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Content strike (if you haven't heard about it, I'll be happy to point the way, but since a couple of people on my flist have already mentioned it, I'll leave it at that):

I'm on board. Don't know if it'll make a difference, but I'm happy to support the effort. I agree with the principles, and, well, supporting it requires literally no action.

Moving on to other things...

Fidelity: Shareholder's meeting came and went. ( Looks like I'll be selling off some shares )

( Quick explanation of the genocide link, for those interested )

( Financial conclusions )

In other news, I have to be up in a few hours to get ready to go to the hospital. They want to knock me out and shove a camera down my throat. I don't expect them to find anything abnormal (and, truth to tell, neither does the doc), but we want to be sure. I'm sure it'll go fine, but I may be groggy and/or out of touch for a while.

ETA: I'm back. Slept through the procedure itself (even though I wasn't supposed to be under full general, being sedated on 1 1/2 hours of sleep was enough...). Doc didn't pick up any major problems, but said that I seem to digest my food slowly. So he wants me to see if I can change my eating habits somewhat. A little tricky, with the diabetes, but I'll see what we can work out.

Gonna try to get back to sleep. I need it. We'll see how I'm doing when I get up, whenever that may be.

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Strike begins in just over 2 hours!

Read my [blog]! No new [content]! (For the next 24 hours.)

Quick review, for those still confused (and I can't blame you, given how sparse some of the "informational" posts have been):

LJ has been treating its users poorly of late. Starting with Strikethrough and the way they handled it, continuing with certain policy changes and such, all the way up through their recent decision to get rid of Basic accounts.

There's a bit more information here, and a (translated) excerpt from an interview with the guy in charge.

All you have to do is not use LJ for 24 hours. No new posts, no new comments... don't even open the site. (Though you can post now to say you'll be participating.)

The idea is to make that point that we're not just customers. We're content providers. Without us, there is no site, and thus nowhere to put ads and no one to look at them. The idea and execution aren't perfect, but... it's worth a try.