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FunsexyDB

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Discord might have cut ties but they're still planning to roll out age verification globally next month.

Continue to cancel your nitro subscriptions, if you haven't done so already. Don't boosts servers as well.

Hit them in the wallet.

Kotaku @kotaku.com · 1d

Discord distances itself from age verification firm after ties to Palantir's Peter Thiel surface https://kotaku.com/discord-palantir-peter-thiel-persona-age-verification-2000668951

Discord's Age Verification Has A Weird Link To Palantir's Peter Thiel

The third party company Discord could use for their ID collection is mired in surveillance concerns and links to Epstein via one of its investors

kotaku.com

February 15, 2026 at 8:25 AM

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Corey They Them Brickley

@coreybrickley.bsky.social

happy valentines day ♥️💜💙

Illustration of Karlach and Shadowheart laying on a luminescent blue fabric at opposite angles with their faces nearly touching, caressing eachother's hair and gazing into each other's eyes longingly. Karlach is wearing a small leather top and leather pants, Shadowheart is wearing a purple metal bikini.

February 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM

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Berry 🍓🫐

@foolsunberry.bsky.social

happy valentines 💖
have some rika doodles 🍫🌶️
#pokemon

February 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM

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Persé Païen 🫀🗡️

@persepaien.bsky.social

If you see this, show your dark/nighttime art 🌙

February 13, 2026 at 4:40 AM

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Erin Reed

@erininthemorning.com

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."

Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.

It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Our latest.

European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"

The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.

www.erininthemorning.com

February 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM

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lady💥

@ladysantos.bsky.social

February 12, 2026 at 8:49 AM

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Dana Terrace

@danaterrace.bsky.social

We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!

The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social

Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social

We're so excited to tell a brand new story.

The cover of the graphic novel, a colored illustration by Daun Han depicting King in the foreground, Luz and Harpy Eda behind him, and the other cast of characters framing them including Willow, Hunter, Gus, Papa Titan, the Collector, and Amity.

February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM

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「Here Goes」Kayleigh McKee 🟡

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I'm really unleashing my Maximal Voices Range Cursed Technique in Season 3 of Jujutsu Kaisen!

You can hear more of me as Yuta Okkotsu, for an encounter with Toji's brother Jinichi Zenin, and as star lover Kirara Hoshi this season!
Its been GREAT working w Kristie, David and Studiopolis on it again!

February 12, 2026 at 11:46 PM

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Alexis ☭

@gothgf.rip

small crab eating a grape (important)

February 8, 2026 at 6:16 AM

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tams!

@maezanilla.bsky.social

Someone’s right where she wants to be

Bg3’s Karlach snuggled up to my tav Nimue’s chest. She’s got a big grin, and there’s lipstick kisses and smears all over both of them. Karlach’s vents and eyes are blue.

February 10, 2026 at 8:38 PM

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mollystars (COMMS: YES)

@mollystars.dev

if anyone is still looking to throw complaints @ discord, SHOVE THIS IN THEIR FACE. link to an article to it in ur fucking complaint, it's not just a concern that your info may get leaked, there is proof that this has already happened, fucking imagine what will happen if this is on a global scale

Andrew Sherman @cohostsherms.bsky.social · 7d

Last October.

February 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM

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sumi

@manjunii.bsky.social

February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM

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Jo Cordisco

@yuxingart.bsky.social

@nemy.bsky.social's beautiful Asra 🥀🔥

February 10, 2026 at 1:29 AM

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Brian M

@legendofnerd.bsky.social

Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)

Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults.

Hey folks –

I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news.

I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults.

And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.)

Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence.

Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details.

And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!

February 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM

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The Blind Archer (Commission Waitlist Open)

@theblindarcher.bsky.social

It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?

The Verge @theverge.com · 7d

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

Age verification for all.

buff.ly

February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM

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Sam

@samryx.bsky.social

Karlach wanted to give you her heart♥️ #myart #karlach #bg3 #baldursgate3

February 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM

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Kat Tenbarge

@kattenbarge.bsky.social

I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud

February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM