Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
As a developer, I'm just going to say that I am familiar with *those* kinds of projects where someone promises that there will be something interesting developed, then it just drags on forever and goes nowhere.
The company distancing itself from the U.S. was actually the correct thing to do, even if they might still have a relationship with a U.S. entity.
This was a very stupid decision.
COSL's partner undermining their own independence so as to promote COSL's launch does not inspire confidence.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/hungary-bans-pride-events-and-plans-to-use-facial-recognition-to-target-attenders Hungary bans pride events and plans to use #FaceRecognition. An attack on #FreeSpeech, #HumanRights and #privacy.
https://www.redartgames.com/games/822-1917-the-alien-invasion-remastered-dx-ps5-deluxe-edition.html
https://www.refused-classification.com/censorship-timelines/game-iarc/
#RedArtGames' 1917 - The Alien Invasion DX Remastered was banned in #Australia. It's a bullet hell game. #games #FreeSpeech
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FOOD FOR THE EQUINOX
Food plays an important roll at Higan (彼岸 - the equinox).
On the first and last day of the equinoctial week, rice dumplings (団子 'dango') are offered at the family altar.
Rice cakes covered in bean jam (botamochi in spring and ohagi in fall) are presented mid-week.
Looking closer at Taiwan's government's decision against being puritanical (after deciding to be so), it's quite flimsy when looking into the details.
ECPAT Taiwan appears to be promoting puritanism internationally.
While there might be countries which are more puritanical than Ireland, the number of companies there is particularly troublesome.
https://note.com/uguisu_ribbon/n/n8b28650a152f The new talk in Japan on financial censorship.
Too much DSA discourse ignores that many companies are based in Ireland and that Ireland is a puritanical country. #FreeSpeech
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jun/15/facebook-blocks-bans-users-sharing-guardian-article-showing-aboriginal-men-in-chains From 2020, #Facebook bans users sharing a news article containing historical photographs of slaves. #FreeSpeech #Australia
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https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/vienna-museums-turn-to-onlyfans-to-avoid-censorship Museums adopt OnlyFans due to censorship of nudity (i.e. sculptures) on platforms. #FreeSpeech #Austria
https://qoto.org/@olives/113361636922921463 As there are bad takes in #UK, here's the piece again. Goes over things like porn, science, tech, human rights. A critique of censorship, prohibition, puritanism. It's been a while since the last update, I might expand on it further sometime. #FreeSpeech
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Thorn are the same folks who have been pushing chat control.
I see Thorn has been saying dubious things (muddling abuse with content they find offensive) while trying to promote one of their products.
Oh, I might have messed up one of these posts. I'm avoiding spending time on social media so I didn't notice that.
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
