{"id":1537,"date":"2014-09-10T15:45:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2014-09-16T09:15:16","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T15:15:16","slug":"neil-gaiman-staff-todays-the-day-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/?p=1537","title":{"rendered":"Slowdown day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wvrx-video wvrx-vimeo\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;max-width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/http:\/\/105741162\"  style=\"border-width:0px\" width=\"16\" height=\"9\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/neil-gaiman.tumblr.com\/post\/97142868296\/staff-todays-the-day-the-day-you-help-save\">neil-gaiman<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/staff.tumblr.com\/post\/97136199615\/todays-the-day-the-day-you-help-save-the\">staff<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Today\u2019s the day. The day you help save the internet from being ruined.<\/p>\n<p><span>Ready?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tmblr.co\/stop\">Yes, you are, and we\u2019re ready to help you<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(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 can start a website for any reason at all, the internet that\u2019s been so momentous, funny, weird, and surprising\u2014that internet could cease to exist. Here\u2019s your chance to preserve a beautiful thing.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>PLEASE.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please do it. This one is important. You may not think YOU are important (you are, by the way) but if your representatives know that you care abo<span>ut how they vote, and if you call, and the person before you calls, and the person after you calls\u2026 then they vote to keep the internet the way it is.\u00a0<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>DOOOO ITTTTTTTT (said in the reassuring voice of the thing under your bed when you were tiny)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"attribution\">(<span>Source:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/neil-gaiman.tumblr.com\/\">http:\/\/neil-gaiman.tumblr.com\/<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>neil-gaiman: staff: Today\u2019s the day. The day you help save the internet from being ruined. Ready?\u00a0 Yes, you are, and we\u2019re 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 can start a website for any reason at all, the internet that\u2019s been so momentous, funny, weird, and surprising\u2014that internet could cease to exist. Here\u2019s your chance to preserve a beautiful thing.) PLEASE.\u00a0 Please do it. 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