Net Neutrality

Stepping away from my traditional role I am putting on my activism hat and telling you to seriously pay attention to the issue of net neutrality. Large companies want to make usable internet impossible. Want to constantly look at a loading button? Sorry, but forget Netflix, forget little otters making baskets, forget kittens and fainting goats. We live in a technology age. Technology has become our friend and you can't turn your back on a friend, so I'm asking you for one day to take the time to change your profile picture (find images here) or share one of the photos (find them here) to raise awareness. If that kind of thing isn't your jam then enter your e-mail address (at this link) to show your support. Above all, even if you don't do any of those things please at least be informed and look at the information. Thanks!

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Here is a message from Fight for the Future:

If you woke up tomorrow, and your internet looked like this, what would you do?
Imagine all your favorite websites taking forever to load, while you get annoying notifications from your ISP suggesting you switch to one of their approved “Fast Lane” sites.
Think about what we would lose: all the weird, alternative, interesting, and enlightening stuff that makes the Internet so much cooler than mainstream Cable TV. What if the only news sites you could reliably connect to were the ones that had deals with companies like Comcast and Verizon?
On September 10th, just a few days before the FCC’s comment deadline, public interest organizations are issuing an open, international call for websites and internet users to unite for an “Internet Slowdown” to show the world what the web would be like if Team Cable gets their way and trashes net neutrality. Net neutrality is hard to explain, so our hope is that this action will help SHOW the world what’s really at stake if we lose the open Internet.
If you’ve got a website, blog or tumblr, get the code to join the #InternetSlowdown here: https://battleforthenet.com/sept10th
Everyone else, here’s a quick list of things you can do to help spread the word about the slowdown: http://tumblr.fightforthefuture.org/post/96020972118/be-a-part-of-the-great-internet-slowdown  

Get creative! Don’t let us tell you what to do. See you on the net September 10th!