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[Lemaign ⚔️ @BoredLemaign]

Saw Spider-Man. *Really* good. Saw it in 3D because it was one of the only premium options available that weren't sold out, and it was definitely the way to go. Probably the best thing I've seen in 3D, and I think the best Spider-Man film thus far in the MCU.

[Lemaign ⚔️ @BoredLemaign]

The whole meme of demons using circuitry to give themselves form is feeling less and less like a meme...

[Lemaign ⚔️ @BoredLemaign]

It's a 40K crossover and there's not a Kreig or a Space Marine in sight? Isn't there literally a shovel weapon in the game?

So much wasted potential.
You guys didn't cook...

[HELLDIVERS™ 2 @helldivers2]

Roll the dice to break the traitorous enemies of Super Earth in this historic crossover Legendary Warbond.

Fight for Liberty without measuring distance, line-of-sight or your target’s chances of survival with potent weapons, formidable armor, and so much more.

Read more: https://t.co/WS2ACtO96i

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 UPDATE: Sen. JOHN FETTERMAN (D-PA) admitted in front of Dr. Fauci he REGRETS believing Fauci's lies, saying conservatives were actually RIGHT

Fetterman even showed up in a suit!

"I have a [regret], and that is the theory that the virus could have emerged from the lab, and early on that became like a right wing kind of theory, and I thought it seemed to make sense!"

"Now, there was a really advanced lab that was close by, and then you have this unknown virus out. That became a very partisan thing, and now it seems now it's more and more emerging theory that that would have come from from the lab!"

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

Fun fact: Ilhan Omar’s net worth went from $30,000,000 to $95,000 after the Learing Centers were exposed. That is a 99.68% decrease, she blames it on an “accounting” error.

Ilhan and her accountant are certified LEARERS, I hope the book helps 🙏🏼

[Lemaign ⚔️ @BoredLemaign]

Aw, man...

[IGN @IGN]

French musician Kavinsky, best known for the song Nightcall featured in the film Drive, has died aged 50.

[High King Fëanor - Alpha Chad of Middle-earth @LostHistory9]

Let's explain why this is so laughably wrong.

*Sauron never interacted with the balrog that was under the Misty Mountains. He likely didn't even know the thing was there until the Dwarves were driven from Khazad-dûm, and even then he chose to just leave it alone. Oh, and the Dwarves weren't driven out of Khazad-dûm until several thousand years after the forging of the rings...well into the third age in fact.

*Morgoth's crown was beaten into a collar for Morgoth's neck after the War of Wrath. Sauron never possessed it. This is something that was brought up extensively during the abysmal second season of Rings of Slop, but it's worth reiterating here.

*Throughout the entirety of the second age and well into the third, the balrog was asleep under the mountains. He played no part in any of the events of the second age.

[Lemaign ⚔️ @BoredLemaign]

What a time to be alive

[Marvel Studios @MarvelStudios]

Just announced in Hall H:

Ryan Gosling joins the MCU in Marvel Studios' Ghost Rider, directed by Shawn Levy. Only in theaters 2028. #SDCC

[FINAL FANTASY XIV @FF_XIV_EN]

🛡️ Bastion 🛡️

Heritors of an ancient martial technique passed down in the Northern Empty, bastions wield unique armaments known as skyltborgs—specialized weapons resembling greatshields.

[HELLDIVERS™ 2 @helldivers2]

Attention, Helldivers.

July 30 has been designated as a date of operational significance. Update your calendar accordingly.

Further briefing to follow.

[autist @litteralyme0]

crush

[Lemaign ⚔️ @BoredLemaign]

@notwhenmotion Umm, nah

Don't need anyone to speak for me
Never have

[Lemaign ⚔️ @BoredLemaign]

Oh yeah, that's why I stopped using social media...

I couldn't stand the overwhelming urge to cry out to the heavens that fire and brimstone are too good for us.

[Lemaign ⚔️ @BoredLemaign]

Bye

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Here’s the roll call of members of Congress who betrayed the Constitution and the American people by voting yes on the KIDS Act.

The sickest part is that these people used “protecting kids” as an excuse to further insert government between parents and their children—all while establishing a surveillance infrastructure to monitor and control Americans of all ages.

[Hannibal999 @Hannibal9972485]

This section you see is from the (KIDS ACT) ⬅️
It shows you the REAL INTENTION on page 110. 🚨

First this ENTIRE bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing🚨 - it uses children's safety as a vehicle to expand government control over the internet, normalize surveillance and verification systems, and create a regulatory framework that can be expanded to adults later.⚠️

One section that LIFTS the MASK is page 110 🎭 where they RESTRICTED DC as ONLY place where you can CONSTITUTIONALLY CHALLENGE this SURVEILLANCE court IN COURT ‼️
In the jurisdiction provision (Section 702)
IF this bill were truly about protecting children, why would you need to concentrate all constitutional challenges in one court?
It TELLS you this is about controlling the legal narrative and preventing scattered rulings that might strike down provisions.⚠️⚠️
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Deeper look there are TONS of CONTRADICTIONS 🚨🚨

The bill says it does not require age verification in three separate places:

• Page 38, Section 220: "Nothing in this subtitle may be construed to require the provider of a covered platform to implement an age gating or age verification functionality"

• Page 99, Section 602(f): Same language for COPPA 2.0

• Page 13, Section 103(f): "Nothing in this section may be construed to require the submission of government-issued identification"

But every single protection in the bill is triggered by one phrase: when a platform "knows" a user is a minor. The "knows" standard is defined as "know or should have known" on pages 17, 40, 45, and 79.⚠️

This creates an impossible trap:🚨

1. If a platform does NOT verify age, it "should have known" minors were present and faces liability for failing to provide protections
2. If a platform DOES verify age, it collects age data on every user, which creates privacy risks and potential liability

The bill says "you don't have to verify age" while simultaneously making it impossible to comply without verifying age. This is not a contradiction. This is the design.
The bill uses children's safety as the vehicle to normalize age verification across the entire internet. Once age verification infrastructure exists for minors, it exists for everyone. The system built to check if you are 16 will be the same system used to check if you are 21, 35, or a registered voter.⚠️🚨🚨🚨
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JURISDICTION SHELL GAME 🚨

Page 107, Section 702: "The United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any challenge to the constitutionality of this Act or the constitutionality of any action, finding, or determination under this Act."
One court. All challenges. No exceptions.

This means:
• A company in California cannot challenge in the Ninth Circuit
• A civil liberties group in New York cannot challenge in the Second Circuit
• Every constitutional challenge must go to the same DC court that routinely handles federal government cases

This is designed to concentrate legal challenges in a venue favorable to the government and prevent multiple circuit courts from issuing injunctions against the law. If the DC court upholds the law once, it becomes extremely difficult to challenge elsewhere.🚨🚨
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THE ADVERTISING MEASUREMENT LOOPHOLE🚨🚨

Page 39, Section 233(b): "Nothing in this subtitle may be construed to limit the processing of personal information solely for measuring or reporting advertising or content performance, reach, or frequency, including through an independent measurement."

➡️⚠️🚨The "Stop Profiling Youth and Kids Act" does not stop profiling for advertising measurement. It only stops "market research." Platforms can still process minor's personal information for advertising performance metrics. This is the commercial exploitation pathway left open while the privacy provisions are presented as protections. 😆
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[Lemaign ⚔️ @BoredLemaign]

This is all pedantic, anyway. No one was using private servers to take rights away from IP holders.

Publishers just dislike needing to compete with old products they're no longer profiting from.

"How dare you play old thing you already paid us for?! Buy new thing instead!"

[Lemaign ⚔️ @BoredLemaign]

Doesn't this just reinforce the need for publishers to provide ways to use their products long-term?

Meanwhile, private servers cost publishers nothing. They've also existed for ages without widespread objection.

I don't understand why they would get to have it both ways.

[Stop Killing Games Official @StopKilingGames]

You heard it here, folks @theESA declared Minecraft and Call of Duty private servers illegal in today's hearing on the POG Act