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Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 15h

Its almost like anti-porn laws are never actually about porn. 🤔

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

www.wilx.com

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Savvy @digitalcoffee08.bsky.social · 14h

Just…hhhhhh everything is so much and I want her to get better and be okay and. I’m stressed out and scared.

Savvy @digitalcoffee08.bsky.social · 14h

until her bleeding is under control (understandable, she has to be on blood thinners for the catheter and the bleed risk is too high.) (cont)

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Savvy @digitalcoffee08.bsky.social · 14h

Okay so that’s not gonna happen until she gets an endoscopy and colonoscopy to see where she’s bleeding. They said it was microscopic, so it’s not a BUNCH of blood but they’re not wanting to do the catheter (cont)

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👑Soro🦊 @sorotrax.bsky.social · 3d

So.

We've been denied financial aid, and the surgery is not being considered "emergent" thus no bypassing pre-payment. Which means we HAVE to pay on the date of surgery, which is later this month.

I'm going to be offering these portraits for anyone donating $50+ to the gofundme, details below

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

Really hammer your reps about how catastrophic this is and how bad these laws are for peoples online safety

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Savvy @digitalcoffee08.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow they’re planning to do a heart catheter to see if there’s any blockages. Please keep my grandma in your thoughts, all surgery is risky.

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Soma @sombramapache.bsky.social · 1d

And this right here, as everyone with functioning brain power warned, is why online age verification DOES NOT work. There is no way to implement it without putting anyone who uses it at risk.

Again: just amp up Parental Controls and start holding parents responsible for their kids' online access.

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Savvy @digitalcoffee08.bsky.social · 3d

They’re monitoring her for the time being, to stabilize her blood pressure. Not quite sure what caused this episode yet.

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Savvy @digitalcoffee08.bsky.social · 4d

Grandma’s in the hospital again. Please send good vibes her way, she really needs it.

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 4d

Sent an e-mail to my reps about the Discord leak and I'll be sending out a letter about it soon too: complete with printed articles and other things. I hope y'all will consider doing the same! Takes about 5 minutes once you have the e-mails and you can just keep them in a notepad to use each week.

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 4d

Gonna say it: if you have time to make fun of me for not wanting to accept censorship in America, you have time to e-mail your reps about the issue. Anytime you feel like dunking on someone because they don't wanna use crypto or a VPN, you should be using that energy to contact reps instead. Thanks!

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 4d

Some assholes found some of my posts again, looks like. What a bummer! People truly are happy to just accept the censorship sweeping across America and they really think VPNs are going to go unchallenged forever, huh? Yikes.

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Savvy @digitalcoffee08.bsky.social · 4d

@heroforgeminis.bsky.social

I wasn’t quite sure how to submit this to suggestions without a picture to help explain, but could we possibly see some face decals that look like an LED face display? Robots with digital face displays are peak character design. X3

A face close up of a feminine robot with cat ears. Her face is a smooth digital display with glowing eyes.

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Savvy @digitalcoffee08.bsky.social · 5d

Been completely exhausted lately and I’m not really sure why. I mean, other than…everything.

Savvy @digitalcoffee08.bsky.social · 6d

A temple resting deep in a forest, slowly being reclaimed by nature. Have a care when you enter its overgrown halls, for you are the first visitors in a long, long time…

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 7d

Everyone in EU, UK or any US state with ID laws on the books [or even ones without them] should contact their representatives and mention this data breach specifically and [link the article if emailed]

Show them the actual, tangible results of all this digshit online ID legislation

The Verge @theverge.com · 7d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

buff.ly

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deeg 🤍 @deegoo.bsky.social · 7d

Pyaari is so decent 🥺

Two drawings and two small photos of the cat, Pyaari. The drawing on the left is wearing a blue dupatta. The drawing on the right is in a gold sari with a dupatta on the head.

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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 8d

Final Fantasy Tactics The Ivalice Chronicles illustration by Ryoko Kui (Delicious in Dungeon) for Weekly Famitsu No. 1915:

Various FFT jobs are depicted including White Mages, Knight, Mimic, Summoner, Time Mage, Dragoon, Chemist, Monk, and more.

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Savvy @digitalcoffee08.bsky.social · 9d

Rest in Peace, Dr. Jane Goodall. What an extraordinary life. What a legendary legacy.

Savvy @digitalcoffee08.bsky.social · 9d

HUNTRIX! DON’T! MISS! 👏

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PJiggles @pjiggles.bsky.social · 10d

PSA for all YouTubers: they've been pushing auto AI language dubs onto channels recently, and for many viewers it's on by default and some can't even turn it off at all.
To disable it for your channel go to YouTube Studio > Settings > Upload Defaults > Advanced Settings
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Savvy @digitalcoffee08.bsky.social · 10d

One of the worst feelings in the world is seeing people you care about struggle and knowing that there’s nothing you can do to make it better.

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Fuss @fusspot.rip · 10d

Thread, FUCKING thread.

Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 10d

i’m not on threads but i did come across these posts about the Canada Post strike from someone on there that i felt worth sharing… mostly because i wanted to make a similar thread on this but haven’t had a chance to do the price comparisons. 1/

threads post from user angelolexie

Welcome to my Canada Post crash-out.
Letters are urgent business.
Canada Post offers 2-4 day delivery for letters.
Bank cards, drivers licenses, voting cards, medical appointments, cancer biopsy results, abnormal cervical screenings, blood tests, jury duty, court dates, university transcripts, parking tickets, passports, and legal documents are all mailed through Canada Post.
Letters are not flyers.
They are not Burger King coupons.

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