Joan of Ark

@jonofark.bsky.social

28yo

#savespeech #notoDigitalID Fri. FYI - Non-US Megathread: -A petition calling on Discord to stop global AI Age verification is up. Sign it. - Researchers have found that a single company — Yoti — is responsible for 60% of age checks worldwide. Shares your data worldwide bsky.app/profile/mike...

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Stop global AI age verification through ID and face recognition on Discord

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#savespeech #notoDigitalID Fri. FYI - Non-US Megathread: - Android 2 months from lock down from "sideloading" - India forces removal of "Bitchat" private chat app from Github - Austria pushing Mand. ID for social media access - Spotify to roll out AVing for users in the UK keepandroidopen.org

Now I wouldn't wish a paralyzing hyperfixation on a side character who gets 10 lines and 2 pieces of merch on anybody. But the pendulum swings too wide for some of you, and you act like you're owed a story unnaturally fixating on a character with almost purely imaginary depth

The Trump administration just finalized its rule stripping gender-affirming care from Medicaid and CHIP. Advocates say there's still time to fight: it takes effect in October, and federal courts have already struck down two previous attempts to do this. The latest from our journalist S. Baum.

Trump Issues “Finalized” Anti-Trans Medicaid Rule, But Human Rights Groups Say There’s Still Time

“Despite this being called a ‘final rule,’ we have time to fight back. Nothing will change overnight.”

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In 2011, everyone on the internet laughed at a little song called "Friday." But now, in 2026, more people than ever are laughing at a gore-soaked pit in the center of an arena built of jagged green stone beneath a dim star where, if there are days of the week, they are named after gods wholly alien.

Have you ever felt like you're standing near a volcano, anticipating it's explosion, and then all of a sudden you have an epiphany and how close you are and you. So you try to get as far away from it as fucking possible?

Realizing in retrospect that I've always been drawn to stories and themes associated with vampires. I was just too homeschooled and too assigned-male-at-birth to really explore it

1. Anti-trans ballot initiatives are spreading across the United States. In 2026, it appears that five states: Colorado, Washington, Arizona, Nebraska, and Missouri will send such referendums to voters. Allied organizations are trying to fight back. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives Spread In Five States, As Some Opposition To Them Grows

The fight pits billionaire money against transgender people and allied organizations in five states.

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