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A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by the account "Libs of TikTok." The text of the post reads: "LGBTQ protestors in NYC took down the US flag and raised a Pride rainbow flag in its place despite Trump's orders. The American flag was then put up alongside the Pride flag amid disapproval from the crowd. This is a clear violation of Trump's orders." Below the text is a video thumbnail credited to "Oliya Scootercaster" and "FREEDOMNEWS.TV." The image shows a large crowd of people gathered in a city park area with bare trees and brownstone buildings in the background. In the center, a Pride rainbow flag and an American flag are being flown together on a single flagpole, with the American flag positioned above the Pride flag. Several people in the crowd are holding smaller Pride flags and recording the scene with their phones.

Cry more.

DON'T EVER GIVE UP!

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT; YOUR HATERS, YOUR CRITICS, YOUR INNER MONOLOGUE- ALL THOSE VOICES WANT YOU TO GIVE UP!

DONT! KEEP GOING! KEEP THRIVING! KEEP WORKING ON *YOUR* JOURNEY, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE! NEVER LET ANY VOICES, YOURS OR OTHERWISE, KEEP YOU FROM YOUR DREAMS!

FIGHT + WIN

It happens way too often to count

Depression

I want a forever home that I can decorate and feel liek a princess without the fear of losing my house and having to move for the 6000000000000000000000000000th time because the world sucks and continues to suck

Oh holy shit 😭 Adorable

Lots of options. LEGO definitely isn’t a bad choice.

This looks like an attack the final boss unleashes on your party.

There’s no way to dodge, block or defend against it.

All you can do is hope you built their HP enough to survive.

A Discord message from user AErchivist. The post reads: "DISCORD IS IMPLEMENTING AGE VERIFICATION MEASURES GLOBALLY IN MARCH @everyone In the latest of a series of attacks on digital privacy, Discord has announced plans to implement age verification measures globally. These are the same age verification measures introduced in the UK and Australia last year, requiring some users to provide legal ID or use facial age estimation tools to access specific features. In the interest of ensuring the information I share is as accurate as possible, you can read Discord’s official statement here: https://discord.com/press-releases/discord-launches-teen-by-default-settings-globally A few important notes, to combat any misinformation: - Not all users will be required to verify their age. Most users probably won’t. Similarly to YouTube, Discord will be utilizing an age inference model which estimates a user’s age based on their activity. - If a user is judged to be under 18 based on their activity, they will be unable to access age-restricted channels or servers, unblur spoilered images, speak on Discord stages, or access DMs from users they do not know. - Discord claims that data used to verify a user’s age will be processed on-device to ensure privacy. You shouldn’t trust this. This isn’t good. I don’t think I need to tell anyone here that. In recent years, we have witnessed a massive uptick in attacks on the digital privacy of adults worldwide, often masquerading as attempts to protect children from potentially dangerous content. Attacks that will inevitably be weaponized against marginalized communities and voices. That will silence political discontent. That will be used to monitor and punish our online activities. This is how a surveillance state starts."

"WHAT CAN WE DO? The only thing a company like Discord cares about more than maintaining an active user base is making a profit. I heavily encourage folks to cancel their Nitro subscriptions. Stop giving them your money. You can also voice your displeasure directly to Discord support. Be clear that you are canceling your nitro directly because of these age verification policies. https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/requests/new But I think we also need to step back and look at the bigger picture here. This isn’t just an issue of Discord making a poor choice, this is part of a larger war on our ability to use the internet freely. One which has been brewing for a long time now. If we don’t act, we may soon live in a world where these sorts of age verification policies become mandatory. Where moving platforms to protect your privacy isn’t an option anymore. Several countries have already passed laws requiring some level of age verification to access large social media platforms. Many other bills are on the way around the world. I can’t list every bill in every country, and I’m yet to find a good global tracker, but the current threat in the United States is KOSA. You can find more information about combating KOSA here: https://www.stopkosa.com/ And for a list of age verification bills on a state-by-state level, read here: https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-bills/"

"PLEASE, DO NOT GIVE UP ON DISCORD YET Prepare alternatives. Means to keep up with your friends, communities, and creators you support. But don’t give up just yet. I’ll be honest, I’m scared. Discord has been such a central hub for my community for the last 4 years, and losing it risks everything I’ve worked so hard to build. I’ve fought tooth and nail for the chance of making this my full time job, and I’m not going to stop fighting, but things like this are extremely discouraging at a point where I’m already burnt out and struggling. Where I already feel like I’ve fallen off. Where I’m already tired. But I believe we can create change in the world. Enough people are canceling their Nitro that the servers for doing so crashed earlier. Discord has noticed. It is vital, in these moments, that we stand by our communities and defend them. Running from platform to platform isn’t going to save us - no individual space will ever be perfect for long - and it is worth fighting for the spaces we enjoy. If you care about this space we’ve built together, I ask you to stick around and speak up."

"SO, WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES? I do not plan on leaving Discord. Not yet, anyway. And I’ll be honest, I am in a unique position. I’ve already been investigated by the FBI for my activities as a content creator. The government knows who I am, where I live, and what I do. So does any company that’s paying me. I don’t have much privacy left to protect. On top of that, I am just one disabled creator on the internet. My time and capacity are limited. Posting on half a dozen platforms just isn’t viable for me without delegating tasks to my moderators, who are also people with their own lives. I want to work on establishing the means to make more platforms viable - no one platform will ever be truly safe, after all - but it will take time, energy, and more hands than we currently have. I ask, again, that people do not give up on Discord just yet. But if you’d like to establish an alternative means of keeping up with my activities and engaging with the community, here are the options: Stoat I am currently working on building a backup of the server on Stoat, but it will take time, as Stoat is not as well established of a platform yet. I will drop the link in an announcement once it is complete, but please be patient. This will not be replacing the Discord as of now, but will exist as an alternative should we need to relocate. Reddit This has existed for awhile, and I would like to build it into a larger space for sharing fan content, thoughts, and community updates. I’ll be working with my moderation team on making this happen in the coming weeks. YouTube Community I just created this and haven’t figured out how it works yet, but the YouTube community is now open for user posts. I’ll likely start sharing my stream schedules and other major announcements here as well. Bluesky While not as strong an option for community interaction, Bluesky is the best platform to keep up with me and my ramblings aside of Discord. I post my schedules, shorts, and various ramblings her…

In the latest of a series of attacks on digital privacy, Discord has announced plans to implement age verification measures globally.

If you care about this space we’ve built together, I ask you to stick around and speak up.

Update;
I’m home. We’ve got roughly 25% of all our stuff out. A few more days of this and we should be done. May even get everything by the 14th.

A panoramic shot of my new living space. More furniture pending.

Well. This is home now.

Next chapter of my life starts now. Let’s make it a good one.

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I genuinely appreciate the folks who helped my family and I get the money to get into this place.

Needless to say, this is less important but still would be appreciated.

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I love this

Ngl, I’d wear something like that if someone paid me.

a person in a costume with horns is standing next to a railing ALT: a person in a costume with horns is standing next to a railing

He do his lil’ idle dance

No Games For Genocide The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.

Anyway, Microsoft's gaming products are subject to a boycott from the BDS movement, due to Microsoft's ongoing support for the IDF. Bethesda is owned by Microsoft.

nogamesforgenocide.com

I wanna make sure ya'll understand that this is what cops do too. When any kind of pig wants to scare protesters, they choose the most vulnerable protester they can find to brutalize.

This isn't new. This isn't an ICE exclusive thing. This is a systems of oppression thing.

Attacked

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Whoa! Back To The Funny Streamer Man!
Here's the stream schedule for the week of 1/2/2026 - 1/7/2026

So, Good News Bad News
Good news is, we're gonna run a full week of streams as usual.

Bad news? I'll be takin' a hiatus to focus on movin' house startin' on the 8th.

No idea how long it'll take. No idea if all goes well tbh. We'll see how it goes.

I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve got all these fuckin’ emotions swirlin’ around in my head. I’m angry that we’re in this mess. I’m sad at the thought of losing my pets. I’m scared.

I feel so goddamn powerless I wanna scream.

I hate people who make it their sole goal in life to accumulate money. Landlords, realtors, etc.
Fuck 'em. The way they specifically look down on the people unfortunate enough to be stuck in their house. Like they're subhuman.

I’m glad. So do me a favor? Keep bein’ awesome dude. Slay 💅

Knew they would. Not that I’m tellin’ you anythin’ new but you’re worth it man.

Please? I love feminine men, don’t get me wrong. But like… There ain’t nothing quite like a nice, burly bear.

Remember, the difference between gender ale and gender lager is in the fermentation style: gender ale is a top, whereas gender lager is a bottom

YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.