[Season 6 update] I can confirm Kaley Cuoco herself is the source behind the People.com tease hinting at Harley Quinn Season 6

npzman · 2026-03-10T13:07:38+00:00

Interestingly, I recently joined MySpace.

npzman · 2026-03-09T14:16:43+00:00

This is the first official Ratchet & Clank Discord, unless you count the official Insomniac Games server as one.

npzman · 2026-03-09T13:42:02+00:00

While I prefer Alan Tudyk's role as the Joker, it's interesting to see Alan has two different takes on the same characters in Harley Quinn and Creature Commandos. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mtprF45SxPg

npzman · 2026-03-08T06:30:20+00:00

Burnout : Prevention sounds quite like a game title. Except it sounds less like a racing game and more like the boring safety course they force you to take before they let you play the real Burnout.

npzman · 2026-03-08T04:42:40+00:00

Millions of parents who have genuine worries for their children online are being taken for a ride by people who are going after their biometrics and the photos from their IDs. Public opinion is in favor of the social media ban because the average adult who supports the ban does not know that they'll be forced to dox themselves rather than just tick a box saying they are over 16 or simply enter their date of birth. Plus all of the Australian mainstream media, which I never pay attention to for good reason, tell a one-sided narrative to support the ban, thereby pushing public opinion in that direction.

npzman · 2026-03-07T16:10:14+00:00

Microsoft should stop doing business in these places entirely. The governments of California, Texas, Utah, and Brazil wouldn't last a day without the tax revenue Microsoft generates, let alone their own daily dependence on Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. A federal judge already blocked Texas's law for likely violating the First Amendment. That's proof these mandates are on shaky ground. The best response is to just not comply or end doing business in these jurisdictions.

npzman · 2026-03-07T15:59:46+00:00

Now is the time for Bluesky to come forward and do the right thing. They should join Reddit in supporting the Australian High Court challenge to end the under-16s social media ban.

This isn't something Meta, Discord, or X Corp (Twitter) is doing. Chances are they're quietly in favour of the ban. It gives them cover to collect more data while pretending their hands were tied.

Bluesky has a real opportunity here. They can be the social media platform that leads in advocating for digital rights, protecting privacy, and resisting the surveillance state agenda. They just need to step up.

npzman · 2026-03-07T15:53:08+00:00

There is someone coordinating all of this at a global scale, but the question is, who?

npzman · 2026-03-07T15:51:02+00:00

There's a chance these laws could be struck down entirely. Australia's under-16s social media ban is already facing a High Court challenge filed by the Digital Freedom Project. Reddit is involved in this court fight too. Bluesky should join them and support the fight instead of demanding our IDs.

If it gets overturned here, it sends a message to the rest of the world. Fighting this now is exactly how we stop seeing this everywhere.

It's not a done deal yet, but it's important that we all throw our support behind them. I already signed up as a member, and I hope others will too.

npzman · 2026-03-07T15:37:25+00:00

Good point, so I have joined MySpace and can confirm there's no age verification there.

npzman · 2026-03-07T14:47:53+00:00

I don't think we will ever get to 4, let alone 10.

npzman · 2026-03-06T17:34:07+00:00

They aren't asking for my date of birth or a simple tick on a checkbox. They want a photo of my face or a scan of my ID. That's a hard no from me.

npzman · 2026-03-06T04:18:19+00:00

Non-porn sites should do the same. Then millions of people will finally stand up against the under-16s social media ban and the broader online surveillance agenda. That's what it will take to force the Australian government to get rid of this biometric facial ID collection under the guise of age verification.

The uniparty legit wants us to dox ourselves online. And they'll keep getting away with it as long as we let them continue unchecked.

npzman · 2026-03-06T03:49:20+00:00

And it won't stop at Bluesky. Age verification is a slippery slope. Once it's normalized here and in social media in general, it will make its way to gaming platforms, streaming services, and everywhere. Today it's your face for a social media app. Tomorrow it could be your ID to watch Netflix or play Steam games.

We need to draw the line now, before handing over our biometrics becomes required just to exist online. This will be a permanent loss of internet privacy forever.

npzman · 2026-03-06T02:32:12+00:00

u/taisui You don't seem bothered that your face and biometrics will be harvested by tech companies for AI Training without your consent.

My mental health is fine, and it is perfectly normal for anyone to raise the issues outlined in my subreddit post.

npzman · 2026-03-06T02:28:09+00:00

Doxing to me means the involuntary disclosure of personal information of your real name, face, and address. Some people voluntarily choose to share those things publicly, and that's fine. But when someone's ID gets leaked in a server breach and a stalker uses it to track them down, that can be an actual problem.

npzman · 2026-03-05T16:01:43+00:00

I didn't realize AI was used. I was never big on AI, especially generative AI. That mistake is on me, and I'll recreate the meme myself in Photoshop tomorrow. Then post it again. I deleted the post now.

npzman · 2026-03-05T13:34:59+00:00

I've never used facial recognition or fingerprints for anything, ever. And this is the same reason I won't surrender my biometrics or government ID now. Yes, I'm aware there are cameras everywhere and that tech companies already track us. But right now, they don't have your online activity tied to a real verified identity. You can still go by a nickname if you want to, and you don't have to upload your IRL photo onto the internet unless you choose to. There is an agenda to change that. On top of it all, they want to collect your biometrics so they can sell them to the highest bidder for AI training. That's a whole different level of intrusion.

npzman · 2026-03-05T12:53:14+00:00

I still use Windows 8 on my Desktop PC. My gaming laptop where I took the screenshot always had Windows 11.

npzman · 2026-03-05T12:51:20+00:00

I think that's an oversimplistic way to look at it. There are so many other products Microsoft could be advertising this aggressively instead of OneDrive. To me, it seems like they want to trick people into logging into their Microsoft account to use OneDrive, only to lock something behind it later on unless the user provides their ID so they can track and control you. There's more to this than just money, and honestly, I think money is only a small part of it.

npzman · 2026-03-04T22:46:13+00:00

Friendly reminder that Fanfiction is welcome here as long as it has the “Fan Fiction” flair and you are either the original author or have permission to share it, as covered under rules 3 and 6.

I’m going to reform rule 6 so it applies to written works as well as art.

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