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To be clear, the Senate version of KOSA passed today is completely different than the House version that passed earlier this year, making it very unlikely to become law. The Senate knows this yet they are committing to the farce of acting on kids safety.

Now is not the time to back down. We need an overwhelm of calls going in to lawmakers this week. Call and call again tomorrow! 📲 www.badinternetbills.com

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!

Alison Boden@alisonboden.bsky.social · 13h ago

The SCREEN Act just failed to pass in the Senate Commerce Committee! 🎉 Enormous thanks to the thousands (!!) of you who told your Senators to vote no! Your voice matters and you should feel good that you made a difference. Obviously, the fight isn't over, but this was an important victory.

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 · 13h 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!

Congratulations to Rashida Tlaib on winning her congressional primary! As the first Palestinian-American woman elected to congress, Rashida continues to fight for Detroit and international solidarity. @detroitdsa.bsky.social

Congrats to Chris Gilmer-Hill on winning the primary for a seat in the Michigan state house! Chris is a lifelong Detroiter fighting for affordability and environmental justice for all Detroiters. @detroitdsa.bsky.social

Congratulations to Donavan McKinney on winning his congressional primary, unseating a millionaire AIPAC stooge! Donavan is a former union member fighting to get money out of politics, a green new deal, and union jobs. @donavanmckinney.bsky.social @detroitdsa.bsky.social

"Sleepytime" is THE best con theme, I must say www.anthronewengland.com

Due to popular request... the oscilloscope can produce mind-boggling effects 2.0 (Kiwi edition)

May May the Nard@maymaythenard.bsky.social · 2d ago

Please please please.. we need the Kiwi

GOD! THIS! The exact same people who are now defending AI generated images as valid art by saying the intended meaning behind it is more important were previously saying shit like "my five year old could have drawn this!". What a bunch of gigantic hypocrites!

jess m. 🌤️@jametc.bsky.social · 3w ago

it's always funny how, for ages, these same chuds always valued art based on labour involved, ie if someone taped a banana to a wall or just painted a large canvas red, it was "lazy" and "anyone can just do that" and now that AI lets them larp as creators it's "none of that matters, only intention"

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming

A Massachusetts farm is integrating solar panels above berry fields. This agrivoltaics project generates electricity while shading the crops. The elevated panels create a cooler microclimate, retain...

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"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!

Living in Sunnyvale I remember we could smell the reek of the Gilroy Garlic Festival from miles away. I just think that would make a funny Buffy story hook. Or maybe the vampires just all flee to LA for a bit. Either way.

every woman I know who's attracted to men would immediately get naked for, like, Matt Berry and Jack Black. if your personality is good and you're funny, you're probably drowning in it. these chuds just have bad personalities

Guys will listen to male influencer bullshit about needing to have a six pack and manipulate everyone and meanwhile women will go “you know who is the sexiest fucking guy I’ve ever seen?” and post this

The bickering between chambers and the tight timeline is a saving grace. Theres not enough time before August Recess to put tomorrow's content on the senate floor for a full vote, meaning that it will be pushed to September. Worry about Nov-Dec, they'll try to hail Mary it on must pass bills.

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

"""""Bad"""""" art made by human hands is valuable and I'm tired of pretending it isn't

Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d ago

NOT EVERYTHING IS AI SOME THINGS ARE JUST BAD LET THINGS JUST BE BAD I legit would like more poorly written, poorly drawn, poorly whatever pierce of art and less AI. At least they tried.

"the nuclear block isn't perfect but........." I keep seeing this. No one ever explains? What drawbacks? The nuclear block is Bsky's best feature. Enough said.

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Call your senators even if you think you have one that will not listen. Sacrificing everyone’s privacy is an incredibly high cost. Australia had a similar law that is already showing that it doesn’t protect kids. The idea that this protects kids is a Trojan horse for surveillance on the internet

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 6d ago

‼️ALERT: KOSA is moving next week to the Senate Commerce Committee for markup! Call your reps today, again tomorrow, and all weekend leaving messages opposing this dangerous censorship bill. www.badinternetbills.com

This is the ultimatum the right created. When their rhetoric is “white supremacy is okay because Charlie Kirk died” then that means the opposing rhetoric has to be “Charlie Kirk deserved to die because white suprmacy isn’t okay”

I think a reason the younger generations were so quick to memeify Charlie Kirk was that we were taught there was nothing we could do to prevent our entire class from being killed by a single gunman. Utterly desensitizing & made the outcry over 1 evil guy getting merc’d look ridiculous by comparison

Zoomer Antimillenarian@surcomplicated.bsky.social · 3d ago

I think the aftermath of the Kirk shooting really proves just how desensitized ordinary Americans have gotten to low-intensity gun violence, which to be fair is in part his own damn fault. To the right-wing media, though, the fact one of their own could get cut down like this was a genuine trauma.

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#NSFW #furry Cleaning out my apartment and I found this hard copy of a watercolor commission from @kaputotter.bsky.social! This has gotta be 15 years old or so at this point, it’s super cool to still have :)

I was literally deceased by the end of this www.instagram.com/p/Dba8hsKyLXh/