Olives @olives@qoto.org

Have I ever mentioned how the standard for defending porn can be so cartoonishly high that you practically have to show reductions in crime or other unambiguously good things to defend it.

Puritans.

I think if the Internet has shown anything, it is that worries about minors and porn are greatly exaggerated.

https://reason.com/2023/09/08/california-lawmakers-approve-bill-decriminalizing-magic-mushrooms/

"California might soon become the third state to decriminalize natural psychedelics. On Thursday, lawmakers in the state Senate approved S.B. 58, which removes criminal penalties for the personal possession and use of psilocybin-containing mushrooms, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and mescaline by people 21 years and older.

The state Assembly approved the bill on Wednesday."

""California's veterans, first responders, and others struggling with PTSD, depression, and addiction deserve access to these promising plant medicines," state Sen. Scott Wiener (D–San Francisco), the bill's author, said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times. "It's time to stop criminalizing people who use psychedelics for healing or personal well-being.""

"California is paring back onerous environmental reviews of new housing projects."

"Under the old regime, localities would have to study the impact of new subsidized housing when issuing permits for the housing and when funding the new housing."

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/634725 It's probably not too late to sign that petition to oppose the OSB I guess, although it might be time for another one soon.

Also, write to MPs and such to oppose the OSB. That'd be a good idea.

The think of the children people are actually mocking privacy activists for imagining that the British Government might not use the anti-privacy powers in the OSB.

I suggest taking note of that and pushing against this bill even harder.

The OSB is still awful.

New members have been appointed to the Australian Classification Board. The previous ones were appointed by a very right wing government, so I doubt anyone will miss them.

I'd say it's an anime about cute girls being cute.

Jumping up in excitement is presumably her reaction to being the strongest, lol.

Arresting someone for posting spoilers has got to be the biggest abuse of criminal copyright laws so far. Surprising even for Japan.

Copyright.

https://reason.com/2023/09/09/a-cop-jailed-her-for-2-years-on-fake-charges-will-she-ever-get-justice/

"A Minnesota woman has resuscitated her effort to sue a police officer who jailed her as a teenager for two years on false charges associated with a sham sex trafficking investigation that the FBI once billed as its largest human trafficking crackdown."

"St. Paul police officer Heather Weyker"

"Some of those problems included Weyker lying under oath, coercing witnesses, editing police reports, and making up evidence."

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/07/south-dakota-looks-like-it-might-be-the-next-state-asked-to-explain-its-stupid-vanity-plate-laws-to-a-federal-court/

"It’s OK to be a “HELLCAT,” but not a “HELLBOY.” Don’t tell anybody to “HLDMYBR,” but it’s fine to go on a “BEERRUN.” And don’t say “IH8U,” but “YUH8ME” is acceptable.

Those are some of the inconsistencies in state government’s evaluation of specialized vehicle license plate requests, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota. The ACLU sent a letter to state officials Tuesday citing what the organization described as actual examples of approvals and denials."