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Martha Smith

@mostlymartha.bsky.social

More like Aunty Mame every day. Behold fat femme wizardry, bisexual hullabaloo, culinary feats of derring-do, progressive theology, and kitty cats. Probably posting from the bath. she/her Nashville-->Boston-->SF-->OAKLAND BABY

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The Onion@theonion.com · 3h ago

“Women who average more than 8.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, or 1.3 assists per game clearly have an unfair biological advantage over women who don’t, and we need to maintain a level playing field.” — Sophie Cunningham

Sophie Cunningham Claims Any Woman Who Averages More Than 8 Points Per Game Should Not Be Allowed To Play In WNBA

INDIANAPOLIS—Contending that the proposed restrictions were “common sense” and necessary to preserve the integrity of the sport, Indiana Fever shooting guard Sophie Cunningham claimed Friday that any ...

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Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 10h ago

One of the things that AI allows is for people to take images of very real children and to sexualize them, a thing that has happened in public with some of these AIs. This is very real harm and fuck anyone who says it's not.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 10h ago

I have kind of been expecting this since the whole AI thing broke, because if you read the original SCOTUS cases discussing CSAM, they say that CSAM bans are allowed because CSAM always involves the use and harm of an actual child.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling.bsky.social · 17h ago

Woke up to this news and I’m beyond disgusted. It’s a US *constitutional right* now to create and own ‘CSAM,’ as long as it was made with AI?? AI gen images are built from real images, of real children. This directly re-exploits every single CSAM survivor. (More in 🧵) #abolition #trafficking

A federal judge has ruled that the First Amendment protects an individual's right to privately possess child sexual abuse content created using Al if it does not depict a real person and remains in the home. On Tuesday, Judge John Z. Lee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th District ruled that the First Amendment protects an individual's right to privately possess images or videos of child sexual abuse created using artificial intelligence if the material does not depict a real person and remains in the home. In his ruling, Judge Lee urged the Supreme Court to reconsider the issue of virtual abuse material of children in the age of Al, suggesting that technological advances complicate existing legal precedent. The case Lee ruled on came about in 2024 when the Department of Justice brought charges against Steven Anderegg, alleging that he used Al to create thousands of explicit images of children. He was accused of breaking federal obscenity laws by producing, distributing and possessing obscene visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Anderegg sought to have the possession and production charges dismissed under the First Amendment. Last year, a judge in the Western District of Wisconsin agreed to dismiss the possession charge, prompting the federal prosecutors to appeal. Lee, in his ruling upholding the lower court's decision, cited the precedent set by Supreme Court rulings from 1969 and 2002. One held that individuals have a right to possess obscenity in the privacy of their home. The other found that "virtual" child sexual abuse material, not depicting a real person is not child pornography.
Stacey Burns@wentrogue.bsky.social · 3h ago

Just to illustrate Sara’s point, the excellent libraries in the University of Texas system remain accessible to the public. Anyone can browse. And for a $55 annual fee, non-student Texas residents can even borrow materials from the libraries.

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Sara@saralovesyou.bsky.social · 5h ago

Hey all—this is an important thing to contact the bigwigs about (suggestions are on the document). The U is an outlier in this current decision among similar types of institutions. It restricts access to materials we fund with public dollars that are supposed to be accessible.

Juliette@elusivej.bsky.social · 7h ago

I've been listening to podcasts with Laila Edwards and Kelsie Whitmore today and they're such cool, funny women, but I've also been crying my damn eyes out. The trajectory of the PWHL and WPBL, with these players on the Bay's teams... it's a lot!

🪩 Kiri 🪩@kirio.bsky.social · 3h ago

It's Canada night in the WPBL, so several of the Hunters are sporting a maple leaf. (Several of the non-Canadians on the team have the maple leaf too, which is a lovely show of support, imo)

Maïka Dumais getting settled in the box with a red maple leaf on one check and since Dumais is from Quebec the stripes on the other cheek are probably inspired by the French flagStarting pitcher Alli Schroder walking off the mound with a maple leaf on her cheekLexi Hastings in her batting stance with a red maple leaf on her cheek
Martha Smith@mostlymartha.bsky.social · 3h ago

Hey California pals watching the WPBL, if you see an ad from Grow California about government transparency, it's a billionaire super pac who doesn't want us to tax them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Tech billionaires are spending unprecedented sums in California races. Experts say it’s the tip of the iceberg

From Google co-founder Brin spending $82m to fight a billionaire tax to Google and Meta funding a joint Super Pac, Silicon Valley is engaged in an existential fight for its political power at home

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