So I went to read the Kids Online Safety Act, thinking that it couldn't possibly be as bad as what people are making it out to be, I mean I'm a lawyer and expert in statutory interpretation, it can't be that bad, right?
Oh no. KOSA IS that bad. It will literally eradicate queer people online.
The bill says that a "covered platform" - broadly defined as "anything on the internet a minor might use" which is literally the entire fucking internet- has a "duty" to protect minors from anything that might harm them, including "sexual exploitation" and other undefined terms
It also gives state attorneys general the ability to sue to enforce it.
So here's exactly what's gonna happen:
Wacko republicans, as they've been doing with increasing force this year and last, are going to sue any and every website in existence, saying that the mere existence of LGBT people online constitutes sexual abuse of minors. And websites are gonna be so afraid of not doing the most that they'll just axe all LGBT everything.
Like. Republicans have been calling all LGBT people groomers and child molesters for years. The lead Republican literally admitted this bill will be used to attack trans people.
This bill is BAD bad. I'm appalled that democrats are lining up behind what is clearly a republican Trojan horse to eradicate LGBT people from the entire internet.
So Arizona launched an “education hotline” that allows “concerned parents” to report “””critical race theory””” and other things like ~gender identity~ being taught in the classroom
It would be a shame if the number and email were spread to bad actors looking to prank call the AZ Department of Education
By the way guys, you’re supposed to be shipping these wizards that I conjure up in my posts. I’m shipping Snake Staff Wizard with Worm Staff Wizard. I’m also shipping PVC Pipe Wizard with Wrapping Paper Tube Wizard. There’s a lot of great possibilities.
Just built a cannon designed specifically to launch goblin children. The goblins will of course be wearing suicide vests strapped with unstable warp stones. Now, not only will they explode on impact, they will also warp anything in a 5 meter radius into the Astral Plane.
You all laughed at my abundance of goblins in my dungeons. I have weaponized them beyond understanding. The cannon has a range of 1.25 miles. Fear me.
Some of you may be asking “why didn’t you just use warp stone as ammunition instead of using goblins to carry it?” You wanna know why? Because it’s fucking hilarious. I now shoot screaming explosive goblins. I am having so much fun.
@concoctionboy longer-term tests are in. There is zero evidence of chemical dependency on carbonation in ooze homunculi, but 40% ( with a 0.5% confidence interval) showed clear signs of abuse to the point of clinical significance, so there's hope that I could still hook an ooze market. Maybe I need to lace the carbonation with something. The point is, I think this is a profitable market, thank you for your assistance.