Maud Monday #41

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Stop what you're doing right now. I need your attention.

You with me? Good. I need to tell you all about something: Net Neutrality. On the 14th, this thing gets put under danger as Congress decides whether to let the FCC repeal the net neutrality bill or not. This is really important to not only how we browse the Internet but also how the Internet affects the world. I'm siding with Battle For The Net, who's aiming to "break the internet" tomorrow.

I won't put any jump breaks on this post because this is absolutely an issue we need to be in the know about, even if you don't live in America.

First of all, let's define what net neutrality is. Net neutrality allows ISPs (Internet Service Providers) to leave the web open to everyone, meaning ISPs don't control what we see on the internet nor can they make us have to pay to see everything. This page best explains how net neutrality works and the consequences that would arise should it be taken away better than I can.

Basically, Ajit Pai is threatening net neutrality and thus threatening our ability to surf the web freely without being screwed over by corporate agendas. The more help, the better.

Tomorrow, the banner of this website will be changed to protest against Pai and the FCC's proposition and I may even degrade the layout of the site. This will only be for a day, but the message will still hopefully come across; net neutrality is necessary, not just for our memes and entertainment, but for business, school, work, and the world as a whole. We wouldn't be where we are today without the freedom of the Internet up to this point.

If you can, call your local representatives as well before Thursday this week to help try and influence Congress to not let the FCC's repeal pass, or sign a petition. If you can't, then at least continue to spread the word. Every little bit counts. 

Sorry for the serious, dense post today, but I know this is a problem that will affect most if not all of us significantly. We need to defend the Internet from being totally restricted and controlled by ISPs. Don't let this go idly by, please.

I'll see you later. Stay safe and remember to take a stand for what you care about.

ANNOUNCEMENT: We Have A Discord!

Yep, you heard it here, folks! We have an official Discord now!

We're hoping this doesn't majorly detract from the activity on the main site here, but rather to provide an additional social outlet for our regulars and friends!

No worries if you can't or aren't willing to join us; we will still put our utmost care into this site (aka my baby). So cheers to a simple annexation to the main course here on Blogger!

Maud Monday #20: We're Back!

Hey all!

We're finally back after nearly half a year! Sorry it's been so long. I didn't know what else to do with site for a while and just about lost motivation so I just dropped posts for a bit. But now we're back, and with a new friend!

Say hi to Enigma, my new co-owner! He's elated to be here on Maud Pie Daily, as Maud is also his favorite pony. He'll be posting alongside me and moderating the comments (at least the few we get...). He'll be introducing himself in a bit.

Thanks to all of you that have been with us last year! We hope to see some old and new faces here. More updates will appear throughout the next couple of weeks. And one more thing: my new username is Myotic Te§eract (or Tesseract if you prefer). The name change is for personal reasons. Anyways, love you all. Keep on rocking!

Nightly Maud #100

Happy 100th! Here's a nice pic from Maud and her wonderful sisters. Thanks for staying with me for so long, guys. I'm glad you've stuck with me and Maud for this long.

ANNOUNCEMENT! New Posts, User Submissions, And More!

Hey guys.

So recently I came up with some ideas for new posts and new things for existing posts, etc. Check below the break to see what I'm talking about.

ANNOUNCEMENT! New Regular Post Coming Up: Rock Studies?

Over the week, I'd been thinking of things I could add to this blog.
Maud Mondays are likely to be a thing, although I don't know what to do for them.
That aside, I did have another idea:

Rock studies!

Since this blog seems to be very rock-oriented as it is Maud-oriented, I thought it would possibly be a good idea to put out every one or two weeks a post detailing me giving a study on a specific type of rock. I obviously shouldn't do this alone; you can help me to research different types of rock if you so wish. 

So how about it? Do you like the idea? Comment below on suggestions for how I should go about it, your favorite rock types that I should research, etc.

If this follows through, the first rock study will be on limestone and we'll go from there. Perhaps I'll have a poll system where you vote for which of a select few rocks we'll research next.

Discuss below.