If you need good news today, this bill died.

Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 9h 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!

It is pretty nasty ass smoke outside today, ewww

Okay today was a little more busy than I thought, so no stream today, tomorrow we'll do one of the following: - Minecraft SMP - Deshattack - Pokemon - Work - Programming? There's a poll up in the Discord. Thx <3

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.

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."

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

I’ve already voted but if you are in Seattle area, please vote I know it takes like an hour, but you can read the blurbs and easily figure out who is a a monster in sheepskin.

Hannah Krieg@hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: Young people are on the ballot this election, but can we please get young people to the ballot BOX? So far, King County voters 65+ account for 4 times as many ballots as people under 35. You have until 8pm Tuesday to close that gap!

Okay today was a little more busy than I thought, so no stream today, tomorrow we'll do one of the following: - Minecraft SMP - Deshattack - Pokemon - Work - Programming? There's a poll up in the Discord. Thx <3

New skyscraper in town

⭐ PORTRAITS AND MEGAPLEX BADGES are OPEN!! ⭐ badges will be ready for pickup at the dealer's den :3 taking limited slots for each, open for this week only or until all slots are filled (waitlisted after) vgen.co/parsenoire

There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

“You are overthinking” Says the guy who outsourced his post to an LLM. I’m dead.

Okay well we finished the thread watcher for bsky. Basically watches a single thread for all posts, and downloads all media from said thread. Gonna be really helpful for OnlyUppies 4.

GitHub - SocksTheWolf/BskyThreadWatcher: Given a thread url, watches all replies, and then pumps to Discord webhooks and saves data

Given a thread url, watches all replies, and then pumps to Discord webhooks and saves data - SocksTheWolf/BskyThreadWatcher

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Man, python typehinting is the most annoying shit. Oh no step viewer, the type…it would require a circular import!! OH NO STEP VIEWER WATCH OUT! And then the application doesn’t run anymore. I have to settle for annotation imports and it’s ugly and more tech debt. But now pyright will stfu & wrk

3 slots left only!

Franubis (comms open see pinned)@franubis.bsky.social · 3w ago

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This is the end result of "there are no sfw kinks" logic. Everything is a kink for someone. It doesn't matter how tame or innocuous it is; someone, somewhere, gets off to it. Amd there is no level of "toning it down" that will ever be acceptable to people whose goal is for you to not exist at all.

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d ago

a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

Since people don’t have it still, here’s ScamGuard, a shared ban list for your Discord server of known scammers. We’re talking commission solicitors, crypto bs, genAI, sugar baby scams, “I reported you” scams, malware and more. Don’t want that in your server? Keep them the fuck out with ScamGuard!

ScamGuard

ScamGuard is the community-powered solution against scammers on Discord

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At this rate, I’m expecting to develop bronchitis. It’s just unending sinus garbage. Staying hydrated makes it worse. I feel like this happens every summer since moving here but it’s not all that different from where I used to live so idk.

And to overwhelm you with more of my posts today, here’s Apollo enjoying his “walk” today. #shiba #pets #puppy #dog

Since people don’t have it still, here’s ScamGuard, a shared ban list for your Discord server of known scammers. We’re talking commission solicitors, crypto bs, genAI, sugar baby scams, “I reported you” scams, malware and more. Don’t want that in your server? Keep them the fuck out with ScamGuard!

ScamGuard

ScamGuard is the community-powered solution against scammers on Discord

scamguard.app

There will always be people who appreciate what YOU make, it just might take them a while to find you.

Haus of Decline@hausofdecline.bsky.social · 6d ago

HELLO IT’S FRIDAY: ———————————— TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE HAPPY ABOUT FROM THIS WEEK!! (Or looking forward to) SHARE A PICTURE! TELL A STORY! I want to hear from YOU 🫵 Let’s celebrate something cool today!

I'm only online: mewsse.bandcamp.com Streaming services are not cheap for me and don't pay shit in return...

Mewsse

🏳️‍🌈Dumb dog making computers go beep

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Dieselbrain@dieselbrain.bsky.social · 6d ago

I am begging you if you make music online, please let me Buy It. Let me Pay You for downloadable music files. Please exist somewhere other than music streaming services

Pool

God what a fucking stretch. The CIA has a VC firm. They backed Keyhole (along with Nvidia and Sony). Google acquired Keyhole 4 years later to make Google Earth. The CIA has already been divested out after Google acquired Keyhole. 10 YEARS LATER we got Pokemon Go from a completely separate company

Apollo’s birthday is next week. This little guy has kept me alive and I love him so much. He’s the best lil dude. Here’s him after his big grooming today. Handsome puppy. #shiba #dog

Both Discord and Steam have magic QR code scans. I believe on iOS you get a confirmation prompt before those apps can shift over. But you do not need to scan anything to redeem a card, anyone who presents something for you to scan is clearly baiting you.

❤️🔥 GOLDYNE 【VTuber】🔥犬🔥@goldyne.bsky.social · 6d ago

If you receive these kind of messages on Steam, Be aware that IT'S A SCAM!⚠️ So by all means DO NOT scan the code ⛔ And contact your friend on another Social That their steam account got compromised!

to all the chucklefucks who said age verification wasnt a big deal, and that censorship is fine and cool, i present: my case for why it is not

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · last wk.

The Missouri Attorney General is threatening librarians with arrest over an LGBTQ+ story hour for kids, suggesting that a picture book about gay dinosaur dads is "pornography." The Secretary of State says he'll pull funding if the event happens, citing the state's new age verification law.

KOSA and the SCREEN Act are going to be marked up inntge Senate Commerce Committee next week. Please contact your senators and demand they oppose these bills www.congress.gov/members/find... www.commerce.senate.gov/press/rep/re...