tabaqui | News and links and such......

Hiya. I'm using my brand-new and very happy!making beeeeee! icon, because the news around the world and at home is kinda on the 'bad' side. Bleh. But there's still good stuff out there, so i'm posting what i consider 'good stuff' first.
(Original beeeee! art by

cafe_de_labeill, icon by

realproof) Thanks, guys! :)

qldfloodauction is over, and thank you, bidders! Numbers are still being tallied, but a lot was made, which is awesome.

In Egypt, the internet and a lot of other services have been shut down by the government, but you can still get live and up-to-the-minute news from Al Jazeera. This is the English live stream. Also, apparently, Tunisia's revolution has sparked more - not only Egypt, but protests and unrest has been reported in Libya, Algeria, Jordan, Yemen, Lebanon and Albania, as well. We can only hope that violence stays to a minimum and the citizens in all these countries achieve some if not all of their goals.
*this link has a lot of information about what's going on in Tunisia, Egypt, and elsewhere*

Cat set up a Tor relay on his computer, which helps those who *can* get online to anonymize their access. Hopefully, it will help keep the information flowing.

This gentleman is also posting on his Facebook, pretty recent stuff and links.

And from Tunisia - a wonderful image of peace. Let's hope that this scene can be repeated everywhere there is upheaval and chaos.

Now - the stuff that's kinda bad. Egypt's internet got 'switched off'. Guess what? Senator Lieberman and others want an 'off' switch for our internet, too. Nice!

But worst of all - the motherfucking GOP has decided, as part of their on-going war against women, to redefine rape in an effort to block even more instances when a woman might obtain an abortion. Among others, including some instances of incest, what isn't covered under this new bill includes "...rapes in which the woman was drugged or given excessive amounts of alcohol, rapes of women with limited mental capacity, and many date rapes." They're so fucking freaked out by the idea of the government (Medicaid) paying for abortions that they're basically saying if you weren't attacked and beaten and your life threatened, too fucking bad. ARRG.

My government kinda sucks. AND. No new Show tonight! Stupid CW.
*clings to fandom*

Oh, and, guess what? Because of

_beetle_ and

darkhavens, i have a new fucking fandom. I'm reading Inception fic. Dear gods. Funny, because i thought the move absolutely sucked balls.

Oh and! I wrote a little comment fic at a very interesting comment meme - it's here. Spoilers for 6:09. I like the idea behind the meme - go see if you do, too! :)

Let's have a good weekend, people - and let's be careful out there.

ETA: I have made two requests at round three of this Iconfest - the bee is one of them! This comm *rocks* - i encourage you to read the rules and go make a request!