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This is just another form of censorship, control of what we can/can't see and engage with, and another means of getting our private information.

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Sometimes your voice is all you have. If someone tries to deny your lived experience and silence you, question their motives.

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Many people like to (correctly) point out the hypocrisy of religious extremists claiming to "protect the children" by restricting their access to information. As has been proven time and again, knowledge protects children from harm, helps them to identify abuse, and teaches them ways to protect themselves proactively. An "innocent, pure" child is a euphemism for a child that is ignorant, kept in the dark about things that could harm them. No amount of distress brought on by learning disturbing information could endanger a child the way that information control can.

The issue with this criticism is that it misunderstands what conservatives mean by "protecting" children. They don't think of children as independent beings who deserve dignity and respect. They think of them as future investments, cultural tokens, and blank slates to pour their dogma into. A church wants to "protect" children from information that might make them leave the faith, even if that information could improve the child's life. A conservative parent wants to "protect" children from information about abuse, religious coercion, bodily autonomy... anything that could loosen the parent's power and control over the child. What these groups are really "protecting" is their investment. They see children as property that they are entitled to groom and manipulate to whatever purposes they see fit, and they attack anyone and anything that suggests otherwise.

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IT'S SEPTEMBER 1ST

Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

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'To see a candle's light one must take it into a dark place.'

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For the purpose of this poll, books in the same world but not Directly sequels count. If they're grouped on Goodreads, it counts. So like, Percy Jackson but also Magnus Chase count as the same series.

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Petitions to sign if you care about internet privacy and freedom of speech

Change.org

YouTube’s AI Tracks Everything You Watch — Stop This Now

YouTube - SAY NO TO FLAWED AGE VERIFICATIONS!

Stop YouTube's AI Age Verification Update

Defend the Internet Archive

iPetitions

Petition for YouTube to reconsider its new AI age verification plan

Fight for the Future

Stop Online ID Checks

Congress: Say No to Bad Internet Bills

Tell Congress: Protect Privacy

Google: Stop Endangering Abortion Seekers

Stop YouTube's ID Checks

American Civil Liberties Union

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.

Combat Antisemitism, Not Free Speech

Keep DOGE Out of Our Data

UK Government and Parliament

Repeal the Online Safety Act

Some of these may not be available in all areas. Do what you can <2

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nein!

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erza 'titania' scarlet

the woman who achieved the performance of being both one of the strongest, most battle smart and most beautiful wizards in ishgar, and a complete loser girl, at the same time

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My artwork for @theguildawards Colors of the Sky event: Emerald. Of course I had to draw Evergreen!

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and she was blue, like the sky above her

“A soul that’s born in cold and rain Knows sunlight, sunlight, sunlight”

—Hozier, “Sunlight”

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Another year, another @theguildawards Color of the Sky server event! My color was Sky Blue and a consequence of getting this while writing my Juvia oneshot was this. It's so big so in case Tumblr squashed the quality, you might have to click on it...

A close-up/effect-less version of Rainy Juvia under the cut:

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Gang gang gang gang gang

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Hey someone suggested I use ChatGPT to figure out adulting today, and as I was going through the mental list of places I'd rather look, I realized "beloved strangers on Tumblr dot net" was on that list.

So if you have an aspect of adulting that you're really good at-taxes, budgeting, cooking, insurance, credit, time management, house upkeep, anything-please feel free to reblog with any tips.

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"I have been afraid of whether or not you would answer and if you answered, what it would even mean. But right now, this needs to be done and we need to walk out of this place, and these creatures need to be freed. If you are there, please help us free these innocent creatures caught between life and death. And if you're not there, I beseech whatever can hear me, whatever is here, just help, just help us. Please."

Caduceus's divine intervention.

-Critical Role: Tag Team at the Teeth, Part 2, "Beyond the Shroud"