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not to get political but im begging you guys to stop coming to hawaii. in maui theyre asking to put a 'pause' on flights bc we literally do not have enough room or staff to service you. the roads are so full that its causing a major backup when ppl need to get to work.

on top of this, i heard that by September? theyre expecting to get rid of the mask rule (if 70% of ppl are vaccinated/all goes well) but ill be honest w/ you, i know many locals arent getting the vaccine and i know plenty of tourist arent gonna take the necessary precautions.

The Strong Must Protect The Sweet

Hello, to whoever you are. I hope a friend sent this to you, or you found this scrolling, or someone reposted the text elsewhere online. Long story short, if you like anime and manga, we need your help. HERE’S WHY WE’RE MOBILIZING.

As many of you may not know, Kadokawa Publishing, one of the oldest and largest publishers of manga in Japan, and owner of a catalog of IP’s that almost certainly includes your favorite publication or show, has recently named a new CEO, Takeshi Natsuno, who has former experience in the early Japanese internet industry and who currently sits on the board of the World Economic Forum. As one of his first acts since being appointed in March, he went on an online livestream and claimed that manga was too risqué for global appeal and that he was open to exploring imposing “new standards” that would bring, in one swoop, roughly 45% of Japan’s manga industry in line with Apple and Google’s capricious content standards that currently control YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Apple’s online platforms, such as Music and Podcasts.

This livestream has Japanese fans hopping mad. They’re organizing to try and stop this policy. But they know they can’t push back alone. In order to push back against Kadokawa, they need help from abroad. That’s where you, dear reader, come in.

We cannot control what Kadokawa does directly. But that doesn’t mean we’re out for the count. Individually, Kadokawa has no incentive to listen to any of us, and their CEO certainly seems not to value the input of fans, anyway. In fact, there isn’t even an option on Kadokawa’s contact page to contact Mr. Natsuno unless you’re a shareholder. But there is an institution Kadokawa will respond to, and that institution is the Diet, Japan’s legislative assembly.

The Diet already knows about this threat. Ken Akamatsu, the famous author of Love Hina, has been warning for years about coming regulatory attempts on the anime industry. A panel of female authors has appeared before the United Nations to rebuff calls to ban certain manga from sale. Sony Interactive, after relocating their headquarters to California, announced a draconian censorship code that has seen the market for indies on PlayStation shrink dramatically as Japanese developers panic. This is a real problem, and it is already taken seriously.

There is national momentum behind enshrining anime and manga as key strategic resources for Japanese soft power. The government is currently converting mangaka residences to museums, adding manga properties to historic registers, and establishing national councils to secure the independence of the medium, including government subsidization of a National Manga Center. The iron is hot, and it’s time to strike.

HERE’S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO RIGHT NOW. BEFORE YOU CLOSE THIS TAB:

In 2012, Japanese voters in Tokyo elected a politician named Taro Yamada, who campaigned on protecting the freedom of expression of Japanese artists from business and governmental regulation. He also wears a bow tie. In 2019, fed up with increasing demands to censor art and media for the upcoming Olympic Games, a coalition of nerds, otaku and their political allies handed Yamada a massive re-election.

You can send a message to Councillor Yamada right here. (please note that bottom checkmark is a newsletter subscription, you might want to turn that off)

I want you to contact him right now. I want you to write a message, in whatever language you speak, explaining that you are a fan of anime from overseas, and that you want this naked subsumption of Japanese media to speech codes dictated from foreign companies stopped this instant. I want you to tell him that you want to join the fight to keep Japanese media, fair, free and independent. I want you to tell him that Japanese media is at risk of being kneecapped by aggressive foreign tech monopolies, and that this is no longer an issue of simple artistic freedom but of naked economic sabotage against competitors.

I want you to put your heart into whatever you write him, and then I want you to send this link to your friends and have them write him. I want so many foreign pleas for help in Councillor Yamada’s office that he thinks foreign spectators were let in for the Olympics. I want him wading through your pleas. I want him to look at his inbox and go “holy sweet pecan pie” and then I want more on top of that.

Councillor Yamada also works with the Association for Freedom of Entertainment Expression, an artists’ lobby that opposes government censorship in Japan. I want you to send them a message, too, and I want you to explain that the United States, through tech companies, is engaging in soft regulatory suffocation of Japan’s domestic media production.

If you really want to pack a punch, I want you to send Councillor Yamada a letter. Snail mail. Copy-paste his address onto your envelope.

〒100-0014 千代田区永田町2-1-1 参議院議員会館623号室

If you’re still pissed off, you can send foreign messages to Prime Minister Suga’s office, but chances are low this will help much. Suga probably doesn’t care, and he’s also busy with a certain sporting event that has his nation on high alert.

HERE’S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IN THE COMING DAYS:

Social media platforms are not your friends. But they’re the best hope we have. I want you to disseminate this call to action. I want you to translate it if you can. Ask your Discord friends to help out. Post it on Twitter. Tag anitubers, anitwitter people, anyone you can think of. Come up with some clever hashtag like #KeepMangaFree, I don’t know; I don’t use Twitter or Discord. Use the #NoNewStandards hashtag. You mobilized to keep the Internet free, now manga needs your help, too. Say it loud, and say it with all the fans in Japan who need your help. Don’t let these companies limit free expression.

Make posts in other communities raising awareness. If you don’t want to be associated with this post, don’t even mention it. Disavow us. We’re just passing the signal, grab and transmit. This has nothing to do with GamerGate or any stupid culture war. This is about keeping a medium we all love independent. Whether you’ve only ever read popular shonen or binge multiple series a week, whether you read official translations or fan scanlations or buy the volumes at the bookstore. Whether you’re an angry weeb, a progressive activist, are apolitical, or anywhere in between. Whether you post on animemes, or goodanimemes, or no meme subs at all. This is bigger than that. No matter what, we need your help.

You totally pirated manga at some point. Don’t lie. Now is your chance to give back. Because if we don’t act soon, the fate of manga may not be pretty.

OG POST LINK, with FAQ. Please, I urge everyone and anyone to do their part, even if it seems like just the bare minimum.

the hotel I’m staying in is having a chihuahua conference??? some lady told me there were over 300 chihuahuas in the building and if I wanted to, I could go watch the puppy competition in the morning. I’m in Heaven

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Uraeus before turning immortal, cheering up the First Guardian.

I know it's a bit confusing so I shall explain below the cut :)

Uraeus is an immortal hybrid shifter, meaning he can shift into two animals. Hybrids were new during his youth, though their chance of making it past infancy was below 1%. He was one of the rare babies, but he was ostrichsized from society because of his mixed blood. His mother was a King Cobra shifter and his father was a Boxer Jellyfish shifter.

Because he wasn't a full blood of either side, Uraeus had no control of the venom in his body. He became sick at at 12 in the midst of a march for hybrid rights. He had been bed-ridden until he was 17, when the First Guardian found him on his d3athbed.

She made him immortal using a ring, saw his potential and made him one of her four Protectors.

Since he can't take this ring off himself, Uraeus has been wandering around thousands of years after the First Guardians passing. The world knows him as the Living Fossil, as he is one of the two people who fought alongside the First Guardian.

Leelah Alcorn’s blog was deleted and posts about her are being removed. Don’t stop spreading this. Reblog everything you can, post everything you can. 

These are her pictures

here are some of her drawings

this is her note

Don’t let this die.

Not this.

How do you think Shigaraki, Stain, and Twice would react to their partner (presumably one they’ve been with for a while/are in a serious relationship with) telling them they were pregnant?

At first, I think Shigaraki would be troubled. Him, a dad? Family didn't work out too well when he was growing up. Who's to say history won't repeat itself? It would take some time to convince him that he's far different than his father (and AFO, if we're adding all his toxic father figures to the mix), and that he's capable of giving his kin a good life. Over time, his frustration and confusion around being a parent begins to clear up. He'll go through his moody phase for a bit, but he'll still be supportive throughout your pregnancy. When you're ready to give birth, you'll be content to see that he's actually quite happy about the prospect of raising a mini fusion of you and him. It's a non-verbal show of his love for you, which he's definitely a fan of, as well as a chance to do all the right things his dad couldn't.

Stain would be another one who's initially deeply troubled by the news. He's a vigilante. He never planned to pass on his genes and he certainly doesn't have the means to provide for his family. He's the type to think about logistics before all else. Is it possible for all three of you to survive in this economy and hero-plagued, self-righteous environment? Not really. You would need to pull more than your weight and work a few jobs, if possible. He might also have to warp his morals a bit and steal from his slaughtered victims. It was never about the money before, but it would be now. Over time, like Shigaraki, when he realizes things could turn out okay, he'll come around to the idea of having a child. He'll absolutely take care of you throughout the process, regardless of whether or not he's on the fence about the birth.

Our darling boy Twice is an entirely different story from the latter two. He's ecstatic! He never thought he would be a father, being the way he is, but it's always been a sweet little dream of his. Starting up a family with the person he loves? He's here for it. Do you want another one? 'Cause he's down to have more than one, so long as it would make you happy. Maybe with you by his side, the kids wouldn't turn out as fucked up as him. Prepare to be pampered. Prepare to be exposed to an overprotective Twice throughout your pregnancy. He won't let anyone, even those he trusts in the League, to get close to you while you're carrying his kin. It's not that he doesn't trust them... wait, no; that's exactly why.

If you are American, PLEASE SUPPORT THE SSI RESTORATION ACT OF 2021

This new bill has been introduced in both the house and the Senate.

Among other things, it will:

Raise the monthly disability income by just over 30 percent - bringing it to poverty level.

Remove penalties for recieving financial help from friends and family.

Increase the amount of assets a disabled person may have from $2,000 to $10,000 (this hasn't been updated since 1989)

Update outside income restrictions to allow disabled people to receive up to $399 a month without reducing their benefits.

REWARD, not penalize, people who want to receive additional income while on social security income.

REMOVE THE MARRIAGE BAN YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT THIS WILL REMOVE THE MARRIAGE BAN

For those unaware current regulations do a lot to oppress disabled people. In fact marriage equality doesn't even extend to disbled people who risk having their benefits reduced or outright taken away if they marry someone. This means that in common law states disabled people can't even live with their significant other or they risk losing their financial independence.

Current regulations mean that if you're disbled you can't have so much as one penny over $2,000 to your name. So buying a car and gaining more independence or freedom is largely out of the question for disabled people.

Current regulations penalize social security recipients who receive income from outside sources, even if those sources are reimbursement. Did you get paid to babysit for a few hours? That's income, and you get your benefits reduced. Did you loan a friend $10 and they pay you back? The government considers that $10 income, and you get your benefits reduced.

These aren't mere anecdotes - these are all examples of actual things that have happened to disbled people I know, and if you have any disabled friends in your life I'm sure they can tell you the same stories.

If you value marriage equality, if you value financial independence, if you value the rights of disbled people, please PLEASE support this bill! Contact your reps, vote, and make noise! This is a great thing!