first of all cringe, second of all red flag

source: Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance on Twitter (X)

KOSA IS MOVING FORWARD IN THE HOUSE!

It's part of a package called the KIDS Act, filled with digital ID and age verification and censorship!

MAKE THOSE PHONES RING!! CALL YOUR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES ALL WEEK

202-224-3121 i HIGHLY encourage everyone to read the bills in the KIDS Act, because you will be doing more than 95% of people who read and introduce these bills

key point:

publicly available platforms must identify children (and somehow also not collect too much info on children b/c of other laws)

ageless linux makes a good point that you gotta comply in advance to even be caught in breach, and they're very clear about how this is a grab to structure internet regulations to favor large corporations (google, microsoft, etc) and stamp out smaller platform/website maintainers. it is not about protecting kids. and they invite participation in their civil disobedience (note: NOT criminal!) project

on another note...govtrack.us gives the KIDS Act/HR 7757 a 34% chance of being enacted, which is alarmingly high given a lot of bills top out around 5%

There are many scripts online you can follow, many ways to tweak your message to fit your senator (ESPECIALLY if they are up for reelection this year). Whether it's a recording you reach or a real person, be straightforward, don't argue, just let your rep know that you are a constituent and you oppose the KIDS act, etc.

on the other hand...

My friend, Angel, commissioned me to pyrogragh this pair of leather gloves that he will be using as a wildfire fighter in Colorado. What sold me on the project was him saying “I just want trees and mountains to be included. Other than that, you’d have total creative freedom, I know you create better that way” :’)

Take the Tigers for example. When you think of Detroit, you do not think of a jungle ruled over by apex feline predators. I don't know if the Detroit zoo has any tigers, or if Detroit even has a zoo for that matter, but I am 100% certain that there is at least 1 species of animal in Detroit and the surrounding areas that is more populous than tigers. The difficult part, however, is determining which animal is the most populous. 

With that in mind, it also gives rise to the concern that some teams would likely share the same name in this scenario due to their close proximity. Both Chicago and New York each have 2 teams, plus the Angels like to pretend that Los Angeles does as well, so there is bound to be some overlap. I have decided that this is okay, primarily because there is no way around it. Just to avoid any confusion as to which identically named team is which though, I'll break up this list by division. Anyway though, this is what the MLB would look like if all the teams had to rebrand as the most common animal in their region. 

AL East

Tampa Bay Ants. Boston Ants. New York Ants. Toronto Ants. Baltimore Ants. 

AL Central

Chicago Ants. Cleveland Ants. Detroit Ants. Kansas City Ants. Minnesota Ants. 

AL West

Houston Ants. Seattle Ants. Oakland Ants. Los Angeles Ants of Anaheim. Texas Ants. 

NL East

Atlanta Ants. Philadelphia Ants. New York Ants. Miami Ants. Washington Ants. 

NL Central

Milwaukee Ants. St. Louis Ants. Cincinnati Ants. Chicago Ants. Pittsburgh Ants. 

NL West

San Francisco Ants. Los Angeles Ants. San Diego Ants. Colorado Ants. Arizona Ants.