🦈Who dares enter the They/Them

With what's going on with Subscribestar, it's a good moment to remind you all of something:

Free speech also includes speech you don't agree with, and freedom of artistic expression also includes art you find horrible or disgusting.

And if you go: "Yeah I agree! However-"

Then you don't agree!

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NSFW Artists being attacked on all fronts while the government actively protects pedos is fucking nuts and shouldn't be ignored.

Giga Tanooki Rosalina eating an edible galaxy

okay I looked at it. It’s pretty cool. Thanks for showing me!

big timeskip
party never disbanded 😌

Challenge: Excepted
[Size.Diff]

I know calling reps is very nerve racking. You're not sure what's the right thing to say, and tbh having a script thrown at me makes things just as nerve racking.

I called today, and I figured I'd write up a transcript of how my call went down. Hopefully it helps demystify the process

A digital illustration of the character Ralsei from Deltarune. He is wearing an outfit consisting of a black suspender skirt with buttons, a white dress shirt with short frilly sleeves, and a large straw sun hat. He is sitting on a rock in a beach environment with the ocean and distant land masses behind him. The sky is blue with whispy white clouds. He has one hand on his knee and the other holding his hat in place. His eyes are closed as he tilts his head, grinning happily.

under the blue sky #deltarune #ralsei

Looks like the sharks got their xmas gifts early!
Funni Idea by @woolrool.bsky.social

Dang, another toy broken...
Done for @spicyblahaj.bsky.social!

Full of fish...

Result for November's Poll! You can get to vote on what to draw next for Kyle/Kayla on my Patre0n :3c

Looks like this cat can't handle the fish...🦈
Done for @thegreenthunder.bsky.social

Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed, researchers say

To demonstrate the privacy implications, researchers took a closer look and found a publicly exposed Persona frontend on a US government-authorized server, with 2,456 accessible files. You read that right. According to researcher "Celeste" the exposed code, which has now been removed, sat at a US government-authorized endpoint that appears to have been isolated from its regular work environment. In those files, the researchers found details about the extensive surveillance Persona software performs on its users. Beyond checking their age, the software performs 269 distinct verification checks, runs facial recognition against watchlists and politically exposed persons, screens "adverse media" across 14 categories (including terrorism and espionage), and assigns risk and similarity scores. Persona collects —and can retain for up to three years —IP addresses, browser and device fingerprints, government ID numbers, phone numbers, names, faces, plus a battery of "selfie" analytics like suspicious-entity detection, pose repeat detection, and age inconsistency checks.

According to The Rage, Discord has stated it will not continue to use Persona for age verification. However, other platforms reported to use Persona include: • Roblox: Uses Persona's facial age estimation and ID verification as the core of its "age checks to chat" system. • OpenAl / ChatGPT: OpenAl's help center explains that if you need to verify being 18+, "Persona is a trusted third-party company we use to help verify age," and that Persona may ask for a live selfie and/or government ID. • Lime: The ride-sharing service deploys custom age verification flows with Persona to meet each region's unique requirements. We don't just report on threats - we help protect your social media Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. Protect your social media accounts by using Malwarebytes Identity Thett Protection.

Persona, the age verification company used by Roblox & Discord was hacked.

And despite the company & platforms claiming Persona utilised “zero knowledge” methodologies to verify age, they are gathering user data.

Palantir is one of Persona’s main investors.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

ooh fuuck!
thanks, my personal sweat rag~

My sweaty butt was already itching after my workout at the gym. Make sure to keep it nice and clean~ >:3c

c for @solarflarefan.bsky.social

FISH 🐟

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My fursona, a blue and white seal with purple hair, stinking out their tongue with a smile while wearing a shirt that says "Podcastin'? I'd rather be ROD CASTIN'", with a drawing of themselves fishing on it.

i still love this shirt choice my brain was so huge

✷ PREY ⚠️ PRED ✷

This is amazing

bro certainly ran a marathon to get there
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AND THEN KILLED THEM!!!!!!
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OHHHHHHHHHHHH

yeah i'm ready to play Paragon

Yesterday, Yuvi preserved a Klonoa chara-den! This is an avatar you could use for videophone calls on i-mode keitai. Each number on the keypad corresponds to a different emotion!

hey look a fun history lesson!

Chikn Nuggit @chiknnuggit.buzzfeed.com Absolutely devastated to have to deliver this news. I have loved working at BuzzFeed so much but I have to stand up for what I believe in. Please DO NOT send hate to anyone! If anything changes regarding this, I will let you know. [The rest is a screenshot from another platform] Hi! It's Kyra. Creator and voice actor of Chikn Nuggit. I have some incredibly unfortunate news I'm very saddened to deliver. I will be leaving the show and no longer voicing Chikn. BuzzFeed is going to be requiring Chikn to be fed into Al for a project and I am fully against this. It's being done despite our stance against it. It's entirely out of our control and I'm utterly heartbroken. I am very anti-Al and cannot support this. Thus I am leaving to boycott this. I am so upset it's come to this and I cannot apologize enough for this happening. I can't thank you all ENOUGH for all your incredible support on Chikn Nuggit. As well as the incredible talent of the cast and crew on the show. I love you all so much and this project has been a highlight of my career. I will continue to update everyone on what's going to happen as I hear it. If I lose access to this account, please follow me over on @kyrakupetsky on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram for updates. [Chikn Nuggit waving a banner reading NO AI] Please do not send hate to ANYONE. I just wanted to inform you all what's going on.

Chikn Nuggit @chiknnuggit.buzzfeed.com [The rest is a screenshot from another platform] Al is NOT being used in any of the episodes online. Nor has it ever been. So no episodes that come out after I leave include Al. We recorded scripts/animated episodes before this situation unfolded. So do not fear, eps are Al free and if that ever changes, you will be told. The Al is only being used in a project that none of us can talk about because of NDA but none of us are involved. I'm leaving before this project starts. Everyone on BuzzFeed animation team is against this. It's a situation that's out of everyone's hands. There is a chance I will be given Chikn potentially in the future, in which case I would continue the show as intended with everyone on board. No Al ever. In the meantime we have to wait to see what will happen. For now I'll be doing other projects on my main account. I will answer questions on this account and my main for as long as I have access to this account. [Chikn Nuggit waving a banner reading NO AI]

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reposting for baiken birthday🐄

true imp era!!!!!

one day this will be finished and it will be beautiful