This shit is why you can't separate continuing to financially support the Harry Potter IP (whether by buying the games, merch, watching the new TV show when its out) from the consequences of what JK Rowling does with that money She's become so stiflingly powerful that even private docs arent safe

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 3d ago

I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.

We need serious regulations around this shit. The rules are constantly shifting for anyone trying to making a creative living. Algorithm regulations, pay outs, terms, there is so much that just needs a basic kick the tires set of update laws.

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · 3d ago

YouTube is reportedly offering some of its biggest creators millions of dollars to keep their content away from Netflix. YouTube may also limit certain opportunities for creators who release the same content on both platforms.

Really wanted to draw Adeline since I saw her so here's her getting fucked by my oc :3 @lamulovuu.bsky.social #Nebulilewds

I cannot stress enough: the AI bubble has already popped it is just being kept on life support by corporations trying to squeeze even a dollar more out of their shit investment, and tech bros doing the same before abandoning their shit company startups. keep hating on AI, you're winning

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 6d ago

Report Suggests Nearly No One Is Buying AI Generated Goods https://kotaku.com/3d-model-markets-are-being-flooded-with-ai-sellers-but-no-ones-buying-2000724790

AI is a scourge. But it is important not to trust "AI detectors". I lost regular freelancing work because my client insisted I used AI to write copy (I didn't, but their AI detecting software said I did). This is a great thread with an excellent example of why these detectors cannot be trusted.

Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне@barsukov.com · 6d ago

AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5

Hey so as a heads up. This. Is. All. Commissions. PayPal is DREADFUL to work with. Do not mention the word. Do not censor the word. Please just pay the invoice. If you do the artist you commissioned WILL get in trouble.

Alex Ri (NSFW)@demonking225.bsky.social · 3mo ago

STOP ADDING COMMENTS IN PAYPAL STATING ANYTHING THAT WHAT YOUR PAYING FOR IS A COMMISSIONS ESPECIALLY A NSFW COMMISSION!!! THESE FUCKING PROCESSORS WON'T STOP PUTTING THIER OWN DISLIKES AND MORALS ON WHAT WE FUCMING BUY!!! Spread the Word!!!!

We really do need to keep hammering them, the situation with Paypros is so dire that they made me agree with Grifftz. Remember, if you’re commissioning NSFW, or honestly just anything, don’t leave a comment through Paypal/invoice or whatever, no matter how innocuous it seems,

Alex Ri (NSFW)@demonking225.bsky.social · 3mo ago

STOP ADDING COMMENTS IN PAYPAL STATING ANYTHING THAT WHAT YOUR PAYING FOR IS A COMMISSIONS ESPECIALLY A NSFW COMMISSION!!! THESE FUCKING PROCESSORS WON'T STOP PUTTING THIER OWN DISLIKES AND MORALS ON WHAT WE FUCMING BUY!!! Spread the Word!!!!

I really cannot state this enough, you cannot be meaningfully anti-ai whilst still playing/supporting fortnite.

Ultima@ultimashadow.bsky.social · last mo.

I knew that AI Darth Vader shit was gonna come around again eventually, we do not collectively hate Tim Sweeney enough.

Hey, good reminder as always, yelling at websites is cathartic and all but if you actually want to avoid and maybe even roll-back on various inteenrt enshittification, one place to start thats actually productive is contacting your representatives www.badinternetbills.com

Bad Internet Bills

All of the bad internet bills. One website.

badinternetbills.com

There you have it.

Rogue Ren@rogueren.net · last wk.

So it seems that #Twitch normal staff are also pissed at the gen AI crap, but big daddy Amazon makes the rules so they don't get a choice. GREAT! infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/...

every single actor joining the new harry potter series saying "I don't agree with JK Rowling's opinions!"

Funding for UK trans genocide : The Game sold so well they're making a second one :) Idc what fandom you think is the worst one, be it the pedophiles or obnoxious wehraboos, HP fandom unique in how many lives it destroyed, hands down.

IGN@ign.com · last wk.

Warner Bros. confirmed in a recent earnings report that a "second installment" for Hogwarts Legacy is in the works, but no details were provided on what the game will look like or when it might be released. https://bit.ly/4ge7dZx

Stole this from the comments because this shit shouldn't be behind a paywall.

Jeremy White@jeremywired.bsky.social · last wk.

POWER TRIP: ICE’s new electric shock gloves are designed to overpower subjects through intense pain. But it turns out there is a simple way to stop them working. Read the full story on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-pa...

All these game studios keep saying don't worry, we're only using genAI to slop up *the* most creativity-demanding part of making the game. "Don't worry bro, I'm only using dogshit in the broth, just the soup stock has dogshit bro, it'll be strained out bro"

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"Everything in the final version will definitely 100% be human made" - But Owlcat says gen-AI is being used during The Expanse: Osiris Reborn development www.eurogamer.net/owlcat-gen-a...

While the SCREEN Act failed in the committee, KOSA did move forward. Contact your senators immediately demanding it be opposed, and keep the pressure up until it comes to a vote in the Senate

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 3w ago

The Senate Commerce Committee just passed KOSA out of committee with zero debate & failed to move the SCREEN Act. punchbowl.news/article/tech...

THIS IS WHY!!!! WE CALL!!! GREAT JOB EVERYONE 🩷 KOSA did pass the house but remember the senate has a conflicting version. Keep calling, it matters!

Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 3w ago

SCREEN Act, which would have required mandatory age-verification for sites (like this) that allow "material harmful to minors" failed to pass out of committee after thousands and thousands of people called their Senators. More work ahead!

SOME GOOD NEWS! continue to contact your reps re: KOSA and the KIDS Act, but also give yourself a pat on the back if you called! Your voice mattered!

Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 3w ago

SCREEN Act, which would have required mandatory age-verification for sites (like this) that allow "material harmful to minors" failed to pass out of committee after thousands and thousands of people called their Senators. More work ahead!

Screen act is funnier as people from what I hear left the room meaning it was dead in the water super hard thankfully. Kosa likely will be in version wars for a good minute, so don't let up on that. Take a small breather for today.

Dieselbrain@dieselbrain.bsky.social · 3w ago

SOME GOOD NEWS! continue to contact your reps re: KOSA and the KIDS Act, but also give yourself a pat on the back if you called! Your voice mattered!

None of us -want- to clog your timelines with this shit. I fucking HATE interrupting dumb horny boob posts with calls to action but like If action isnt taken the boobs will stop entirely like we -cant- ignore this shit, this isnt FUN

Hypno-Scream (Comms Open)💛🤍💜🖤@hypnoscream.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Saw a post saying "I don't want NSFW accounts to talk about voting, just let me jack off" Buddy, NSFW artists and sex workers are being constantly attacked by a government of nonces trying to distract from their own crimes by pinning the blame on porn. They have the right to speak up about this.

If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.

404 Media@404media.co · 3w ago

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

‼️ACTION ALERT: The Senate Commerce Committee is holding “kids safety” circus again, this time considering both KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) & SCREEN Act, two of the most dangerous censorship & age verification bills on the table! CALL YOUR LAWMAKERS & TELL THEM TO OPPOSE 📲 248-331-8665

The SCREEN Act is not just another age-verification bill — it goes much further than anything passed at the state-level or in other countries. 1. The bill doesn't just target porn sites. It goes after *any* site that allows material "harmful" to minors. You'd have to scan your face to use Google.

What can you do? CALL. WRITE. SCREAM. The bill is up for a vote THIS WEDNESDAY. Call your Senator. Dem. Republican. Whomever. Right now, it's a solid R bill, but they're looking for Dems to take it across the finish line. Let them know how badly it stinks. www.defendonlineprivacy.com/screen/

Defend Online Privacy: Stop the SCREEN Act!

The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on the SCREEN Act on August 5. ACT NOW to stop it!

defendonlineprivacy.com

Issue is lot of CEO are from wealthy classes. They re raised as a superior class, they re educated as one. They see us as data and walking wallets. Nothing more. To them, they never fail, people are too stupid to see their genius. Toni ll gut his own golden goose, and say it s our fault it died

The Verge@theverge.com · 3w ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

New Veil redesign :3 Hope u all like the weird creature they can be literally anything at all

This will be the US if the SCREEN Act passes. Call your Senators before August 5 and tell them that you oppose the SCREEN Act, KOSA, and the KIDS Act. Use the official lookup tool at www.senate.gov/senators/sen... to find yours by state.

The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 3w ago

a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

Please use this link twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92338... and tell twitch how fucking insane this is. Comment and let twitch know that this is horrible. Thank you

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · 3w ago

Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.

If anyone uses Stripe to get payments, go to your Settings (Gear icon) > Plans and Fees > Radar (View plan details) > View Plans > Scroll to "More Options" and select "Lite" I want none of the money I earn to go to AI if I can help it.

Noz@nozdraws.art · 3w ago

nice, now Stripe is auto-opting people into a nickel charge per transaction for "AI-enhanced" protection shit they never asked for you can change it back to their free "Lite" version, but the fact that it's opt-out by default is so fucking annoying

KOSA and the SCREEN Act are going to be marked up inntge Senate Commerce Committee next week. Please contact your senators and demand they oppose these bills www.congress.gov/members/find... www.commerce.senate.gov/press/rep/re...