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Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was “inevitable” on its apps
Meta plans to appeal as it faces down two other child safety trials.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/meta-loses-trial-after-arguing-child-exploitation-was-inevitable-on-its-apps/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Magical Attack Gecko Mar 14

Hoshino Lina (星乃リナ) 🩵 3D Yuri Wedding 2026!!!Mar 14

RE: https://oldbytes.space/@gloriouscow/116224004520766154

There's a larger issue here here, and that is that it's trendy in certain spaces to be extreme and opinionated about your beliefs, and angry at anyone who doesn't share them. I see this a lot on Bluesky and Mastodon.

The problem is, this is a slippery slope towards ending up in a tiny bubble and losing many of your friends. And that doesn't lead to happiness or to good mental health. Not for you, and not for the people around you.

The two biggest topics I see this with lately is AI and trans discourse. The simple fact is, morality isn't absolute. Words don't have absolute meanings. Tools aren't absolutely evil or absolutely moral.

It's okay to be sad at the state of the world. I'm sad too! And it's okay to be angry at problem people (think, the billionaire class). But when you direct that anger at your peers, just because they don't share the exact moral compass you have, you're just hurting them and hurting yourself.

It's impossible to live in a world where your social circle is fully aligned with you on beliefs and morals. It just isn't. It's okay to be disappointed. But if you start cutting people off for it, you aren't making anything better.

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Magical Attack Gecko Feb 27

Aura Farming

Magical Attack Gecko Feb 17

Doing census work for a dwarven city sounds like hell because your tracts are in 3 dimensions instead of just 2 for surface dwellers.

Magical Attack Gecko Feb 16

Developer seemingly disdain for operations continues to annoy me. Can you tell me what you are doing instead of just being like, oh yeah, here is the works-on-my-machine steps? No? Okay then.

Magical Attack Gecko Feb 7

Picard Tips Feb 7

Picard management tip: Debate honestly. The goal is to arrive at the truth, not at your preconception.

Magical Attack Gecko Jan 13

Ben Jan 12

"In China, driverless delivery vans have become a total meme, they plow through crumbling roads, fresh concrete, motorcycles, anything. Nothing stops them."

Magical Attack Gecko Jan 10

🦜 The Beaverton Jan 9

Elon Musk achieves dream of automating child sex abuse

www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/elon-musk-achieves-dream-of-automating-child-sex-abuse

AUSTIN, TX – World’s richest man Elon Musk has achieved another lifelong milestone goal, this time training his artificial intelligence program Grok to make it easier than ever for users to create images of illegal underage pornography. “Look, uh, we all…

Elon Musk achieves dream of automating child sex abuse

AUSTIN, TX - World's richest man Elon Musk has achieved another lifelong milestone goal, this time training his artificial intelligence program Grok to make it easier than ever for users to create images of child sex abuse.

The Beaverton

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Magical Attack Gecko Dec 22

@Yuriel 2H, penalty for small hands.

Magical Attack Gecko Dec 22

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