@customdesigned @freemo That's one possibility. It could be that they're over aggressively blocking IPs and some are getting unfairly swept up by that.
@gnitro Old poll but Laid Back Camp and Dance in the Vampire Bund are cool anime (although, dunno if you'll like the second one, it's a pretty niche one, the first one has pretty chill cute vibes).
Time for the next #anime #poll to allow the #fediverse to decide my viewing fate.
Here are the 5 choices chosen at random! Poll will run for 24 hours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0 For #nostalgia, try the sound of dial up internet.
Waiting for the R18 version.
My Instant Seduction Ability Is So Overpowered, No One In This Other World Stands A Chance Against Me!
Lol, that's a joke.
I watched it but I didn't really like it so probably not.
@customdesigned @freemo Curiously, trying to open that page (outside of QOTO) gives a 403.
https://www.howtogeek.com/357785/what-is-a-403-forbidden-error-and-how-can-i-fix-it/
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2023/08/01/lawsuit-over-texas-abortion-ban-could-be-a-model-in-other-states/ That is an interesting legal tactic.
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2023/07/26/sex-therapy-isolation-concerns-pile-up-in-arkansas-juvenile-lockups/ Incarcerated minors sexually assaulted by staff at Arkansas facility. Other problems there too.
"Five of eight juveniles interviewed by DYS investigators said that Mansfield staff would confine five youths to their rooms for 59 minutes at a time before rotating them out with five others in an apparent attempt to circumvent DYS isolation policy."
Ugh.
"engaged in “deviant sexual activity” with another"
I don't see how an activity being "deviant" is supposed to make a difference here (awful either way)? What does "deviant" even mean?
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2023/07/29/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-two-sections-of-arkansas-library-obscenity-law/ Parts of this book ban bill won't go into force in Arkansas though. A judge has blocked them.
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2023/07/31/hundreds-of-new-arkansas-laws-set-to-take-effect-aug-1/
Pointing out that these internet laws (and a few others, probably) are unconstitutional (and from I remember, are held up in court)...
A bill forcing teachers in public schools to call students by their "birth name", unless they have parental consent and the teacher can just ignore parental preferences to call them by their "birth name" anyway.
A bill allowing someone who was "operated on as a minor" to sue the doctor for up to 15 years after they turn 18.
A bill mandates that students at public and charter schools use the bathroom matching their gender assigned at birth.
The "Protect Arkansas" Act is a complete mess. Some highlights:
Possession of (actual) child porn is punished more harshly (no parole) than things related to contact offenses (i.e. employing or consenting to the use of a child in a sexual performance).
Claiming something is actual child porn when it's not ("pandering") too.
They appear to criminalize HIV? That is usually a bad thing o.O
A felon possessing a firearm is treated the same as a murderer (no parole) o.O
No parole for "fleeing".
"Promoting prostitution, if a Class B felony" (this usually means something like promoting a specific prostitution, rather than advocacy). Suspicious...
"Performing an abortion in violation of Arkansas’ abortion ban" Have to serve out 85% of the sentence before being eligible for parole.
"Trafficking a controlled substance" Have to serve out 85% of the sentence before being eligible for parole.
"Terrorism, making a terrorist threat, falsely communicating a terrorist threat or hindering the prosecution of terrorism"
If someone calls in a bomb threat, they have to serve out 85% of the sentence before being eligible for parole.
"Encouraging suicide" If someone is an internet troll, they will presumably have to serve out 85% of their sentence before being eligible for parole.
@Moosader Having an "unusual" sexuality can also make you feel like a space alien in a way.
Boosting this study in #asexual too (as they're the main ones it covers), although this one looks less active.
@poppamunz @evangreer https://www.techdirt.com/2022/09/08/congress-kids-online-safety-act-puts-kids-at-risk-through-fuzzy-language/ Here's an article on the first KOSA.
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/09/20/the-internet-is-not-disneyland-people-should-stop-demanding-it-become-disneyland/ Another article on it.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/27/congress-pretends-its-fixed-all-the-problems-with-kosa-it-hasnt/ A more recent one.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5v9b7/lgbtq-youth-are-under-attack-why-are-democrats-pushing-a-bill-that-hurts-them-even-more Evan writes about KOSA.
The sort of charlatans who have abused "concerns":
https://reason.com/2022/04/09/the-new-campaign-for-a-sex-free-internet/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_on_Sexual_Exploitation
https://reason.com/2023/03/17/states-try-to-reform-prostitution-laws-for-better-and-worse/
This isn't even a drop in the bucket of content I could cover.
https://reclaimthenet.org/australias-draconian-misinformation-bill-threatens-to-usher-in-unprecedented-era-of-illiberal-double-standards-warns-victorian-bar Victorian Bar (Victoria is one of the states which makes up Australia) criticizes proposed misinformation bill.
https://reason.com/2023/07/31/fbi-made-inappropriate-use-of-foreign-surveillance-program-to-spy-on-americans/ Another article on the FBI's abuse of Section 702 and calls for reform.
@Richardn Other than Ghost in the Shell, are there other anime you really like?
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