Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act. TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets! Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.

TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU CAN REPOST THIS!!!

i know you are all still in scrappy startup bright eyed crew of the uss enterprise delulu mindset but good lord you really ought to hire pr

‼️Text ResistBot to support removing anti-trans provisions from the appropriations bills resist.bot/petitions/PN...

I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night. All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

Article contains meal descriptions and ID numbers, for concerned folks.

OHIO: know your rights! This message from bluesky is a LIE! You, an individual, are NOT required by the law to verify your age. Bluesky is required to have you verify your age IF it detects that you are in Ohio. if it does not detect that you are there, YOU DO NOT NEED TO VERIFY! vpn use is legal!

inshallah I’ll actually be able to do something with it 🙏

finally ordered a new digital pen 🦀🦀🦀

You might see several artists mad about the bluesky policy update banning non-con, even artists who do not make that kind of material, and wonder why it's such a problem. If that's you, here is a quick breakdown: 🧵

What a quick and simple way to completely undermine your reputation as a teaching and research institution.

people can issue consent. things cannot. drawings & sculptures & fictional characters are things. they are property. they are NOT real people. requiring fictional characters to issue consent is an insult to real people w/real problems how does bsky expect to get consent from something like marble?

inflicting my flop tweets on bluesky

was looking through my Twitter archive today and holy shit I used to post so much akcjcjdjnf

Want to find out if an age verification bill is being pushed in your state? Want to find options for fast action against it? Check out this handy website: action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verifica...

"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense

Still need help!! Please, if you can spare a couple of dollars or want some art, please check out the commissions tab on my Kofi. Please, anything helps. I'm struggling mentally, and bills are still coming in.

Adding to this: Never ever use tools that enable hardcore tracking of your following counts or any other similar metric That’s a one way ticket to self inflicted delusion

SPEAK UP!!! WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER FRICKIN SOCIAL TO NUKE NSFW CONTENT ONCE THEY GOT ENOUGH USERS! CENSORSHIP ALWAYS LEAD TO BANNING QUEER, BPOC, DISABLED PPL IMPORTANT CONTENT NEXT!

did not watch any youtube today (great personal suffering) but it was for the greater good (they launched their stupid AI bullshit today)

Wow this actively pisses me off. YouTube is directly erasing queer content with AI.

Subject of discussion at work tonight: would guys appreciate getting flowers?

Saw Superman on Tuesday and felt compelled to draw my first ever Superman fanart! David Corenswet is literally perfection oh my goodness.

finally saw the new Superman movie today, and man, we are SO fucking back

Honestly, with hindsight, Radcliffe, Watson and Grint's public statements where they sided with trans people, expressed their support with no caveats, and willingly blew up any chances at future ties to the franchise has only gotten more and more noteworthy as more actors are revealed to be cowards

Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker

⚠️BATCH DOWNLOAD YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE NOW⚠️ 👉 takeout.google.com/manage I did this last night, and literally this morning a friend who writes fic has had her whole account restricted, and when I try to access writing that I've edited/collaborated on, this is what I get:

If you sit next to me on the train and start yapping loudly on FaceTime with someone, consider it a blood feud

THIS IS HUGE! The FIRST 100% effective HIV PrEP drug, Lenacapavir, is APPROVED AND GOING GLOBAL. The makers are providing AFFORDABLE access to the drug in the United States AND beyond, signing ROYALTY-FREE licensing agreements with SIX generic manufacturers to produce AND supply it. 🧪🧵⬇️

Porn and art with sexual themes deserve to exist on their own merit, not because censoring them has knock-on effects for non-sexual content. Please stop expressing outrage by implying that censorship would be okay if it *just* affected sex workers and artists engaging with sexual themes.

kinda wild how much the stop killing games initiative is getting piled on by lobbying groups and industry people in europe it's almost like they're scared of something

stop using it. stop using it fucking EVER

Five under the radar things Trump snuck into his "Big Beautiful Bill": - Delivers tax breaks to Big Oil - Defunds Planned Parenthood - Raises drug prices for seniors (Big Pharma giveaway) - Hikes monthly student loan payments - Makes ICE the biggest federal law enforcement agency

Since 2021, Mastercard has been imposing strict regulations on platforms that use the company's financial services — and Steam appears to be their latest target. Tell Mastercard to reverse this harmful policy at action.aclu.org/petition/mas....

this is what you look like as a Harry Potter fan in 2025

1. Yesterday, Newsom peddled anti-trans politics and far-right conspiracy theories about transgender people in a podcast, the latest example of many anti-trans actions taken by the governor. We engage and explain. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

✨️✨️✨️YOU CANT HAVE MY MAGIC STAR AI FUCKS✨️✨️✨️

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

The FTC's proposed "click-to-cancel" rule would have been a great move for consumer protection. But when it came time to defend the measure in court, the Commission dropped the ball completely. Read the latest from @bergmayer.net: publicknowledge.org/why-click-to...

When you see how much money is not only being made by the games industry but being invested in the games industry, and then you realise how little of that money is actually going to pay humans for their work, it is basically impossible not to become unbelievably angry.

re: generative AI I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used. And now, you can use it, too.

BREAKING: Congress just gave final approval on a budget bill that guts Medicaid, defunds Planned Parenthood, and supercharges funding for ICE. We the people will bear the brunt of these harmful policies — and we won’t forget who caused this devastation to our health, rights, and dignity.

The article with an open racist as the primary source stays up, but the racist @nytimes.com will make a Black man delete posts critical of the article.