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when will the clown sightings happen again that was fun

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"I sort fics by kudos and only kudos on stories with high kudos counts, why aren't there more stories with high kudos, I ran out of things to read." You're part of the problem.

"Authors artificially inflate comment counts by thanking people, I can't find anything with a real comment count to read." No they fucking are not, they're grateful for engagement.

"I can't read anything under 100k." That's the majority of fics you're ignoring, most novels aren't even that long.

"I don't have time to look for the incredibly rare diamond in the rough, so I won't read anything below a certain amount of kudos, comments, and hits." Those fics are popular because people gave them a chance and then snobs like you found them.

"I won't read anthing with a single typos." You made typos in that sentence, get off your high horse.

"One singular author didn't thank me for commenting, I'm never commenting on any fic again so I don't get burned." You're punishing people because someone didn't give you engagement they don't owe you that they might not have seen.

"This fic is three months old, it's so old, it doesn't matter if I comment or kudos, it's old." Fics do not have expiration dates, comment and kudos.

You're killing your fandoms with your snobbish behaviors.

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If you thought going to a Pride event or drag show was just another night out, think again. If you were in Florida, it might land your name in a government database.

That’s what’s happening in Vero Beach, FL, where the Florida Attorney General’s office has subpoenaed a local restaurant, The Kilted Mermaid, demanding surveillance video, guest lists, reservation logs, and contracts of performers and other staff—all because the venue hosted an LGBTQ+ Pride event.

To be clear: no one has been charged with a crime, and the law Florida is likely leaning on here—the so-called “Protection of Children Act” (which was designed to be a drag show ban)—has already been blocked by federal courts as likely unconstitutional. But that didn’t stop Attorney General James Uthmeier from pushing forward anyway. Without naming a specific law that was violated, the AG’s press release used pointed and accusatory language, stating that "In Florida, we don't sacrifice the innocence of children for the perversions of some demented adults.” His office is now fishing for personal data about everyone who attended or performed at the event. This should set off every civil liberties alarm bell we have.

Just like the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and other bills with misleading names, this isn’t about protecting children. It’s about using the power of the state to intimidate people government officials disagree with, and to censor speech that is both lawful and fundamental to American democracy.

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Anyone else noticing how all of this is happening at once.

Age verification for Wikipedia and Spotify. YouTube banning accounts for under-16s, and rolling out AI to detect if someone is actually 18 based on their viewing history (100% guaranteed to falsely mark autistic adults as children at an irregularly high rate, btw). Banning porn off Steam and itch. Attempts to ban and IP range-block VPNs. Age verification for not just porn, but anywhere you could maybe possibly see porn, including basic social media features like DMs.

What the fuck is happening. At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, what the fuck are they preparing for

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YOUR UNALIENABLE RIGHTS

Bill of Rights: https://nccs.net/blogs/americas-founding-documents/bill-of-rights-amendments-1-10 27 Amendments: https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments Civil Rights: https://helpfulprofessor.com/civil-rights-examples/ Constitution Protections: https://www.usconstitution.net/constitutional-protection-of-rights/ Criminal Justice Rights: https://www.thoughtco.com/criminal-justice-and-your-constitutional-rights-4120815 Human Rights: https://thehaguepeace.org/site/what-are-the-30-human-rights/

How To Educate Yourself Against AI Age Verification (KOSA / OSA)

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Websites banned to "protect kids" due to the [UK] Online Safety Act:

A subreddit on how to stop smoking

The subreddit for the Al Jazeera news channel

A bracelet-making website

A forum on hamster care

An LGBT website (one of many)

Itch.io

A forum for single dads seeking support

A gaming forum with 300,000+ daily users

Many non-Reddit forums

A zombie RPG game

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Guys, it got so much freaking worse. KOSA is bad, but SCREEN is even worse, somehow.

"Sen. Mike Lee has introduced the SCREEN ACT, a bill that applies the "harmful to minors" standard used to ban LGBTQ+ books and resources in schools and libraries and apply it nationally to the internet.

Any site that has any amount of material "harmful to minors" would be forced to employ surveillance tech (biometric scans, ID uploads, background checks) to prevent minors from accessing "pornography."

You will not be surprised to learn that this is backed by the Heritage Foundation.

Unlike some of the state age-verification laws, many of which are being challenged in court, SC will be enforced by the FTC, which has the ability to levy fines, raid business and freeze bank accounts. Yes, meaning that even non-for-profits like Ao3 will suffer.

This is something for all US users to keep on their radar. Call your reps, call your senators, and spread the word to protect our archive!"

- When talking with Republicans play up the fact that this would force Elon to implement age verification systems on X (yes do call it X during the call). Elon's been threatening to primary Republicans who stand in his way so there's fear of him. Also play up concerns about "Liberals" doxxing people or Chinese hackers.

- When talking with Democrats, play up the connections to Project 2025 and suggest voters will not be happy to see Democrats siding with it.

Republicans:

Ted Cruz, Texas (Chairman) - Phone: (202) 224-5922

John Thune, South Dakota - Phone: (202) 224-2321

Roger Wicker, Mississippi - Phone: (202) 224-6253

Deb Fischer, Nebraska - Phone: (202) 224-6551

Jerry Moran, Kansas - Phone: (202) 224-6521

Dan Sullivan, Alaska - Phone: (202) 224-3004

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee - Phone: (202) 224-3344

Todd Young, Indiana - Phone: (202) 224-5623

Ted Budd, North Carolina - (202) 224-3154

Eric Schmitt, Missouri - (202) 224-5721

John Curtis, Utah - Phone: (202) 224-5251

Bernie Moreno, Ohio - Phone: 202-224-2315

Tim Sheehy, Montana - Phone: (202) 224-2644

Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia - Phone: (202) 224-6472

Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming - Phone: (202) 224-3424

Democrats:

Maria Cantwell, Washington (Ranking Member) - Phone: (202) 224-3441

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota - Phone: (202) 224-3244

Brian Schatz, Hawaii - Phone: (202) 224-3934

Ed Markey, Massachusetts - Phone: (202) 224-2742

Gary Peters, Michigan - Phone: (202) 224-6221

Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin - Phone: (202) 224-5653

Tammy Duckworth, Illinois - Phone: (202) 224-2854

Jacky Rosen, Nevada - Phone: (202) 224-6244

Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico - Phone: (202) 224-6621

John Hickenlooper, Colorado - Phone: (202) 224-5941

John Fetterman, Pennsylvania - Phone: (202) 224-4254

Andy Kim, New Jersey - Phone: (202) 224-4744

Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware - Phone: (202) 224-2441

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Hi, my name is [], and I am one of Senator []’s constituents. I live in [city, zip code - leave your full address if leaving a voicemail].

I am calling in regards to a bill that was recently introduced in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transport: the SCREEN act.

I am asking Senator [] to either take no action or vote against this bill because of its implications for freedom of speech. [insert one of the other concerns listed above]. Thank you for your time and for listening to my concerns.

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This whole "Submit id for using sites" thing has just been on my mind and I keep thinking how not only is it useless as a measure to protect kids in replacement of actual monitoring/raising your kid.

But also, it kind of occurred to me that this is now a new way someone can torment others.

1) Its useless for actually protecting kids online because parents who weren't already taking care to monitor their kids will probably never know if their kid simply takes their ID and use it to get access to something they shouldn't.

Kids are tech savvy and can be sneaky. A drivers license isn't something you go out of your way to hide in your home, so access is probably easy. And Im pretty sure every time your ID is used somewhere that there aren't systems in place to somehow notify the person themselves.

That brings me to point (2)

2. Identities are so often stolen. Hell, my brother had his birth certificate and ID stolen from his car one time. Someone who either has something to hide or even have an issue with you could be using your identity online to create a profile on you that could lead to you being reviewed by the government.

It's almost like a long-winded false accusation/frame up. And because these companies have no way of contacting you directly if your identity is used. it leaves no way for you to deny it is you, and now theres even more problems.

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One upside to being a writer is you can write your own comfort fic. The downside is you still have to actually write it.

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I've been thinking about censorship so much. Too much. So much that my brain has figured out how it could turn into a Human Rights thing beyond what risks it has now. Though I suppose it is more just... the risks intensified.

But thinking about it, and how censorship can lead the way to the voices of people being erased, it feels like a Human Rights issue. Yes, no one is being actively killed by it. But what if people are, and it's being hidden or suppressed by censorship? It would suck. All those people, all those voices, gone or hidden because:

People want certain content hidden from children and apparently that's the internet's responsibility. People can't handle the concept of fiction not being real and that a fiction writer doesn't write what they believe, they write what their story requires.

And it sucks. It sucks to think about how parents want the internet to parent their children. Want writers to write only what they think children can read.

People get so offended by this topic for no reason. They go "So you want children to think murder is acceptable?" And obviously no, murder isn't acceptable, but it is the parents' responsibility to teach their children what is right or wrong. Not writers. Not the internet.

I don't write what people want to censor. Not because I'm afraid of being that hidden voice, not because I think it is my job to hide certain things from children, but because I don't want to. I get close to writing it, if you've read some of my more recent stuff. Ares' Soft Moments and I believe Random Moments Two got very close to writing smut. I know the next many chapters of A Court of Death and Ruination are going to cross the line.

I think censorship is going to erase voices. Many voices. The voices of minorities will go first, as many people who have posted about this topic have said. The majority will think that they are in the right. That the children are safe. But I think the majority will then be suppressed by a greater minority, and the majority will regret wanting censorship when it is the rich who choose what is shown and what isn't and suddenly any complaints about rich people are suppressed.

Censorship isn't the path that the internet should be taking. I believe parents should start parenting and teaching their children internet safety. I think parents should parent and help their children select books that they approve, but the children enjoy. I think parents need to recognize that they are the issue, not the people online or writers. I know it is more than just parents who want censorship, but I've seen people talking more about parents wanting it than I think I have about other groups.

It isn't my responsibility as a writer to watch what I write in case a child reads my book. News Flash: I grew up reading. I read ACOTAR when I was in Middle School. Should I? Probably not. There was smut and I was definitely not old enough to be reading that stuff. But I read it. I don't blame my middle school for having it on the shelves. I don't blame my mom for not asking to scan through the book to see what was in it. I don't blame the author for writing for a young adult audience and her books getting shelved where twelve year olds could read it. Had my mom asked to see what I was reading, I would have shown her. Had the school looked through the book completely, I wouldn't have been exposed to it.

It isn't my responsibility to parent children I'll never meet. It isn't any writer's responsibility to parent children they'll never meet. It is a parent's duty, ultimately, to determine what they don't want their children seeing at their child's age and guiding their child to books that would suit that vision. If I ever have kids, I won't make it the responsibility of the internet to not expose my children to certain things. Parents should be monitoring what their children look up online. Parents should be talking about things with their children. Ultimately, if a child feels safer hiding things from the parent than they do talking about it to the parent, it is the parent's failure. And that failure is on the parent, not the internet, for their child being exposed to such things without the parent knowing.

This turned into a ramble when I originally only wanted to say that I'm seeing if the Human Rights club at my college will want to talk about this.

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The insatiable urge to Do Everything Now because I spent my childhood and early adulthood being prevented from accessing the very spaces that I knew would be as close to home as I’ve come close to knowing only to finally get the freedom and independence to do as I please just in time to watch what feels like the death of the internet and the rise of a new wave of extreme censorship put every last one of those spaces and communities in danger…

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Here’s the petitions to oppose KOSA, the Screen act, the Take it down act, and other bad internet bills

And the petition to oppose attacking section 230

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"Why is the world [western governments] all of a sudden trying to control us with mass surveillance?"

It's not all of a sudden. They've been trying to do this for years.

And people have been fighting it, for years. People have also been warning you, for years.

You were warned that Net Neutrality was super important. You were warned that COPPA and KOSA weren't what lawmakers said they were. People tried to tell you that banning apps would set dangerous precedent for the internet, and that they'd be coming for your VPNS. People tried to tell you that big tech companies trying to block ad-blockers and selling your data were bad things. People even tried to tell you that it was weird for supermarkets to be collecting mass amounts of data from your purchases to advertise to you, and that it was super weird for places like Walmart to need facial recognition cameras on top of that. You just didn't listen.

And you didn't push back.

And now we're here.

That said, boycott any site that wants you to upload your ID- for the love of the gods don't give them that shit it WILL get hacked/sold- and make some noise about this bullshit. We need to make it clear that we won't just lay down and take this.

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Here we go again 🤦🏾‍♀️

From Change.org

(Please read the whole petition before signing)

Everyone knows that YouTube is implementing AI age verification on it’s platform based on what you like to watch and if it gets your age wrong, then you have to give them your government ID, then they will sell it to hackers.

Not only is YouTube doing it, but also the entirety of Google is doing it as well, which is way worse than you all initially thought it was gonna be because none of you knew about this part before.

This AI will really suck because Google Search ranks #1 & YouTube ranks #2 in most visited websites according to Wikipedia as of July 2025. And the worst method of spying on all people that anyone can ever come with is by using the most visited websites.

In February of 2025, Google announced that it would put AI age verifications on ALL of it’s platforms, from YouTube to queries on Search that will be used to assume your age based on search history to Google Play Store to Google Maps to anything else Google-related you can think of.

It’s doing it all because of a few irresponsible parents. And speaking of parents, you should let the REAL parents control what the kids do, not yourselves Google!

This is a violation of our rights to privacy which are protected under the 4th amendment, as well as the rights to freedom of speech and expression under the 1st amendment! Google deserves to be sued for all of this! We will also hold a trial for all the Google employees who thought this was a good idea, including Sundar Pichai himself and many others accountable for their unconstitutional actions!

So I ask all of you to please share this petition with all of your friends if you can, thank you all for reading.

Also if Google makes a dumb excuse that defends it's actions like "It'S bEcAuSe ThE gOvErNmEnT wAnTs Us To Do It" or "We ArE dOiNg ThIs To PrOtEcT tHe KiDs", we will get them to shut their stupid mouth the heck up!

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I'm sure you all know about the situation with ROBLOX right now. I want say that this Roblox situation is going to be used to get the "Kids Online Safety Act" and "SCREEN Act" passed in the United States... mark my words

It's Perfect timing for them to use this politically","Kinda convenient how as soon as opposition to KOSA and the SCREEN Act ramps up, Roblox suddenly makes some real bad decisions.

Almost as if this is deliberate to take the wind out of the sails of any opposition to the surveillance laws

I want to say now just in case, we must keep fighting against these censorship laws KOSA and SCREEN ACT bills no matter what or else the internet and anonymity is be changed forever...

We should inform parents that the best ways to keep their kids safe is to monitor and supervise their kids, put parental controls on ant and all devices for their kids, and disable Google or any app that their kids isn't ready for, and if the kids want to see something they have get their parents permission first. Or simply give the kid limited internet access, or not give the kid a table or phone with unlimited internet access in the first to place! And teach kids about internet safety beforehand too!

I saw a tweet were a parent deleted Roblox from their kid's tablet, they point out their kid is sad about the decision but the parent said it was for their kid's safety.

If other parents did what that parent did, then we wouldn't need these censorship laws if parents actually PARENT their own damn kids!!!

so instead of 'protecting kids', how about parents start 'preparing kids', teach the kids internet safety, what they can and cannot see and explain why: "the site say 18+, that for adults only, and you're still young, you should't be on there', etc.

BIG THANKS to everyone for sharing and pushing back against Censorship. Here are USA Censorship Bills to fight:

S.1748 - Kids Online Safety Act S.737-SCREEN Act

H.R.1623 - SCREEN Act

H.R.10364 - App Store Accountability Act 118th Congress (2023-2024)

H.R.791 - Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act

Block Beard

Stay strong everyone and protect your civil rights.

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The Roblox situation is being used as a Trojan horse to pass the KOSA and SCREEN act! Remember to fight back against that, too!

Keep calling, reposting, posting, and saying NO!

Not only are these acts HUGE security risks, but they also do not protect children, instead focus on censoring their world views and basically brainwashing them, but it's also just another way for big companies to get more information on consumers...

The timing isn't a coincidence either, some speculate that the situation is social engineering at it's finest!

I STILL DO NOT CONSENT TO YOUR BULLSHIT CENSORSHIP UNDER THE GUISE OF "PROTECT THE CHILDREN"

SORRY, NOT SORRY!!!!! I STILL DON'T CONSENT TO WORLDWIDE CENSORSHIP AND CONSTANT ONLINE SURVEILLANCE!!!!! FUCK YOU!!!!!