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Monster Hunter obsessed nerd, lover of RPGs like DIE and Pathfinder 2; with a healthy dose of pixel art and similar art forms. I follow a ton of artists and indie devs!

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Diabetic Woman Arrested by ICE Almost Died After Being Refused Insulin

Hanne Daguman said she "genuinely feared for [her] health" after being denied insulin, causing her to lose vision and collapse.

07.03.2026 13:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 616 ๐Ÿ” 278 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32 ๐Ÿ“Œ 64
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Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, theyโ€™re under attack.

Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.

05.03.2026 13:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 18008 ๐Ÿ” 6340 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 516 ๐Ÿ“Œ 264
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[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone]

Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

04.03.2026 22:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 9240 ๐Ÿ” 4523 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1051 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1626

If youโ€™re part of any creative groups, unions or other organisations in the uk you should be passing news like this along and spreading the world. News like this gets has the chance to be overlooked but if enough organisations kick up a fuss things can change.

02.03.2026 16:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1156 ๐Ÿ” 1113 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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๐Ÿšจ It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.

This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.

Please spread the word.

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02.03.2026 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 2990 ๐Ÿ” 2505 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 95 ๐Ÿ“Œ 470
Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropicโ€™s Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran.

The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations.

Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropicโ€™s Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran. The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations.

The WSJ is reporting that AI, specifically Claude, was used in targeting for the attacks by the Epstein Empire.

That would mean the use of AI led directly to the massacre of 115 schoolchildren and 20 volleyball players.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

01.03.2026 11:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1025 ๐Ÿ” 481 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43 ๐Ÿ“Œ 83

This is worth mentioning to your friends who traded their ChatGPT for Claude subscriptions - Claude helped kill all of those little girls at school in Iran. Anthropic isnโ€™t ethical AI.

02.03.2026 12:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 513 ๐Ÿ” 230 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Repost if your account is a safe space for the trans community. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

26.02.2026 21:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 5300 ๐Ÿ” 5320 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 145

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.

It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

27.02.2026 14:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 11970 ๐Ÿ” 4775 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 600 ๐Ÿ“Œ 307
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This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. โ€œI consider it to ...

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

24.02.2026 15:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 11751 ๐Ÿ” 5042 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 150 ๐Ÿ“Œ 275

Enshrouded's not incredible, but it's pretty unique imo.

23.02.2026 14:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Text on Twitch's website saying "Verify Your Identity" "Submit proof of identity and location to receive your payout" "In order to receive your payout, you need to verify your identity through Persona, Twitch's identity verification service. You will have 3 tries. Please be ready to provide both of the following: 1. A picture of your government-issued identification card, such as an identity card, passport or driver's license. 2. A "selfie" (i.e., a picture of your face), taken using a webcam or phone camera. By clicking "Start Verification" below, you understand that you will be leaving Twitch and will be redirected to Persona's service, and further understand and acknowledge that Twitch may send Persona limited personal information about you to facilitate the identity verification process, in accordance with Twitch's Privacy Notice. Information you provide to Persona will not be used for any purposes other than to verify your identity and will not be stored for longer than necessary to fulfill this purpose. Need Help? See our detailed onboarding guide." "Start Verification"

Text on Twitch's website saying "Verify Your Identity" "Submit proof of identity and location to receive your payout" "In order to receive your payout, you need to verify your identity through Persona, Twitch's identity verification service. You will have 3 tries. Please be ready to provide both of the following: 1. A picture of your government-issued identification card, such as an identity card, passport or driver's license. 2. A "selfie" (i.e., a picture of your face), taken using a webcam or phone camera. By clicking "Start Verification" below, you understand that you will be leaving Twitch and will be redirected to Persona's service, and further understand and acknowledge that Twitch may send Persona limited personal information about you to facilitate the identity verification process, in accordance with Twitch's Privacy Notice. Information you provide to Persona will not be used for any purposes other than to verify your identity and will not be stored for longer than necessary to fulfill this purpose. Need Help? See our detailed onboarding guide." "Start Verification"

Twitch is requiring new Affiliates, before their first payment, to give government photo ID and a separate photo to Persona, the same Persona that has connections to government mass surveillance programs. When I asked Twitch support for another option, they said there isn't one. #twitch #persona 1/4

22.02.2026 19:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3924 ๐Ÿ” 2899 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 101 ๐Ÿ“Œ 431
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Colorado Lawmakers Push for Age Verification at the Operating System Level Rather than having people verify their age on every app they use, Colorado's SB26-051 would implement a way for devices to share an 'age-bracket' signal to third-party apps.

Alright I clearly need to stop procrastinating on becoming a member of EFF and ACLU.
www.pcmag.com/news/colorad...

21.02.2026 19:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 58 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

This is disgusting. It's never to "protect the children", it's always an attempt to control people and sell their data.
Privacy should be a human right.

22.02.2026 01:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discordโ€™s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet.

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discordโ€™s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel.

โ€œThe state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.โ€

21.02.2026 22:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 6087 ๐Ÿ” 3892 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71 ๐Ÿ“Œ 270

this is the pitch that got so many companies on board and investing in the bubble. This is the naked truth of what capitalists want: pure unhindered income once the annoyance of people needing food, shelter and healthcare is removed. They'll be able to sequester themselves away from us permanently

21.02.2026 23:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 349 ๐Ÿ” 102 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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I didn't know about this Signal For Help hand gesture until today. I'm quite sure that a lot of other people don't know it either (as demonstrated in this video). If you just learned it now too then it was worth posting.

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_...

05.10.2025 22:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2244 ๐Ÿ” 1603 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32 ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
Discord's Face Scan Plan | Extra Credits Gaming
Discord's Face Scan Plan | Extra Credits Gaming YouTube video by Extra Credits

Daily reminder to NOT give Discord your personal data~
Tell 'em to fuck right off with that shit~ (๏พ‰โ—•ใƒฎโ—•)๏พ‰*:๏ฝฅ๏พŸโœง

youtube.com/shorts/TUT7k...

19.02.2026 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Google with AI buttons

Google with AI buttons

Google without AI buttons

Google without AI buttons

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

03.02.2026 00:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 23305 ๐Ÿ” 11625 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 287 ๐Ÿ“Œ 229
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So I guess it didnt matter when Australia forced the age verification a few months back.

I already verified then and now I have to do it again just so Palantir can have my information?

Get outta here

19.02.2026 07:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1056 ๐Ÿ” 291 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42 ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

Don't give discord your face or ID.

Do not.

14.02.2026 16:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 65 ๐Ÿ” 24 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Want to repeat what's being mentioned in the replies; Kotaku's headline is misleading and the article is vague. Discord did NOT cut ties!

15.02.2026 20:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 157 ๐Ÿ” 79 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

good job to all the posters who are helping make it a dangerous business model for businesses like Ring and Discord to work with fascists

14.02.2026 21:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 638 ๐Ÿ” 65 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've had a Discord account since 2017.
By their TOS, i could not / should not have signed up before i was 13, meaning they should already know i'm at least 19 Y.O.
This was never about protecting children, it's about destroying privacy.

18.02.2026 11:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just in case it wasn't clear:
FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISCORD FUCK DISC-

18.02.2026 11:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Notice reading: "Important: If you're located in the UK, you may be part of an experiment where your information will be processed by an age-assurance vendor, Persona. The information you submit will be temporarily stored for up to 7 days, then deleted. For ID document verification, all details are blurred except your photo and date of birth, so only what's truly needed for age verification is used."

Notice reading: "Important: If you're located in the UK, you may be part of an experiment where your information will be processed by an age-assurance vendor, Persona. The information you submit will be temporarily stored for up to 7 days, then deleted. For ID document verification, all details are blurred except your photo and date of birth, so only what's truly needed for age verification is used."

Discord advises UK users that they "may be part of an experiment" where instead of their age verification data never leaving their phone, it will now actually leave their phone
www.eurogamer.net/discord-advi...

14.02.2026 18:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2465 ๐Ÿ” 1429 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58 ๐Ÿ“Œ 244

It's kinda why it's more important to bully Discord as much as possible, since not only are there not that many good alternaltives, Discord has been known to fold due to immense backlash before

15.02.2026 23:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 258 ๐Ÿ” 151 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Do not give your ID to Discord Current age-verification processes are dangerous to anonymity, free speech, and access to information. Period.

You probably shouldn't trust Discord with your anonymity.

www.rogue.site/news/do-not-...

16.02.2026 17:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 263 ๐Ÿ” 134 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2