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The Blue Spirit putting out firebending with a bucket of water is the absolute funniest thing ever done in avatar combat. It just is.

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jessy we have to fucking!!!!!!

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This is a terrifying norm I’ve been seeing in fandom recently, with a lot of people asking for photo ID’s to enter a server or for 18+ commissions or to follow a private Twitter account. While I understand the sentiment and realize that there’s an issue of minors trying to get into adult spaces, this is an incredibly dangerous practice that needs to stop.

I have seen this popping up more and more in the past year and frankly, I’m sick of sitting back and watching it become a social norm. Not to mention, there is a huge difference between a company with a team of lawyers and legal statements with the intention to protect your information and giving this to a random person online.

Here is an article from IAPP discussing more in depth the current difficulties for age verification online.  Thanks to @murmurkins for digging around to find this!

Here is also some resources for Discord specifically on how to moderate and run a server that has 18+ channels and designating a server as 18+. Discord also notes that if you are locked out of 18+ channels, you can appeal this by sending a picture of yourself and either a photo ID or your Discord tag. Again, while not a perfect solution, this is their last resort, not the intial requirement. It’s dangerous to do, and Discord recognizes this, which is why they have a system to protect your information AND they require that all third-party individuals have a privacy policy telling individuals how they will protect others’ information. 

If anyone wants to respond to this post with more information on other websites, feel free! The biggest issue I have seen with this is on Discord, so that is where my information is focused.

TL;DR: Don’t give your ID out online to random people for your safety. Make sure who you are giving personal information to has a privacy policy. While it is an issue that minors are accessing 18+ content, this is not a safe solution to the problem.

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Remembering the time in college when I had thought the girl I was hooking up with was aware of my trans status

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The KAIJUNE GODZILLA -draw all monsters- COLLAB!

75 awesome artists were recruit from all around to bring this big collaborative collage together to celebrate kaijune and godzilla!

bellow the spoiler im going to drop links both to the full credit list and a full res version of this piece!

Credit list and Full Res , def go support these great artists that were involved, and hey feel free to download, print, etc the kaijune piece. it was made by and for the godzilla community!

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"How could the enforced anonymity of imageboard culture ever seem like a good idea?" is a question that reads very differently when one's formative experience of social media involves web forums circa 2000 where it was impossible to decipher what any given thread was talking about because every single post included a signature that was ten times as long as its actual content, is all I'm saying.

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my best friend’s miniature horse Smoochie just won the mayoral race on our island (just barely placing before a beloved humpback whale) and Saga walked in from a nap and I said “Smoochie is mayor!” and they went “wh..huh?” and I said, “Smoochie, [friends]’s horse is mayor!” and Saga said “I don’t…know this meme” so Maggie and I started saying “Smoochie! THE REAL MINIATURE HORSE THAT WE KNOW IN REAL LIFE IS THE NEW MAYOR!!!!” as if the sentence made any sense to anyone off-island and if we just kept repeating it Saga would know why Smoochie is mayor

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hey, if you're a usamerican getting the news, not knowing what to do, this is really really really good time to get acquainted with the national council on independent living, the independent living movement, and your local centers for independent living.

independent living centers provide services and support by disabled people for disabled people and can help with: navigating systems, self-advocacy, and accessing services, among many other things. in their truest form, CILs function not in the model of state agencies, but as a form of structured in-community mutual aid. my local CIL provides services like counseling, advocacy, grants to cover some home needs, and meals on wheels for disabled adults under sixty-five. CILs can't fill all the gaps in services we have in this country, but they do important work to keep people alive. if you need help, your local center for independent living may be able to help. if you can give help, your local center for independent living can definitely use your help!!!!!

please do reblog <3

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Love letter to my neighbours cat that makes noises ive never heard a cat make before

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and what are we going to do when the HP series comes out and we start seeing a resurgence of the fandom here including gifsets and fics. like are u guys gonna bring up your neurodivergence and cry "can we separate the art from the artist!!!!! you dont need to pay to watch it!!!!!its my comfort show and I'm DEPRESSED and AUTISTIC"

what then

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My, my… what big teeth you have! Meet the Pacific stargazer (Astroscopus zephyreus). Found in coastal waters from California to Peru, this fish is an ambush hunter. Spending most of its life buried beneath the sand, the stargazer’s upturned face is an adaptation that allows it to see even when most of its body is concealed. What’s more? This species is capable of stunning prey with electrical shocks of up to 50 volts! Photo: alboertoalcala, CC BY 4.0 iNaturalist