VPN bans are a direct response to age-verification. Legislators are frustrated that people are getting around their surveillance, but rather than rethink their strategy, they're doubling down and banning VPNs.
Fight the Flock-ing of the internet.
Fight the Flock-ing of the internet.
The connection between online ID check policies and restricting VPN use is an unholy marriage. Rather than admit that censorship and social media bans doesn't keep us safe, lawmakers have put VPNs on the chopping block.
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September 25, 2026 at 9:32 PM
VPN bans are a direct response to age-verification. Legislators are frustrated that people are getting around their surveillance, but rather than rethink their strategy, they're doubling down and banning VPNs.
Fight the Flock-ing of the internet.
Fight the Flock-ing of the internet.
my dog is literally honk shoo-ing right now, the internet is real
February 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
my dog is literally honk shoo-ing right now, the internet is real
Basically LLMs are just computers that are really good at SQL-ing the internet
December 6, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Basically LLMs are just computers that are really good at SQL-ing the internet
In short: don't worry, internet, you're about to get even more Brennan Lee Mulligan, Dragon Master-ing like nobody's business.
August 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In short: don't worry, internet, you're about to get even more Brennan Lee Mulligan, Dragon Master-ing like nobody's business.
Am I Internet Explorer-ing right now?
Beginning of Cardigan music video. Is this ring…an opalite?
Beginning of Cardigan music video. Is this ring…an opalite?
September 27, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Am I Internet Explorer-ing right now?
Beginning of Cardigan music video. Is this ring…an opalite?
Beginning of Cardigan music video. Is this ring…an opalite?
I’m actually really glad the anti-trans Republican candidate lost in Nebraska the very same night after a bunch of Very Serious People people spent all day “yes, yes, Dems need to be serious about moderating on social issues to win”-ing across the internet.
May 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I’m actually really glad the anti-trans Republican candidate lost in Nebraska the very same night after a bunch of Very Serious People people spent all day “yes, yes, Dems need to be serious about moderating on social issues to win”-ing across the internet.
This is the first time I’ve ever seen a social platform say that these child safety (aka anti-porn laws) are bad for everyone.
Governments around the world are “think of children”ing their way into tracking you online and forcing a monopoly of the internet. It’s getting really scary.
Governments around the world are “think of children”ing their way into tracking you online and forcing a monopoly of the internet. It’s getting really scary.
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is the first time I’ve ever seen a social platform say that these child safety (aka anti-porn laws) are bad for everyone.
Governments around the world are “think of children”ing their way into tracking you online and forcing a monopoly of the internet. It’s getting really scary.
Governments around the world are “think of children”ing their way into tracking you online and forcing a monopoly of the internet. It’s getting really scary.
The internet is internet-ing again
January 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The internet is internet-ing again
some cyberpunk Gale (G4l3?) i drew with the lovely @lexindre.bsky.social on stream✨
#bg3 #galedekarios #baldursgate3
#bg3 #galedekarios #baldursgate3
January 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
some cyberpunk Gale (G4l3?) i drew with the lovely @lexindre.bsky.social on stream✨
#bg3 #galedekarios #baldursgate3
#bg3 #galedekarios #baldursgate3
Welcome to being a woman on the internet.
You can build political machinery for a whole sector while PhD-ing and raising a family, without the support of any institutions, employ 26 people, boycott Starbucks, work your ass off at a great personal cost...& some asshole will make it about your nails.
You can build political machinery for a whole sector while PhD-ing and raising a family, without the support of any institutions, employ 26 people, boycott Starbucks, work your ass off at a great personal cost...& some asshole will make it about your nails.
September 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Welcome to being a woman on the internet.
You can build political machinery for a whole sector while PhD-ing and raising a family, without the support of any institutions, employ 26 people, boycott Starbucks, work your ass off at a great personal cost...& some asshole will make it about your nails.
You can build political machinery for a whole sector while PhD-ing and raising a family, without the support of any institutions, employ 26 people, boycott Starbucks, work your ass off at a great personal cost...& some asshole will make it about your nails.
INTERNET:
"Why doesn't 'What If?' do more original/different stuff with its premise?"
WHAT IF?:
[Does the most ridiculous goddamn f---ing weird thing in a Marvel production]
INTERNET:
"... ... ...WOKENESS!!!"
🤦♂️
#WhatIf #MCU
"Why doesn't 'What If?' do more original/different stuff with its premise?"
WHAT IF?:
[Does the most ridiculous goddamn f---ing weird thing in a Marvel production]
INTERNET:
"... ... ...WOKENESS!!!"
🤦♂️
#WhatIf #MCU
Natasha Lyonne made her #MCU debut today as Byrdie in ‘WHAT IF…?’ Season 3.
The daughter of Darcy Lewis and Howard the Duck.
The daughter of Darcy Lewis and Howard the Duck.
December 30, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Counter-opinion: it’s a f***ing tragedy that corporate greed has broken the medium which facilitated Tahrir Square etc and is now doing its best to break the rest of the Internet.
Opinion: It would be a hugely welcome development to discover that we have not merely reached social media saturation point, but that the experience has been degraded to such an extent that it has shocked people out of their stupor. on.ft.com/476Dcr8
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Counter-opinion: it’s a f***ing tragedy that corporate greed has broken the medium which facilitated Tahrir Square etc and is now doing its best to break the rest of the Internet.
everyone dumb on the internet is QT-ing this and i don't want to be left out
This is a rehash of the vibecession debates but median household income adjusted for inflation hit a record in 2024 (2025 data will be released in September). It’s just *not true* in any objective sense that people don’t have money anymore. It may *feel* that way but that’s different from reality.
My take is that people don't have money anymore. Jobs that used to make decent money no longer do so. Healthcare and rent are unaffordable.
Everything costs way too much.
Everything costs way too much.
April 11, 2026 at 11:55 PM
everyone dumb on the internet is QT-ing this and i don't want to be left out
What unfolds in the responses here is very good internet-ing
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
What unfolds in the responses here is very good internet-ing
Oh yeah, I love Gooooo-ing stuff on the internet.
September 21, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Oh yeah, I love Gooooo-ing stuff on the internet.
I was brows-ing the internet and found this...
December 12, 2024 at 10:18 AM
I was brows-ing the internet and found this...
rich guys want dead internet because it won't include a constant stream of people @ing them to say "look at this ugly ass loser who has never read a full book"
March 17, 2026 at 4:37 AM
rich guys want dead internet because it won't include a constant stream of people @ing them to say "look at this ugly ass loser who has never read a full book"
we’ll be left without internet,drowning in taxes,hugging our f***ing oil.The political leadership of our country needs to be killed.They are inherently insane,they are traitors….The Americans have just extended their existence for several more centuries,while ours will end in a month"
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
we’ll be left without internet,drowning in taxes,hugging our f***ing oil.The political leadership of our country needs to be killed.They are inherently insane,they are traitors….The Americans have just extended their existence for several more centuries,while ours will end in a month"
WHY DO ALL THESE HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES WANT TO BE CONNECTED TO THE F-ING INTERNET? Our last landlady installed light switches that don't work properly unless you use them in conjunction with an app. I don't want a fucking app for light switches. I just want to switch a light on & off, using a switch.
"What is that?"
"Oh, that's my extra phone."
"Why do you need an extra phone?"
"All the apps no longer fit on my original one. At least, not since I downloaded this app which tells me exactly how many spiders are living in my house and randomly awards one of them a 'Spider Of The Week' award."
"Oh, that's my extra phone."
"Why do you need an extra phone?"
"All the apps no longer fit on my original one. At least, not since I downloaded this app which tells me exactly how many spiders are living in my house and randomly awards one of them a 'Spider Of The Week' award."
June 14, 2026 at 12:57 PM
WHY DO ALL THESE HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES WANT TO BE CONNECTED TO THE F-ING INTERNET? Our last landlady installed light switches that don't work properly unless you use them in conjunction with an app. I don't want a fucking app for light switches. I just want to switch a light on & off, using a switch.
Doing teller-ing duty today at the SD51 Convention down in Bloomington. Finally got to meet some longtime internet friends! Hurrah!
April 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Doing teller-ing duty today at the SD51 Convention down in Bloomington. Finally got to meet some longtime internet friends! Hurrah!
We went through this moment before when online banks first appeared. (I used one called ING Direct). Brick and mortars had to actually provided competitive rates on savings accounts for a moment. They then acquired all the high interest internet banks and lowered rates back down to near zero.
September 27, 2026 at 12:02 PM
We went through this moment before when online banks first appeared. (I used one called ING Direct). Brick and mortars had to actually provided competitive rates on savings accounts for a moment. They then acquired all the high interest internet banks and lowered rates back down to near zero.
the tools themselves look useful in many contexts and for many creators.
but AI-ing them all, interacting with an audience via a "Growth Engine" on autopilot is...so very depressingly far from the indie arts town square market so many of us hoped the internet could make space for.
but AI-ing them all, interacting with an audience via a "Growth Engine" on autopilot is...so very depressingly far from the indie arts town square market so many of us hoped the internet could make space for.
July 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
the tools themselves look useful in many contexts and for many creators.
but AI-ing them all, interacting with an audience via a "Growth Engine" on autopilot is...so very depressingly far from the indie arts town square market so many of us hoped the internet could make space for.
but AI-ing them all, interacting with an audience via a "Growth Engine" on autopilot is...so very depressingly far from the indie arts town square market so many of us hoped the internet could make space for.
Internet access is partially restored in Iran ing an 88-day blackout, the longest in the country's history. Experts caution that traffic remains below 50 percent and it is too early to declare the shutdown fully over.
June 21, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Internet access is partially restored in Iran ing an 88-day blackout, the longest in the country's history. Experts caution that traffic remains below 50 percent and it is too early to declare the shutdown fully over.
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Trump is Coldplay couple-ing his way through Epstein exposure.
Sir, the internet saw you.
We all saw you.
Standing there pretending it didn’t happen just makes it worse. 🥴
#ColdPlay
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
#Trump
.
Trump is Coldplay couple-ing his way through Epstein exposure.
Sir, the internet saw you.
We all saw you.
Standing there pretending it didn’t happen just makes it worse. 🥴
#ColdPlay
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
#Trump
.
July 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Trump is Coldplay couple-ing his way through Epstein exposure.
Sir, the internet saw you.
We all saw you.
Standing there pretending it didn’t happen just makes it worse. 🥴
#ColdPlay
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
#Trump
.
Trump is Coldplay couple-ing his way through Epstein exposure.
Sir, the internet saw you.
We all saw you.
Standing there pretending it didn’t happen just makes it worse. 🥴
#ColdPlay
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
#Trump
.
Ahhhhhh the internet has not failed us this weekend. Thank you to all these greats meme wizards who bring our savage pettiness to life. *cackling
We'll be back to our regularly scheduled adult-ing/science-ing tomorrow!
We'll be back to our regularly scheduled adult-ing/science-ing tomorrow!
July 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Ahhhhhh the internet has not failed us this weekend. Thank you to all these greats meme wizards who bring our savage pettiness to life. *cackling
We'll be back to our regularly scheduled adult-ing/science-ing tomorrow!
We'll be back to our regularly scheduled adult-ing/science-ing tomorrow!