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what shocks me is never going to be fascists being fascists, they'll always come up with insane fucking ideas like this, it's that everyone else is too centrist to do a thing about this. nobody is raising hell about this undignified bullshit like they should be #political

Ted Hesson@tedhesson.bsky.social · 2d ago

ICE is beginning to outfit Haitian immigrants with ankle monitors after the Trump admin ended their deportation protections www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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

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.

(3) COVERED PLATFORM.— The term "covered platform" -
(A) means an entity -
(i) that is an interactive computer service;
(ii) that-
(I) is engaged in interstate or foreign commerce;
or
(Il) purposefully avails itself of the United States
market or a portion thereof; and
(iïi) for which it is in the regular course of the trade or
business of the entity to create, host, or make available content that meets the definition of harmful to minors under paragraph (4) and that is provided by the entity, a user, or other intration conten provider, with

"So, Boum, how do you write dialogues for your graphic novels?" It's easy! First you write dialogues as a script. Then you modify the dialogues at the storyboard stage, then you modify them again at the pencilling stage, at the inking stage, at the colour stage, at the lettering stage, ...

Depressing to think that your choices in making comics long term often boil down to either being ignored, or finding some modicum of notoriety that’s just enough to get you exploited. Not everyone’s got the strength and support network to weather that storm.