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Quote from James Baker, ORG Programme Manager: "The British public is being forced to hand over sensitive personal data to unregulated age assurance providers if they want to have full access to platforms such as Reddit and Bluesky or Grindr."

The Online Safety Act requires age assurance to restrict not only access to porn but any content that could be ‘harmful’ for under 18s – a term that can be intrepreted broadly.

Without it, users are either blocked from accessing the platform, or features like DMs and certain content are restricted.

I really don't want to upload my stupid face to this age assurance thing but I literally can't view half of the posts on my fucking feed because of it.

Had to do a new Age Assurance thing this morning for BlueSky to unlock certain features, because of the UK's draconian online safety law.

Occurred to me that, since all it did was scan my face, any passing adult would have worked just as well if they had been willing to cooperate. Hardly foolproof.

The Colorful History of Tarot Is as Mesmerizing as the Decks Themselves The original meaning behind the cards, first created 500 years ago, still remains elusive. But that didn't stop our reporter from traveling to Milan in an effort to find out

The Colorful History of Tarot Is as Mesmerizing as the Decks Themselves

New additions to the Weird Library:

Fake California Coelacanth A recent story on the website "Animals Around the Globe" revealing the finding of a coelacanth off the California coast is fake.

Fake California Coelacanth

A recent story on the website "Animals Around the Globe" revealing the finding of a coelacanth off the California coast is fake.

Four alpacas shot dead in field in Cambridgeshire Police investigating after ewe also fatally injured by dog and fifth alpaca received non-fatal gunshot wound to the face

Four alpacas shot dead in field in Cambridgeshire

Police investigating after ewe also fatally injured by dog and fifth alpaca received non-fatal gunshot wound to the face

Reading now: After the Flying Saucers Came. Such a flowing history of UFOs in culture. Easy to read, engaging, thoughtful.

Thousands of children in England accused of witchcraft in past decade Figures emerge as Kindoki Witch Boy film tells true story of Mardoche Yembi who underwent an exorcism as a child

Thousands of children in England accused of witchcraft in past decade

Figures emerge as Kindoki Witch Boy film tells true story of Mardoche Yembi who underwent an exorcism as a child

What really happened in Calvine? The mystery behind the best UFO picture ever seen In August 1990, two hikers sent photos of a strange diamond-shaped aircraft to the press – but the story never appeared. Was it a prank, a hoax, an optical illusion or something else entirely?

What really happened in Calvine? The mystery behind the best UFO picture ever seen

Pop Goes the Cryptid: Explained Introduction to the world of Pop Cryptids, showing the evolution of cryptozoology from a scientific field to a popular culture scene where "cryptid" is any weird, sentient thing.

Pop Goes the Cryptid: Explained

Introduction to the world of Pop Cryptids, showing the evolution of cryptozoology from a scientific field to a popular culture scene where "cryptid" is any weird, sentient thing.

Beware the Yule Cat, Iceland’s Child-Eating Christmas Monster But if you’re wearing new clothes, you have nothing to fear from Jólakötturinn.

Beware the Yule Cat, Iceland’s Child-Eating Christmas Monster

beast mode

It’s my pleasure, Anne.

Mystery US drone sightings: what we know Recent sightings in New Jersey continue to spark conspiracy theories as authorities search for answers

Mystery US drone sightings: what we know

‘Something horrible’: Somerset pit reveals bronze age cannibalism Oxford analysis shows evidence of bloody massacre, with hand and feet bones chewed by human molars

Somerset pit reveals bronze age cannibalism. Oxford analysis shows evidence of bloody massacre, with hand and feet bones chewed by human molars.

"Almost half of the bones were those of children, suggesting an entire community had been wiped out in a single, immensely brutal event."

If someone tells you they don't believe in witchcraft ask them for a piece of their hair. Meme source: unknown

Happy Friday the 13th from the Beckett Coven!
#Booksky #Authorsky #Witchsky 🌒🌕🌘

Mysterious New Jersey drones appear to avoid detection by traditional methods State lawmaker briefed by homeland security officials says devices appear not to be being flown by hobbyists

Mysterious New Jersey drones appear to avoid detection by traditional methods. State lawmaker briefed by homeland security officials says devices appear not to be being flown by hobbyists.

#ufosky #ufo #Ufohistory
Today in UFO History - CIA Reviews Keyhoe Book
December 8, 1953 -
1/CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence Chief of Operations Staff Philip Grandin Strong writes a memo to the Assistant Director of Scientific Intelligence saying that Keyhoe’s book

The 'Deep State' exists and it knows all about aliens, US official claims There is a 'deep state' and the Pentagon could be hiding information about alien life and UFOs says one Government official, who spoke out about alien disclosure

There is a 'deep state' and the Pentagon could be hiding information about alien life and UFOs says one Government official, who spoke out about alien disclosure, reports Claudia Trotman for the Daily Star.

Source:
Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, p. 156;

#ufosky #ufo #ufohistory
Today in UFO History - Radio Moscow
December 7, 1953 —
proclaims that saucers are “figments of the imagination of western war mongers designed to make taxpayers swallow heavier military budgets.” [Eberhart]

The Seattle Times Qqq T. Rex may have been a lot smarter than you thought By DINO GRANDONI

If you're still on Facebook, and like #cryptid insights from a social and cultural POV, check out my Pop Goes the Cryptid page: www.facebook.com/Popcryptids

Everything you ever wanted to know about astrology – for free The predictions of astrology have now been put to the empirical test (at least) a thousand times – the results fail to support astrology’s validity

Everything you ever wanted to know about astrology – for free | Chris French

The predictions of astrology have now been put to the empirical test (at least) a thousand times – the results fail to support astrology's validity

www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/11/ever...

Shoppers can be made to feel sorry for single bananas, study finds Researchers say supermarket customers are more likely to buy a piece of fruit labelled as a ‘sad single’

Shoppers can be made to feel sorry for single bananas, study finds

‘Phantom gnome snatcher’ of Formby admits prank almost 50 years on Arthur tells Vernon Kay on Radio 2 he left ransom notes in place of garden ornaments in seaside town in 1977

‘Phantom gnome snatcher’ of Formby admits prank almost 50 years on
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Cryptids and North American Sports Teams Cryptids continue to exert their large presence, representing professional hockey teams. Here’s a look at the use of monster mascots associated with North American sports.

Hockey teams love cryptids.

Cryptids and North American Sports Teams – Modern Cryptozoology moderncryptozoology.wordpress.com/2024/09/19/c...

Humbug: vandal smashes gravestone of Ebenezer Scrooge Damage to fictional gravesite, seen in 1984 adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, discovered on Sunday

Humbug: vandal smashes gravestone of Ebenezer Scrooge