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Good analysis/ must-read. "The New Dark Age.
Trump has turned America into a global threat"
#usa

The New Dark Age
Trump has turned America into a global threat

Let’s end the age of plastic! #environment

Let’s end the age of plastic! - Greenpeace International
I support a strong Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production so that we can finally turn off the tap and end the age of plastic - for our communities, our country, and our planet. Join me

Coming of age during war, where mistakes can cost a life: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/04/coming-of-age-during-war.html

from my link log —
Taming a flat AST: ergonomics without allocations.
http://modern-c.blogspot.com/2026/02/taming-flat-ast-ergonomics-in-age-of.html
saved 2026-02-03

Dan Campbell on Lions' Jahmyr Gibbs tying Barry Sanders for most TDs before age-24: 'There’s just not a cap on this dude' https://www.nfl.com/news/dan-campbell-on-lions-jahmyr-gibbs-tying-barry-sanders-for-most-tds-before-age-2…

Today, Vandenberg Spaceforce Base is best known for the booming SpaceX launches that send satellites into orbit.
But once upon a time, it was a hotbed for UFO sightings, quietly logged by the military.
This year, those sightings resurfaced.
Details of extraterrestrial encounters on the Central Coast were discussed in government hearings and explored in the newly released documentary
"The Age of Disclosure" (2025).
The film features government inside…

In New Doc ‘The Age of Disclosure,’ Military Servicemen Expose More Details About UFOs at Vandenberg
Depending on who you ask — and what you’re willing to believe — aliens are real. And they’ve visited Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc more than once.

Visual, auditory, and audiovisual time-to-collision estimation among participants with age-related macular degeneration compared to a normal-vision group: the TTC-AMD study https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0337549

Visual, auditory, and audiovisual time-to-collision estimation among participants with age-related macular degeneration compared to a normal-vision group: The TTC-AMD study
Little is known about whether and to what degree people with different amounts of visual impairment rely on hearing instead of vision for mobility, particularly in judgments of collision. We measured how much importance was assigned to visual and auditory cues during time-to-collision judgments made by people with age-related macular degeneration (Impaired Vision Group; IV) compared to a control group without age-related macular degeneration (Normal Vision Group; NV). A virtual reality system s…

Half of US states now require users to upload IDs or biometric data to access pornographic content, as Missouri became the 25th state to enact such a law (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/missouri-age-verification-law-porn-id-check-vpns/

Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.

Spotify Wrapped's Listening Ages sparks widespread social media discussion and follows in Spotify's tradition of issuing gimmicky, loosely data-backed offerings (Madison Malone Kircher/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/style/spotify-wrappe…

Spotify Wrapped Has Users Talking About Their ‘Listening Age’
The wrinkle in this year’s Spotify Wrapped release was an estimate of the user’s “listening age.” Some wore it like a badge of honor. Others made excuses.

"But it also changed for America too. Trump ensured that the US will no longer be admired or respected around the world as that shining beacon of liberty and law.
America will now be feared and despised."
@…

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
A Flock Of Seagulls:
🎵 Space Age Love Song
#NowPlaying #AFlockOfSeagulls
https://karpertello.bandcamp.com/track/a-flock-of-seagulls-space-age-love-song-dj-karper-tello-142
https://open.spotify.com/track/0xzn2U71zNWLeJbE4Zat4C
Schon gewusst❓
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A nationwide internet age verification plan is sweeping Congress
https://www.theverge.com/policy/830877/app-store-age-verification-act-pinterest-endorsement

A nationwide internet age verification plan is sweeping Congress
The App Store Accountability Act is getting a spotlight in Congress after similar laws passed in states from Texas to California.

"Tech CEOs Say AI Is Ushering in an Age of Abundance, But Instead the Evidence Shows That It’s Pushing Down Wages"
The purpose of a system is what it does.
https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-bubble-wages-economy

Tech CEOs Say AI Is Ushering in an Age of Abundance, But Instead the Evidence Shows That It’s Pushing Down Wages
One economist explains why it's important for the AI bubble to burst as soon as possible, as the tech wreaks havoc on wages.

Es ist nicht zu glauben, was alles in den Epstein-Akten steht.
#epstein

Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn https://www.404media.co/missouri-age-verification-law-porn-id-check-vpns/

Half of US states now require users to upload IDs or biometric data to access pornographic content, as Missouri became the 25th state to enact such a law (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/missouri-age-verification-law-porn-id-check-vpns/

Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.

pokec: Pokec online social network (2012)
The online social network of Pokec, a popular OSN in Slovakia, from 2012. Date covers about 10 years and more than 1.6 million people. Profile data contains gender, age, hobbies, interest, education etc. Profile metadata are in Slovak language. Friendships in Pokec are oriented.
This network has 1632804 nodes and 30622564 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Metadata

@… look… when I am driving down the road as a 43 year old person in a Honda Odyssey minivan and I see another person driving a Honda Odyssey minivan — I always say to myself: “MINIVAN BUDDIES” even though the factory year of the minivan may not be identical
I think what I’m trying to say is that we needn’t be age identical twins to be friends

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Neko Case:
🎵 An Ice Age
#NekoCase
https://nekocaseofficial.bandcamp.com/track/an-ice-age
https://open.spotify.com/track/1OV89Be8JpKXTQDnHjnzT4

This stinks - @… got caught up in the massacre of the Washington Post today.

I’m not on board with this.
Instead of an “are you over 18” question for a feature I don’t want, let me skip it and keep the feature off.
Also, didn’t Vispero get my contact details in order to take my money?
“Vispero Accounts: An Explanation, an Apology, and a Path Forward”
https://vispero.com…

Every sunrise presents boundless opportunities for growth and self-discovery, regardless of age. Age is more than birthday candles; it's about gaining wisdom and resilience. Let's embrace this thrilling journey together, because ADVENTURE awaits us all! 🎉🌅

I visited a popular #OpenSource documentation site this morning, and the glare almost blinded me.
Folk, in this day and age, if you run a website, there is NO EXCUSE for not implementing `@media: prefers-color-scheme(dark)`
But, I thought, this is open source! I can submit a pull request to fix this!
Reader, there are ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR distinct colours specified in th…

Wherever I hear kids on the train, I wonder if I were that stupid when I was their age. And I cower in shame, just in case.

"Older petrol and diesel vehicles produce 50% of harmful particle emissions in Finland, study shows"
#Finland #Cars #Vehicles

Older petrol and diesel vehicles produce 50% of harmful particle emissions in Finland, study shows
In Finland, the average age of passenger cars is among the highest in Europe, and the majority of traffic-related particle emissions are produced by ICE vehicles that are more than 15 years old. The worst polluters are old diesel cars without a diesel particulate filter.

For #footpathfriday , here's a nice path I'd say.
This is taken from a bike&hike right after the bike-part and thus the start of a very nice autumn hike last year. When I took this photo, I didn't know - and not even expect how well the rest of the day would be 🙂
Enjoy
#mountains

Trump Was 35 When Melania Was 10: Critics Zero In on Trump and Melania’s Age Gap After Awkward Holiday Dinner Highlights How Close He Is to Her Father’s Age
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/12/29/critics-zero-in-on-trump-and-melanias-age-gap-after-awkward-holiday-dinner-highlights-how-close-he-is-to-her-fathers-age/

The rapid decline of #StackOverflow et al in the age of #AI slop https://data.stackexchange.com/stackov

Oh, no.
My favorite scripting language is the
#Epsteinfiles #bash
https://www.justice.gov…

Age Verification | United States Department of Justice

#ThursdayFiveList #SmellsLikeTeenSpirit
Songs from my teen years...
Now guess my age :-)
Ram Jam - Black Betty

Ram Jam - Black Betty (Official Video) by RamJamVEVO
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

How soon before LLMs replace the laborers?
Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/02/sc…

How soon before LLMs replace the laborers?
Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/02/sc…

"Old Age, Sickness and Death Metal"
- np on tibtv. I know yes i know LOL

Ultimately, #Melbourne’s inaccessible tram stops are what led to my wife and I moving to Canberra. It’s despicable that #PublicTransport in a city of Melbourne’s size should be so deliberately exclusive of the disabled.

You can search for any tech guy's name and they plop out of the files.
Besides the shady mail conversations you can see there's also Steven Sinofsky's Retirement Agreement in there for some reason in case you wanted to see how that looks like.
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/Data…

Age Verification | United States Department of Justice

"Retrocomputing emerges not only as a fun, recreational activity, but also as one with widely applicable skills, particularly for those working in sustainable computing, and those spreading its use in regions of the world where it has not yet reached peak maturity, and where refurbishing old hardware is an effective way to raise standards of living through computer tech. In this age of rising temperatures and rising oceans, reusing old computers is a very valuable skill."

Return to Innocence
The pages of this magazine have often orbited around the subject of retrocomputing. Take, for example, the editions about sustainability, computer museums, hardware, hobbies, gaming, operating systems, or the one about BASIC published last summer. If you pay attention, you most probably have realized how much retrocomputing has grown in popularity in the past few decades, with more and more people learning on YouTube or TikTok how to replace the batteries or leaking capacitors from the motherbo…

How the Rams' Matthew Stafford became an MVP finalist in his age-37 season https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7022629/2026/02/05/matthew-stafford-rams-mvp-finalist/

Awwwww. He was so good.
https://journa.host/@w7voa/115658915543021073

FPF Releases Updated Infographic on Age Assurance Technologies, Emerging Standards, and Risk Management
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-releases-updated-infographic-on-age-assurance-technologies-emerging-standards-and-risk-m…

Terrible headache keeps me awake, and that's a bit of a problem as I really would need the sleep this night before long day tomorrow. Next opportunity to sleep is well past midnight tomorrow. Being awake close to 48h might have been almost routine for me in the past, but at this age it's nearly impossible.

pokec: Pokec online social network (2012)
The online social network of Pokec, a popular OSN in Slovakia, from 2012. Date covers about 10 years and more than 1.6 million people. Profile data contains gender, age, hobbies, interest, education etc. Profile metadata are in Slovak language. Friendships in Pokec are oriented.
This network has 1632804 nodes and 30622564 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Metadata

TIL: you can use age and ssh keys to encrypt/decrypt files
> RECIPIENT can be an age public key generated by age-keygen ("age1...")
or an SSH public key ("ssh-ed25519 AAAA...", "ssh-rsa AAAA...").
#age #security

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
The Strokes:
🎵 The Modern Age
#TheStrokes
https://vinaykshirsagar.bandcamp.com/track/the-modern-age
https://open.spotify.com/track/1EsgUWQsxGBwnu3NATDjiU

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
MGMT:
🎵 Little Dark Age
#NowPlaying #MGMT
https://djsuzukid.bandcamp.com/track/mgmt-little-dark-age-suzukid-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Y0iGXY6m6immVb2ktbseM

Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did? (Parker Molloy/The Present Age)
https://www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-apologize-grok-isnt-sentient
http://www.memeorandum.com/260102/p38#a260102p38

Fin des années 60.
Le flower power, les Beatles reviennent d’Inde.
Robert Spatz se met en scène en lama tibétain charismatique.
OKC naît, mélange de bouddhisme tibétain, yoga, tantrisme et folklore new age.

O...kay... The BASH Reference Manual is in the Epstein Files
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet 9/EFTA00315849.pdf
Well, I guess that helps explain why it's millions of pages long... 😉

Age Verification | United States Department of Justice

"Because there are many things the simulacrum (the simulation or reproduction) of things do not have that the _actual_ things do have. People still flock to see the Mona Lisa despite reproductions, even very high quality and faithful reproductions."
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/being-hu

Being Human in the Age of AI
being human is big, bigger than we usually think it is

CFP: Vol. 1 No. 2: The sleep of digital reason? Dreaming of a creative machine in the age of AI
https://ift.tt/HqUfKs8
updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 - 8:07pmfull name / name of organization: Caleidoscopio @…
via Input 4 RELCFP

#macrumors forums is just as bad as #nostr
Filled with people who have APPL shares / Bitcoin wallets and let their opinions be ruled by their profits above all else.

Doctors are seeing more aggressive breast cancer in younger women than expected #women

Doctors are seeing more aggressive breast cancer in younger women than expected
Younger women are being diagnosed with breast cancer more often than screening guidelines anticipate. Many of these cancers are invasive and harder to treat, especially in those under 40. After analyzing 11 years of data, researchers found that this age group makes up a steady and significant share of diagnoses. The results support a stronger push for earlier risk evaluation.

Now that he is finally dead at age 77, after a 50 yr multi-platinum music career and global fame including two decades of cable #television #stardom, #Ozzy's hometown sez it will finally give him an award

Ozzy Osbourne to be celebrated with Birmingham Lord Mayor's award
Birmingham's Lord Mayor's award will be handed to Ozzy's family, on the day he would have turned 77.

"Library Futures: Information Literacy in the Age of GenAi: my slides, notes, and an addendum"
https://librarian.aedileworks.com/2025/12/22/library-futures-information-literacy-in-the-age-of-genai…

pokec: Pokec online social network (2012)
The online social network of Pokec, a popular OSN in Slovakia, from 2012. Date covers about 10 years and more than 1.6 million people. Profile data contains gender, age, hobbies, interest, education etc. Profile metadata are in Slovak language. Friendships in Pokec are oriented.
This network has 1632804 nodes and 30622564 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Metadata

exactly the post-jazz age/pre-WWII romp i needed. #books

For all of Donald Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,”
a spate of weak indicators this week told a worrisome story as the impacts of his policies are coming into focus.
Job gains are dwindling.
Inflation is ticking upward.
Growth has slowed compared with last year.
More than six months into his term, Trump’s blitz of tariff hikes and his new tax and spending bill have remodeled America’s trading, manufacturing, energy and tax systems to his own liking.

It's Trump's economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signs
President Donald Trump's economic policies are facing scrutiny as weak indicators emerge. Job gains are dwindling, inflation is rising and growth has slowed compared to last year. More than six months into his term, Trump's tariffs and tax changes have reshaped the economy. On Friday, a bleak jobs report showed a decline in manufacturing jobs, and Trump fired the head of the agency responsible for the data. Critics warn that Trump's aggressive use of tariffs and tax changes could backfire. The …

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Yellow Magic Orchestra:
🎵 Nice Age
#YellowMagicOrchestra

Before we walked over to the bar to ring in the new year last night, I polished off MASTERS OF ATLANTIS as my last book of 2025. I'd put it on my to-read list after this review ... whew, back in 2020?
https://slate.com/culture/2020/12/master…

from my link log —
Votes for children! Why we should lower the voting age to six.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/16/reconstruction-after-covid-votes-for-children-age-six-david-runciman

Sonnet 063 - LXIII
Against my love shall be as I am now,
With Time's injurious hand crush'd and o'erworn;
When hours have drain'd his blood and fill'd his brow
With lines and wrinkles; when his youthful morn
Hath travell'd on to age's steepy night;
And all those beauties whereof now he's king
Are vanishing, or vanished out of sight,
Stealing away the treasure of his spring;
For such a time do I now fortify …

The EU Parliament backs a report that sets a 16 age limit for accessing social media without parental consent and holds CEOs personally liable for violations (Eliza Gkritsi/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-backs-mini…

European Parliament backs 16+ age rule for social media
Call comes as several EU countries prepare to restrict social media for kids.

The Race to the Bottom | Art Berman #energy

The Race to the Bottom | Art Berman
Welcome to the twilight of the Industrial Age. Growth is ending. That was the blunt thesis of a recent essay, and the signals are already here—deindustrialization, grid stress, financial instability, and rising geopolitical conflict. The Honest Sorcerer’s argument is simple: growth depends on ever-faster drawdown of energy and materials as…

I'm thinking that the must be like an age threshold for enjoying porridge.
Before this age milestone, porridge is yuk.
🤔

You should read this…
Why isn’t online age verification just like showing your ID in person? | EFF
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/why-isnt-online-age-verification-just-showing-your-id-person

hiv_transmission: HIV transmission network (1988-2001)
A set of networks of HIV transmissions between people through sexual, needle-sharing, or social connections, based on combining 8 datasets collected from 1988 to 2001. Metadata includes test results of several diseases, as well as demographic variables such as age, ethnicity, and gender. Networks come in two flavors: egodyads and altdyads. Egodyads are the network among study-participants and their direct partners. Altdyads are the…

In life's grand symphony, ambition defies age. Armed with experience and wisdom, we are never too old to chase our dreams. It's the life in your years that counts! 💪✨ What dream will you pursue next?

She was allowed a phone call to her parents, who contacted a lawyer.
The next day, a federal judge issued an emergency order barring her removal from the US for at least 72 hours until her case could be reviewed.
But the next morning, she was shackled at her wrists, ankles and waist and deported to her native Honduras,
a country which she left at the age of seven and of which she has virtually no memory.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6Musics00sForever
TV on the Radio:
🎵 Golden Age
#TVontheRadio
https://tvontheradio.bandcamp.com/track/golden-age-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/18xaiJNVmlq8OvXgp3jiDw

hiv_transmission: HIV transmission network (1988-2001)
A set of networks of HIV transmissions between people through sexual, needle-sharing, or social connections, based on combining 8 datasets collected from 1988 to 2001. Metadata includes test results of several diseases, as well as demographic variables such as age, ethnicity, and gender. Networks come in two flavors: egodyads and altdyads. Egodyads are the network among study-participants and their direct partners. Altdyads are the…

Spotify releases Wrapped 2025, adding features like Wrapped Party, its first live interactive experience, a Top Song Quiz, Listening Age, and Wrapped Clubs (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/spotifys-2025-wrapped-becomes-a-mul…

Spotify Wrapped 2025 adds its first multiplayer feature with 'Wrapped Party' | TechCrunch
Spotify Wrapped returns to its data-driven roots with new interactive features, deeper insights, and social experiences designed to revive its fan-favorite feel.

CFP: Vol. 1 No. 2: The sleep of digital reason? Dreaming of a creative machine in the age of AI
https://ift.tt/HqUfKs8
updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 - 8:07pmfull name / name of organization: Caleidoscopio @…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Worth the read:
DNA reveals stone age teenager as chewer of 10,500-year-old ‘gum’
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/23/dna-reveals-stone-age-teenager-as-chewer-of-10500-year-old-gum?CMP…

Worth the read:
DNA reveals stone age teenager as chewer of 10,500-year-old ‘gum’
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/23/dna-reveals-stone-age-teenager-as-chewer-of-10500-year-old-gum?CMP…

dutch_school: Dutch school friendships (2003)
A series of snapshots of the friendships among freshmen at secondary school in The Netherlands, in 2003-2004. Friendship ties were surveyed four times, at three month intervals. The direction of an edge indicates that student i is friends with student j. Missing data is coded as 0 or 10. Metadata includes sex, age, ethnicity, and religion.
This network has 26 nodes and 234 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Metadata, Temp…

FTC commissioner says online age verification ‘offers a better way’ to protect kids https://therecord.media/ftc-commissioner-age-verification-children-online

The EU Parliament backs a report that sets a 16 age limit for accessing social media without parental consent and holds CEOs personally liable for violations (Eliza Gkritsi/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-backs-mini…

European Parliament backs 16+ age rule for social media
Call comes as several EU countries prepare to restrict social media for kids.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6Musics00sForever
TV on the Radio:
🎵 Golden Age
#TVontheRadio
https://tvontheradio.bandcamp.com/track/golden-age-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/18xaiJNVmlq8OvXgp3jiDw

dutch_school: Dutch school friendships (2003)
A series of snapshots of the friendships among freshmen at secondary school in The Netherlands, in 2003-2004. Friendship ties were surveyed four times, at three month intervals. The direction of an edge indicates that student i is friends with student j. Missing data is coded as 0 or 10. Metadata includes sex, age, ethnicity, and religion.
This network has 26 nodes and 87 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Metadata, Tempo…

Fin des années 60.
Le flower power, les Beatles reviennent d’Inde.
Robert Spatz se met en scène en lama tibétain charismatique.
OKC naît, mélange de bouddhisme tibétain, yoga, tantrisme et folklore new age.

Now at the end of his eighth decade, Donald Trump and the people around him still talk about him as if he is the Energizer Bunny of presidential politics.
The reality is more complicated:
Trump, 79, is the oldest person to be elected to the presidency,
and he is aging.
https://www.

Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.

Spotify releases Wrapped 2025, adding features like Wrapped Party, its first live interactive experience, a Top Song Quiz, Listening Age, and Wrapped Clubs (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/spotifys-2025-wrapped-becomes-a-mul…

Spotify Wrapped 2025 adds its first multiplayer feature with 'Wrapped Party' | TechCrunch
Spotify Wrapped returns to its data-driven roots with new interactive features, deeper insights, and social experiences designed to revive its fan-favorite feel.

Pornhub parent Aylo says it will restrict UK users from February 2, after six months of complying with the UK's OSA; users who verified their ages can login (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/uk-pornhub-blocked-age-verification-vpn/

Many UK Users Soon Won't Be Able to Access Pornhub
Starting February 2, many people connecting from the UK will not be able to access the porn site and many others.

After the Online Safety Act’s onerous internet age restrictions took effect this summer,
it didn’t take long for Brits to get around them.
Some methods went viral, like using video game Death Stranding’s photo mode to bypass face scans.
But in the end, the simplest solution won out: --- VPNs.
Virtual private networks have proven remarkably effective at circumventing the UK’s age checks,
letting users spoof IP addresses from other countries so that the checks neve…

The VPN panic is only getting started
The UK government is facing calls to add age restrictions to VPNs in order to stop them being used to… get around age restrictions.

Ex-Niners QB Brodie, 1970 NFL MVP, dies at 90 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47708979/former-niners-qb-john-brodie-1970-nfl-mvp-dies-age-90

A federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1 (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/849752/texas-app-store-accounta…

Judge blocks Texas app store age verification law
Texas’ app store age verification was set to be the first among several states’ to take effect.

Pornhub parent Aylo says it will restrict UK users from February 2, after six months of complying with the UK's OSA; users who verified their ages can login (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/uk-pornhub-blocked-age-verification-vpn/

Many UK Users Soon Won't Be Able to Access Pornhub
Starting February 2, many people connecting from the UK will not be able to access the porn site and many others.

dutch_school: Dutch school friendships (2003)
A series of snapshots of the friendships among freshmen at secondary school in The Netherlands, in 2003-2004. Friendship ties were surveyed four times, at three month intervals. The direction of an edge indicates that student i is friends with student j. Missing data is coded as 0 or 10. Metadata includes sex, age, ethnicity, and religion.
This network has 26 nodes and 234 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Metadata, Temp…

None of the age verification options are perfect in terms of protecting information, providing access to everyone, and safely handling sensitive data.
That’s just some of the reasons that EFF is against age-gating mandates,
-- and is working to stop and overturn them across the United States and around the world.
http…

So, You’ve Hit an Age Gate. What Now?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF opposes all forms of age verification mandates. Head to EFF.org/Age to explore our resources and...

Snap blocked 415K Australian accounts as of January to comply with the under-16 social media ban and warns of "technical limitations" in the implementation (Josh Taylor/The Guardian)
https://www.

dutch_school: Dutch school friendships (2003)
A series of snapshots of the friendships among freshmen at secondary school in The Netherlands, in 2003-2004. Friendship ties were surveyed four times, at three month intervals. The direction of an edge indicates that student i is friends with student j. Missing data is coded as 0 or 10. Metadata includes sex, age, ethnicity, and religion.
This network has 26 nodes and 170 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Metadata, Temp…

Roblox plans to require all users to undergo an age estimation process to access chat features, starting January 2026, in an effort to enhance child safety (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/822718/roblox-age-estimation-verification-chat…

Roblox will require age estimation to chat starting next year
After scrutiny over its ability to protect children on the platform, Roblox is making a big change.

Roblox plans to require all users to undergo an age estimation process to access chat features, starting January 2026, in an effort to enhance child safety (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/822718/roblox-age-estimation-verification-chat…

Roblox will require age estimation to chat starting next year
After scrutiny over its ability to protect children on the platform, Roblox is making a big change.

“In western democracies, ageing and dying seem to have been reclassified as soluble problems,” clinical psychologist Frank Tallis in writes.
This is delusional – “a retreat from reality, and narcissistic”.
Climate-crisis denial, he suggests, in a striking formulation, can be seen as “the denial of death on an apocalyptic scale”.

Pornhub parent company Aylo sent letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft urging the adoption of device-based age verification across their app stores and OSes (Jason Parham/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/pornhub-is-urging-tech-giants-to-e…

Pornhub Is Urging Tech Giants to Enact Device-Based Age Verification
The company sent letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft pushing for an alternative way to keep minors from viewing porn, as US and UK laws have caused its traffic to plummet.

Roblox expands mandatory age estimations for chat features to all regions using Persona's tech, after a rollout in Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/856696/roblox-age-check-estimation-chat

Roblox now requires an age check if you want to chat
After a user’s age has been verified, they’ll be able to chat with others in similar age groups.

A 2016 civil lawsuit found in the Epstein files alleges that
Trump raped a 13-year-old girl at parties hosted by Jeffrey Epstein in NY.
Epstein raped her too.
For anyone wondering why the victim dropped the case…
Immediately following this rape, Defendant Trump threatened Plaintiff that,
were she ever to reveal any of the details of the sexual and physical abuse of her by Defendant Trump,
Plaintiff and her family would be physically harmed if not killed.”<…

Age Verification | United States Department of Justice

Roblox's AI-powered age verification system, which expanded globally last week using tech from a company called Persona, faces criticism for misidentifying ages (David Gilbert/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/robloxs-ai-powered-age-verification-is-a-…

Roblox’s AI-Powered Age Verification Is a Complete Mess
Kids are being identified as adults—and vice versa—on Roblox, while age-verified accounts are already being sold online.