long story short (for anyone who hadn't heard of this before) the kids online safety act, aka kosa, is a bill that will censor online content and resources for lgbtq+ matters, reproductive healthcare, activism (INCLUDING PALESTINE AND LIKELY OTHER CRISES GOING ON LIKE IN CONGO OR SUDAN), mental health, etc. everywhere--its effects likely won't be contained to just america.
today, july 30th, 2024, the senate passed it 91-3. it has officially moved to the house of representatives.
is this a pretty massive setback? yes. do you have every right to be scared, sad, angry, or whatever else about this happening? absolutely. but should you give up hope completely? NO!
even though kosa passed the senate, the house is on break/august recess at the moment. we have around an entire month to get emails, calls, and faxes in to house reps, maybe more depending on when they decide to vote on it.
should it pass the house and get signed into law, we still have a whole 18 months before it actually goes into effect. this is plenty of time for digital rights orgs (e.g. fight for the future, the electronic frontier foundation) and other groups that oppose it to file a lawsuit against it. even if, worst-case scenario, it flies through the house immediately after the recess ends, we can still fight this up to march 2026.
so, yes, remember what's at stake here, but also remember that it's not over yet. we lost a battle, not the war.
below are some resources to learn more about kosa and how to contact your reps (first link) + a page that lets you directly contact progressive house reps, sign an open letter opposing the bill, and view others' testimonies against it (second link):
FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT.
Hello! I need medication for life to prevent my lungs from collapsing, this implies permanent treatment with steroids, oxygen therapy, control of oxygen in the blood and antibiotics to prevent the development of bacteria in the lungs. I'm afraid I have to insist on this because it may be the only way to get my treatment.I need medication for life to keep my lungs from collapsing, this costs around $700 per month.Things are really tough on me, I can't afford. Please donate 🖤
Im sorry i hope nothing but the best for you but i literally don't even have money i hope you can find other people to donate tho
too many dreams cut short 🍉
bashar is just one of many palestinians you can help continue their lives, dreams, futures, but time is running out and every second counts.
please support him here
life is tiring and hard, so please lets do what we can to take care of each other. RT, share, talk, draw, boycott - do whatever is accessible to you!
My cousins Jana is 2 years old and Juwana 5 years old are happy because they will eat eggs after 30 days 💔
Do you imagine how much time it need to light the fire and fry the eggs
We cook in the open,Please keep sharing and donating
Every $5 can make a difference, helping us flee to safety
As of now, there isn't a Gofundme. Let's ask the following organisations to evacuate this child to safety:
Doctors Without Borders [Website / Instagram / Twitter]
Palestine Children's Relief Fund [Website / Instagram / Twitter]
Medical Aid for Palestinians [Website / Instagram / Twitter]
Palestinian Red Crescent Society [Website / Instagram / Twitter] (you should also message Red Cross)
The Egyptian and Qatari governments (especially if you're a citizen of either country)
Please message them on social media and their websites.
#this is just so vile
He watched his dad burning a live saying my dad gone where should i go now!?
Mostly this kid lost all of his family members
The shit I do when I get bored for a couple hours straight
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Here we go again with the accusations of me being a transphobe piece of shit for making XTale! Frisk and Chara males.
It's been weeks since I've seen people accusing me of Trans-Erasure characters on my series. I don't know what to feel more than anger and frustration. These people really believe I'm punishing trans people existence for two characters which -I repeat over and over again - are from a different universe. I'm not touching their pronouns in their canon versions. Even in the other AUs that preserve the They/Them pronouns.
I'm not even putting the "it's up to player's interpretation" as an excuse, because I don't follow that common thought in the fandom. The thing that I cannot understand is people still trying to see me as a bad person for doing something that is very common in other stories related to multiple universes. Not to mention the other AUs where the author gives a specific identity to the humans in question... Nobody keeps talking about them for months questioning the author and calling them awful names. I've been through a lot of false crimes accusations since last year and people is still trying to find something evil from my part, it feels like they want to go over me because yes, because there can't be people trying to be good and learn, because to this day, I'm still being compared to the other UT animated series I don't even wanna write it's name.
I adore writing characters of any type, and even if my intentions were never to make fun, demonize, threaten, offend, anyone in real life, I've been educating myself for years on things that I didn't have the access to irl. It's weird trying to say and explain this all the time because... it's supposed to be common sense not to be an asshole in a diverse community like Undertale and its AUs! it's just as stupid as being a homphobe in this fandom (I've got more than one hater for the kiss scene in Xtale V, and the flags drawings)... I suppose it's like this because nobody can trust each other anymore, after big names being exposed as actual assholes, and everyone's tired... And I'm tired too of all this you have no idea.
It's been very painful any time I try to look up for fan content about my work to enjoy and get some motivation to just end up finding people doing horrible comparisons and shitting on me because yes, because Jakei is "famous", is big name in the fandom, she's just as evil as the others. Because if the other UT animated series did this and that, then I'm also the same or gonna become the same, that I'm the copy of the bad, that I'll end up just like the others, that I will get involved in a fucked up controversy because that's what always happens, apparently... Now I can't enter my socials without thinking what else will I be accused of every single day.
And I can't even try to defend or explain myself because it turns into "big creator's followers are gonna see my opinion and are gonna send hate to me, I'm being harassed. I was right: Jakei is bad."
I don't have the energy to tell people that I'm not the horrible person they're trying to create in their minds anymore... It's inevitable for me to stop thinking about it when there's also people calling themselves fans of my work, having a specific character as their comfort/favorite one, supporting me with kind words... To see them considering those accusations and not even discussing them to me, nor even correcting me if I actually did something wrong and unforgivable.
I will repeat this again. My intentions are not Erasure an identity of any type. Please understand that the narrative I'm using implies differences between universes. I'm not doing this to harm anyone. If something gave you that impression, I deeply apologize for that.
I'm not doing this to deny your existence.
Please, give me a chance to show you that not all artists and writers are monsters.
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