spanish language commentators whenever someone scores a goal
𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐱
It would be cool if after you died you could see the top 5 times you almost died
5 times you didn’t die and one time you did
WHY DOES THIS POST GET EVEN WORSE EVERY TIME I SEE IT
I don’t want to disappear without a forewarning.
As of July 4th 2018, the Internet as we know it might be dead for good.
The European Parliament is passing a new Copyright Directive.
Article 13 #CensorshipMachine will impose widespread censorship of all the content we share online. Art, fanfiction, parodies, remixes, mashups, memes, etc.. Anything that you do not hold the rights over will be taken down.
Article 13 would force all online platforms to police and prevent the uploading of copyrighted content, or make people seek the correct licenses to post that content. Internet platforms hosting large amounts of user-uploaded content must monitor user behaviour and filter their contributions to identify and prevent copyright infringement.
Such filters will be mandatory for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and Instagram, but also much smaller websites.
(x)
This doesn’t just affect Europe. The content creators you love are going to be in hot water for sharing their art and writing with you online. Any and all content that doesn’t belong to us will be filtered. Even memes are at risk, as the person who took the original photo may want to file complaints against any platform that allows it to be used without permission. But it goes even further than that.
Last Tuesday (19th June 2018) a group of more than 70 people who have played important roles in building the internet and developing it (Tim Berners-Lee, Vincent Cerf, Jimmy Wales, Mitchell Baker…) into what it is today addressed an open letter to the members of the European Parliament:
“As creators ourselves, we share the concern that there should be a fair distribution of revenues from the online use of copyright works, that benefits creators, publishers, and platforms alike.
But Article 13 is not the right way to achieve this. By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users. […] The damage that this may do to the free and open Internet as we know it is hard to predict, but in our opinions could be substantial.”
Here is the original Article 13. It’s even scarier. / Link 2
Here is how to contact your MEPs.
Here is a full list of everything that will be affected.
Europe is facing a huge problem, and unlike with Net Neutrality, the world doesn’t seem to care.
That one set of Noragami artworks by Adachitoka
Because artists don’t draw great art of characters with flowers without having it mean something
I noticed that nobody’s talked about these breathtakingly beautiful artworks done by Adachitoka (or maybe someone’s written a similar post about this which got swallowed up by tumblr in the passage of time, in which case please forgive me), so I’ve done some research to find out why these flowers are drawn with their respective characters!
1. Yato and the Queen of the Night
The Queen of the Night is a special flower that blooms very rarely (it’s said to only bloom once a year) and only ever blooms at night for a few hours before withering away.
In Japanese flower language, the flower is associated with fleeting love (and beauty), joy, delicateness, seeing someone only once, and a strong will.
(In the context of Chapter 75′s ending, these aren’t exactly comforting implications .-.)
Bonus: the Japanese name for the flower (as written on the artwork) is called Gekka Bijin, which means the Beautiful One under the Moon. Probably Adachitoka hinting at something (cough* Tsukuyomi theory)?
2. Ebisu and Yudzuriha
(I would have used a better English alternative but unfortunately, there is no accurate common name for this plant apart from its scientific name Daphniphyllum macropodum, which is kind of a mouthful so)
The Yudzuriha in Japanese literally means ‘the plant which gives way’, referring to the fact that the plant is effectively kept evergreen by its older leaves withering away to make way for new leaves, without interrupting its foliage.
While the meaning of the flower itself symbolises the good relationship between old and new generations, I’d interpret Adachitoka’s use of this to be most likely a reference to Ebisu’s constant reincarnation.
3. Bishamon and Pomegranates
In Japanese (originating from Buddhist) mythology, pomegranates are a symbol of fertility, often depicted with the goddess Kariteimo (訶梨帝母) or Kishibojin (鬼子母神), who is the protector of children.
As an extra nugget of information, Kariteimo hadn’t always been a benign goddess. In fact, she was said to start off as an evil deity who captured children and fed them to her own. Her name Kishibojin means ‘Mother of Demon Children’ because she symbolizes the selfish nature of mothers whose love for their children is so extreme they become devils. Wanting to punish her for her cruelty, the Buddha hid away one of her children. Even though she had hundreds (some retellings say thousands) of them, she loved all her children the same and noticed when one was missing. Eventually, her child was returned to her after her anxious search for them, and Kariteimo reformed to become a more benevolent deity, having understood the pain of a parent who has lost a child.
To me, at least, Kariteimo’s story does give off vibes similar to that of Bishamon’s arc, though this is probably just my own thoughts running wild. The pomegranate could just as well be a simple reference to Bishamon having a lot of shinki, whom she see as her own children.
An afternote
So here’s the end of my contribution now to the fandom. Hope you all enjoy!
Anonymous asked:
Hmu with a 3 sentance Yukine angst?
the-delivery-god answered:
“Yato did… what?” Yukine’s knees buckled underneath him before he even finished the question. Hiyori continued speaking, but the words weren’t reaching his ears anymore. His vision blurred and his lips trembled, “…Why?”
im so fucking pissed right now because when internet in america was in danger everyone helped, but when we need help with article 13 no one really cares? What the fuck? Guys it will affect you too!