As it was once said, "We all make choices, but that was a choice."
Thank you for explaining things coherently to people in my post in a way I could not.
I'm filled with fury, and my explanations are less than stellar.
The KIDS and ASAA have amendments that say they can't be constitutionally challenged after a rigid of its enforcement.
BREAKING: MPs have rejected a proposed ban on social media for under-16s. The Commons voted 307 to 173, with a majority of 134, against the age-limit
i'm not in a position where i can call my reps (chud parents and basically no privacy depsite being nearly 30) but that's why I'm going to spread the word. Call your reps because I'm not sure I can. I'll try to call em later tonight.
one more thing that annoys me is that people sometimes say "your true colors" to refer to people that are angry, as if it means that being happy and nice is fake. everyone gets angry, buddy. it came free with your fucking emotions. we all have the capacity for anger and hurt
KOSA: government censorship and age verification crap
Screen Act: age verification crap and government surveillance
KIDS ACT: government surveillance
Interstate Obscenity Definition Act: this bullshit bill will ban all porn even if the people in it are over 18
New MP Hannah Spencer was given a police escort after an anti-hate demonstration turned violent. The Green Party MP had made a speech at the Greater Together Manchester event on Sunday afternoon in Piccadilly Gardens.
I try very hard not to use the word Orwellian too much but it’s the best adjective for the mauling of language at the start of this BBC News report. “… an anti-hate demonstration that turned violent”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#savespeech
Been seeing alot more dread, doom, or smug "well this wont work yknow. We lost. All hail the new world order." That wont help us here
Our calls DO matter & ARE the most effective tool in our arsenal rn
Mike is right, & we NEED to keep pushing TOGETHER
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First they came for Adult Sites And I did not speak out Because I was not interested in Adult sites Then they came for chat apps And I did not speak out Because I was not interested in chat apps Then they came for Social Media And I did not speak out Because I was not interested in Social Media Then they locked the whole web behind ID verification Then they came for VPNs And I did not speak out Because I was not interested in VPNs And there was nowhere left To speak up
Hundreds of scientists say stop! ✋🚨
Governments should pause plans for mandatory #AgeChecks on online services until serious #privacy and #security concerns are addressed.
👉 Read more on #AgeVerification, why scientist say NO & whether your country wants it: tuta.com/blog/age-ver...
goddamn is this a breath of fresh air after Allred 2024
#savespeech
If anyone can, please consider calling your Florida reps
To anyone of my followers and those who interested in some of my replies, I need your help! We need to Stop this from Passing! Call your Representatives, Spread this to insta, tumblr, reddit, twitter, Make it as widespread as humanly possible! #SaveSpeech #StopAgeVerification
Yesterday the NHS banned all under 18 prescriptions of HRT for trans young people.
This ban was justified by 10 new studies that largely stated NO EVIDENCE for under 18s HRT exists.
The study underpinning this played one particular trick.
Let's briefly look at how the NHS rigged the game 1/5
A dramatic image with bold text about Idaho House Committee's passage of a social transition ban, set against a grayscale domed ceiling background. Transcribed Text: BREAKING Idaho House Committee Passes Extreme Social Transition Ban HB 822 is alarming government overreach that would allow Idaho politicians to decide how youth dress and act.
BREAKING: An Idaho House Committee passed HB 822. This dangerous and unconstitutional bill would require trusted adults, such as teachers and counselors, to monitor children for signs that they are not conforming to gender stereotypes. Learn more about the bill: buff.ly/7kw0CXu
If gender were the immutable biological reality they claim to believe it is, they wouldn't need to spend so much energy policing it like this.
From mandatory ID cards to arresting pensioners for holding up cardboard signs to cosy deals with US tech spy firms:
It's good to see lawyers pushing back on their increasingly authoritarian Govenrment.
We must protect jury trials.
Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.
You know the best way to kill AI? Don't use it. Don't buy it. Don't share it. Don't give the people who use it your labour or your money.
Private clinics must follow NHS and ban child gender drugs The Daily Telegraph10 Mar 2026By Michael Searles DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR Wes Streeting ordered a review into gender hormone treatments last year WES STREETING has been told to ban private prescriptions of cross-sex hormones to children. The NHS said yesterday that it would stop prescribing the drugs to gender-questioning under-18s because the “available evidence does not support the continued use” of them. A group bringing legal action to secure a ban welcomed the NHS decision but said it would be an “abdication of responsibility” if the Health Secretary allowed private clinics to continue providing them. The drugs, also known as gender-affirming hormones, are now mostly obtained by children and their families from private clinics and online, often unregulated, markets. Mr Streeting announced a review of the medication last May, but no details have been published and private clinics continue to supply them. Legal action to ban cross-sex hormones for under-18s was halted last year in order to give time for this review to be undertaken. However, those behind that challenge are set to issue proceedings once again this week, it is understood, almost one year later. Cross-sex hormones include testosterone and oestrogen, which are taken to help someone change their physical appearance to align with their desired gender, such as by growing hair or breasts. They are different to puberty blockers, which suppress the hormones that support a child’s body and brain to develop into an adult. Paul Conrathe, partner at Conrathe Gardner LLP, which is representing the claimants in this case, told The Telegraph the NHS decision was “overdue”. “While protecting teenagers treated in the NHS, it leaves others vulnerable to treatment from gender activists in the private sector. It would now be irrational and an abdication of the Secretary of State’s responsibility for him to allow private providers to continue to prescri
As expected, they are going after private clinics again [Telegraph]
Paul Conrathe.
What the actual fuck are you even doing here @democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social
The legal scope of a delegated power is determined by its wording, not ministerial assurances. The amendment’s text allows much more than the Government’s stated intentions. In practice, the power could be used to: ● create new criminal offences; ● impose new fees or charges; or ● confer further legislative powers or powers to issue codes of practice or guidance.
Last-minute powers and limited scrutiny www.hansardsociety.org.uk/publications... from @hansardsociety.bsky.social
TL;DR the UK Government is giving itself broad powers to restrict internet services, under the guise of tech regulation and "online safety", with a minimum of democratic oversight
If you'd told me maybe three years ago that a UK news channel would be platforming someone to set out openly racist, far right, violent conspiracy theories, I'm not sure I'd have believed you. And yet here we are. • Sunder Katwala (sun... @sunde... • 5h "There's a genocide happening in this island because it is being taken over by affiferent people that are not indigenous to this land" "I would love to know where you are planning to go when they really turn on us. Because it has happened before + will happen again"
The Times used its initial reporting on the abuse gangs in England as an excuse to declare war on liberalism, multiculturalism and the left broadly as a dire, immediate threat to Our Women, in 2011. And they have relentlessly pursued that war ever since at escalating intensity.
I’m sorry, they’re exploiting people’s reputations and implying users are benefitting from their expertise without their knowledge or permission and have the AUDACITY to put the onus on their damn victims to opt out?!??!
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🏳️⚧️ “We are seeing a rise, to put it bluntly, in fascism. Transphobia is an arm of fascism,” - Olly Alexander speaking to the @wearequeeraf.com podcast
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NEW BRIEFING | The risks of consigning online safety law to delegated legislation
Our latest briefing examines two late-stage government amendments, giving Ministers significant powers to reshape online safety legislation. 🔽
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Again, you are a goddamn hypocrite @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social
wtf, Bluesky's CEO resigned!?!
And got temporarily replaced with the same CEO who oversaw Tumblr's porn ban!?!
I.. wait, wa-...
No fuck this it's too late, I'm going to bed. Somepony else will parse it and I'll read the details later.
Ah yes! Porn that thing all the most misogynistic Republicans want to BAN, especially if its the kinky. Clearly, kinky porn is incredibly beneficial to reinforcing the patriarchy! That's why the hegemonic patriarchial powers all DESPISE porn and want it banned-
That makes sense!
Surely its the PORN doing all the work to reinforce their agenda to normalize their abusive ways! Definitly not the way they keep trying to keep child marriage legal and lower the age of consent while restricting access to reproductive healthcare!
Naw. Its the PORN they keep saying we should BAN.
