#screaming forever

[hypexion]

A serious (and seemingly obvious) problem with the implementation of the Online Safety Act is that it requires malicious actors to not exist.

Since the UK govenment in any form hates paying for things, especially things required for their goals, the current situation is that websites have to work out to do age verification themselves. There is no government-approved or provided service for this - it's a free-for-all of third-party verification providers.

Now, some people are pointing out that depending on how these companies handle the data given to them to perform verification, it's possible this data could be stolen or leaked. This is a worrying possibility. This danger is primarily one of passive incompetence, although if your driver's licence gets leaked, you won't be happy either way.

But passive incompetence probably isn't going to hurt anyone before active malice does.

Normalising showing your face or identity documents to random websites is an incredibly stupid thing to do. You know who benefits from this? Actual criminals! Phishing attacks continue to be successful because people will put their banking details into websites that are very much not their banks. And while random websites asking for your banking details is suspicious, the OSA makes it so that random websites asking for your driver's license or passport or other such things will now be expected.

Meaning an enterprising criminal can set up a website, stick a fake age verification pop-up on it, and harvest a whole bunch of things that come in useful for committing identity theft. Or blackmail perhaps.

The overall point here is that in this respect, the Online Safety Act is going to make the internet more dangerous, in a way that should be obvious if you actually think about the potential negative consequences.

[hullygeee]

Y'all, I'm absolutely fucking losing it, LOOK AT THIS!! 😭😭😭

The wonderful and talented @henarikat was commissioned by the equally wonderful and talented @halixius to draw this scene from my Gil/Marlon Adventurer's Guild origin story fic "Mind the Vultures"!! I'm never ever ever gonna be normal about this. I had basically no visuals in mind when I was writing it other than "I dunno, they're in their 20s" and NOW I HAVE VISUALS!!! BECAUSE THIS IS SO FUCKING GOOD!!! (And it was supposed to be a birthday present but they didn't even make me wait until August!!)

Kat, I cannot thank you enough for bringing the lads to life. And I can't thank you or Hali enough for your friendship. And I can barely form sentences so I'm gonna wrap it up here 🩷

If you're curious about how Marlon and Gil sound when I can form sentences, here's a link to the fic. But go look at Kat's art and Hali's writing first.

[lonestardust]

"126 forever"

[finalfantasyx]

Great Journey of Teenagers, still season 4, episode 24

SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP I AM NOT OKAY

Also spoiler alert, do not watch if you do not want to be spoiled!!!111!!1111111!!!!!!!!@

@jianghushenanigans !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[steorransaluki]

AAAAAAAAAAAA

I PASSED MY FALCONRY EXAM

[formosusiniquis]

today is a new day to find you

Eddie is having the worst day known to man. It might qualify as a catastrophic event. Missing homework, lunch spilled on the cafeteria floor, broken strings at band practice, and that's not even touching Steve Harrington.

Steve Harrington who keeps talking to him like they're friends. Steve Harrington who has become a new person overnight. Steve Harrington who keeps making hypotheticals about time loops. Steve Harrington who is somehow the best and worst part of his day.

AKA my @steddiebang fic!!

Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson; Tommy Hagan & Steve Harrington & Carol Perkins; Past Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler; Corroded Coffin & Eddie Munson WC: 57K | Rated M | Tags/Themes: Time Loop, Sort of No Upside Down AU, Angst w/Happy Ending, King Steve Growth Arc

Check out my fantastic artists who brought this fic to life, I've been so blessed to have them pick out my fic to make art for! You can find @sammichtastic on twitter at sammichesnstuff and her piece here! You can find @milkychai on twitter too at at milkychai and their piece here!

And a special thank you to my Beta @rainingingeorgia who really helped whip what you're seeing into shape!

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five (FINISHED)

It was, in a word, fucked that he had to take gym a second time along with the rest of senior year. It was, in several words, absolutely fucking bullshit because he had actually passed gym the first time. Surely, his senior gym credit should still count, even if he’d treated it like office hours to set up deals with meatheads in a venue that didn’t actively put him in harm's way. Well, mostly out of harm’s way, as the blood spotting his uniform shirt can attest.

Hell, there were some days his last block gym class was the only one he’d attend. Slipping in with the bell at 2:15 in time to be the last one in the locker room and out on the line for attendance. Now he’s being forced back through it for what? No seriously, for what? Surely there was some other elective that could fit in this block, shouldn’t the second year senior get first dibs at study hall or something.

Maybe if he complains enough about the loss of his civil liberties. His freedom of expression is being taken from him by forcing him into this shit uniform. Maybe if he’s a big enough headache they’ll just let him leave. He’s learned the rules to enough of these little sports, there had to be a test he could take to prove that he doesn’t need to be a walking target on a volleyball court.

Not that he thinks Jenny Marshall meant to peg him in the face and give him a bloody nose, but the sentiment stands. Between the shorts and the blood he looks like a sad shaky shelter dog or something.

There are, of course, some fringe benefits. Eddie may have to wear the signature Tiger green, but so does Steve Harrington, who definitely has the legs for the outrageously short gym uniform they’re forced to dress out in. And if he’s going to keep looking for that silver fucking lining like he promised Uncle Wayne he would; thanks to Jenny Marshall he gets to ride the bleachers and watch pretty, pretty Steve Harrington bounce around in those shorts for the rest of class. Maybe a more bronzed lining than silver, Harrington hangs onto the sun warmed summer glow even with the October chill creeping in. Freckled thighs with nary a tan line in sight Eddie lets himself wonder if the rumors that had circled the big 18th birthday bash are true: when Harrington’s not in the swim team speedo he doesn’t swim in anything at all.

The volleyball net that Steve is playing at, floppy and torn, is more of a suggestion than a barrier. Now that Eddie is benched, it’s Harrington’s five against Hargrove’s four. The tides haven’t changed in anyone’s favor.

Billy had placed himself across from Harrington at the start of the game, his patience rewarded now as they rotate positions and the King is once again opposite him in the front row. That not-barrier doing all it can to keep the two a foot apart, Hargrove pacing in the eighteen inches of space his position in front of Steve allows. Jenny and her nose killer serve send the ball over to Hargrove’s side of the net. They get it up in the air again and Hargrove smacks the ball down hard between Steve and Sarah Smith. 

It hits the floor with a thwack that makes Eddie wince. Almost drowning out Billy’s mean little laugh, but there’s no missing the smug look on his face. The far too proud of himself smirk he sends somewhere to the left of Steve. 

It’s for Steve though. Definitely for Steve.  

The usurper to the throne, Hargrove has been sniffing for weakness that Eddie was pretty sure wasn’t there. The closest Harrington has ever come to failure was last year’s attempts at Nancy Wheeler, one he seemed to give up as soon as it started.

Tommy H. would be the reason, if Eddie had any guesses. He tried to base an NPC group around the Harrington court once. Tommy a loyal knight to a mostly inept king. Tommy who sidles up close to Sarah, despite his own maiden the Lady Carol playing one net over, smirking the same smug smile as Hargrove -- maybe another weak spot in the Harrington reign -- he says something loud enough to embarrass Sarah if the way she flushes and scurries closer to Harrington’s side is any indication but not enough for Eddie to make out.

He never did get the character balances to work in the game. He scripted and broke down motivation and drive but every time he just couldn’t figure out what Hagan did for Steve. Couldn’t figure out why Harrington kept his so-called friends around.

Gym takes too damn long to end. Or maybe it ends too soon. The final bell that releases him from his prison like Cthulu from the deep is buried quickly under the ringing in his ears as Steve Harrington is calling his name. Resignation fills his spirit, but when the King beckons you wait.

[catwyk]

i arrive at the gym after work with a view to punch a punchbag for half an hour i see the room with the punchbags is BOOKED OUT ALL EVENING i go to the free weights i literally want to be exploded like a gmod character model

[the-peak-tmnt]

RECIPROCITY READERS, GO CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME FAN ANIMATION ON TWITTER AHHH!!!

https://x.com/Cheezthatboiii/status/1783148294111432883

Made by the awesome @cheezthatboiii!!! (Sorry I forgot to tag you originally! I'll just delete this if you end up posting it on Tumblr lol)

[cranberrymoons]

IS THE THROUPLE HJAVING A BABY 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[creature-wizard]

Cosmic horror? Pssssh. The horror of realizing adults who should know better... do not? Screaming forever.

[skeletboi]

I'm going to scream about this part forever. I fucking love Neil.

[gauzemer]

what's up bitches guess who's geting Published

[mod2amaryllis]

screaming

[dezlet]

reasons i'm screaming all day -my medical pre check asked me if I'm feeling more anxious/hopeless/depressed then usual (Hah!) -My mom asked me to buy her a weight bench for her birthday and I confirmed with her four times before buying a $150 weight bench -one day later she said "actually let me double check with my physical therapist" -I told her I was going to the soap store and she asked me to get her some refills, after she sent me the specific scents she wanted I said "ok leave the bottles anywhere" and SHE said "I'm in the bath!" -I have a presentation at work that's very important because I get to (SUBTLY) slide in the fact that after 14 years I'm still only part time Temporary which is a world of difference between simply Part Time, I haven't practiced, and I left my notes at work -I STILL HAVEN'T READ THE PLAY FOR A MEDIATED GROUP DISCUSSION THAT I HELPED ORGANIZED -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[hypexion]

The thing is during the 2024 election Labour were out marketing themselves as the clean competent ones, the "adults in the room", as opposed the Conservatives' string of law-breaking, failure and general, you know, inept vibes. Not Johnson, not Truss and not Sunak.

Then it didn't even take them that long to walk into a gifts scandal, because why not. Basic anti-corruption training is for people who don't run the country, it seems.

And now things have reached the point where multiple ministers are saying if you don't support the Online Safety Act, you're on the side of predators. Very sensible, very grown-up, very electable.

[torthsumcads]

IM FINALLY GOING ON TESTOSTERONE IN LIKE 2 WEEKS