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glitch girl — I do not trust this place and would prefer you follow me on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@mcc — A mixtape for you: https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/feed/listening-to — Avatar by @urnash.com‬ — 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 — she/her

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mcc@dryad.technology · 5h ago

Incidentally. Decades of film composers being the main consumers of bespoke electroacoustic devices means I (and you?) associate this kind of Strange Echoey Sound with movies, meaning I think this track is most enjoyable if you imagine the Louisiana crime drama it would play during the the climax of

mcc@dryad.technology · 5h ago

What I'm listening to today: "Pond bass", Acoustic Explorer Dude shredding on his weird handmade banjo. It has a resonating plate as an acoustic amplifier, which here he plays dipped half-submerged in a river, to produce a literal watery sound. Apocalypse bluegrass. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh4d...

mcc@dryad.technology · 2d ago

So we're looking up the Wikipedia article on the guy who did the soundtrack for "Final Fantasy Mystic Quest" and when they get to what he did after leaving Square "Sasai is currently a bass guitarist for the Queen tribute band Queen Mania" oh my gosh this makes so much sense

Micah@rincewind.run · 2d ago

there are definitely downsides to the nuclear block but the reason I keep coming back to it as necessary and good is that it completely ruined the whole MAGA engagement model to the point that they prefer to mock us from the nazi bar rather than come here to troll us directly

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

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

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

What's more nefarious than age-verification? The chilling effect on platforms. The threat of prosecution is likely enough to get a lot of retailers to end sales of politically "harmful" categories entirely. No more fantasy, no more sex education, no more LGBTQ+ resources. That's the real goal.

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

And for the really bad news? They've put a target on VPNs. Sites are required to identify (and age-verify) any US citizen, regardless of whether they're using a VPN. In fact, the default is to get the ID and biometrics of EVERYONE unless you can somehow prove their not a US citizen.

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

"VPNs are a privacy and security tool used by millions of internet users every day, and their use should not be treated as suspect. It is particularly galling that the SCREEN Act forces users who intentionally take steps to protect their privacy to identify themselves."

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

Even worse, it gets enforced by conservative state AGs (who previous threatened Target for selling Pride merchandise to children) AND the Trump FTC, which is absolutely salivating to have this power.

Mark Meador tweet saying that people who oppose AV want to prey on your kids
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

And that's if you're even playing in good faith. Across the country, prosecutors are arguing that anything LGBTQ+ counts as "harmful to minors."

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · last wk.

"Our Governor just signed legislation that protects children from accessing adult material online. This event mocks the very protections so many have fought for by exposing preschoolers to adult material that is not only inappropriate, but far beyond their level of cognitive development." The book:

Cover of Rainbowsaurus featuring aline drawing of a dinosaur with rainbow stripes
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

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.

(3) COVERED PLATFORM.— The term "covered platform" - (A) means an entity - (i) that is an interactive computer service; (ii) that- (I) is engaged in interstate or foreign commerce; or (Il) purposefully avails itself of the United States market or a portion thereof; and (iïi) for which it is in the regular course of the trade or business of the entity to create, host, or make available content that meets the definition of harmful to minors under paragraph (4) and that is provided by the entity, a user, or other intration conten provider, with
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brellom@brellom.bsky.social · 3d ago

I wonder if I will become lost media if all our platforms start demanding age verification because history has shown that things generally only ever seem to get worse when people in positions of power are making decisions.