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Russell Harmon

@metkat.bsky.social
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Hopepunk. Technical guy, pornographer, educator, musclebound knowledge geek. Frequently wrong. Probably NSFW.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
lemme go out on a limb and guess that viewing a live murder will not require age verification.
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Pete Hegseth vows to make first firing squad execution in decades ‘public’ | CNN Politics
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in an interview this week that the execution of the man who killed 13 people in a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009 would be “public.”
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Russell Harmon @metkat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🤯🤣 the degree to which the auto subject masking in Pixelmator Pro is determined to *include* the kinda-trashy wooden kitchen chair the model is sitting in to put on their boots, and *exclude* the fancy bondage furniture once they're installed in it…
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The fact that this was *previously used as a campaign ad during the presidential campaign* removes any real defense as to its purpose. Its not a public service announcement. Its a campaign ad that has become state propaganda.
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Kriss Lowrance @krisslowrance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My job in 2019: "Make porn sites work better, so adults who pay money to view porn will want to pay money to view porn." My Job in 2026: "Draft a compliance plan for Eastwestern Tennabamaho's new 'porn sites confirm viewer's blood type every 10 seconds' law, so Visa doesn't drone-strike my house"
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 26/09/2026
"I don't really like the community on bluesky" oh, ok, well just let fascist billionaires algorithmically control your information diet then
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
VPN bans are a direct response to age-verification. Legislators are frustrated that people are getting around their surveillance, but rather than rethink their strategy, they're doubling down and banning VPNs. Fight the Flock-ing of the internet.
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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 24/09/2026
DVDs aren't low-tech. They're just things you can actually own, that won't disappear overnight, that don't require a monthly subscription, that won't suddenly get reedited, that won't start putting adverts in the middle and that won't sell your data to the worst people in the world.
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God @thegodshow.com · 21/09/2026
Like voter fraud, there is no sharia law in the USA nor is there any threat of it. The only people committing voter fraud and instituting religious laws are Republican.
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Russell Harmon @metkat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What the actual fuck? You can't do Apple Card financing on a new phone unless you're activating with ATT, T-Mobile, or Verizon.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It...uh...is not meant to be a competition
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We love how much this upsets MAGA. 😂
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New from me: what would a grand coalition for government reform look like post-Trump? It should include both people who care about democratic backsliding and state capacity. But right now these groups aren’t really talking to one another. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-could...
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What could a post-Trump governance coalition look like?
It should be being built now
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Russell Harmon @metkat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
One day the mc/visa duopoly is going to fold, and I'm going to celebrate so hard.
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Russell Harmon @metkat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
*sigh* I still miss Stoned Wheat Thins.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Sen. Kim (D) has introduced age-verification bill that's far more privacy preserving. No facial scans or IDs, everything happens on-device. Interesting to note that Sen. Lummis (R), a co-sponsor, suggests that she's looking for AV alternatives that don't require giving up privacy.
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Lawmakers Introduce Digital Age Assurance Act in U.S. Senate AVN
A new proposal before the U.S. Senate, now sporting bipartisan support, could invite a national digital assurance standard for age-gating minors under 18 years old.
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Russell Harmon @metkat.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
@cantwell.senate.gov If you need clear talking points about how KOSA, SCREEN, etc are a lot less about protecting children, and a lot more about creating a bigger hammer to punish LGBT folks for existing, I'm pretty sure @aclu.org and @eff.org have written a few.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
A vote to confirm Todd Blanche is a vote “so that the Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state.” Those were his own words to anti-abortion extremists. Senators who vote for Blanche are voting for an Attorney General who will attack abortion rights in EVERY state.
politico.com
Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
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Russell Harmon @metkat.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
for… *checks notes* …existing.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What's more nefarious than age-verification? The chilling effect on platforms. The threat of prosecution is likely enough to get a lot of retailers to end sales of politically "harmful" categories entirely. No more fantasy, no more sex education, no more LGBTQ+ resources. That's the real goal.
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Russell Harmon @metkat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
@cantwell.senate.gov , you're the ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee. I'm one of your constituents. I don't see any statement about this from you. How are you planning to vote on the SCREEN act?
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"VPNs are a privacy and security tool used by millions of internet users every day, and their use should not be treated as suspect. It is particularly galling that the SCREEN Act forces users who intentionally take steps to protect their privacy to identify themselves."
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The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites
The Senate Commerce Committee is set to consider S. 737, the SCREEN Act, a sweeping age-verification bill that would require online services to verify users’ ages before they can access any sexually e...
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Just a reminder that your local city council is absolutely allowed to take a position on any initiative that is on the ballot.
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 03/08/2026
This is amazing! 🦝 🚌
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Senate Commerce is hearing a massive online surveillance package — including KOSA and a national age-verification mandate — and it’s not being reported by any mainstream outlets. The sole mention is in the Washington Times , the house paper of the Unification Church.
washingtontimes.com
Senate panel punting on broader AI legislation as it takes up kids online safety bills
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is postponing plans to take up a series of AI bills until after the summer recess but is proceeding with a markup of kids online safety bills ...
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Blake (Pandora Blake) @pandorablake.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My educational YouTube channel about kink, safety, consent and the law was deleted without appeal. That’s what happens when platforms decide talking about sex is inherently suspect: we lose vocabulary, resources and places to find each other.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 22/07/2026
Cobweb-Covered Skeleton Gripping Senate Desk Expected To Seek 15th Term
Cobweb-Covered Skeleton Gripping Senate Desk Expected To Seek 15th Term
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
According to a new ACLU report, 782 protesters, journalists, elected officials, clergy, and community observers; 214 children (including 32 U.S. citizens); and 155 U.S. citizens were documented as being detained, targeted, or subjected to misconduct by ICE agents.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The idea of “harmful speech” is nothing more than a pretext to government censorship. They started, of course, with pornography, then quickly moved into political dissent. Now they’re casting entire platforms and formats as dangerous — as if ideas were weapons or drugs.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Stop criticizing us or will keep murdering people" is just a jaw-dropping thing for a government official to say.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Chuck Schumer likes to imagine how his politics play with an imaginary middle-class middle-aged couple on Long Island, but I don't think he realizes that couple is currently constructing a guillotine in their suburban backyard and stockpiling Molotov cocktails.
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Race Bannon @racebannon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Ben Sheehan has created a list of every member of Congress — on the ballot in 2026 — who voted to fund ICE and CBP in the past year. It's sortable by name, state, office sought, and amount given. Please share. Follow Sheehan on threads at @bensheehan docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Congresspeople Who Funded ICE & CBP
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
In a new report for Heritage Foundation, the same FCC General Counsel salivates over the prospect of banning not just porn but written texts, saying the Supreme Court's decision in FSC v. Paxton could signal a return to Comstock era prosecutions. www.heritage.org/government-r...
Paxton may signal a judiciary that is more open to the essential societal need to control pornographic images. Unlike the mid-20th century, when liberal judges imagined they had a moral duty to protect James Joyce's Ulysses, Paxton suggests that current sitting judges may have learned what their predecessors forgot: A society flooded with obscenity will be less open to marriage and more debased and corrupt.
Judges should not stand in the way of society's efforts to fix this problem-and restore an essential feature of human flourishing.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The lead attorney for the FCC calls for prosecution of Google — and much of the rest of the internet — for distribution of obscenity.
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FCC General Counsel Channels Founding Fathers To Falsely Claim First Amendment Allows Banning Porn
Another senior Trump administration official is gleefully showing off his true colors: The current general counsel for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published an opinion column with t…
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
People love age-verification because they think it just affects kids. But kids don't have IDs. And there are prohibitions on collecting their data. It's the adults, not the kids, who have to submit a face scan, upload a government ID or provide other personally identifying information.
scotusblog.com
Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce law requiring age verification and parental consent on apps
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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
TIL Bill Watterson looks exactly like Calvin's dad?!
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Russell Harmon @metkat.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I've been less excited about fireworks the last few years because Reasons, but seeing the giant rainbow-looking shells over Lake Union just now was pretty happy-making. 🤩
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Ben Robbins is launching M2 @lamemage.com · 01/07/2026
I'm making it official: Microscope second edition is in the works. Crowdfunding in October. I swear on this stack of game books arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/52...
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I'm making it official: a new edition of Microscope is in the works. I've looked in my crystal ball, laid out my schedule, and set crowdfunding for October. If you've been following this blog, you ...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Is the pool the most important story? Of course not. Is it something low-info voters can wrap their heads around? Is it emblematic of how Trump handles everything (corruption, incompetence, lies)? Is Trump making it worse with his own implausible lies? IMHO, yes. So, yeah, worth discussing.
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TidBITS @tidbits.com · 22/06/2026
Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Display
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Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Display - TidBITS
Ever wonder why a tropical lagoon or peacock feather seems impossibly vivid in person but disappointing in photos? Ryan Moulton explains the technical reasons and guides you to colors no screen can show.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 19/06/2026
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-...
Benjamin owns a farm. He employs 100 workers plowing his fields. His total payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10 percent productivity gain. Benjamin fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000 percent productivity gain. The driverless mules cause plow damage to his property in excess of $50 million. Benjamin loses another $5 million due to the loss of productivity from his one remaining employee, who no longer guides a plow but instead spends 100 percent of his time shoveling mule shit.
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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Thomas House of Dublin exhibiting the pro-human solidarity that all of us should demonstrate.
SO FOR THE FUTURE (LITERALLY) WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING AI POSTERS OR FLYERS FOR THE PUB.

We're right next to Ireland's biggest Art College, lads. It's not a good look.

WE UNDERSTAND BANDS CAN BE SKINT BUT RELYING ON SOME EARTH KILLING APP FROM SOME PAEDO ISLAND BILLIONAIRE IS NOT THE WAY. WE GOT BY WITHOUT IT AND WE'LL GET BY AGAIN.

IF YOU'RE STUCK WE'LL HELP. (YES IT HAS BEEN USED HERE BEFORE BUT CONSIDER THIS THE START OF THE END OF IT.)

THANKS, HUMANS.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
One of the most extraordinary trends in modern politics is when somebody says something like “Nazism and sexual violence are absolutely unacceptable in a civilized society” and immediately somebody like JD Vance responds “I deeply resent this direct attack on American conservatives.”
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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
But this is where we are. In like 2 years, we’ve gone from “we just want to make porn sites block kids” to “yes, it’s totally reasonable to make people submit their IDs or do facial recognition before they can even use a computer or phone”
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Malixe (pronounced like 'malice' with an 'x'.) @malixe.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Please, Cory Doctorow, tell us what you *really think*! 🤩 Thread! 🧵🧵🧵
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Russell Harmon @metkat.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Jake Day!! 🤩 (www.mauricejakeday.com/about-the-ar...)
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My new book is explains the major threats to the ocean from unsustainable fishing, celebrates the amazing people working to solve these problems, and teaches concerned consumers how to "vote with your wallet" and make a difference. Preorder it today and use code HWSSM for 30% off!
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“Why Sustainable Seafood Matters” is now available for preorder! Here’s what it’s about, and why I decided to write it.
I am thrilled to announce that “Why Sustainable Seafood Matters,” my second book, is now available for preorder through my publisher Johns Hopkins University Press! Use code HWSSM for 3…
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Mistress Matisse @mistressmatisse.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
“We know from experience that sex workers are the beta testers for taking away people's digital rights”
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