#I love this fast internet

[httpiastri]

these two <33

[kaurwreck]

If you're following KOSA, you should also be following state legislation, which is much more rapidly adopting tech regulation related to child safety than Congress. For reference, in 2023, 13 states adopted 23 laws related to child safety online.

Even if your locality hasn't adopted similar tech regulation, online platforms, apps, and websites are rarely operating in only some states. When regulations become patchwork, it's often easier for companies to adopt policies reflective of the most stringent regulations relevant to their service for all users, rather than try to implement different policies for users based on each user's location.

I know this because that's what happened when patchwork data privacy regulations began swelling — which is why many webites have privacy policies reflective of the GDPR that apply even to users outside of Europe. I also know this because I'm a tech lawyer — I'm the wet cat drafting policies for and advising tech and video game companies on how to navigate messy, convoluted, and patchwork US regulatory obligations.

So, when I say this is how companies are thinking about this, I mean this is how my coworkers and I have to think about this. And because the US is such a large market, this could impact users outside the US, too.

[hesitationss]

i cant deal w ppl on tiktok saying they didn't like modern faerie tales because they thought the writing wasn't clear enough or too flowery... meanwhile i thought the language was too plain and explained every little thing in tfota series, but overall i thought the trilogy was fast paced so that may be a personal miff that i have... also there are crits i have about how race is handled in mfts, but the line 'what flavour of asian are you' is kaye experiencing racism... like that's the point, she's an asian main character even though she's mixed, and she's surrounded by racist assholes in new jersey... like that's a vital factor in her feeling different and othered by her white family who doesn't give a shit about her asian side, and othred by society... she experiences racism 😭 she's not just a changeling, she's also asian american...

[diamondzart]

He still drives me crazy, even after all this time. I rarely post my sketches of young doctor Nefario these days, but I honestly still am fixated as hell. The main person to “blame” for this is definitely @annchanorsomethin, she writes an absolutely amazing fic called “DM4 fan concept”, it involves time travelling stuff and I highly recommend to check it out.

The outfit he’s wearing on this sketch was designed by me while constantly consulting with Ann and it had like 3 or 4 major redesigns in the course of 8 months before we came to this variant. If there is still anyone interested in him, I can make a whole post about this outfit because this is just a part of it. Guys you should know how much I miss our little simp club… I wish one day we all came together again. And by now… we’re just holding on and hoping for the best.

I actually have much more stuff to say but I don’t want to make this post too long soooo thanks for checking it out!

[okaydays22]

[ursaspecter]

I had a vision

[openphrase123]

legitimate shoutout to the italian reader binging inutile and leaving comments in italian all day today - making myself translate them and respond outside of english healed my soul a bit <3 i'm sorry i relied too much on google translate

[noirrelite]

Got a goofy screenshot while I was getting some screenshots of my second levelcap with Mesa (it was much comfier than the first time I reached it, I really enjoyed it!)

[gigglesoup]

is your partner in the tickle community too?

Sort of! I only told him about me having a tickle kink, like, three months ago after so many years being together and he's been exploring about the community and the kink itself here and there since then 😊

[stergeon]

Hello there! I happened to find your website and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind sharing how you made it? It looks really neat and I wanted to learn how it was coded and hosted.

hi, thank you so much!! i've been making websites uh. pretty much since i learned how to use the internet, whether for fun or employment or both. i make my "for fun" websites from scratch with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript without any libraries or frameworks. unfortunately, i can't give a great recommendation for web hosting on the cheap if you're just starting out as i've hosted my stuff with the same company since my freelancing days and could definitely get a way better deal elsewhere lmao. the cost of being lazy...

i really, really like talking about web design/making websites/etc. so i don't want to give you an information overload, but if you're interested in learning how to make websites, there are a lot of excellent (and free!) tutorials and reference guides out there to get you started! here are a few:

MDN Web Docs - THE resource for anyone doing web design and development, from complete beginners to advanced devs. their documentation is thorough to the point where it can be intimidating for beginners due to how technical it is, but it's very, very good and their tutorials are fantastic.

W3Schools - similar to MDN, but i find it's much less jargon-heavy and beginner-friendly. it also contains great resources, examples, reference guides, as well as extensive tutorials.

Codecademy - there are a lot of free web and programming courses out there, but i really like the ones codecademy offers. in my experience, the projects are fun, the courses are well-structured, and the community is very helpful. they regularly have great sales for the pro version, too.

if you want to make your own website site from scratch without having to navigate the more complex aspects of hosting, domains, etc., check out Neocities! it's got loads of resources, a great community, and it's free!! it's also near and dear to my heart as a lover of "old web" design sensibilities.

by far the easiest way to start is to download a text editor (i'm partial to Sublime Text, but everyone has their favorite), paste in an HTML boilerplate like this one, save it to your device as a .HTML file and then open it in your web browser. it will only be accessible on your local device and not over the internet, but you can play around and build things out without it being public and it’s an easy way to get a feeling for how things work.

my final recommendation is not so much about the specifics of making a website, but how to think about making a website. when i was a young stergeon at my first big web design job, my mentor gave me the book Don't Make Me Think! by steve krug and it was Huge for me. some of the technology-specific material is outdated nowadays as it was last updated in 2014, but the book is still a fantastic introduction to design thinking, visual language, and user experience principles.

hope this helps!!!! happy to chat more if you have questions <3

[boobookiss]

I think we've heard it so much now we kind of forget that "People like you only want one thing, and it's DISGUSTING" Was a reference to a meme tweet of a girl talking about guys only wanting sex and it was extremely funny at the time when it came out and honestly still is. Like absolute proof dark is at least somewhat online he knows the injokes he has seen a finely aged meme in his time

[dysaniium]

scary rowlet from wiggly paint

[chronurgy]

I will say that if I ever do manage to buy a house I'll miss the gig internet I get in my apartment. I used to set up game downloads before I went to bed because they'd take a couple of hours minimum. Now? I'm so spoiled I just download things whenever. If something takes more than 10 minutes I get cranky

[townslore]

discovery of the day

[psychologicalwarclaire]

Soon, @purplepixel. Soon.

[truegoist]

biggest mistake u can ever do is join the alternative side of internet