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The internet's on strike! Today's SOPA and PIPA protest notice.
I'm joining much of the rest of the internet today in protesting two awful pieces of pending US legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) in the Senate. Several major websites such as Wikipedia, Craigslist, and Reddit are completely blacked out today, except for pages explaining these bills' consequences. I'm not blacking out Troutnut.com, but I am straying from my focus on fly fishing to call attention to this important non-partisan issue. I have also transferred Troutnut.com's domain registration from GoDaddy to Namecheap, as part of a boycott of GoDaddy in response to their support for SOPA. I hated their TV commercials, anyway.
In a nutshell, these bills:
The Stanford Law Review and Electronic Freedom Foundation have two of the best explanations of why these bills are dangerous and unnecessary. We can fight online pirates without endangering everyone else's freedom.
In a nutshell, these bills:
- ...are intended to stop piracy.
- ...won't stop piracy, nor even really slow it down.
- ...will undermine both commerce and free expression on the internet.
The Stanford Law Review and Electronic Freedom Foundation have two of the best explanations of why these bills are dangerous and unnecessary. We can fight online pirates without endangering everyone else's freedom.
Updates from November 12, 2011
Closeup insects by Entoman from the Fall River in California
Ephemerella dorothea infrequens (Pale Morning Dun) Mayfly Nymph
View 2 PicturesThis mature nymph is associated with the dun from the same location and date range posted on this hatch page. Size 10mm.
View 2 PicturesThis mature nymph is associated with the dun from the same location and date range posted on this hatch page. Size 10mm.Collected November 12, 2011 from the Fall River in California
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on December 15, 2011
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on December 15, 2011
Updates from November 9, 2011
Closeup insects by Entoman from the Fall River in California
Female Centroptilum album (Tiny Sulphur Dun) Mayfly Dun
View 3 PicturesApprox. 5 mm. This is a very significant hatch. It is mostly seen at the height of Summer and I was very surprised to see it emerging this late in the season and in such numbers. When this one is emerging, the fish can become quite selective.
View 3 PicturesApprox. 5 mm. This is a very significant hatch. It is mostly seen at the height of Summer and I was very surprised to see it emerging this late in the season and in such numbers. When this one is emerging, the fish can become quite selective.Collected November 9, 2011 from the Fall River in California
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on December 10, 2011
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on December 10, 2011
Some last glimpses of liquid water for the year in interior Alaska
Winter's already in full swing up here, except that the rivers haven't finished freezing up. The ice here will be 4 feet deep by March.
Photos by Troutnut from the Tanana River in Alaska
StateAlaska
LocationTanana River
Date TakenNov 5, 2011
Date AddedNov 10, 2011
AuthorTroutnut
CameraDMC-LX3
StateAlaska
LocationTanana River
Date TakenNov 5, 2011
Date AddedNov 10, 2011
AuthorTroutnut
CameraDMC-LX3
StateAlaska
LocationTanana River
Date TakenNov 5, 2011
Date AddedNov 10, 2011
AuthorTroutnut
CameraDMC-LX3
Updates from October 22, 2011
Closeup insects by Entoman from the Fall River and the Susquehanna River in California and Pennsylvania
Female Paraleptophlebia debilis (Mahogany Dun) Mayfly Dun
View 3 PicturesSize: 9mm. These photos really highlight the brown pigmentation of the wing venation (Venation: The pattern in which the veins on the wings of an insect are arranged. It is usually one of the most useful identifying characteristics.), but in the hand the wings look to be a uniform smokey gray. - Entoman
View 3 PicturesSize: 9mm. These photos really highlight the brown pigmentation of the wing venation (Venation: The pattern in which the veins on the wings of an insect are arranged. It is usually one of the most useful identifying characteristics.), but in the hand the wings look to be a uniform smokey gray. - EntomanCollected October 22, 2011 from the Fall River in California
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on February 4, 2012
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on February 4, 2012
Male Heptagenia culacantha Mayfly Spinner
View 1 PicturesThis photo was provided by guide Eric Naguski along with the following comments, "I took this photo just upstream of Three Mile Island on the east shore of the Susquehanna River just below where the Swatara Creek enters. The Susquehanna is not an easy river to sample for bugs in my opinion. It is very large and pushes a lot of water. Especially in the spring when you would collect mature culacantha nymphs. And I don't believe that there are a ton of these Heptageniids around. Also the people who are doing most of the sampling like myself are doing so for water quality monitoring work so they only take the specimens down to genus-level taxonomy".
View 1 PicturesThis photo was provided by guide Eric Naguski along with the following comments, "I took this photo just upstream of Three Mile Island on the east shore of the Susquehanna River just below where the Swatara Creek enters. The Susquehanna is not an easy river to sample for bugs in my opinion. It is very large and pushes a lot of water. Especially in the spring when you would collect mature culacantha nymphs. And I don't believe that there are a ton of these Heptageniids around. Also the people who are doing most of the sampling like myself are doing so for water quality monitoring work so they only take the specimens down to genus-level taxonomy".Collected October 22, 2011 from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on February 10, 2012
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on February 10, 2012
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