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Word of caution, do NOT read the original manga. It’s kind of infamous for the incredibly controversial direction the story goes in the second half, which the anime thankfully omits.

Conservatives have been labeling anything and everything they don’t like as “porn”. A queer romance novel is “porn”. Two male characters kissing on television is “porn”. Drag queen story time is “porn”. The picture book Heather Has Two Mommies is “porn”. And the thing they’re really most afraid of, educational resources for LGBTQ youth are “porn”.

So by declaring porn illegal, they now have a pretext to go after everything they call “porn”. Their goal isn’t to remove all porn from the internet, it’s to make it harder for people who need those educational resources to access them. It’s not about porn, it’s about “porn”.

Then how did the right win by doing the exact opposite?

They may not know how their own voice sounds, but they are definitely aware that Deaf people are often perceived as sounding odd. Some Deaf people put a lot of practice into learning how to speak, sometimes even with the help of a vocal coach. Others may choose not to even try because of it.

I’m here making a point, and you’re willfully ignoring that point to pretend I agree with you.

Did you miss the part where I’m pointing out the fact that it won’t happen? I’m not agreeing with you, I’m making a point.

They should have. But they won’t.

I’m against the death penalty because I don’t believe it should be necessary in a just world, nor should the state ever be trusted with that kind of power.

However, I see the guillotine as symbolizing the last resort in an unjust world. The worst monsters in society commit their injustices in broad daylight, and nothing will be done about it. We know that justice will never be served through the courts. So what then?

I don’t like framing things in terms of doing a bad thing = being a bad person.

But they are undoubtedly doing a bad thing, street racing endangers bystanders and can get people seriously hurt or even killed.

TBH, it’s starting to feel like bringing up Epstein in response to every single headline is itself becoming a distraction.

Humans lived past 38 long before modern technology.

It’s 少年. How you want to transliterate that into our alphabet is open to interpretation.

I watched it.

Stewart was very much saying something. If you haven’t seen last night’s episode, go take a look.

I wish decentralized platforms could be the future, but realistically, corporations hold the power and the momentum, and they will do everything they can to keep it that way. Even when one platform does enshittify too hard and die, users will go to the next corporate platform with the biggest advertising budget.

Still, I’ll do what I can to help build this corner up for those who want to try.

That’s fine, the exact number isn’t really important. I kind of went for an intentional highball to pitch this as a closer compromise to how long copyright currently lasts.

I’m all in favor of shortening copyright length, but it shouldn’t be tied to a creator’s lifespan. It’s too variable, and it doesn’t make sense for anything that more than one person worked on.

I think a reasonable compromise would be 20 years default, after which point you could apply for a 5 year extension twice. Extensions will only be granted if the work is still being made accessible, either new physical copies are being printed or digital distribution is available.

But I would also include a clause that if a work is no longer accessible, such as being pulled from streaming services, an online game being shut down, software not updated to be compatible with modern platforms, etc, copyright is considered to be in a weaker state where end users are permitted to pirate it for noncommercial purposes.

There’s an argument to be made that ICANN shouldn’t have made .zip a valid TLD due to potential confusion. But that’s ICANN’s problem, and it’s a bit too late to undo that mistake now. You don’t need to worry that there’s something wrong with a Fediverse instance using it. As long as you can tell the difference between a community and a zip file, nothing bad is going to happen.

Takopi’s Original Sin.