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Okay so bad news for everyone on YouTube right now

Starting the 13th, we will have an AI determine if we are children or not and if you are a child, than you are forced to send your ID, send a selfie or a credit card

This has the obvious cons of having your privacy being revoked from you and and in case there is a security breach, major identity thefts.

So what do we do in this scenario?

Well right now I have real idea as this is relativity new to me, but I do have two plans

Plan 1. Bug the shit out of them, send letters and send emails about how much of bad idea this is.

Include why the AI will mess up and target adults who watch cartoons, include privacy issues, censorship issues, anything you can think of that relates to this. I want you guys to bug the hell out of YouTube until they reverse this idea

Here their address for letters

Send a mass amount of letters on the 5th of August and than another mass amount on the 8th

Plan 2. Blackout.

Since the thing is coming out on the 13th.

The plan will be to completely avoid YouTube at all cost for that day (and beyond), no watching, no sharing, no uploading, no nothing.

Download videos before things go down, watch Netflix. Whatever you do, don’t touch YouTube.

That’s all I can say right now, I also want you guys to let YouTubers know of this situation cause if it’s important for everyone on the website to talk about this immediately

Spread this stuff around, let people know of YouTube’s upcoming policy and how it’ll hurt everyone

Edit: I have taken into consideration and I am going to agree that the blackout should be until the decision is reversed, this is so we are not out at risk as users and so YouTube doesn’t just ignore the original black out

I might have a more detailed plan posted later today, but it depends on everything goes

Another edit: just to remind yall to send in letters and emails about this to google to force their hands to reverse this decision

There is also the law itself, though I can’t speak much on it other than finding lawing bodies that can force YouTube to reverse this decision. If anyone can find a place to file or call for this, that will be greatly appreciated! (I heard maybe the FTC and or the California Consumer privacy right can be considered, but that needs more research)

BIGGER UPDATE: we have a new plan in motion, here is the updated plan for you all to see

and also here's a petition to stop the law that would help support this into becoming a thing

and also a tumblr post about it and how you can help further prevent this from being allowed in office

Don’t forget to send this fellow people outside of tumblr

YouTubers, Twitter users, send it through out and make sure you are heard

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left a couple of used teabags in a little dish on the counter to dry out (to minimise bin juice in the compost bin) and also left the window open to cool the house down and in the morning found a free roaming snail on my kitchen counter who had apparently been eating the teabags because they had holes in and a big snail slime mark

i am not really sure if tea is good for snails

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Baby kitty VS small step

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A little Aliens western get up I made.

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Please share liberally.

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daniel radcliffe calling out j.k. rowling on her bullshit is big dick energy

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he or perhaps his brother would do numbers on here

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I loved you more than I ever loved myself, but I guess even that wasn’t enough for you.

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Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827-1901) - St. Anthony Preaching to the Fish (1892)

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I made a thing. My first in a series I’d like to do involving quotes from many books and songs. And I’m really damn proud of it. Hope you enjoy!

@meganwhalenturner I hope this somewhat stays in your vision. Thank you for this incredible series. 🖤

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At first I thought these were the boys from The Raven Cycle (probably because I JUST saw that there’s a graphic novel of it advertised elsewhere and was stoked) and it made my brain make the connection that I think I enjoy The Raven Cycle so much because it could very nearly be The Marauders + Lily.

Gansey is James (little shit from a decent family mostly, caretaker and sorta leader of his crew)

Noah is Pettigrew (less of a rat though (yeah I saw the pun as I wrote it I’m sorry))

Ronan is Sirius (from a rich family but wants nothing to do with their bullshit)

Adam is Remus (believe it or not I can’t remember if Remus is from a shitty family, but scholarship kid adopted by this misfit crew and going with their shenanigans with weak attempts at logic)

Blue as Lily (ha, Blue Lily, Lily Blue is one of the books titles)

I’m just saying, if you wanna read something similar to the nonsense the marauders would get up to and the absolute adorable bromance of it all (with ACTUAL gay romance), this series would be excellent for you. There’s even magic in it!

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater.

If you’ve read both series, I’d love to hear your take on this.

The Marauders! 🐾

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kids deserve so much more respect and it turns out that saying that is a great way to locate the horrible people in any community <3