John (Herokibs) Smith

JFC... Of course they are. There is no mask anymore. Just bold face authoritarianism.
Has been for months but main stream media and politicians still wanna play like this is normal and courts/ rule of law alone can stop this collapse while the SCOTUS enables.

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.

Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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KOSA dropping duty of care is great but this article buries a very important lede:

A bill package will be introduced once the govt reopens that is a collection of multiple bad "child safety" bills, COPPA 2.0, the Sammy Act, and the App Store Accountability Act [age verification]

CALL YOUR REPS

Oh man. Don’t take this race for granted. Get out and freaking vote if you want change for the better NYC.

support webcomic artists monetarily because they need personal web sites to avoid 🫱 this shit 🫲

I contacted my representatives today about KOSA, and you should too!

if their phones arent responding to calls, dont forget you can send them emails or letters!

The videogame that replaced striking actors is teaming up with the company that replaced the voice of Mob from Mob Psycho 100 merely because he asked them to have a conversation with the union?

Match made in fucking heaven.

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CALL STRIPE
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CALL MASTERCARD
CALL VISA

DO NOT. STOP. CALLING!
#rocktheboat

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TOMORROW Tuesday, October 14th IS #PORTFOLIODAY!
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Want to combat AI scraping? Try this:
🔸Nightshade and Glaze your images
🔸Images should be web-sized and watermarked
🔸Crop images shared to social media
🔸Keep your portfolio behind a password or paywall

Good luck!💛

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

Gonna say it: if you have time to make fun of me for not wanting to accept censorship in America, you have time to e-mail your reps about the issue. Anytime you feel like dunking on someone because they don't wanna use crypto or a VPN, you should be using that energy to contact reps instead. Thanks!

jay claims to want good faith, honest discussion on her platform but instead of replying to sincere posts like those mox has written, she’s choosing to make cheap, petty clap backs on others

people give a lot more good faith to weird-looking indie comics than they do to weird-looking kids’ comics. there is an assumption of skill & intentionality when the comic has grownup themes. my hot take is that i think this is annoying sometimes

"imagine me attacking james cameron bc jack wasnt a lesbian"
-fellicia houndsworth

Are you kidding me right now? This is the last thing we need. KOSA is back no thanks to Senator Blumenthal who is working with the GOP and bringing in Republican Senators to convince the House to support it.

Please, CALL GOP House leadership and tell them to keep opposing it!

today I learned that @surasshu.com has this massive blocklist for youtube channels that hock bullshit AI generated music, if you're like me and enjoy vapourwave you know it's a fuckin minefield out there so this helps TREMENDOUSLY

surasshu.com/blocklist-fo...

a close up of a girl 's face with circles around her ALT: a close up of a girl 's face with circles around her

I know not everyone can send money, and I know I'm behind on commissions, but this month I haven't made enough, again, to pay all my bills… and my spouse cannot afford to cover for me again.

Ideally I need $350 minimum, feel free to buy a sketch or just send $2. Please.

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Hey, so, survivor of CSAM (child sexual abuse material) here—and a global survivor advocate, including policy work!

Fictional material is not illegal. That’s actually why deepfakes are such a big issue for survivors too.

That said, actual art should *not* be made illegal. Why? (Con’t)

a moment of your time please
(1/5)

They have this button on the right hand column that in addition to public shaming, lets you shame them in other useful ways

So like. How are drawings supposed to consent? If I draw some nakey ladies having a good time, do I have to include speech bubbles of them saying, "oh god, I'm gonna consent" lol

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

I was at Powell's the other day and I know they're doing used stuff and I get it on some level but seeing two whole shelves dedicated to gaiman right before this happened: sucks. because it's not just dc. it's just. how we fuckin do it as a society

Oppose STOP CSAM: Protecting Kids Shouldn’t Mean Breaking the Tools That Keep Us Safe A Senate bill re-introduced this week threatens security and free speech on the internet. EFF urges Congress to reject the STOP CSAM Act of 2025 (S. 1829), which would undermine services offering end-...

#SaveSpeech
the 'STOP CSAM Act of 2025' [S.1829] is currently estimated to be 56% likely to pass according to Govtrack

This bill will undermine services offering end-to-end encryption and force internet companies to take down lawful user content

tell reps to OPPOSE
www.congress.gov/members/find...

“What if comics paid EVEN LESS?” is my extremely uncharitable assumption abt where this leads

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

I've heard from many trans people who had to wait out their bans. No one should be banned for "rest in piss" in the first place. Can't you just admit you fucked up and need to fix things? Instead of saying "well if we accidentally burn your house down, that's what fire extinguishers are for!"