That phrase is always so funny to me because the full version of it is literally the opposite of what the shorter version means. The full quote is “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb” - or literally, that forged relationships mean more than involuntarily familial bonds.

ID'd the most problematic bills: -RESET Act (doesn't mandate AV though) -SCREEN Act (Broadest AV law) -App Store Accountability Act (AV for App Stores) -Sammy's Law (Surveillance on minors) -Parents Over Platforms Act (AV for Apps) -KOSA (especially if "Duty of Care" is maintained)

Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.

I wish cis people would understand just how stressful it is when every time there's news of gun deaths, far right trolls immediately jump to social media and claim the shooter is trans, and sometimes they'll circulate pictures of random trans women they want to incite violence against.

That one girl with the funny hair

It would be extremely cool if a bunch of people called payment processors over Black Friday weekend to ask why they're telling people what they can and can't buy with their own money. This holiday season, give the gift of calling payment processors over Black Friday weekend

Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls. What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.

Had some expected and unexpected expenses dovetail together; holding out the 'will write for $' hat for fast turnaround thank you fics to be written tomorrow and Friday. Will try and scale the story size up to your donation. Please post the requests here or DM me them. ko-fi.com/sicstories

Today is off to a wonderful start!!

So, real talk. The imposter syndrome never really goes away either, it's like an old chronic injury that flares up again and gets really bad at certain times of the year, or if you've strained yourself. It creeps back when you don't expect it, and it's hard not to hear that little voice get louder.

Horses looking to be a good test for seeing who's genuine in their fight against censorship in games, and who'll cave to corporations the second they're uncomfortable with said games' stories and themes.

every time I see my art get added to someone's collection on DA, and I find AI art inside said collection along with my stuff...I die a little inside. I don't care how bad you goon, AI SLOP does not deserve to be in the same collection as REAL art, no matter the quality of the real deal.

So just to be clear, this game isn't allowed but the Infowars game is. We can be flooded in slop that belongs in the pits of the Google Play store, but artsy indie games are where Valve draws the line.

The modern world is just pro wrestling and a gambling addiction standing on top of a mechanical Turk.

I can see why Teto has back pain🍈🍈

by your 30s you should have at least 3 or 4 internet friends with tastes in weird cartoon pornography that don't overlap with your tastes in weird cartoon pornography

If we're talking turkeys, this one is my favourite.

YES. THIS. One thing AIs & their prompt jockeys will never truly grok, is that inexperience, lack of skill, & failure are golden opportunities to rub elbows & work with your peers. Y'all might be on that "git gud/git mine" grind, but true creators revel in the opportunity to collab & learn!

here's teto idk

de-frag your brain

i am willing to compromise by just insisting on prison terms for ICE employees. that is the moderate position.

The 2025 end of the year second chance poll is currently live on Patreon right now. As usual it’s free to the public to vote in, so feel free to head over and vote for who’d you love to give a second chance at getting a sketch www.patreon.com/posts/142852...

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

#savespeech #stopKOSA #DOYOURJOBPARENTS Hey guys. Remember, this bill will block ALL VPN traffic or outright BAN VPNs, push age verification on websites, and has passed both committees. Call your Wisconsin reps. docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legisla... docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legisla...

In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

When people are mean to you, remember the universal truth that it comes from their own fears, not from a deficiency in you. So don’t react. Chin up. Wait for the reality of their own internal conflict to take care of it.

Teto Tests Master's Love

Spent over an hour trying to figure out how to buy a piece of software. Still don't have an answer.

Id you havent been calling your representatives about KOSA and other bills, NOW is the time to start doing so

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is free to own on Steam (offer ends Nov 23) buff.ly/pjY24hk

Morrigan Aensland WG Drive 🦇 Part 3 #Crunkyart bsky.app/profile/juxt...

It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick. Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.

Straight up if a game uses genAI at all, it is dead to me. It deserves to die in obscurity and I need game studio execs to get the message that if a game uses genAI, it will become radioactive and bomb.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) says someone showed up to her D.C. office today and made white supremacist threats. Capitol Police had to intervene. This was hours after Trump said Democrats in Congress should be executed. "When leaders promote hate, hate shows up."

Furries, do NOT buy this game if it is using any of that generative ai BS. Even if it is "just a little". This is how they slowly add it in and make it more accepted, and they WANT that. THAT is their plan.

Important message #Juxart

To all those who celebrate: Happy Trans Remembrance Day. I hope everyone who reads this knows how strong they are for surviving to today. Im proud of you. Please dont give up hope and know that I am always on your side. You will never be alone. #Trans #transrememberanceday #transrights

allegiance always to the pornographers and the freaks. consider making a call to mastercard, visa etc in the run-up to big spending season, more info about how to do this at the link

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate. Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.

Today we remember our beloved trans friends and families members who lost their lives through needless violence and bigotry. We love and miss you every day. It should never be like this. #transdayofrememberance

Alongside the usual demands to oppose various censorship and surveillance bills, ive also been advocating for sex work decrim and anti-debanking legislation! I suggest others do so as well!

@support.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app @bsky.app Reinstate Elyon Badger's account. He did absolutely nothing to warrant any kind of administrative action and if you're seriously using AI to perform administrative actions on your behaves for you then that's just lazy.

This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...

🚨 Yet again Ted Cruz and Steve Scalise are trying to sneak in a moratorium on state GenAi legislation. If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc. We got 3 days to stop this. Call now! www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

Puritanism

I’d rather my fat woman be drawn by living breathing beings with actual thoughts and passion.

Genuinely having a really tough time. Any friends who want to DM me about Haruhi, go for it.

I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too. We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.