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Olive 🏳️‍⚧️

@rilder.bsky.social

Someone in a discord I'm in linked this, and just....fuck.

Post from Mastodon

passed to me from a minnesotan on the ground in minneapolis, boiled down into bullet points

-- people are hiding others in their houses now.

-- ICE is following white people home from the store if they think they might be buying food for someone else.

-- ICE is supposed to be switching to night raids soon to avoid observers.

-- it's generally understood that if you're detained it's a mugging and if you're raided it's an armed robbery because they WILL steal your shit. phones are #1 obviously so they can find more victims, but anything they can steal and sell, they will. pass this on if you have anyone to pass it onto. i have been explicitly given the "PLEASE DO" of sharing on this. social media has slowed down not because it's gotten better but because people have gotten tired or bored and minnesotans are too busy fighting back and trying to survive.

February 11, 2026 at 8:53 PM

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grace under pressure

@persisting.bsky.social

This is not Discord “walking things back.” This is them further explaining the situation in more detail, and elaborating on how the new system will work. I understand the impulse to attribute this to outrage and Nitro cancellations, but this is just a better explanation, not a change.

Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 2d

Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)

Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults.

Hey folks –

I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news.

I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults.

And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.)

Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence.

Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details.

And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!

February 10, 2026 at 3:09 AM

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ker (unreal)

@vamposts.co.za

> platform starts requiring personal information from all users

> "all information deleted directly after verification"

> information that supposedly no longer exists magically leaked in a data breach

February 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM

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it’s xeecee

@xeecee.bsky.social

please give us more personal data please please please please c’mon you’re being so mean dude. we only got breached like three times. we’re NOT going to sell it man please please please plus its for like safety? so you’re the one who looks stupid right now come on pleaaaaaase just one data point bro

February 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM

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Kashana

@kashana.blacksky.app

The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They haven’t produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types can’t do the thing we’re already doing, making art. Jokes on them, we’re even better at despair than they are.

February 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM

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zuchysdraws

@zuchysdraws.bsky.social

Have a wonderful weekend!
— Nicole (/≧▽≦)/
#ZenlessZoneZero #fanart

February 7, 2026 at 10:50 PM

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🎃오투/酸素🎃👻

@o2h2oh4.bsky.social

February 8, 2026 at 6:45 AM

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Cake

@theycallhimcake.bsky.social

Fine Dining

January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM

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JoCat

@jocat.net

Reminder that your platforms/audiences are your stage. when you see a clear grift or rage bait, showing them off to MORE people just helps the grift. Attention is what they want. When you give them your stage, it's free advertising.

Your stage and time are precious. Don't give them to a grifter.

January 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC

@mattnegrin.bsky.social

Trump is not doing this and the media is lying to you because they want to take him to the dance and kiss

Washington Post: Trump softens tone on Minneapolis violence amid calls for accountability
The White House changed leadership in Minnesota and softened its tone on dead protesters as polls show Americans turning against ICE.

Semafor: Trump softens tone on Minneapolis shooting

AP: Trump administration shifts tone on fatal shooting in Minneapolis

Axios: NEW: Trump spent Sunday lamenting his administration’s botched response to the Alex Pretti shooting, including news conferences by Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem in which they seemed “callous” about the man’s death, a confidant who spoke with Trump told Axios.

January 27, 2026 at 2:44 PM

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Gianmarco Soresi

@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

God I hate this shit. What the fuck Jack Black? Any conservative who got in trouble for telling a joke this soft would be embraced by the right but of course the only change rich Hollywood liberals want is one that won’t interfere with their income streams

January 22, 2026 at 3:09 PM

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🎃오투/酸素🎃👻

@o2h2oh4.bsky.social

January 23, 2026 at 5:29 AM

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@mokithemoose.bsky.social

CROSS PROGRESSION IN HITMAN 3 I CAN FINALLY ABANDON EPIC GAMES LAUNCHER FOR GOOD!!!!

January 20, 2026 at 11:17 PM

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Orlek

@orlek.bsky.social

January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM

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@pikachudubstep.bsky.social

⚡️Canari⚡️

January 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM

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ketty

@keetydraws.com

Futaba Selfie

January 7, 2026 at 11:40 PM

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Rosemary ✨ Stained Glass Artist

@breadsticc.art

Lots of "don't write 'commission' in PayPal's feedback box for invoices" misinfo/fearmongering going around.

Yes, PayPal is censoring nsfw/queer artists like other payment processors. No, the word 'commission' will not get you flagged unless youre taking Friends & Family payments for commissions.

November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM

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Rosemary ✨ Stained Glass Artist

@breadsticc.art

Clarification: Accepting payments for commissions through Friends & Family is against TOS (which you agree to by making an account), and it is TAX FRAUD.

Do not ask for comm payments via F & F. Dont let an artist convince you to pay this way, because your account can be taken down as well.

Rosemary ✨ Stained Glass Artist @breadsticc.art · Nov 20

Lots of "don't write 'commission' in PayPal's feedback box for invoices" misinfo/fearmongering going around.

Yes, PayPal is censoring nsfw/queer artists like other payment processors. No, the word 'commission' will not get you flagged unless youre taking Friends & Family payments for commissions.

November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM