I have no idea where I would be without my friends. I love them so much.
Kate Sinclaire
@mskatesinclaire.bsky.social
Porn, privacy, labour, media literacy and community care. Award-winning filmmaker behind Ciné Sinclaire. SERC MB, SWWAC. Be good to each other 😎 YWG ➡️ YOW ➡️ ❓ She’s a lawyer now
Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?
Great. Now about Flock.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 6d agoBREAKING: Judge Carlton Reeves (Obama/SDMS) rules that tower dumps, which provide police with time and location data on many or all phones connected to a cell tower, are "per se unconstitutional general warrants," violating the 4th Amendment. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
If you’d like to read the report exposing the anti trans people ‘Gender Critical’ movement in the UK - which sadly Amnesty took down after bottling it due to legal threats from the Edinburgh Funder - here it is. Like_a_snowball_final_.pdf - Google Drive drive.google.com/file/d/1PSsa...
On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will vote on four bills that would expand age verification, increase online surveillance, and make it harder to access lawful speech online. Take one minute to tell your senators to vote NO. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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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.
When your mental state drives you to drink wine under your friend’s dining table. It just felt safe and cozy.
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Dalhousie SHaG Lab@dalshaglab.bsky.social · 3w agoJoin our team as an Administrative Assistant! We are looking for an individual who enjoys working with diverse community members, with a passion for organization, budgeting, and collaboration. Apply here: dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/21751
Trust me that I also don’t want young people encountering sexy movies online. The reason I oppose most age verification tech in its current form is that there is too much data collected, too much privacy violation potential, too much tracking potential, to be good for anyone, especially kids.
Well fiddledeedee. It’s like it doesn’t work.
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 3w agoA year after the Online Safety Act, British regulator Ofcom confirms its age-verification regulations haven't stopped kids from accessing porn — despite widespread industry compliance. "Our research shows that almost half of the pornography services visited by children have no age checks in place"
Does Not Rhyme -through -cough -though -rough -bough Does Rhyme -pony -bologna
it’s still incredibly sad to see “s*x worker” typed out on Carol Leigh’s internet
Yesterday was day zero, today is day one. I have no idea what I’m doing but I am hoping like hell that it’s the right thing. ❤️🩹
This is precisely why we need oversight of AI in decision making. And if it’s incapable, then it can’t be applied.
The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 4w agoOntario jails are using an AI tool that claims to predict prisoners’ behaviour. And it’s disproportionately placing Black prisoners in maximum security. An investigation by @desmondcole.bsky.social reveals the province knew the tool would discriminate against Black people—and used it anyway.
You are witnessing the pinnacle of bollard greatness….. #WorldBollardAssociation
Trust that sex workers and the adult world generally knows who these kind of people are, and we couldn’t be happier to be rid of them. This guy has been allowed to publicly run rampant and remain platformed for so long while workers themselves eat the brunt of surveillance. Wild.
Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 3w ago3. “Andrew Tate is being charged with seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges for offences relating to indecent images of a child/extreme pornography
One of my films, Enough, is blowing up on @pinklabeltv.bsky.social right now in their Popular section. You should go watch it and tell me what you think. Find it here: pinklabel.tv/on-demand/fi...
Taco Bell was one of the first companies to sign the "Yes, we WILL only buy tomatoes from farms that stop doing slavery" pledge with Coalition of Immokalee Workers. @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social
emily s.@emily.news · 3w agoi have strong priors (mostly based on vibes) that Taco Bell is the best fast food restaurant for how they treat their food and their employees and those priors keep getting confirmed
Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.