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Holy crap — you guys are averaging 3.6 calls per second, and rising!
You’re making a real difference. Don’t let up. Spread the word.
Please help. For great coverage of these issues, hit Techdirt.
Yesterday we did a historic thing. We generated 87,834 phone calls to U.S. Representatives in a concerted effort to protect the Internet. Extraordinary. There’s no doubt that we’ve been heard.
So just to keep you updated: The well-intentioned, but immensely flawed “Stop Online Piracy Act” is still in the House Judiciary Committee. The hearing was yesterday and now members will debate and bring amendments to the bill. The Committee will reconvene in a few weeks — the date has yet to be scheduled. Nothing has been brought to a final vote. Everything is still very much in play. We’ll keep you posted on what’s going on and what you can do to help. But for now, we want to thank you.
One encouraging thing we heard yesterday:
I don’t believe this bill has any chance on the House floor. I think it’s way too extreme, it infringes on too many areas that our leadership will know is simply too dangerous to do in its current form.
— Representative Darrell Issa
We also want to express our tremendous gratitude to our friends at Mobile Commons who, on 30 minutes notice, hooked us up with their amazing platform (and provided their expertise) to automatically connect callers with their Representatives.
Please educate yourself about this issue. Thanks.
I'm Rush. I'm 6. This is my blog.
This kid is so much cooler than me. He even has a hot girlfriend.
David Karp, who created Tumblr in his teens, marvels at a young kid using the service. Let me know @joelbush when you join Tumblr.
![jakelodwick:
I love this sketch of “stat.us” (which became Twitter) just sitting in Jack Dorsey’s Flickr account.
Also: this screenshot of “twttr” with a boogerfont.
Make sure to read Jack’s comments, which include:
One night in July of that year [2000] I had an idea to make a more “live” LiveJournal. Real-time, up-to-date, from the road. Akin to updating your AIM status from wherever you are, and sharing it. For the next 5 years, I thought about this concept and tried to silently introduce it into my various projects… It was everywhere I looked: a wonderful abstraction which was easy to implement and understand. The 6th year; the idea has finally solidified … and taken a novel form.
I’m happy this idea has taken root; I hope it thrives. Some things are worth the wait.
Pay attention. Sketch something. Work it out. Start. Tell us how we can help.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kue0l9NnDa1qz4m5bo1_250.png)
I love this sketch of “stat.us” (which became Twitter) just sitting in Jack Dorsey’s Flickr account.
Also: this screenshot of “twttr” with a boogerfont.
Make sure to read Jack’s comments, which include:
One night in July of that year [2000] I had an idea to make a more “live” LiveJournal. Real-time, up-to-date, from the road. Akin to updating your AIM status from wherever you are, and sharing it. For the next 5 years, I thought about this concept and tried to silently introduce it into my various projects… It was everywhere I looked: a wonderful abstraction which was easy to implement and understand.
The 6th year; the idea has finally solidified … and taken a novel form.I’m happy this idea has taken root; I hope it thrives.
Some things are worth the wait.
Pay attention. Sketch something. Work it out. Start. Tell us how we can help.
The Internet and the computer aren’t what I thought they were. So cool.
HT Peyton Wimmer
Sweet. These sessions are working. The hangouts are good, and the crew’s heading for the web. Thanks, Joe. Thanks, folks.
