Sam's Fandom Posts and Stuff

He/Him, Mod is 32 This blog is nothing special. Just a place where I can post stuff, reblog stuff, and talk to y'all. Nothing crazy. Please read rules before interacting

[samsfandompostsandstuff]

Rules of Interaction

If you have triggers, please tell me

This isn't a roleplay blog, but I will do it occasionally, When I do, no godmodding, no smut, no illegal stuff (as in stuff that's illegal to write about), easy on the graphic stuff (i can handle blood and horror themes though), and if you are under the age of 18, the answer is NO! I will not RP with MINORS! And again, this is primarily a personal blog, not an RP blog so please don't flood my inbox with requests and starters

 I don’t do NSFW on this blog. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT send me any Not-Safe-For-Work content of ANY KIND ANYTIME OR ANYWHERE!!!! AND DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT SEND ME ANYTHING ILLEGAL! NO EXCEPTIONS!!! THAT IS THE CASE YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW, AND FOREVER!!!!

If we interact, please be civil and please be patient. I may not be very active

If I do something that upsets you, do let me know and I will apologize.

I will try to tag certain posts that might be upsetting. Please let me know if I slip up.

 I write occasional fun stuff like AUs and things of that nature. If you want to write or make stuff based on those, go ahead, but ask me first and give me due credit.

[birusoda]

something cute to cheer myself up

[brandontheoutcast]

The Path campaign is officially over! Since y’all fought so valiantly in the final hours, here’s one more art piece: Teen Erma and Connor.

[rainbowstory-333]

IMPORTANT

please contact the Senate committee members who aren't guaranteed to support these bills, focusing on Democrats sans ones like Blumenthal: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/about/members/

And if you have time, please keep telling your reps to oppose them too: https://democracy.io/#!/ http://badinternetbills.com

MAKE THOSE CALLS THIS WEEK!! I want to see this information spread all over the internet. Reddit, Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram. You name it. I want to see everyone talk about KOSA and other age verification laws again.

KOSA, KOSMA, and COPPA 2.0 are all age verification laws!!

[rudavoidish]

Y'all if you're American please email your politicians and senators against the parents decide act. I'm fucking begging because we're reaching a tipping point.

[hetrosjistin]

Call or Write Congress About H.R. 8250: Parents Decide Act - GovTrack.us

Quick and easy link to both find your congressmen/women and giving you a quick and easy way to copy / paste the message into it. You want to oppose. It's an act that will demand that all major OS makers integrate a direct forced age verification control into all OS.

[rudavoidish]

I received a comment on this that I figured would be very helpful- it's a template for communicating with your representatives. Be sure to use it for reference

Dear Representative [Name],

I am writing to express my strong opposition to H.R. 8250 (The "Parents Decide Act"). As your constituent and a concerned citizen, I believe this bill introduces unprecedented risks to digital privacy and security.

Specifically, I am alarmed by:

SEC. 2(a)(1)(B): Requiring age verification to even use an operating system creates a mandatory "hardware lockout" that ends anonymous computing and forces users to hand over sensitive identification data to major corporations just to power on their devices.

SEC. 2(a)(3): Mandating that OS providers create a system for all app developers to access verification data is a massive security vulnerability. This effectively creates a centralized API of user identities accessible to thousands of third-party developers, many of whom may lack adequate data protection.

This bill does not protect children; it creates a centralized surveillance infrastructure at the OS level. I urge you to protect the privacy of your constituents and vote NO on H.R. 8250.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Zip Code]

[willowtree1527]

This is a hell that us down under in Australia are already living in, and it’s not even effective at what it claims to do in protecting children.

Given that, in the wake of this mandatory identification policy, my country seems to be moving to hand over its citizens biometric data, like fingerprints, Face ID files, and identification documents, over to the USA and to ICE to maintain the visa free travel (ESTA) we have, I strongly urge any US resident to send these emails, or make calls.

But if you can’t do that, the most powerful thing you can do is spread the word. Tell your friends, family, coworkers, anyone who can help.

My reach will likely be small, and so I don’t know if this will mean very much in the grand scheme of things, but I cannot stand to see this tracking happen to another population as it did to mine.

And if you think it won’t affect you, it will. All anonymity goes out the window when your accounts can be linked via your personal ID

I wish you all luck in preventing this act from going through.

[onthedriftinthetardis]

Even conservatives are coming out against this bill. This substack actually does a good job of laying out why this is such a bad bill, especially the last part:

"The child safety framing is emotionally compelling and deliberately so. The tragic cases Gottheimer cited in his announcement are real. No serious person disputes that children face genuine online dangers. But legislation that mandates universal age verification at the OS level, hands rulemaking authority to the FTC, creates a verified data pipeline to app developers, and covers every general-purpose computing device in your home is not a child safety bill. It is surveillance infrastructure with a child safety label on the front."

The "Parents Decide Act" Doesn't Let Parents Decide Anything

Another day, another game of Digital ID whack-a-mole.

I know we're all exhausted about *gestures to everything* — but PLEASE take the time to write your reps about this bill.

[longhairedanimeguyoftheday]

Today’s long haired anime guy of the day, per request, is: 

Zoisite

[gurotenshi]

2016 abstragedy

[revanhaed]

instagram request 12 of 14! request: “Lukloé or Julrose pls and thank you 🥺🙏”

[estchiyu]

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

[pythonpastel]

Motherhood in the Cretaceous Period

[craftydragonscepter]

Motherhood in the cretaceous

[spacerockband]

Quetzalcoatlus northropi and Xiphactinus, a commission for @velvetladybird

(penny in the last image for scale)

[chernobog13]

Godzilla has a severe case of acid reflux!

[kia-ko]

They grow up so fast 🥹

[nazrigar]

International Women's Day: Mary Shelley and Her Monster

Happy International Women's Day!

Celebrating Mary Shelley, the mother of science fiction, and the many iterations of her monster.

Featuring:

The Toho version

The Del Toro version

The Karloff version

The version seen the earliest sketches with a bit of the description of the original book

Alongside Frankenstein, she was also a pioneer of another sci fi staple, Apocalyptic Fiction via the Last Man.

She lived a fascinating life (with a LOT of personal tragedies), during a fascinating time period, whose writing probably created the foundation of much of modern literature, even outside of science fiction!

[onthedriftinthetardis]

Emails are ignored.

📞 CALLS work!

Stop the lobby, call your MEPs NOW: https://fightchatcontrol.eu

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

See also:

The Battle Over Chat Control: How EU Governments and the Tech Lobby Are Trying to Overturn Parliament's Vote — A Comprehensive Fact Check

This week, the European Parliament faces a decisive vote on whether the indiscriminate scanning of private chats and emails by US tech compa

[shadowlorddemon]

Blue Fire Derpy

(Spoilers for anyone who doesn’t read my fanfic yet)

A drawing of Derpy on fire/Powered Up Derpy from my fanfic ‘(Non)Existent Pains’

Read from the beginning if you’re curious!

(Non)Existent Pains Fanfic Here

[chernobog13]

Godzilla has a severe case of acid reflux!