doing seagull things

I'm 20, some of the things I really like are pokemon, digimon, dragons, and almost anything with giant robots in it, or robots in general. but this blog is kinda more like a journal to collect my thoughts than anything else. please do not tag me in anything not related to what I talk about on this blog, and things that I have commented on, thank you

[neptune-ch1pzz]

We have more time

Don’t give up and keep bothering your senators

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[just-a-seagull]

IMPORTANT.

[roxierambles]

"Why is KOSA so bad? We shouldn't let kids on the Internet anyway"

Lots of people have this response to KOSA and I can understand where they're coming from. I'm very aware how crazy the Internet can get, and I worry sometimes about what kids could be getting into online. It's no wonder that people see this stuff as a good thing. Protecting kids and keeping them from getting into trouble online is NOT the problem here. It's HOW they're trying to do it. KOSA would create a world where you have two choices: 1. Give social media your personal info, your face, ID, or anything else that you SHOULDN'T put on the Internet 2. Be either locked out of your account OR being given a restricted, censored Internet. If you are queer, trans, a person who gets harassed online, or if you're in any other situation where anonymity could be keeping you safe, then THIS IS DANGEROUS. If you have people online harassing you, threatening you, your anonymity PREVENTS those people from being able to find you. If your ID/face is in a hackable database, that info can be sold to dangerous people. And I don't think people talk enough about how this can be dangerous to minors as well. For one, all minors would have to give images of their face to companies. Not only that, but a lot of teens are in situations (like abuse, low income, etc.) where they have nowhere else to go if they want to find support, friends, or info that could help them through struggles or very well save their LIVES. THOSE teens would have to choose between putting THEIR personal info online, or losing access to their friends or support forums. But if you want to keep that privacy and safety, the only other option would be to have a restricted, censored Internet. Whether or not you're an adult. You could be locked out of accounts that you need for work, or that you need to communicate with people. Yes, kids get into trouble online. I have heard very scary stories of how crazy the Internet can be. But I feel like we can come up with better solutions that don't put everyone (kids and adults) in more risk.

[just-a-seagull]

THIS POST IS OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE.

[hollowistheworld]

I really can and will blame the 9-5 for everything. "We're in a loneliness epidemic" well, we have to spend a third of our day interacting with people in a professional way that makes forming real friendships difficult and then we're peopled out by the time we're done. "People are eating more and more unhealthily" people have to spend more than a third of their day doing work related tasks and they don't want to spend their tiny amount of free time making food. "People aren't involved in their local communities" after spending more than a third of their day doing work related things people are tired and also all those community events take place during normal working hours. "People need to get more hobbies" after spending more than a third of their day working, people are TIRED and don't want to do anything that takes yet more energy. "Literacy is dying" to maintain your critical thinking skills you need to read/watch things that make you think and after spending more than a third of your day doing work related stuff you are TIRED and don't want to expend even more brainnpower. "People need to get outside more" People. Are. TIRED. Because they have to spend all of their time working or preparing for work or recovering from work or doing all the chores they couldn't stay on top of because of work. I can blame fucking anything on having to work, it is truly the root of all fucking evil.

[just-a-seagull]

This. Just this.

[adultlikers]

[porksweats]

e me a mail

[fortooate]

make the attachment a pic of a snail

[jumpingjacktrash]

give me two gifs

of critters in clover

[nuclearcarrots]

then photoshop them on the CLIIIIIIIFFS OF DOVER

[no-one-offical]

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[morweneclipsed]

the KIDS act passed the house today. 267-117, 47 not voting.

that's not great. but it's not the whole story.

a few things got worse right before the vote too. the language that explicitly protected encryption, saying the bill couldn't be used to force platforms to weaken it, got quietly stripped out on Friday. that safeguard just doesn't exist anymore.

but this isn't over. it heads to the senate next, and the senate is genuinely not on board. blumenthal and cantwell, two of the senators who wrote the original KOSA, are saying they don't want this version near a markup. blackburn, a republican and the other original author, called the missing duty of care provision a red line.

worth being clear here, blackburn isn't on our side. she wants the policy stronger, not gone. but that's still a crack we can use. her opposition means the house version has zero guaranteed path through the senate as written, and a stalled bill is a bill that isn't law yet. use her objection, don't trust her motive.

senate commerce hasn't even scheduled a markup yet. that's the next pressure point. this thing has died or gotten majorly rewritten at this stage before.

contact your senators: find yours here. tell them you don't want the house version anywhere near a vote.

and remember, if you have to, contact your senators scared. anything helps.

this fight isn't lost. it's just moved.

[just-a-seagull]

IMPORTANT.

[just-a-seagull]

Ok, I'm gonna do this poll again since apparently noone saw it. So while I was getting started with a chespin run of y in preparation for the badge quest (it's so I can get moltres) i just randomly ran into a shiny caterpie, so my question is

should the caterpie count as the first caught member of the badge quest after my starter?

yes, it does count

no, it doesn't count

Voting ended onJul 2

[gaslit-dipshits]

[appalachian-werewolf]

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[reasonsforhope]

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[just-a-seagull]

THIS POST IS OF MAJOR STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE.

[dduane]

KOSA again, with a different name… and they’re trying to sneak it past you before July 4th. CALL YOUR REPS!

The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online

Buried inside the KIDS Act are provisions that will push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation p

Like the man said…the shadow takes another form and ruses again. Time to make some calls and let them know we’re watching.

[just-a-seagull]

THIS POST IS OF STRATEGIC IMPORT.

[smthleon]

Reminder for all of my American followers to call up your senators on June 29th!! KOSA goes into voting tomorrow!!!

[just-a-seagull]

IMPORTANT.

[youtube-privacy-union]

To the doomer who saw the KIDS act passing as evidence of us needing to give up and allow these laws to pass

Your wrong

It’s just a fact, that your wrong

The KIDS act didn’t pass with flying colors, it barley passed with a whole lot of NO’s

It’s NOT hopeless, it’s NOT useless, thinking there’s no point is the real reason why they have a chance of passing these laws

Spreading the idea of giving up will allow them to win, they want you to give up

Don’t allow others to give up, remind them that there is still hope, call your representatives and tell everyone that this can be stopped

So don’t allow these hopeless thoughts consume you

Fight well

Fight!

Oppose KOSA and the KIDS Act (UPDATED 6/24) - HOUSE VOTE THIS WEEK ⭑ 5 Calls

Updates June 24, 2026: The House Energy & Commerce Committee announced a bipartisan deal on a revised version of the KIDS Act, H.R. 7757. T

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[just-a-seagull]

THIS POST IS OF STRATEGIC IMPORT.

[just-a-seagull]

Hey, so I'm gonna do a shiny only run of pokemon y, I've been intending to for a while now, but I need a bit of help coming to a decision on something first

which starter should I pick?

fennekin

froakie

chespin

Voting ended onJul 1

Thank you all in advance!

[just-a-seagull]

Ok, so, an addendum to this, while I was starting a run of y with chespin today (to get moltres so I can pick whichever starter I wanted for the badge quest without resetting later) I got a random shiny caterpie on the route before the forest, so my question is

should this be able to count as the second team member after the starter?

yes, it counts

no, it doesn't count

Voting ended onJul 3

[just-a-seagull]

Hey, so I'm gonna do a shiny only run of pokemon y, I've been intending to for a while now, but I need a bit of help coming to a decision on something first

which starter should I pick?

fennekin

froakie

chespin

Voting ended onJul 1

Thank you all in advance!

[endivinity]

it's pupy

[just-a-seagull]

BLUPPY!!!!

[kimiko24]

I fucking love this video

[just-a-seagull]

@honey-minded-hivemind PUPPY NO JUTSU!!!!!!!!

[crafblr]

btw I’ve found these stretches from the WAK blog very helpful when knitting a lot:

Plus make sure to take breaks regularly - and stop if anything starts to hurt!

especially with gift knitting I know it can be tempting to push through it for a deadline, but it’s really not worth causing long term injury. (And anyone knit-worthy should be understanding of that, imho.) Stay well :)

[gingersnappish]

Also good for artists drawing with pencils/on a tablet/with a pen!

[not-poignant]

Also good for writers

[algrenion]

this video has been all that i think about for days now

[witchofthesouls]

It would be really cool to see more Transformers transmigration fics (with trope of a human soul dropped/reincarnated into Cybertronian frame) but rather on Cybertron, it's with the Lost Colonies:

An Acolyte to become the Mistress of Flame of Caminus

Human wakes up in a Devisen frame... and their 'twin' is absolutely aware

An unnamed descendant of the original scientists that went with Navitas

One of the many unnamed First Ones of Carcer

One of the beastformers on Eukaris

Another Prion survivor

Unnamed Titan

[just-a-seagull]

Could someone please do this? It'd be awesome!