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Zaks Reaper

@zaksreaper.bsky.social
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Funny old corpse of a man who draws, plays video games and attempts to make them.

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Stop Killing Games @stopkillinggames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Like how we had a feedback campaign for the Digital Fairness Act, there's now a place to give feedback on the EU Kids Act: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... - Be polite - Write in your own words and experiences - Emphasize video games shouldn't have age verification private servers shouldn't be illegal
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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Tuta @tuta.com · 17/09/2026
🇪🇺🚨 Ursula von der Leyen wants to ban social media for under 13s across the European Union What the EU claims as "child protection" means mass surveillance because of ID checks and face scans 🚩 We must fight against #AgeVerification and for our right of #privacy✊
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Kai (he/they) had top surgery 🏳️‍⚧️ @thegrumpyenby.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hey fellow EU folks! I assume you don’t like Chat Control either, right? I just signed the “Stop Killing The Internet: No Digital ID & No Age Verification” initiative, and probably so should you if you have had enough of this crap. citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
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Initiative detail | European Citizens' Initiative
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707Kat @707kat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Even though it was voted down twice this year already, the EU has forced through ChatControl 1.0 even though there was a majority vote of 314 against 267 against it. Mass scanning of our private messages and conversations until 2028. #surveillance #Nomeansno #privacy
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Emi @weirdalien.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
While this is bad news, we still need to fight against this no matter what! We can't give up now since the permanent proposal is still on the table!
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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🚨 In six hours, the European Parliament holds the final vote on reinstating Chat Control 1.0! We need 361 votes to stop it! Contact your MEPs NOW and demand they protect your right to privacy via fightchatcontrol.eu
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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
TOMORROW AT 12:00 is the final vote on Chat Control 1.0. An absolute majority of 361 MEPs is needed to stop it! This is the works of EP President Roberta Metsola who is forcing through the vote on Chat Control 1.0 despite the plenary already rejecting it. Take action now! fightchatcontrol.eu
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Patrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026
🇪🇺🚨 Propaganda alert on #ChatControl: Conservatives are spreading panic & false claims. x.com/EPPGroup/status/2073371745721… x.com/echo_pbreyer/status/207365992… 📢 Email your MEPs NOW and stop mass scanning! ⏱️ We only have until tomorrow... 👉 […]
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Benjamin @benjami.no · 30/06/2026
Reviewing human-made code is exhausting compared to writing it yourself, but by doing it you're providing mentorship and community, contributing to the common good. Reviewing AI generated code is demoralizing and hollow: It gives you nothing. The 'contributor' has no investment, will learn nothing
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Patrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
🇪🇺🤡 Insane! Italy warns against #ChatControl mass surveillance, but votes FOR it! 🤯 2 days left: Stop the coup! ✍️ Take action: fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool 📄 EU doc: data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docume…
Sharepic: "Italy criticizes new Chat Control 1.0 plan". Text: Italy opposes mass scanning by private entities. Measures must not be generalized monitoring and must be limited to known material. Calls for judicial oversight and protection of end-to-end encryption. Source: Council of the EU, Doc. 11513/26. Website: fightchatcontrol.eu
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🔞OnyxNuva || PLUS 🔞 @onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
#savespeech #fightchatcontrol #notodigitalID Whether galvanization or not, this feels dire. EU Citz, call your damn reps every day, hell maybe every couple hours. Do NOT let them pass CC 1.0 OR CC 2.0 fightchatcontrol.eu
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Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
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Shred VII @shredstervii.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This blog reads like Discord is pretending that KOSA has already passed into law (it'll likely die in the House or the Senate) and like UK Parliament hasn't been forced to address demands to repeal OSA (they've had to do so *twice* already, and will have to keep having to do so until it is repealed)
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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
As the 5th trilogue finished without agreement, Council and the European People's Party (EPP), with Germany's SDP and CDU being the driving forces, are attempting to bypass Parliament and reactivate the already expired #ChatControl 1.0. No, believe it or not, means no! fightchatcontrol.eu
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Patrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
🇬🇧🚨 Shocking: Next week, while many MEPs have left for vacation, #ChatControl 1.0 mass scanning is to be sneaked through via a 3rd vote! 🕵️‍♂️ Info: heise.de/-11349760 Stop the coup & warn your MEPs NOW: fightchatcontrol.de ✍️
Map of the EU showing countries' positions on Chat Control 1.0. All countries in red (for), Italy in green (against). Text highlights a surveillance offensive and calls to email MEPs now. Website: www.fightchatcontrol.eu
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Patrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026
🇪🇺⚖️ The EU Council's own Legal Service confirms: Mass #ChatControl is incompatible with fundamental rights! 🛑 Yet, this is exactly what they are trying with procedural trickery now. ❌ Stop the mass surveillance of millions! 👉 fightchatcontrol.de 💥 Act now!
An image with a blue header reading "LEAK. The devastating verdict on Chat Control. Internal Document: Council Legal Service on 10 June 2026." Below are three text boxes. On 'voluntary' mass scans of private chats: "The concerns have not been dispelled, as it continues to involve a general search of interpersonal communications." On the selection of targets: "An objective, sufficient connection to CSAM is required. However, such a determination is a state task and cannot be left to service providers." On Chat Control 1.0: "According to prevailing opinion, the Interim Regulation was not a legal basis for scanning interpersonal communications." Source: Leaked cable report from the German EU Representation (11 June 2026) / netzpolitik.org (https://t1p.de/sxs6f).
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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
If you are an EU citizen, you need to contact your MEPs and demand that Chat Control be opposed
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Tuta @tuta.com · 30/06/2026
🇪🇺 Chat Control Update 🇪🇺 Yesterday the EU institutions met & were in discussion, but as of now no final agreement has been met regarding the scanning on content. Say NO TO CHAT CONTROL & NO TO SURVEILLANCE. 😡 Make your voices heard & contact your MEPs now objecting to this 👉 fightchatcontrol.eu
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 30/06/2026
An update on the KIDS Act: the package of censorship and surveillance "kids safety" bills that Congress rushed to a vote, passed out of the House last night on a 267-117 vote (with 47 members not voting). This is bad news, but not the end of the road. KOSA is not law yet.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
BREAKING: Canary debanked by Lloyds Lloyds have debanked the Canary with no warning or explanation, putting the outlet in severe financial crisis www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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BREAKING: Canary debanked by Lloyds
BREAKING: Lloyds have debanked the Canary with no warning or explanation, putting the outlet in severe financial crisis
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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 29/05/2026
Please note that you can protest in ways other than cancelling, which the union has not requested: medium.com/@jakeorlowit...
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Thinking of cancelling your Wikipedia donation? Don’t. Read this first.
You’re right to be furious about the layoffs, but walking away sends exactly the wrong message.
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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
When politicians say they can't hold corporations accountable, remember: they can. They just choose not to.
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🔞OnyxNuva || PLUS 🔞 @onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
#savespeech #notoDigitalID Friday FYI - US: Fed. Laws to Oppose: - HB 8250 Parent's Decide Act - Parents Over Platforms Act - Stop the Scroll Act - HR 3492 & HR 498 - COPPA 2.0(S. 836 & HR 6291) - Sammy's Law - Stop CSAM Act of 2025 - GUARD Act or S 3062 - KOSMA - HR 7661 - ENFORCE Act
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Daniel Bayley 🇺🇦 @danielbayley.dev · 20/05/2026
Boycott them. If the only thing they care about is ad revenue, and now operate in a corrupt environment enabled by a completely lawless regime, then the only recourse is to remove your usage entirely. There are other search engines, and they deserve to lose substantial market share.
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707Kat @707kat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I seriously considered whether I could get a bunch of other people to go in on the kickstarter tier where you could get them to make episodes about a subject that you wanted. Them talking about SaaS as an extra episode makes me happy. Forced arbitration would also have been a good subject.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 06/05/2026
It's not true that protecting children is in conflict with our human right to privacy - both can be combined, and this must be the goal here! 🤝 Read the complete letter: www.openrightsgroup.org/app/uploads/...
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707Kat @707kat.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
It's not unrelated at all and there's no need to apologise. 1. A strategy is stop using their products as much as you can for your own sake (they will only try to squeeze the data harvesting further) and help others get out of it too. @framasoft.org is a french NGO that has provided some material.
degooglisons-internet.org
De-google-ify Internet - Main Page
The web giants centralize our digital lives in exchange for their services The Free Software community offers alternative ethical services The Framasoft network intends to prove itby hosting them
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🔞OnyxNuva || PLUS 🔞 @onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Well the first step would be talking to politicians up for a vote and press them on their stance, then vote accoringly. You can also consult groups like @netchoice.bsky.social @fsc.bsky.social @fightforthefuture.org & @aclu.org as they have been equal parts fighting this
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Osaka, we 🐇 @osaka.zone · 23/03/2026
OS level age verification is a Meta lobbying project Pass it on
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Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech
Meta funneled $2B through nonprofit shells to push age verification laws targeting Apple and Google while exempting its own platforms from surveillance requirements.
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Zaks Reaper @zaksreaper.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Keep up the good fight. While I’m glad for this victory, keep writing/calling your representatives and make sure this bill is killed for sure
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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🚨 The Conservatives (EPP) are attempting to force a new vote on Thursday (26th), seeking to *reverse* Parliament's NO on indiscriminate scanning. This is a direct attack on democracy and blatant disregard for your right to privacy. No means no. Take action now: fightchatcontrol.eu
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BAbrenna @babrenna.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
feeling really down about the future of art rn cuz I'm guessing most people who see this will be from stupid bird app.... hope we are safe here.....
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BAbrenna @babrenna.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Commissions for Moth_Ena (on twitter) she doesn't have an account on here sadly, but she is an amazing artist!
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Eddie Bowley @eddache.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I'm so happy our government has kept us safe from [checks notes] web forums about the retro consoles, green living, queer furries and single dads with kids. I can't use imgur anymore but the pedo nazi billionaire gets to keep his AI child porn bots?
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Given the fascistic attacks on trans people, migrants, women, disabled folks etc, talking about “free speech” in abstract terms without confronting our political reality just enables bigotry to thrive. Bad faith actors use “free speech” to bully marginalised people. We must refuse this intimidation.
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 18/12/2025
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier. Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
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Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 30/11/2025
As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely. They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things. Only you have the power to kill it.
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Ethan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 14/11/2025
I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.
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Rachel Merrill Artist for Gil Thorp and Death To Pachuco! @ohhhaeee.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
P sure Chris Fleming is the only millenial who wears flares well.
Chris Fleming in an orange Nudi style suitChris Fleming in yellow bellbottoms doing...something
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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
#SaveSpeech if you are in the EU you should be FURIOUS with your leaders for pushing this through in such an undemocratic manner. continue to raise your voices and contact your representatives. demand that Chat Control be put down for good.
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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
What happened today?

Behind closed doors, the Law Enforcement Working Party group approved the revised Danish Chat Control compromise with broad support. While mandatory scanning had officially been dropped, Article 4 of the new text reframes and reintroduces it by obliging providers of e-mail, chat, and messenger services to take “all appropriate risk mitigation measures”. This effectively forces providers to scan all messages, including private, end-to-end encrypted content. 

The same article outlaws anonymous communication by requiring every citizen to verify their age before accessing a service, kneecapping whistleblowers, journalists, political activists, and people seeking help who depend on anonymity. Article 6 further imposes a digital house arrest and would ban minors from installing software which comes with a significant risk of grooming, such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and online games like Roblox.

What happens next?

The legislation now moves to the Coreper (Committee of Permanent Representations) for approval. Without major political objections, the Council will formally adopt its position. At this stage, both the Council and Commission unite in imposing mass surveillance on all 450 million citizens of the European Union and we enter a rushed trilogue. Unfortunately, while the mandate of the European Parliament does not suffer from the same flaws, the Parliament is traditionally known for giving in.

What now?

We raise our voices. Louder.
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Patrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/11/2025
🇪🇺Today, EU gov'ts rejected changes to mandatory backdoor #ChatControl & anonymity-destroying age checks. EU ambassadors are set to approve this soon. ℹ️https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/#councilpositions 📢Our protest isn't loud […] [Original post on digitalcourage.social]
Digital flyer titled “Fight Chat Control,” warning about a proposed EU law affecting digital privacy. 

It announces that the Law Enforcement Working Party has approved a revised Danish compromise that reintroduces mandatory scanning of private messages under the term “risk mitigation,” including end-to-end encrypted content. Article 4 also bans anonymous communication by requiring age verification for all users, threatening the safety of whistleblowers, journalists, activists, and vulnerable individuals. Article 6 imposes restrictions on minors, preventing them from installing apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, and Roblox due to grooming risks—described as “digital house arrest.” 

The legislation now moves to Coreper for approval. If passed, the Council and Commission will jointly enforce mass surveillance across all 450 million EU citizens. The flyer urges public resistance and louder protest against the erosion of privacy and freedom. 

Dated November 12.
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Daiz @daiz.moe · 11/11/2025
Did my part and sent a bunch of emails using the Fight Chat Control website, highly recommend doing the same if you're an EU citizen. Chat Control must be heavily resisted at every opportunity to prevent EU from turning into a mass surveillance society where privacy is dead save for the ruling class
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Tuta @tuta.com · 11/11/2025
🚨 They are bringing back #ChatControl 🚨 Hummelgaard doesn't understand that no means no. Discussion is scheduled for tomorrow, so act now: fightchatcontrol.eu #No2Backdoors #Privacy #Security Source: noyb.eu/en/eu-commis... netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...
Peter Hummelgaard saying: "We must break with the totally erroneous perception that it is everyone's civil liberty to communicate on encrypted messaging services."
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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
#SaveSpeech Chat Control is rearing its head again, with EU lawmakers trying to now argue in favor of a version of the legislation focused on "voluntary chat moderation", which is still a gross violation of privacy. EU citizens, contact your MP/MEPs! netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...
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Interne Dokumente: EU-Staaten wollen Chatkontrolle-Gesetz ohne weitere Änderungen
Die EU-Staaten wollen Internet-Diensten dauerhaft eine freiwillige Chatkontrolle erlauben. Viele Staaten bedauern, dass es keine ausreichende Mehrheit für eine verpflichtende Chatkontrolle gibt. Weite...
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 24/10/2025
🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on. You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
Article excerpt with text that reads The third and final way lawmakers are advancing anti-LGBTQ+ censorship is by reintroducing KOSA, the fake online safety bill, that would establish a “duty of care” for apps and websites used by young people, requiring them to use censorship to “prevent and mitigate” harms like anxiety and depression. KOSA takes the same logic of the bans on drag shows and LGBTQ+ books and applies it to the internet, allowing censorship of a broad range of information in the name of protecting kids from real online harm.
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 06/11/2025
"They know this is likely to cause suicides. They don’t care! We jumped through every hoop for years and we followed what the government asked of us. I’m in Surrey, her doctor is in Brighton, you can imagine what this is doing to us." northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
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NHS threatens GP practice over trans care
With NHS reply – a GP practice in Brighton and Hove is under investigation for legally providing gender affirming care to trans teens
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Meg Syv @megsyv.bsky.social · 16/06/2023
Artists Meeting Artists
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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
From "Baahubali - The Eternal War - Part 1" (Indian movie, 2027). Co-produced with French animation studio Alcyde, and several "Arcane" artists. Directed by Ishan Shukla ("Star Wars Visions" S2, "Schirkoa" Indian-French movie...). Full trailer >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdUP...
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