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Musician, ttrpg author, biochemist. Ask me about my interests (Japanese Media, Pro Wrestling, horror movies, etc). sorry if I'm awkward, I was homeschooled, I'll try to do better. 🐕🦺
Can we please replace the people who keep introducing these acts please 🥺
Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 6h agoSCREEN 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!
SOME GOOD NEWS! continue to contact your reps re: KOSA and the KIDS Act, but also give yourself a pat on the back if you called! Your voice mattered!
Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 6h agoSCREEN 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!
This last primary and previous election cycle has taught me that the Democratic nominee for the 2028 presidency should be a brown Muslim socialist who is solidly pro Palestine.
Cover for THE GHOST IN THE SHELL O.S.T. which will release on September 9. The visual was drawn by tarou2 with supervision by Science Saru. CDJapan: www.cdjapan.co.jp/aff/click.cg...
okay so we actually have extremely funny footage of the serena hypothetical featuring literal serena, where all the dude perfect guys at once try to return a serve and mostly get clocked with the tennis ball
Tennis Trick Shots ft. Serena Williams | Dude Perfect
YouTube video by Dude Perfect
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the plane's fine, he's been through worse than a water landing
Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.
The SCREEN Act is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare
Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects...
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If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.
404 Media@404media.co · yesterdayMike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.
Another instance of trans people being right and transphobes being wrong.
Transphobes Can't Read@lordaslan.bsky.social · 22h agowow really
This has been studied quite a bit, the solar panels create a sort of greenhouse effect for the plants underneath them while also generating energy which feels like it should be cheating but is real and literally only has upsides.
Dr Earhart Sampson PhD 🌎 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇺🇦@earhart.bsky.social · 3d agoMassachusetts 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...
Last night I decided to use my lucid dreams to explore interesting architecture and environments. It was very pleasant. Then when I fell out of lucidity things got weird (positive)
Imagining the best of someone who inconveniences you isn't to make you grand knower of humanity and better than everyone. It's because being pissed off about all the things you can't control is exhausting and makes it harder to do the things you need to get done.
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
What's more nefarious than age-verification? The chilling effect on platforms. The threat of prosecution is likely enough to get a lot of retailers to end sales of politically "harmful" categories entirely. No more fantasy, no more sex education, no more LGBTQ+ resources. That's the real goal.
And for the really bad news? They've put a target on VPNs. Sites are required to identify (and age-verify) any US citizen, regardless of whether they're using a VPN. In fact, the default is to get the ID and biometrics of EVERYONE unless you can somehow prove their not a US citizen.
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago"VPNs are a privacy and security tool used by millions of internet users every day, and their use should not be treated as suspect. It is particularly galling that the SCREEN Act forces users who intentionally take steps to protect their privacy to identify themselves."
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.
Hunter the Parenting is the kind of thing I wished I could have helped make during the entirety of my 2010s ttrpg streaming 'career'. Hope to sometime get the chance to try.
have to remember this is my default reading mode when recommending books to other people
Just so everyone knows, this is a tried-and-true mainstream media tactic. For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.
Politico@politico.com · 2d agoMichigan will provide another crucial test of whether progressives can not only keep up their winning streak in safe-blue seats but also break through in battlegrounds crucial for control of Congress. The stakes for the Democratic Party are huge.
Made my GF a very fancy cocktail with very fancy scotch. Feels nice. 😌
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Selecting Biological Sex on ATF Forms
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") proposes amending Department of Justice ("Department") regulations to make clear that when individuals complete ATF forms for firearms ...
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I know people will have mixed feelings about this subject but I think it's important to fight against all precedents of discrimination and not ignore it just because it impacts them in something you don't think they should be doing anyways.
