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Everyone shut up and look at this carving of a whale from the 1200-600 CE Chumash culture

ohhhhhh my godddddd

today's reason I fucking love the open source community: Ageless Linux, a brand new Debian-based operating system specifically designed to break the law by giving children access to computers that explicitly refuse to track their age.

dragon-in-a-fez

reblog this post to help a child break the law

0x5742

oh goddamn this whole page goes so hard actually, please go read it. what an impressive, visceral takedown of this dumb law

ralfmaximus

As of June 29, 2026 the law discussed here is a recently passed California state law (AB 1043) that requires age validation before using a computer connected to the internet. This is expected to happen at the operating system level, when you login to Windows, MacOS, Linux, etc.

Ageless Linux intends to force the issue before the California state supreme court, then ultimately (probably) the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). It's a stupid, dangerous law, voted into place by legislators who either don't understand the core issue OR knowingly voted for it because they're assholes.

California is an influential state in the US. Many laws & regulations passed there eventually trickle out to most states. That's why it's worrisome to see this kind of thing rammed through, and why it's important to fight it.

Also, it doesn't matter if you use Linux or not. Or whether you live in California or not. Visit their site, read the text, learn what's going on with access to computing in this hellscape timeline.

escapekit

Polar bear Station Russian-based wildlife photographer Dmitry Kokh ventured to an abandoned meteorological station on Kolyuchin Island, where polar bears have taken over the station.

thememedaddy

bbbunnygutsss

*sighs dejectedly* okayyy you got me, I care *smashes head into nearest wall with such force my skull is crushed like a beer can*

puppygirllaika

If you're struggling to write sex, write food. if you're struggling to write food, write gore. if you're struggling to write gore, write sex. They're all variations on the same themes.

puppygirllaika

it's all sensation and consumption and intimacy. it's all violence and beauty and taste. it's all wild and animalistic and elevated by our humanity. it's all deeply cultural and symbolic. it's all enjoyed by every sense the body has to offer.

yellow-cat

(voice of a person spiralling) its embarrassing but i still havent figured out if its ok for me to be alive

cozyindungeon

the way aragorn runs is so chaotic

jesterbells

@tathrin's tags have been vetted and approved

#that is a man who A: has tripped over his sword before and been laughed at by EVERY ELF IN RIVENDELL and is NOT going to do it again#and B: knows that he has more leg than anyone else in the room and is GOING TO USE IT BY GODS#he is COVERING GROUND with every step#he got that moniker of strider through HARD HONEST WORK (and very very big steps)#aragorn#lotr movies#viggo mortensen

floating-in-the-blue

#So basically. He runs like an actual real person would over uneven ground 😂#The Hollywood Run is pretty to watch sure but also takes place on a paved surface usually#There is no way to look dignified whilst running across lumpy bumpy ground down across a hill. Unless one is an actual gazelle#thankyou Mr. Viggo for that Real Human rep (saving @jonairadreaming's excellent tags because everyone who has ever tried running down an incline over uneven, possibly shifting, ground knows you try to get down there as fast as possible with the least amount of time of foot actually touching the ground and constantly being prepared to shift your weight to keep your balance. By the time the stones actually shift from your weight you already want to be two steps away)

elodieunderglass

He’s so leg

ambidisastrous

People who work within a system: okay so studies show that the normal system works 90% of the time, but because it’s very bad when it doesn’t work, we’ve set up a process to manage those outliers. We need six well-trained workers to run the system 100% of the time without any serious incidents.

CEOs and politicians, every time: Well i just saw it go right twice in a row which means the normal system which you say works 90% of the time actually works 100% of the time. We’re cutting the team down to one person pulling 18 hour shifts without breaks

saltedweather

(explosive diarrhea ensues)

dogpuppy

merps

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gaydiation-poisoning

Yes yes softness is cool and kindness is punk sure sure but too many of y'all legitimately think you can nicies your way out of oppression

gaydiation-poisoning

I also think people are too mean sometimes, I also agree there is a lot to be said about how within opressed communities some folks take oppression as a list of people they're allowed to be shitty to. There's a lot to be said there.

But again, a few too many of y'all are getting a bit too bold with the idea that kindness can solve anything and everything, and treating anyone who thinks otherwise as Evil Bullies for not wanting to be nice to people hurling slurs at them.

gaydiation-poisoning

I think it's not a stretch to say it's another form of tone policing. The concept of kindness used as a bludgeon to sand off the edges of people fighting for their lives their entire lives. And it, notably, always comes from people who've never had to be mean to protect themselves.

Be quiet.

Be agreeable.

Be civil.

Be soft.

Be sweet.

Be KIND.

I AM kind. We ARE kind. Just not to the people trying to fucking kill us, and those happy to do their dirty work for them and shame shut into shutting up.

This is not an endorsement to snap at whoever you want, permission for you to take your anger and pain out on whoever you see fit. Go to hell if you think like that.

But it IS a warning against those who want you to hide your teeth because the sight of them makes them uncomfortable.

ri5k

the replacement of websites with apps sounds so backwards when you actually describe it. like hmm you have to download an entire program onto your device each time you want access to a portal, where it takes up storage indefinitely. somebody should invent an app where you can "browse" any portal just by typing in its address... 🥴