#internet safety show

[k12academics]

Comic Ventriloquist Joe Gandelman uses a BIG cast of characters in a show with lots of interaction, laughs and content. Schools can choose from existing message themes or ask Joe to customize it with a school's theme at no extra expense. The show is highly interactive. Among the characters kids (and staff) love the most are a baby elephant who squirts water into the front rows (a big squirt gun...this is tied into an anti-drug, anti smoking, anti bullying theme), a small blue dragon who has (fake) smoke come out of his nose, a student (or staffer) putting on a funny looking ventriloquism mask which turns the person into a human dummy (Joe does the voices). At the end of each show he does a quick segment on ventriloquism, showing student how a puppet works, giving them a few secrets and getting one or more students up to try out a dummy.

[anobjectshowguy]

I hope people in the OSC (and other fandoms in general) who are ok with or neutral about Kosa realize that not only will we lose a bunch of platforms that allow us to interact with each other (Tumblr, discord, Ao3, Wattpad, Twitter, YouTube, etc) but will also get rid of at least 80-95% of our fandom.

The OSC consists mostly of people between 13-17 who (if Kosa goes through the Senate and Houses of Representatives and gets passed as a law) will most likely no longer have access to YouTube and other social platforms which actively kills almost all the people who read and watch Object Shows!

By visiting and sharing animated shows like II or BFDI those creators make money which gives them the means to keep making their shows and paying their animators, voice actors, writers and so much more. This bill will actively get rid of most of the people who watch these shows which will cause a large loss in support and revenue for these creators and will most likely mean the end for any smaller object show.

Object show comics rely on people sharing them around in fandom spaces since they’re not animated and put on YouTube like animated object shows are. By losing these spaces and the people who support their content these creators will no longer be able to reach a large audience and get the support they need to continue their comics. This means that we will lose a lot of the comics that the OSC has!

Most of the content you see in the OSC is made by minors, which this bill will actively destroy and thus kill this fandom and many others!

So I am begging of you OSC and other communities, Please please please sign petitions, tell your senators and representatives that you don’t want this bill to pass, and tell anyone that you can reach about how this Bill is a violation of privacy and minors' rights! Re-blog anything you see with helpful information about what Kosa is and keep talking about it! We need to tell people about it so that this doesn’t go through the Senate. Remember, the final day is February 26, we don’t have that long!!!

Here’s some helpful resources:

 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills

[offonaherosjourney]

That scene in Ted Lasso where Isaac instructs everyone to delete any intimate photos or videos of anyone they are not currently seeing could honestly air on tv as an ad campaign

[theyhaveacavetroll]

Just in case anyone was wondering, here is what seems to be the latest on KOSA. For anyone in the US, here is a link to tell your congresspeople that this is not ok.

[what-the-fuck-khr]

I see people very often sharing tips on how to avoid being scammed and I just sit here like… I’ll share it but how many times must this be done? how many times must this era’s internet children be reminded of internet safety? why doesn’t it sink in? are they doing it on purpose or?????? “I pressed a random link and and and be careful!” like problem number one was you pressing a random link. huh? I feel like there’s a million ways for someone who’s that tech savvy to avoid getting fucking scammed. it’s so confusing it’s so baffling. you’ve been on the internet since you were five or some shit but you can’t read an email address to figure out if it’s incorrect or not and then get scammed. are you kidding?? do you not read???? emails entirely???? do you not double check phone numbers by typing them on Google?????? hello??????? it feels like I’m talking to a brick wall

[spocks-kaathyra]

should I face reveal to post my aquarium spock photos. on the one hand my face would be irrevocably tied to this blog where I have vented and hornyposted and damn near shared where I live. but on the other hand I would get praise and attention soooo

[rebelwithoutabroom]

peak carnaval vibes

[the-gayest-sky-kid]

the closeups !

[k12academics]

Joe Gandelman & Friends have been doing assemblies since 1990. This included two 8 month tours doing a route of school shows all over the country (and in Canada) for the Bureau of Lectures and Concert Artists. On the first tour, 49,000 miles were drive. This included doing shows for public schools, private schools and schools for various religions -- host notably for Sathya Sai School of Toronto, a Sai Baba school

[mismess]

Where are you getting these crisp ass cs screencaps?? Netflix doesn't allow me to screenshot😭

oh nooo! If you can you could watch on desktop using Firefox ! Firefox lets you take screenshots. We love Firefox. Netflix sadly blocks screenshots on mobile(and chrome on desktop I think?) and I don't think there's another way around that one :(

Unless however you are like me and have the whole show downloaded in 1080p. Which was obtained in a very legal manner. Rest assured. Wink Wink

[foogadooga]

trust

yall, this happened a while ago but i feel the need to talk about it.

dont send people gore. its simple, but true.

i go on facebook sometimes, and im in the SaMS group, and one person sent me a black screened video, and because they were my friend from the group i watched. lets just say it wasnt pleasent. so please be careful yall

[bat-luun]

finally got my paws on black eyeshadow jesus fucking christ im healed im healingggg!!

[licollisa]

hey uh. what's the reference of the "30 story apartment "?

Ah it's not a reference to any media / post in particular. The only person who'd get it is me, who lives on floor 30 at my own apartment. Wink.

[thelasttime]

he looks very well-groomed!! :}

maybe it’s maybelline

[transmasc-rose]

oh good i get to tell you about the bees now. you know how bugs has them trapped in an attic with bees? yeah so those are real bees on the set. they got thousands of bees and trapped the actors inside with them and filmed it. for authenticity. anyway the bees didn’t show up on camera afterwards so they had to cgi in the bees anyway. 👍 the behind the scenes of this show is a fucking nightmare (affectionate but also horrified)

Oh my god??? That's so wild. I love that. Please tell me more fun fact as I get through this show I am Entranced.

[homiebromantic]

Hellooo everyone in the US im linking a petition to stop the dakota access pipeline here . please take a few minutes to sign it and share it! the comment period ends on the 13th of December [in two days as of me writing this!!] and is very nearly to their comment goal. it does look like you need a US address to do so so if you arent in the US please just share it [: thank youu