Better solutions than age verification BS

• Teaching children/teens basic internet safety rules such as not giving out personal information (name, age, etc.) and internet stranger danger
• Informing parents/guardians about the existence of the YouTube Kids app before they hand the unfiltered iPad to a kid to watch
• Informing about YouTube Teen Accounts
• More online teen spaces such as MMOs, pet sites, and RP forums with site rules to keep things appropriate
• Emphasis of report and block buttons if something said in said spaces makes someone uncomfortable and/or breaks site rules
• Game support forums not being locked to Discord servers and easily accessible to the entire userbase
• Parental blocks that restrict downloading dedicated "adult community" apps
• In mixed age online spaces, adults being less hesitant about using built in content filters such as tags and mature content labels
• Parents/guardians understanding age ratings on items such as movies and video games, especially R and M
• Parents, guardians, and trusted adults (ex. teachers, librarians) being available to listen and discuss when a topic is confusing (and not immediately get mad and complain about the material)
• Better access to youth library materials (ex. young adult)
• More/better offline teen spaces and access to hobbies without too much unnecessary expense

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My account is still blocked from searching/tags/etc on my business blog @foundfamilyadventurecrafts so I'm posting this here. There's something very bad happening with Small Business, Tech, and Amazon. What else is new?

Links:
Bobo Design Studio for Updates & Submitting Information

Arrows Aim Greenhouse + Chroma Rex are putting together a complaint with WA State Attorney General's Office + Templates for complaints / opt out

Articles:

Amazon's Buy For Me Information Page

Reuters Article

Ars Technica Article

Business Insider Article

Hey, that's us and a bunch of our friends! This whole thing SUCKS so bad and we're pissed. We've intentionally not listed our products on Amazon for the 15 years we've been in business. We're ready to join a class action lawsuit and kick some ass.

Friday makes really good tea, both just by the flavors and as reflections of fandoms. I absolutely LOVE my Second Breakfast (hobbits) and General's Jasmine (Uncle Iroh).

Go check out the Friday Afternoon Tea website DIRECTLY if you want to support them - and if you, unlike me, are in Seattle, go visit the brick-and-mortar store!

And boycott Amazon.

primordial soup

the nearest depiction of an animal or other sentient fantasy creature to you at this moment comes to life right where it is (i.e. cat photograph, shark plushie, dragon painting, etc)

assume it doesn’t know you (unless it’s actually a specific animal you’ve met) and that it’s normal for its species and would do whatever was natural for it. including being too giant for and destroying the room it’s in. as well as dying immediately if its environment can’t support its life

in 2026 DO NOT ask yourself whether your art is GOOD

instead ask:

• is it SINCERE
• was it CATHARTIC
• was it FUN TO MAKE
• is it MADE BY ME

and don't forget to stay silly

soundscape of young green martian playing with pvc pipes

🔥 talita plinko 🔥

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It's a metaphor :)

*by random i mean non-scripted, not hunting for it actively, you're just wandering around in any game and you just found it somewhere

(tell me the game too, not just the pokemon :V)