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Special Shera

@specialshera.bsky.social

Shera- she/her Writer, Artist, & Streamer Hobbyist | Certified Mom-Friend! | Honorary Mobian | 18+ 💙 Twitch- https://www.twitch.tv/specialshera 💙 Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoC2Ij02cY9iIt2uLXc9t3A 💙 Tumblr- https://specialshera.tumblr.com/

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Eromancer@eromancer.bsky.social · 8h ago

🚨 KOSA UPDATE The added "duty of care" standard would force websites to identify minors to avoid legal risk, pushing the internet toward ID checks, facial scans, mass age-gating, excessive data collection and censorship FOR EVERYONE. Next comes a full Senate vote. Contact your senators NOW. (1/2)

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 11h ago

The Senate Commerce Committee just passed KOSA out of committee with zero debate & failed to move the SCREEN Act. punchbowl.news/article/tech...

MikeMurdock@mikemurdock.bsky.social · 10h ago

(political post) this got shot down. it shows going to their offices and calls do matter. more so if you go to their offices in a large group. Keep calling we can kill KOSA and KIDS acts as well 5calls.org/issue/kids-o... Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Oppose KOSA and the KIDS Act (UPDATED 6/29) - PASSED HOUSE ⭑ 5 Calls

Updates June 29, 2026: By a vote of 267-117, the House has passed H.R. 7757, the KIDS Act. The bill now moves to the Senate, though the Senate has …

5calls.org

Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 12h 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!

Ray Zeppeli @ Steel Ball Run September@raytheestampede.bsky.social · yesterday

I got a nasty gram from my car insurance that I need to pay $80 by next Wednesday or else my policy will be canceled, any help would be greatly appreciated!

Ray Zeppeli @ Steel Ball Run September@raytheestampede.bsky.social · 3d ago

Anyway hi, im Ray and im currently waiting on my actual employment to start. Im a transmasc with PCOS and a hypermobility disorder and im in need of a bit of financial help myself right now. Please consider donating if you'd like to support me Cashapp - $andromedanomaly Kofi - ko-fi.com/crownsbiade

Olivia Waite@oliviawaite.com · 2d ago

Fae: “Tell us your true name.” Me: “…Just my name? No birthdate, no SSN, no fingerprint scan, no address, no mother’s maiden name? Are you sure you’ve even got the right Olivia Waite? There’s like six.” Fae: “What the hell kind of bargains have you been making?” Me: “They call it health insurance.”

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · yesterday

I'm just gonna say: it somewhat baffles me that people who are understandably skeptical of opaque LLMs as legitimate sources of information will suddenly go full on "the computer KNOWS" when they are using opaque tools to "detect" AI. The computer does not know.

Susanna Kearsley@susannakearsley.bsky.social · yesterday

❤️ Gillian Green, publisher at Tor Bramble, told The Bookseller: “HM Wolfe has confirmed that Daggermouth was written entirely without AI. We stand behind our author, and we do not recognise third-party AI detection tools as a fair or reliable measure of authenticity when used on their own.”

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

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

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

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."

Tom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier@iiotenki.bsky.social · 3d ago

Kamaitachi no Yoru is simply one of the most important Japanese games in history, period. In the historical trajectory of novel games, if Otogirisou, Chunsoft's previous gane, is Pac-Land, this is Super Mario Brothers. It is that foundational in the storytelling and design paradigms it codified.

1564 Studio@1564studio.bsky.social · 3d ago

I'm trembling while writing this: Kamaitachi no yoru—not the PC remake, not the iOS port, but the actual original SFC version—has been translated at last by ButThouMust, who graciously brought us an English patch for Otogirisou in the past. This is HISTORICAL.

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

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
Special Shera@specialshera.bsky.social · 2d ago

I don't have the energy for a full schedule, but we do have some plans~ 💙 Wednesday 8/5 7:00pm EST- not live on my channel, but will join Kit on his for more Jackbox Party Games! 💙 Saturday 8/8 7:00pm EST- the return of the Lost Kingdoms crew for more Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star!

Rosey@rosey4boston.bsky.social · 2d ago

Check out my Horror Geek Life review of Chuck Tingle's ( @chucktingle.bsky.social) newest novel, Fabulous Bodies! If you love campy dark comedy and blood-soaked B-horror, this one is for you. Audiobook lovers, it's narrated by Matilda's Mara Wilson! #booksky www.horrorgeeklife.com/2026/08/03/f...

‘Fabulous Bodies’ Book Review: Bloody B-Horror Takes the Stage in the Newest “Tingler”

Chuck Tingle, known for Camp Damascus and Bury Your Gays, released a new thrilling horror novel, Fabulous Bodies. Here's our review!

horrorgeeklife.com

Ray Zeppeli @ Steel Ball Run September@raytheestampede.bsky.social · 2d ago

If anyone would be able to help me buy some scrubs for my new job ($30) it would be greatly appreciated!

Ray Zeppeli @ Steel Ball Run September@raytheestampede.bsky.social · 3d ago

Anyway hi, im Ray and im currently waiting on my actual employment to start. Im a transmasc with PCOS and a hypermobility disorder and im in need of a bit of financial help myself right now. Please consider donating if you'd like to support me Cashapp - $andromedanomaly Kofi - ko-fi.com/crownsbiade

Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open)@hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 2d ago

This needs quite a bit of signatures and you can just be a comic reader to sign it. You ever read Hellboy and want to help the next generation of creators make their Hellboy, this is the kinda stuff we got to do to ensure that. Sick of seeing corp mindsets destroy creative life’s into nothingness

Jimmy Presler 🐴@jimmypresler.bsky.social · 4d ago

Sign this petition to show your support for keeping Senior Editors in the Dark Horse Workers Union. actionnetwork.org/petitions/dh...

Zachary Berger@zacharyberger.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Black Forest Labs (like Stability AI) likely took a bunch of work off the internet in order to train their AI. A bill in California would force transparency in their dataset. Want to help it pass? Please sign this petition in support, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

Black and white image of Martin Scorsese raising his hands with a caption in big bold letters that says "ABSOLUTE SLOP".
Karla Ortiz@kortizart.bsky.social · 2mo ago

1/ This company’s models were trained on web scraped datasets (like LAION) and their founders are ex-Stability AI employees who engage in the same thieving practices that led artists like myself to sue Stability. GenAi companies NEED big names to sanitize their exploitation and crippling PR.

Screenshot of an X announcement by Black Forest Labs: Martin Scorsese is an advisor to Black Forest Labs. He's spent six decades shaping how the world sees stories. Now he's helping us shape visual intelligence with human taste and craft at the center. We sat down with him for a working storyboarding session using FLUX.