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I return to post a stupid thing that's been living rent free in my head

#hazbin hotel #meme #theres probably better options for some of them #but im set on the alastor and angel dust ones

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URGENT: Congress about to pass a mass censorship and surveillance bill under the guise of "protecting children"

May 13 2023

The Senate has been in a "do something!" mode regarding children's online safety. They're using this as an excuse to push for widespread internet censorship and surveillance. I already spoke about the EARN IT Act, which has a slimmer chance of passing with widespread opposition and a few senators saying they won't vote for it. The real threat is actually KOSA (s.1409), the Kid's Online Safety Act. It does two primary things:

First, KOSA pressures platforms to install filters that would wipe the net of anything deemed “inappropriate” for minors. This means instructing platforms to censor. We saw how these filters impacted websites firsthand with tumblr in 2018, with not only blocking all adult content but also sfw queer content such as suicide hotlines, art archives, wiping out entire blogs because they had queer fandom related posts, etc. Places that already use content filters have restricted important information about suicide prevention and LGBTQ+ support groups. KOSA would spread this kind of censorship to every corner of the internet. And who gets to decide what is and isn't harmful for minors? Oh don't worry, just every single state attorney general and the FTC, which is appointed by the president. You know, the same attorney generals that just banned gender-affirming healthcare under the guise that it "ruins mental health" of minors. This is why the Heritage Foundation was one of the first to sponsor the bill because they can use it to censor trans content, and Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee is it's co-author.

Second, KOSA would ramp up the online surveillance of all internet users by forcing websites to use age verification and parental monitoring tools. Yup, that's right. Now every single person who wants to access the internet has to upload their govt ID online to third party apps that get hacked all the time. You queer in a red state? You undocumented? You an activist? Have fun getting all your online activity and metadata attached to your govt ID.  

Over 90+ human and LGBT rights groups agree that KOSA is dangerous and updates to the 2023 version won’t and can’t address the big problems with the bill. This bill has MASSIVE bipartisan support, and the authors Blumenthal and Blackburn (yes, that Blumenthal that's pushing the EARN IT Act, and who also sponsored the RESTRICT Act and SOPA/PIPA if you remember) are using the tragedy of mothers who lost their kids to online harassment and young adults who've been traumatized online to lobby for it, and got Dove the company to use a bunch of influencers to push for this under the guise it prevents eating disorders...I wish I was lying. There are already 30 co-sponsors.

HOW TO FIGHT KOSA

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES & THE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

This is a link to the Senate Commerce Committee phone numbers and a call script to read off of. [phone] connects you to the congressional hotline

Opposition is getting drowned, and these upcoming weeks will be heavy for lobbying and they're using young people to do it. We NEED to show these senators that young people are actually opposed to this and don't want it.

2. Sign these petitions

Open Letter Against KOSA

Petition 1

Petition 2

Petition 3

Petition 4

Resistbot: Text PHJDYH to 50409

3. Spread the word.

The opposition is getting absolutely drowned online. Dove has nearly 100k signatures to push for KOSA. Influencers on tiktok are pushing for this without ever having read the bill. Fucking Lizzo is sponsoring it. If you have twitter, reddit, tiktok, are in any community, SPREAD THE WORD, PLEASE.

Here is a linktree with all the above petitions for easy shargin: Link to linktree

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Remember when 10 year old girls used to wear happy bunny t shirts that just said shit like “I’m going to skin you alive”

#i miss those shirts #i need one

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Funny how his name is Neil Armstrong when if you think about it, to niel you dont arm strong you strong neil in the strong on the ground strong niel

#pff

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#sailor moon #and inuyasha

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Me eyeing my checkmarks and noting that people will spend money for silly jokes: Ooooh nooo don't donate to my patreon, that would be so inconvenient for me. It costs less than Tumblr checkmarks and you get bonus content in return and it would be much funnier because I'd hate it so much. It would be soooo inconvenient please don't go to my patreon page at patreon dot com forward slash derinwrites and commit to the hilarious bit of becoming a donor, gaining access to several different bonuses and making me release more quality content such as the dragon tamer story I am writing to release when we hit our next goal, that would be so so funny and also awful for me. Noooo don't do it.

#promo #see this is what you should do #instead of buying the check marks #encourage your content creators

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Instead of buying checkmarks for content creators, why not buy their stuff instead?

#ive seen like #a bunch of content creators being bought lots of checkmarks #but the sales of their art #music #digital art #handmade stuff #not getting as much sales #like how much exactly do those check marks cost? #you could donate money to their kofi for the same amount and help them out #it seems a bit ridiculous to me

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What am I being sold exactly?

#its been awhile but #what? #tumblr ad #someone paid for this

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Three years on T. Now I have the tiniest moustache~

Yall im so freaking happy~

Day 1 on T!

I'll post an update in a month~

#Niels transition #need moar hair #on mah face

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Yall remember the Flesh square of happiness right? Well my lovely friend Derro has brought to life the Flesh Cube of the Dashcon Ballpit inspired by the Flesh square of happiness. Enjoy

Flesh square of happiness

#Not my art #Derro #Flesh cube #dashcon #cursed #Lets see how long before it gets flagged

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I emerge from the abyss to post Art

A friends rp character by the nickname of Red

#nielart<3 #Overwatch #Moira #Longfurby #I get: endless amusement #You get: Trauma and therapy coupons

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My personal experience with "Vector Marketing" out of highschool was "Cutco." A kitchen knife selling thing, so that may narrow searches but yeah. It's a shit company.

IMPORTANT HEADS UP FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS!

There is a company called “Vector” that sends out “work opportunity” letters in the mail for graduating seniors. It’s a scam. They promise a nice $17 an hour for zero experience which should be a red flag. It’s a multi level marketing scheme that preys on kids trying to make money for college and it’s gross. If you get one of these letters in the mail, just toss it in the recycle. Some of you may have heard of this or have already received one of these in the mail, but I just wanted to post about it just in case!

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Almost 2 years~

Yall im so freaking happy~

Day 1 on T!

I'll post an update in a month~

#Niels transition #2 years almost~ #gaddam #need moar hair #on mah face

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Ah yes

My cousin

Him play so good

Rat playing a tiny harmonica!

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Found a bug friend at work

#bugs #praying mantis #wiggle to intimidate

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its important to me as a detrans woman to be vocal about it. its important to me as a detrans woman who initially only had radfems to talk to about detransition, because i couldnt find a single trans inclusive detrans person for over a year, to make sure other people know they have options.

radfems arent your aly if you're questioning your gender. they dont have your best interest at heart. they dont care about helping you explore who you are, theyre only interested in sucking you in to be another transmisogynistic pawn for their violent ideology.

if you're trans/nonbinary now, but are wondering if it isnt right for you, know that you have options. you can talk to me. there are people who have not done a 180 into bigotry who are here to support you.

please reblog, do not just like, this post.

i dont have a large platform. i want this to get spread. i want to remove terfs from the forefront of detrans/reidentification awareness & support. they cannot continue to be the first contact for questioning people.

i am begging you, yes you personally, to please reblog this, and comment or reply in the tags if you're a safe, trans-inclusive detransitioned or reidentified person to approach.

#safe here ^.^

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Excuse me? There is no adult content anywhere??? Hello????

@kawaii-pigeon @firemama

#hwat???????????