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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

a Petition aiming to withdraw bill C-2 is still open for signatures until January 27th. it only has a little over 4K signatures at the moment, and C-2 is REALLY dangerous so if youre canadian/ a CA resident, you should sign this ASAP!

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

December 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM

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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

Please keep contacting your representatives and demand they oppose repealing sec230, and oppose internet censorship/surveillance bills

Get friends and family involved, february is when they are going to make a major push

Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · 4d

Posted by Sen Graham on Twitter, calling for a week in February “dedicated to advancing legislation that protects children from online threats and tackling the Section 230 crisis once and for all.” 10% of the senate sponsors the S230 repeal bill

Anited States Scate
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
December 19, 2025
The Honorable John Thune
Majority Leader
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Charles Schumer
Minority Leader
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Leader Thune and Minority Leader Schumer,
On February 8, 1996, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted. Included within this legislation was the Communications Decency Act and the now-notorious Section 230. What was originally passed with the goal of helping the emerging Internet industry as our nation approached a new century has since been interpreted to shield big tech companies from accountability for an ever-expanding variety of online harms.
As we approach the 30-year anniversary of Section 230, we must pause and reflect on where this law has led us as a nation and how it has affected the American people. Because of Section 230, America's children are being sexually groomed and extorted online; predators are creating and distributing Al-generated deepfake pornography; drug traffickers are selling fentanyl-laced pills to teenagers; young people's anxieties, stresses, and body image issues are exploited; and terrorist organizations and foreign governments are targeting vulnerable individuals for recrutment and exploitation. And to make matters worse, Section 230 prevents these victims and their families from ever having their day in court.
Practically speaking, there is no regulatory agency overseeing social media that could provide meaningful relief to abused consumers. The combination of having the courthouse door locked and no real regulatory body to protect consumers is harmful to America and it must come to an end. The time for accountability is now.
Few issues have generated more bipartisan consensus in this body than confronting the Section 230 problem. Indeed, there are few issues as important for Congress to confront than the escalating threat of online harms to Americans, especially America's children. As a res…

December 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM

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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

Another bill aimed at repealing section 230 has been introduced, this time in the senate

Please continue to advocate for protecting Sec 230 to your reps. We dont know how much support these bills will get yet, but they are obviously trying to push this issue

www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...

December 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM

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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

as a reminder, Bill C-12 has passed the house and will be moving on to the senate. it will be up for debate in february.

if you are canadian, you need to contact your Senators and demand they oppose this bill!

migrantrights.ca/actionslist/...

December 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM

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Chris Person

@papapishu.bsky.social

If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...

December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM

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🔞 🩵Velo | commissions open

@moansfactory.bsky.social

oiii she looks so mad!!
Looks like you'll have to stay for overtime...

December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM

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Suzanne ✨🌑

@tendermiasma.com

Segpay is a high-risk payment processor and the Florida AG dropping the age-verification lawsuit against it is great news even though the lawsuit against Aylo is still pending

The original article when the AG brought charges
aftermath.site/florida-porn...

www.xbiz.com/news/294625/...

Florida Attorney General Dismisses AV Suit Against Segpay

The Florida attorney general’s office on Monday agreed to dismiss claims against payment processor Segpay in a lawsuit over alleged noncompliance with the state’s age verification law.

www.xbiz.com

December 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM

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Kelly

@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

“You have arrived in hell.”

That’s what the CECOT director allegedly told immigrants.

Human Rights Watch said
“Detainees were subjected to constant beatings and other forms of ill-treatment, including some cases of sexual violence”

This is what CBS doesn’t want you to see.

December 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM

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Hammytoy

@hammytoy.bsky.social

Apparently Paypal is now asking those who commissioned artists through invoices for feedback on the experience, Please never type anything, Its a trap. Just putting both yours and their accounts at risk of bans.

December 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM

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Mighty Han

@mightyhan.bsky.social

Every thrust is one more layer of sin removed. Keep going, sister 🙏

December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM

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Emoji Caresser

@lizrummy.bsky.social

PREACH IT TECH JESUS

December 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM

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Emoji Caresser

@lizrummy.bsky.social

lol holy shit

GamersNexus respondin gto Eliano A Younes, of Palintir:

An endorsement from the Palantir Head of Strategic Engagement himself! Neat. I like when the company that talks about how you're only safe when you make someone else scared accuses others of fear mongering

Happy to meet you on camera, Eliano. It's "strategic engagement," right?
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Eliano A. Younes

@elianoayounes
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4h
Replying to @tuxpizza and @GamersNexus
Let me fix it for you:

Wasn't ever expecting GamersNexus to make a video on Palantir, but it's become so polarizing due to misinformation and an abundance of fear

Eliano A. Younes

@elianoayounes
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3h
I think we fundamentally disagree on the concept of “peace through strength.” you’re upset that Karp speaks openly and proudly about equipping our warfighters with the best capabilities so they can deter America’s enemies, or eliminate them when necessary.

furthermore, you aren’t really grasping the integral role that software plays in preserving privacy and civil liberties while simultaneously allowing our government to protect us from threats.

you have every right to question whether or not the government can be trusted, but to assume that Palantir is the tool they are using to break the law shows the lack of accuracy in your research.

I’m personally not going to “meet you on camera” but shoot I’ll shoot you a DM and we can work something out with one of my PCL colleagues or a member of the community. It’s an important conversation to have.

GamersNexus
@GamersNexus
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3h
Big change in tone from you. Thanks for acknowledging that we have the right to question you and the government. We'll arrange a time to meet you at your office on camera to do so. All conversations and DMs will be considered on-record and will be shared with the public. We'll be in touch.

December 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM

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Kimberly Parker

@thatkimparker.bsky.social

December 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM

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Zach Hazard Vaupen

@emo-sludge.com

This review (correctly) compares Cameron to Rowling as being someone with a singular toxic obsession (the alleged weakness of the Lakota Sioux), but forgets his even more toxic obsession—AI.

Don’t forget he’s a board member at StabilityAI and spending money on his movies funds AI development.