermaid you’ve ever seenâ€Ļ

He looks so happy


10/10 a good mermaid

the mermaid of happiness


Reblog to have good and warm feelings

;w; 3

I think he’s actually from the Merby group. It’s a bunch dudes with facial hair who get together, put on tails, and do a photoshoot. 
This photoshoot gets turned into a calendar which is then sold and most (if not all) proceeds go to charity. 
Their most recent charity went to VPNL, which according to their website  “works diligently throughout the province to change attitudes, behaviours, and social norms associated with violence. VPNL organizations provide violence prevention and early intervention services to those most at risk of experiencing violence: women, children and youth, Indigenous women and children, older persons, persons with disabilities, persons of varying race or ethnicity, LGBTQ+ persons, and persons of varying economic status.”
They also currently have applications open for new merbys!
Aside from it going to a great cause, it’s also a super funny  cute calendar! It makes for a great gift. I got two in 2018! 
Oh and they’re also hella inclusive and socially conscious. One of my favorite quotes from the Merby site: 
“Inclusion is our jam. Humans of all genders, ethnicities, faiths, abilities and ages are welcome. Good people, doing good things, having fun the whole time – that’s who we are. Ability to grow facial hair is irrelevant – it’s the beard inside that matters most.”

        

            
            

                
                
                    Beard, Beautiful, and Children: hu by Tami
feminismandmedia:

fairyofsomething:

affinityforthestars:

jumpingjacktrash:

curlicuecal:

uluhlynx:

sweet-saccharin:
if this ain’t the most beautiful mermaid you’ve ever seenâ€Ļ

He looks so happy


10/10 a good mermaid

the mermaid of happiness


Reblog to have good and warm feelings

;w; 3

I think he’s actually from the Merby group. It’s a bunch dudes with facial hair who get together, put on tails, and do a photoshoot. 
This photoshoot gets turned into a calendar which is then sold and most (if not all) proceeds go to charity. 
Their most recent charity went to VPNL, which according to their website  “works diligently throughout the province to change attitudes, behaviours, and social norms associated with violence. VPNL organizations provide violence prevention and early intervention services to those most at risk of experiencing violence: women, children and youth, Indigenous women and children, older persons, persons with disabilities, persons of varying race or ethnicity, LGBTQ+ persons, and persons of varying economic status.”
They also currently have applications open for new merbys!
Aside from it going to a great cause, it’s also a super funny  cute calendar! It makes for a great gift. I got two in 2018! 
Oh and they’re also hella inclusive and socially conscious. One of my favorite quotes from the Merby site: 
“Inclusion is our jam. Humans of all genders, ethnicities, faiths, abilities and ages are welcome. Good people, doing good things, having fun the whole time – that’s who we are. Ability to grow facial hair is irrelevant – it’s the beard inside that matters most.”

                    
                
            

            
                
                
feminismandmedia:

fairyofsomething:

affinityforthestars:

jumpingjacktrash:

curlicuecal:

uluhlynx:

sweet-saccharin:
if this ain’t the m...

                
            
            
        

    

    

        
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        Nfl, Got, and  Risk: HE GOT THE 6TH, HALF OF THE NFL IS AT RISK
        

            
            

                
                
                    Nfl, Got, and  Risk: HE GOT THE 6TH, HALF OF THE NFL IS AT RISK
                    
                
            

            
                
                
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        Christmas, College, and Dumb: Another thing! If you live in a college dorm that has a polcoy against candles
 being lit in the rooms, and you want to light a menorah for Chanukah, seek out
 help advocating yourself from your local Chabad, Hillel, or other assorted Jewish
 organization. They know how to deal with this stuff and will help you work on a
 compromise with school officials. You have a right to celebrate Chanukah.

 neoacidic
 "my religion is more important than
 other people's safety!!" sorry but
 do you hear yourself? celebrate, if
 you must, but don't infringe upon
 others or think you're above the
 law (when the law is no unjust.)
thinkherenow:

surprisedentistry:
femme-radicale:


surprisedentistry:

realsadjewishhours:

keshetchai:

5779:


keshetchai:

5779:

today on Weird Goyische Meltdowns

I have literally had my gentile neighbors start two actual real apartment fires in the last MONTH because they can’t keep an eye on their cooking, meanwhile I light candles ALL THE TIME AT HOME and never set ANYTHING ON FIRE BECAUSE I AM RIGHT FRIGGIN THERE. 
Do you know what I do with Chanukkah candles on?? I turn off my lights and watch them melt and maybe I do something with my hands but I keep an eye!!! On!!! THEM!!!!



#â€Ļ holy shit guys there’s LED lights for a reason #like if it’s that much of a danger just use LEDs for your decor


lighting a menorah reeeeally is not “decor” 


It’s NOT that much of a danger. I live in an “adult” neighborhood of apartments (i.e. Not with college students) and again, people have caused two fires this month while making breakfast. One fire burned down most of the building next door to mine. regular old adults using a microwave or stove! 
But when I light my candles for either Shabbat or Chanukkah I am WATCHING them. I have tin foil nearby, I have water nearby, my religious observances (which aren’t fulfilled by an LED light) are not, in my experience, the greatest fire hazard around. You know what is? People making breakfast  people not cleaning LINT out of their dryer.


Also LED lights do not fulfill the Jewish obligations that candles/oil do. We literally cannnot use LED lights please stop suggesting this. 

gentiles on this post have been weirdly convinced that they’re the only ones who know about decorative electronic menorahs and that they just need to educate the ignorant jews 


What the fuck? If you want to have your candles go live somewhere those are allowed instead of putting others at risk and making everyone around cater for you.


today on Weird Goyische Meltdowns 

The National Fire Protection Association reports “Between 2012-2016, U.S. fire departments responded to an average 170 home fires that started with Christmas trees per year. These fires caused an average of 4 deaths, 15 injuries, and $12 million in direct property damage annually.” but go off on the Jews for doing their thing.

Hey everyone Id like to just speak up for my Jewish friends and followers and say y'all should stop being dumb fucks and respect Judaism and the people who observe it!!! You do not know more about thing relating to their religion than they do! You are not entitled to tell them to stop practicing their religion properly when they explain they have been doing it safely! Any fires caused by someones menorah is not at the fault of Jewish people! It is at the fault of that specific person not watching their candles! Same as if you dont watch a stove! Shut the fuck up or Ill punch you!To all my Jewish friends and followers: I apologise for these ignorant fools - light your candles and have a Happy Chanukah!!!
        

            
            

                
                
                    Christmas, College, and Dumb: Another thing! If you live in a college dorm that has a polcoy against candles
 being lit in the rooms, and you want to light a menorah for Chanukah, seek out
 help advocating yourself from your local Chabad, Hillel, or other assorted Jewish
 organization. They know how to deal with this stuff and will help you work on a
 compromise with school officials. You have a right to celebrate Chanukah.

 neoacidic
 "my religion is more important than
 other people's safety!!" sorry but
 do you hear yourself? celebrate, if
 you must, but don't infringe upon
 others or think you're above the
 law (when the law is no unjust.)
thinkherenow:

surprisedentistry:
femme-radicale:


surprisedentistry:

realsadjewishhours:

keshetchai:

5779:


keshetchai:

5779:

today on Weird Goyische Meltdowns

I have literally had my gentile neighbors start two actual real apartment fires in the last MONTH because they can’t keep an eye on their cooking, meanwhile I light candles ALL THE TIME AT HOME and never set ANYTHING ON FIRE BECAUSE I AM RIGHT FRIGGIN THERE. 
Do you know what I do with Chanukkah candles on?? I turn off my lights and watch them melt and maybe I do something with my hands but I keep an eye!!! On!!! THEM!!!!



#â€Ļ holy shit guys there’s LED lights for a reason #like if it’s that much of a danger just use LEDs for your decor


lighting a menorah reeeeally is not “decor” 


It’s NOT that much of a danger. I live in an “adult” neighborhood of apartments (i.e. Not with college students) and again, people have caused two fires this month while making breakfast. One fire burned down most of the building next door to mine. regular old adults using a microwave or stove! 
But when I light my candles for either Shabbat or Chanukkah I am WATCHING them. I have tin foil nearby, I have water nearby, my religious observances (which aren’t fulfilled by an LED light) are not, in my experience, the greatest fire hazard around. You know what is? People making breakfast  people not cleaning LINT out of their dryer.


Also LED lights do not fulfill the Jewish obligations that candles/oil do. We literally cannnot use LED lights please stop suggesting this. 

gentiles on this post have been weirdly convinced that they’re the only ones who know about decorative electronic menorahs and that they just need to educate the ignorant jews 


What the fuck? If you want to have your candles go live somewhere those are allowed instead of putting others at risk and making everyone around cater for you.


today on Weird Goyische Meltdowns 

The National Fire Protection Association reports “Between 2012-2016, U.S. fire departments responded to an average 170 home fires that started with Christmas trees per year. These fires caused an average of 4 deaths, 15 injuries, and $12 million in direct property damage annually.” but go off on the Jews for doing their thing.

Hey everyone Id like to just speak up for my Jewish friends and followers and say y'all should stop being dumb fucks and respect Judaism and the people who observe it!!! You do not know more about thing relating to their religion than they do! You are not entitled to tell them to stop practicing their religion properly when they explain they have been doing it safely! Any fires caused by someones menorah is not at the fault of Jewish people! It is at the fault of that specific person not watching their candles! Same as if you dont watch a stove! Shut the fuck up or Ill punch you!To all my Jewish friends and followers: I apologise for these ignorant fools - light your candles and have a Happy Chanukah!!!
                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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        Community, Doctor, and Family: Anti-vaxx mom abandons movement
 after all seven her of her kids get
 whooping cough
 į”ģ20
 TOM BOGGION
 O APR 2015 AT 16.00 E
 Smawa
 "6
 Adrian
 Hareweo
 CKB
 Omawa mother Tara Hls CBC soreeshot
hatey-mchaterson:

timemachineyeah:

a-spoon-is-born:

funoftheday:

You don’t say.



For the record, she actually abandoned the movement BEFORE they all got whooping cough, but abandoned it too late. There’d been a breakout of measles in her area that caused her to reassess, and she and her doctor had already drafted and started a catch-up vaccination schedule, but her kids caught whooping cough just before it could be started. Then she wrote a blog post for The Scientific Parent explaining how she and her husband had come to wrong decisions in the first place, how they changed their mind, the consequences they suffered as a result, and asking other parents to please vaccinate their kids. And now she’s an activist for destroying the misinformation of anti-vaxxers, and reaching out to anti-vaxxers because she’s understands their fears but knows their kids deserve better. 
She was trying to the best for her kids and just didn’t know how to interpret the validity of information or its sources, an actual skill that can be actually difficult and that is under-taught and a necessary first step to being able to trust vaccination research, so chose no action over taking an action she wasn’t sure of. She kept looking into it with family and friends and even eventually came to the right conclusion before her kids became sick, but it was still too late. 
Honestly it was pretty brave of her to publicly admit she was wrong. She could have just quietly vaccinated her kids and not become a national news story, but instead she spoke out, even saying “I’m writing this from quarantine, the irony of which isn’t lost on me.” and also “I am not looking forward to any gloating or shame as this ‘defection’ from the antivaxx camp goes public, but, this isn’t a popularity contest.  Right now my family is living the consequences of misinformation and fear.  I understand that families in our community may be mad at us for putting their kids at risk.”
She understood the consequences and still put herself and her story out there. 

You know what, it does take a big person to admit they were wrong so publicly and work to undo the harm. I believe I made fun of her in the past, but timemachineyeah changed my mind.

        

            
            

                
                
                    Community, Doctor, and Family: Anti-vaxx mom abandons movement
 after all seven her of her kids get
 whooping cough
 į”ģ20
 TOM BOGGION
 O APR 2015 AT 16.00 E
 Smawa
 "6
 Adrian
 Hareweo
 CKB
 Omawa mother Tara Hls CBC soreeshot
hatey-mchaterson:

timemachineyeah:

a-spoon-is-born:

funoftheday:

You don’t say.



For the record, she actually abandoned the movement BEFORE they all got whooping cough, but abandoned it too late. There’d been a breakout of measles in her area that caused her to reassess, and she and her doctor had already drafted and started a catch-up vaccination schedule, but her kids caught whooping cough just before it could be started. Then she wrote a blog post for The Scientific Parent explaining how she and her husband had come to wrong decisions in the first place, how they changed their mind, the consequences they suffered as a result, and asking other parents to please vaccinate their kids. And now she’s an activist for destroying the misinformation of anti-vaxxers, and reaching out to anti-vaxxers because she’s understands their fears but knows their kids deserve better. 
She was trying to the best for her kids and just didn’t know how to interpret the validity of information or its sources, an actual skill that can be actually difficult and that is under-taught and a necessary first step to being able to trust vaccination research, so chose no action over taking an action she wasn’t sure of. She kept looking into it with family and friends and even eventually came to the right conclusion before her kids became sick, but it was still too late. 
Honestly it was pretty brave of her to publicly admit she was wrong. She could have just quietly vaccinated her kids and not become a national news story, but instead she spoke out, even saying “I’m writing this from quarantine, the irony of which isn’t lost on me.” and also “I am not looking forward to any gloating or shame as this ‘defection’ from the antivaxx camp goes public, but, this isn’t a popularity contest.  Right now my family is living the consequences of misinformation and fear.  I understand that families in our community may be mad at us for putting their kids at risk.”
She understood the consequences and still put herself and her story out there. 

You know what, it does take a big person to admit they were wrong so publicly and work to undo the harm. I believe I made fun of her in the past, but timemachineyeah changed my mind.

                    
                
            

            
                
                
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You don’t say.



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        Be Like, Chicago, and Foh: Oo00o Aug 18, 2018
 "Sign on door no guns"
 My husband and I have conceal carry permits. We
 noticed the no weapons at the door. I don't do
 business with companies that deny me my 2nd
 amendment right and put me at risk of a mass
 shooting with no way to defend my self. So we left.
 We left every one in that restaurant to fend for
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 Was at a festival this past spring and saw a group of people open carry and
 they all had shirts on with "you're welcome for the protection." There were
 cops at the event and I really wouldn't want grandma who couldn't come close
 to the corn hole boards taking any life or death shots.
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 What must it be like to live in fear 24/7
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 oh you silly geese, there isn't going to be a mass shooting in that restaurant!
 What do you think it is, a school?
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 If you have to be that concerned for a mass shooting you know theres
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 People who carryMass shootings
 are paranoid.are a huge pre-
 something
 blem. We must do
 You're not going to
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siryouarebeingmocked:

goodoleboyslikeme:
coolmanfromthepast:

siryouarebeingmocked:

What must it be like to live in fear 24/7
The people who think it’s wrong to restrict the general public’s right to carry guns are the scared ones? The ones who trust most people to legally own and use guns responsibly?
Private businesses have the right to deny service to anyone and do whatever they want, except when it direcrly affects me.
OP didn’t say businesses shouldn’t have the right, they just said they wouldn’t patronize any business that did. If I walk into a joint and they start randomly insulting my parentage, genitalia, and genetic viability, I’m not going back there again, even though they’re just exercising their free speech rights.
This may be hard for you to grasp, but many people think people should have the right to do things the first group considers wrong.
Was at a festival this past spring and saw a group of people open carry and they all had shirts on with “you’re welcome for the protection.” There were cops at the event and I really wouldn’t want grandma who couldn’t come close to the corn hole boards taking any life or death shots.
Okay. Were any of the people in question grandmas, or are you just making that up?

People who want you disarmed don’t want you to be safe.
They want you to be defenseless.  

“oh you silly geese, there aren’t going to be any mass shootings in that restaurant.”
You know who else thought that? The people who went to Luby’s in Killeen, TX on October 16, 1991. The people who went to Twin Peaks in Waco, TX on May 17, 2015. The people who went to McDonald’s in San Ysidro, CA on July 18, 1984. And the tournament gamers at Chicago Pizza in Jacksonville, FL less than 2 months ago.
FOH with that bullshit.

Or Waffle House, when they banned guns and explicitly stood by that policy even after incidents involving criminals and guns in their joints, even though someone armed nearby intervened on more than one of those occasions. 

Getting shot at Waffle House is practically a meme now. I personally know at least one person who was involved in a shooting at one of our local Waffle Houses I’m sure there are more.
        

            
            

                
                
                    Be Like, Chicago, and Foh: Oo00o Aug 18, 2018
 "Sign on door no guns"
 My husband and I have conceal carry permits. We
 noticed the no weapons at the door. I don't do
 business with companies that deny me my 2nd
 amendment right and put me at risk of a mass
 shooting with no way to defend my self. So we left.
 We left every one in that restaurant to fend for
 themselves
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 Was at a festival this past spring and saw a group of people open carry and
 they all had shirts on with "you're welcome for the protection." There were
 cops at the event and I really wouldn't want grandma who couldn't come close
 to the corn hole boards taking any life or death shots.
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 What do you think it is, a school?
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 are paranoid.are a huge pre-
 something
 blem. We must do
 You're not going to
 ever need your gun
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siryouarebeingmocked:

goodoleboyslikeme:
coolmanfromthepast:

siryouarebeingmocked:

What must it be like to live in fear 24/7
The people who think it’s wrong to restrict the general public’s right to carry guns are the scared ones? The ones who trust most people to legally own and use guns responsibly?
Private businesses have the right to deny service to anyone and do whatever they want, except when it direcrly affects me.
OP didn’t say businesses shouldn’t have the right, they just said they wouldn’t patronize any business that did. If I walk into a joint and they start randomly insulting my parentage, genitalia, and genetic viability, I’m not going back there again, even though they’re just exercising their free speech rights.
This may be hard for you to grasp, but many people think people should have the right to do things the first group considers wrong.
Was at a festival this past spring and saw a group of people open carry and they all had shirts on with “you’re welcome for the protection.” There were cops at the event and I really wouldn’t want grandma who couldn’t come close to the corn hole boards taking any life or death shots.
Okay. Were any of the people in question grandmas, or are you just making that up?

People who want you disarmed don’t want you to be safe.
They want you to be defenseless.  

“oh you silly geese, there aren’t going to be any mass shootings in that restaurant.”
You know who else thought that? The people who went to Luby’s in Killeen, TX on October 16, 1991. The people who went to Twin Peaks in Waco, TX on May 17, 2015. The people who went to McDonald’s in San Ysidro, CA on July 18, 1984. And the tournament gamers at Chicago Pizza in Jacksonville, FL less than 2 months ago.
FOH with that bullshit.

Or Waffle House, when they banned guns and explicitly stood by that policy even after incidents involving criminals and guns in their joints, even though someone armed nearby intervened on more than one of those occasions. 

Getting shot at Waffle House is practically a meme now. I personally know at least one person who was involved in a shooting at one of our local Waffle Houses I’m sure there are more.
                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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petalssoft:


I need to get out of hereI have never made any type of post like this and it’s going to be long and annoying but I just can’t fucking take this anymore. I’m Sophie, I am a 19 year old latina girl who has been living with an abusive man double my age for the last couple of years after running away. I feel trapped here and I have no means to leave safely at all. I’m mentally ill and on disability which doesn’t leave me with any room to get away from him and he is extremely controlling even when it comes to money and what I should have to owe him for living with him. I have no family to lean on and the friends I did have, he has cut me off completely from them. He’s smashed my phone when he got paranoid leaving me with nothing and no one. He monitored my phone and my social media so I have had to make separate accounts to try and hide him from seeing what I post. Not only that but he is racist, he hates women, believes in white supremacy, thinks that all girls should only be with men and give themselves to men whether they want to or not.. it just goes on and on and never stops. He always talks about genocide, thinks women ask for too much, ect. He has actually gone to jail in the past for assault. He threatens me with violence if I don’t do the things he asks for all the time and my mental health has gone downhill since I came here. There are so many things that have happened that I can’t even talk about.I am always being taken advantage of, threatened, manipulated into sex, into giving him money, just so that I won’t be out on the streets with no where to go. This type of life is making me want to kill myself if I can’t get a change soon but I am terrified of the thought of leaving him. I want to get a restraining order so that he can’t come after me, but if I do that I will have no place to live because I can’t afford the apartment I live in if he’s not here. I need help getting out. There is no way I can afford to pay a deposit, pet fee, and first months rent on a cheaper apartment with the income and type of life I have right now. He knows about how much money I bring in a month, and with my bills and everything I have very little. I know what I need is a lot, my goal is around $500 dollars even though that won’t begin to cover it, I don’t expect much help at all. Even a couple dollars I have that I can hide from him will hopefully add up.I was at risk of being homeless when I met him because of leaving my family. I thought that because he had issues too that he was a good person at heart but I can’t take the way that he treats me anymore, it has only gotten worse. If you don’t believe me, or think I shouldn’t be asking for this kind of help or think this is all my fault just block me. I have had too many people act like I am over exaggerating or that I’m crazy. I will just block you. my paypal email is sophimazziotti@gmail.com if you can help at all and if you cant i understand I know everyone is struggling and other people need more help than I do but I would be so thankful if you would please please reblog this post for me. Thank you.


        

            
            

                
                
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petalssoft:


I need to get out of hereI have never made any type of post like this and it’s going to be long and annoying but I just can’t fucking take this anymore. I’m Sophie, I am a 19 year old latina girl who has been living with an abusive man double my age for the last couple of years after running away. I feel trapped here and I have no means to leave safely at all. I’m mentally ill and on disability which doesn’t leave me with any room to get away from him and he is extremely controlling even when it comes to money and what I should have to owe him for living with him. I have no family to lean on and the friends I did have, he has cut me off completely from them. He’s smashed my phone when he got paranoid leaving me with nothing and no one. He monitored my phone and my social media so I have had to make separate accounts to try and hide him from seeing what I post. Not only that but he is racist, he hates women, believes in white supremacy, thinks that all girls should only be with men and give themselves to men whether they want to or not.. it just goes on and on and never stops. He always talks about genocide, thinks women ask for too much, ect. He has actually gone to jail in the past for assault. He threatens me with violence if I don’t do the things he asks for all the time and my mental health has gone downhill since I came here. There are so many things that have happened that I can’t even talk about.I am always being taken advantage of, threatened, manipulated into sex, into giving him money, just so that I won’t be out on the streets with no where to go. This type of life is making me want to kill myself if I can’t get a change soon but I am terrified of the thought of leaving him. I want to get a restraining order so that he can’t come after me, but if I do that I will have no place to live because I can’t afford the apartment I live in if he’s not here. I need help getting out. There is no way I can afford to pay a deposit, pet fee, and first months rent on a cheaper apartment with the income and type of life I have right now. He knows about how much money I bring in a month, and with my bills and everything I have very little. I know what I need is a lot, my goal is around $500 dollars even though that won’t begin to cover it, I don’t expect much help at all. Even a couple dollars I have that I can hide from him will hopefully add up.I was at risk of being homeless when I met him because of leaving my family. I thought that because he had issues too that he was a good person at heart but I can’t take the way that he treats me anymore, it has only gotten worse. If you don’t believe me, or think I shouldn’t be asking for this kind of help or think this is all my fault just block me. I have had too many people act like I am over exaggerating or that I’m crazy. I will just block you. my paypal email is sophimazziotti@gmail.com if you can help at all and if you cant i understand I know everyone is struggling and other people need more help than I do but I would be so thankful if you would please please reblog this post for me. Thank you.


                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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        England, Fake, and Gif: So
 when
 Rowling
 tweeted
 this
 back
 at
 him,
 most
 people assumed she was messing around
 Luke @lukekocura.4 Sep 2015
 Said the millionaire on her gold iphone in her mansion
 J.K. Rowling@jk rowling
 If you can't imagine yourself in one of those boats, you have something
 missing. They are dying for a life worth living. #refugeeswelcome
 J.К. Rowling
 Follow
 ojk rowling
 Replying to @lukekocura
 @Lukekocura I'll have my mansion AND your
 shack in about 2 years. Ready to get owned?
 6:42 PM-4 Sep 2015
 40,534 Retweets 59,056 Likes
 0.9匍80e0悉@

 Before responding, Rowling had researched the
 man behind the troll, Luke Kocura, and found out
 he was struggling to make mortgage payments on
 his modest home in Sheffield, England. Unless he
 turned things around within two years, he was at
 risk of foreclosure
 Rowling then closely monitored his situation,
 which, sure enough, only got worse. So two years
 later, she pounced, assuming Kocura's mortgage,
 repossessing the house from the bank, and now
 she owns it.
 To celebrate the long-game owning, she tweeted
 this at him:
 J.K. Rowling
 @jk_rowling
 Follow
 @Lukekocura I was unduly harsh before. The
 place isn't a shack. It's more of a hut. Maybe
 I'll let vou come back to visit sometime!:)
<p><a href="http://celticpyro.tumblr.com/post/175735905124/dasha-loses-it-northern-rebel" class="tumblr_blog">celticpyro</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p><a href="http://dasha-loses-it.tumblr.com/post/175733878663/northern-rebel-dasha-loses-it" class="tumblr_blog">dasha-loses-it</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://northern-rebel.tumblr.com/post/175733387761/dasha-loses-it" class="tumblr_blog">northern-rebel</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://dasha-loses-it.tumblr.com/post/175733318578/friendly-neighborhood-patriarch" class="tumblr_blog">dasha-loses-it</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://friendly-neighborhood-patriarch.tumblr.com/post/175715549937/girlfriendluvr-thedevitoanditsown" class="tumblr_blog">friendly-neighborhood-patriarch</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://girlfriendluvr.tumblr.com/post/175713214958/thedevitoanditsown-pinetreeanarchism" class="tumblr_blog">girlfriendluvr</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://thedevitoanditsown.tumblr.com/post/175710984601/pinetreeanarchism-westernsocietyfucked100years" class="tumblr_blog">thedevitoanditsown</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://pinetreeanarchism.tumblr.com/post/164712342717/westernsocietyfucked100years-hell-planet-the" class="tumblr_blog">pinetreeanarchism</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.westernsocietyfucked100years.com/post/164697571308/hell-planet" class="tumblr_blog">westernsocietyfucked100years</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>hell planet</p></blockquote>

<p>The rich will track you down and steal your home from you if you disagree with them on the internet.</p>
<p class="npf_quirky" data-npf='{"subtype":"quirky"}'>Earth is fucked.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Why do people like this woman again?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>holy shit jkr is ridiculously evil</p>
</blockquote>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="204" data-orig-width="400"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/0bea1abd2b2f16419b281392150d1ed0/tumblr_inline_pbm1g2iw1I1t75kj8_540.gif" data-orig-height="204" data-orig-width="400"/></figure><p>this can’t be real</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Please let this be a troll</p>
</blockquote>
<p>THIS IS FAKE. Here’s the real response</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/639886235503337472?lang=en">https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/639886235503337472?lang=en</a><br/></p>
<p>Don’t spread this bs without checking, people.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Good to know, sounded too far-fetched to be true</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Thank God it’s fake. <br/></p></blockquote>

<p>I mean I don’t like Rowling but this seemed like a stretch.</p>
        

            
            

                
                
                    England, Fake, and Gif: So
 when
 Rowling
 tweeted
 this
 back
 at
 him,
 most
 people assumed she was messing around
 Luke @lukekocura.4 Sep 2015
 Said the millionaire on her gold iphone in her mansion
 J.K. Rowling@jk rowling
 If you can't imagine yourself in one of those boats, you have something
 missing. They are dying for a life worth living. #refugeeswelcome
 J.К. Rowling
 Follow
 ojk rowling
 Replying to @lukekocura
 @Lukekocura I'll have my mansion AND your
 shack in about 2 years. Ready to get owned?
 6:42 PM-4 Sep 2015
 40,534 Retweets 59,056 Likes
 0.9匍80e0悉@

 Before responding, Rowling had researched the
 man behind the troll, Luke Kocura, and found out
 he was struggling to make mortgage payments on
 his modest home in Sheffield, England. Unless he
 turned things around within two years, he was at
 risk of foreclosure
 Rowling then closely monitored his situation,
 which, sure enough, only got worse. So two years
 later, she pounced, assuming Kocura's mortgage,
 repossessing the house from the bank, and now
 she owns it.
 To celebrate the long-game owning, she tweeted
 this at him:
 J.K. Rowling
 @jk_rowling
 Follow
 @Lukekocura I was unduly harsh before. The
 place isn't a shack. It's more of a hut. Maybe
 I'll let vou come back to visit sometime!:)
<p><a href="http://celticpyro.tumblr.com/post/175735905124/dasha-loses-it-northern-rebel" class="tumblr_blog">celticpyro</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p><a href="http://dasha-loses-it.tumblr.com/post/175733878663/northern-rebel-dasha-loses-it" class="tumblr_blog">dasha-loses-it</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://northern-rebel.tumblr.com/post/175733387761/dasha-loses-it" class="tumblr_blog">northern-rebel</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://dasha-loses-it.tumblr.com/post/175733318578/friendly-neighborhood-patriarch" class="tumblr_blog">dasha-loses-it</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://friendly-neighborhood-patriarch.tumblr.com/post/175715549937/girlfriendluvr-thedevitoanditsown" class="tumblr_blog">friendly-neighborhood-patriarch</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://girlfriendluvr.tumblr.com/post/175713214958/thedevitoanditsown-pinetreeanarchism" class="tumblr_blog">girlfriendluvr</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://thedevitoanditsown.tumblr.com/post/175710984601/pinetreeanarchism-westernsocietyfucked100years" class="tumblr_blog">thedevitoanditsown</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://pinetreeanarchism.tumblr.com/post/164712342717/westernsocietyfucked100years-hell-planet-the" class="tumblr_blog">pinetreeanarchism</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.westernsocietyfucked100years.com/post/164697571308/hell-planet" class="tumblr_blog">westernsocietyfucked100years</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>hell planet</p></blockquote>

<p>The rich will track you down and steal your home from you if you disagree with them on the internet.</p>
<p class="npf_quirky" data-npf='{"subtype":"quirky"}'>Earth is fucked.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Why do people like this woman again?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>holy shit jkr is ridiculously evil</p>
</blockquote>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="204" data-orig-width="400"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/0bea1abd2b2f16419b281392150d1ed0/tumblr_inline_pbm1g2iw1I1t75kj8_540.gif" data-orig-height="204" data-orig-width="400"/></figure><p>this can’t be real</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Please let this be a troll</p>
</blockquote>
<p>THIS IS FAKE. Here’s the real response</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/639886235503337472?lang=en">https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/639886235503337472?lang=en</a><br/></p>
<p>Don’t spread this bs without checking, people.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Good to know, sounded too far-fetched to be true</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Thank God it’s fake. <br/></p></blockquote>

<p>I mean I don’t like Rowling but this seemed like a stretch.</p>
                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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