Those spots! That build! That look of determination! The red-spotted burrowing frog [Leptodactylus laticeps] is a species worthy of the highest praise. It can be found in forests and temporary ponds in Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia, and is a skilled burrower true to its name. While this frog is a striking and attractive species it’s important to note that its collection for the pet trade has left a dent in its numbers, and it’s better to admire it in its natural habitat as opposed to as a collector’s item. Images by expert photographer Joel Sartore.
Month: September 2017
there’s very few things that drive me up the wall in fandom as much as this weird new assumption that fandom is primarily a space for younger people that older folks are only accepted into in a trial basis if they promise to centralize and accommodate younger fans, and further, anything else is creepy and predatory. IT’S OKAY FOR ADULTS TO PRODUCE CONTENT FOR OTHER ADULTS.
if I have to read “women in their 30s” used as an insult one more time I swear I’ll – step away from that user and just hang out with the other grownups who consistently create good content because I’m also an adult and too busy comparing car insurance to fight with teenagers on the internet, but goddAMMIT I’ll be annoyed
Yup, I’ll be over here where the well-written and well-researched stuff is, you go and read or write slashfic containing ass-hymens.
ass-what
I wish I was kidding.
I hope it was at least a crack fic…
No. It was horribly written wangst with one character written like a girl but not as a girl (Harry). And a big deal was made out of virginity, hence the butt-hymen. Apparently nobody in Hogwarts ever takes a dump. It was painfully obvious the author had never seen a penis IRL, or even experimentally put a finger up her butt for research purposes. Ahem.
And there were several fics like that. Several. The butt-hymen was an actual trend for a little while.
oh my god
I’m getting the weird desire to write a fic in which everyone in Hogwarts is wearing colostomy bags. Someone hand me the brain bleach, please.
i will never discourage people from writing crack
Hey you can have your opinions but doxxing people is never okay.
doxxing Nazis is okay
doxxing nobody is okay. it’s illegal. if I see you doxxing someone I will report you to the FBI and you will get in more trouble than the people you dox.
why do you think i care what the government says is illegal
did you read the last part of my reply
What the fuck is wrong with you, @warthogpunk ?
THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS AND REPERCUSSIONS OF DOXXING WITH INTENT TO CAUSE HARM:
“Doxing“ is a legal term that means revealing “documents” about a person. This can range from revealing the name of a person who uses an alias, but more commonly refers to revealing whatever the person doing it feels will harm, shame, humiliate, endanger, or put the person at some risk. Doxing is a form of stalking or threatening and is illegal under many different federal and state laws, depending on the exact facts and location.
Revealing a “name” per se’ may, or may not be considered “Doxing” depending on the level of anticipated anonymity. However, in this law, the term “restricted personal information” means, “with respect to an individual, the Social Security number, the home address, home phone number, mobile phone number, personal email, or home fax number of, and identifiable to, that individual.” This is an important distinction to remember.
Once you outline the address or location of a person, within which a person can be placed at risk,
YOU have VIOLATED THE LAW. PERIOD.
In all cases if you outline the physical location of any individual with the intent to harm, shame, stalk, humiliate, endanger, or otherwise compromise the safety and security of ANY individual you have placed that person in a position of risk and you are in violation of ALL State Stalking laws.
THIS is the most commonly crossed line.
However, in some cases, such as federal agents, or in Mark Osterman’s case his anonymity as a Federal Air Marshal, just revealing his name crosses the threshold for illegal activity.
I CAN FIND THOSE PIECES OF INFORMATION USING GOOGLE SEARCH. IS THAT STILL RESTRICTED? YES. It is illegal to announce or disseminate or post those listed pieces of information for the purposes listed in the law (18 USC § 119). Those are purposes such as threatening or intimidating or making it so others can harass or harm the person. This law is about acts that endanger the safety of or encourage attacks against a person or a person’s family. It is not about where you found the information.
READ THAT AGAIN:
This law is about acts that endanger the safety of, or encourage attacks against, a person or a person’s family. It is not about where you found the information.
18 USC § 119
The information may or may not even be on the internet; that is not a factor for a charge. A criminal act does not need to be physically possible for a charge to exist with regard to it. The activity can take the form of cyber-space and internet posting.
Doxing might also be part of a conspiracy to harm, endanger, or even kill a person. Even if unintentionally if the action of the party is intended to threaten, harass or harm.
Doxing is always illegal, whether it is done against a federal employee, a state employee, or a regular person. There are federal and state laws that specifically address doxing government employees 18 U.S.C. Sec 371 (18 U.S.C. Sec 119).
With regular non-governmental citizens, doxing falls under various state criminal laws, such as stalking, cyber stalking, harassment, threats, and other such laws, depending on the state.
Since these doxing threats and activities are made on the internet, the law of any state may be invoked, though most often an investigator will look to the state in which the person making the threat is located, if this is known, or the state in which the victim is situated.
A state prosecutor can only prosecute violations of the laws of his or her own state, and of acts that extend into their state.
However, when acts are on the internet, they extend into all the states. Thereby allowing the victim to choose the state of filing which may, or may not, be the state of residence for the victim(s) or perpetrator(s).
Increasingly with internet use, attorneys are affirming representation to the state with the strongest current legal remedies for Doxing, Cyber-Stalking, or Harassment.
Misinformation was spread that doxing is legal. I am not sure how or why anyone fell for that misinformation. Surely, people must understand instinctively, even if they were misled about the law, that if they are threatening someone or putting them at risk, or tormenting or harassing the other on the internet, that this must be illegal.
Common sense would tell you that bullying or jeopardizing another would be illegal in some way.
So yes, doxing is illegal, no matter who the target. The difference is when it is on the internet it is Federal, or State. When it is not via cyber space it is State issue/laws/ remedy only.
In addition there are even more consequential specific federal laws, and federal remedies, against doxing federal employees. This is one of the issues with Mark Osterman and the potential for Frances Robles indictment. In addition, many states have such individual laws against doing this to state employees, officials, and/or law enforcement officers.
If you are doxing a non-government person, this can be illegal under various laws that have names such as stalking, cyber stalking, cyber-bullying, harassment, invasion of privacy, threatening, terroristic threatening, endangering the safety of, intentional infliction of emotional distress (this can be a crime or a tort, depending on state law), threatening a witness (if the person is a witness), intimidation, and other laws that exist in the different states.
Depending on the situation, it might also be a hate crime or a violation of civil rights. Some states also have laws that specifically apply to students harassing or being harassed. Many states now have laws about posting a person’s name or photo on an indecent or incendiary website without their permission. It really depends on the situation,
but there are plenty of laws that can be invoked and multiple remedies available.
When you do something on the internet, it reaches into every state and you open yourself up to potentially being prosecuted under the laws of any state.
In addition, since it is being done in interstate commerce (the internet), you can be accountable under federal law.
Also, if you dox someone using an internet website or service such as Facebook or Twitter or most other such services, such as WordPress or Blogger, and your intent is stalking, cyber stalking, cyber-bullying, harassment, invasion of privacy, threatening, terroristic threatening, endangering the safety of, intentional infliction of emotional distress or intimidation, you are probably violating the Terms of Service under the media contract which binds your activity from your acceptance of the terms.
Violating the terms of service can actually be a federal crime, depending on the situation, and especially so when the terms are violated in order to harm a person.
It is important at this point to note the “intent” of the activity itself, which is where capturing the full data “as it exists” becomes important.
Example: A post itself may not violate the terms or the law; However, the “intent” can change depending on the editorial content within the control of the site operator. When the comments follow, and reflect, a specific intent as outlined, then the arbiter of the posting itself is ultimately liable for the consequences of their affiliates.
Think about only using a name, it is probably a violation of law, but maybe not. However, once you go beyond the name IT IS ALWAYS A VIOLATION OF LAW.
If we are hosting a site discussion and publicly name a private party, depending on intent, there is no harm. However, if we further provide, or a commentator provides an address for the party – and we do not delete the information in a timely manner, then depending on circumstance we could be in direct violation of law.
People on this site need to understand the law applies to everyone no matter how “right” or wrong you are.
Part of the problem is we have a whole shitton of immature children who get old and Never Grow Up
Where it matters the most!!
The act and want and NEVER THINK where their actions lead. It’s like they can’t see in front of their face.q
An I think what pisses me off the most is the fact that whenever you see a child in a courtroom being charged for stupid shit they always have the same shocked look on your face like they did not know the heinous act they were doing was wrong.
An somewhere along the way we blame the parents for not teaching them to know better . Problem is I think most of them know better they just ignore better.
An sometimes I’m not sure if I want to feel sorry for them or not feel sorry for them because they did this to themselves.
Also, another reason that you shouldn’t dox people is that you may end up getting the wrong person’s information.
It hasn’t uncommon. It isn’t a rarity. It’s happened twice already with the recent months. You can find multiple stories of people being doxxed and them just being the wrong personas opposed to the actual target the doxxer was trying to find.
Yep. Also, “my TA might be a Nazi!” sticks in people’s brains a lot easier than “we thought this Nazi might have been my TA but it turned out it wasn’t him” does.
Rescued this Senior fella after losing our cat. His human passed away and he ended up in the shelter. We are truly the perfect fit.
LOOK AT HIM WOW
Why you should contact your representatives even if they’re already on your side
When your politician wants to do the right thing, they need your help. Calls and tweets are very helpful to them. Here’s why:
Politicians can’t just do whatever they want, because they represent us. Whatever they believe personally, they have to take into account what their voters think. Politicians can do some unpopular things, but they have to pick unpopular issues very, very careful, or they lose reelection and can’t do anything at all.
If you call/tweet your representatives about something they already agree with, you are telling them: We have your back. You don’t have to worry that doing the right thing will cost you the election. Doing the right thing will get you votes, and make you *more* likely to win. That gives them more options.
Another way that calling representatives who are on the right side helps them: Representatives can’t pass legislation by themselves. They have to persuade other representatives to vote the right way. There are usually politicians who are on the fence and potentially open to persuasion.
If your representative can say to other representatives: “My phones are ringing off the hook about this issue”, or “My twitter mentions are overwhelmed with people asking me to do this”, it can persuade other politicians that this issue matters to voters. Every representative who can do this makes a difference. A politician may sometimes be in denial about what their constituents are saying; it’s harder to stay in denial if they’re hearing it from multiple politicians whose states/districts are similar to theirs. Even if your representative is unwaveringly on your side and in a safe seat, your calls/tweets can help them to persuade others.
Stories and pictures also matter. Telling stories can persuade politicians to do the right thing. During the health care debates, every politician told stories that a constituent told to them. The vote was close, and the Republicans who voted against it said that stories were part of what convinced them to do the right thing. If you tell your representatives stories about why the issue matters to you, it can help them to act on it, even if they already agree with you.
Tweeting pictures at your representatives can also help. Pictures of protests show politicians that people care enough to show up in person and protest. This suggests to them that people care enough to show up and vote. This is reassuring to politicians who agree with you, and they can use those pictures to put pressure on politicians who aren’t sure how they want to vote. Pictures of real people affected by the issue are also helpful. They show, viscerally, that this is about real people. That can be very persuasive.
Another reason why contacting politicians who agree with you matters: If you make the issue you’re calling/tweeting about a safe issue for them, then they don’t have to spend political capital on it. If they don’t spend political capital on it, then it’s available to spend on a risky issue. Calling/tweeting them helps them to do the right thing about the immediate issues *and* future issues which may be riskier.
Tl;dr: Even if your representatives agree with you, it’s still worth contacting them about important issues. Calling, tweeting, and otherwise contacting them can give them them *ability* to do what they already want to do. Tell them stories. Tweet them pictures that tell stories, including pictures you take at any protests you go to. Scroll up for more explanation of why this matters.
(image of a tweet about the ACA)
Trump GUTTED funding for ACA advertising – and slashed the open enrollment period. So he *really* doesn’t want you to share this key info:
Nov 1: Enrollment for 2018 begins
Dec 15: Enrollment for 2018 ends
Don’t miss your chance to enroll in health insurance for 2018
HealthCare.gov
i’m just gonna reblog this every single time it crosses my dash
It’s ironic that his home state of New York is advertising the exchanges harder than ever this year (we run our own exchanges and our own advertising).
Mille Fleur
Mille Fleur is a specific color pattern of mottling. The literal translation of Mille Fleur is “thousand flowers.“ Mille fleur has a base color or red/buff, with each feather containing a black crescent pattern with a silver [white] tip. Adding blue will dilute the black to grey. Addition of the lavender gene dilutes the black to grey and the red/buff to lemon/citron resulting an a color known as porcelain.
this doggo brought the umpires water between innings. 14/10 very thoughtful
the three stages of adhd internet browsing:
- that looks interesting but my focus is shit rn so i’m keeping this tab open for later
- *tab sits there for 2 months, untouched*
- riiiiight, i never got around to that hmmm well doesn’t really matter anymore *closes tab*
3.1. alright the page no longer exists…..guess we’ll never know
3.2 Lets put it in a bookmark folder I will never again look at except for 2 years later when I’m sure this vital piece of information must be in here somewhere.
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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