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29 | ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ | Gay Duck| They/He | Digital & Traditional Artist | I love JRPGs and birds | Full time beach bum | SFW (15+) One day, I'll be comin' home to you Art tags: #cbduckart #toucanjuiceart (arch. 2023-2026) My Socials: https://cecilbeachduck.carrd.co/

The bill has been opened to feedback. Rather than dooming about the proposal, you can tell them exactly how you feel about the act here. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... With how much of an uphill battle Chat Control is having, you should never assume it's worthless to fight these draconian bills.

European Commission - Have your say

European Commission - Have your say

ec.europa.eu

Stop Killing Games@stopkillinggames.bsky.social ยท 3w ago

The EU Kids Act will make private servers illegal as it stands now. Read up on the Act yourself: hub.edri.org/index.php/s/... Contact your MEPs, tell them to scuttle this bill, and sign the Stop Killing Internet Initiative to ensure the protection of our digital spaces: eci.ec.europa.eu/066/public

In regard to FurAffinity being at risk due to censorship: Furries are now political targets. We are getting namedropped at high levels of government. They know that we are a large, influential, largely queer, community. Fighting for the spaces owned by our community is incredibly important

I know most of you guys don't go on the other app but the pope posted an anti AI/ pro artists statement yesterday, and the ensuing cope and memes is really funny

Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.2016: I will never fight a holy war

2019: Pope Leo I am ready launch me towards the nearest data centersome AI guy saying he makes christian children's books with AI asking the pope if that is ok then and someone posting a meme react with the pope holding a baseball bat saying 'did I stutter'

A word of advice to younger people in the community: if it seems like there's one person that dominates the social group and they talk smack about people when those folks aren't around to try and convince you to ditch them, they're doing the same when you're not around to other people.

A lot of people assume FA is profitable. If that were the case we wouldn't have needed a GFM when Neer passed to keep it out of probate. It's been two years. The funds were used. FA is struggling financially. And I am ๐ŸŒŸs t r e s s e d๐ŸŒŸ I'm scared to ask for help, I feel like no matter how much-