Olives @olives@qoto.org

MacLeod is very cool, if you're looking for free royalty free music, although the drawback is that it is free royalty free music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfuZiYT_OxU Best Kevin MacLeod track. Lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z59KTrwz5fY Has anyone else noticed Netflix trying to create wannabe #anime?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_MacLeod The generic music sounds as if it could've been composed by Kevin MacLeod.

The entire appeal behind Kevin's music is that it's free.

The character designs look pretty generic.

More specifically, the E.U.

While it's fairly likely it'd be annulled by the E.U.'s Court for violating the Charter of Fundamental Rights, if you don't want this to come to pass, you should join in contacting MEPs / national government reps to oppose this fascist creation.

chatcontrol.wtf

https://qoto.org/@olives/110405667698682416 Words on age verification.

https://qoto.org/@olives/110381983321917791 Similar move in the U.S.

https://www.freespeechcoalition.com/report The Free Speech Coalition wants to know about cases of social media censorship, particularly when it pertains to adult content, although claiming something is adult when it's not likely counts too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States Did you know that software code is protected by the First Amendment?

https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-bills/
In the United States, there are a number of "age verification" bills at the state level (these bills make it a pain for anyone to use a porn site) for you to contact reps to oppose.

I don't know if this is a complete list of them.

They use precisely the rhetorical tactic you'd expect, even though minors view porn and seem fine (even if we'd prefer they didn't).

A lot of it seems to be pushed by a certain infamous religiously motivated group. This group is based in Utah.

https://qoto.org/@olives/110382603821087306
https://qoto.org/@olives/110383293176711628
I covered similar initiatives in other countries here.

These bills are an affront to the Constitution. Similar bills were ruled unconstitutional by courts in the past.

They deprive you of your right to privacy and chill free expression. Also, under the First Amendment, you have a right to anonymity.

If you didn't know, the Chinese Communist Party absolutely hates the LGBT and censors everything to do with that.

There's now an anime where otaku are being oppressed by the government? Interesting.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201601/evidence-mounts-more-porn-less-sexual-assault
As far as porn is concerned, some studies even indicate lower crime rates and abusers having consumed *less* porn than other groups.

I'm less concerned about that though, and more whether anyone's been harmed by it. If it involves consenting adults / non-existent people, I think that's fine.

I don't really care about particular kinks, even if they're real weird to me, hey, whatever makes someone happy.

I don't know how well hashtags work on fediverse. Here's one for #OnlineSafetyBill.

It'd be cool if Mastodon implemented the ability to schedule posts.

https://pen.org/press-release/pen-america-responds-to-defunding-of-kinsey-institute-as-another-alarming-step-in-effort-to-exert-political-control-over-higher-education/ Republican Indiana House votes to defund #Kinsey Institute at Indiana University.

Writing to your MEPs, writing to your national governments, and getting others to do so as well would greatly assist in taking down this bill.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/01/twitter-abruptly-stops-reporting-on-govt-requests-as-data-reveals-elon-obeys-govt-demands-way-more-often-than-old-twitter/ Old Twitter was bad. New Twitter bows to government requests far more.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/internet-dodges-censorship-supreme-court U.S. Supreme Court declines to censor the Internet by uprooting a foundational law protecting freedom of expression and innovation, Section 230.