and you know what the fucking bullshit is they’re replacing it with a ~6 months free of a subscription to a third party captions provider~ which of course you’d have to pay for after those 6 months are up and you KNOW random youtuber #9039 isn’t going to bother to keep paying for that either because they won’t have the money or they just won’t care. and youtube’s going to act like that’s a perfectly fine alternative that won’t result in the majority of the site suddenly going from “more or less accessible” to “Fuck You If You’re Disabled”
“citing low usage” are you fucking kidding me nearly every worthwhile video i watch uses community captions. sometimes they’re kind of janky cuz they were made by some 14 year old who thought it’d be funny to put their own irrelevant jokes and commentary in there but that wasn’t a reason to ditch the feature entirely when its so useful and important
i’m not even hard of hearing and i rely on them to watch videos in other languages…this is literally how people have been making english subs for japanese songs and the like for years and it was great because you didn’t have to reupload the videos yourself and take away views from the original creators. many creators don’t allow reprints of their work whatsoever so if they go through with this (which unfortunately they seem pretty deadset on because lololol moneyyyyyy) it’s entirely likely that there just won’t be a way to watch that content with captions
there’s a petition to keep community captions…i don’t know if it’ll really do anything since they’re already going ~oh but we have Paid Alternatives!~ but don’t just let this pass by this should be a huge deal but i’ve barely seen anyone talking about it (not that i expect people to talk about things of any particular importance on tumblr but it’s not even getting attention on twitter beyond that one thread and like 2 other posts)
so like. sign this and shit don’t let youtube just actively get rid of accessibility features without anyone caring (though i’d say probably use twitter if you want to actually get their attention i don’t think they’d look here) http://chng.it/LN9HRNmnkg
Hey all. I’ve finally bitten the bullet and created a fundraiser for the final step in my transition. I haven’t really been able to reach any kind of audience before, but my hope is that circulating this as much as I can will help me inch closer to a final goal. I’m poor, working-class, and without real ability to even create a savings account to save money.
I have been binding for 12 long years and I am getting tired of the physical pain and mental discomfort. I really, really want to feel like top surgery is a possibility.
I understand many cannot donate, but please share my fundraiser, please help me reach the largest audience I can.
I desire very deeply the final step in this process – I feel discouraged and broken whenever I see that many others within two years of hormone treatment are able to somehow afford top surgery and live their lives in peace. After a nearly fatal beating at my job, I have realized more than ever that I am in danger every day I continue to rely simply on my hormones. I want to be safe and I want to be finally comfortable in my skin after so many years of hiding.
Please help me if you can by sharing this.
If you haven’t reblogged this please do at least once. Help me reach an audience. I’ve plateued and nobody is interacting at all. Thank you to those who have continued to support me by reblogging.
Yo Biden just announced an infrastructure devolopment/clean energy/environmental justice plan and it’s honesty pretty fucking amazing and much more ambitious than I ever would have expected from him, goddamn. He’s trying to Eisenhower/New Deal our way out of the economic collapse.
Some notable points addressed by this plan:
Expanding American railway systems
Fixing the crumbling roads, bridges, dams, etc. that haven’t been kept up
Capping abandoned oil wells
Undoing Trump’s financial bailout policies for unclean energy companies
Reinvesting in American-made automotive companies
Getting America to 100% clean energy by 2035
Fixing air, water, and ground pollution issues that disproportionately affect poc
Getting justice for victims of environmental racism
Reinstating a bunch of environmental and medical jobs Trump had cut
Getting the US back on the Paris Agreement/Climate Accord
For those who were wondering what the point of voting for a leftist candidate was, if the leftist didn’t win—this is it. Biden is trending leftward. That’s what we want him to do. He wouldn’t be doing it if the left hadn’t shown itself to be a real force.
I know that the work is never done and all that, but I think we can count this one as a win.
please god vote. register ASAP. check to make sure you’re still registered because they’re kicking people off. look into your states mail in ballot laws
I don’t like the guy, and I doubt if most of this would actually get done, but please, it’s better than the guy actively dismantling anything good we have and pushing us backwards
even if you’re in a state that swings dem and you think your vote doesn’t matter, it does. the popular vote tally means something even if the system is broken. Hillary got millions more votes and that was the voice of the people. vote even just to add to the tally of people against Trump because you know the numbers will hurt his vanity
And for all the “lesser of two evils” people out there who think a Biden victory means rewarding the Democratic party’s ongoing rejection of the left wing of the party, reminder that the alternative, GREATER of two evils, is THIS:
A new policy change to prevent trans women from accessing homeless shelters is teaching people how to police gender presentation and physical features just so the country can legalize a new way to get away with killing us.
This is the shit we would have four more years of if Biden loses.
Shelter workers may use “factors such as height, the presence (but not the absence) of facial hair, the presence of an Adam’s apple, and other physical characteristics which, when considered together, are indicative of a person’s biological sex,” the rule says.
If a homeless person appears too transgender for a homeless shelter, the shelter is allowed to ask them for proof of “biological sex.”
Biden wasn’t even my fifth choice in the primaries. But we have to focus on the general now. There are only two possible outcomes this November. We’ve seen how one of them turned out for us, and we all know damn well it’s only getting worse, and getting worse faster. Do not forget that the other outcome is not just about Biden; there’s an entire Democratic platform that comes in with him, along with a complete 180 in White House staff, federal appointments, judicial confirmations, etc. And the judicial confirmations ALONE are a huge deal. If you are somehow NOT convinced that Biden would be better for us than Trump, I need you to understand the existential threat of these words:
Losing Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat to another Brett Kavanaugh.
Do NOT let your ideological purity put us through THAT.
Anything lesser than the evil we have now is a rejection of how far right the Overton Window has been dragged the last few years. Don’t forget how much we stand to lose if we don’t live to fight another day.
I know this is super annoying but my cat is a finalist in a competition to win $5,000 so I’m posting the link in case anyone has a second to vote for him. I am so broke and have so much debt lol, this is my cat’s chance to contribute for once. If you have the time to vote for Riker or reboot, I would really appreciate it!
the USPS is now REMOVING MAIL SORTING MACHINES. the shit is hitting the fan. i need to reiterate that signing petitions or texting a number that sends an email isn’t going to cut it. dont send complaints to louis dejoy’s office or any bullshit like that. don’t waste your time. people who live in the US need to CALL their Senators and House reps. you need to post about this constantly. you need to make a big deal about this with friends and family. get them do it too.
if you want to save the USPS i am BEGGING you call your representatives directly to DEMAND they co-sponsor and vote for:
1. the Delivering for America Act (call HOUSE reps). This attempts to reverse the bullshit Trump is doing.
2. USPS Fairness Act (call SENATORS). This is a MAJOR repeal of the bullshit the Bush admin and the Republicans did in 2006 that fucked over the USPS in the first place.
3. HEROES Act (call SENATORS). This is the coronavirus omnibus that includes IMMEDIATE USPS relief. Make it clear you want the USPS portion to be included.
There’s been a massive explosion in the capital of Lebanon, Beirut. Many are feared to be injured and the hospitals there are in dire need of blood donations. Please help any way you can, even if you can only share this, please do that!
So im basically at the same situation as last month. I cannott afford rent and basic utilities, i cleaned some houses up for a few bucks and stuff like that but thats far from enough to keep myself, i’m literally taking any job i could get but its so hard to find any.. i’ve talked about this before, i already sold most of my belongings, i only own the essentials rn, been literally panicking about the thought of having to give up my cats to adoption (theyre stray cats i’ve brought home when i was in a better situation) but i dont want to feed them unproperly, im afraid of making them sick its not fair to them..
so if you wish to help, please just spread this or donate anything, LITERALLY anything helps 1 dollar is worth 5x my currency, like R$ 10 = 1,93 USD.
PAYPAL: vintageonce@gmail.com
(pay for goods and services option)
if you cant help with donations, please just send out nice thoughts, i really believe they help, and if you dont want to see this please feel free to block me. Thank you for reading
