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AO3 IS IN TROUBLE IF CALIFORNIAN AGE VERIFICATION LAW PASSES

An upcoming Age verification bill centered in California will be voted on Monday-- And as always,instead of actually protecting kids, it will lead to more online censorship and privacy risks, as it will force websites hosting to verify their users age by sending their ID, your browser history would be linked to it. if you live California, call your reps and tell them to oppose the bill AB3080 as it highly unconstitutional.

They also deem LGBT content harmful to minors, as well as mentions of weapons and tobacco, putting them on the same level as NSFW content.

Since AO3 headquarters reside in California, much like Reddit, Twitter,Discord and Youtube (and others) who knows how bad the effects would be. Instead of just effecting Californians (even then its concerning.) the effects would be US or even worldwide. VPNs wont help.

Please take actions here (a script is included to help you) https://www.defendonlineprivacy.com/ca/action.php

Find your rep here https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/

You can also send faxes using this https://faxzero.com/

If you don't live in California, please talk about this,tag your friends and urge others to take actions, make posts and tweets using the hashtags AB3080 and NoOnAB3080

More info HERE

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To reiterate: Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon and other such books, blocked me on Twitter for calling him out about his AI-generated cover.

Tor has admitted he approved this cover and they have been consulting him every step of the way. He is complicit.

It’s honestly so fucking frustrating that this is going to go forward. That the cover to Fractal Noise is gonna be published with AI art that has ripped off other artists. And neither the author nor the publisher give one flying fuck about it.

I don’t think a lot of people really understand what this means. Book cover art is already nearly universally shitty. You go look at fantasy art covers, and they’re all photomanipulations, generally a single girl on the cover doing magic or looking into the distance. There’s no variety. But at least people get paid for them.

With AI art, artists don’t get paid. You know who does? The people who made the dataset. The people who sold the “cover.” Even though it took less than 20 minutes to make.

If this isn’t infuriating you, I don’t know what the hell else to say. Machine learning is coming for everyone’s jobs, and corporate wallets don’t care if it’s safe or not. Certain areas are already experimenting with AI Amazon deliveries, and it’s been hinted that long-haul trucking is next.

This is unacceptable. PLEASE. I’m not going to guilt you into sharing this, but it is CRITICAL that we take a stand now and STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING. If you follow me, I am asking you as a friend to share this, and to find it in your heart to put pressure on people who publish AI art without paying artists.

Tor could change the cover. They’re not, because they’re using Fractal Noise as a test run to see if they can get away with it. Don’t let them. I don’t care how much you like Paolini’s work (although I think Eragon was a boring slog, so I had no qualms about calling him out), you HAVE to do your best to make this stop.

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Come check out my booth at AFASG (Nov 25-27th) over at the Creator Hub Booth 151!! My friends, @missing24seven and @himekoharem, will be helping me out!

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Drew this back when i finished Shadowbringers, one of the best jrpg experiences i’ve ever had. Sob!!! It’s still near and dear to my heart.

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Thank you everyone so so much that have supported me in making this comic! It’s been a really long process to get this far and I’m so happy to finally be able to share it. I’m going to post updates of this comic daily for a little while, I want to get the story rolling! Next page —->

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You can’t fool this boy, he knows all his dads old-man tricks

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A small announcement! I now have a SubscribeStar page for anyone that wants to support the comic and get up to 7 pages ahead on updates! I might also make a Patreon page if anyone would prefer to support there? https://subscribestar.com/debaucharade

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Some exposition! 

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This is it, the final page! Thank you so much everyone that have been with me and supported me throughout making this. It’s been so fun to do this together with you all.

For anyone that want to read the comic in its entirety, the completed comic is now available on gumroad ——> https://gum.co/hCfxL

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That ends the prolog, I hope it's intresting so far! There is going to be a little break now before the rest of the story continues.

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Is this horribly cliche? The answer is; yes, most definitely 

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Page 5! Is a perfectly good jelly sandwich about to be wasted? Stay tuned to find out!

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Thank you everyone so so much that have supported me in making this comic! It’s been a really long process to get this far and I'm so happy to finally be able to share it. I'm going to post updates of this comic daily for a little while, I want to get the story rolling! Next page ---->

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Next page is scheduled one week from now!

For anyone that want to read the comic in its entirety, the completed comic is now available on gumroad ——> https://gum.co/hCfxL

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For anyone that want to read the comic in its entirety, the completed comic is now available on gumroad ——> https://gum.co/hCfxL