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Ben 10 Hyperfixation 20 years strong
Albedo Apologist Till I Die 🐸

If you're a minor do not speak to me. No exceptions.

My AO3 account!

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Nova 🔞 @novaredstar.bsky.social · Feb 4

Shameless self promo of my Albedo fanfic series I'm still working on over on my AO3! And I'm planning on writing some of the other Alt Ben's stories too!

#ben10 #ben10omniverse #ben10fanfic #fanfic #promo #ao3 #ben10albedo

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Nova's Cinamatic Universe - Albedo Edition - Badass_Gemini - Ben 10 Series [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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DOG of BLUD

@dogblud.bsky.social

The answer to this should be 'don't care' and to keep hammering them until they cease this shit entirely.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1d

Discord has posted updated clarification:

-Discord is not requiring everyone to complete a face scan or upload an ID to use Discord
-The vast majority of people can continue using Discord exactly as they do today, without ever being asked to confirm their age

discord.com/press-releas...

February 11, 2026 at 8:19 AM

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ﾋｲﾗｷﾞ

@hiiragi45.bsky.social

#twstファンアート
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February 10, 2026 at 4:32 AM

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須板

@nwa05187.bsky.social

アニカフェありがとうのきもち

February 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM

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夜

@opii001100.bsky.social

ﾘﾝ

February 11, 2026 at 4:38 PM

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新獅界狂歡✺

@ssuzi-nu.bsky.social

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蜜話2房

February 11, 2026 at 2:13 PM

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うさちゃん組🐇

@usachangm.bsky.social

たまにはひといき

February 11, 2026 at 12:21 PM

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只野

@mob--2y7.bsky.social

謎シーンなった

February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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夜

@opii001100.bsky.social

February 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM

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しおや

@shio-ya.bsky.social

ガチャ祈願〜‼️

February 11, 2026 at 10:27 AM

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うさちゃん組🐇

@usachangm.bsky.social

アッヅ

February 10, 2026 at 11:50 AM

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mmm

@mmmmmm0225.bsky.social

エーフロ

February 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM

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アポロ

@apollo-hotori.bsky.social

『理想郷』からの脱出

February 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM

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The Blind Archer (Commission Waitlist Open)

@theblindarcher.bsky.social

It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?

The Verge @theverge.com · 2d

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

Age verification for all.

buff.ly

February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM

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Becca Petunia 🏳️‍⚧️

@tallgirlpetunia.bsky.social

This post is going viral, but this isn't walking back. It's reiterating the initial press release. There's no new information in this post, aside from them saying they're using a different ID partner (which doesn't solve that problem) and the Reddit joke. Everything else is the same. Keep pushing.

Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 2d

Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)

Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults.

Hey folks –

I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news.

I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults.

And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.)

Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence.

Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details.

And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!

February 10, 2026 at 9:57 AM

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Amy ''Skybound'' Addams.

@queenamycjaddams.bsky.social

Do not leave Discord yet. Prep your alternatives. Have your backups. Research. But.

Cancel your Nitro. Send an email or support form a day. Call if you like. If you couldn't before for the Visa card shit, now is the time.

And above all else; stand by your communities. Fight.

FIGHT.

February 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM