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Nikki Scarlet

@nikkiscarlet.bsky.social

Writer. Introvert. Born in the 20th century. Remembers Web 1.0 all too fondly.

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image of a website pop-up call button from BadInternetBills.com prompting action about age gating and censorship bills with slots to enter phone number and zip code.

image of a website pop-up call button from BadInternetBills.com prompting action about age gating and censorship bills with slots to enter phone number and zip code.

🚨KOSA, app store restrictions and ID checks are expected to be reviewed by House Energy and Commerce Committee this week, bringing us that much closer to a censored Internet under the guise of β€œkids safety"!

We have to keep up the pressure against these bills! www.badinternetbills.com

02.03.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 373    πŸ” 459    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
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backticks for bots - pivot point - Obsidian Publish updating knowledge tech standards for the aigentic web alternative title: robots in disguise related: trust networking, artificial intelligence no matter how you feel about AI, it's undoubtedly true…

a proposal for using markdown syntax to distinguish between human text and AI-generated text in knowledge systems: "backticks for bots"

(first draft.)

publish.obsidian.md/pivot-point/...

03.03.2026 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The fact that the U.S. has been so successfully brainwashed into thinking that sunburned white guys with cheeky Nazi tattoos Define the Working Class when the ACTUAL working class is non-white women (many of them immigrants) - yeah, that’s one of the great madness runes of our time.

02.03.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 522    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

#ok

02.03.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

lol i had to go find the article to see if this was real and it appears to be and they continue to be the biggest weenies on the freakin planet lmfaoooooo

02.03.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 131    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a digital sketch of ed and stede reading together. ed is sitting up with a leg propped on his other knee, and stede is laying back in his lap, holding a frog and toad book.

a digital sketch of ed and stede reading together. ed is sitting up with a leg propped on his other knee, and stede is laying back in his lap, holding a frog and toad book.

ed and stede reading together for @kellykat53.bsky.social

thank you for donating!!

02.03.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I really do not think that people who believe in Armageddon should be allowed to make command decisions, and I mean that deeply and sincerely.

Frankly if you believe in an afterlife then I have concerns about entrusting you with any decisions about THIS life. The incentives are all wrong.

03.03.2026 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œDonald Trump is the Antichrist and that’s a good thing,” is now official government policy I guess.

03.03.2026 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Its 2026 and people are still acting like a child seeing two guys holding hands is going to leave them scarred for life

Having to fear for your life at school? Normal
But two men holding hands or even kissing? Irreparable mental damage

I'm so tired

03.03.2026 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Essential reading. And as bloody usual, Australia prototyped this nonsense. Just like we were one of the first to indefinitely detain asylum seekers.

03.03.2026 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sent the link for standwithminnesota.com to my friend Emily who just helped a family make rent.

She said via text: "Maybe the best I've ever felt giving money, I love how directly this can help people."

03.03.2026 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Black trans women are the most marginalized in our community β€” so yeah, watching one be sidelined or erased in the narrative feels painfully familiar.

If people actually care about protecting Black trans women instead of just erasing us, there are ALWAYS real ways to help. πŸ₯Ίβ¬‡οΈ x

03.03.2026 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 639    πŸ” 776    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 18
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FTC declines to enforce a kids privacy law for data collected to verify users’ ages It’s also planning a review of the underlying children’s online privacy rule.

β€œAge-checking-related data collection poses the very threats that COPPA is designed to address, and we have already seen age estimation systems having issues with data breaches and leaks,” EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @TheVerge.com. www.theverge.com/policy/8855...

28.02.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 158    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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Bad Internet Bills All of the bad internet bills. One website.

THREAD: Whenever imperialist governments go to war, they become more authoritarian at home.

That makes censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks, and attacks on Section 230 even more dangerous.

Online protest, documenting war crimes, even news articles could be suppressed.

www.badinternetbills.com

02.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 779    πŸ” 584    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 16

Let's take KOSA, for example.

The Kids Online Safety Act would require platforms to algorithmically suppress content that might cause young people to experience "anxiety" or "depression."

Videos and news about my government bombing a school in Iran makes me depressed and anxious... how about kids?

02.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 228    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Under a bill like KOSA, platforms would have to use AI to filter out content they think might get them in trouble with the Trump administration.

Human rights groups have raised a lot of concern specifically about LGBTQ and abortion content, but anti-war content could absolutely be targeted too.

02.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
A bunny on a skateboard rolls down a homemade ramp, in a backyard, about to go off a jump. Their friends also cheer them on on either side of the ramp.

A bunny on a skateboard rolls down a homemade ramp, in a backyard, about to go off a jump. Their friends also cheer them on on either side of the ramp.

Daily bunny no.3246 is about to break their record

03.03.2026 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2968    πŸ” 642    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 8

The war's limited objectives:
-Destroy nuclear program
-Degrade ballistic missile capabilities
-Bring the armies of the world together to fight at the End Times and bring about the return of Christ

03.03.2026 04:32 β€” πŸ‘ 822    πŸ” 237    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 23

doujinshi as the spiritual opposite of slop. wildly caring about a character/ship in an IP way beyond the extent the original corporation would. beyond what's "efficient", or tasteful to the mainstream (money) -- creating at a monentary loss if anything for the pure love of it. is this anything.

02.03.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3022    πŸ” 1260    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 0

"And you know he makes me laugh so much, and he's such a brilliant actor. It's lovely to be looking at him, gazing into those eyes, those Scottish eyes." - Michael about David

03.03.2026 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have always maintained that Xennials have hit every branch on the trauma tree.

01.03.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time."
Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed.
That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

28.02.2026 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6049    πŸ” 2043    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 123

One of my big goals this year is to avoid giving money to corporations, especially American corporations, as much as possible. #StopBuyingAmerican

28.02.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
them: "as you get older you'll become more conservative"
me: *every year i've been alive*
(image: screen shot of the video for Cha-Cha Slide with the caption "slide to the left")

them: "as you get older you'll become more conservative" me: *every year i've been alive* (image: screen shot of the video for Cha-Cha Slide with the caption "slide to the left")

*cha cha slide intensifies*

01.03.2026 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
"once you've figured out you're gay each year you level up to a gayer version of yourself." @overheardatagaybar

text overlaid on an image of his Cuntiness, Captain Stede Bonnet

"once you've figured out you're gay each year you level up to a gayer version of yourself." @overheardatagaybar text overlaid on an image of his Cuntiness, Captain Stede Bonnet

it's science

28.02.2026 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
A little burrito against a gray and black marble-ish background. The burrito has a smiley face, a tinfoil wrap, lettuce, cheese, tomato, and meat filling.

A little burrito against a gray and black marble-ish background. The burrito has a smiley face, a tinfoil wrap, lettuce, cheese, tomato, and meat filling.

Made burrito. 🧢 🌯

27.02.2026 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 260    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1

really one of the strangest media cycles in history, where mainstream media actively hid the fact that the columbine killers were popular upper class preppy kids with full on neo-nazi ideologies and instead pretended they were victims of bullying

26.02.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3147    πŸ” 1306    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 44

Congratulations Substack on your new partnership with Polymarket!

And to those publishing on Substack, is this really the tool you want from the folks who take part of your revenue?

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NEW: The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs has unanimously voted no-confidence in the UCP government.

β€œDanielle Smith’s government is acting as an embassy for the worst we’ve seen from south of the border, and it’s time to say no,” says Treaty 6 Confederacy Grand Chief Joey Pete.

27.02.2026 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee Dolly Parton’s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman’s anthem β€œ9 to 5,” or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.

β€œDolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure β€˜every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’”

GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

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