Olives @olives@social.cleverlibre.org

https://zenodo.org/record/7996492 Study indicates that the vast majority of classic games are out of circulation.

https://qoto.org/@olives/110709878847063472 Another one here

Censorship of games in Australia. So petty, so unwarranted, and so stifling.

A reminder and a warning against things like #KOSA.

Of course, it isn't simply that #KOSA is bad for LGBTQ communities (which of course it is), but that it is likely to stifle all sorts of mature discussions which adults would like to have, and which are actually very important to have.

Or anything which might be construed as "mature".

Since it was brought up, I'm not keen on circumcisions, I see it as an archaic tradition, however, if someone consensually does it, that's their own business.

@LouisIngenthron I'm not a fan of circumcisions (it's an archaic ritual) or the involuntary surgeries done on intersex children around birth (they're often for the worse due to this).

By the way, these bills you mentioned have exemptions for these very cases involving intersex children.

https://reason.com/2023/07/12/theyre-here-legally-but-face-self-deportation-when-they-turn-21-when-will-congress-act/ Inconsistent standards.

To follow up with Julie's current (or maybe former?) advisor, he has been actively encouraging Q like activities where someone paranoidly runs around looking for "evil" everywhere.

He also invoked a virtue signaller's fallacy, where if a child abuser (an unpleasant crime) worked somewhere, then a virtue signalling position should be taken, rather than a rational one.

This isn't a new phenomena. It's been going on for a few years now.

https://www.refused-classification.com/censorship-timelines/game-iarc/

"Amigo Kebab Simulator"

Australia has banned quite the strange game now. It is one where you run a run-down shop and sell rat burgers, among other things.

Apparently, it contains "references to drugs", therefore the ban. So silly.

Ugh... Is this an E.U. Commission or a marketing firm?

https://reason.com/2023/07/13/we-still-dont-know-the-full-extent-of-the-governments-warrantless-electronic-spying-program/ Commentary on NSA mass-surveillance.

https://reason.com/2023/07/13/david-sosa-says-mistakenly-arresting-him-twice-based-on-his-name-violated-his-rights-other-david-sosas-agree/ Poor David Sosa. This must really suck.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jul/13/school-in-cat-pupil-controversy-given-ofsted-all-clear-after-snap-inspection Ofsted fails to find imaginary hyped problems.

https://edri.org/our-work/how-eus-plan-to-digitising-travel-documents-might-affect-you/ Privacy at the E.U. border.

https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-hundreds-of-scientists-warn-against-eus-proposed-csa-regulation/ These people wrote about the open letter.

Noting that censorship in itself can and would cause deaths, and would cause adverse psychological effects for a certain number of people.

Impinging on fundamental rights is not a victimless move.

https://reason.com/2023/07/12/1-year-after-chesa-boudins-recall-is-san-francisco-safer-under-his-successors-more-punitive-policies/ What do you think?

To be accurate, the E.U. Commission which is particularly holier than thou.

E.U. gloating about implementing really irritating censorship (what "age-appropriate design" is a euphemism for) for *everyone* (not just the "children").