In The Latest Cyber-news: The Internet Archive Has Lost Their Case Against 4 Major Publishing Houses

in the latest cyber-news: the internet archive has lost their case against 4 major publishing houses (verge article). they’re going to appeal, but this is still a bad outcome. the fate of the internet is currently hanging in the balance because 4 multibillionare publishing groups missed out on like $15 of combined revenue during the pandemic because of the archive’s online library service. it’s so fucking stupid.

for those who don’t know what the internet archive is, it’s a virtual library full of media. books, magazines, recordings, visuals, flash games, websites - a lot of these things either don’t exist anymore or cannot be found & bought. heard of the wayback machine? that’s part of the internet archive. it is the most important website to exist, and i don’t say that lightly. if the internet archive goes down, the cultural loss will be immeasurable.

so how can you help?

boycott the publishing companies involved in this. they’re absolute ghouls, frankly, and don’t deserve a penny. the companies involved are harpercollins (imprints), wiley (imprints), penguin random house llc (imprints), and hachette book group (imprints). make sure the websites are set to your location as it may differ worldwide.

learn to torrent. download a torrent client (i recommend transmission), a vpn (i recommend protonvpn - sign up and choose the area that’s closest to your continent/country), and hit up /r/piracy on reddit for websites. with torrenting, you can get (almost) any media you want for free in high quality, with add-ons such as subtitles, and with no risks of loss. i would also recommend getting into the habit of watching stuff online for free. the less you can pay to a giant corporation, the better.

get into the habit of downloading and archiving materials. find a TB external hard drive, ideally the higher the better. it’ll probably cost around $60 for 1TB and continue to go up, but they’re so so useful. if you can’t afford a drive, look for any GB harddrives or memory sticks you have lying around and just fill them up. videos, pdfs, magazines, songs, movies, games - anything you can rip and download and fit on there, do it, because nothing is permanent.

donate to the internet archive. this is the most important option on the list. the IA relies entirely on funding, and it’s going to need more to fight this case. whatever you can donate, do it. i promise it’s helpful.

and finally…

Omg. So.

Today at work (an inpatient adolescent mental health unit), we were having one of our daily unit meeting with all the patients, where they all sit in a circle and go around one by one and say their name, current mood, therapeutic goal for the day etc. Anyway, one of the things on this list that they are supposed to tell everyone is their pronouns because, like 30% or more of o

ur patients claim to be trans at this point. So today, we get this new patient. Teenage boy, obviously suffering from a little mania and not afraid to speak his slightly jumbled mind. So, the patient next to him hands him the sheet of questions, and he goes, "What's a pronoun?". Another person tries to explain that it's words used to refer to someone or in her words, "it's whatever you identify as!"

And without missing a beat, this guy says with a straight face, "Oh! Well, I identify as a racecar." And then moved on to the next question.

I really wanted to high-five him.

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37 questions to prove that systemic misandry doesn’t exist anywhere in the world

Dr Jess Taylor asks 37 questions to challenge the existence of systemic misandry – the hatred and oppression of men.

1. Can you name 1 instance of an all-female terrorist regime that has committed acts of mass rape and murder towards boys and men who they deem inferior?

2. Can you name 1 instance where a group of female terrorists abducted hundreds of little boys from their school, to traffic them for sex?

3. Can you name 1 female led country in the world where it is illegal for men to drive a car or have a driving licence because they are perceived as too stupid?

5. Can you name 1 female led country in the world where men are not allowed to leave their houses without a female chaperone?

6. Can you name 1 country in the world where females in power have legally dictated that men should cover their entire bodies at all times, not show their hair or faces, and punish men and boys who do show their skin?

7. Can you name 1 female led country or community in the world that has legally banned boys from getting an education or attending school?

8. Can you name 1 company which is currently abducting and exploiting men and boys to impregnate, carry and birth babies for rich white people whilst being locked in facilities for 9 months?

9. Can you name 1 female led country where the child marriage of boys as young as 6 years old to adult women is widely encouraged or legally allowed?

10. Can you name 1 country where men are not allowed to take part in sports at all?

11. Can you name 1 country where 1 in 3 men will be raped or sexually assaulted by women?

12. Can you name 1 country where the entire government is female?

13. Can you name 1 country where all CEOs of top performing companies are female?

14. Can you name 1 country where men who become fathers are expected not to work or study?

15. Can you name 1 country where men are made to live in small huts once per month due to their hormonal cycle as they are perceived to be unclean and unworthy of being in bed with a woman?

16. Can you name 1 country where teenage and unmarried fathers were sent away to asylums and institutions to live there and look after their babies on their own?

17. Can you name 1 country where the majority of all murders of men are committed by women?

18. Can you name 1 female-led major world religion which suggests or describes men as inferior to women?

19. Can you name 1 country where males must get permission and supervision of females to travel, marry or seek healthcare?

20. Can you name 1 country where large groups of women publicly stone men to death for showing their skin?

21. Can you name 1 country where large groups of women kill men for having sex before marriage?

22. Can you name 1 country where large groups of women publicly flog and beat men as a form of punishment for being seen out alone without a female chaperone?

23. Can you name 1 country where men have been forbidden from using any form of contraception?

24. Can you name 1 country where a man has never been in power or leadership in government?

25. Can you name 1 country where men are not allowed to apply for a passport without the express permission of a woman?

26. Can you name 1 country in the world where women kill more than 3 men per week?

27. Can you name 1 country in the world that states that male prisoners can only leave prison if they transferred into the guardianship of a woman who will then control them?

28. Can you name 1 country in the world where a man is not recognised as ‘a whole person before the court’ and therefore cannot give evidence in a trial unless it is backed up by a woman who is deemed as a ‘whole person’?

29. Can you name 1 country in the world where men do not have the right to vote, but women do?

30. Can you name 1 country in the world where a woman has a legal right to stop her husband from working in occupations she doesn’t like or want him to do?

31. Can you name 1 country where female-led governments have stated that men are not legally allowed to drive trains, tractors or pilot ships?

32. Can you name 1 country where men were not allowed to watch sporting events?

33. Can you name 1 country where men are not allowed to serve in the military?

34. Can you name 1 country in the world where universities restrict their male university population to 10-15% to ensure more women than men get into higher education because they are deemed more important than men?

35. Can you name 1 country where a man can be given up to 100 lashes for wearing trousers?

36. Can you name 1 country or community where it is illegal for men to own or use a mobile phone?

37. Can you name 1 country where men and boys were routinely sectioned and had their reproductive organs removed because female doctors believed it was causing them to become insane?