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

Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in The site tells BBC News it believes people are viewing riskier sites - but they may just be using VPNs.

"Should devices do the checks?"
NO!
A PARENT gives their child unsupervised access to the internet; they are being NEGLIGENT.
Digital divices are not babysitters.
The OSA stifles online communication, not just the porn industry. It's idiocy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s still remarkable that Disney produced - and released - this segment in 1940. A horror short that should rank with its Universal monster movie contemporaries… The animation is lush and experimental, and really shows off the Disney special animated effects team…

i have never seen anyone steal food in my entire life and neither have you

(also congrats!)

Exxon sues California over climate laws, alleging free speech violations Oil firm asks court to block enforcement of laws that would require disclosure of planet-heating carbon emissions

Exxon says it can't reveal how much pollution it makes because doing so would force it to “serve as a mouthpiece for ideas with which it disagrees.”

Which is just the "homework is against my religion" excuse, if the student saying it killed 8 million people a year.

Things are quiet for now but I got feeling it won't be long before we start seeing another wave a mass censorship and restrictions, not only on nsfw content but art and media overall.

Keep calling. Keep writing. Keep awareness up! Let's do what we can to protect our right to create freely!

Backed by the Heritage Foundation and Big Tech, KOSA will force everyone to upload their ID to access the internet. In an age when Palantir has direct ties to ICE, where technofascists are in power and want to eliminate and censor everything, we CANNOT allow KOSA to pass.

It NEEDS mass pushback.

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!

When you go for the hard moments, you got a great aggression to your style that comes out

I have constant anxiety about what I think is "good," and what the rest of the world thinks is "good"

Working with PVA foam for cosplay

久しぶりにSFチックな世界観で創作
#mecha #afol #moc #lego #LegoMOC

Was hoping to have gotten this done sooner for our anniversary, but better late than never!
We're a bit of an odd couple, our habits and preferences rarely allign. But I've found the contrast leads to a life far more rich than one comfortable and familiar. All in all, it's the Best of Both Worlds.

LEGALLY YOU SHOULD BE SENDING INVOICES FOR GOODS AND SERVICES. IF YOU TAKE COMMISSIONS ON PAYPAL DO NOT USE FRIENDS AND FAMILY. YOU ARE NOT SAFE, YOUR CLIENT IS NOT SAFE.

THIS IS A FORM OF TAX EVASION.

YOU SHOULD BE USING INVOICES.

If youre in Ohio, this is a good thing to contact your state reps about! Explain how awful age verification is as a policy!

whomst amongst us

If you recognize this then you’re owed financial compensation for emotional distress

Something done for a friend of mine!

He asked for multidates at the movie theater.

Sadly it became one of those PSAs that tell you what NOT to do when watching a movie.

Reminder to call your Senators and Reps and tell them to oppose Stop CSAM, along with KOSA!

If there was a phrase for recently in video games with Exp. 33, Silksong, Forever Winter, etc. It's that IP's SHOULDN'T cater to everyone. Your artistic vision benefits when you stick to what it should be, rather than what publishers would want. Crank that sick-o mode to 12 posthaste.

Snapchat and Duolingo among major apps down in Amazon Web Services outage - live updates Many of the world's biggest apps including Snapchat, Duolingo and Roblox have gone down, in what appears to be an issue affecting Amazon Web Services.

If you're having issues online today; everything appears to be f**ked.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...

Recent comment: "This A.I. music is as fake as 🏈 🦇." In this case, this is human-made. (3 of our judges panel are also involved as collaborators on it: jnWake, pixelseph, and paradiddlesjosh.) We explicitly do NOT accept any music made with generative A.I. There are tools out there that help identify genAI music. If music involving genAI is ever unknowingly let on, it will be removed if it's discovered. We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation. "Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies. Text and image generation Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

KOSA is now in red alert priority.

Please contact your representatives, dem and gop alike, and demand they oppose KOSA!

We need to turn out in numbers against this!

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I loved the The Far Side growing up. Fond memories of reading my brother's Off-The-Wall Day-to-Day Calendar every morning. Gary Larson's the man

Not as bad as you'd think! That being said they do have a tendency to make a mess out of snacks, so your house may have some lingering scents as a result