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sick and tired, yet again another law that will kill privacy...
another trojan horse disguised under the name of "protection of children"
this one is Bill 1199 or "Stop CSAM"
The STOP CSAM Act Threatens Free Expression and Privacy Rights of Children and Adults
"Last month, Senator Durbin introduced the Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2023 (STOP CSAM Act). While the goal of the bill — to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse online — is great, the bill’s approach is seriously flawed.
The STOP CSAM Act will make children less safe, at the expense of the privacy and free expression rights of children and adults alike. By significantly increasing the liability risk that online services would face for hosting, transmitting, or otherwise enabling user-generated content, the bill increases the likelihood that these services will report and remove substantially more speech than the illegal child sexual abuse material (CSAM, also referred to in law as “child pornography”) currently in scope of federal law. It will also make prosecution of perpetrators of child exploitation crimes harder, because law enforcement will have to search a haystack of reports for a needle, wading through innumerable useless reports to find reports of actual CSAM."
Wanting to protect children from SA is a noble and moral thing, but it should not come at the expense of privacy and security.
What to do is; spread the word, reblog this post, feel free to copy-paste resources from here too!
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This bill the most likely one to pass bc of its deceptive name, we cannot let them gut encryption, and gut Section 230!
Warning: do not delete any sideblogs
I’ve been seeing it happen to a handful of people, but apparently if you try to delete your sideblog you will end up deleting your MAIN tumblr account entirely as well I don’t know if this is a bug or something, but I’ve seen it happen to ~4 people now, so until this possible bug gets worked out do NOT delete any of your sideblogs unless you want to risk deleting your account entirely
Y'know, some people do have a strong crying response to stress, and they might cry (even against their own will) when faced with an upsetting situation and that doesnt mean they are “gaslighting” or “manipulating” you.
There are people who use crying as a manipulation tactic? Absolutely. But that doesn’t mean that every person that cries during a heated argument is trying to get under your skin. They have their own emotions and issues, and frankly, not everything other people do is a personal attack on you.
i went to make an art vs artist post and realised, i don’t think i’ve made 8 whole paintings in 2022. this year has not been… kind to my motivation.
here’s hoping 2023 will be better.
I know it’s not hard to point out reactionaries hypocrisy when it comes to like safe spaces or hug boxes or whatever but genuinely how much of an echo chamber do you have to exist in for you to think this is a reasonable thing to say
You know those aesthetic image posts that float around tumblr? I'm . . . starting to see a lot on my dash that are obviously ai-generated. Are non-artists having trouble telling the difference between AI images and real photos, or are people starting to stop care about the stolen art that gets fed into those programs?
idc if you personally like spiders or reptiles but if someone posts a picture of their snake or tarantula and you reply with a picture of a gun you're a fucking asshole. that's their PET. imagine if you showed someone your cat and they yelled "KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!111!"
“Are you mad at me?”
“What? No.”
“You’re glaring at me.”
“IT’S JUST MY FACE.”
Autism
Saw this and had to share it.
Autism doesn’t need a cure. It needs understanding and awareness.
This article is fucked up imo.
shoutout to the people who were traumatised from bullying just for being neurodivergent
we deserved better.
sometimes being autistic is fucking hard, and seeing poeple glamorize certain parts of it, only to turn around and put me down for other parts has me really fucking pissed and upset rn
on twitter fighting for my girl's honor. homophobic toriel truthers should be hunted for sport
call me crazy but i just think a megacorp buying up and owning all the media and then slowly smashing it together until it’s one giant franchise without end is Bad, Actually
I have to get serious for a minute.
I know I’ve said this endless times before, but I just need to say it again.
Hawai‘i is NOT your playground.
Unsustainable tourism has been destroying our islands for generations now, with overpopulation and overdevelopment causing unaffordable living expenses and forcing so many of my people off our sovereign land.
Tourism gathers endless money and uses it to remove our identity from our own islands. It displaces us to build hotels and restaurants, leaving so many of my people homeless or poverty stricken. Tourism then sterilizes our culture, and forces us to become your tour guides, your waitstaff, your hula dancers, your entertainment.
This is not the life we deserve.
My people are more than backgrounds to your vacation. My people deserve more.
Tourism brings disease, and lets Covid cover our islands in a fog of death. I have lost many loved ones to this illness, I am still loosing loved ones to this illness.
We are still in a pandemic. People are still getting sick. People are still dying.
Hawai‘i is not a place for you to run wildly and spread disease.
Hawai‘i is not merely a vacation destination.
My people and our islands and our culture deserve better.
Do not support tourism in Hawai‘i, support my people instead.
See the link below to learn more about ‘Āina Momona, a Native Hawaiian led community organization that supports efforts to revive and restore our land and our culture.
I also wanted to share this documentary clip, it’s only 3 minutes long, but it discusses the rise in tourism and the emotional impact on my people. It’s raw and real and so important.
And I know I’ve linked it before, but please read the article below to learn more about the harmful nature of tourism in Hawai‘i.
Restore Hawai‘i to Hawaiians, End the American Occupation.
seeing popular furry artists accept AI art is literally so infuriating. it's like in capitalism life when people agree with CEO's making more money and don't realize how it affects the lower level
Why do sharks attack?
A lot of arguments I get from people when talking about shark conservation is: “But wait, sharks attack and kill people all the time! They’re violent!” Nope. In fact, the average amount of shark attacks that happen a year is 16, with majority not even being fatal. Like all animals, sharks never attack without a reason.
Your chances of being attacked by a shark are just one in 11.5 million. It is easier to win the lottery, get struck by lightning, killed by a cow, killed by a falling coconut, or get killed by a vending machine than it is to get attacked by a shark.
Here’s a list of things that may cause a shark to check you out or attack you:
Bright clothing. Sharks have sensitive vision, and see colors differently than we do. Bright or colorful swimsuits can resemble a fish or some other prey. And when you’re splashing and swimming, you very much look like prey in distress, which is a quick meal for opportunistic hunters like sharks.
Jewelry. Shimmery jewelry like gold and silver look like scales from a big fish. A shark may get curious and check you out.
Splashing. Sharks have special organs in their snout called Ampullae of Lorenzini, which are small, jelly filled pores that act as electroreceptors. These organs are sensitive to movement, and can even sense splashing from miles away. Excessive splashing resembles a large fish that’s in distress, which is another easy meal.
Surf boards. Sharks may be sensitive to colors, but they don’t have the best sight in the animal kingdom. A human being on a surf board looks like a seal to a shark. Seals are a Great Whites favorite prey, and they will certainly check you out. Here’s an example of how this looks to sharks from below.
Territory. Some sharks are known to claim large areas of water and reefs. Simply swimming in these areas can agitate a shark. Be aware of where you’re swimming.
Smell. Sharks have a very good sense of smell. They can be attracted to the smell of blood or even the smell of a restaurant you ate in. Blood, again, resembles a fish that has been injured.
Curiosity. Sharks are naturally curious. They do not have hands to touch you with, they explore and check out things with their mouth. A shark may nibble your foot to check you out, not eat you.
What to do if a shark is near you or nibbles on you:
Stay calm. This is the best thing you could possibly do. A shark will remain calm if you do as well.
Move slowly or not at all. Slow, gentle movements keep the shark calm. Fast, panicked movements scare the shark and provoke it, this is when a shark may attack you in self defense.
Don’t hit the shark. Unless the shark is full on attacking you, keep your hands off of it.
How to fend off an aggressive shark:
It’s said the best way to fend off an attacking shark is hitting it’s head with your fists. While this is one way, it’s not the most effective. Hit these areas instead
Eyes. Use your fingers and thumbs to pierce the eyes. The shark will immediately back off and swim away, this is a time to escape.
Gills. Shove your fingers into its gills. The gills are the sharks only way of breathing. The shark will back off and swim away.
Snout. The snout is the most concentrated area of electroreceptors. Use your fingers or fist to aggressively rub this area. This will temporarily put the shark into a state of tonic immobility.
Things to remember:
You are in their territory when you swim. They were here first. In fact, they’ve been here for over 400 million years.
We kill over 11,417 sharks AN HOUR. Finning, fishing, and consumption of seafood all contribute to the killing of sharks.
Without sharks, the world would essentially fall apart. Sharks play one of the biggest roles in the oceans ecosystem. If they’re gone, the ocean is effected, and when the ocean is effected, we are too. Check out this video that explains how important sharks are.
How do I help?
Avoid the consumption of seafood. Hundreds of sharks are killed in the process of catching fish. While this isn’t intentional, it’s a big problem. Be sure to purchase fish from sellers that protect sharks.
Avoid “scary” shark movies. It is so important to educate people on the effect these movies have on shark populations.
Avoid cosmetic products with squalene. Squalene is a low density compound found in the liver of sharks and other cartilaginous fish. Recently it has become a trend for sharks to be hunted to process their livers for the purpose of making squalene health capsules. Squalene is often a common ingredient in lipsticks.
Research. Find shark activism groups and petitions. Participate in whatever you can.
Make them one of your interests! Sharks are amazing, and there’s over 400 kinds of sharks to learn about. Knowledge can encourage others to protect sharks as well.
SHARKS?
Fun shark facts! Good for kids? Little “information visualization” animation I made as a uni work. Buy tired student a coffee?
