Utah can not "ban" VPNs because there's no effective way for most websites to identify, let alone ban, VPN traffic from Utah. Disguising where you're coming from is the whole point of a VPN. What Utah has done is create a constant state of legal jeopardy for adult sites. Which maybe was the point.

I see no lies here

Welp, just deleted Google Chrome from all my devices. Which took some doing on the Macs because of the hidden 5Gb LLM model it had sneakily installed without permission, which is *why* I'm yeeting this malware browser for good.

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Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...

Since the Trump FDA won't tell you, I will. Multiple studies show COVID and shingles vaccines are safe. The FDA kept those studies a secret. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

I am not sure most people understand how completely bananas these investigations are. Title IX has an explicit carveout for private college admissions (meaning it is entirely up to Smith who to admit). This is not just arguing for a reinterpretation of Tile IX, it is plain and simple bad faith.

Literal nazi shit. Honestly they probably aren't afraid of their citizens enough or they wouldn't be trying this shit. www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/02/o...

Text of Judiciary part of the reconciliation package is out. This is the filibuster-proof bill where Republicans are planning to give around $70 billion more to ICE and CBP. Will go through it here.

Passing this along - fucking scammers leveling up, here's a new one to pay attention to.

Call her and let her know you want her to do this.

The editorial cartoonist's pen is one of the sharpest tools in journalism, whittling issues down to basics for satire or rage. I'm proud to say that my long-ago colleague, Milt Priggee, is unafraid to shock with a tough point of view.

It's live! Welcome Change's first Anniversary Bundle is running through the entire month of May. 40 comics from 20 creators for $20. Come celebrate our first year with us! wechange.me/collections/...

WeChange is one of the very few sites that's directly supporting indie adult artists right now and it's very much worth your time to check out. Plus, if you're a TF lover, this bundle in specific is absolutely gonna be your thing! Go check it out! 🥰 40 titles for $20!

Oh this bill sounds amazing. Please spread the word and call your reps to tell them to VOTE YES for HR 4678 💜 this would be a huge anti-censorship win.

Ok... books are back up... for now... but I truly don't know for how long or how stable the listings are going to be. If you've wanted a book: now is probably a VERY good time to nab one just in case. Buy any 2 books and get 15% off your order! darkchibishadow.bigcartel.com/category/books

This is absolutely foul. This is, easily, the most extreme erosion of voting rights in my lifetime. "Limits" is a gross understatement, the VRA has been gutted

This just plainly makes it even easier to gerrymander the absolute fuck out of black people. I dont know what the most effective way to fight the supreme court is, but at the very least call your rep and demand action www.congress.gov/members/find...

42 Democrats just joined 192 Republicans to reauthorize FISA Section 702 – a warrantless surveillance law that's been used to access Americans' data. Democratic leadership did not whip their members, enabling them to vote with Republicans and give Trump the surveillance powers.

Do not take adult work you like for granted. Currently, none of my printed books can be purchased online due to this situation. I have no idea how/when I'll be able to get them back up. There is no safety net for work like mine. I'm constantly running and just hoping I'll be OK.

If youre a UK resident you have a prime opportunity to push back against the Online Safety Act and online surveillance. PLEASE take a moment to fill this out and share it around

Groups like @fightforthefuture.org are doing the hard work — making noise, getting meetings, fighting for privacy — for very little. Get a t-shirt, get a magnet, get a tote and help them do the work. www.fightforthefuture.org/donate?frequ...

@gluesenkampperez.house.gov is right- this IS in fact a time to be strategic! Which is why she should withdraw support from moving FISA forward. FISA without critical privacy reforms will supercharge warrantless government spying & bolster the ability for ICE to kidnap our neighbors.

It's tough seeing every single freelance artist I know having the same "uhh I haven't had paying work or sales in weeks" posts, it's gotten extremely tough out there for us. If you have the means, please consider treating yourself to a commission or print or book from an artist you like, it helps!

If you wanna help me, use this site to take action. stop-paypros.neocities.org Or, spread the word of my work, buy my work or tip me while you can. When I warned that my work might not be around forever, this is the stuff I was talking about.

Hey, DCS is dealing with discrimination from paypros atm, and that's gonna have a big impact on their bottom line. One way you can help them is by subscribing to their comic, giving it some views, and leaving comments. Bonus: you get to read a comic!

Genuinely a quick and easy way to support me right now is to show Solanaceae some love on Tapas. It's the one place I get paid for views so subs and comments on the comic help boost it to get it looked at by other folks. Seriously: even just one comment on a page helps! tapas.io/series/Solan...

If youre in New Hampshire, you need to contact your legislators and demand that SB 648 be OPPOSED. Age verification does not work! Send an email using FSC's link, but ALSO CALL your reps! www.congress.gov/members/find...

Moleskine used AI to generate their Lord of The Rings collection, by the way. Don't buy their products.

New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages #Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification

I don't do this but twitter and tiktok are being ass about getting this shit removed and it's incredibly irritating to watch someone just lie to people and they fall for it. So yeah this person on twitt ripped my art in the most egregious way I've seen anyone rip my art. They didn't even TRACE.

California's Digital ID Blueprint Governor Newsom is pushing AB 1709, a bill requiring biometric age verification for social media. Critics warn this creates a massive data-collection pipeline. Read the article and see our sources: s.vp.net/xD3zC #Privacy #California #AgeVerification

Remember, discord is -still- planning to do this in around a month or two. Cancel your nitro, but ALSO call your reps and tell them that online Id/ age verification policy is an unsafe invasion of privacy www.congress.gov/members/find...

I'm sorry vgen, I need to tag *revealing clothing* now? We have different rules on how much can be shown based on BODYTYPE? We're body shaming fictional characters now? Please I'm just trying to make money as an artist. Bodies are not more or less fetishistic based on how much skin they have!

Excuse me, I need to tag for clothes that I could wear 100% legally outside??? You're joking, right? This is a late April fool's prank. We're not policing fictional bodies. We're not slut shaming pixels. Vgen, are Visa and Mastercard in the room right now? Blink twice if you need help.

The survey is back up!! Maybe they increased capacity. Have at it, share around!

Ok, I filled a BBC complaint about it and so should you You can find my complaint in the alt text, but I urge you to write your own if able. www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

They’re for sure having lunch, but not the type of lunch you‘re thinking of, Rebecca. 😩 #バイオハザード #residentevil #re3 #jillvalentine #carlosoliveira #valeveira #nsfwart

I QRP but also putting this in replies: Here's some actionable info. It's in committee, meaning we can kill it before it ever reaches the floor (most bills die in committee and never reach the floor) These are the current members, if they're your rep, call them.

Re: 'H.R. 8250' "Parents Decide Act". This bill wants to force age verification on the operating system level. If you see one of your reps listed below, CALL THEM so we can kill this in committee www.congress.gov/members/find...

This @bostonglobe.com piece highlighting substantive critiques of Massachusetts' "protect the kids" push for online ID checks is rock solid. Many experts quoted along with parents and young people who would be directly impacted. send this to yr MA legislators www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/19/m...

Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...

⚠️ Palantir released what it describes as a vision for “The Technological Republic” in which it argues AGAINST democratic and cultural pluralism and FOR militaristic supremacy enforced by a technocratic elite who produce AI weaponry. These points stand out: