Moving out... ko-fi.com/kimjimagery

Again, a reminder that a mere 35 years ago, a Republican POTUS led a broad international coalition, under United Nations auspices, to reverse the illegal & unprovoked violation of the territorial sovereignty & the seizure of the oil resources of another country.

Mediaite@mediaite.com · 10h ago

Trump Brags He’s Taking ‘Billions of Barrels of Oil From Venezuela’ Because ‘To the Victor Belong the Spoils’ 

ALMOST THIRTY PERCENT OH BOY

@aibusjournal.bsky.social · 6d ago

ko-fi.com/wibblewobble... Wibble Wobble Studios is back baby! We've decided to do something short and fun for everyone's favorite holiday, but only if you can help us do it! Two friends meet to talk about the day in question when they find a...gooey interruption. Fund above!

Look up your senators at www.senate.gov/senators/sen.... You may contact both for your state. Tell them you oppose S.1748 (KOSA), as well as the KIDS Act and other unconstitutional mass surveillance bills that directly violate your 1st and 4th amendment rights. (2/2)

All 4 bills were voted to advance from committee to seek full approval from the Senate However committee voted 15-13 to advance SCREEN, but the bill did not advance because of a lack of attendance (did not meet quorum) Pls continue to call/ email your senators thehill.com/homenews/601...

KOSA advances Senate panel; age verification bill falls short of meeting quorum

A Senate panel advanced the landmark Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) in a markup Wednesday, while an age verification bill to keep minors off pornography websites failed after the committee did not m…

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ott@oven.ott.fish · 2d ago

I’ve had a hard time keeping track of all the Awful Things happening in the US lately but unfortunately there are 🟥FOUR🟥 anti-privacy bills up for vote this Wednesday in the senate again, including KOSA. Please take a moment to write or call your senators today.

While the SCREEN Act failed in the committee, KOSA did move forward. Contact your senators immediately demanding it be opposed, and keep the pressure up until it comes to a vote in the Senate

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 16h ago

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

Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.

‼️ALERT: KOSA is moving next week to the Senate Commerce Committee for markup! Call your reps today, again tomorrow, and all weekend leaving messages opposing this dangerous censorship bill. www.badinternetbills.com

Bad Internet Bills

All of the bad internet bills. One website.

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THIS IS WHY!!!! WE CALL!!! GREAT JOB EVERYONE 🩷 KOSA did pass the house but remember the senate has a conflicting version. Keep calling, it matters!

Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 17h 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!

AI companies scraping websites at scale is a real problem. But a proposed NY law could make it harder for libraries, journalists & researchers to preserve the web and investigate the powerful. That's why we've joined @eff.org & others in a letter to Gov. Hochul. blog.archive.org/2026/08/04/i...

My long-standing theory (and resentment) about CGI is that its rapid adoption was specifically boosted by a deluded belief that it would accomplish what AI-boosters dream about: the elimination of illustrative animation labor for a system that can be piloted by now-deskilled workers.

Cartoon Brew@cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 16h ago

Pixar co-founder and former Disney Animation president Ed Catmull will judge a new generative AI film competition. The organization is promoting him as “the man who invented 3D graphics” who will judge “the first generation of AI filmmakers.” www.cartoonbrew.com/artificial-i...

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!

Alison Boden@alisonboden.bsky.social · 17h ago

The SCREEN Act just failed to pass in the Senate Commerce Committee! 🎉 Enormous thanks to the thousands (!!) of you who told your Senators to vote no! Your voice matters and you should feel good that you made a difference. Obviously, the fight isn't over, but this was an important victory.

Mystery of the Sewer - No stretch mark version Every pic's story on - www.furaffinity.net/user/sishui

They think we're lying about not using it and just too "ashamed" to admit it. The idea that no, I do not in fact use AI for any of the things I do baffles them. If AI disappeared tomorrow, my life would get easier because I wouldn't have to constantly be watching for it's sneaky inclusion.

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterday

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

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 · 2d ago

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.

Mystery of the Sewer - Full Every pic's story on - www.furaffinity.net/user/sishui When this post reaches 1.5k likes I will draw Part 6!

Your boss and your landlord have already voted

King County Elections@elections.kingcounty.gov · 2d ago

We projected 45% turnout for this election, King County. As of 8 a.m., 19% of you had turned out. You've got until 8 p.m. tonight to make your voice heard! kce.wiki/DropBox has a list and map of all 91 official ballot drop boxes across the county.

King koopa enjoying watching his underdesk assistant while he relaxes from work 🫣❤️ Happy Bowser Day 🔥🔥🔥 #BowserNight #BowserNight2026

EA didn't have far to fall considering they already hit ethics bedrock years ago.

Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · yesterday

EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-law

Testing out some anti AI overlays to put on art. Thoughts?

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

Quartley reminder that if you care about physical media you better support your local library! Where else can you get books, games, board games, puzzles, internet hotspots etc for free? *Get library card, use it *Use library programs *Share library social media *Donate to its foundation

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.

Expand the platform. By all means. Sure. But remember just one thing: The main selling point of Bluesky, is that it is not Twitter. DON'T. TRY. MAKING. BLUESKY. INTO. TWITTER. We don't want Twitter. That's why we are here!

The Verge@theverge.com · 3d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

To be clear: Senate Republicans are caving on a deal that gives Donald Trump and his family immunity from tax audits potentially worth $100 million.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 3d ago

BREAKING: Todd Blanche reaches a deal with the GOP senators blocking his AG nomination, signing an order to end the “anti-weaponization” fund.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

Watergate was a harmless prank, in terms of the scale of illegality & constitutional violations, compared to this. Again, this is the most basic "do we live under a functioning constitutional order?" type of stuff. The answer, sadly, is no, because this hasn't immediately ended his presidency.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d ago

"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

And paid off judges to literally create the crime of jaywalking to protect the innocent reckless and inattentive driver from the malicious pedestrian.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 4d ago

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

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 · 6d 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...

Fun and nostalgia