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every day i go on steam and look at the Prices and every day the Prices are Ugly
#sigh...........we used to have it good#to everyone that kept using a vpn to buy in our store i hope your pc crashes and explodes fr#i feel like i should buy Something to at least take advantage of the sale. but like......expensive.#ok there's a christmas sale later so maybe then (the prices will be Worse)#according to jules
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وی پی این کا استعمال آپ کے لیے محفوظ ہے یا نہیں ؟یہ جاننے کے لیےسب سے پہلے یہ جاننا ضروری ہے کہ وی پی این اصل میں ہے کیا اور اس کا مطلب کیا ہےاور انٹرنیٹ کی دنیا میں اسکا کام کیا ہے اور ۲۰۲۵ میں کون سے وی پی این آپ کے لیے موذوں ہوگا؟
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i really dislike vpns
i don't have a defense here
i just desperately hate them for no good reason
#i don wanna >:(#i am a relatively firm believer that they are oversold to the general public#but as someone who might want to play too expensive AAA games via creative circumvention of the paywalls....#i should probably actually use one#i think most vpn brands just feel scummy and like they're taking advantage of people#idk#bad vibes
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https://youtu.be/D4iGoB2s9jU?si=WTwwdfPpf5RCf2HQ
if you watch this video from 13:45 hasan may or may not explain how to skip ads on twitch for free (it also may or may not work for paywalled articles)
haven't gotten a VPN cause I don't want another subscription to keep track of + money. thankfully a lot of who I would watch on twitch put their videos up on youtube as recaps.
#ale talks#I would like a vpn just to take advantage of some perks#unless there is a decent free one idk
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A great opportunity for americans who don't subscribe to amc+ and want to help the show. you can cancel before the promotion ends by then the season will already be over!

+ people from the foreign fandom who use VPN and have an international credit card can take advantage of this too
#interview with the vampire#iwtv#amc iwtv#jacob anderson#louis de pointe du lac#sam reid#lestat de lioncourt#assad zaman#the vampire armand#loustat#loumand#loumandaniel#loumandstat#loudaniel#delainey hayles#claudia de pointe du lac#bailey bass#eric bogosian#luke brandon field#daniel molloy#ben daniels#santiago#the vampire chronicles#anne rice#queer horror#horror#lgbtq#pride month
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This post got me thinking and doing a bit of searching. WiFi has been around since the 90s at least, but it's another question whether or not it would have been available at a school in 2003, and he was able to connect to the Internet when he wasn't on school grounds too. I generally assumed his laptop could be using a satellite connection, but I didn't give it much serious thought.
So I asked my parents and they said if you had an always-connected laptop in 2003, it was probably using a SIM card to connect through the mobile phone network! You can even still find laptops with SIM slots today, since not everyone has the option of hooking their place of residence up to an ISP. So I have learnt something today, thank you! 👍
jeremie belpois was out here opening his laptop anywhere, did the guy carry a hot spot on him 24/7, insta-connect to nearest internet? what was his skill? how’d he pull that off? did the xana alert not require internet connection even though it was his laptop?
#code lyoko reblog#hi computer networking is one of my interests and I like learning about the history of it#I'd also guess that any illegal activity performed on his pc or laptop would be done via the supercomputer#using a vpn to take advantage of the supercomputer's superior processing power and network access capabilities#and making it harder to trace back to his personal devices#(note vpns aren't exactly what yt sponsors sell them as. think of it as a tunnel that lets him do stuff on the sc remotely)#but once again I find myself wondering how jeremie pays for stuff. data wasn't as cheap then as it is today#and as someone in the notes said: his laptop had remarkably long battery life
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recently started using mozilla vpn and one unexpected advantage is that reddit seemingly blocks all of the proxy servers they use so I can't click reddit links
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deliberately obtuse because you dont want to admit youre sending money to/boosting people who run scam farms, arent you?
anyone can make an account and "vet" a campaign. why should i trust these vetting accounts when theyre complete strangers to me and most of them do not tell you their verification process?
no one believes the people running the scams are palestinian. if they were then it wouldnt be a scam, would it? scammers absolutely do take advantage of tragedy and pull on heart strings. empathy is a very lucrative emotion.
no one is denying that the events going on are real.
"blocking and moving on" is not working because now the scammers are using anonymous asks to send their campaigns to people who have blocked them. why would they, as people trying to get as much money as they can to survive, bypass a block with a vpn/multiple devices to send their campaigns to someone who clearly does not want to help them? and you get the same message multiple time over the course of the week. do you really think they keep mistaken sending messages to the same people again and again? do you truly think that is more likely than bots or scam farms full of people sending ask after ask without knowing which people the others have already hit?
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me when companies try to force you to use their proprietary software
anyway
Layperson resources:
firefox is an open source browser by Mozilla that makes privacy and software independence much easier. it is very easy to transfer all your chrome data to Firefox
ublock origin is The highest quality adblock atm. it is a free browser extension, and though last i checked it is available on Chrome google is trying very hard to crack down on its use
Thunderbird mail is an open source email client also by mozilla and shares many of the same advantages as firefox (it has some other cool features as well)
libreOffice is an open source office suite similar to microsoft office or Google Suite, simple enough
Risky:
VPNs (virtual private networks) essentially do a number of things, but most commonly they are used to prevent people from tracking your IP address. i would suggest doing more research. i use proton vpn, as it has a decent free version, and the paid version is powerful
note: some applications, websites, and other entities do not tolerate the use of VPNs. you may not be able to access certain secure sites while using a VPN, and logging into your personal account with some services while using a vpn *may* get you PERMANENTLY BLACKLISTED from the service on that account, ymmv
IF YOU HAVE A DECENT VPN, ANTIVIRUS, AND ADBLOCK, you can start learning about piracy, though i will not be providing any resources, as Loose Lips Sink Ships. if you want to be very safe, start with streaming sites and never download any files, though you Can learn how to discern between safe, unsafe, and risky content.
note: DO NOT SHARE LINKS TO OR NAMES OF PIRACY SITES IN PUBLIC PLACES, ESPECIALLY SOCAL MEDIA
the only time you should share these things are either in person or in (preferably peer-to-peer encrypted) PRIVATE messages
when pirated media becomes well-known and circulated on the wider, public internet, it gets taken down, because it is illegal to distribute pirated media and software
if you need an antivirus i like bitdefender. it has a free version, and is very good, though if youre using windows, windows defender is also very good and it comes with the OS
Advanced:
linux is great if you REALLY know what you're doing. you have to know a decent amount of computer science and be comfortable using the Terminal/Command Prompt to get/use linux. "Linux" refers to a large array of related open source Operating Systems. do research and pick one that suits your needs. im still experimenting with various dispos, but im leaning towards either Ubuntu Cinnamon or Debian.
#capitalism#open source#firefox#thunderbird#mozilla#ublock origin#libreoffice#vpn#antivirus#piracy#linux
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Jeest Mafia AU, snippet under the cut 💚💙
Joost tried not to make eye contact with anyone at the airport, though the stares he received at his battered face were inevitable. How many tall, blond, bandaged, bruised and bloody men were in a hurried rush to the terminal? Odds say: not many.
‘Not that I should be thinking about odds right now’ chided his conscience, ‘that’s how I got into this mess in the first place…’
His pace didn’t falter despite the looks from the other passengers lining up in their respective lines. All of them with bags and luggage alike underarm or trailing behind them, his own, suspiciously absent.
No time to pack, clothes on his back, phone, wallet and a little vial of two small white pills. Security checkpoint nearly put an end to those, but a desperate, puppy-eyed look and his disheveled state made the officer roll her eyes and wave him through, for all she knew, or anyone knew, it was aspirin.
‘Fix more than a headache’ his inner thoughts sneered, ‘steady on Joost, for emergencies only’.
He kept his eyes on the gate numbers, briefly glancing at the destinations. Cabo, Shanghai, Johannesburg, each a far flung place he could have potentially laid low in for months, relax on some resort beach or in a high class penthouse…
But that’s not where he’s headed.
He spies the glowing gate number, the destination? Helsinki, Finland. He got the ticket the same day he got the phone call telling him to leave as fast as possible, his usually calm and monotone source had an edge of panic to their voice, Joost trashed the burner after that and shredded the last of his books and burned them. He left his apartment as the ashes were still smoldering.
Finland eh? The only clue of what was happening next was the note in the ticket envelope, hurried scrawling in broken Dutch gave him simple instructions:
Taxi to the airport, pay in cash. Get on the plane. Make sure you are in the camera view the whole time, locate the Air Marshal and watch him. Once you are off the plane, head to the pick up zone in the parking lot and look for the black limo. Tap on the driver’s side window and give the password.
“Here for Tommy’s boy” he mutters under his breath. The magic words that’ll guarantee his safety and freedom, or will land him a bullet between the brows…
Better than the alternative.
He’s on time for the early boarding and hands the Steward his ticket, eyeing the Air Marshal at the doors to the plane’s walkway. He’s given a smile and some well wishes for his flight and finally, for the first time in several days, he feels a little sliver of calm wash over him.
‘Can’t cut me up on the plane you fuckers’
He finds his seat, window view and close to the front of the plane and plops down, the ache in his joints and back starting to flare up since the adrenaline begins to wear off.
Finland…he’s uncertain exactly what is waiting for him there, he regrets not grabbing a translation booklet at the terminal kiosk but there was simply no time. His new phone is IP hidden for the time being till he can get a VPN to bounce his signal, so no using Google’s underwhelming translation system…
He thinks back to a conversation he overheard at a conference last year. The big guys were all there, each of them with a meaty bodyguard in tow and a pistol or two brandished in plain sight.
He was there on happenstance, just finishing up the numbers to hand to his boss for the last fiscal year when his curiosity got the best of him.
“Baltic’s are at it again,” his boss sneers, tapping his cigar onto the floor, “think they’ll hide behind the Nordic cunts so they don’t have to play anymore”.
“Hm.” Another well dressed older man hums in response. He’s the police liaison, a former Captain who’s been working with the mob for 40 years. “Not much to be done about it Albert, the Fins have the advantage now, I hear they’ve even brought Estonia into the fold now.”
Albert snorts, getting to his feet and giving a couple other well-dressed people a farewell wave.
“Cuz of that little shit,” he grumbles, motioning his bodyguard to get a move on. “What’s his name? Kät-something? The Union fucker.”
“Käärijä,” the former Police Captain supplies, “his Union is very bold for an upstart, cutting off the trade in the Baltic’s disrupts everything. Heard he’s in talks of making a deal with the Norwegians as well. That’s the case? Say goodbye to the big money”.
Joost tried to linger as long as possible to catch the last bit of conversation, tucking himself against the wall and listening close.
“Damn idiot, Norway doesn’t play with the new players, even if the young lady is supposedly running things over there now. He’s a fucking lunatic to think the Baltic’s will stay loyal, he’ll be done by the end of the year, mark my words-“
A dinging noise jolts him awake from his daze, the Flight Attendants are doing their safety check. The doors to the plane are closed and for the first time in weeks, months even, Joost’s tense shoulders drop with exhaustion.
He is safe. For now.
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Roughly three hours later, he startles awake.
The voice over the intercom of the plane cabin announces in several languages that they have arrived at Helsinki Airport and will begin the landing process momentarily.
He spares a glance around the cabin out of paranoia, nothing out of the ordinary and no unwanted eyes in his direction.
Twenty minutes later and he’s heading out of the plane and into the airport terminal. The weather outside is gray and snowy, the sky a mass of colorless clouds and the sun choked somewhere behind. He shivers just looking at the weather, his cheap suit jacket will definitely not suffice.
He heads down the walkways and tried not to get too overwhelmed with the directions, mostly in Finnish but thankfully also in English.
He’s only a hundred feet from the parking lot when he feels eyes on his back. He tries subtly to peak behind and catch if he’s being followed.
Two men, both in dark blue suits and expensive leather shoes, each sporting a grim, intense expression. They have their hands in their pockets.
Joost picks up his pace, eyes focused on the automatic doors that swing open and shut.
He can hear them closing behind him, their shoes loud against the tiles. He starts to jog.
He doesn’t stop to apologize to the people he pushes past to get out of the door, ignoring the scowls and curses thrown his way. His heart is hammering in his chest, he has but a minute to locate the car before he’s dragged off and butchered in a dark corner…
A car horn blares loudly as he flinches and freezes, he had walked right out in front of a pair of high beams, his eyes don’t have time to adjust as he hurriedly runs around to look.
Black limousine, tinted windows with triple thick bulletproof glass and chrome trimming. The driver’s side window rolls down, a bald man with sunglasses and a mustache regards him blankly.
“P-please,” he stammers, eyes catching the two suited men finally breaching the threshold. “I-I’m being followed-“
“What is phrase?” The driver interrupts, not at all phased by the situation in the slightest.
“Th-the wha-oh yes yes, it’s uh…” he swallows takes a breath and speaks the words softly enough for the man to hear him.
“I’m here for Tommy’s boy.”
The door at the back of the limo clicks open, beckoning him inside.
He all but dives into the car and slams the door shut just as the two men make a dash towards the vehicle, only to stop dead in their tracks mere feet away.
Joost doesn’t have the time to take in his surroundings as he sees what has halted his stalkers. In the split second before the limo peels out with a loud screeching of tires, the window on the opposite side is down just enough to see the startled and blanched faces of the two men, who find themselves held in place by a man aiming a 45 caliber handgun at them.
Were it to fire at point blank range, one of the two men would have nearly had his torso blown open. More than a lethal shot, truly overkill at that point.
The car peels out of the lot and before he knows it, Joost is tossed back into he seat as the limo put some speedy distance between him and the danger.
A loud curse and sound of a window being rolled up. Joost finally levels his eyes behind his cracked glasses to see his savior.
Sitting across from him now with the gun held loosely in his grip is a dark haired man with pale skin. He sports a blunted bowl cut and his facial hair is trimmed and tidy. He wears a long black coat with a layered polo necked jumper and a couple silver chains around his neck. The jewelry matches his pierced ears and nose rings, the whole of his attire is expensive and modern looking.
Joost is drawn into the man’s piercing eyes, blue like his own but with an edge of silver steel, made more intimidating and entrancing by the heavy makeup that lines them.
The man is staring at him, Joost’s palms immediately start to sweat.
“I uh,”
“You are the Dutchman we take in?” The man interrupts, his voice has an hint of annoyance, Joost nods politely and holds out his hand to shake.
“Yes, I mean to say, thank you,” he tries to muster a charming smile but finds himself pinned under the man’s gaze like a deer being watched through a hunter’s scope.
“I’m sure this is a bit of trouble for you-“
“Trouble? I say it is bigger trouble for you and not me. You need a drink yes? I have gin and brandy here.” The man all but ignores whatever Joost was trying to say and busies himself with pouring a drink from a side bar containing glasses and some bottles. “Brandy since the gin is warm, I not have a lot of time to get it ready.”
Joost wants to say something, anything to this stranger but finds himself at an utter loss for words. The man looks at him expectantly, pushing the glass of amber liquor into his hands.
“There you drink that, feel better afterwards. You say you looking for Tommy’s boy? That is what he tell you to say? He think he is funny man, he gonna have to explain to me…” the man trails off, eyes now scanning and taking in Joost’s disheveled appearance. “You have injury? I have some bandage here and some other things uh,” the man stops and searches for a word. “you know, doctor supplies?”
“First aid kit?” Joost supplies.
“Ah yes yes! That is it,” the man grins and digs around a bit before huffing in annoyance and opening the little sliding window to the driver’s compartment. He asks for something in Finnish and the bald man replies. Information gathered, he opens a compartment and fishes out a nondescript black case.
“Okei here it is. Let me see your hand, you have blood on your palm.” He does? Joost was in such a mad dash to get away from the goons who had jumped him back in the Netherlands he didn’t have time to take stock of his injuries. He holds out his hand timidly and the man yanks it none too gently to inspect.
“No stitches I think,” he hums, grabbing supplies to clean and patch the gash on Joost’s palm.
The man’s grip is firm and steady, there is warm radiating from beneath the leather gloves he wears.
“You are Mr. Klein eh?” The man says absentmindedly as he cleans the wound. “I hear you screw your boss out two million euros, not bad.” The man smirks, eyes flickering up to Joost’s face. “I like someone who disrupts the status quo. When Tommy say you in trouble, I had to do something about it. Would be a waste for you ending up in concrete.”
Joost cringes a little at the mention of his dilemma, taking a long gulp of his drink and reveling in the burn.
“I don’t know about disruption, I just did what I thought was right is all. Didn’t think it would go this far…” he wishes he could be more proud, he did take a chunk of money from the hands of the worst men in Europe. Now, he’s a marked man, possibly forever.
The dark haired man seems to sense his discomfort and finishes dressing his hand, grabbing a gauze patch and passing it over.
“What is done is done, you think it is bad thing now, but you make a big move, and now you have a big advantage for the war that is coming.”
Joost finishes placing the gauze over the gash on his cheek, looking at the man puzzlingly.
“What war? And what advantage are you talking about?”
The man leans back against his seat and smiles, his sharp canines peak over his lips and his expression is one of amusement and vicious excitement.
“The war between the Union and the Old Men, tear down their ruined kingdom and make our own. The advantage? That’s easy,”
The man chuckles darkly.
“You have Käärijä in your corner now.”
#my art#kidvoodoo#my writing#jeest#jeest infection#käärijä#jere pöyhönen#joost klein#mafia au#so I guess I’m doing this now 🙃#I can’t make any promises on this story I’m afraid#I don’t feel confident in my writing but I’m trying my best lol#also this is fiction it is not real and I don’t wanna hear anything from people like#if you don’t like it don’t read it#it’s a silly little story about some silly guys who will probably kiss and stuff#also Jere’s boyfriend Pokédex will make an appearance plus many more cameos hehe#it will primarily be jeest infection though
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Getting cash in KakaoPage for chapters
I'm sure this was already covered by someone out there but it's always nice to post stuff like this more than once.
I'll be using the daily challenges advertised by the app for that
(Step by step below)
1. Get the KakaoPage app

This doesn't work on desktops so phone it is. It's both on the Play Store and App Store so u can just install it straight from there. You'll need an account from this point forth so just screenshot the pages and use your favored image translation app until you reach the usual "email and password to sign up" part.
2. In the main page, go to the notifications tab

When u get in, you should see the usual bell icon that stands for the notification so click there. Side note, the main banner (the one w the blue-haired kid w wings) also has events that you can take advantage of!
3. Pick one of the challenges on the page


Take a screenshot of the options here, translate them, and pick one! I chose this one cuz it only asks to read 1 episode from smt so that's easy enough. Watch out for the time limit though.
4. Pick one you haven't read yet and click the first chapter


I'm pretty sure I've used all the other titles there for other challenges so I picked the one w the kid. Just click it and go for the first chapter, u don't even need to actually read it, just click to open it and you should be good to go.
If you choose another challenge then it might ask you to read 10 chapters instead so remember to screenshot the notification and the page it takes you to if it isn't the main one like in this case.
4. Go get your prize!


Return to the notification page and you should have the new alert with the gift icon. Click it and spin the wheel! The amount it lands on is how much cash you have in your Kakaopage account.
5. Go to your desired piece of media and get the episodes!


Now, with the cash you got go to the page for the piece of media you want to get chapters for (obvious pick here-) and click the "Recharge Ticket" button I circled. Then choose the first option, buy the amount you can with the cash you got and you're good to go! Just click a chapter, confirm the option and BOOM Korean raw chapter for you ✨
To translate the chapter ppl go about it in different ways. My phone lets me select stuff and just drag it to a different space without copying so I can put that directly in Google Translate, but you can always just take a screenshot on your computer or open it there and use your phone to take a photo to then translate.
I went about it this way but apparently, it doesn't work for everyone... Maybe it's smt that can be fixed with a VPN or creating a whole new account I'm not sure- a bit of a messy explanation but I can't do much without my computer rn 😔
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im merely curious because of what you mentioned previously, but what do you think is different between the watcher service vs dropout? i /do/ think there is one, but i can't put my finger on it
as of right now, there are two major differences in my eyes: legacy and diversity
the first point, i had to think on for longer because though i'm familiar with dropout because my friends are into their content, my own perspective is lacking. so, i did some minor research to fact check stuff
dropout, i feel, is an exception to the rule in regards to internet-based companies making their own website/streaming services. until recently, they have existed as collegehumor since fucking 1999. they have lots of prior experiences to reflect on, and a long-term audience that often gives them feedback they're receptive to. their older content staying on youtube alongside some new ongoing stuff still being uploaded there is a nice plus. ryan and shane got popular through unsolved comparatively much sooner in 2016, as did steven in that same year with worth it, watcher currently is only 4 years old, so their foundation is more shaky right now
what also helped alongside that was that the transition wasn't as jarring as watcher's announcement. their subscription price on launch in september 2018 was $3.99 a month up until december, when they eased into tiered subs, which must've helped a lot. afaik, watcher tv has no mobile app (yet?), and many fans outside the US are region-locked without a vpn or something similar. with watcher and dropout in its current day each being $5.99, this leads into...
the second point: diversity. dropout launched mobile versions of their service 3 months after the official launch. watcher is exclusive to one official platform, as mentioned before, but in my opinion, what hurts watcher the most is series diversity. they have like, one series going on for a few weeks or months before another starts, so if someone paid them the fee, it'd be for something they might not even be interested in. likely, they'd binge the series they enjoy and unsub until the next season comes out. dropout has the advantages of both legacy series under the collegehumor name readily available, and their unscripted ongoing series coming out concurrently with a fixed schedule so than something new would be coming out i think every weekday at this point. it's reall more bang for your buck
all of this is why i said watcher "wanted to be dropout so bad" yesterday. they've created Yet Another streaming service with a price and catalogue that doesn't justify its existence. this could've been a more focused patreon. this could've been a youtube membership. this could've been a secret third thing. this could've been anything else than what we got, and it would've had the potential to be better.
tl;dr- this is watcher right now:

#an economic recession doesn't help#but i wanted to focus on the stuff they can actively control :)#watcher#Anonymous#ask box 360#send corrections etc etc
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It is a truth universally accepted that when critiquing anything regarding AO3/OTW, reactionaries enter the building, and critical thinking and discernment gets locked out.
Nia Ola (on Substack) attempted to raise the alarm about AO3's changes in Terms of Service. This bit in particular:
Nia Ola: "[...]AO3 just updated their terms and conditions so that the only way you can use the site now is that you consent to them taking your data (so, works that you've written, distributed, saved, bookmarked, etc, everything) and give that data and information to the government."
In my time reading Terms and Conditions of Service, websites claiming that they're "duty bound" to provide data uploaded to the site to the govt, depending on jurisdiction, is not a surprise. You will not be informed or told by the site(s) when the government accesses/obtained your information. All on the pretense that it would "interfere with an ongoing investigation".
It isn't dissimilar to the one I've read here for Tumblr. The bit that says (legalese-y) that anything you post on the site can be used as evidence (IIRC) if it becomes "necessary."
But as usual, the AO3 brigade worked like hell to shout them down. Folk focused a lot on how OTW made their TOS "easier" to understand. They claimed Nia Ola was spreading misinformation. Most have gone as far as quibbling with her phrasing, "giving your information to the government" (which they would be doing) based on their personal interpretation of her meaning.
After making the video (they posted on TikTok) private, Nia Ola continued to encourage people to use security measures like VPNs and secure Browsers (they mentioned Firefox; I'm sure others are recommending Tor, Brave, and lesser-known browsers with better security features than Edge or Chrome) and to back up information they didn't want to lose.
Is it an explicit consequence of the election? Probably not. AO3/OTW knows entirely that they're hosting grimy shit on their website and refuse to do anything about it. AO3/OTW, like other websites, are "all-ages". Meaning OTW knows kids as young as 13 (and lets face it, younger) are using AO3. If the US or any other country decides it's politically advantageous to go after them, AO3/OTW is gonna cover their asses and throw you under the bus.
Point-Blank-Period.
That said, I think it would be irresponsible to exclude the election as a factor altogether. Organizations (govt or otherwise) are hang-wringing about rustling conservative feathers, and censoring themselves to avoid the wrath of a Trump Admin.
KOSA and COPPA are still in play. And there's the bill targeting non-profits to consider that's likely (and did) to pass not long after it got shot down.
When Tumblr wanted the favor of the Apple Store and their advertisers, they targeted sex worker blogs and fashion and art bloggers (primarily Black/non-Black). Then, they created an AI flagging system that still doesn't work.
When enough people (and advertisers) made enough noise about the NC-17 content that FanFiction (dot net) hosted on their site (at the height of its popularity, mind you)? They made a choice that allowed the website to survive and eliminate the target on their back. Both were financially motivated, yes, but if it's a choice of annexing content to stay online or getting shuttered?
AO3 will not be an exception. It's already embracing that "Obeying in Advance" phrase y'all are in love with right now.
Nia Ola is not the only one raising the alarm or alarmed by this decision. In your haste to fall on the sword for an organization that does not care about you, try not to make an ass of yourself by dog-piling people with experience regarding the consequences of data collection stemming from policies meant to criminalize sexual content, yeah?
This will continue unless we establish actual policies, education, and protections to prevent the mass surveillance of adult spaces under the pretense of "decency" and "protecting children." Additionally, we must address the ongoing elimination of healthy and safe spaces for children.
Because in our govt's haste to claim their concern for children, the corporations they serve have been demolishing child spaces and media online to save a couple of bucks (Cartoon Network's website comes to mind), and pushing children into adult spaces. And if they're not pushing kids into adult spaces, they're inviting adults into so-called kid spaces to increase their profits (Roblox and its attempts to become anything but a game for children, to say nothing of their monetization of the ideas that kids make).
Until our culture/society overhauls its approach to sex education, divorced from white supremacy, the actual intention of creating spaces that aren't sex-negative and don't prey on uninformed children will probably always exist in short bursts.
That means our politic has to rid itself of the reactionary ilk that (a) demonizes all things sexual and (b) refuses to practice discernment and critical thinking in their so-called sex-positive spaces. Both are why places like AO3 manifest and then ultimately help no one.
And it does not help anyone that reactionary AO3 loyalists will always fight to keep conversations about the site politically and socially stunted and unchanging.
Not all censorship and moderation is or should be sex-negative or censorious to the point of infantilizing. But, if the goal is maintaining free speech and freedom of expression (as we like to think of it vs how the govt allows it), it cannot be to the detriment of itself or for the sake of it (i.e., anti-censorship is not the answer any more than autocratic censorship is).
#greatrunners meta#data collection#data privacy#media manipulation#terms of service#fanfiction#archive of our own
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Ok everyone of Kansas, we are a couple days away from our bill that will censor out all LGBTQ content is put to play (July 1) and I’m telling you all now to get your VPNs and buckle up because this is going to be a wild ride. if Kosa gets canceled and other bills like it nationally then that means our state bills could be canceled too, but I’m not sure but all I know is that this hopefully will be temporary considering the pushback on Kosa or we will just start protesting it here in Kansas. I believe if you get a VPN, then you could completely bypass the bill, but that means you have to use the VPN all the time (which I would rather do than deal with the stupid bill) if you want more info, if you look deeper into my page, you will see more info on Kansas stuff that’s going on. I also know that bills like this are also being passed in Florida and attempted in California I don’t have much social media besides Tumblr and Pinterest and YouTube so I’m not sure of how this bill will be put into play but on July 1, I will be on here and constantly checking is seeing when the bill will be enforced, so get your VPNs and if this bill is enforced..get ready to spam our government with complaints, also this year is election year so use that your advantage. The old hags of our and everyone’s government will not win!
  
#stop kosa#lgbtq#kosa#education#kansas city kansas#usa news#stop censorship#If you live in Kansas you better listen up!#pride month#us politics#lgbtqia#lgbtq community
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Taking advantage of my vpn working to copy Jojo Tichakorn's Sand playlist and there's something so lovely about Accross the Universe being the first song on it. Nothing's gonna change my world, he says.
#my sweet lonely dreamer#(<- disregard anything else i might have said about him)#only friends the series
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DO NOT DO THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!!!!!!

Make sure you DO NOT use a vpn and private browser!!
REPORT HONEST INFRACTIONS ONLY —> http://enddei.ed.gov <— ASSIST NOTABLE 47th US PRESIDENT
❌ Examples to NOT follow: ❌
The Department of Education worked very hard to make this resource accessible to emails of all origins, including fiction. YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GENEROUS GIFT!!!!!
Instead, join me in thanking the department for their trust in the current presidential administration, and for their honesty with the public!! The saying usually goes that a hit dog will holler; however, yet another government entity proves that false. When the wannabe-king raises a hand to strike, they roll over regardless of constitutionality, displaying the vibrant yellow and green of their underbelly for all to see. The only morally just option for the American people is to follow suit!!!
Thank you for reading! And remember - COMPLACENCY WITH CRUELTY IS COOL!!!!! 🫡🧑⚖️🇺🇸
#department of education#education#usa#usa news#usa politics#us politics#activism#advocacy#online activism#dei#dei programs#dei policies#news#us government#government#school#school system#us education#diversity#politics#american politics#american people#2025#indoctrination#complacency#unconstitutional#current events#living history#american coup#america is an oligarchy
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