Today’s the day. The day you help save the internet from being ruined.
Ready?
Yes, you are, and we’re ready to help you.
(Long story short: The FCC is about to make a critical decision as to whether or not internet service providers have to treat all traffic equally. If they choose wrong, then the internet where anyone could start a website for any reason at all, the internet that’s been so momentous, funny, weird, and surprising—that internet could cease to exist. Here’s your chance to preserve a beautiful thing.)
I actually did call my senator. Tumblr’s integration with the Internet Slowdown stuff is quite impressive and admirable.
(For RSS subscribers, they turned every image into a loading GIF, and made the button that turns it off not only give you notes on what was up, but called you and connected you to your senator’s office.)