Ooh girl get them tats
Go out and smoke that weed
Act all hard and take them shots
Make that blog and surface them tracks
You starvin’ but you an artist
Go on worrying about selling out
Hate on all them new kids on the scene
Like you forget where you been
You’re hatin on the new slew
Like I was last year – hatin’ on you
You’re sittin at a table with that stank look
Stuck up like you been on the scene so long
Honey, how old are you? 22?

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

Google launched a petition. Wikipedia voted to shut itself off. Senators’ websites went down just from the sheer surge of voters trying to write them.   NYC and SF geeks had protests that packed city blocks.

You made history today: nothing like this has ever happened before. Tech companies and users teamed up. Tens of millions of people who make the internet what it is joined together to defend their freedoms. The free network defended itself. Whatever you call it, the bottom line is clear: from today forward, it will be much harder to mess up the internet.

The really crazy part? We might even win.

Approaching Monday’s crucial Senate vote there are now 35 Senators publicly opposing PIPA. Last week there were 5.   And it just takes just 41 solid “no” votes to permanently stall PIPA (and SOPA) in the Senate. What seemed like miles away a few weeks ago is now within reach.

But don’t trust predictions. The forces behind SOPA & PIPA (mostly movie companies) can make small changes to these bills until they know they have the votes to pass. Members of Congress know SOPA & PIPA are unpopular, but they don’t understand why–so they’re easily duped by superficial changes. The Senate returns next week, and the next few days are critical. Here are two things to think about:

1. Plan on calling your Senator every day next week. Pick up the phone each morning and call your Senators’ offices, until they vote “no” on cloture. If your site participated today, consider running a “Call the Senate” link all next week.

2. Tomorrow, drop in at your Senators’ district offices. We don’t have a cool map widget to show you the offices nearest you (we’re too exhausted! any takers?). So do it the old fashioned way: use Google, or the phonebook to find the address, and just walk in, say you oppose PIPA, and urge the Senator to vote “no” on cloture. These drop-in visits make our spectacular online protests more tangible and credible.

That’s it for now. Be proud and stay on it!

–Holmes, Tiffiniy, and the whole Fight for the Future team.

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P.S. Huge credit goes to participants in the 11/16 American Censorship Day protest: Mozilla, 4chan, BoingBoing, Tumblr, TGWTG, and thousands of others. That’s what got this ball rolling! Reddit, both the community and the team behind it, you’re amazing. And of course, thanks to the Wikimedians whose patient and inexorable pursuit of the right answer brought them to take world-changing action. Thanks to David S, David K, Cory D, and E Stark for bold action at critical times.

P.P.S. If you haven’t already, show this video to as many people as you can. It works! http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/

I had hot and sour soup, an eggroll, and hunan beef. Hunan beef is one of my favorite dishes. This one was a different style and hella spicy.

Key takeaways:

- Luxury comes in basic colors: white, off white, greige (greyish beige), coal, earth, and black

- material is everything

- messy is perfectly aesthetic

- a little texture or frills goes a long way

- Add some dark colors for contrast and sexiness

Check out the Matteo site and board, it’s just as nice.

Self learnings… I’m not a hipster. I’m a Manhattan girl. Have I become to “BOO-zhee” already? I’m 24 but feel too old… hmmm.

I watched Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2001) last night and it’s inspired me to do my little found art projects like I wanted… well ever since I found the piece by Sirdaddy Thomas O’Neill. Sirdaddy… if you’re out there… this here’s a message for you… ‘Hi’.